Underwriting Agreement, dated June 16, 2020, between BorgWarner Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Representatives of the several underwriters named therein

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Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

BORGWARNER INC.

$1,100,000,000

2.650% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June, 16, 2020

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule II hereto

 

c/o

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

BorgWarner Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), the principal amount of its 2.650% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Securities”) set forth in Schedule I hereto, to be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule (the “Trustee”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Representatives listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms. This Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities are referred to herein collectively as the “Operative Documents.”

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Securities, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated February 18, 2020 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus.”


The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act), including the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses each identified in Schedule I hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person.

The terms “supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

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; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

(b)    (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or 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) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does 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, (iv) 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, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the Time of Sale (as defined below) in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented

 

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by the Company, 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, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does 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 and (vii) the Prospectus as of its date and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date 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 (A) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), of the Trustee. The term “Time of Sale” means 2:55 p.m. (New York City time) on June 16, 2020, which is the first time when sales of the Securities are made by the Underwriters.

(c)    The Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, and road shows each furnished to the Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Representatives’ prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d)    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 each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and 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 business, property, prospects, financial condition or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).

(e)    Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or organized, is validly existing as a corporation or other legal entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the corporate or other power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction

 

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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 incorporated, organized, qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for minority interests set forth in a schedule previously provided by the Company to the Underwriters) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(f)    This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(g)    The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(h)    The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by, and will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.

(i)    The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(j)    The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, each Operative Document 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, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under any Operative Document, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.

(k)    There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(l)    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 (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, and proceedings that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that, individually

 

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or in the aggregate, could adversely affect the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Operative Document or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus or (iii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents 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.

(m)    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.

(n)    The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the net proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(o)    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 and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p)    There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q)    There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(r)    The statements set forth in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Senior Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture and the Securities, fairly summarize such terms in all material respects.

(s)    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has audited the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and has audited the Company’s

 

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internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, is the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(t)    The Company, in respect of itself and its subsidiaries, maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a- 15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Except as disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019 and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries.

(u)    Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and in the Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting,

(v)    The Company and its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2019.

(w)    The Company’s historical financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as described in the notes to such financial statements; and the other historical financial information of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

(x)    The interactive data in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(y)    Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended (the “FCPA”), or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Anti-Bribery Convention”) or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, including, without limitation, (i) using any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) making or taking an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office, or (iii) making, offering, agreeing, requesting or taking an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

(z)    The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(aa)    (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the knowledge of the Entity, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:

(A)    the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor

 

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(B)    located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria.

(ii)    The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(A)    to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

(B)    in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(iii)    The Entity represents and covenants that it has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(bb)    The Company has not issued any press release or other public announcement referring specifically to the proposed issue of, or the terms of, the Securities other than those announcements that adequately disclosed that stabilizing action may take place in relation to the Securities (but only to the extent required by laws, regulators or guidelines applicable to the Company, the Underwriters, the Representatives or any other entity undertaking stabilization in connection with the issue of the Securities) and, in connection therewith, the Company authorized the Representatives to make all appropriate disclosure in relation to stabilization instead of the Company.

(cc)    In each case, to the knowledge of the Company, (i) the information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) used by the Company and its subsidiaries are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and (iii) there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected

 

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to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are currently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

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 respective principal amounts of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the Purchase Price set forth in Schedule I hereto.

3.    Public Offering. The Company is advised by the Representatives 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 the Representatives’ judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by the Representatives that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

4.    Payment and Delivery. The purchase price specified in Schedule I hereto for all Securities to be purchased as provided herein will be paid by the Representatives to the Company at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 19, 2020, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date as the Company and the Representatives may agree (the “Closing Date”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities to be duly paid by the Company, against the delivery, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Registered Global Note”), duly executed and registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The Registered Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 9:00 a.m., New York time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

5.    Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following 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 the Company or any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act; and

 

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(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 Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale 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 such 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 Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act; the final term sheet substantially in the form of Schedule III hereto, and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus 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.

(d)    The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

(e)    The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of the General Counsel or the Corporate Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

(f)    The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.

The opinion of counsel for the Company described in Section 5(d) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

(g)    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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public

 

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accounting firm, 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 the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

(h)    On or prior to the Closing Date, the Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(i)    On or prior to the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of Kevin A. Nowlan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.

6.    Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a)    To furnish to the Representatives at their request, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated therein by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(b)    Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object 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)    To furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.

