-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AZl17rb+hYHq/jCObER3u6i7M8j5vkXHiShp+Fx5Xe8scEyPtawdQBL+UDUauTYq blVZoQZ+4j4RdfQ8N98YWA== 0000950142-97-000824.txt : 19971017 0000950142-97-000824.hdr.sgml : 19971017 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950142-97-000824 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971016 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GATX CAPITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000357019 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FINANCE LESSORS [6172] IRS NUMBER: 941661392 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-34879 FILM NUMBER: 97696892 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR EMBARCADERO CTR SUITE 2200 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159553200 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GATX LEASING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900405 S-3/A 1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 T0 FORM S-3 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 16, 1997 POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-65053) REGISTRATION NO. 333-34879 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 94-1661392 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) Four Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111 (415) 955-3200 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) THOMAS C. NORD, ESQ. GATX Capital Corporation Vice President and General Counsel Four Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111 (415) 955-3200 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of process) Copies to: JOHN P. McENROE, Esq. BLAIR W. WHITE, Esq. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison PIYASENA C. PERERA, Esq. 1285 Avenue of the Americas Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP New York, New York 10019-6064 235 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: from time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. / / If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/ If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / ___ If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / ___ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. / / CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Proposed Title of Each Maximum Maximum Class of Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of Securities to to Be Price Offering Registration Be Registered Registered(1) Per Unit Price(1)(2) Fee - ---------------- ---------------- ----------- ------------- ------------ Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities....... $500,000,000 (3) 100% $500,000,000 $151,515 -------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price equal to $500,000,000. (2) Estimated solely for the purposes of determining the amount of the registration fee. (3) In addition to the Debt Securities to be registered hereby, this Registration Statement carries forward $32 million of debt securities previously registered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-65053. The filing fee previously paid with respect to such debt securities was $11,034.45. ----------------------------- THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. THE PROSPECTUS CONTAINED HEREIN IS A COMBINED PROSPECTUS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 429 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ALSO RELATES TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-65053. THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, WHICH IS A NEW REGISTRATION STATEMENT, ALSO CONSTITUTES POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-65053, AND SUCH POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT SHALL HEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(c) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 16, 1997 $532,000,000 GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION DEBT SECURITIES GATX Capital Corporation ("GATX Capital" or the "Company") from time to time may offer its debt securities consisting of senior debentures, notes, bonds and/or other evidences of indebtedness ("Senior Securities"), and/or subordinated debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness ("Subordinated Securities" and, together with the Senior Securities, collectively the "Debt Securities"). The Debt Securities may be offered in separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in supplements to this Prospectus. The Debt Securities may be sold for U.S. Dollars, one or more foreign currencies or amounts determined by reference to an index and the principal of and any interest on the Debt Securities may likewise be payable in U.S. Dollars, one or more foreign currencies or amounts determined by reference to an index. The Senior Securities will rank equally with all other unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Securities will be subordinated and junior in right of payment to certain other indebtedness of the Company to the extent set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. See "Description of Debt Securities." The terms of the Debt Securities, including, where applicable, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, currency, denomination, maturity, premium, rate (which may be fixed or variable) and time of payment of interest, terms for redemption at the option of the Company or the holder, for sinking fund payments, if any, for payments of additional amounts, if any, and the initial public offering price, will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement"). The Debt Securities may be sold through underwriting syndicates led by one or more managing underwriters or through one or more underwriters acting alone. The Debt Securities may also be sold directly by the Company or through agents designated from time to time. If any underwriters or agents are involved in the sale of the Debt Securities, their names, the principal amount of Debt Securities to be purchased by them and any applicable fee, commission or discount arrangements with them will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution." --------------- THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRE- SENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. --------------- The date of this Prospectus is October __, 1997. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports and other information can be inspected and copied at Regional Offices of the Commission located at 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois and 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York; and at the Public Reference Office of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The Company files electronically with the Commission. The Commission maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding the registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of the Web site of the Commission is (http://www.sec.gov). INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE The following documents, which are on file with Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; (b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997; and (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 23, 1997, June 10, 1997, August 27, 1997 and October 15, 1997. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities offered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. The Company will furnish without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the information this Prospectus incorporates). Requests should be directed to Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel, GATX Capital Corporation, Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California 94111, telephone (415) 955-3200. Unless otherwise indicated, currency amounts in this Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement are stated in United States dollars ("$", "dollars", "U.S. dollars" or "U.S. $"). This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Debt Securities unless accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. 2 THE COMPANY GATX Capital is a diversified global financial services company which provides asset-based financing for transportation, information technology and industrial equipment. The Company's strategy is to invest in and manage assets by combining its asset knowledge, transaction-structuring capabilities and portfolio management expertise to control assets with significant upside potential. GATX Capital and its subsidiaries actively invest in a wide variety of assets. These investments are made through a variety of financing instruments, primarily leases and loans, either for the Company's own account or through partnerships and joint ventures. The Company actively manages its existing portfolio of investments as well as those of institutional investors, and several joint ventures and partnerships in which it participates. Key strategic partners include a cross section of domestic and international commercial banks, insurance companies and large industrial companies and manufacturers. Additionally, the Company arranges secured financing for others. The Company also sells computer network technology equipment and provides technical service on the equipment it sells. All common and preferred stock of the Company is owned by GATX Corporation ("GATX") through a wholly-owned subsidiary. GATX founded the Company as GATX Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation, in 1968 to own, sell and finance equipment independent of GATX's own specialized equipment activities. Since that time, the Company has developed a portfolio of earning assets diversified across industries and equipment classifications. At June 30, 1997, the Company's investment portfolio of approximately $1.8 billion, before reserves, consists of commercial jet aircraft (34%), railroad equipment (20%), information technology equipment (13%), marine equipment (12%), warehouse and production equipment (10%), golf courses and equipment (4%) and other equipment (7%). GATX Capital has a financial and management interest in 108 aircraft as of June 30, 1997, and orders and options for an additional 26 aircraft. 98% of the aircraft portfolio (in investment dollars) is compliant with Stage 3 noise regulations. GATX Capital also has a financial and management interest in 957 locomotives and 38,130 railcars as of June 30, 1997. The utilization rate on the operating lease fleet for locomotives and railcars as of such date is approximately 97% and 96% respectively. Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein the "Company" or "GATX Capital" means GATX Capital Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company's principal office is located at Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California 94111, telephone (415) 955-3200. USE OF PROCEEDS Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities offered hereby will be used for general corporate purposes. RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES The ratios of earnings to fixed charges are computed by dividing earnings from continuing operations before fixed charges and income taxes by the fixed charges. For purposes of computation of the ratios, earnings and fixed charges include those of the Company and all consolidated subsidiaries, and fixed charges consist of interest and debt expense, and one-third of rent expense (which approximates the interest factor) of such companies. 3 Six Months Ended June 30 Year Ended December 31, -------------- ------------------------------------ 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Ratio of earnings to fixed 2.49 1.84 1.88 1.85 1.86 1.17 charges DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES The following description of the terms of the Debt Securities sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Debt Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to the Debt Securities so offered will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt Securities. The Senior Securities are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 18, 1991, by a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 2, 1996 and by a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 14, 1997 (together, the "Senior Indenture") between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Senior Indenture Trustee"). A copy of the Senior Indenture is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part (the "Registration Statement"). The Subordinated Securities are to be issued under a separate Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture" and, together with the Senior Indenture, sometimes collectively referred to as the "Indentures"). The trustee for the Subordinated Indenture will be identified in the relevant Prospectus Supplement. A copy of the form of the Subordinated Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indentures and the Debt Securities do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the Indentures. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indentures. General Debt Securities offered by this Prospectus will be limited to an aggregate initial public offering price of $532,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies. The Indentures provide that Debt Securities in an unlimited amount may be issued thereunder from time to time in one or more series. The Senior Securities will rank PARI PASSU with other Senior Indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Securities will be subordinated and junior in right of payment to certain indebtedness of the Company to the extent set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The applicable Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus Supplements will describe the following terms of the series of Debt Securities offered thereby: (1) the title of the Debt Securities; (2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities; (3) whether any of the Debt Securities are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any of the Debt Securities are to be issuable in permanent global form; (4) the date or dates on which the Debt Securities will mature; (5) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates shall be determined, and the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue; (6) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest on the Debt Securities will be payable, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Debt Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid; (7) any mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provisions; (8) each office or agency where, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities will be payable and each office or agency where, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange; (9) the date, if any, after which and the price or prices at which the Debt Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part at the option of the Company or the Holder, or pursuant to mandatory redemption provisions, and the other detailed terms and provisions of any such 4 optional or mandatory redemption provisions; (10) the denominations in which any Debt Securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple thereof; (11) any index used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities; (12) the portion of the principal amount of the Debt Securities, if other than the principal amount thereof, payable upon acceleration of maturity thereof; (13) the application, if any, of either or both of the defeasance or covenant defeasance sections of the Indentures to the Debt Securities; (14) the Person who shall be the Security Registrar for the Debt Securities, if other than the Trustee, the Person who shall be the initial Paying Agent and the Person who shall be the depositary; (15) the terms of subordination applicable to any series of Subordinated Securities; and (16) any other terms of the Debt Securities not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indentures. Any such Prospectus Supplement will also describe any special provisions for the payment of additional amounts with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. Except as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Indentures do not contain any covenants specifically designed to protect holders of the Debt Securities against a reduction in creditworthiness of the Company in the event of a highly leveraged transaction or to prohibit other transactions which may adversely affect holders of the Debt Securities. Debt Securities may be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities to be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amounts. Special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to Debt Securities issued at an original issue discount will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Special United States tax considerations applicable to any Debt Securities that are denominated in a currency other than United States dollars or that use an index to determine the amount of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Global Securities So long as the depository's nominee is the registered owner of a global security, such nominee will be considered the sole owner of the Debt Securities represented by such global security for all purposes under the Indentures. Except as provided in the relevant Prospectus Supplement, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have Debt Securities of the series represented by the global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indentures. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on a global security will be payable in the manner described in the relevant Prospectus Supplement. Subordination Subordinated Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series under the Subordinated Indenture. The Subordinated Securities will be subordinated and junior in right of payment to certain other indebtedness of the Company to the extent set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Certain Covenants of the Company with Respect to Senior Securities The Senior Securities are not secured by mortgage, pledge or other lien. The Company covenants that neither it nor any Restricted Subsidiary (which the Senior Indenture defines as any subsidiary which is a consolidated subsidiary, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in the consolidated financial statements of the Company) will subject any of its property, tangible or intangible, real or personal, to any lien unless the Senior Securities are secured equally and ratably with other indebtedness thereby secured. There are excepted from this covenant any liens existing on the date of the Senior Indenture, as well as certain other liens, and the extension, renewal or replacement thereof, including without limitation, (i) liens on any property provided that the creditor has no recourse against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary except recourse to such property or proceeds of any sale or lease therefrom; (ii) liens on property existing at the time of acquisition (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or given in connection with financing the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property; (iii) other liens not permitted by clauses (i) and (ii) on property then owned or thereafter acquired, provided no such lien 5 shall be incurred pursuant to clause (iii) if the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by liens incurred pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii), including the lien proposed to be incurred, shall exceed 30% of Net Tangible Assets; (iv) liens securing certain intercompany indebtedness; (v) a banker's lien or right of offset; (vi) liens arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, to secure any contingent liability of the Company; (vii) liens on sublease interests held by the Company which liens are in favor of the person granting the lease to the Company; (viii) various specified governmental liens and deposits; and (ix) various other liens not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money (including purchase money indebtedness) or the obtaining of advances or credit. Net Tangible Assets is defined for this purpose as the total assets of the Company less (x) current liabilities and (y) intangible assets. In addition, the Company covenants that neither it nor any Restricted Subsidiary will pay any dividends upon any of its stock of any class or make any distribution of cash or property among its stockholders by reduction of capital or otherwise (other than in stock of the Company) or purchase or redeem any stock of any class of the Company unless the aggregate amounts of all such payments and distributions after December 31, 1988 will not exceed the sum of (i) the total of the accumulated consolidated net income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after December 31, 1988, (ii) any net consideration received from the sale of stock of any class of the Company after December 31, 1988, (iii) the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness of the Company which shall have been converted into the stock of any class of the Company and (iv) $25,000,000. Such restriction shall not apply to (i) the payment of dividends on preferred stock or any payment to purchase shares of preferred stock subject to a mandatory sinking fund, provided that such payments are included in the foregoing calculations, (ii) the redemption or retirement of any shares of capital stock of the Company by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale of, other shares of capital stock, (iii) the purchase of any shares of capital stock of the Company pursuant to or in connection with any retirement, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, savings, stock option or compensation plan for officers or employees of the Company or (iv) the conversion of shares of any stock of the Company into shares of any other stock of the Company. Merger and Consolidation Each Indenture provides that the Company may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation and the Company may sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof, provided that the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or which shall have received such assets shall assume payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities and the performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of such Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company. Modification and Waiver Modification and amendment of each Indenture may be effected by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected thereby, provided that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of any installment of principal of, or interest on, any Debt Security or change the Redemption Price; (b) reduce the principal amount of, or interest on, any Debt Security or reduce the amount of principal which could be declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity; (c) change the place or currency of any payment of principal or interest on any Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Debt Security; (e) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required to modify or amend each Indenture; or (f) modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the percentage of Outstanding Debt Securities necessary to waive any past default to less than a majority. Except with respect to certain fundamental provisions, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may, with respect to such series, waive past defaults under each Indenture and waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of each Indenture. 