-----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, Cx+5FczrMl+2vRZoNXXNDhjczGYJ2H5SHEDEuQ6vRl6YiJj8Hq0Cg7ppubWPqt5f pXK6Atb7wEhlL6sltGR9sw== 0000950130-97-005576.txt : 19971217 0000950130-97-005576.hdr.sgml : 19971217 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950130-97-005576 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 REFERENCES 429: 033-47081 REFERENCES 429: 033-52821 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971216 SROS: CSX SROS: NYSE SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MALLINCKRODT INC /MO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000051396 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835] IRS NUMBER: 361263901 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-42325 FILM NUMBER: 97738877 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7733 FORSYTH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63134 BUSINESS PHONE: 3148545299 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7733 FORSYTH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105-1820 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MALLINCKRODT INC /MO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970625 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MALLINCKRODT GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940322 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IMCERA GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 S-3 1 FORM S-3 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 16, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- MALLINCKRODT INC. (FORMERLY MALLINCKRODT GROUP INC.) (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) --------------- NEW YORK 675 MCDONNELL BOULEVARD 36-1263901 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF P.O. BOX 5840 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) ST. LOUIS, MO 63134 IDENTIFICATION NO.) (314) 654-2000
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ROGER A. KELLER MALLINCKRODT INC. 675 MCDONNELL BOULEVARD P.O. BOX 5840 ST. LOUIS, MO 63134 (314) 654-2000 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) COPIES TO: JOHN M. REISS MICHAEL A. CAMPBELL WHITE & CASE MAYER, BROWN & PLATT 1155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603 (212) 819-8200 (312) 782-0600 --------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as the registrant shall determine. 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 box 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM SECURITIES TO BE AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF REGISTERED REGISTERED SHARE(1) PRICE(1) REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debt Securities........ $500,000,000(1) 100%(2) $500,000,000(1) $147,500(3) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price of $500,000,000. (2) Estimated solely for purpose of calculating the registration fee. (3) Pursuant to Rule 429, a filing fee of $17,241.60 that was paid in connection with the registration of $50 million of unsold Debt Securities (Reg. No. 33-52821) is being applied to the Debt Securities being registered hereby. In addition, pursuant to Rule 429, a filing fee of $15,625 that was paid in connection with the registration of $50 million of unsold Debt Securities (Reg. No. 33-47081) is being applied to the Debt Securities being registered hereby. 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 THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +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. + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject to Completion, Dated December 16, 1997 [LOGO] $500,000,000 MALLINCKRODT INC. DEBT SECURITIES ----------- Mallinckrodt Inc. (the "Company") may from time to time offer up to $500,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of its debt securities (the "Debt Securities"), on terms to be determined at the time of sale, and as more fully described under "Description of the Securities." The accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") sets forth the specific designation, the aggregate principal amount offered, authorized denominations, maturity, purchase price, rate (which may be fixed or variable) and time of payment of interest, any terms of redemption (including any sinking fund) and any other specific terms of the Debt Securities in respect of which this Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are being delivered (the "Securities"), together with the terms of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may sell Debt Securities to or through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers, through agents or through a combination of the foregoing. See "Plan of Distribution." Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, such underwriters will include Goldman, Sachs & Co. acting alone or as a representative of a group of underwriters. Goldman, Sachs & Co. may also act as agent. The accompanying Prospectus Supplement sets forth the names of such underwriters or agents, the principal amounts, if any, to be purchased by underwriters and the compensation, if any, of such underwriters or agents. ----------- 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 REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. ----------- GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. ----------- The date of this Prospectus is December , 1997. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements, information statements and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Judiciary Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following Regional Offices of the Commission: New York Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048; and Chicago Regional Office, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. 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. Electronic filings filed through the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR") are publicly available through the Commission's home page on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. Such reports, proxy statements, information statements and other information filed by the Company can also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005; the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605; and the Pacific Stock Exchange, Incorporated, 233 South Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012 and 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California 94104. The Company's Common Stock, $1 par value, is listed on the three aforementioned stock exchanges. This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the Registration Statement, and reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and to the exhibits thereto for further information with respect to the Company and the Debt Securities. Any statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated in this Prospectus by reference: (1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997. (3) The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 1997, July 14, 1997, July 29, 1997, September 2, 1997, September 5, 1997, September 25, 1997, October 7, 1997, October 16, 1997, October 21, 1997, November 3, 1997 and November 26, 1997. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. 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 such 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 hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person to whom a Prospectus is delivered a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to such documents) upon written or oral request. Requests for such copies should be directed to the Corporate Secretary, Mallinckrodt Inc., 675 McDonnell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63134, telephone number (314) 654-2000. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this Prospectus are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the effect of business and economic conditions; the impact of competitive products and continued pressure on prices realized by the Company for its products; constraints on supplies of raw materials used in manufacturing certain of the Company's products; capacity constraints limiting the production of certain products; difficulties or delays in the development, production, testing, and marketing of products; difficulties or delays in receiving required governmental or regulatory approvals; market acceptance issues, including the failure of products to generate anticipated sales levels; difficulties in rationalizing acquired businesses and in realizing related cost savings and other benefits; the effects of and changes in trade, monetary, and fiscal policies, laws, and regulations, foreign exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; the costs and effects of legal and administrative proceedings, including environmental proceedings and patent disputes involving the Company; and any other risk factors reported from time to time in the Company's SEC reports. 3 THE COMPANY The Company (formerly Mallinckrodt Group Inc.), a New York corporation, is a global company serving specialty markets in healthcare and specialty chemicals. Healthcare products are instrumental in the delivery of healthcare services and are sold primarily to hospitals and alternate care sites, clinical laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturers on a worldwide basis. Healthcare products are related by a high degree of innovation and technology, by regulation from agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, industry standards and by markets served. They are significantly affected by conditions within the healthcare industry, including continuing legislative initiatives and public and private healthcare insurance and reimbursement programs. The healthcare markets served are imaging agents, respiratory care and pharmaceutical specialties. Imaging agents include the manufacture, sale and distribution of products used in radiology, cardiology and nuclear medicine. Respiratory care includes the manufacture, sale and distribution of products used in oxygen monitoring, critical care ventilation, airway management, temperature monitoring, temperature management and blood analysis. Pharmaceutical specialties include analgesics such as acetaminophen used to control pain and fever, codeine salts, morphine and other opium based narcotics and synthetic narcotics used to treat pain and coughs; and peptides which are used in many new pharmaceuticals. Specialty chemicals are products that possess a higher degree of technology and service than is characteristic of commodity chemicals. Specialty chemicals include the manufacture, sale and distribution of products which are used by customers worldwide as components, ingredients or reagents, rather than final consumer products. Specialty chemicals include catalysts, and laboratory and microelectronics chemicals. The Company was incorporated in New York in 1909 and was primarily a producer and manufacturer of fertilizers and other commodity chemicals. During the past several years, the Company has undertaken significant steps to transform itself. In June 1994, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $46 million after taxes to reengineer its Mallinckrodt Medical division to enhance responsiveness to healthcare customer needs, and compete more effectively in a market that is changing as a result of healthcare reform. In December 1995, the Company announced a Strategic Change Initiative which eliminated the management and administrative structures of the three former operating companies, Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc., Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc. and Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc. Those businesses are now managed through divisions with global responsibility under a corporate chief operating officer. On March 31, 1997, the Company disposed of Fries & Fries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary which owned the Company's 50% interest in Tastemaker, which was a flavors joint venture with Hercules Incorporated. The transaction generated a net value to the Company of $550 million. On June 30, 1997, the Company disposed of its animal health segment for $405 million in cash. The Company retained certain liabilities, as well as various parcels of idle real property and efforts are underway to divest these assets. On August 28, 1997, the Company completed its purchase of all of the outstanding shares of Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1.9 billion. Nellcor is the world leader in providing products that monitor, diagnose and treat the respiratory impaired patient. With the acquisition, the Company has become a more important healthcare force serving hospital, alternate care and pharmaceutical markets. The corporate headquarters is located at 675 McDonnell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63134 and the telephone number is (314) 654-2000. 4 USE OF PROCEEDS Except as otherwise noted in any Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities will be used primarily for debt reduction in the manner described in any Prospectus Supplement. In addition, a portion of such proceeds may be added to the general funds of the Company and may be used for general corporate purposes. Pending such a use, some portion of such funds may be invested in short-term marketable securities. RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
THREE MONTHS ENDED YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------ 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 ------------------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.......... (1) 6.1 5.0 5.0 3.7 3.3
(1) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the three months ended September 30, 1997 primarily due to acquisition charges recorded during the quarter. The coverage deficiency was approximately $371 million. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is based on earnings from continuing operations and has been computed on a total enterprise basis. Earnings represent income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges, net of capitalized interest. Fixed charges consist of interest expense before reduction for capitalized interest, one-third of rental expense (net of rental income from subleased properties), which is considered to be representative of the interest factors in the leases, and the Company's proportionate share of interest expense of 50%-owned entities accounted for by the equity method before reduction for capitalized interest, and amortization of debt discount and expenses. DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES The following description of the Debt Securities sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995 and as may be further amended and supplemented (the "Indenture"), between the Company and First Trust of New York, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The particular terms of the Securities and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to the Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Securities. The following summary of the material provisions of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture, including the definition therein of certain terms. Wherever particular articles, sections or defined terms of the Indenture are referred to, it is intended that such articles, sections or defined terms shall be incorporated herein by reference. GENERAL The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness which may be issued thereunder (such debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the Indenture being herein referred to as the "Securities"). The Indenture provides that Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Securities will be unsecured obligations ranking equally with each other and with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. 5 The Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular Securities offered thereby will describe the following terms of the Securities: (1) the title of the Securities; (2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Securities; (3) the record date for determining the persons to whom any interest on any Securities of the series will be payable; (4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities will be payable; (5) the rate or rates (or formula for determining such rates) at which the Securities of the series will bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest will be payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable; (6) whether the interest rate or interest rate formula for Securities of the series may be reset at the option of the Company or otherwise, and the date or dates on which such interest rate or interest rate formula may be reset; (7) the place or places where the principal and interest on the Securities of the series will be payable and the place or places where the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange; (8) the date, if any, after which the Securities may, pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed, in whole or in part, and the other detailed terms and provisions of any such optional or mandatory redemption provisions; (9) any mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provisions; (10) the currency or the composite currency in which the Securities are denominated (the "Specified Currency"); (11) the currency or currencies of payment of principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities if other than the Specified Currency; (12) any index used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities; (13) any additional covenants applicable to the Securities; and (14) any other terms of the Securities (which terms will not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture). Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities will be payable, and transfers of the Securities will be registrable, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (currently located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005), provided that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register. (Sections 3.01, 3.03, 3.06 and 5.02) Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of 1,000 units of the Specified Currency or any integral multiple thereof. (Section 3.02) No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. (Section 3.06) If any of the Securities are denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. Dollars or if the principal, premium and/or interest with respect to any series of Securities is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the restrictions, elections, general tax considerations, specific terms and other information with respect to such issue of Securities related to such Specified Currency will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any series during the period from 15 days prior to the mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of that series to the date of such mailing or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. (Section 3.06) Securities may be issued under the Indenture as Original Issue Discount Debt Securities to be sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. Federal income tax and other considerations applicable to any Security that is issued with "original issue discount" for Federal income tax purposes (which may include an Original Issue Discount Debt Security) will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. The Prospectus Supplement may indicate terms for redemption at the option of a Holder. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the covenants contained in the Indenture and the Securities would not provide for redemption at the option of a Holder nor afford Holders protection in the event of a highly leveraged or other transaction that may adversely affect Holders. 6 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS The following terms are defined substantially as follows in Section 1.01 of the Indenture and are used herein as so defined. Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. (a) The total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all liabilities and liability items, except for indebtedness payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof (or renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor for a period ending more than one year after such date of incurrence), capitalized rent, capital stock and surplus, surplus reserves and deferred income taxes and credits and other non-current liabilities, and (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, unamortized expense incurred in the issuance of debt, and other like intangibles (except prepaid royalties), which, in each case, under generally accepted accounting principles would be included on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, less (b) loans, advances, equity investments and contingent liabilities of every nature (other than accounts receivable arising from the sale of merchandise in the ordinary course of business) at the time outstanding which were made or incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, in or for Unrestricted Subsidiaries or to, in or for corporations while they were Unrestricted Subsidiaries and which at the time of computation are not Subsidiaries. Principal Facility. Any manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property (including fixtures but excluding leases and other contract rights which might otherwise be deemed real property) owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided each such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property has a gross book value (without deduction for any depreciation reserves) of in excess of two percent of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than any such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property or portion thereof which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Restricted Subsidiary. Any corporation in which the Company directly or indirectly owns voting securities entitling it to elect a majority of the directors and (a) which (i) existed as such on the date of the Indenture or is the successor, directly or indirectly, to, or owns, directly or indirectly, any equity interest in, a corporation which so existed, (ii) has its principal place of business and the principal location of its assets in the United States (including its territories and possessions) or Canada or both, (iii) has as its principal business a business other than the financing of the acquisition or disposition of machinery, equipment, inventory, accounts receivable and other real, personal and intangible property or the owning, leasing, dealing in or developing of real property for residential or office building purposes and (iv) substantially all of the assets of which do not consist of the securities of a Subsidiary which is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture), or (b) which, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, is designated a Restricted Subsidiary by the Company after the date of the Indenture; provided, however, the Company may not designate a Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the Company would thereby breach any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture (on the assumption that any transaction to which such Subsidiary was a party at the time of such designation and which would have given rise to Secured Debt or constituted a Sale and Leaseback Transaction at the time it was entered into had such Subsidiary then been a Restricted Subsidiary was entered into at the time of such designation). None of the existing principal operating subsidiaries of the Company are Restricted Subsidiaries under the Indenture. Sale and Leaseback Transaction. Any sale or transfer made by the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries (except a sale or transfer made to the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries) of any Principal Facility which (in the case of a Principal Facility which is a manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or developed mining property) has been in operation, use or commercial production (exclusive of test and start-up periods) by the Company or any Restricted 7 Subsidiary for more than 120 days prior to such sale or transfer, or which (in the case of a Principal Facility which is a parcel of real property other than a manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or developed mining property) has been owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for more than 120 days prior to such sale or transfer, if such sale or transfer is made with the intention of leasing, or as part of an arrangement involving the lease, of such Principal Facility to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (except a lease for a period not exceeding 36 months, made with the intention that the use of the leased Principal Facility by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will be discontinued on or before the expiration of such period). The following shall not be deemed to create or be defined to be a Sale and Leaseback Transaction: (a) (i) the sale or other transfer of minerals in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the purchaser will realize therefrom a specified amount of money (however determined) or a specified amount of such minerals, or (ii) any nonrecourse royalty or lease arrangement or any interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a "production payment" or (b) Secured Debt otherwise permitted pursuant to the Indenture. Secured Debt. Any indebtedness for money borrowed by, or evidenced by a note or other similar instrument of, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and any other indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary on which by the terms of such indebtedness interest is paid or payable, including obligations evidenced or secured by leases, installment sales agreements or other instruments in connection with industrial development bonds as defined in Section 103(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (other than indebtedness owed by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, by a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary or by the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary), which in any such case is secured by (a) a Security Interest in any Principal Facility, or (b) a Security Interest in any shares of stock owned directly or indirectly by the Company in a Restricted Subsidiary or in indebtedness for money borrowed by a Restricted Subsidiary from the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary. The securing in the foregoing manner of any previously unsecured debt shall be deemed to be the creation of Secured Debt at the time such security is given. The amount of Secured Debt at any time outstanding shall be the maximum aggregate amount then owing thereon by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Security Interest. Any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other security interest which secures payment or performance of an obligation. Senior Funded Debt. Any obligation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which, as of the date of its creation, was payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof (or renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor for a period ending more than one year after such date of incurrence), which under generally accepted accounting principles should be shown as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and which, in the case of such an obligation of the Company, is not subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment of the Debt Securities. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY Restriction on Creation of Secured Debt. The Indenture provides that so long as the Securities of any series remain outstanding, the Company will not, and will not cause or permit a Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt or create any Security Interest securing any indebtedness existing on the date of the Indenture which would constitute Secured Debt if it were secured by a Security Interest in a Principal Facility unless such Securities and any other indebtedness of or guaranteed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which is so entitled will be secured equally and ratably (subject to applicable priorities of payment) by the Security Interest securing such Secured Debt or indebtedness, except that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur certain Secured Debt without so securing the Securities. Among such permitted Secured 8 Debt is indebtedness secured by (i) certain Security Interests to secure payment of the cost of acquisition, construction, development or improvement of certain types of property, (ii) Security Interests on property at the time of acquisition assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or on the property or on the outstanding shares or indebtedness of a corporation or firm at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires the properties of such corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, (iii) Security Interests arising from conditional sales agreements or title retention agreements with respect to property acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) Security Interests securing indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (v) mechanics' and other statutory liens arising in the ordinary course of business (including construction of facilities) in respect of obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith, (vi) liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not yet due or for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are being contested in good faith, (vii) Security Interests (including judgment liens) arising in connection with legal proceedings so long as such proceedings are being contested in good faith and, in case of judgment liens, execution thereon is stayed, (viii) certain landlords' liens on fixtures, (ix) Security Interests to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments or indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing construction on or improvement of property subject to such Security Interests and (x) certain Security Interests in favor, or made at the request, of governmental bodies. Additionally, such permitted Secured Debt includes (with certain limitations) any extension, renewal or refunding, in whole or in part, of any Secured Debt permitted at the time of the original incurrence thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may have Secured Debt, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, if the sum of (a) the amount of Secured Debt entered into after the date of the Indenture and otherwise prohibited by the Indenture plus (b) the aggregate value of Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into after the date of the Indenture and otherwise prohibited by the Indenture does not exceed ten percent of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. (Section 5.05) Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Indenture provides that so long as the Securities of any series remain outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Secured Debt permitted by the Indenture only by reason of the provision described in the last sentence of the preceding paragraph equal in amount to the net proceeds of the property sold or transferred or to be sold or transferred pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and secured by a Security Interest on the property to be leased without equally and ratably securing the Securities, or (b) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall apply within one year after the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, or shall have committed within one year after the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction to apply, an amount equal to such net proceeds (x) to the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of properties, facilities, or equipment used for operating purposes which are, or upon such acquisition, construction, development, or improvement will be, a Principal Facility or Facilities or a part thereof or (y) to the redemption of Securities or (z) to the repayment of Senior Funded Debt of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Senior Funded Debt owed to any Restricted Subsidiary), or in part to such acquisition, construction, development or improvement and in part to such redemption and/or repayment; provided that, in lieu of applying an amount equal to such net proceeds to such redemption the Company may, within one year after such sale or transfer, deliver to the Trustee Securities (other than Securities made the basis of a reduction in a mandatory sinking fund payment) for cancellation and thereby reduce the amount to be applied to the redemption of Securities by an amount equivalent to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so delivered. (Section 5.06) Restrictions on Transfer of Principal Facility to Certain Subsidiaries. The Indenture provides that, so long as the Securities of any series are outstanding, the Company will not, and will not cause or 9 permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, transfer any Principal Facility to any Subsidiary which was not a Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transfer unless it shall apply within one year of the effective date of such transaction, or shall have committed within one year of such effective date to apply, an amount equal to the fair value of such Principal Facility at the time of such transfer (i) to the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of properties, facilities or equipment which are, or upon such acquisition, construction, development or improvement will be, a Principal Facility or Facilities or a part thereof or (ii) to the redemption of Securities or (iii) to the repayment of Senior Funded Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Senior Funded Debt owed to any Restricted Subsidiary), or in part to such acquisition, construction, development or improvement and in part to such redemption and/or repayment. In lieu of applying all or any part of such amount to such redemption the Company may, within one year of such transfer, deliver to the Trustee Securities of any series (other than Securities made the basis of a reduction in a mandatory sinking fund payment) for cancellation and thereby reduce the amount to be applied to the redemption of Securities by an amount equivalent to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so delivered. (Section 5.07) MERGER The Indenture provides that the Company may consolidate with, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge into any other corporation, provided that in any such case, (i) the successor corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof and such corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, upon any such consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, or upon any sale or conveyance of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other corporation, or upon any acquisition by the Company by purchase or otherwise of all or any part of the properties of another corporation, any Principal Facility would thereupon become subject to any Security Interest securing indebtedness not permitted by the Indenture to be Secured Debt, the Company, prior to such consolidation, merger, sale conveyance or acquisition, will secure the Securities outstanding, equally and ratably (subject to applicable priorities of payment) with the debt secured by such Security Interest. (Article Twelve) MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE With the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of any series of Securities then outstanding, waivers, modifications and alterations of the terms of the Indenture may be made which affect the rights of the Holders of such series of Securities, except that no such modification or alteration may be made which will (a) extend the time of payment of the principal at maturity of, or the interest on, any such series of Securities, or reduce principal or premium or the rate of interest, without the consent of the Holder thereof, or (b) without the consent of all of the Holders of any series of Securities then outstanding, reduce the percentage of Securities of any such series, the Holders of which are required to consent (i) to any such supplemental Indenture, (ii) to rescind and annul a declaration that the Securities of any series are due and payable as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) to waive any past default under the Indenture and its consequences and (iv) to waive compliance with certain other provisions contained in the Indenture. (Sections 5.09 and 11.02) In addition, as indicated under "Events of Default" below, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series then outstanding may waive past defaults in certain circumstances and may direct the Trustee in enforcement of remedies. The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, modify and supplement the Indenture (i) to evidence the 10 succession of another corporation to the Company under the Indenture, (ii) to evidence and provide for the replacement of the Trustee, (iii) with the Company's concurrence, to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, (iv) to modify the Indenture to permit the qualification of any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and for certain other purposes. (Section 11.01) DEFEASANCE, SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE PRIOR TO MATURITY OR REDEMPTION Defeasance of any Series. If the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, at or before maturity or redemption, lawful money or direct obligations of the United States of America or obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United States of America in such amounts and maturing at such times that the proceeds of such obligations to be received upon the respective maturities and interest payment dates of such obligations will provide funds sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay when due the principal (and premium, if any) and interest to maturity or to the redemption date, as the case may be, with respect to any series of Outstanding Securities, then the Company may cease to comply with the terms of the Indenture, including the restrictive covenants described above and the Events of Default described in clauses (d) and (e) under "Events of Default" below, except for (1) the Company's obligation to duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such series of Securities if the Securities are not paid from the money or securities held by the Trustee, (2) the Events of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (f) and (g) under "Events of Default" below, and (3) certain other provisions of the Indenture including, among others, those relating to registration, transfer and exchange, lost or stolen securities, maintenance of place of payment and, to the extent applicable to such series, the redemption and sinking fund provisions of the Indenture. Defeasance of Securities of any series is subject to the satisfaction of certain specified conditions, including, among others, (i) the absence of an Event of Default at the date of the deposit, (ii) the perfection of the Holders' security interest in such deposit, and (iii) the absence of any conflicting interest of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act. (Section 13.02) Satisfaction and Discharge of any Series. Upon the deposit of money or securities contemplated above and the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company may also cease to comply with its obligation duly and punctually to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on a