EX-1.1 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

EX-1.1 3 g88519exv1w1.txt EX-1.1 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 1.1 (EURO)200,000,000 AGCO CORPORATION 6.875 % SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT April 15, 2004 April 15, 2004 Morgan Stanley & Co. Bear, Stearns International Limited International Limited c/o Bear Stearns & Co. c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 383 Madison Avenue 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10179 New York, New York 10036 Dear Sirs and Mesdames: AGCO Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "UNDERWRITERS") (euro)200,000,000 of its 6.875% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 (the "SECURITIES") to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture to be dated as of April 23, 2004 (the "INDENTURE") between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Securities, and such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended the ("SECURITIES ACT"). The registration statement as amended at the time it became effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Securities (including any related prospectus supplement) is hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS." If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional 6.875% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the "RULE 462 REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), then any reference herein to the term "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement (including, in the case of all references to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, documents incorporated therein by reference). 1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that: (a) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. (b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iv) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein. (c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent that good standing is a concept recognized by such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable 2 and are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. (e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (f) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity. (g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity. (h) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets or property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification or filing with, any governmental body or agency, any lender or any other person is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such consents received prior to the date hereof and such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states or international jurisdictions in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities. (i) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules, as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial 3 statements comply as to form in all material respects with the rules of the Commission with respect thereto and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made; any schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial information and related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules of the Commission with respect to pro forma financial information, have been prepared on a basis consistent with the historical financial statements of the Company and have been compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and (A) the assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are reasonable, (B) such adjustments are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein and have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such statements and (C) such statements fairly present the pro forma results of operations and information purported to be shown therein for the respective periods therein specified based on the assumptions identified therein. Except (X) as disclosed in the Prospectus, (Y) as reflected in the Company's audited balance sheet at December 31, 2003 or liabilities described in any notes thereto (or liabilities for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP) or (Z) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2003 consistent with past practice, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any material liabilities or obligations of any nature. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has engaged in or effected any transaction or arrangement that would constitute an "off-balance sheet arrangement" (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K of the Commission). The financial information included in the Prospectus included under the captions "Summary -- AGCO Corporation Summary Historical Financial Data," "Summary - Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Data," "Capitalization," "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," (and any amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information shown therein (except for non-GAAP financial measures and ratios which have been presented in compliance with Regulation G) and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited financial statements from which they were derived. (j) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto 4 subsequent to the date of this Agreement, (i) there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development that might reasonably be expected to result in a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iii) except for regular dividends on the common stock of the Company in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock. (k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any statutes or regulations that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required. (l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (m) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an "investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (n) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms 5 and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (o) To the Company's knowledge, KPMG LLP ("KPMG"), independent auditors who have certified certain of the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries contained in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, are and were during the periods covered by their reports included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act, Regulation S-X of the Commission and Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. KPMG (i) based solely on representations made by KPMG, is, to the Company's knowledge, a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) ("SOX") and (ii) is, with respect to the Company, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act. (p) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Commission) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. (q) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Commission) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the (A) reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, (B) maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, (C) recording of transactions as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company or the applicable subsidiary, and (D) prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's or its subsidiaries' assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. (r) The Company's management evaluates, with the participation of the Company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, (A) the effectiveness of the Company's and its subsidiaries' disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of each fiscal quarter, (B) the Company's and its subsidiaries' 6 internal control over financial reporting as of the end of each fiscal year, and (C) any change in the Company's or its subsidiaries' internal control over financial reporting that occurred during each of the Company's fiscal quarters that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's or any subsidiaries' internal control over financial reporting. (s) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has not, since July 30, 2002, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the Company; and any such credit that was outstanding on July 30, 2002 or that is currently outstanding was in place on or before July 30, 2002, and there has been no material modification of any term of such credit or any renewal or such credit on or after July 30, 2002. (t) The Company is in compliance with all U.S. laws, and, specifically, has not directly or indirectly used any proceeds of any debt or equity offerings, and has not permitted any person or entity to which the Company made such proceeds available to use them, to finance the activities of any person or entity that is subject to sanctions under, or otherwise in a manner that places the Company, any affiliate thereof or any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing in violation of any law, regulation, order or license relating to any program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the United States Department of the Treasury, including, without limitation, any program the regulations of which are codified in Chapter 5 of Subtitle B of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from April 23, 2004 to the date of payment and delivery. The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited and Bear, Stearns International Limited on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to (except for any registration statement or amendment thereto relating to the Company's outstanding 1.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2033), any additional debt securities, issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year 7 from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the Company's intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing. 3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public initially at 100% of their principal amount (the "PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE") plus accrued interest, if any, from April 15, 2004 to the date of payment and delivery and to certain dealers selected by you at a price that represents a discount and commission not in excess of 1.75% of their principal amount. 4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Securities for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on April 23, 2004, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than May 7, 2004, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE." The Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date. The Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid. 5. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the Company to sell the Securities to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become effective on or prior to the date hereof. The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions: (a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized 8 statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. (b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened. (c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date the opinions of counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth on Exhibit A. Such opinions shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. (d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth on Exhibit B. (e) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof. 6. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows: 9 (a) To furnish to you, without charge, three copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto but including documents incorporated by reference) and to furnish to you in New York City, without charge, prior to 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(c) below, as many copies of the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference, and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request. The terms "supplement" and "amendment" or "amend" as used in this Agreement shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act that are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. (b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to the filing of the proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which your counsel reasonably objects, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule. (c) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law. 10 (d) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications in effect as long as may be required for distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters. (e) To make generally available to the Company's security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2004 that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (f) To promptly use the net proceeds received from the sales of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds." The Company shall comply with all U.S. laws and, specifically, shall not directly or indirectly use any of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities, and shall prohibit any person or entity to which the Company makes such net proceeds available from using them, to finance the activities of any person or entity that is subject to sanctions under, or otherwise in a manner that places the Company, any affiliate thereof or any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing (including any Underwriter, any affiliate thereof and each director, officer, employee and agent thereof) in violation of any law, regulation, order or license relating to any program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the United States Department of the Treasury, including, without limitation, any program the regulations of which are codified in Chapter 5 of Subtitle B of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and the Company's accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state and foreign securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state and foreign securities laws as provided in Section 6(d) 11 hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (v) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Securities, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered with the prior approval of the Company in connection with the road show, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 7 entitled "Indemnity and Contribution", and the last paragraph of Section 9 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. (h) To use its reasonable best efforts to have the Securities approved for listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such listing for as long as any of the Securities remain outstanding and the maintenance of such listing is reasonably practicable. 7. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, 12 except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Securities, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if required by law to have been delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Securities to such person and if the Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 6(a) hereof. (b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto. (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b), such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties 13 and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing jointly by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited and Bear, Stearns International Limited, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. (d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference 14 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 or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective number of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. (e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. (f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 7 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities. 8. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter 15 market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. 9. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the aggregate principal amount which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the 16 terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder. 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 11. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. 12. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement. Very truly yours, AGCO Corporation By: _______________________ Name: Title: 17 Accepted as of the date hereof Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited Bear, Stearns International Limited Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. By: Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited By: ______________________________________ Name: Title: 18 SCHEDULE I