6 Events of Default, Waiver and Notice An Event of Default with respect to any Debt Security of any series is defined in each Indenture as being: default for 30 days in payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Debt Security of that series; default in payment of principal (and premium, if any) on the Debt Securities of that series when due either at maturity, upon optional or mandatory redemption, as a sinking fund installment, by declaration or otherwise; default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of such series in each Indenture which shall not have been remedied for a period of 90 days after notice; certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Company; and any other Event of Default established for the Debt Securities of such series set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of the Debt Securities of any default with respect to any series thereof (except in payment of principal of, or interest on, the Debt Securities) if the Trustee considers it in the interest of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series to do so. Each Indenture provides that (1) if an Event of Default due to the default in payment of principal of, or interest on, any series of Debt Securities, or due to the default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company applicable to the Debt Securities of such series but not applicable to all outstanding Debt Securities, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series then may declare the principal of all Debt Securities of such series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Debt Securities of that series, and interest accrued thereon, to be due and payable immediately, and (2) if the Event of Default resulting from default in the performance of any other of the covenants or agreements in each Indenture applicable to all Outstanding Debt Securities under such Indenture and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Company shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Debt Securities (treated as one class) may declare the principal of all Debt Securities, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in such securities, and interest accrued thereon, to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults may be waived (except a continuing default in payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, the Debt Securities) by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series (or of all series, as the case may be). The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series provided that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or the applicable Indenture or shall not be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction. The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee under each Indenture annually a statement as to performance or fulfillment of certain of its obligations under the applicable Indenture and as to any default in such performance of fulfillment. Concerning The Trustees The Chase Manhattan Bank is the Senior Indenture Trustee under the Senior Indenture. The Senior Indenture Trustee has substantial banking relationships with the Company, GATX and certain other affiliates of the Company and is the trustee under the Senior Indenture with respect to other series of debt securities, under another indenture with the Company and under certain equipment trust agreements with an affiliate. The Senior Indenture Trustee and the trustee for the Subordinated Indenture (collectively, the "Trustee") may from time to time make loans to the Company and perform other services for the Company in the normal course of business. Under the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), upon the occurrence of a default under an indenture, if a trustee has a conflicting interest (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act), the trustee must, within 90 days, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign. Under the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, an indenture trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest, among other things, if the trustee is a creditor of the obligor. If the 7 trustee fails either to eliminate the conflicting interest or to resign within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, the trustee is required to notify security holders to this effect and any security holder who has been a bona fide holder for at least six months may petition a court to remove the trustee and to appoint a successor trustee. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Company may sell the Debt Securities (i) to one or more underwriters or dealers for public offering and sale by them and (ii) to investors directly or through agents. The distribution of the Debt Securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices (which may be changed from time to time), at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Each Prospectus Supplement will describe the method of distribution of the Debt Securities offered thereby. In connection with the sale of the Debt Securities, underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation from the Company or from purchasers of the Debt Securities for whom they may act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. The underwriters, dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of the Debt Securities may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act of 1933 and any discounts or commissions received by them and any profit on the resale of the Debt Securities received by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions thereunder. Any such underwriter, dealer or agent will be identified and any such compensation received from the Company will be described in the Prospectus Supplement. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. Under agreements that may be entered into with the Company, underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled to indemnification by the Company against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof. Each underwriter, dealer and agent participating in the distribution of any Debt Securities that are issuable in bearer form will agree that it will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, Debt Securities in bearer form to persons located in the United States or to United States persons (other than qualifying financial institutions), in connection with the original issuance of the Debt Securities. Certain of the underwriters or agents and their associates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business. LEGAL OPINIONS The validity of the Debt Securities is being passed upon for the Company by Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel, GATX Capital Corporation. Certain legal matters relating to the Debt Securities will be passed upon for the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, by Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, San Francisco, California. Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP has acted and continues to act as counsel in certain matters for the Company and certain of its affiliates. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements of the Company appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. 8 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS The following table sets forth all expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered. All amounts shown are estimates, except the SEC registration fee. SEC registration fee ...................................... $151,515 Accounting fees and expenses .............................. $ 27,500* Legal fees and expenses, including Blue Sky fees and expenses .............................................. $ 75,000* Printing and engraving fees ............................... $ 15,000* Trustee's fees and expenses ............................... $ 15,000* Rating agency fees .................................... $ 50,000* Miscellaneous ............................................. $ 9,985* Total ................................................. $344,000* ======== Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, empowers a corporation, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify its directors and officers against the actual and reasonable expenses of defending litigation against them in their capacities as directors and officers. Article VI of the By-Laws of the Company provides in terms similar to those of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law that the Company shall have power to indemnify its directors and officers. Reference is made to Section 6 of the Distribution Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement and Section VIII of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.2 hereto pursuant to which the agents may under certain circumstances indemnify the officers and directors of the Company. Under the terms of a Directors and Officers Liability and Company Reimbursement Liability Policy, the directors and officers of the Company are insured up to an aggregate liability in each policy year of $75,000 per occurrence, against any loss incurred in connection with any claim made against them or any of them for any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act done or wrongfully attempted, or any matter not excluded by the terms and conditions of the policy, claimed against them solely by reason of their being directors or officers of the Company. The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of such policy. - ------------------------- *Estimated II-1 Item 16. Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit - ------- ---------------------- 1.1 Form of Distribution Agreement. 1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement. 4.1 Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989 between GATX Capital Corporation (formerly named GATX Leasing Corporation) and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Company's Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-30300). 4.2 Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 18, 1991 between GATX Capital Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the Company's Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-64474). 4.3 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 2, 1996 between GATX Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated October 15, 1997). 4.4 Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 14, 1997 between GATX Capital Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Form 8-K dated October 15, 1997). 4.5* Form of Subordinated Indenture. 4.6* Form of Debt Security. 4.7 Form of Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate). 4.8 Form of Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate). 5* Opinion of Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of GATX Capital Corporation. 12* Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 23.1 Consent of Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of GATX Capital Corporation (included in Exhibit 5). 23.2* Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24* Power of Attorney. 25* Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Chase Manhattan Bank. - ------------------------- *Previously filed. II-2 Item 17. Undertakings The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), if in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions referred to in Item 15 of this registration statement, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-3 (6) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act. (7) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: (i) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. (ii) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and State of California on the 16th day of October, 1997 GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION (Registrant) By /s/ Joseph C. Lane ------------------------------------ Joseph C. Lane, President, Director and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Ronald H. Zech * President, Chief Executive October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Officer and Director Joseph C. Lane (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President and October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Director Alan C. Coe * Executive Vice President and October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Director Jesse V. Crews * Executive Vice President and October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Director Kathryn G. Jackson * Director October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ David M. Edwards * Vice President and Director October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ David B. Anderson * Vice President and Chief October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ Financial Officer (Principal Michael E. Cromar Financial Officer) * Vice President and Controller October 16, 1997 - ------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer) Curt F. Glenn *By: /s/ Thomas C. Nord ------------------- Name: Thomas C. Nord Title: Attorney-in-Fact II-5 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Sequentially Exhibit Numbered Number Description of Exhibit Page - ------ ---------------------- ------------ 1.1 Form of Distribution Agreement. 1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement. 4.1 Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989 between GATX Capital Corporation (formerly named GATX Leasing Corporation) and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Company's Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-30300). 4.2 Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 18, 1991 between GATX Capital Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to the Company's Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-64474). 4.3 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 2, 1996 between GATX Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated October 15, 1997). 4.4 Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 14, 1997 between GATX Capital Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Form 8-K dated October 15, 1997). 4.5* Form of Subordinated Indenture. 4.6* Form of Debt Security. 4.7 Form of Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate). 4.8 Form of Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate). 5* Opinion of Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of GATX Capital Corporation. 12* Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. 23.1 Consent of Thomas C. Nord, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of GATX Capital Corporation (included in Exhibit 5). 23.2* Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24* Power of Attorney. 25* Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Chase Manhattan Bank. - ------------------------- *Previously filed. II-6 EX-1.1 2 FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Exhibit 1.1 GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION Medium-Term Notes, Series E DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT [Date] - ---------------------- - ---------------------- - ---------------------- - ---------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: GATX Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with you with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of up to $182,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued under an indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by supplemental indentures dated as of December 18, 1991, January 2, 1996 and October 14, 1997 (collectively, the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (the "Trustee") and will bear interest, if any, at rates and will have the terms to be provided in a supplement to the Basic Prospectus referred to below. The terms "supplement" and "amendment" or "amend" as used in this Agreement shall include all documents filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Basic Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. Subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes directly to investors on its own behalf, the Company hereby appoints you as its agents (the "Agents") for the purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase the Notes from the Company by others and, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to any Agent, on the basis of the representations and warranties contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees that if and whenever the Company determines to sell Notes directly to any Agent as principal for resale to others it will enter into a Terms Agreement relating to each such sale as defined in and in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. The Company may from time to time offer Notes for sale otherwise than through the Agents; provided, however, that (i) so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect, the Company shall not solicit or accept offers to purchase Notes through any agent other than the Agents unless such other agent shall 2 have entered into an agreement with the Company containing terms substantially the same as those set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) promptly following the acceptance by the Company of any offer to purchase Notes through any other such agent, the Company shall provide the Agents with notice in writing or by telecopy of the terms of such sale. In acting under this agreement and in connection with the sale of any Notes by the Company (other than Notes sold to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement), each Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with any purchaser of the Notes or assume any obligation towards, or any liability as the result of any act or failure to act of, the other Agent. 1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Agents as of the Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined), as of each date on which an Agent solicits offers to purchase Notes, as of each date on which the Company accepts an offer to purchase Notes including any purchase by an Agent as principal, pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise, as of each date the Company issues and sells Notes, and as of each date the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) or the Basic Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is amended or supplemented, as follows (it being understood that such representations, warranties and agreements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), each as amended and supplemented to each such date): (a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-34879) and such registration statement has become effective for the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes. Such registration statement including the exhibits thereto, is hereinafter called the "Registration Statement." The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the Company has duly authorized the issuance of the Notes. The Registration Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act and complies in all other material respects with said Rule. The Company proposes to file with the Commission from time to time, pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, supplements to the prospectus relating to the Registration Statement that will, among other things, describe certain terms of the Notes. The prospectus in the form in which it is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act is called the Basic Prospectus. The term "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with any amendments thereto and any prospectus supplements (a "Prospectus Supplement"), as filed with, or included for filing with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, Basic Prospectus and Prospectus shall be defined to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 filed under the Securities Act. (b) The Registration Statement has become effective, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. 3 (c) (i) Each document if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will be timely filed as required thereby, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that (A) the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 1(c) do not apply (x) to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information concerning the Agents furnished to the Company in writing by the Agents expressly for use therein or (y) to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee and (B) the representations and warranties set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) above, when made as of the Commencement Date or as of any date on which an Agent solicits offers to purchase Notes or on which the Company accepts an offer to purchase Notes, shall be deemed not to cover information concerning an offering of particular Notes to the extent such information will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement. (d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (e) Each subsidiary of the Company that is a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (a "Significant Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. 