particular series of Securities, or with any Events of Default with respect thereto, and thereafter the Holders of such series of Securities shall be entitled only to payment out of the money or securities deposited with the Trustee. Such conditions include, among others, except in certain limited circumstances involving a deposit made within one year of maturity or redemption, (i) the absence of an Event of Default at the date of deposit or on the 91st day thereafter, (ii) the delivery to the Trustee by the Company of an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel, or receipt by the Company from, or publication of a ruling by, the United States Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and discharge had not occurred, and (iii) that such satisfaction and discharge will not result in the delisting of the Securities of that series from any nationally recognized exchange on which they are listed. (Section 13.01) Federal Income Tax Consequences. Under current Federal income tax law, the deposit and defeasance described above under "Defeasance of any Series" will not result in a taxable event to any Holder of Securities or otherwise affect the Federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Securities of any series. A deposit and discharge described above under "Satisfaction and Discharge of any Series" may be treated as a taxable exchange of such Securities for beneficial interests in the trust consisting of the deposited money or securities. In that event, a Holder of Securities may be required to recognize 11 gain or loss equal to the difference between the Holder's adjusted basis for the Securities and the amount realized by such Holder with respect to such exchange (which generally will be the fair market value of the beneficial interest in such trust). Thereafter, such Holder may be required to include in income a share of the income, gain and loss of the trust. As described above, it is generally a condition to such a deposit and discharge to obtain an opinion of tax counsel, or receipt by the Company from, or publication of a ruling by the United States Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that such deposit and discharge will not alter the Holders' tax consequences that would have been applicable in the absence of the deposit and discharge. Purchasers of the Securities should consult their own advisors with respect to the tax consequences to them of such deposit and discharge, including the applicability and effect of tax laws other than Federal income tax law. EVENTS OF DEFAULT As to any series of Securities, an Event of Default is defined in the Indenture as being: (a) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Securities of such series; (b) failure to pay principal or premium with respect to the Securities of such series, if any, when due; (c) failure in the deposit of any sinking fund installment with respect to any series of Securities when due; (d) failure to observe or perform any other covenant in the Indenture or Securities of any series (other than a covenant or warranty, a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in the section of the Indenture governing Events of Default), if such failure continues for 60 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; (e) uncured or unwaived failure to pay principal of or interest on any other obligation for borrowed money of the Company (including default under any other series of Securities and including default by the Company on any guaranty of an obligation for borrowed money of a Restricted Subsidiary) beyond any period of grace with respect thereto if (i) the aggregate principal amount of any such obligation is in excess of $10,000,000 and (ii) the default in such payment is not being contested by the Company in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (f) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization; or (g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. (Section 7.01) The Trustee or the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series may declare the Securities of such series immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any applicable grace period); in certain cases, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive any past default and its consequences, except a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest (including sinking fund payments). (Sections 7.01 and 7.07) The Indenture provides that the Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to any such series for which there are Securities outstanding which is continuing, give to the Holders of such Securities notice of all uncured defaults known to it (the term default to include the events specified above without grace periods); provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of any series or the payment of any sinking fund installment on the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of notice is in the interest of the Securityholders. (Section 7.08) Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an Event of Default with respect to any series of such Securities shall occur and be continuing, the Indenture provides that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Securities outstanding of any series unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Sections 8.01 and 8.02) The right of a Holder to institute a proceeding with respect to the Indenture is subject to certain conditions precedent including notice and indemnity to the Trustee, but the Holder has a right to receipt of principal, premium, if any, and interest (subject to certain limitations with respect to defaulted interest) on their due dates or to institute suit for the enforcement thereof. (Section 7.04) 12 So long as the Securities of any series remain outstanding the Company will be required to furnish annually to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating whether, to the best of the knowledge of the signers, the Company is in default under any of the provisions of the Indenture, and specifying all such defaults, and the nature thereof, of which they have knowledge. (Section 5.08) The Company will also be required to furnish to the Trustee copies of certain reports filed by the Company with the Commission. (Section 6.03) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities outstanding of such series will have the right to direct the time, method and place for conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any power or trust conferred on the Trustee, provided that such direction shall be in accordance with law and the provisions of the Indenture. (Section 7.07) The Trustee will be under no obligation to act in accordance with such direction unless such Holders shall have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred thereby. (Section 8.02) INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE First Trust of New York, National Association, Trustee under the Indenture, is also the trustee for the Company's 9.875% Sinking Fund Debentures due March 15, 2011, the Company's 6% Notes due October 15, 2003, the Company's 7% Debentures due December 15, 2013, the Company's 6.75% Notes due September 15, 2005 and the Company's 6.5% Notes due November 15, 2007 all of which have been issued under the Indenture and are unsecured obligations of the Company ranking equally with the Debt Securities. 13 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Company may sell Debt Securities to or through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers, through agents or through a combination of the foregoing. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, such underwriters will include Goldman, Sachs & Co. acting alone or as a representative of a group of underwriters. Goldman, Sachs & Co. may also act as agent. 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, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. In connection with the sale of Debt Securities, underwriters may receive compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Debt Securities for whom they may act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell Debt Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of Debt Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by them from the Company and any profit on the resale of Debt Securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions, under the Securities Act. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified, and any such compensation received from the Company will be described in the Prospectus Supplement. Under agreements which may be entered into by the Company, underwriters and agents who participate in the distribution of Debt Securities may be entitled to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as the Company's agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions with which such contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such institutions must be approved by the Company. The obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of the Debt Securities shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject. The underwriters and such other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of such contracts. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company does not intend to list any of the Debt Securities on a national securities exchange. In the event the Debt Securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, certain broker-dealers may make a market in the Debt Securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given that any broker- dealer will make a market in the Debt Securities or as to the liquidity of the trading market for the Debt Securities, whether or not the Debt Securities are listed on a national securities exchange. The Prospectus Supplement with respect to any Securities will state, if known, whether or not any broker- dealer intends to make a market in such Securities. If no such determination has been made, the Prospectus Supplement will so state. 14 LEGAL MATTERS The legality of the Debt Securities will be passed upon by White & Case, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, as counsel for the Company, and by Mayer, Brown & Platt, 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, as counsel for any underwriters or agents. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements of the Company appearing in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1997 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. 15 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY AGENT, DEALER OR UNDERWRITER. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATES AS OF WHICH INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO. ----------- TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- Available Information...................................................... 2 Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference............................ 2 Forward Looking Statements................................................. 3 The Company................................................................ 4 Use of Proceeds............................................................ 5 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges......................................... 5 Description of the Securities.............................................. 5 Plan of Distribution....................................................... 14 Legal Matters.............................................................. 15 Experts.................................................................... 15
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBT SECURITIES MALLINCKRODT INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER , 1997 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION. The following statement sets forth the estimated amounts of expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, to be borne by Registrant in connection with the distribution of the Securities. Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee............. $114,634 Trustee's Fees.................................................. 16,000* Printing Expenses............................................... 100,000* Rating Agency Fees.............................................. 100,000* Accounting Fees and Expenses.................................... 40,000* Legal Fees and Expenses......................................... 75,000* Blue Sky Fees and Expenses...................................... 5,000* Miscellaneous................................................... 15,000* -------- Total Expenses................................................ 340,634*
- -------- *Estimated ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The Corporation's Bylaws provide for indemnification, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, of any of its directors and officers who are, or have been, or are threatened to be, made a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that such director or officer is a director or officer of the Corporation, against any judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and expenses, including attorneys' fees, or any appeal therein. The Bylaws also provide that additional indemnification may be provided by the Corporation to other persons to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a current or former director shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty except where liability is imposed by New York State law. The Corporation has insurance to indemnify its directors and officers, within the limits of the Corporation's insurance policies, for those liabilities in respect of which such indemnification insurance is permitted under the laws of the State of New York. In addition, indemnity agreements are in effect with each officer of the Corporation who serves on its Employee Benefits Committee. Reference is made to Sections 721-726 of the New York Business Corporation Law ("B.C.L."), which are summarized below. Section 721 of the B.C.L. provides that indemnification pursuant to the B.C.L. shall not be deemed exclusive, provided that no indemnification may be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer established that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled. Section 722 of the B.C.L. provides that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action, whether derivative or nonderivative, or whether civil or criminal, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually and II-1 necessarily incurred as a result of such action, if such director or officer acted in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. In derivative actions, the statute provides that no indemnification shall be made in respect of (1) a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (2) any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and to the extent an appropriate court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. Section 723 of the B.C.L. specifies the manner in which payment of such indemnification may be authorized by the corporation. It provides that indemnification by a corporation is mandatory in any case in which the director or officer has been successful, whether on the merits or otherwise, in defending an action. In the event that the director or officer has not been successful or the action is settled, indemnification may be made by the corporation (unless ordered by a court under Section 724 of the B.C.L.) only if authorized by the appropriate corporate action as set forth in such Section 723. Section 724 of the B.C.L. provides that upon proper application by a director or officer, indemnification shall be awarded by a court to the extent authorized under Sections 722 and 723 of the B.C.L. Section 725 of the B.C.L. contains certain other miscellaneous provisions affecting the indemnification of directors and officers, including provision for the return of amounts paid as indemnification if any such person is ultimately found not to be entitled thereto. Section 726 of the B.C.L. authorizes the purchase and maintenance of insurance to indemnify (1) a corporation for any obligations which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the above sections, (2) directors and officers in instances in which they may be indemnified by a corporation under such sections, and (3) directors and officers in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by a corporation under such sections, provided the contract of insurance covering such directors and officers provides, in a manner acceptable to the New York State Superintendent of insurance, for a retention amount and for co- insurance. Such insurance may not provide for the indemnification, other than defense costs, of any director or officer whose deliberate and active dishonesty is held to be material to an adjudicated cause of action in a judgment adverse to the insured nor of any director or officer who personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. NO. 1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement 1.2 Form of Distribution Agreement 4.1 Form of Indenture dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, between the Company and First Trust Company of New York, National Association, as Trustee, including Form of Securities (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52821)) 5.1 Opinion of White & Case 12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.2 Consent of White & Case (included in Exhibit 5.1) 25.1 Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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; (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) do 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 Section 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; and (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. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 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. Insofar as indemnification for the liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, 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 such 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 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 REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON THE 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1997. Mallinckrodt Inc. /s/ C. Ray Holman By: _________________________________ C. Ray Holman Chairman of the Board 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 indicated, on December 16, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ C. Ray Holman Chairman of the Board, and ____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer C. Ray Holman /s/ Michael A. Rocca Senior Vice President and ____________________________________ Chief Financial Officer Michael A. Rocca (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Douglas A. McKinney Vice President and ____________________________________ Controller (Principal Douglas A. McKinney Accounting Officer) /s/ Raymond F. Bentele Director ____________________________________ Raymond F. Bentele /s/ Gareth C.C. Chang Director ____________________________________ Gareth C.C. Chang /s/ William L. Davis, III Director ____________________________________ William L. Davis, III /s/ Ronald G. Evens Director ____________________________________ Ronald G. Evens /s/ Roberta S. Karmel Director ____________________________________ Roberta S. Karmel
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SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Claudine B. Malone Director ____________________________________ Claudine B. Malone /s/ Anthony Viscusi Director ____________________________________ Anthony Viscusi /s/ Mack G. Nichols Director, President and ____________________________________ Chief Operating Officer Mack G. Nichols /s/ Brian M. Rushton Director ____________________________________ Brian M. Rushton /s/ Daniel R. Toll Director ____________________________________ Daniel R. Toll