(d)    Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(e)    If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the

 

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Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(f)    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 (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) 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 (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) 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, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Representatives 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 (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(g)    To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request.

(h)    To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(i)    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 Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery

 

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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 securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) 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 and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, including any charges of DTC in connection therewith, (vii) the costs and charges of any trustee, 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 preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, 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 in connection with the road show, and (ix) 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 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(j)    If the third anniversary of the date hereof occurs before all the Securities have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Securities to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission.

(k)    During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written consent of the Representatives identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters).

(l)    To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form as set forth in Schedule III hereto, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities.

 

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(m)    The Company will not issue, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, any press or other public announcement referring specifically to the proposed issuance of, or the terms of, the Securities unless the announcement adequately discloses that stabilizing action may take place in relation to the Securities (but only to the extent required by laws, regulators or guidelines applicable to the Company, the Underwriters, the Representatives or any other entity undertaking stabilization in connection with the issuance of the Securities) and the Company authorizes the Representatives to make all appropriate disclosure in relation to stabilization instead of the Company.

(n)    The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its reasonable best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(o)    The Company will not use any portion of the proceeds of the offering, directly or indirectly, in violation of the FCPA, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention or the Bribery Act, or any similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.

7.    Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

8.    Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Underwriters and 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, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (other than with respect to the Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(b)    Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and 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

 

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to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement 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 8(a) or 8(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 and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives authorized to appoint counsel under this Section set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, 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. 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 (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding 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)    To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or Section 8(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 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion

 

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as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(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 bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand 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 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 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts 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 8 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 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) 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 8, 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 8 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 8 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.

9.    Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement, by notice given by the Representatives 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

 

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by, as the case may be, any of the NYSE, the NYSE MKT LLC, the Nasdaq Global 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 market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe 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 the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the Representatives’ 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 Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

10.    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 the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II 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 the Representatives may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such 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 on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives 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 the Representatives 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, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, 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 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

 

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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.

11.    Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

As used in this Section 11:

BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i)    a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(ii)    a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii)    a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

12.    Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

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(b)    The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arm’s length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

13.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to any other party may be made by facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law) or other transmission method, and the parties hereto agree that any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

14.    Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

15.    Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

16.    Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.

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Please confirm your agreement by signing a copy of this Underwriting Agreement in the space set forth below.

 

Very truly yours,
BORGWARNER INC.
By:  

/s/ Kevin A. Nowlan

Name:   Kevin A. Nowlan
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Laurie Campbell

Name:   Laurie Campbell
Title:   Managing Director

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian D. Bednarski

Name:   Brian D. Bednarski
Title:   Managing Director

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Ritu Ketkar

Name:   Ritu Ketkar
Title:   Managing Director

 

By:  

/s/ John C. McCabe

Name:   John C. McCabe
Title:   Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Representatives:   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Representatives authorized to release the lock up Section 6(k):   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Representatives authorized to appoint counsel Section 8(c):   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Indenture:   

Indenture dated as of September 23, 1999 between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of June 19, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee

 

Trustee:   

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 

Registration Statement File No.:   

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-236478)

 

Time of Sale Prospectus:   

Means collectively:

Prospectus dated February 18, 2020, relating to the Shelf Securities;

 

  

The preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 16, 2020 relating to the Securities

Term Sheet dated June 16, 2020

 

Securities to be purchased:   

2.650% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”)

 

Aggregate Principal Amount of Securities:   

$1,100,000,000

 

Purchase Price:   

99.094% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 19, 2020

 

Maturity:   

July 1, 2027

 

Interest Rate:    2.650% per annum, accruing from June 19, 2020

 

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Interest Payment Dates:   

January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2021

 

Closing Date and Time:   

June 19, 2020 9:00 a.m., New York City time

 

Closing Location:   

Mayer Brown LLP
71 S. Wacker Dr.

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Address for Notices to Underwriters:   

BofA Securities, Inc.

50 Rockefeller Plaza

NY1-50-12-01

New York, New York 10020,

Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Attention: General Counsel

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005,

Attention: Debt Capital Markets Syndicate

with a copy to General Counsel

Fax: (646) 374-1071

 

with a copy to:

 

Mayer Brown LLP
71 S. Wacker Dr.

Chicago, IL 60606
Attention: Edward S. Best, Esq.