4 (f) Each of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, except as rights to indemnify hereunder or thereunder may be limited under applicable law. Each of this Agreement and any applicable Written Terms Agreement (as defined in Section 2(b)) has been duly executed and delivered. (g) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor's rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. (h) The forms of Notes have been duly authorized and, when the Notes have been executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. (i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and any applicable Terms Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no consent, approval or authorization of any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes or any applicable Terms Agreement, except such as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act or the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. (j) There has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, from that set forth in the Prospectus. (k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of 5 its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or, to the best of the Company knowledge, any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required. (l) Each of the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal state, local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. 2. Solicitations as Agents; Purchases as Principal. (a) Solicitations as Agents. In connection herewith, each Agent will use its best efforts to solicit offers to purchase Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct the Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes. Upon receipt of telephonic notice confirmed in writing from the Company, the Agents will forthwith suspend solicitations of offers to purchase Notes from the Company until such time as the Company has advised them that such solicitation may be resumed. During the period of time that such solicitation is suspended, the Company shall not be required to deliver any certificates, opinions or letters in accordance with Section 5; provided that if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or so supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in interest rates, redemption provisions or maturities offered on the Notes or for a change deemed immaterial in the reasonable opinion of the Agents), the Agents shall not be required to resume soliciting offers to purchase Notes until the Company has delivered such certificates, opinions or letters as reasonably requested by any Agent. The Company agrees to pay each Agent, as consideration for the sale of each Note resulting from a solicitation made by such Agent, a commission in the form of a discount from the purchase price of each Note equal to between ___% and ___% of the principal amount of such Note as more fully set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The Agents are authorized to solicit offers to purchase Notes only in principal amounts of $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is a whole multiple of $1,000. Each Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each offer to purchase Notes that should, in the reasonable judgment of such Agent, be considered by the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Notes and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. Each Agent shall have the right to reject in whole or in part, in its discretion reasonably exercised, any offer received by 6 it to purchase the Notes, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of its agreements contained herein. (b) Purchases as Principal. If requested by an Agent in connection with a sale of Notes directly to such Agent as principal for its own account, the Company will enter into a separate Terms Agreement that will provide for the sale of such Notes to and the purchase by such Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Terms Agreement. Each Terms Agreement shall take the form of either (i) a written agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or in the form of an exchange of any form of written telecommunication between such Agent and the Company (any such written agreement hereinafter a "Written Terms Agreement") or (ii) an oral agreement between such Agent and the Company confirmed in writing by such Agent to the Company. Such Agent's commitment to purchase Notes as principal, whether pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Each agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal (whether or not set forth in a Terms Agreement) shall specify the principal amount of Notes to be purchased by such Agent pursuant thereto, the maturity date thereof the price to be paid to the Company for such Notes, the interest rate or interest rate formula, if any, applicable to such Notes and any other terms of such Notes. Each agreement shall also specify any requirements for officers' certificates opinions of counsel and letters from the independent public accountants of the Company. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the time and place of delivery of and payment for such Notes. Unless otherwise specified in a Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Notes purchased by an Agent as principal and the payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Procedures (as defined below). Each date of delivery of and payment for Notes to be purchased by an Agent as principal, whether pursuant to a Term Agreement or otherwise, is referred to herein as a "Settlement Date." (c) Procedures. Each of the Agents and the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by them in the Medium-Term Notes, Series E Administrative Procedures (attached hereto as Exhibit C) (the "Procedures"), as amended from time to time. The Procedures may be amended only by written agreement of the Company and the Agents. (d) Delivery. The documents required to be delivered by Section 4 of this Agreement shall be delivered at the office of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, not later than 3:00 P.M. San Francisco time on the date hereof, or at such other time as the Agents and the Company may agree upon in writing, but in no event later than the day prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which the Agents begin soliciting offers to purchase Notes and (ii) the first date on which the Company accepts any offer by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal. The date of delivery of such documents is referred to herein as the "Commencement Date." (e) Obligations Several. The Company acknowledges that the obligations of the Agents under this Agreement are several and not joint. 7 3. Agreements. The Company agrees with each Agent that: (a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, the Company will not file any Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes or any amendment to the Registration Statement unless the Company has previously furnished to each Agent a copy thereof for its review and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which any Agent reasonably objects; provided that (i) the foregoing requirement shall not apply to any of the Company's periodic filings with the Commission required to be filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which filings the Company will cause to be timely filed with the Commission and copies of which filings the Company will cause to be delivered to each Agent promptly after being mailed for filing with the Commission and (ii) any Prospectus Supplement that merely sets forth the terms or a description of particular Notes shall only be reviewed and approved by the Agent or Agents offering such Notes. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will promptly cause each Prospectus Supplement to be filed with or transmitted for filing to the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The Company will promptly advise each Agent (a) of the filing of any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus (except that the filing of an amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus that merely sets forth the terms or a description of particular Notes shall only be notified to the Agent or Agents offering such Notes), (b) of the filing and effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (c) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Basic Prospectus or for any additional information, (d) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (e) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of suspension of qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. If the Basic Prospectus is amended or supplemented as a result of the filing under the Exchange Act of any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the Agents shall not be obligated to solicit offers to purchase Notes so long as they are not reasonably satisfied with such document. (b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which (i) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or (ii) if, in the opinion of the Agents or in the opinion of the Company, it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify each Agent by telephone (with confirmation in writing) to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Notes and, if so notified by the Company, each Agent shall forthwith suspend such solicitation and 8 cease using the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented. If the Company shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, it shall so advise the Agents promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and, at its expense, shall prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as then amended or supplemented that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to each Agent in such quantities as such Agent may reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement, and any documents, certificates and opinions furnished to the Agents pursuant to paragraph (f) below and Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) in connection with the preparation or filing of such amendment or supplement, are satisfactory in all respects to each Agent, upon the filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission or effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement, such Agent will resume the solicitation of offers to purchase Notes hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3(b), until the distribution of any Notes an Agent may own as principal has been completed if any event described above in this paragraph (b) occurs, the Company will, at its own expense, forthwith prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, satisfactory in all respects to such Agent, and will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to such Agent in such quantities as such Agent may reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement and any documents, certificates, opinions and letters furnished to each Agent pursuant to paragraph (f) below and Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) in connection with the preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement are satisfactory in all respects to such Agent, upon the filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission or effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement, such Agent may resume its resale of Notes as principal. (c) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to each Agent as soon as practicable earnings statements that satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder covering the twelve month periods beginning, in each case, not later than the first day of the Company fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in Rule 158 under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement with respect to each sale of Notes. If such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter of the Company's fiscal year, such earnings statement shall be made available not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and in all other cases shall be made available not later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby. (d) The Company will furnish to each Agent without charge two signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, including exhibits and any documents incorporated by reference therein, and during the period mentioned in Section 3(b) above, as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as each Agent may reasonably request. 9 (e) The Company will qualify the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent shall reasonably request and will pay all reasonable expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with such qualification and in connection with the determination of the eligibility of the Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as either Agent may designate, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to so qualify the Notes if such qualification requires it to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. (f) During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to each Agent such relevant documents and certificates of officers of the Company relating to the business, operations and affairs of the Company, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, the Indenture, the Notes, this Agreement, the Procedures, any Terms Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder as either Agent may from time to time reasonably request and shall notify each Agent promptly in writing of any downgrading or of its receipt of any notice of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change that does not indicate the direction of a possible change in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(9)(2) under the Securities Act. (g) The Company will, whether or not any sale of Notes is consummated, pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and any Terms Agreement, including: (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes; (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel; (iv) the qualification of the Notes under securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Agents' counsel in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky memoranda ("Blue Sky Memoranda"); (v) the printing and delivery to each Agent in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, and of the Basic Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (vi) the printing and delivery to each Agent of copies of the Indenture and any Blue Sky Memoranda; (vii) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes; (viii) any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Agent with the approval of the Company; (ix) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (x) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents incurred in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes, including any opinions to be rendered by such counsel hereunder. (h) Between the date of any agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal and the Settlement Date with respect to such agreement, the Company will not, without the prior consent of each Agent, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company substantially similar 10 to the Notes (other than (i) the Notes that are to be sold pursuant to such agreement, (ii) Notes previously agreed to be sold by the Company and (iii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business), except as may otherwise be provided in any such agreement. 4. Conditions of the Obligations of the Agents. Each Agent's obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company, each Agent's obligation to purchase Notes as principal pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise and the obligation of any other purchaser to purchase Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made in each certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof prior to or concurrently with any such solicitation or purchase, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed (in the case of an Agent's obligation to solicit offers to purchase Notes, at the time of such solicitation, and, in the case of an Agent's or any other purchaser's obligation to purchase Notes, at the time the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Notes and at the time of purchase) and (in each case) to the following additional conditions precedent when and as specified below: (a) Prior to such solicitation or purchase, as the case may be, (i) There shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations, of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase was made that in the reasonable judgment of the relevant Agent or such purchaser, as the case may be, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the reasonable judgment of such Agent or such purchaser, impracticable to market the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented; (ii) There shall not have occurred any (A) suspension or material limitation of trading generally on or by, as the case may be the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (B) suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market (C) declaration of a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York by either federal or New York state authorities or (D) any outbreak or escalation of any hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the reasonable judgment of the relevant Agent or such purchaser, as the case may be, is material and adverse and, in the case of any of the events described in clauses (ii)(A) through (D), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the 11 reasonable judgment of such Agent or such purchaser, as the case may be, impracticable to market the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase was made; (iii) There shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change that does not indicate the direction of a possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; (A) except, in each case described in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) above, as disclosed to the relevant Agent in writing by the Company prior to such solicitation or, in the case of a purchase of Notes, as disclosed to the relevant Agent or such purchaser, as the case may be, before the offer to purchase such Notes was made or (B) unless in each case described in (ii) above, the relevant event shall have occurred and been known to the relevant Agent prior to such solicitation or, in the case of a purchase of Notes, to the relevant Agent or such purchaser, as the case may be, before the offer to purchase such Notes was made. The Company acknowledges that no Agent shall have any duty or obligation to exercise the judgment described in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above on behalf of any purchaser of Notes other than such Agent. (b) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, on the corresponding Settlement Date, the relevant Agents shall have received: (i) The opinion, dated as of such date, of Thomas C. Nord, Vice President and General Counsel for the Company (or other counsel to the Company acceptable to the Agents), to the effect that: (A) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership and leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (B) Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and 12 is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (C) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (D) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. (E) The form of fixed rate note and the form of floating rate note have been duly authorized and established in conformity with the provisions of the Indenture and when the Notes have been executed and authenticated by the Trustee or its duly appointed agents in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (F) Each of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each of this Agreement and any written Terms Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. (G) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and any applicable Terms Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or, to 13 the best of such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval or authorization of any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes or any applicable Terms Agreement, except such as are specified and have been obtained and such as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act or the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. (H) The statements (1) in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Notes" and "Plan of Distribution"; (2) in Item 3--Legal Proceedings" of the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in such Prospectus and (3) in Item 15 of the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, and in each case insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein. (I) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after due inquiry, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and is not so described, or of any statute, regulation contract or other document that is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required. (J) Such counsel (1) is of the opinion that each document, if any, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act (except as to financial statements and schedules, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion and except for that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1)) and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, complied when so filed as to form in all material respects with such act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (2) believes that (except as to financial statements and schedules as 14 to which such counsel need not express any belief and except for that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to) each part of the Registration Statement as amended if applicable when such part became effective or was incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, did not contain any 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, (3) is of the opinion that the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except as to financial statements and schedules included therein as to which such counsel need not express any opinion and except for that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to), comply as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and (4) believes that (except as to financial statements and schedules as to which such counsel need not express any belief and except for that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Commencement Date or the date of any agreement by an Agent to purchase notes as principal, as the case may be, and, as of the date such opinion is delivered, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may qualify any opinion as to enforceability by stating that (x) such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (y) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. Such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the States of New York and California and the federal law of the United States, upon opinions of other counsel (copies of which shall be delivered to each Agent), who shall be counsel satisfactory to counsel to the Agents, in which case the opinion shall state that such counsel believes the Agents and counsel to the Agents are entitled so to rely. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, he has relied, to the extent he deems proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. With respect to paragraph (J) in Section 4(b)(i) above, such counsel need not express any opinion as to the information included under the heading "Certain United States Federal Tax Consequences" and with respect to clauses (3) and (4) of (J) in Section 4(b)(i) above, such counsel may state that his opinion and belief are based upon his participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (other than the documents 15 incorporated by reference) and upon review and discussion of the contents thereof (including documents incorporated by reference) but are without independent check or verification except as specified. (ii) The opinion dated as of such date, of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, special counsel for the Agents, covering the matters in paragraphs (D), (E) (F) and (H) (with respect to statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Notes" and "Plan of Distribution"), and clauses (3) and (4) of paragraph (J) in Section 4(b)(i) above. In rendering such opinions, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP may qualify any opinions as to enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). With respect to clause (4) of paragraph (J) in Section 4(b)(i) above, such counsel may state its opinion in the negative and with respect to clauses (3) and (4) of paragraph (J), such counsel may state that its opinion and belief are based upon its participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (other than the documents incorporated by reference) and upon review and discussion of the contents thereof (including documents incorporated by reference) but are without independent check or verification except as specified. (c) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any agreement by any Agent to purchase Notes as principal, on the corresponding Settlement Date, the Company shall have furnished to each Agent a certificate, dated such Commencement Date or Settlement Date, as the case may be, signed by an executive officer of the Company to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct as of such date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or before such date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his knowledge as to proceedings threatened. (d) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any agreement by any Agent to purchase Notes as principal, on the corresponding Settlement Date, the Company's independent public accountants shall have furnished to the relevant Agent a letter or letters, dated as of the Commencement Date or such Settlement Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each such Agent, containing statements and the information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. 16 (e) On the Commencement Date and on each Settlement Date, the Company shall have furnished to the relevant Agents such appropriate further information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request. 5. Additional Agreements of the Company. (a) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions, amortization schedules or maturities offered on the Notes or for a change deemed immaterial in the reasonable opinion of the Agents), the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered forthwith to any Agent requesting it in writing, a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to each Agent, of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 4(c) relating to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate. (b) Each time the Company furnishes a certificate pursuant to Section 5(a), the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to each Agent a written opinion of counsel for the Company. Any such opinion shall be dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to each Agent and shall be of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 4(b)(i), but modified to relate to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion. In lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to each Agent may furnish to such Agent a letter to the effect that such Agent may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter). (c) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information or such amended or supplemental information is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall cause its independent public accountants forthwith to furnish to any Agent requesting it in writing a letter, dated the date of such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to such Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 4(d), with regard to the amended or supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter. (d) In the event that the Company issues any Notes that are not exempt from the usury provisions of Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution ("California usury law"), the interest rate on such Notes shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted under California usury law. 17 6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each person, if any, who controls such Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities caused by any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any amendment thereof or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Agent expressly for use therein. (b) Each Agent agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Agent, but only with reference to information relating to such Agent furnished in writing by such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto. (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be mutually agreed upon by the Agents who are parties to any such proceeding and designated in writing by either of the Agents included in any such proceeding after consultation with such other Agents who are parties to such 18 proceeding, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (b) above and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (a) above. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein in connection with any offering of Notes then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent or Agents, as the case may be, on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Agent or Agents, as the case may be, on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent or Agents, as the case may be, on the other in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Agents in respect thereof, in each case as set forth in the Prospectus, bear to the total aggregate public offering price of such Notes. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Agent or Agents, as the case may be on the other shall be determined by reference to among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Agents and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. 19 (e) The Company and the Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes offered and sold to the public through such Agent exceeds the amount of any damages which such Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. 7. Position of the Agents. In acting under this Agreement and in connection with the sale of any Notes by the Company (other than Notes sold to an Agent as principal), each Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company, and not as principal, and does not assume any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with any purchaser of Notes. Each Agent shall make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes has been solicited by such Agent and accepted by the Company, but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver Notes to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall hold the relevant Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or liability arising from or as a result of such default and shall, in particular, pay to such Agent the commission such Agent would have received had such sale been consummated. 8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time either by the Company or, as to any Agent, by the Company or such Agent upon the giving of written notice of such termination to the other parties hereto, but without prejudice to any rights, obligations or liabilities of any party hereto accrued or incurred prior to such termination. Any Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of each Agent on the terms set forth therein. The termination of this Agreement shall not require termination of any agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, and the termination of any such agreement shall not require termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated, the provisions of the third paragraph of Section 2(a), Section 2(e), the last two sentences of Section 3(b) and Sections 3(c), 3(g), 6 7, 9, 11 and 14 shall survive; provided that if at the time of termination an offer to purchase Notes has been accepted by the Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or its agent of such Notes has not occurred, the provisions of Sections 2(b), 2(c), 3(a), 3(e), 3(f), 3(h), 4 and 5 shall 20 also survive until such delivery has been made. If any Terms Agreement is terminated, the provisions of Sections 3(c), 3(g), 6 and 9 and the last two sentences of Section 3(b) (which shall be deemed to have been incorporated by reference in such Terms Agreement) shall survive. 9. Representations and Indemnities To Survive. The respective indemnity and contribution agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, its officers and any of the Agents set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement or any agreement by any Agent to purchase Notes as principal will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of the Agents or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 6 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. 10. Notices. Unless a notice is expressly required to be given by telephone hereunder all communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Agents, will be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to ________ at ________________, Attention: ____________ (telecopy number: ________), ; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it at Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Treasurer (telecopy number: (415) 995-3493). 11. Successors. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6 and the purchasers of Notes (to the extent expressly provided in Section 4), and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. 12. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or supplemented if, but only if, such amendment or supplement is in writing end is signed by the Company and each Agent; provided that the Company may from time to time, without the consent of any Agent, amend this Agreement to add as a party hereto one or more additional firms registered under the Exchange Act, whereupon each such firm shall become an Agent hereunder on the same terms and conditions as the other Agents that are parties hereto. The Agents shall sign any amendment or supplement giving effect to the addition of any such firm as an Agent under this Agreement. 13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will he governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to a contract executed and performed in such State without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. 21 15. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Agents. Very truly yours, GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION By --------------------------------- Name: Title: The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above-written. [Name of Agent] By --------------------------------- Name: Title: [Name of Agent] By --------------------------------- Name: Title: [Name of Agent] By --------------------------------- Name: Title: [Name of Agent] By --------------------------------- Name: Title: EXHIBIT A MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES E COMMISSION SCHEDULE Term Commission Rate % From 9 months to less than 1 year From 1 year to less than 18 months From 18 months to less than 2 years From 2 years to less than 3 years From 3 years to less than 4 years From 4 years to less than 5 years From 5 years to less than 6 years From 6 years to less than 7 years From 7 years to less than 10 years From 10 years to and including 15 years From 15 years to and including 20 years From 20 years to and including 30 years A-1 EXHIBIT B GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES E TERMS AGREEMENT __________, 19__ GATX Capital Corporation Four Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111 Attention: Re: Distribution Agreement dated October __, 1997 (the "Distribution Agreement") The undersigned agrees to purchase the following principal amount of your Medium-Term Notes, Series E: $ Fixed Rate Floating Rate All Notes: Notes: Notes: Purchase price: Interest rate: Base rate: Settlement date: Amortization Index maturity: schedule: Place of delivery: Spread: Maturity date: Initial interest rates: Interest payment dates: Initial interest reset date: Original issue discount Interest reset dates: provisions: Redemption provisions: Maximum rate: Other terms: Minimum rate: Interest reset period: Calculation agent: B-1 [The certificates referred to in Section 4(c) of the Distribution Agreement, the opinion of the general counsel for the Company referred to in Section 4(b)(i) of the Distribution Agreement and the accountants' letter referred to in Section 4(d) of the Distribution Agreement will be required.] [The following information, certificates and documents referred to in Section 4(e) of the Distribution Agreement will be required _______________________.] [Name of Agent] By --------------------------- Name: Title: Accepted: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION By --------------------------- Name: Title: B-2 EXHIBIT C GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION Medium-Term Note, Series E Administrative Procedures Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the "Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of $_______ are to be offered on a continuing basis by GATX Capital Corporation (the "Company"). Salomon Brothers Inc, Chase Securities Inc., UBS Securities and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (the "Agents") have agreed to solicit purchases of the Notes, as agents for the Company, or to purchase Notes, as principal, for their own account. The Notes are being sold pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Company and the Agents dated October __, 1997 (the "Agreement"). The Notes have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and will be offered pursuant to a Prospectus relating to the Notes (the "Prospectus"). The Chase Manhattan Bank (the "Trustee") is the trustee under the Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Indentures dated as of December 18, 1991, January 2, 1996 and October 14, 1997, covering the Notes (the "Indenture"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture and if not defined therein, then such capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Notes (which in the case of Book Entry Notes (as defined below) shall be the related global Note). The Notes will either be issued (a) in book-entry form and represented by one or more global Notes delivered to the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") (or on behalf of such other depositary as is identified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, provided that such depositary shall execute a letter of representation and a Medium-Term Note, Series E certificate agreement with the Trustee with respect to the Notes), and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC and registered in the name of DTC's nominee (each, a "Book-Entry Note"), or (b) in the form of a Certificate issued in definitive form (a "Certificated Note"). Administrative procedures and specific terms of the offering are explained below. Owners of beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes will be entitled to physical delivery of Certificated Notes equal in principal amount to their respective beneficial interests only upon certain limited circumstances described in the Prospectus. General procedures relating to the issuance of all Notes are set forth in Part I hereof. Additionally, Book-Entry Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part II hereof and Certificated Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part III hereof. C-1 PART 1: GENERAL Date of Issuance/ Each Note will be dated as of the date of its Authentication: authentication by the Trustee. Each Note shall also bear an original issue date (the "Original Issue Date"). The Original Issue Date shall remain the same for all Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution of an original Note regardless of their dates of authentication. Maturities: Each Note will mature on a date selected by the purchaser and agreed to by the Company which is not less than nine months nor more than thirty years from its Original Issue Date; provided, however, that Floating Rate Notes will bear interest pursuant to the interest rate formula stated therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement and will mature on an Interest Payment Date. Price To Public: Each Note will be sold at 100% of principal amount (unless otherwise agreed in a Terms Agreement as defined in the Distribution Agreement). Interest Payments: Each payment of interest on Fixed Rate Notes will include interest accrued through the day preceding, as the case may be, the Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity (each Stated Maturity is referred to herein as "Maturity"). Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments on each Floating Rate Note (except in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset daily or weekly) shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid (or from, and including, the date of original issue if no interest his been paid with respect to such Floating Rate Note) to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date. In the case of Floating Rate Notes on which the interest is reset daily or weekly, however, the interest payments shall include interest accrued from, but excluding, the next preceding Regular Record Date in respect of which interest has been paid (or from, and including, the date of original issue if no interest has been paid with respect to such Floating Rate Note) to, and including, the Regular Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest C-2 Payment Date, except that the interest payment at Maturity will include interest accrued to, but excluding, such date. Regular Record Dates: The Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date for a Fixed Rate Note shall be the March 15 or September 15 preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate Note shall be the date 15 calendar days (whether or not a Business Day) (as hereinafter defined) preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest Payment Dates: Interest payments will be made on each payment date commencing with the first Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date; provided, however, the first payment of interest of any Note originally issued between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date will occur on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered owner on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. If an Interest Payment Date with respect to any Note would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Note, such Interest Payment Date will be the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Note, except that, in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the preceding day that is a Business Day with respect to such LIBOR Note. Fixed Rate Notes: Interest payments on Fixed Rate Notes will be made semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year and at Maturity. Floating Rate Notes: Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest will be payable in the case of the Floating Rate Notes which reset daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year, in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset C-3 semiannually, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in the Floating Rate Note and in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the Floating Rate Note and, in each case, at Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption or optional repayment. For additional special provisions relating to Floating Rate Notes, see the Prospectus. Calculation of Interest: In the case of Fixed Rate Notes, interest (including payments for partial periods) will be calculated and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the case of Floating Rate Notes, interest will be calculated and paid on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period divided by 360 for Commercial Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, and LIBOR Notes, and on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period divided by the actual number of days in the year for Treasury Rate Notes and on any other basis as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Floating Rate Notes will have daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual or annual resets of the rate of interest which will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the applicable Note. Acceptance of Offers: The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Notes. Each Agent will communicate, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Notes received by it. The Company may reject any offer in whole or in part and will promptly notify such Agent of any such rejection. Each Agent may without notice to the Company reject any offer received by it in whole or in part in its discretion reasonably exercised. Preparation of Pricing If any offer to purchase a Note is accepted by the Supplements: Company, the Company, with the approval of the Agent which presented such offer (the Presenting Agent), will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Note and file such Pricing Supplement and the plan of distribution thereof (the "Supplemented Prospectus"), with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The Presenting Agent will cause a stickered Supplemented Prospectus to be delivered to the purchaser of the Note. C-4 In each instance that a Pricing Supplement is prepared, the Agents will affix the Pricing Supplement to Supplemented Prospectuses prior to their use. Outdated Pricing Supplements, and the