II-5 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT SEQUENTIAL PAGE NO. 1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement 1.2 Form of Distribution Agreement 4.1 Form of Indenture dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, between the Company and First Trust Company of New York, National Association, as Trustee, including Form of Securities (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52821)) 5.1 Opinion of White & Case 12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.2 Consent of White & Case (included in Exhibit 5.1) 25.1 Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939
EX-1.1 2 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 1.1 Mallinckrodt Inc. Debt Securities UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ---------------------- [_______________, 199_] Goldman, Sachs & Co. As Representatives of the several Underwriter's named in the respective Pricing Agreements c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co. 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 Dear Sirs: From time to time Mallinckrodt Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a "Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the "Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities") specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Designated Securities"). The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing Agreement. 1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as representatives of the Underwriters of such Securities in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as their representative. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any of the Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities, the initial public offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of such Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not set forth in the Indenture and the registration statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint. 2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that: (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_________) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); such registration statement as it may have been amended prior to its effectiveness and any post-effective amendment thereto filed on or prior to the date of this Agreement or the applicable Time of Delivery, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives (for themselves and for each of the other underwriters), has been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than the prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and such other documents listed in Annex III hereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus (including, if applicable, any preliminary prospectus supplement) included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Act, being hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus". The various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement at the time such part of such registration statement became effective but excluding Form T-1, each as amended at the time such part of such registration statement became effective, being hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus (including, if applicable, any prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing); 2 (b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents, at such time of effectiveness or filing, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, at such time of effectiveness or filing, as the case may be, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Designated Securities; (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to form, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will comply as to form, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Designated Securities; (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective) or any material change in long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change in or affecting the general affairs, business prospects, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; 3 (f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective), and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and, except as may be otherwise provided by Section 630 of the New York Business Corporation Law, non-assessable; (g) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when Designated Securities are issued, authenticated, delivered and paid for in accordance with the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company (subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles) entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, at the Time of Delivery of such Designated Securities (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture conforms in all material respects and the Designated Securities will conform in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated Securities; (h) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended, of the Company or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the Indenture except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters; (i) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; 4 (j) The Company is not, and after giving effect to each offering and sale of the Securities will not be, an "investment company" or an entity controlled by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"); (k) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida statutes; (l) Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X ("Significant Subsidiaries") is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound; and (m) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented. 4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in definitive form to the extent practicable, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in same day funds or certified or official bank check or checks, payable to the order of the Company in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement, all at the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for such Securities. 5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities: (a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery of such Securities which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus 5 is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities, and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto or relating to matters discussed therein; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal; (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction; (c) Prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)), an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of the Company Rule 158); and (e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially similar to such Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives. 6 6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. 7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions: (a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction; (b) Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, with respect to the valid existence and good standing of the Company, the authorized capitalization of the Company, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, the validity of the Indenture, the Designated Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the documents incorporated by reference into such Prospectus, the Investment Company Act and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; 7 (c) White & Case, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto) (except as to subparagraphs (iii), (vii), (viii) (insofar as subparagraph (viii) relates to consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications of or with any court or any governmental agency or body other than a Federal or New York or Delaware state governmental agency or body), (xi), and (xiii) as to which the opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(c) hereto) will be given by the general counsel to the Company), dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement became effective) and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and, except as may be otherwise provided by Section 630 of the New York Business Corporation Law, non-assessable; (iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; (iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and, when paid for by the Underwriters, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles); and the Designated Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (vi) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (vii) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement 8 with respect to the Designated Securities and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended, of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; (viii)No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Designated Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by the Underwriters; (ix) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and nothing has come to such counsel's attention that has caused them to believe that any of such documents (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), when they became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or in the case of other documents which were filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading; (x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; nothing has come to such counsel's attention that has caused them to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than 9 the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading or that, as of the Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (xi) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required; (xii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act; and (xiii)Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound. (d) Prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, the independent auditors of the Company who have certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the most recent report filed with the Commission containing financial statements and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if the date of such report is later than such effective date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b) hereto); (e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change in or affecting the general affairs, business prospects, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; 10 (f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities; (g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or Illinois (in the case of Illinois, only to the extent that a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in Illinois affects the Underwriters' ability to fulfill their obligations hereunder at the Time of Delivery) declared by either Federal or New York State or Illinois authorities; or (iv) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (h) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of Prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and (i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities a certificate or certificates of the Chairman or a Vice President and the Controller or Treasurer of the Company as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request. 8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written 11 information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities. (b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in 12 respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by per capita allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint. (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act. 9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein and in the applicable Pricing Agreement. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Designated 13 Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities. (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each non- defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. 10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. 11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the 14 Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof. 12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof. 13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Section 8 and Section 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase. 14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein, "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business. 15. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us 10 counterparts hereof. Very truly yours, Mallinckrodt Inc. By:_________________________ Name:_______________________ 15 Title:_______________________ Accepted as of the date hereof: Goldman, Sachs & Co. By:_________________________ Name:_______________________ Title:______________________ On behalf of each of the Underwriters 16 ANNEX I PRICING AGREEMENT ----------------- Goldman, Sachs & Co. As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto, c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 ___________ , 199 Dear Sirs: Mallinckrodt Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated , 199 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company on the one hand and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on the other hand, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto. An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us 10 counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof. Very truly yours, Mallinckrodt Inc. By:__________________________ Name:________________________ Title:_______________________ Accepted as of the date hereof: Goldman, Sachs & Co. By:___________________________________ Name:_________________________________ Title:________________________________ On behalf of each of the Underwriters 2 SCHEDULE I Underwriter Principal Amount of - ----------- ------------------- Designated Securities to be --------------------------- Purchased --------- Goldman, Sachs & Co. $ -------- Total $ ======== SCHEDULE II TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES: AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: PRICE TO PUBLIC: % of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued interest from to . PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS: % of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued interest from to . FORM OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES: SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE: INDENTURE: Indenture, dated March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, and as may be further amended and supplemented, between the Company and First Trust of New York, National Association, as trustee. MATURITY: INTEREST RATE: % INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: REDEMPTION PROVISIONS: SINKING FUND PROVISIONS: TIME OF DELIVERY: CLOSING LOCATION: NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES: Designated Representatives: Goldman, Sachs & Co. Address for Notices, etc.: 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 ANNEX I(a) EXECUTED COMFORT LETTER ANNEX I(b) FORM OF CLOSING COMFORT LETTER ANNEX II Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company's independent certified public accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that: (i) They are independent auditors with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (ii) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, prospective financial statements and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, prospective financial statements and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives"); (iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been furnished to the Representatives; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations; (iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with or is derived from (specifying in each case which) the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for five such fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years; (v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K; (vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inspection of the minute books of the Company since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (i) do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder, or (ii) are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder and, if applicable, the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; (E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and 2 (F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (vii) In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Representatives, as agreed to by the auditors, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement. All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated Securities for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities. 3 ANNEX II(a) FORM OF MAYER, BROWN & PLATT'S OPINION ANNEX II(b) FORM OF WHITE & CASE'S OPINION ANNEX II(c) FORM OF GENERAL COUNSEL'S OPINION ANNEX III LIST OF DOCUMENTS ----------------- EX-1.2 3 DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 1.2 Mallinckrodt Inc. $[ ] MEDIUM-TERM NOTES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT .................., 19.. Goldman, Sachs & Co. 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 Ladies and Gentlemen: Mallinckrodt Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Medium-Term Notes (the "Securities") in an aggregate amount up to $[ ], which are among the debt securities registered under the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 1(a) hereof), together with such amount of the Company's debt securities subsequently registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), as the Company shall, by notice to the Agent, make subject to this Agreement, but reduced by the aggregate amount of debt securities so registered to be or that have been sold otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement (as defined below) and agrees with Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the "Agent") as set forth in this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Securities directly on its own behalf, the Company hereby (i) appoints the Agent as an agent of the Company for the purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof and (ii) agrees that, except as otherwise contemplated herein, whenever it determines to sell Securities directly to the Agent as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement (each, a "Terms Agreement"), substantially in the form of Annex I hereto, relating to such sale in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof. This Distribution Agreement shall not be construed to create either an obligation on the part of the Company to sell any Securities or an obligation of the Agent to purchase Securities as principal. The Securities will be issued under an indenture, dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, and as may be further amended and supplemented (the "Indenture"), between the Company and First Trust of New York, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Securities shall have the maturity ranges, interest rates, if any, redemption provisions and other terms set forth in the Prospectus referred to below as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The Securities will be issued, and the terms and rights thereof established, from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Indenture. 