 

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Address for Notices to the Company:   

BorgWarner Inc.
3850 Hamlin Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Attention: General Counsel

 

with a copy to:

 

Foley & Lardner LLP

777 E. Wisconsin Ave.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Attention: Patrick G. Quick, Esq.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Underwriter    Principal Amount of Notes
To Be Purchased
 

BofA Securities, Inc.

   $ 209,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     209,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     209,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     55,000,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     66,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     66,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     44,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     44,000,000  

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     44,000,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     44,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     44,000,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     22,000,000  

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

     22,000,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     22,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,100,000,000  

 

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SCHEDULE III

Form of Final Term Sheet

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-236478

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated June 16, 2020 relating to

Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 16, 2020

(To Prospectus dated February 18, 2020)

 

$1,100,000,000

2.650% Senior Notes due 2027

Final Term Sheet

June 16, 2020

 

Issuer:    BorgWarner Inc.
Principal Amount:    $1,100,000,000
Type of Offering:    SEC registered (No. 333-236478)
Anticipated Ratings:*    Moody’s: Baa1 (Negative) / S&P: BBB (Negative) / Fitch: BBB+ (Negative)
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Co-Managers:   

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Barclays Capital Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Loop Capital Markets LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Commerz Markets LLC Santander Investment Securities Inc. Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Trade Date:    June 16, 2020
Settlement Date:**    June 19, 2020 (T+3)
Stated Maturity Date:    July 1, 2027
Coupon (Interest Rate):    2.650% per annum
Interest Payment Dates:    Semi-annually on January 1 and July 1, commencing on January 1, 2021

 

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Price to Public (Issue Price):    99.719%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    +212.5 bps
Benchmark Treasury:    UST 0.500% due May 31, 2027
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:    99-17; 0.569%
Yield to Maturity:    2.694%
Optional Redemption:   

Prior to May 1, 2027 (two months prior to the maturity date of the Senior Notes) (the “Par Call Date”), the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

•  100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes being redeemed; and

•  the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Senior Notes being redeemed that would be due if the Senior Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points,

 

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to the redemption date.

Par Call Redemption:    At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to the redemption date.
Special Mandatory Redemption:    In the event the Delphi Transaction (as defined in the prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes) is not consummated on or prior to April 28, 2021 or the Transaction Agreement (as defined in the prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes) is terminated on or prior to April 28, 2021 (without replacement thereof), the Issuer will be required to redeem all of the outstanding Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined in the prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes).
CUSIP/ ISIN:    099724 AL0 / US099724AL02

*Note: None of these ratings is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold these securities. Each rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time, and should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

**It is expected that delivery of the Senior Notes will be made against payment therefor on or about June 19, 2020, which is the third business day following the date hereof (such settlement cycle being referred to as “T+3”). Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Senior Notes prior to two business days before delivery of the

 

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Senior Notes will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Senior Notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement and should consult their own advisors.

The issuer has filed a registration statement including a prospectus and prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request them by calling BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at ###-###-####; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at ###-###-####; or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. toll-free at ###-###-####.

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Foley & Lardner LLP Opinion

 

  1.

The Company is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and corporate authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

  2.

The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

  3.

The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

  4.

The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”).

 

  5.

The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when duly authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor specified in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, and registered holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

  6.

The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions entitled “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the Senior Notes,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, fairly summarize such terms in all material respects.

 

  7.

The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” constitute a fair and accurate summary of the matters discussed therein in all material respects.

 

  8.

Each of the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Prospectus, as of June 16, 2020, in each case excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder for registration statements on Form S-3 or related prospectuses, as the case may be, except that in each case we express no opinion with respect to (A) financial statements and schedules and notes thereto and other financial data, in each case that is contained or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (B) assessments of, and reports on, the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and (C) any trustee’s statement of eligibility on Form T-1.

 

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  9.

The Incorporated Documents, as of the respective dates on which they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in each case we express no opinion with respect to (A) the financial statements and schedules and notes thereto and other financial data, in each case that is contained therein or omitted therefrom and (B) assessments of, and reports on, the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

  10.

No order, consent, permit, registration, qualification or approval by any U.S. federal or New York State governmental agency or body under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is required on the part of the Company for the issuance and sale of the Notes, the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, except such as have been obtained under the 1933 Act and the 1939 Act and such orders, consents, permits, registrations, qualifications or approvals as may be required under applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or the bylaws and rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes (as to which we express no opinion).