Supplemented Prospectuses to which they are attached (other than those retained for files) will be destroyed. Settlement: The receipt of immediately available funds by the Company in payment for a Note and the authentication and delivery of such Note shall, with respect to such Note, constitute "settlement." All offers accepted by the Company will be settled within three Business Days after the date of such acceptance by the Company at a time as the purchaser and the Company shall agree (but no earlier than the next Business Day) pursuant to the timetable for settlement set forth in Parts II and III hereof under "Settlement Procedures" with respect to Book- Entry Notes and Certificated Notes, respectively. If Settlement Procedures A and B with respect to a particular offer are not completed on or before the time set forth under the applicable "Settlement Procedures Timetable," such offer shall not be settled until the Business Day following the completion of Settlement Procedures A and B or such later date as the purchaser and the Company shall agree. In the event of a purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, appropriate settlement details will be set forth in the applicable Terms Agreements to be entered into between such Agent and the Company pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. PART II: PROCEDURES FOR BOOK-ENTRY NOTES In connection with the administration of Book-Entry Note procedures, the Trustee will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions described below, in accordance with its obligations under a Letter of Representations from the Company and the Trustee to DTC, dated _____, 199_ (the "Letter of Representations") and its obligations as a participant in DTC, including DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS"). Issuance: All Fixed Rate Notes issued in book-entry form having the same Interest Rate, Original Issue Date, Maturity C-5 Date Redemption Date and Prices, if any, Sinking Fund Dates and Accounts, if any, and Original Issue Discount features, if any (collectively, the "Fixed Rate Terms"), will be represented initially by a single Book-Entry Note and all Floating Rate Notes issued in book-entry form having the same Original Issue Date, base rate upon which interest may be determined (each an "Interest Rate Basis"), which may be the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Date, the Treasury Rate, LIBOR or any other rate set forth by the Company, Initial Interest Rate, Index Maturity, Spread, if any, Minimum Interest Rate, if any, Maximum Interest Rate, if any, Redemption Dates and Prices, if any, Sinking Fund Dates and Amounts, if any, Original Issue Discount features, if any, Interest Reset Dates, Interest Payment Dates and Maturity (collectively, "Floating Rate Terms") will be represented initially by a single Book-Entry Note. Each Book-Entry Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee. Each Book-Entry Note will bear an Interest Accrual Date, which will be (a) with respect to an original Book-Entry Note (or any portion thereof), its Original Issue Date and (b) with respect to any Book-Entry Note (or portion thereof) issued subsequently upon exchange of a Book-Entry Note or in lieu of a destroyed, lost or stolen Book-Entry Note, the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the predecessor Book-Entry Note or Notes (or if no such payment or provision has been made, the Original Issue Date of the predecessor Book-Entry Note or Notes), regardless of the date of authentication of such subsequently issued Book-Entry Note. No Book-Entry Note shall represent any Note issued in certificated form. Identification: The Company has arranged with the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard & Poor's Corporation (the "CUSIP Service Bureau") for the reservation of approximately [___] CUSIP numbers which have been reserved for future assignment to Book-Entry Notes representing Notes issued in book-entry form and the Company has delivered to the Trustee and DTC an initial written list of [___] of such CUSIP numbers. The Company will assign CUSIP numbers to Book-Entry Notes as C-6 described below under Settlement Procedure B. DTC will notify the CUSIP Service Bureau periodically of the CUSIP numbers that the Company has assigned to Book-Entry Notes. The Trustee will notify the Company at any time when fewer than 100 of the reserved CUSIP numbers remain unassigned to Book-Entry Notes, and, if it deems necessary, the Company will reserve additional CUSIP numbers for assignment to Book-Entry Notes representing Notes issued in book-entry form. Upon obtaining such additional CUSIP numbers, the Company will deliver a list of such additional numbers to the Trustee and DTC. Registration: Each Book-Entry Note will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for DTC, on the security register maintained by the Security Registrar under the Indenture. The beneficial owner of a Note issued in book-entry form (i.e., an owner of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Note) (or one or more indirect participants in DTC designated by such owner) will designate one or more participants in DTC (with respect to such Note issued in book-entry form, the "Participants") to act as agent for such beneficial owner in connection with the book-entry system maintained by DTC, and DTC will record in book-entry form in accordance with instructions provided by such Participants, a credit balance with respect to such Note issued in book-entry form in the account of such Participants. The ownership interest of such beneficial owner in such Note issued in book-entry form will be recorded through the records of such Participants or through the separate record of such Participants and one or more indirect participants in DTC. Transfers: Transfers of a Book-Entry Note will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC and, in turn, by Participants (and in certain cases one or more indirect participants in DTC) acting on behalf of beneficial transferors and transferees of such Book-Entry Note. Exchanges: The Trustee may deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service Bureau at any time a written notice specifying (a) the CUSIP numbers of two or more Book-Entry Notes Outstanding on such date that represent Book-Entry Notes having the same Fixed Rate Terms or Floating Rate Terms, as the case may be (other than C-7 Original Issue Dates), and for which interest has been paid to the same date (b) a date, occurring at least 30 days after such written notice is delivered and at least 30 days before the next Interest Payment Date for the related Notes issued in book-entry form, on which such Book-Entry Notes shall be exchanged for a single replacement Book-Entry Note; and (c) a new CUSIP number, obtained from the Company, to be assigned to such replacement Book-Entry Note. Upon receipt of such a notice, DTC will send to its participants (including the Trustee) a written notice to the effect that such exchange will occur on such date. Prior to the specified exchange date, the Trustee will deliver to the CUSIP Service Bureau written notice setting forth such exchange date and the new CUSIP number and stating that, as of such exchange date, the CUSIP numbers of the Book-Entry Notes to be exchanged will no longer be valid. On the specified exchange date, the Trustee will exchange such Book-Entry Notes for a single Book-Entry Note bearing the new CUSIP number and the CUSIP numbers of the exchanged Book-Entry Notes will, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Book-Entry Notes to be exchanged exceed $[___________] in aggregate principal amount, one or more replacement Book-Entry Note(s) will be authenticated and issued, each to represent $[___________] of principal amount of the exchanged Book-Entry Notes and an additional Book-Entry Note or Notes will be authenticated and issued to represent any remaining principal amount of such Book-Entry Notes (see "Denominations" below). Denominations: Book-Entry Notes will be issued in denominations of $100,000 and any larger denomination which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Book-Entry Notes will be denominated in principal amounts not in excess of $[200,000,000]. If one or more Notes issued in book-entry form having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $[200,000,000] would but for the preceding sentence, be represented by, a single Book-Entry Note, then one Book-Entry Note will be issued to represent $[200,000,000] principal amount of such Note or Notes issued in book-entry form and an additional Book-Entry Note or Notes will be issued to C-8 represent any remaining principal amount of such Note or Notes issued in book-entry form. In such a case, each of the Book-Entry Notes representing such Note or Notes issued in book-entry form shall be assigned the same CUSIP number. Interest-General: Each payment of interest on each Book-Entry Note that is a Fixed Rate Note will include interest accrued through the day preceding, as the case may be, the Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments on each Book-Entry Note that is a Floating Rate Note (except in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset daily or weekly) shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid (or from, and including, the date of issue if no interest has been paid with respect to such Floating Rate Note) to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date. In the case of Floating Rate Notes on which the interest is reset daily or weekly, however, the interest payments shall include interest accrued from, but excluding, the next preceding Regular Record Date in respect of which interest has been paid to, and including, the Regular Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, except that the interest payment at Maturity will include interest accrued to, but excluding, such date. Interest payable at Maturity of a Book-Entry Note will be payable to the Person to whom the principal of such Note is payable. DTC will arrange for each pending deposit message described under Settlement Procedure C below to be transmitted to Standard & Poor's Corporation, which will use the information in the message to include certain terms of the related Book-Entry Note in the appropriate daily bond report published by Standard & Poor's Corporation. Notice of Interest Payments On the first Business Day of March, June, September and Regular Record Dates: and December of each year, upon request by the Company, the Trustee will deliver to the Company and DTC a written list of Regular Record Dates and Interest Payment Dates that will occur during the six-month period beginning on such first Business Day with respect to Floating Rate Notes issued in book-entry form. Promptly after each Interest Determination Date C-9 or Calculation Date, if applicable (including the first initial Interest Determination Date) for Floating Rate Notes issued in book-entry form, the Trustee will notify Standard & Poor's Corporation of the interest rates determined on such Interest Determination Date or Calculation Date, if applicable. Payments of Principal Promptly after each Regular Record Date, the and Interest-Payments of Trustee will deliver to the Company and DTC a Interest Only: written notice specifying by CUSIP number the amount of interest to be paid on each Book-Entry Note on the following Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date coinciding with Maturity) and the total of such amounts. The Company will confirm with the Trustee and DTC the amount payable on each Book-Entry Note on such Interest Payment Date by reference to the daily bond reports published by Standard & Poor's Corporation. On such Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee in turn will pay to DTC, such total amount of interest due (other than at Maturity), at the times and in the manner set forth below under "Manner of Payment." Payments at Maturity: On or about the first Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the Company and DTC a written list of principal, interest and premium, if any, to be paid on each Book-Entry Note maturing either at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date or on an optional repayment date (if any) in the following month. The Trustee, the Company and DTC will confirm the amounts of such principal and interest payments with respect to a Book-Entry Note on or about the fifth Business Day preceding the maturity of such Book-Entry Note. At such Maturity, the Company will pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee in turn will pay to DTC, the principal amount of such Note, together with interest and premium, if any, due at such Maturity, at the times and in the manner set forth below under "Manner of Payment." If any Maturity of a Book-Entry Note is not a Business Day, the payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Maturity. Promptly after payment to DTC of the principal, interest and premium, if any, due at the Maturity of any Book-Entry Note, the Trustee will cancel and destroy such Book-Entry Note C-10 and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction with respect to each canceled Note. Manner of Payment: The total amount of any principal, premium, if any, and interest due on Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at Maturity shall be paid by the Company to the Trustee in funds available for use by the Trustee as of 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on such date. The Company will make such payment on such Book-Entry Notes by instructing the Trustee to withdraw funds from an account maintained by the Company at the Trustee. The Company will confirm such instructions in writing to the Trustee. Prior to 10:00 A.M. on each Maturity Date, the Trustee upon the withdrawal of such funds will pay by separate wire transfer (using Fedwire message entry instructions on a form previously specified by DTC) to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York previously specified by DTC, in funds available for immediate use by DTC, each payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, due on a Book-Entry Note on such date. On each Interest Payment Date, interest payments shall be made to DTC in same day funds in accordance with existing arrangements between the Trustee and DTC. Thereafter on such dates DTC will pay, in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect such amounts in funds available for immediate use to the respective Participants in whose names such Notes are recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for the payment by DTC of the principal of, or interest on, the Book-Entry Notes to such Participants. Withholding Taxes: The amount of any taxes required under applicable law to be withheld from any interest payment on a Note will be determined and withheld by the Participant, indirect participant in DTC or other Person responsible for forwarding payments and materials directly to the beneficial owner of such Note. Acceptance and Rejection of Offers: The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Notes from the Company and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. Each Agent shall C-11 promptly communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Book-Entry Notes from the Company received by it, other than those rejected by such Agent. The Agents shall have the right, in their discretion reasonably exercised, without notice to the Company, to reject any offer to purchase Notes in whole or in part. Settlement Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Note in book-entry form sold by the Company through an agent, as Agent, will be as follows: A. The Agent will advise the Company by telephone of the following settlement information: 1. Taxpayer identification number of the purchaser. 2. Principal amount of the Note. 3. Fixed Rate Notes: (a) Interest Rate (b) Redemption Dates, if any, and redemption at whose option Floating Rate Notes: (a) Interest Rate Basis (b) Initial Interest Rate (c) Spread, if any (d) Interest Rate Reset Dates (e) Interest Rate Reset Period (f) Interest Payment Dates (g) Interest Payment Period (h) Index Maturity (i) Calculation Agent (j) Maximum Interest rate, if any (k) Minimum Interest rate, if any (l) Calculation Date (m) Interest Determination Dates (n) Redemption Dates, if any, and redemption at whose option C-12 (o) Original Issue Discount features, if any (p) Sinking Fund Dates and Amounts, if any 4. Price to public of the Note. 5. Trade date. 6. Settlement Date (Original Issue Date). 7. Maturity. 8. Net proceeds to the Company. 9. Agent's commission. B. The Company will advise the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing at any time on the same date) or by electronic transmission of the information set forth in the above settlement information. The Company will then assign a CUSIP number to the Book-Entry Note representing such Note and advise the Company of such number. Each such communication by the Company shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company to the Trustee and the Agents that (i) such Note is then, and at the tine of issuance and sale thereof will be, duly authorized for issuance and sale by the Company, (ii) such Note and the Book-Entry Note representing such Note, will conform with the terms of the Indenture and (iii) upon authentication and delivery of such Book-Entry Note, the aggregate initial offering price of all Notes issued in this connection under the Indenture will not exceed $182,000,000 (except for Book-Entry Notes represented by global Notes authenticated and delivered in exchange for or in lieu of global Note pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Indenture and except for Certificated Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, Certificated Notes pursuant to any such Sections). C-13 C. The Trustee will communicate to DTC and the Agent through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a pending deposit message specifying the following settlement information: 1. The information set forth in Procedure A. 2. Identification as a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note or Floating Rate Book-Entry Note. 3. Initial Interest Payment Date for such Note, number of days by which such date succeeds the related record date for DTC purposes (which shall be the Regular Record Date or, in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset daily or weekly, the date which is five calendar days preceding the Interest Payment Date) and, if then calculable, the amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date (which amount shall have been confirmed by the Trustee). 4. CUSIP number of the Book-Entry Note representing such Note. 5. Whether such Book-Entry Note represents any other Notes issued or to be issued in book-entry form to the extent known at such time. D. The Company will complete and deliver to the Trustee a Book-Entry Note representing such Note in a form that has been approved by the Company, the Agents and the Trustee. E. The Trustee will authenticate the Book-Entry Note representing such Note. F. DTC will credit such Note to the participant account of the Trustee maintained by DTC. G. The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to the C-14 Trustee's participant account and credit such Note to the participant account of the Presenting Agent maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement account of the Presenting Agent and credit the settlement account of the Trustee maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the price of any Note less such Agent's commission. Any entry of such a deliver order shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Trustee to DTC that the Book-Entry Note representing such Note has been executed and authenticated. H. The Presenting Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to the Presenting Agent's participant account and credit such Note to the participant account of the Participants maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of the Presenting Agent maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the initial public offering price of such Note. I. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS dollar orders described in Settlement Procedures G and H will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date. J. The Trustee, upon receipt of such funds, will credit to an account of the Company maintained at the Trustee funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure G. K. The Agent will confirm the purchase of such Note to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participant with respect to such Note a confirmation order through DTC's Participant Terminal System or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser. C-15 Settlement Procedures For orders of Notes accepted by the Company, Timetable: Settlement Procedures "A" through "K" set forth above shall be completed as soon as possible but not later than the respective times (New York City time) set forth below: Settlement Procedure Time A-B 11:00 A.M. on the trade date C 2:00 P.M. on the trade date D 3:00 P.M. on the Business Day before Settlement Date E 4:00 A.M. on Settlement Date F 10:00 A.M. on Settlement Date Settlement Procedure Time G-H No later than 2:00 P.M. on Settlement Date I 4:45 P.M. on Settlement Date J-K 5:00 P.M. on Settlement Date [If a sale is to be settled more than one Business Day after the trade date, Settlement Procedures A, B and C may, if necessary, be completed at any time prior to the specified times on the first Business Day after such trade date.] In connection with a sale which is to be settled more than one Business Day after the trade date, if the initial interest rate for a Floating Rate Note is not known at the time that Settlement Procedure A is completed, Settlement Procedures B and C shall be completed as soon as such rates have been determined, but no later than 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., New York City time, respectively, on the second Business Day before the Settlement Date. Settlement Procedure I is subject to extension in accordance with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines and in the other events specified in the SDFS operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date. C-16 If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is rescheduled or canceled, the Trustee, upon receipt of notice of such cancellation will deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a cancellation message to such effect by no later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled Settlement Date. Failure to Settle: If the Trustee fails to enter a SDFS deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry Note pursuant to Procedure G, the Trustee may deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing DTC to debit such Note to the participant account of the Trustee maintained at DTC. DTC will process the withdrawal message, provided that such participant account contains a principal amount of the Book-Entry Note representing such Note that is at least equal to the principal amount to be debited. If withdrawal messages are processed with respect to all the Notes represented by a Book-Entry Note, the Trustee will cancel and destroy each Book-Entry Note and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction with respect to each canceled Note. The CUSIP number assigned to such Book-Entry Note shall in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. If withdrawal messages are processed with respect to a portion of the Notes represented by a Book-Entry Note, the Trustee will exchange such Book-Entry Note for two Book-Entry Notes, one of which shall represent the Book-Entry Notes for which withdrawal messages are processed and shall be canceled immediately after issuance, and the other of which shall represent the other Notes previously represented by the surrendered Book-Entry Note and shall bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Book-Entry Note. C-17 If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Note is not timely paid to the Participants with respect to such Note by the beneficial purchaser thereof (or a person, including an indirect participant in DTC, acting on behalf of such purchaser), such Participants and, in turn, the related Agent may enter SDFS deliver orders through DTC's Participant Terminal System reversing the orders entered pursuant to Settlement Procedures G and H, respectively. Thereafter, the Trustee will deliver the withdrawal message and take the related actions described in the preceding paragraph. If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than default by the applicable Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to a Book-Entry Note, DTC may take any actions in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect. In the event of a failure to settle with respect to a Note that was to have been represented by a Book-Entry Note also representing other Notes, the Trustee will provide, in accordance with Settlement Procedures D and E, for the authentication and issuance of a Book-Entry Note representing such remaining Notes and will make appropriate entries in its records. PART III: PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES Denominations: Certificated Notes will be issued in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples thereof. Registration: Certificated Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons. Transfers and Exchanges: A Certificated Note may be presented for transfer or exchange at the corporate trust office of the Trustee. C-18 Interest: Each Certificated Note will bear interest in accordance with its terms. Payments of Principal and Upon presentment and delivery of a Certificated Interest: Note, the Trustee will pay the principal amount of such Note at Maturity and the final installment of interest in immediately available funds. All interest payments on a Certificated Note, other than interest due at Maturity, will be made by check drawn on the Trustee and mailed by the Trustee to the person entitled thereto as provided in such Note. Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on an Interest Payment Date or at Maturity of a Certificated Note which is not a Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (except that in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the preceding day that is a Business Day with respect to such LIBOR Note) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at Maturity, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity. The Trustee will provide monthly to the Company a list of the principal and interest to be paid on Certificated Notes maturing in the next succeeding month. The Trustee will be responsible for withholding taxes on interest paid as required by applicable law, but shall be relieved from any such responsibility if it acts in good faith and in reliance upon an opinion of counsel. Certificated Notes presented to the Trustee at Maturity for payment will be canceled by the Trustee. All such canceled Notes held by the Trustee shall be destroyed, and the Trustee shall furnish to the Company a certificate with respect to such destruction. Settlement Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Certificated Note purchased through any Agent, as agent, shall be as follows: A. The Presenting Agent will advise the Company by telephone of the following Settlement information with regard to each Certificated Note: C-19 1. Exact name in which the Note is to be registered (the "Registered Owners"). 2. Exact address or addresses of the Registered Owner for delivery, notices and payments of principal and interest. 3. Taxpayer identification number of the Registered Owner. 4. Principal amount of the Note. 5. Denomination of the Note. 6. Fixed Rate Notes: (a) Interest Rate (b) Redemption Dates, if any, and redemption at whose option Floating Rate Notes: (a) Interest Rate Basis (b) Initial Interest Rate (c) Spread, if any (d) Interest Rate Reset Dates (e) Interest Rate Reset Period (f) Interest Payment Dates (g) Interest Payment Period (h) Index Maturity (i) Calculation Agent (j) Maximum Interest Rates, if any (k) Minimum Interest Rates, if any (l) Redemption Dates, if any, and redemption at whose option (m) Original Issue Discount features, if any (n) Sinking Fund Dates and Amounts, if any 7. Price to public of the Note. 8. Settlement Date (Original Issue Date). 9. Maturity Date. C-20 10. Net proceeds to the Company. 11. Agent's commission. B. The Company shall provide to the Trustee, by telecopy or other mutually acceptable method, the above Settlement information received from the Agent and shall cause the Trustee to execute, authenticate and deliver the Notes. The Company also shall provide to the Trustee and the Agent a copy of the applicable Pricing Supplement. C. The Trustee will complete the preprinted four-ply Note packet containing the following documents in forms approved by the Company, the Presenting Agent and the Trustee: 1. Note with Agent's customer confirmation. 2. Stub 1 - for Trustee. 3. Stub 2 - for Agent. 4. Stub 3 - for the Company. D. With respect to each trade, the Trustee will deliver the Notes and Stub 2 thereof to the Presenting Agent at the following applicable address: in the case of Salomon Brothers Inc, Attention: __________; in the case of Chase Securities Inc., Attention: __________; in the case of UBS Securities LLC, Attention: _______; in the case of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Attention: __________. The Trustee will keep Stub 1. The Presenting Agent will acknowledge receipt of the Note through a broker's receipt and will keep Stub 2. Delivery of the Note will be made only against such acknowledgment of receipt. Upon determination that the Note has been authorized, delivered and completed as aforementioned, the Presenting Agent will wire the net proceeds of the Note after deduction of its applicable commission to the Company C-21 pursuant to standard wire instructions given by the Company. E. The Presenting Agent will deliver the Note (with confirmations), as well as a copy of the Prospectus and any applicable Pricing Supplement received from the Company, to the purchaser against payment in immediately available funds. F. The Trustee will send Stub 3 to the Company. Settlement Procedures For offers accepted by the Company, Settlement Timetable: Procedures "A" through "F" set forth above shall be completed on or before the respective times set forth below: Settlement Procedure Time A-B 3:00 P.M. on Business Day prior to settlement C-D 2:15 P.M. on day of settlement E 3:00 P.M. on day of settlement F 5:00 P.M. on day of settlement Failure to Settle: In the event that a purchaser of a Certificated Note from the Company shall either fail to accept delivery of or make payment for a Certificated Note on the date fixed for settlement, the Presenting Agent will forthwith notify the Trustee and the Company by telephone, confirmed in writing, and return the Certificated Note to the Trustee. The Trustee, upon receipt of the Certificated Note from the Agent will immediately advise the Company and the Company will promptly arrange to credit the account of the Presenting Agent in an amount of immediately available funds equal to the amount previously paid by such Agent in settlement for the Certificated Note. Such credits will be made on the Settlement Date, if possible, and in any event not later than the Business Day following the Settlement Date; provided that the Company has received notice on the same day. If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than failure by such Agent to perform its obligations C-22 hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. Immediately upon receipt of the Certificated Note in respect of which the failure occurred, the Trustee will cancel and destroy the Certificated Note, make appropriate entries in its records to reflect the fact that the Certificated Note was never issued, and accordingly notify in writing the Company. C-23 EX-1.2 3 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Exhibit 1.2 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT [DATE] GATX Capital Corporation Four Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111 Dear Sirs: We (the "Manager") understand that GATX Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell $ aggregate principal amount of [Title of Securities] (the "Offered Securities"). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, the Company hereby agrees to sell and the underwriters named below (such underwriters being herein called the "Underwriters") agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amounts of such Offered Securities set forth opposite their names below at __% of their principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from , 199_ to the date of payment and delivery. Name Principal Amount --------------------- $ --------------------- $ -------------- Total: $ ============== GATX Capital Corporation 2 [The aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters may be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities sold pursuant to delayed delivery contracts.]* The Underwriters will pay for such Offered Securities [less any Offered Securities sold pursuant to delayed delivery contracts)]* upon delivery thereof at [state location] at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on [state date], or at such other time, not later than [state date] as shall be designated by the Managers. The Offered Securities shall have the following terms: Maturity: Interest Rate: Redemption Provisions: Interest Payment Dates: [other terms]: [The commission to be paid to the Underwriters in respect of Offered Securities purchased pursuant to delayed delivery contracts arranged by the Underwriters shall be % of the principal amount thereof.]* All the provisions contained in the document entitled GATX Capital Corporation Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities) dated ________ __, 1997, a copy of which you have previously received, are herein incorporated by reference in their 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. Please confirm your agreement by having an authorized officer sign a copy of this Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us and in addition have an authorized officer send us no later than [state date and time] by wire, telex or other written means, the following message: - -------- * To be added only if delayed delivery contracts are contemplated. GATX Capital Corporation 3 "We have entered into the Underwriting Agreement dated [insert date] relating to the Offered Securities referred to therein by signing a copy of the Underwriting Agreement and returning the same or depositing the same in the mail to you." Very truly yours, [Names of Underwriters] By ------------------------------- Name: Title: Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters named above Accepted: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION By ------------------------------- Name: Title: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT STANDARD PROVISIONS (DEBT SECURITIES) October __, 1997 1 From time to time, GATX Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the several underwriters named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"). The Underwriting Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as this Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. I. The Company proposes to issue from time to time debt securities (the "Securities") pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 18, 1991, a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 2, 1996 and a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 14, 1997 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Senior Indenture"), or an Indenture that may be entered into between the Company and a trustee to be designated (together with the Senior Indenture, the "Indenture"). The Securities may have varying designations, maturities, rates and times of payment of interest, if any, selling prices, redemption terms, if any, and other specific terms. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement including a prospectus relating to the Securities and has filed with or transmitted for filing to, the Commission a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The term Registration Statement means the registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended to the date of the Underwriting Agreement. The term "Basic Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The term "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Offered Securities (the "Prospectus Supplement"), as filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424. The term "preliminary prospectus" means a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically referring to the Offered Securities together with the Basic Prospectus. As used herein, the terms "Registration Statement", "Basic Prospectus", "Prospectus" and "preliminary prospectus" shall include in each case the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms "supplement," "amendment" and "amend" as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that are filed subsequent to the date of the Basic Prospectus by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The term "Underwriters' Securities" means the Offered Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters herein. The term "Contract Securities" means the Offered Securities, if any, to be purchased pursuant to the delayed delivery contracts referred to below. 2 II. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that: (a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. (b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will be timely filed as required thereby, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section II(b) do not apply (x) to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information concerning the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriters expressly for use therein or (y) to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), of the Trustee. (c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (d) Each subsidiary of the Company that is a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (a "Significant Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each 3 jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, except as rights to indemnity hereunder or thereunder may be limited under applicable law. (f) The Senior Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor's rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. (g) The Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined in Section III below), if any, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except (i) as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting or relating to creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. (h) The Offered Securities have been duly authorized and, when the Offered Securities have been executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. (i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no consent, approval or authorization of any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Offered Securities, except such as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act or the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities. 4 (j) There has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, from that set forth in the Prospectus. (k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required. (l) Each of the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. III. If the Prospectus provides for sales of Offered Securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company hereby authorizes the Underwriters to solicit offers to purchase Contract Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus pursuant to delayed delivery contracts substantially in the form of Schedule I attached hereto ("Delayed Delivery Contracts") but with such changes therein as the Company may authorize or approve. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with institutional investors approved by the Company and of the types set forth in the Prospectus. On the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), the Company will pay the Manager as compensation, for the accounts of the Underwriters, the fee set forth in the Underwriting Agreement in respect of the principal amount of Contract Securities. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or the performance of the Delayed Delivery Contracts. If the Company executes and delivers Delayed Delivery Contracts with institutional investors, the Contract Securities shall be deducted from the Offered Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be reduced pro rata in proportion to the principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter's name in the Underwriting Agreement, except to the extent that the Manager determines that such reduction shall be otherwise and so advises the Company. 5 IV. The Company is advised by the Manager that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Underwriters' Securities as soon after this Agreement is entered into as in the Manager's judgment is advisable. The terms of the public offering of the Underwriters' Securities are set forth in the Prospectus. V. Payment for the Underwriters' Securities shall be made by certified or official bank check or checks payable to the order of the Company in New York Clearing House funds at the time and place set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, upon delivery to the Manager for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Underwriters' Securities registered in such names and in such denominations as the Manager shall request in writing not less than two full business days prior to the date of the delivery. The time and date of such payment and delivery of the Underwriters' Securities are herein referred to as the Closing Date. VI. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the following conditions: (a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) There shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations, of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the Closing Date, that, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented; (ii) There shall not have occurred any (A) suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (B) suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (C) declaration of a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York by either federal or New York state authorities; or (D) any outbreak or escalation of any hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, is material and adverse and, in the case of any of the events described in clauses (ii)(A) through (D), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the 6 reasonable judgment of the Manager, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus; (iii) There shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change that does not indicate the direction of a possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; (b) The Manager shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Thomas C. Nord, Vice President and General Counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto. (c) The Manager shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto. (d) The Manager shall have received, on the Closing Date, a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct as of such date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or satisfied by it at or before such date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened. (e) The Manager shall have received on the Closing Date, a letter dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager, from the independent public accountants of the Company, and from such other independent public accountants as the Manager may reasonably request, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. VII. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters contained in this Agreement, the Company covenants as follows: (a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will not file any Prospectus Supplement relating to the Offered Securities or any amendment to the Registration Statement unless the Company has previously furnished to the Manager a copy thereof for its review and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Manager reasonably objects; provided that the foregoing requirement shall not apply to any of the Company's periodic 7 filings with the Commission required to be filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which filings the Company will cause to be timely filed with the Commission and copies of which filings the Company will cause to be delivered to the Manager promptly after being mailed for filing with the Commission. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will promptly cause each Prospectus Supplement to be filed with or transmitted for filing to the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The Company will promptly advise the Manager (a) of the filing of any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, (b) of the filing and effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (c) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Basic Prospectus or for any additional information, (d) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (e) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of suspension of qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. (b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, or until the distribution of any Offered Securities an Underwriter may own as principal has been completed, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which (i) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or (ii) if, in the opinion of the Manager or in the opinion of the Company, it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify each Underwriter by telephone (with confirmation in writing) to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Offered Securities or any resale thereof and, if so notified by the Company, each Underwriter shall forthwith suspend such solicitation or resale and cease using the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented. If the Company shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, it shall so advise the Underwriters promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and, at its expense, shall prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as then amended or supplemented that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to each Underwriter in such quantities as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement, and any documents, certificates and opinions furnished to the Underwriters pursuant to paragraph (f) below and Sections VI(b) and (c) in connection with the preparation or filing of such amendment or supplement, are satisfactory in all respects to each Underwriter, upon the filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission or effectiveness of an amendment to the Registration Statement, such Underwriter will resume the solicitation of offers to purchase Offered Securities or any resale thereof hereunder. 8 (c) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Manager as soon as practicable earnings statements that satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder covering the twelve-month period beginning, in each case, not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the date of the Underwriting Agreement. If such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter of the Company's fiscal year, such earnings statement shall be made available not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and in all other cases shall be made available not later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby. (d) The Company will furnish to the Manager without charge two signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, including exhibits and any documents incorporated by reference therein, and, during the period mentioned in Section VII(b) above, as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as the Manager may reasonably request. (e) The Company will qualify the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Manager shall reasonably request and will pay all reasonable expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with such qualification and in connection with the determination of the eligibility of the Offered Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Manager may designate, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to so qualify the Offered Securities if such qualification requires it to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. (f) During the term of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Manager such relevant documents and certificates of officers of the Company relating to the business, operations and affairs of the Company, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, the Indenture, the Offered Securities, the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder as the Manager may from time to time reasonably request and shall notify the Manager promptly in writing of any downgrading or of its receipt of any notice of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible change that does not indicate the direction of a possible change in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act. (g) The Company will, whether or not any sale of Offered Securities is consummated, pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, including: (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities; (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel; (iv) the qualification of the Offered Securities under securities or Blue Sky laws 9 in accordance with the provisions of Section VII(e), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of the counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky memoranda ("Blue Sky Memoranda"); (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, and of the Basic Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Indenture and any Blue Sky Memoranda; (vii) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities; (viii) any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriters with the approval of the Company and (ix) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (h) During the period beginning on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior consent of the Manager, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Offered Securities (other than (i) the Offered Securities that are to be sold pursuant to such agreement, (ii) Offered Securities previously agreed to be sold by the Company and (iii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business), except as may otherwise be provided in any such agreement. VIII. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities caused by any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any amendment thereof or the Prospectus (if used within the period set forth in paragraph (b) of Section VII and as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use therein. (b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto. 10 (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Manager, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (b) above and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (a) above. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section VIII is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein in connection with any offering of Offered Securities, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or 11 (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Offered Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in respect thereof, in each case as set forth in the Prospectus, bear to the total aggregate public offering price of such Offered Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. (e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section VIII 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 considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section VIII, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities offered and sold to the public through such Underwriter exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section VIII are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section VIII and the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by any Underwriter or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered Securities. 12 IX. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Offered Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite their names in the Underwriting Agreement bears to the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining underwriters) the Offered Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Offered Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Offered Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section IX, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Manager shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. X. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Manager, by notice given to the Company, if prior to the Closing Date (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, impractical to market the Offered Securities. XI. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement except pursuant to Section IX hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with the Offered Securities. 13 This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to a contract executed and performed in such State without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. 14 Schedule I DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT 199_ Dear Sirs: The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from GATX Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned $............... principal amount of the Company's [state title of issue] (the "Securities"), offered by the Company's Prospectus dated, 19__ and Prospectus Supplement dated , 199_, receipt of copies of which are hereby acknowledged, at a purchase price of % of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this contract. The undersigned does not contemplate selling Securities prior to making payment therefor. The undersigned will purchase from the Company Securities in the principal amounts and on the delivery dates set forth below: Delivery Principal Plus Accrued Date Amount Interest From: -------- --------- -------------- ......... $......... .............. ......... $......... .............. ......... $......... .............. Each such date on which Securities are to be purchased hereunder is hereinafter referred to as a "Delivery Date". Payment for the Securities which the undersigned has agreed to purchase on each Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its order by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds at the office of __________, New York, N.Y. at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Delivery Date, upon delivery to the undersigned of the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned on the Delivery Date, in such denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than five full business days prior to the Delivery Date. The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for the Securities on the Delivery Date shall be subject to the conditions that (1) the purchase of 15 Securities to be made by the undersigned shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and (2) the Company shall have sold, and delivery shall have taken place to the underwriters (the "Underwriters") named in the Prospectus Supplement referred to above of, such part of the Securities as is to be sold to them. Promptly after completion of sale and delivery to the Underwriters, the Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith. Failure to take delivery of and make payment for Securities by any purchaser under any other Delayed Delivery Contract shall not relieve the undersigned of its obligations under this contract. This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties thereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other. If this contract is acceptable to the Company, it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its address set forth below. This will become a binding contract, as of the date first above written, between the Company and the undersigned when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered. This contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to a contract executed and performed in such State without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. Yours very truly, ......................................... (Purchaser) By ...................................... ......................................... (Title) ......................................... (Address) Accepted: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION By ......................................... 16 PURCHASER--PLEASE COMPLETE AT TIME OF SIGNING The name and telephone and department of the representative of the Purchaser with whom details of delivery on the Delivery Date may be discussed is as follows: (Please print). Telephone No. (Including Name Area Code) Department ................ ................. ........................... ................ ................. ........................... ................ ................. ........................... ................ ................. ........................... 1 EXHIBIT A Opinion of Thomas C. Nord, Vice President and General Counsel for the Company The opinion of the Vice President and General Counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section VI(b) of the document dated October __, 1997, and entitled GATX Capital Corporation Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities) shall be to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership and leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (ii) Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (iii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise. (iv) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval or authorization of any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities, except such as are specified and have been obtained and such as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act or the 2 securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities. (v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after due inquiry, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and is not so described, or of any statute, regulation contract or other document that is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required. (vi) The [Senior] Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company in accordance with its terms and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. (vii) The Offered Securities, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters [or by institutional investors, if any, pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts], will be valid and binding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms. (viii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. [(ix) The Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are valid and binding agreements of the Company in accordance with their respective terms.] (x) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Debt Securities" and "Description of the [Offered Securities]" and the statements in the Prospectus incorporated by reference from Item 3 of the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such documents and proceedings. (xi) Such counsel (1) is of the opinion that each document, if any, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act (except as to financial statements and schedules, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied when so filed as to form in all material respects with such Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (2) believes that (except as to financial statements and schedules and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee on Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) each part of the registration statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act relating to the Offered Securities, when such part became effective did not contain any 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, (3) is of 3 the opinion that the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except as to financial statements and schedules and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee on Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express any belief), comply as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and (4) believes that (except as to financial statements and schedules and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee on Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus on the date of the Underwriting Agreement did not, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, on the Closing Date does not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such counsel may state that his opinion and belief is based upon his participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and upon review and discussion of the contents thereof, but is without independent check or verification except as otherwise specified, including without limitation, the independent check or verification of the mathematical computations contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 1 EXHIBIT B Opinion of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP Counsel for the Underwriters The opinion of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, to be delivered pursuant to Section VI(c) of the document dated October __, 1997, and entitled GATX Capital Corporation Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt) shall be to the effect that: (i) The [Senior] Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company in accordance with its terms and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. (ii) The Offered Securities, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters or by institutional investors, if any, pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company. (iii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (iv) The Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are valid and binding agreements of the Company in accordance with their respective terms. (v) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Debt Securities", "Description of the [Offered Securities]" and ["Underwriting"] insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such documents. (vi) Such counsel (1) is of the opinion that the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except as to financial statements and schedules and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee on Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and (2) believes that (except as to financial statements and schedules and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee on Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus on the date of the Underwriting Agreement did not, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, on the Closing Date does not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such counsel may state that its belief is based upon its participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments or 2 supplements thereto (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein) and review and discussion of the contents thereof (including documents incorporated by reference therein), but is without independent check or verification except as specified. EX-4.7 4 FORM OF MEDIUM-TERM NOTE (FIXED RATE) Exhibit 4.7 REGISTERED [IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, Principal Amount: INSERT -- UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT $ BE TRANS FERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE CUSIP DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE No. FXD- DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION _ % NOTE DUE 20__ (FIXED RATE) Interest Rate: Redemption Date and Prices: Original Issue Date: Sinking Fund Dates and Amounts: Maturity Date: Total Amount OID: Initial Accrual Period OID: Yield to Maturity: Redemption at Option of Company: Yes__ No__ Redemption at Holder's Option: Yes__ No__ GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________________, or registered assigns, the principal amount of ________________________________ DOLLARS, on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon at the rate per annum shown above until the principal hereon is paid or duly made available for payment. The Company will pay interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") commencing with the Interest Payment Date next following the Original Issue Date specified above (the "Original Issue Date") (provided that, if the Original Issue Date is later than March 15 or September 15 and prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall be so payable commencing with the second Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date) and on the Maturity Date or the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date") on said principal amount, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above. Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Original Issue Date shown above until the principal hereof has been paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 15 or the September 15, whether or not a Business Day (as defined on the reverse hereof), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date shown above, or, if applicable, upon redemption, will be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof shall be payable and provided, further, however, that if such Interest Payment Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a Business Day. Any such interest which is 2 payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note shall be made at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debt; provided, however, that payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, if any) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The principal hereof and interest due at maturity shall be paid upon maturity in immediately available funds against presentation of this Note at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. This Note is one of the _% Notes Due 20__ of the Company. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. Dated: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities referred to in the within- mentioned Indenture. By: -------------------------------- Authorized Signatory THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Trustee ATTEST: By: ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Authorized Signatory Secretary 4 [Reverse of Note] GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION _% NOTE DUE 20__ (FIXED RATE) This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company, all such Securities issued and to be issued under the indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Indentures dated as of December 18, 1991, January 2, 1996 and October 14, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture") between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and limitations of rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture, Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This Note is one of the Securities designated as _% Notes Due 20__ (the "Notes"). The Notes may be issued at various times with different maturity dates, redemption dates and different principal repayment provisions, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture. If so provided on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Holder on and after the Redemption Date so indicated on the face hereof. If no such date is set forth on the face hereof, this Note may not be redeemed prior to maturity. On and after such date, if any, from which this Note may be redeemed, this Note may be redeemed, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal amount of this Note shall be at least $1,000) at the option of the Company or a Holder, at the redemption prices indicated on the face hereof, together with interest thereon payable to the Redemption Date, on notice given (i) to the Trustee not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date with respect to redemption at the option of the Company or (ii) to the Trustee and the Company at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date with respect to redemption at the option of a Holder. With respect to redemption at the option of the Company, if less than all the Outstanding Notes having such terms as specified by the Company are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the Outstanding Notes having such terms as specified by the Company are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the 5 Outstanding Notes having such terms as specified by the Company not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. Any notice by the Trustee of such redemption at the option of the Company shall specify which Notes are to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note, in part only, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal thereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of each series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Holders of Securities may not enforce their rights pursuant to the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar and this Note duly executed by the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral 6 multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All capitalized terms used in this Note and not otherwise defined herein or particularized on the face hereof shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. ------------------------------ ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- Custodian --------------- --------------- (Cust) (Minor) Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act --------------------------------- (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. ------------------------------ 7 ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - ------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney ------------------------------------------------------------- to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. Date: ------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement. 8 EX-4.8 5 FORM OF MEDIUM-TERM NOTE (FLOATING RATE) Exhibit 4.8 REGISTERED [IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, Principal Amount: INSERT -- UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT $ BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE CUSIP DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE No. FLD- DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E (FLOATING RATE) Original Issue Date: Interest Reset Date(s): Maturity Date: Interest Rate Basis: Interest Reset Period: Initial Interest Rate: Interest Payment Date(s) Index Maturity: Spread (plus or minus): Interest Payment Period: Redemption at option of Holder: Yes __ No __ Redemption at option of Company: Yes __ No __ Maximum Interest Rate: Redemption Dates and Prices: Minimum Interest Rate: Sinking Fund Dates and Amounts: - ------------------------------------------------------------------- GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to__________________________________, or registered assigns, the principal amount of ___________________ DOLLARS, on the Maturity Date shown above and to pay interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate shown above until the first Interest Reset Date shown above following the Original Issue Date shown above and thereafter at a rate determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof under the heading "Determination of Commercial Paper Rate," "Determination of LIBOR Rate," "Determination of Federal Funds Rate" or "Determination of Treasury Rate," depending upon whether the Interest Rate Basis is Commercial Paper Rate, LIBOR, Federal Funds Rate or Treasury Rate, as indicated above, until the principal hereof is fully paid or duly made available for payment. The Company will pay interest monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually as indicated above on each Interest Payment Date shown above commencing with the first Interest Payment Date shown above immediately following the Original Issue Date shown above, and on the Maturity Date shown above, or, if applicable, upon redemption; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date shown above is between a Regular Record Date (as defined below) and an Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date; and 2 provided, further, however, that if an Interest Payment Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day (as defined on the reverse hereof), such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a Business Day, except that, in the case that the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, as indicated above, if such next Business Day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the preceding day that is a Business Day with respect to such LIBOR Note. Except as provided above and in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, interest payments will be made on the Interest Payment Dates shown above. The "Regular Record Date" shall be the date whether or not a Business Day 15 calendar days immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on the Interest Payment Dates referred to above, will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date shown above, or, if applicable, the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date") will be paid to the Person to whom the principal of this Note is payable. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payments of principal and interest shall be made at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debt; provided, however, that payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, if any) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The principal hereof and interest due at maturity will be paid upon maturity in immediately available funds against presentation of this Note at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF. 3 This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Note is one of the Medium-Term Notes, Series E of the Company. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. Dated: GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION ---------------------------- CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the series By: designated therein referred to in the ----------------------------- within-mentioned Indenture. Authorized Signatory THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Trustee By: ATTEST: ------------------------------- Authorized Signatory -------------------------------- Secretary 4 [Reverse of Note] GATX CAPITAL CORPORATION MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E (FLOATING RATE) This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company of the series hereinafter specified, all such Securities issued and to be issued under the Indenture dated as of July 31, 1989, as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Indentures dated as of December 18, 1991, January 2, 1996 and October 14, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture") between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as the Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and limitations of rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture, Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This Note is one of the Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the "Notes"). The Notes may be issued at various times with different maturity dates, redemption dates and different principal repayment provisions, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture. The interest payable on this Note on each Interest Payment Date will include accrued interest from and including the Original Issue Date set forth on the face hereof (the "Original Issue Date") or from and including the last date in respect of which interest has been paid, as the case may be, to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if the Interest Reset Dates set forth on the face hereof (the "Interest Reset Dates") are daily or weekly, interest payments shall include interest accrued only through and including the Regular Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date except that the interest payment at maturity will include interest accrued to but excluding such date. Accrued interest from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest has been paid is calculated by multiplying the principal amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factors calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date, or from the last date to which interest has been paid, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal calculated to seven decimal places without rounding) for each such day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the case of Notes with an interest rate determined by reference to the 5 "Commercial Paper Rate" (the "Commercial Paper Rate Notes"), the "Federal Funds Rate" (the "Federal Funds Rate Notes"), and "LIBOR" ("LIBOR" Notes"), or by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of Notes with an interest rate determined by reference to the "Treasury Rate" (the "Treasury Rate Notes"). The interest rate in effect on each day will be (a) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date (defined below) pertaining to such Interest Reset Date or (b) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date pertaining to the next preceding interest Reset Date; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the initial Interest Rate as specified on the face hereof and (ii) the interest rate in effect for the ten calendar days immediately prior to maturity will be that in effect on the tenth calendar date preceding maturity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, shown on the face hereof (the "Maximum Interest Rate"), or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, shown on the face hereof (the "Minimum Interest Rate"). All percentages resulting from any calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent being rounded upwards. In addition, the interest rate hereon shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate, if any, permitted by applicable law. Commencing with the first Interest Reset Date shown on the face hereof following the Original Issue Date, and thereafter on each succeeding Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified on the face hereof under "Interest Reset Date(s)." Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates to but not including the next succeeding Interest Reset Date or until the Maturity Date or, if applicable, the Redemption Date shown on the face hereof (the "Redemption Date"). The Interest Reset Date will be, if this Note resets daily, each Business Day; if this Note resets weekly, the Wednesday of each week (with the exception of weekly reset Treasury Rate Notes which will reset the Tuesday of each week, except as specified below); if this Note resets monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; if this Note resets quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December; if this Note resets semiannually, the third Wednesday of the two months specified on the face hereof; and if this Note resets annually, the third Wednesday of the month specified on the face hereof. Subject to applicable law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date, the rate of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions applicable below, plus or minus the Spread (as specified on the face hereof), if any. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that, in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. "Business Day" means (i) with respect to any Note, any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that, in The City of New York, is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close, and 6 (ii) with respect to LIBOR Notes only, a London Banking Day. A "London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. In the case of weekly reset Treasury Rate Notes, if an auction of treasury bills falls on a day that is an Interest Reset Date for Treasury Rate Notes, the Interest Reset Date will be the following day that is a Business Day. The Interest Determination Date (the "Interest Determination Date") pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be, if the Interest Rate Basis (defined below) is the Commercial Paper Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, the second Business Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be, if the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, the second London Banking Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be, if the Interest Rate Basis is the Treasury Rate, the day of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills (as defined below) of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof are auctioned. Treasury bills normally are auctioned on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such action may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as a result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Interest Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. Interest payable hereon will be payable monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually (the "Interest Payment Period") as specified on the face hereof. Unless otherwise shown on the face hereof, interest will be payable. If this Note resets daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; if this Note resets quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; if this Note resets semiannually, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified on the face hereof; and if this Note resets annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified on the face hereof (each such date being an "Interest Payment Date") and in each case, at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption. DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof (the "Interest Rate Basis") is "Commercial Paper Rate," the interest rate shall equal (a) the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on the applicable Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof (i) as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates" ("H.15(519)"), or any successor publication, under the heading "Commercial Paper" or (ii) in the event that such rate is not published by the Calculation Date (as defined below) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Commercial Paper" or (b) if neither of such yields is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in 7 The City of New York selected by The Chase Manhattan Bank, as calculation agent (or any successor calculation agent, the "Calculation Agent") on that Interest Determination Date, for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof (the "Index Maturity") placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency, in each of the above cases adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if such dealers are not quoting as mentioned above, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest for such period shall be the Initial Interest Rate). "Money Market Yield" shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula: Money Market Yield = D x 360 ------------- x 100 360 - (D x M) where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated. DETERMINATION OF LIBOR. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is "LIBOR," commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date the interest rate shall be equal to either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent) as calculated by the Calculation Agent, of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, which appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (or such other page as may replace the same), as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 (or such other page or service as may replace the same) as of 11 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, in each case adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if less than two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page or if no rate appears on Telerate Page 3750, as applicable, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London Office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent to provide a quotation of the rate which such bank offered to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, on deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount not less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time, and such rate of interest hereon shall equal the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the 8 nearest one-sixteenth of one percent) of (a) such quotations, if at least two quotations are provided, or (b) if less than two quotations are provided, the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount as aforesaid, in either case, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest for such period shall be the Initial Interest Rate). DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is "Federal Funds Rate," the interest rate shall equal (a) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date specified on the face hereof for Federal Funds (i) as published in the H.15(519), or any successor publication, under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)" or (ii) if such rate is not so published by the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then as published in the Composite Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/Effective Rate" or (b) if neither of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the arithmetic mean (as calculated by the Calculation Agent) of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, in each of the above cases, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if such brokers are not quoting as mentioned above, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest for such period shall be the Initial Interest Rate). DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof is "Treasury Rate," the interest rate shall equal the rate for the auction held on the applicable Interest Determination Date of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519), or any successor publication, under the heading, "U.S. Government Securities-Treasury bills--auction average (investment)" or, if not so published by the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the auction average rate (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, in either case, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof. In the event that 9 the results are not published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held in a particular week, then the rate of interest herein shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above, the interest rate in effect hereon until the Interest Reset Date next succeeding the Interest Reset Date to which such Interest Determination Date relates shall be the rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest for such period shall be the Initial Interest Rate). The Calculation Date pertaining to an Interest Determination Date shall be the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing and will confirm in writing such calculation to the Trustee and any Paying Agent immediately after each determination. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be responsible for any such calculation. At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate which will become effective as of the next Interest Reset Date. If so specified on the face of this Note, this Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Holder on and after the Redemption Date so indicated on the face hereof. If no such date is set forth on the face hereof, this Note may not be redeemed prior to maturity. On and after such date, if any, from which this Note may be redeemed, this Note may be redeemed in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal amount of this Note shall be at least $1,000) at the option of the Company or a Holder, at the redemption prices set forth on the face hereof, together with interest thereon payable to the Redemption Date, on notice given (i) to the Trustee not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date with respect to redemption at the option of the Company; or (ii) to the Trustee and the Company at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date with respect to redemption at the option of a Holder. With respect to redemption at the option of the Company, if less than all the Outstanding Notes having such terms as specified by the Company are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the Outstanding Notes having such terms as specified by the Company not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. Any notice by the Trustee of such redemption at the option of the Company shall specify which Notes are to be redeemed. In the event of 10 redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal thereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of each series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Holders of Securities may not enforce their rights pursuant to the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and this Note duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by the attorney duly authorized in writing by such Holder, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 11 No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All capitalized terms used in this Note and not otherwise defined herein or particularized on the face hereof shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 12 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM--as tenants in common TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- Custodian --------------- ----------- (Cust) (Minor) Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act --------------------------------- (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. ------------------------------------------------------------ ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - ------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. Date: ---------------- ------------------------------------------ Note: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement. 13 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----