1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Agent that: (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- ) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); such registration statement as it may have been amended prior to its effectiveness and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to such Agent, has been declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such registration statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than the prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act and such other documents listed in Annex IV hereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Agent); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the registration statement at the time such part of the registration statement became effective but excluding Form T-1, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, is hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus (including, if applicable, any prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any supplement to the Prospectus that sets forth only the terms of a particular issue of the Securities (a "Pricing Supplement"), shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated therein by reference; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to and include the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including by the applicable Pricing Supplement filed in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof) in relation to Securities to be sold pursuant to this Agreement, in the form filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing); (b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents, at such time of effectiveness or filing, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such I-2 documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will comply as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, at such time of effectiveness or filing, as the case may be, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to relate to a particular issuance of Securities; (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to form, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will comply as to form, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to relate to a particular issuance of Securities; (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective) or any material change in long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change in or affecting the general affairs, business prospects, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; (f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective) and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly I-3 and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid, and, except as may be otherwise provided by Section 630 of the New York Business Corporation Law, non-assessable; (g) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when issued, authenticated, delivered and paid for pursuant to the Indenture, this Agreement and any Terms Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company (subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles) entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture conforms in all material respects and the Securities of any particular issuance of Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to relate to such issuance of Securities; (h) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and any Terms Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or the By-laws of the Company, as amended, or (to the best of the Company's knowledge) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Commencement Date (as defined in Section 3 hereof), obtained under the Act or the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the solicitation by such Agent of offers to purchase Securities from the Company and with purchases of Securities by such Agent as principal, as the case may be, in each case in the manner contemplated hereby; (i) Neither the Company nor any of its signifiant subsidiaries, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X ("Significant Subsidiaries") is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound; I-4 (j) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of the Securities", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption "Federal Income Tax Consequences", and under the caption "Plan of Distribution", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair; (k) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; (l) The Company is not, and after giving effect to each offering and sale of the Securities will not be, an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"); (m) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes; (n) Immediately after any sale of Securities by the Company hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, the aggregate amount of Securities which shall have been issued and sold by the Company hereunder or under any Terms Agreement and of any debt securities of the Company (other than such Securities) that shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement will not exceed the amount of debt securities registered under the Registration Statement; (o) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (p) The Securities, when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any Terms Agreement and the Indenture, will be excluded or exempted under the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act. 2. (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent hereby agrees, as agent of the Company, to use its reasonable efforts to solicit and receive offers to purchase the Securities from the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented from time to time. So long as this Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to the Agent, the Company shall not, without the consent of such Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase, or sell, any debt securities with a maturity at the time of original issuance of 9 months or more except pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement, or except pursuant to a private placement not constituting a public offering under the Act or except in connection with a firm commitment underwriting I-5 pursuant to an underwriting agreement that does not provide for a continuous offering of medium-term debt securities. However, the Company reserves the right to sell, and may solicit and accept offers to purchase, Securities directly on its own behalf in transactions with persons other than broker-dealers, and, in the case of any such sale not resulting from a solicitation made by the Agent, no commission will be payable with respect to such sale. These provisions shall not limit Section 4(f) hereof or any similar provision included in any Terms Agreement. Procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Securities, the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities and the payment in each case therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedure attached hereto as Annex II as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement between the Agent and the Company (the "Administrative Procedure"). The provisions of the Administrative Procedure shall apply to all transactions contemplated hereunder other than those made pursuant to a Terms Agreement. The Agent and the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by each of them in the Administrative Procedure. The Company will furnish to the Trustee a copy of the Administrative Procedure as from time to time in effect. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct the Agent to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one business day in New York City, after receipt of notice from the Company, the Agent will suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Company until such time as the Company has advised the Agent that such solicitation may be resumed. During such period, the Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of Sections 4(h), 4(i), 4(j) and 4(k). Upon advising the Agent that such solicitation may be resumed, however, the Company shall simultaneously provide the documents required to be delivered by Sections 4(h), 4(i), 4(j) and 4(k), and the Agent shall have no obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Securities until such documents have been received by the Agent. In addition, any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations hereunder, including without limitation its obligations to deliver the documents required by Sections 4(h), 4(i), 4(j) and 4(k), shall automatically terminate the Agent's obligations hereunder, including without limitation its obligations to solicit offers to purchase the Securities hereunder as agent or to purchase Securities hereunder as principal. The Company may authorize any other firm (an "Additional Agent") to act as its agent to solicit offers for the purchase of Securities upon 24 hours' prior notice to the Agent. Each Additional Agent shall execute a copy of this Agreement and become a party hereto. From and after the time such Additional Agent shall have executed a copy of this Agreement, the term "Agent" as used in this Agreement shall mean the Agent and such Additional Agent. The Company agrees to pay the Agent a commission, at the time of settlement of any sale of a Security by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent, in an amount equal to the following applicable percentage of the principal amount of such Security sold: I-6 Commission (percentage of aggregate principal amount Range of Maturities of Securities sold) ------------------- ------------------- 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 less than 15 years From 15 years to less than 20 years From 20 years to 30 years 30 years and more (b) Each sale of Securities to the Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (unless the Company and the Agent shall otherwise agree) a Terms Agreement which will provide for the sale of such Securities to, and the purchase thereof by, the Agent; a Terms Agreement may also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Securities by the Agent; the commitment of the Agent to purchase Securities as principal, whether pursuant to any 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 Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by the Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the Company for such Securities, any provisions relating to rights of, and default by, underwriters acting together with the Agent in the reoffering of the Securities and the time and date and place of delivery of and payment for such Securities; and such Terms Agreement shall also specify any requirements for opinions of counsel, accountants' letters and officers' certificates pursuant to Section 4 hereof. The Agent proposes to offer Securities purchased by it as principal for sale at prevailing market prices or prices related thereto at the time of sale, which may be equal to, greater than or less than the price at which such Securities are purchased by the Agent from the Company. For each sale of Securities to the Agent as principal that is not made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of such Securities and payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedure. For each such sale of Securities to the Agent as principal that is not made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to pay such Agent a commission (or grant an equivalent discount) as provided in Section 2(a) hereof and in accordance with the schedule set forth therein. Each time and date of delivery of and payment for Securities to be purchased by the Agent as principal, whether set forth in a Terms Agreement or in accordance with the Administrative Procedure, is referred to herein as a "Time of Delivery". I-7 (c) The Agent agrees, with respect to any Security denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, as agent, directly or indirectly, not to solicit offers to purchase, and as principal under any Terms Agreement or otherwise, directly or indirectly, not to offer, sell or deliver, such Security in, or to residents of, the country issuing such currency, except as permitted by applicable law. 3. The documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof on the Commencement Date (as defined below) shall be delivered to the Agent at the offices of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, which date and time of such delivery may be postponed by agreement between the Agent and the Company but in no event shall be later than the day prior to the date on which solicitation of offers to purchase Securities is commenced or on which any Terms Agreement is executed (such time and date being referred to herein as the "Commencement Date"). 4. The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent: (a) (i) To make no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (A) prior to the Commencement Date which shall be disapproved by the Agent promptly after reasonable notice thereof or (B) after the date of any Terms Agreement or other agreement by the Agent to purchase Securities as principal and prior to the related Time of Delivery which shall be reasonably disapproved by the Agent party to such Terms Agreement or so purchasing as principal promptly after reasonable notice thereof; (ii) to prepare, with respect to any Securities to be sold through or to such Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Pricing Supplement with respect to such Securities in a form previously approved by such Agent and to file such Pricing Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Act not later than the close of business of the Commission on the fifth business day after the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used; (iii) to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than any Pricing Supplement, at any time prior to having afforded the Agent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon; (iv) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, and during such same period to advise such Agent, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or has become effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus (other than any Pricing Supplement that relates to Securities not purchased through or by such Agent) has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and (v) in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any such prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal; (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as such Agent may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as such Agent may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution or sale of the Securities; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction; I-8 (c) To furnish such Agent with copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, with copies of the Prospectus as each time amended or supplemented, other than any Pricing Supplement (except as provided in the Administrative Procedure), in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and with copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein, all in such quantities as such Agent may reasonably request from time to time; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities (including Securities purchased from the Company by such Agent as principal) and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify such Agent and request such Agent, in its capacity as agent of the Company, to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Company (and, if so notified, such Agent shall cease such solicitations as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one business day later); and if the Company shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, to so advise such Agent promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and to prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, provided, however, that if during such same period such Agent continues to own Securities purchased from the Company by such Agent as principal or such Agent is otherwise required to deliver a prospectus in respect of transactions in the Securities, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission such an amendment or supplement; the Company will furnish without charge to the Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as such Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended prospectus or supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158); (e) So long as any Securities are outstanding, but in no event later than three years after the last issuance of Securities issued pursuant to this Agreement, to furnish to such Agent copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and deliver to such Agent (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as such Agent may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission); (f) That, from the date of any Terms Agreement with such Agent or other agreement by such Agent to purchase Securities as principal and continuing the Time of Delivery, not to offer, I-9 sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which both mature more than 9 months after such Time of Delivery and are substantially similar to the Securities, without the prior written consent of such Agent; (g) That each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Securities hereunder (including any purchase by such Agent as principal not pursuant to a Terms Agreement), and each execution and delivery by the Company of a Terms Agreement with such Agent, shall be deemed to be an affirmation to such Agent that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such acceptance or of such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such date, and an undertaking that such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of the settlement date for the Securities relating to such acceptance or as of the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such date (except that such representations and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented relating to such Securities); (h) That reasonably in advance of each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement), each time a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, and each time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of an opinion or opinions by Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel to the Agent, as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish to such counsel such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to furnish to such Agent the opinion or opinions referred to in Section 6(b) hereof; (i) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement or a prospectus supplement which relates to an offering of debt securities other than the Securities), each time a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus and each time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of opinions under this Section 4(i) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent a written opinion of White & Case, counsel for the Company, or other counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent, and a written opinion of the general counsel of the Company dated the date of such amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinions of such counsel referred to in Sections 6(c) and 6(d) hereof which were last furnished to such Agent to the same extent as though they were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinions shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such opinions, opinions of the same tenor as the opinions of such counsel referred to in Sections 6(c) and 6(d) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the written opinion of White & Case, or other counsel for the Company satisfactory to the Agent, shall refer to matters specified in Section 6(c)(ix) of this Agreement to the extent that (i) such matters were not referred to in the opinion last given by such counsel and (ii) such matters are required to be referred to by Section 6(c)(ix) of this Agreement; (j) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented and each time that a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is I-10 incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, in either case to set forth financial information included in or derived from the Company's consolidated financial statements or accounting records, and each time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a letter under this Section 4(j) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall cause the independent certified public accountants who have certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement forthwith to furnish such Agent a letter, dated the date of such amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(e) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter, with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company, to the extent such financial statements and other information are available as of a date not more than five business days prior to the date of such letter; provided, however, that, with respect to any financial information or other matter, such letter may reconfirm as true and correct at such date as though made at and as of such date, rather than repeat, statements with respect to such financial information or other matter made in the letter referred to in Section 6(e) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent; (k) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement), each time a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus and each time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal and the applicable Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a certificate under this Section 4(k) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent a certificate, dated the date of such supplement, amendment, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in such form and executed by such officers of the Company as shall be satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificates referred to in Section 6(j) hereof which were last furnished to such Agent are true and correct at such date as though made at and as of such date (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such certificate, certificates of the same tenor as the certificates referred to in said Section 6(j) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date; and (l) To offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Securities from the Company as the result of an offer to purchase solicited by such Agent the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Securities if, on the related settlement date fixed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure, any condition set forth in Section 6(a), 6(f), 6(g) or 6(h) hereof shall not have been satisfied (it being understood that the judgment of such person with respect to the impracticability or inadvisability of such purchase of Securities shall be substituted, for purposes of this Section 4(l), for the judgment of the Agent with respect to certain matters referred to in such Sections 6(f) and 6(h), and that such Agent shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to exercise the judgment permitted under such Sections 6(f) and 6(h) on behalf of any such person). 