 

  11.

The issuance and sale of the Notes and the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein will not result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement filed with the Commission as an exhibit to any of the Incorporated Documents that would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Company, nor will such actions result in any violation of (a) the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, each as amended to date, or (b) any Applicable Laws (as defined below) or any order of any court or governmental agency or body of the United States of America, the State of New York or the State of Delaware binding on the Company and identified to us in a certificate provided by the Company, which violation, in the case of (b) above, would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Company. As used in this opinion, the term “Applicable Laws” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and those state laws of the State of New York and federal laws of the United States of America that, in our experience and without independent investigation or verification, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture (provided that the term “Applicable Laws” shall not include any U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. securities or blue sky laws or any rules or regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the respective rules and regulations thereunder) or any antifraud or similar laws).

 

  12.

Based solely as to factual matters on the certificate of the Company attached hereto as Schedule I, the Company is not, and immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be, an investment company required to register under the 1940 Act.

 

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In acting as counsel to the Company in connection with the sale to the Underwriters of the Notes, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and its internal counsel and independent public accountants and with your representatives, at which conferences certain contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. The primary purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters or financial or quantitative information. Moreover, many of the determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature. Furthermore, we have not independently investigated or verified, are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any statements contained or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (other than as set forth in paragraphs 6 and 7 of our opinion addressed to you dated the date hereof). However, based solely upon our participation in such conferences, no facts have come to our attention that have caused us to believe that:

(1)    the Registration Statement, at the deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters and the Notes pursuant to, and within the meaning of, Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act arising from the filing of the Prospectus with the Commission, 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;

(2)    the Time of Sale Prospectus, at 2:55 p.m. (New York City time), on June 16, 2020, included 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, not misleading; or

(3)    the Prospectus, as of its date or on the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

except that, in each case, we express no belief, and make no statement, with respect to (A) financial statements and schedules and notes thereto or other financial data, in each case that is contained or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, (B) assessments of, or reports on, the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting or (C) any trustee’s statement of eligibility on Form T-1. Our belief is based upon our participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, but is without independent check or verification except as specified.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of In-House Counsel Opinion

June 19, 2020

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in

Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement

Re:    BorgWarner Inc.

Issuance of its 2.650% Senior Notes Due 2027 (the “Debt Offering”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of BorgWarner Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and, in such capacity, have advised the Company in connection with the Debt Offering. This opinion is delivered to you as contemplated by Section 5(e) of that certain Underwriting Agreement dated June 16, 2020 among BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto, and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”). All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Underwriting Agreement. All references to the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus shall include the documents incorporated by reference therein.

I have reviewed (i) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) an executed copy of the Indenture, (iii) an executed copy of the global note representing the Securities, (iv) the Registration Statement, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus and (vi) the Prospectus. I, or attorneys acting under my supervision and control, have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

I am a member of the Bar of the State of Wisconsin. I call your attention to the fact that, in rendering this opinion, I am expressing my view as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth herein, I am of the following opinions:

 

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  (i)

the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power and corporate authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and 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;

 

  (ii)

each subsidiary of the Company listed below has been duly incorporated or organized, is validly existing as a corporation or other legal entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and 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:

(A)    BorgWarner Ithaca LLC;

(B)    BorgWarner Emissions Systems LLC;

(C)    BorgWarner Turbo Systems LLC;

(D)    BorgWarner Transmission Products LLC;

(E)    BorgWarner PDS (USA) Inc.; and

(F)    BorgWarner Thermal Systems Inc.

 

  (iii)

the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, each as amended to date, or, to the best of my knowledge, 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, to the best of my knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities; and

 

  (iv)

after due inquiry, I do not know of any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are

 

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  required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

The foregoing opinions are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:

A.    My opinions deal only with the specific legal issues explicitly addressed herein and do not address any other matters.

B.    This letter speaks only as of its date. I undertake no obligation to advise you (or any third party) of changes of law or fact that occur after the date hereof even though the change may affect the legal conclusions in this letter.

C.    No one other than you is entitled to rely on opinions and confirmations contained in this opinion letter, and you may rely on them only for the purpose contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. Without my prior written consent, this opinion letter may not be used or relied on by you or any other person for any other purpose whatsoever.

Very truly yours,

Tonit M. Calaway

 

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