5. The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, production, reproduction, printing and filing of the Registration I-11 Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Pricing Supplements and all other amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to such Agent; (ii) the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel for the Agent in connection with the establishment of the program contemplated hereby, any opinions to be rendered by such counsel hereunder and under any Terms Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and under any Terms Agreement; (iii) the cost of printing, producing or reproducing this Agreement, any Terms Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 4(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (vi) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with, any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and any transfer or paying agent of the Company and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee or such agent in connection with any Indenture and the Securities; (ix) any advertising expenses connected with the solicitation of offers to purchase and the sale of Securities so long as such advertising expenses have been approved by the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. Except as provided in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Agent shall pay all other expenses it incurs. 6. The obligation of the Agent, as agent of the Company, at any time ("Solicitation Time") to solicit offers to purchase the Securities and the obligation of the Agent to purchase Securities as principal, pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall in each case be subject, in such Agent's discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein (and, in the case of an obligation of the Agent under a Terms Agreement, in or incorporated by reference in such Terms Agreement) are true and correct at and as of the Commencement Date and any applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, and at and as of such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the condition that prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions: (a)(i) With respect to any Securities sold at or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) with respect to such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iii) all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of such Agent; (b)Mayer Brown & Platt, counsel to the Agent, shall have furnished to such Agent (i) such opinion or opinions, dated the Commencement Date, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i) (insofar as it relates to the Company's valid existence and good standing), (ii) (insofar as it relates to the authorized capitalization of the Company) (iii), (iv), I-12 (v), (vii), (viii), (x) and (xi) of subsection (c) below, as well as such other related matters as such Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) if and to the extent reasonably requested by such Agent, with respect to each applicable date referred to in Section 4(h) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, an opinion or opinions, dated such applicable date, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion or opinions which were last furnished to such Agent pursuant to this Section 6(b) to the same extent as though it or they were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion or opinions shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in any case, in lieu of such an opinion or opinions, an opinion or opinions of the same tenor as the opinion or opinions referred to in clause (i) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date; and in each case such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; (c)White & Case, counsel for the Company, or other counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent, shall have furnished to such Agent their written opinions, dated the Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(i) hereof (with the exception of the matters covered in paragraph (ix) of this subsection which will be furnished at such times as required therein) that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations or agreements referred to in the Prospectus and except for subsequent repurchases by the Company not in excess of those disclosed in the Registration Statement as authorized as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective) and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and, except as may be otherwise provided by Section 630 of the New York Business Corporation Law, non-assessable; (iii) This Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (iv) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued, paid for and delivered, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles); and the Indenture conforms and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and I-13 other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (vi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Federal or New York state court or governmental agency or body is required for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement, or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the solicitation by the Agent of offers to purchase Securities from the Company and with purchases of Securities by the Agent as principal, as the case may be, in each case in the manner contemplated hereby; (vii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of the Securities", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption "Federal Income Tax Consequences", and under the caption "Plan of Distribution", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair; (viii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act; (ix) The Securities when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture, will be excluded or exempted from the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, assuming the accuracy of any certifications of factual matters furnished by the Agent in writing to the Company in connection with the issuance thereof. The opinion specified in this Section 6(c)(ix) shall be required only upon the request of the Agent in connection with a specific issuance of Securities pursuant to this Agreement. (x) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and nothing has come to such counsel's attention that has caused them to believe that any of such documents (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), when they became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading; and (xi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the date of such opinion (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, I-14 as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (vii) of this Section 6(c), nothing has come to such counsel's attention that has caused them to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date of such opinion (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that, as of the date of such opinion, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date of such opinion (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (d) The general counsel of the Company shall have furnished to such Agent his written opinions dated the Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(i) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent to the extent that: (i) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; (ii) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company or the By-laws, as amended, of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; (iii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any applicable I-15 Terms Agreement, or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the solicitation by the Agent of offers to purchase Securities from the Company and with purchases of Securities by the Agent as principal, as the case may be, in each case in the manner contemplated hereby; (iv) Such counsel does not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required; and (v) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound; (e) Not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commencement Date and on each applicable date referred to in Section 4(j) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the independent certified public accountants who have certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to such Agent a letter, dated the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect set forth in Annex III hereto; (f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Supplement relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Supplement relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Supplement relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, business prospects, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Supplement relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of such Agent so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the solicitation by such Agent of offers to purchase Securities from the Company or the purchase by such Agent of Securities from the Company as principal, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended I-16 or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Supplement relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery; (g) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities; (h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or Illinois (in the case of Illinois, only to the extent that a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in Illinois affects the Agent's ability to fulfill its obligations hereunder) declared by either Federal, New York State or Illinois authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of such Agent makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities or the purchase of the Securities from the Company as principal pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement or otherwise, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus; (i) With respect to any Security denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, more than one currency or a composite currency or any Security the principal or interest of which is indexed to such currency, currencies or composite currency, there shall not have occurred a suspension or material limitation in foreign exchange trading in such currency, currencies or composite currency by a major international bank, a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in the country or countries issuing such currency, currencies or composite currency, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving, the occurrence of any material adverse change in the existing financial, political or economic conditions of, or the declaration of war or a national emergency by, the country or countries issuing such currency, currencies or composite currency or the imposition or proposal of exchange controls by any governmental authority in the country or countries issuing such currency, currencies or composite currency; and (j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such Agent certificates of the Chairman or a Vice President and the Controller or Treasurer of the Company dated the Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in such form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Agent, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section 6, and as to such other matters as such Agent may reasonably request. 7. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Agent may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) I-17 arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such Agent for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use therein. (b) The Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement I-18 or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other from the offering of the Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions or discounts received by such Agent in respect thereof. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or by the Agent on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by per capita allocation (even if the Agent and any Additional Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total public offering price at which the Securities purchased by or through it were sold exceeds the amount of any damages which such Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Agent under this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to the respective purchases made by or through it to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates and are not joint. I-19 (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Agent under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which such Agent may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act. 8. The Agent, in soliciting offers to purchase Securities from the Company and in performing the other obligations of such Agent hereunder (other than in respect of any purchase by the Agent as principal, pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise), is acting solely as agent for the Company and not as principal. The Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from the Company was solicited by such Agent and has been accepted by the Company, but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event such purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Company shall default on its obligation to deliver Securities to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall (i) hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii) notwithstanding such default, pay to the Agent that solicited such offer any commission to which it would be entitled in connection with such sale. 9. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements by the Agent and the Company set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Agent or any controlling person of the Agent, or the Company, or any officer or director or any controlling person of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Securities. 10. The provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Company may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company as to the Agent or by the Agent as to such Agent upon the giving of written notice of such suspension or termination to such Agent or the Company, as the case may be. In the event of such suspension or termination with respect to the Agent, (x) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Agent as to which such suspension or termination has not occurred, (y) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the rights and obligations of any party which have previously accrued or which relate to Securities which are already issued, agreed to be issued or the subject of a pending offer at the time of such suspension or termination and (z) in any event, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect insofar as the fourth paragraph of Section 2(a), and Sections 4(d), 4(e), 5, 7, 8 and 9 hereof are concerned. 11. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, in the applicable Terms Agreement or in the Administrative Procedure, all statements, requests, notices and advices hereunder shall be in writing, or by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, and if to (i) Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall be sufficient in all respects when delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Facsimile Transmission No. (212) 357-8680, Attention: Credit Department, Credit Control--Medium-Term Notes, and (ii) the Company shall be sufficient in all respects when delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary. 12. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Agent and the Company, and to the extent provided in Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and any person who controls the Agent or the Company, and their I-20 respective heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities through or from the Agent hereunder shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase. 13. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement and any Terms Agreement. As used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business. 14. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 15. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. I-21 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us 10 counterparts hereof, whereupon this letter and the acceptance by each of you thereof shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and each of you in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, Mallinckrodt Inc. By:____________________________ Accepted in New York, New York, Name: as of the date hereof: Title: By:_________________________________ (Goldman, Sachs & Co.) By:__________________________________ Name: Title: I-22 ANNEX I MALLINCKRODT INC. DEBT SECURITIES TERMS AGREEMENT ..................., 19.. Goldman, Sachs & Co. 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 Ladies and Gentlemen: Mallinckrodt Inc., a New York company, (the "Company") proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Distribution Agreement, dated ......................., 19.. (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Company on the one hand and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the "Agent") on the other, to issue and sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. the securities specified in the Schedule hereto (the "Purchased Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Distribution Agreement not specifically related to the solicitation by the Agent, as agent of the Company, of offers to purchase Securities is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Nothing contained herein or in the Distribution Agreement shall make any party hereto an agent of the Company or make such party subject to the provisions therein relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Company, solely by virtue of its execution of this Terms Agreement. Each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement, except that each representation and warranty in Section 1 of the Distribution Agreement which makes reference to the Prospectus shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty as of the date of the Distribution Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Terms Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to relate to the Purchased Securities. An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Purchased Securities, in the form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. agrees to purchase from the Company the Purchased Securities, at the time and place, in the principal amount and at the purchase price set forth in the Schedule hereto. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us 10 counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you this letter and such acceptance hereof, including those I-1 provisions of the Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between you and the Company. Mallinckrodt Inc. By:_________________________ Name: Title: Accepted: Goldman, Sachs & Co. By:_______________________ Name: Title: I-2 SCHEDULE TO ANNEX I Title of Purchased Securities: [ %] Medium-Term Notes[, SERIES ....] Aggregate Principal Amount: [$.................... OR UNITS OF OTHER SPECIFIED CURRENCY] [PRICE TO PUBLIC:] Purchase Price by [NAME OF AGENT] % of the principal amount of the Purchased Securities[, PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST FROM ............... TO ...............] [AND ACCRUED AMORTIZATION, IF ANY, FROM ................. TO ................] Method of and Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price: [BY CERTIFIED OR OFFICIAL BANK CHECK OR CHECKS, PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF THE COMPANY, IN [[NEW YORK] CLEARING HOUSE] [IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE] FUNDS] [BY WIRE TRANSFER TO A BANK ACCOUNT SPECIFIED BY THE COMPANY IN [NEXT DAY] [IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE] FUNDS] Indenture: Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, and as may be further amended and supplemented, between the Company and First Trust of New York, National Association, as trustee Time of Delivery: Closing Location for Delivery of Securities: Maturity: Interest Rate: [ %] Interest Payment Dates: [MONTHS AND DATES] Documents to be Delivered: The following documents referred to in the Distribution Agreement shall be delivered as a condition to the Closing: [(1) THE OPINION OR OPINIONS OF COUNSEL TO THE AGENT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(H).] [(2) THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY AND THE OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(I).] [(3) THE ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(J).] [(4) THE OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(K).] I-3 Other Provisions (including Syndicate Provisions, if applicable): I-4 ANNEX II MALLINCKRODT GROUP, INC. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ------------------------ This Administrative Procedure relates to the Securities defined in the Distribution Agreement, dated ......................, 19.. (the "Distribution Agreement"), between Mallinckrodt Inc. (the "Company") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ( the "Agent"), to which this Administrative Procedure is attached as Annex II. Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Distribution Agreement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or the Indenture. The procedures to be followed with respect to the settlement of sales of Securities directly by the Company to purchasers solicited by the Agent, as agent, are set forth below. The terms and settlement details related to a purchase of Securities by the Agent, as principal, from the Company will be set forth in a Terms Agreement pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, unless the Company and such Agent otherwise agree as provided in Section 2(b) of the Distribution Agreement, in which case the procedures to be followed in respect of the settlement of such sale will be as set forth below. The Agent, in relation to a purchase of a Security by a purchaser solicited by such Agent, is referred to herein as the "Selling Agent" and, in relation to a purchase of a Security by such Agent as principal other than pursuant to a Terms Agreement, as the "Purchasing Agent". The Company will advise the Agent in writing of those persons with whom such Agent is to communicate regarding offers to purchase Securities and the related settlement details. Each Security will be issued only in fully registered form and will be represented by either a global security (a "Global Security") delivered to the Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (a "Book-Entry Security") or a certificate issued in definitive form (a "Certificated Security") delivered to a person designated by the Agent, as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. An owner of a Book-Entry Security will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing such a Security, except as provided in the Indenture or the applicable Pricing Supplement. Book-Entry Securities will be issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedure set forth in Part I hereof, and Certificated Securities will be issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedure set forth in Part II hereof. PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES - ----------------------------------------------------------- In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Securities for eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary, the Trustee will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of Representation from the Company and the Trustee to the Depositary, dated the date hereof, and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary, dated as of .................., 19.. (the "Certificate Agreement"), and its obligations as a participant in the Depositary, including the Depositary's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS"). II-1 Posting Rates by the Company: The Company and the Agent will discuss from time to time the rates of interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Book-Entry Securities that may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by the Agent. The Company may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an offering period ("posting"). If the Company decides to change already posted rates, it will promptly advise the Agent to suspend solicitation of offers until the new posted rates have been established with the Agent. Acceptance of Offers by the Company: The Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Book-Entry Securities, other than those rejected by such Agent. The Agent may, in its discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part. The Agent also may make offers to the Company to purchase Book-Entry Securities as a Purchasing Agent. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Book-Entry Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. The Company will promptly notify the Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to purchase Book-Entry Securities. If the Company accepts an offer to purchase Book-Entry Securities, it will confirm such acceptance in writing to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee. Communication of Sale Information to the Company by Agent and Settlement Procedures: A. After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate promptly, but in no event later than the time set forth under "Settlement Procedure Timetable" below, the following details of the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the Company by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means: (1) Principal Amount of Book-Entry Securities to be purchased; (2) If a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Security, the interest rate and initial interest payment date; (3) Trade Date; (4) Settlement Date; (5) Maturity Date; (6) Specified Currency and, if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified Currency (it being understood that currently the Depositary accepts deposits of Global Securities denominated in U.S. dollars only); (7) Indexed Currency, the Base Rate and the Exchange Rate Determination Date, if applicable; (8) Issue Price; (9) Interest Payment Dates; (10) Regular Record Dates; (11) Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount, as the case may be; (12) Net Proceeds to the Company; II-2 (13) If a redeemable Book-Entry Security, such of the following as are applicable: (i) Redemption Commencement Date, (ii) Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and (iii) Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall decline (but not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date; (14) If a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security, such of the following as are applicable: (i) Interest Rate Basis, (ii) Index Maturity, (iii) Spread or Spread Multiplier, (iv) Maximum Rate, (v) Minimum Rate, (vi) Initial Interest Rate, (vii) Interest Reset Dates, (viii) Calculation Dates, (ix) Interest Determination Dates, (x) Calculation Agent; and (xi) Initial Interest Payment Date; (15) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the registered owner(s); (16) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement; (17) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security; and (18) Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent. B. After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, the Company will communicate such Sale Information to the Trustee by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means. The Trustee will assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security from a list of CUSIP numbers previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company representing such Book-Entry Security and then advise the Company and the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, of such CUSIP number. C. The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement information to the Depositary, and the Depositary shall forward such information to such Agent and Standard & Poor's Corporation: (1) The applicable Sale Information; (2) CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Security; (3) Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Security (to the extent known at such time); (4) Number of the participant account maintained by the Depositary on behalf of the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be; II-3 (5) The interest payment period; and (6) Initial Interest Payment Date for such Book-Entry Security, number of days by which such date succeeds the record date for the Depositary's purposes (or, in the case of Floating Rate Securities which reset daily or weekly, the date five calendar days immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date and, in the case of all other Book-Entry Securities, the Regular Record Date, as defined in the Security) and, if calculable at that time, the amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. D. The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security previously delivered by the Company representing such Book-Entry Security. E. The Depositary will credit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account at the Depositary. F. The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary to (i) debit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account and credit such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and (ii) debit such Agent's settlement account and credit the Trustee's settlement account for an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security less such Agent's commission. The entry of such a deliver order shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Trustee to the Depositary that (a) the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Security has been issued and authenticated and (b) the Trustee is holding such Global Security pursuant to the Certificate Agreement. G. Such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary (i) to debit such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and credit such Book-Entry Security to the participant accounts of the Participants with respect to such Book-Entry Security and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security. H. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in Settlement Procedures "F" and "G" will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the settlement date. I. Upon confirmation of receipt of funds, the Trustee will transfer to the account of the Company maintained at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, [Address], New York, New York [Zip Code], or such other account as the Company may have previously specified to the Trustee, in funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure "F". J. Upon request, the Trustee will send to the Company a statement setting forth the principal amount of Book-Entry Securities outstanding as of that date under the Indenture. K. Such Agent will confirm the purchase of such Book-Entry Security to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with respect to such Book-Entry Security a confirmation order or orders through the Depositary's institutional delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser. L. The Depositary will, at any time, upon request of the Company or the Trustee, promptly furnish to the Company or the Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the participants for whom the Depositary has credited Book-Entry Securities. II-4 Preparation of Pricing Supplement: If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Book-Entry Security, it will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Book-Entry Security and arrange to have delivered to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, at least ten copies of such Pricing Supplement, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Trade Date (as defined below), or if the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on the Business Day following the date of acceptance of such offer, not later than noon, New York City time, on such date. The Company will arrange to have ten Pricing Supplements filed with the Commission not later than the close of business of the Commission on the fifth Business Day following the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used. Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent: The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Book-Entry Security a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment instructions. In addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or its agent the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) in relation to such Book-Entry Security prior to or together with the earlier of the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the confirmation of sale or (b) the Book-Entry Security. Date of Settlement: The receipt by the Company of immediately available funds in payment for a Book-Entry Security and the authentication and issuance of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Security shall constitute "settlement" with respect to such Book-Entry Security. All orders of Book-Entry Securities solicited by a Selling Agent or made by a Purchasing Agent and accepted by the Company on a particular date (the "Trade Date") will be settled on a date (the "Settlement Date") which is the third Business Day (or such lesser period as may then be required by the Commission) after the Trade Date pursuant to the "Settlement Procedure Timetable" set forth below, unless the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on another Business Day which shall be no earlier than the next Business Day after the Trade Date. Settlement Procedure Timetable: For orders of Book-Entry Securities solicited by a Selling Agent and accepted by the Company for settlement on the third Business Day (or such lesser period as may then be required by the Commission) after the Trade Date, Settlement Procedures "A" through "I" 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 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day following the Trade Date or 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the Settlement Date, whichever is earlier B 12:00 noon on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Settlement Date C 2:00 p.m. on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Settlement Date D 9:00 a.m. on the Settlement Date E 10:00 a.m. on the Settlement Date F-G 2:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date II-5 H 4:45 p.m. on the Settlement Date I 5:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date If the initial interest rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security has not been determined at the time that Settlement Procedure "A" is completed, Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as such rate has been determined but no later than 2:00 p.m. on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Settlement Date. Settlement Procedure "H" 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. If settlement of a Book-Entry Security is rescheduled or canceled, the Trustee, upon obtaining knowledge thereof, will deliver to the Depositary, through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System, a cancellation message to such effect by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled Settlement Date. Failure to Settle: If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry Security pursuant to Settlement Procedure "F", the Trustee may deliver to the Depositary, through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing the Depositary to debit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account, provided that the Trustee's participant account contains a principal amount of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Security that is at least equal to the principal amount to be debited. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to all the Book-Entry Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will mark such Global Security "canceled", make appropriate entries in the Trustee's records and send such canceled Global Security to the Company. The CUSIP number assigned to such Global Security shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will exchange such Global Security for two Global Securities, one of which shall represent such Book-Entry Security or Securities and shall be canceled immediately after issuance and the other of which shall represent the remaining Book-Entry Securities previously represented by the surrendered Global Security and shall bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Global Security. If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Security is not timely paid to the participants with respect to such Book-Entry Security by the beneficial purchaser thereof (or a person, including an indirect participant in the Depositary, acting on behalf of such purchaser), such participants and, in turn, the Agent for such Book-Entry Security may enter deliver orders through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System debiting such Book-Entry Security to such participant's account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's account and then debiting such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account and shall notify the Company and the Trustee thereof. Thereafter, the Trustee will (i) immediately notify the Company of such order and the Company shall transfer to such Agent funds available for immediate use in an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security which was credited to the account of the Company maintained at the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure I, and (ii) 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 Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for the loss of its use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. II-6 Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to a Book-Entry Security, the Depositary 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 one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Securities to have been represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will provide, in accordance with Settlement Procedure "D", for the authentication and issuance of a Global Security representing the other Book-Entry Securities to have been represented by such Global Security and will make appropriate entries in its records. The Company will, from time to time, furnish the Trustee with a sufficient quantity of Securities. PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CERTIFICATED SECURITIES - -------------------------------------------------------------- Posting Rates by Company: The Company and the Agent will discuss from time to time the rates of interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Certificated Securities that may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by the Agent. The Company may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an offering period ("posting"). If the Company decides to change already posted rates, it will promptly advise the Agent to suspend solicitation of offers until the new posted rates have been established with the Agent. Acceptance of Offers by Company: The Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Certificated Securities, other than those rejected by such Agent. The Agent may, in its discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part. The Agent also may make offers to the Company to purchase Certificated Securities as a Purchasing Agent. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Certificated Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. The Company will promptly notify the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to purchase Certificated Securities. If the Company accepts an offer to purchase Certificated Securities, it will confirm such acceptance in writing to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee. Communication of Sale Information to Company by Agent: After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate the following details of the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the Company by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means: (1) Principal Amount of Certificated Securities to be purchased; (2) If a Fixed Rate Certificated Security, the interest rate and initial interest payment date; (3) Trade Date; (4) Settlement Date; (5) Maturity Date; (6) Specified Currency and, if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified Currency; (7) Indexed Currency, the Base Rate and the Exchange Rate Determination Date, if applicable; II-7 (8) Issue Price; (9) Interest Payment Dates; (10) Regular Record Dates; (11) Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount, as the case may be; (12) Net Proceeds to the Company; (13) If a redeemable Certificated Security, such of the following as are applicable: (i) Redemption Commencement Date, (ii) Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and (iii) Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall decline (but not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date; (1) If a Floating Rate Certificated Security, such of the following as are applicable: (i) Interest Rate Basis, (ii) Index Maturity, (iii) Spread or Spread Multiplier, (iv) Maximum Rate, (v) Minimum Rate, (vi) Initial Interest Rate, (vii) Interest Reset Dates, (viii) Calculation Dates, (ix) Interest Determination Dates, (x) Calculation Agent; and (xi) Initial Interest Payment Date; (2) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the registered owner(s); (3) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement; (4) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security; and (5) Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent. Preparation of Pricing Supplement by Company: If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Certificated Security, it will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Certificated Security and arrange to have delivered to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, at least ten copies of such Pricing Supplement, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Trade Date, or if the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on the date of acceptance of such offer, not later than noon, New York City time, on such date. The Company will arrange to have ten Pricing Supplements filed with the Commission not later than the close of business of the Commission on the fifth Business Day following the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used. II-8 Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent: The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Certificated Security a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment instructions. In addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or its agent the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) in relation to such Certificated Security prior to or together with the earlier of the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the confirmation of sale or (b) the Certificated Security. Date of Settlement: All offers of Certificated Securities solicited by a Selling Agent or made by a Purchasing Agent and accepted by the Company will be settled on a date (the "Settlement Date") which is the fifth Business Day (or such lesser period as may then be required by the Commission) after the date of acceptance of such offer, unless the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement (a) on another Business Day after the acceptance of such offer or (b) with respect to an offer accepted by the Company prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of such acceptance. Instruction from Company to Trustee for Preparation of Certificated Securities: After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, the Company will communicate such Sale Information to the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means. The Company will instruct the Trustee by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means to authenticate and deliver the Certificated Securities no later than 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date. Such instruction will be given by the Company prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Settlement Date unless the Settlement Date is the date of acceptance by the Company of the offer to purchase Certificated Securities in which case such instruction will be given by the Company by 11:00 a.m., New York City time. Preparation and Delivery of Certificated Securities by Trustee and Receipt of Payment Therefor: The Trustee will prepare each Certificated Security and appropriate receipts that will serve as the documentary control of the transaction. In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a purchaser solicited by a Selling Agent, the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date, deliver the Certificated Securities to the Selling Agent for the benefit of the purchaser of such Certificated Securities against delivery by the Selling Agent of a receipt therefor. On the Settlement Date the Selling Agent will deliver payment for such Certificated Securities in immediately available funds to the Company in an amount equal to the issue price of the Certificated Securities less the Selling Agent's commission; provided that the Selling Agent reserves the right to withhold payment for which it has not received funds from the purchaser. The Company shall not use any proceeds advanced by a Selling Agent to acquire securities. In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a Purchasing Agent, the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date, deliver the Certificated Securities to the Purchasing Agent against delivery of payment for such Certificated Securities in immediately available funds to the Company in an amount equal to the issue price of the Certificated Securities less the Purchasing Agent's discount. Failure of Purchaser to Pay Selling Agent: II-9 If a purchaser (other than a Purchasing Agent) fails to make payment to the Selling Agent for a Certificated Security, the Selling Agent will promptly notify the Trustee and the Company thereof by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means. The Selling Agent will immediately return the Certificated Security to the Trustee. Immediately upon receipt of such Certificated Security by the Trustee, the Company will return to the Selling Agent an amount equal to the amount previously paid to the Company in respect of such Certificated Security. The Company will reimburse the Selling Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of funds during the period when they were credited to the account of the Company. The Trustee will cancel the Certificated Security in respect of which the failure occurred, make appropriate entries in its records and, unless otherwise instructed by the Company, destroy the Certificated Security. II-10 ANNEX III ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER ------------------- Pursuant to Sections 4(j) and 6(e), as the case may be, of the Distribution Agreement, the Company's independent certified public accountants shall furnish letters to the effect that: (i) They are independent auditors with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (ii) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, prospective financial statements and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, prospective financial statements and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the Agent; (iii)They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been furnished to the Agent; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations; (iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with or is derived from (specifying in each case which) the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for five such fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years; (v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K; III-1 (vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inspection of the minute books of the Company since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (i) do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder, or (ii) are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the more recent of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year or the Prospectus; (D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder and, if applicable, the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; (E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, or III-2 any increases in any items specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, or any increases in any items specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and (vii)In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Agent, as agreed to by the auditors, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement. All references in this Annex III to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as defined in the Distribution Agreement as of the Commencement Date referred to in Section 6(e) thereof and to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as of the date of the amendment, supplement, incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to the Terms Agreement requiring the delivery of such letter under Section 4(j) thereof. III-3 ANNEX IV List of Documents: EX-5.1 4 OPINION OF WHITE & CASE EXHIBIT 5.1 December 16, 1997 Mallinckrodt Inc. 675 McDonnell Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63134 Dear Sirs: We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed today by Mallinckrodt Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company's debt securities (the "Securities"), to be issued under an Indenture dated as of March 15, 1985, as amended and restated as of February 15, 1995, between the Company and First Trust of New York, National Association, as Trustee. In our opinion, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered against payment therefor, the Securities will be legally issued and will be legally binding obligations of the Company, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ White & Case EX-12.1 5 COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES EXHIBIT 12.1 MALLINCKRODT INC. COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES ($ IN MILLIONS)
THREE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------------------- 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 ------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Earnings (loss) from continuing operations........ ($381.4) $185.7 $153.7 $136.7 $ 79.2 $ 60.4 Add (deduct) provision (benefit) for income taxes... 9.9 102.3 90.0 81.9 46.3 41.3 ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes................. (371.5) 288.0 243.7 218.6 125.5 101.7 Add (deduct): Portion of rents ( 1/3) considered to be representative of interest factors in the leases...... 1.7 7.4 7.9 7.8 6.6 5.9 Net interest expense........ 18.4 48.1 51.3 45.1 34.6 32.0 Depreciation of capitalized interest................... 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 Amortization of debt discount and expenses...... 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 Equity in income of nonconsolidated subsidiaries less dividends.................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Share of interest charges of 50 percent-owned joint venture.................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Earnings from continuing operations available for fixed charges................ ($351.0) $344.8 $304.2 $272.7 $167.5 $140.2 ======= ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Fixed charges: Gross interest expense...... $ 18.4 $ 48.8 $ 52.9 $ 46.4 $ 38.4 $ 36.0 Portion of rents ( 1/3) considered to be representative of interest factors in the leases...... 1.7 7.4 7.9 7.8 6.6 5.9 Amortization of debt discount and expenses...... 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 Share of interest charges of 50 percent-owned joint venture.................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Total fixed charges........... $ 20.3 $ 56.7 $ 61.3 $ 54.6 $ 45.3 $ 42.1 ======= ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Ratio of earnings from continuing operations to fixed charges................ [1] 6.1 5.0 5.0 3.7 3.3 ======= ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
- -------- [1] Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the three months ended September 30, 1997, primarily due to acquisition charges recorded during the quarter. The coverage deficiency was approximately $371 million. EX-23.1 6 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Mallinckrodt Inc. for the registration of debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated July 30, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Mallinckrodt Inc. in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ernst & Young LLP St. Louis, Missouri December 15, 1997 EX-25.1 7 FORM T-1 EXHIBIT 25.1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 ____________________ FORM T - 1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE ____________________ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 (b) (2) _________ FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) 13-3781471 (I. R. S. Employer Identification No.) 100 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ____________________ FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Dennis Calabrese, President First Trust of New York, National Association 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10005 Telephone: (212) 361-2506 ____________________ MALLINCKRODT INC. (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) New York 36-1263901 (State or other jurisdiction of (I. R. S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 675 McDonnell Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63134 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ____________________ DEBT SECURITIES Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee - - (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Name Address ---- ------- Comptroller of the Currency Washington, D. C. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes. Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. None. Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. Exhibit 1. Articles of Association of First Trust of New York, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1, Registration No. 33-83774. Exhibit 2. Certificate of Authority to Commence Business for First Trust of New York, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Form T-1, Registration No. 33- 83774. Exhibit 3. Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers for First Trust of New York, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of Form T-1, Registration No. 33-83774. Exhibit 4. By-Laws of First Trust of New York, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form T-1 Registration No. 333-34113. Exhibit 5. Not applicable. Exhibit 6. Consent of First Trust of New York, National Association, required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1, Registration No. 33- 83774. Exhibit 7. Report of Condition of First Trust of New York, National Association, as of the close of business on September 30, 1997, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. Exhibit 8. Not applicable. Exhibit 9. Not applicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, First Trust of New York, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 12th day of December, 1997. FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: /s/ Frank J. Gillhaus, Jr. -------------------------- Frank J. Gillhaus, Jr. Vice President, Jr. Exhibit 7 --------- FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AS OF 9/30/97 ($000'S)
ASSETS 9/30/97 ---------- Cash and Due From Depository Institutions $36,355 Federal Reserve Stock 3,467 Fixed Assets 753 Intangible Assets 76,047 Other Assets 5,619 ---------- TOTAL ASSETS $122,241 ========== LIABILITIES Other Liabilities 7,592 ---------- TOTAL LIABILITIES 7,592 EQUITY Common and Preferred Stock 1,000 Surplus 120,932 Undivided Profits (7,283) ---------- TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL 114,649 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL $122,241 ==========
================================================================================ To the best of the undersigned's determination, as of this date the above financial information is true and correct. First Trust of New York, National Association By: /s/Frank J. Gillhaus, Jr. ------------------------ Vice President Date: December 12, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----