UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
|
February 2, 2005
|
|
OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
|
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
Delaware
|
|
1-9576
|
|
22-2781933
|
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
|
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
|
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
|
One SeaGate, Toledo, Ohio
|
43666
|
(Address of principal executive offices)
|
(Zip Code)
|
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(419)
247-5000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
o
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|
o
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
|
o
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|
o
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
|
Item 8.01
|
|
Other Events.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Underwriting Agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
On February 2, 2005, Owens - Illinois, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), entered into an Underwriting Agreement dated February 2, 2005, among the Company, Lehman Brothers Inc. and OII Associates, L.P., with respect to the sale by OII Associates, L.P. to Lehman Brothers Inc. of 1,640,465 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Underwriting Agreement). |
|
|
|
|
|
The description in this Current Report of the Underwriting Agreement is not intended to be a complete description of such document, and such description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such document which is attached as an exhibit to and incorporated by reference in this Current Report. |
|
|
|
Item 9.01
|
|
Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
Exhibits.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Underwriting Agreement
dated February 2, 2005, among the Company, Lehman Brothers Inc. and OII
Associates, L.P.
|
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
Date: February 7, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Matthew G. Longthorne
|
|
|
Name:
Matthew G. Longthorne
|
|
|
Title: Vice
President and
Controller
|
|
3
EXHIBIT INDEX
No.
|
|
Descriptions
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Underwriting Agreement
dated February 2, 2005, among the Company, Lehman Brothers Inc. and OII
Associates, L.P.
|
4
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
February 2, 2005
Lehman Brothers Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The
stockholder of Owens-Illinois, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company),
named in Schedule II hereto (the Selling Stockholder) proposes to sell to
Lehman Brothers Inc. (the Underwriter) the number of shares of Common Stock,
$.01 par value (Common Stock), of the Company, set forth in Schedule I hereto
(said shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder being hereinafter called the
Securities). Any reference herein to
the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or
the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may
be (the Incorporated Documents); and any reference herein to the terms amend,
amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of
the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference. Certain terms used herein are
defined in Section 17 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholder.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(i) The Company meets the requirements for use of
Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I
hereto) on Form S-3, including a related base prospectus, for registration
under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more
amendments thereto, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will next file with the
Commission one of the following: (A) after the Effective Date of such registration
statement, a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in
accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b),
(B) prior to the Effective Date of such registration statement, an amendment to
such registration statement (including the form of final prospectus supplement)
or (C) a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 415 and 424(b). In the case of clause (A), the Company
has included in such registration statement, as amended at the Effective Date,
all information (other than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and
the rules thereunder to be included in such registration statement and the
Final Prospectus. As filed, such final
prospectus supplement or such amendment and form of final prospectus supplement
shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with all other such
required information, and, except to the extent the Underwriter shall agree in
writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form
furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at
the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and
other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus) as the Company has
advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution
Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(i).
(ii) On the Effective Date, the Registration
Statement did or will, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if
required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as
defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the
rules thereunder; the Incorporated Documents, when they were filed, complied in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the
Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and, on the
Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(iii) Except
as otherwise disclosed in the Final Prospectus, subsequent to the date as of
which information is given in the Final Prospectus: (A) there has been no material adverse
change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a
material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business or operations, whether or not arising from
2
transactions in the ordinary course of
business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any
such change or development is called a Material Adverse Change); and (B) the
Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any
material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the
ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or
agreement not in the ordinary course of business.
(iv) The
Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities as described in the Final Prospectus will not be, an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(v) The
Company and its affiliates have not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or which has constituted or which
might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(vi) Each of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X under the Act) (hereinafter, a Significant Subsidiary) has
been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly
existing, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has corporate or other
organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, except in the case of a Significant
Subsidiary where the failure to be so incorporated or organized, or to possess
such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in
a Material Adverse Change. Each of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the
failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
(vii) All of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of, or other ownership interests in,
each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is
fully paid and nonassessable (other than directors qualifying shares) and,
except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus and except for AVIR S.p.A as to
which the Company indirectly owns approximately 99% of its outstanding shares,
is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of
any security interest, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, except for security
interests, pledges and liens securing the Credit Agreement and security
interests, pledges and liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) and liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(viii) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid
and legally binding obligation of, the Company, enforceable in
3
accordance with its terms, except as rights
to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and (subject, as
to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors rights
generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity).
(ix) No
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing
with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is
required for the Companys (A) execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or (B) consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the Final Prospectus, except with respect to (A) and (B), such as have been
obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Act,
applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
(x) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter, by-laws
or other organizational documents or is in default (or, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (Default) under any indenture,
mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound (including, without limitation, the Credit
Agreement), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
the Companys subsidiaries is subject (each, an Existing Instrument) except
for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Change; and the Company is not, and will not be following the
consummation of the offering contemplated hereby, in Default under any debt
instrument to which it is a party, except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus
and except for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Change.
Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of any law,
administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the
Company or any of the Companys subsidiaries, except for such violations as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change. The Companys execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby that directly relate to the offering of the
Securities and the Final Prospectus (A) have been duly authorized by the
Company by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation
of the provisions of the charter or by-laws (or other organizational documents,
as applicable) of the Company, (B) will not as of the Execution Time conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or Default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of
the Company, pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any
Existing Instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, liens,
charges or encumbrances as are described in the Final Prospectus or would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and (C)
will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or
administrative or court decree applicable to the
4
Company or any of the Companys subsidiaries,
except for such violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xi) There is
no action, suit, investigation or proceeding before or by any government,
governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company
or its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets that (A)
except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change, (B) seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the
consummation of or otherwise challenge the sale of the Securities or (C)
questions the legality or validity of any such transaction or seeks to recover
damages or obtain other relief in connection with any such transaction; the
aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company
or any other subsidiaries is a party or that affect any of their properties and
assets that are not described in the Final Prospectus, including ordinary
routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xii) The
audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements, together with the
related notes and any related financial statement schedules (which are
collectively referred to in this Agreement as the consolidated financial
statements) incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, as of and at the dates
indicated and the consolidated results of operations, share owners equity and
cash flows, considered as one enterprise, for the periods specified. Such financial statements and related notes
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The financial data set forth in the Final
Prospectus under the caption Summary Selected Consolidated Financial Data
fairly present, in all material respects, the information set forth therein on
a basis consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus.
(xiii) Ernst
& Young LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in
the Final Prospectus, are an independent registered public accounting firm
within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Act and the Exchange Act.
(xiv) No
material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is threatened or
imminent.
(xv) The
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, possess such valid and current
certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state,
federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their
5
respective businesses, except where the
failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance
with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xvi) Except
as disclosed in the Final Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries
is in material compliance with all applicable existing federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to protection of human health, safety
and the environment or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
any Hazardous Material (as hereinafter defined) (Environmental Laws), and, to
the best of the Companys knowledge, there are no claims, liabilities, or
obligations under any applicable Environmental Laws, or with respect to any
Hazardous Material, concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except,
in each case, where such noncompliance, claims, liabilities or obligations
would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Change. The term Hazardous Material
means (A) any hazardous substance as defined by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (B)
any hazardous waste as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
as amended, (C) any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any polychlorinated
biphenyl and (E) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous dangerous or toxic
chemical material, or waste, or any other substance regulated to protect human
health, safety, or the environment.
(xvii) The
Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other rights
to use all trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses,
approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, Intellectual
Property Rights) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now
conducted, except where the failure to own or possess or have the ability to
acquire such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material
Adverse Change; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual
Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted
Intellectual Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Change.
(xviii) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the
properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred
to in this Section 1 (or elsewhere in the Final Prospectus), in each case free
and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities,
claims and other defects, except (A) as otherwise disclosed in the Final
Prospectus, (B) such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of
such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to
be made
6
of such property by the Company or its
subsidiaries or (C) could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Change. The real property,
improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by Company or
any of Companys subsidiaries are held under valid and enforceable leases
except where the failure to have a valid and enforceable lease would not cause
a Material Adverse Change.
(xix) No
financial statements of BSN Glasspack S.A. were required to be filed with the
Commission with respect to the acquisition thereof by an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company.
(xx) All of
the shares of Common Stock owned by Selling Stockholder have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of these shares of Common Stock were
issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company.
(b) The Selling Stockholder represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(i) Such
Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power
and authority, and all authorization to enter into this Agreement and to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement.
(ii) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of
such Selling Stockholder.
(iii) The shares of Common Stock to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement are certificated securities in registered form and
are not held in any securities account or by or through any securities
intermediary within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the State of New York (NYUCC). Such
Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power and
authority to hold, sell, transfer and deliver the shares of Common Stock to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement; and upon the
Underwriter acquiring possession of such shares of Common Stock (or an agents
acquiring possession of such shares of Common Stock on such Underwriters
behalf) and paying the purchase price therefor as herein contemplated, such
Underwriter will become a protected purchaser of the Common Shares (as
defined in Section 8-303 of the NYUCC) and acquire its interests in such shares
of Common Stock (including, without limitation, all rights that such Selling
Stockholder had or has the power to transfer in such shares of Common Stock)
free of any adverse claim (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(i) of the NYUCC) provided
that such Underwriter has no notice of any adverse claim.
7
(iv) Certificates
for all of the shares of Common Stock
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, in suitable
form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank, with signatures guaranteed, will be placed in
custody with the transfer agent or other custodian with irrevocable conditional
instructions to deliver such shares of
Common Stock to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement.
(v) The
execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and the performance by
such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this Agreement will not
contravene or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, the partnership agreement of such Selling Stockholder or any other
material agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party
or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit,
any provision of applicable law or any judgment, order, decree or regulation
applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder. No consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any
court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the
consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated in
this Agreement, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force
and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky
laws.
(vi) The
information (A) in the Registration Statement under the caption Selling
Stockholder that was furnished by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement and (B) in the Final Prospectus
under the caption Selling Stockholder that was furnished by or on behalf of
such Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Final Prospectus does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(vii) Such
Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Securities.
Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company or an authorized signatory of
the Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Underwriter or counsel for the
Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder or the Company, as the
case may be, with respect to matters covered thereby, to the Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling
Stockholder agrees to sell to the Underwriter the amount of Securities set
forth opposite such Selling Stockholders name in
8
Schedule II
hereto, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, at
a purchase price of $23.45 per share, the amount of Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities
shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto or at
such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the
foregoing date as the Underwriter shall designate, which date and time may be
postponed by agreement between the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholder
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein
called the Closing Date). Delivery of
the Securities shall be made to the Underwriter against payment by the
Underwriter of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities being sold by the
Selling Stockholder (such aggregate price being set forth on Schedule I hereto)
to or upon the order of such Selling Stockholder by wire transfer payable in
same-day funds to an account specified by such Selling Stockholder.
The Selling
Stockholder shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Underwriter
certificates for the shares of Common Stock to be sold by it at the Closing
Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately
available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the shares of Common
Stock shall be in definitive form and registered in such names and
denominations as the Underwriter shall have requested at least one full
business day prior to the Closing Date and shall be made available for
inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New
York City as the Underwriter may designate.
Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place
specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the
Underwriter.
The Selling
Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in
the transfer to the Underwriter of the Securities to be purchased by it from
such Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter will pay any additional stock
transfer taxes involved in further transfers.
4. Offering by Underwriter. It is understood that the Underwriter
proposes to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the
Final Prospectus and Schedule I hereto.
5. Agreements.
(a) The Company agrees with the Underwriter that:
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to
cause the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and
any amendment thereof, to become effective.
Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company
will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement
(including the Final Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your
review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement
to which you reasonably object. Subject
to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has become or becomes
effective pursuant to
9
Rule 430A, or filing of the Final
Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will cause
the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto, to be
filed in a form you reasonably approve with the Commission pursuant to the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed. The Company will promptly advise the
Underwriter (A) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the
Execution Time, shall have become effective, (B) when the Final
Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required)
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission,
(C) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any
amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become
effective, (D) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment
of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information,
(E) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening
of any proceeding for that purpose and (F) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as
soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(ii) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a
result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with
the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company
will (A) promptly notify the Underwriter of any such event, (B) prepare
and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a)
of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement
or omission or effect such compliance and (C) thereafter promptly supply any
supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(iii) As soon as practicable, the Company will make
generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriter an earnings
statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(iv) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter
and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, signed copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of
a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many
copies of the Final
10
Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the
Underwriter may reasonably request. The
Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents
relating to the offering.
(v) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of
the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter
may designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Securities and will pay any fee of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review of the
offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify
to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take
any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than
those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(vi) The
Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
and use its best efforts to cause the Companys directors and officers, in
their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations,
including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
(vii) The Company will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(b) The Selling Stockholder agrees with the
Underwriter that such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if
requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing from the Execution Time
until delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or
dealer is no longer required under the Act, of any change in information in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus relating to such Selling
Stockholder that was furnished by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the
Underwriter. The obligations of the
Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to
the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholder made
in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by
the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their respective obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become
effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the Underwriter agrees in writing
to a later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later
than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination of the public
offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York
City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day
11
following the day on which the public
offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New
York City time on such date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any
supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final
Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused
Latham & Watkins, LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the
Underwriter their opinion or opinions and letter, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriter substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this
agreement.
(c) The Underwriter shall have received from
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion
and letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with
respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Final
Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as
the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and the Selling
Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the
Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by both the Companys general
counsel and either the chief financial officer or principal accounting officer,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have
carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any
supplements to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made
on and as of the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the
Companys knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the
date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there
has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business or operations, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one entity, except as set forth in or contemplated
in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(e)
[intentionally omitted]
12
(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if
earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), any change, or any development, in or affecting the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one entity, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, the effect of which, in any
case referred to above, is, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so material and
adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering
or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement
(exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(g) The Selling Stockholder shall have furnished
to the Underwriter a certificate of the Selling Stockholder signed by an
authorized representative of the Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling
Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date
and the Selling Stockholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied
all the conditions to be performed or satisfied by the Selling Stockholder
under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date;
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall
have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and
documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(i) Subsequent
to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of
any of the Companys debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the
Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such
rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change.
If any of the
conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when
and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates
mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancelation shall be given to
the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents
required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
10017, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the
Underwriter set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any
termination pursuant to
13
Section 10 hereof or
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by
reason of a default by the Underwriter, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriter on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been reasonably incurred by it in
connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a)
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Underwriter and each person
who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the
Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common
law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration
statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, or in the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such
indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for inclusion
therein. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Selling Stockholder agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who
signs the Registration Statement, the Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of the Underwriter and each person who controls the
Company or the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the
Underwriter, but only with respect to written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion
in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. The Company and the Underwriter acknowledge
that the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Selling
Stockholder for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity is the following: (i) the
first sentence in the second paragraph under the caption Selling Stockholder
in the Final Prospectus concerning the address of the selling stockholder
entity, and (ii) the tabular and footnote information under the caption Selling
Stockholder in the Base Prospectus and in the Final Prospectus concerning the
name of selling stockholder entity, the number and percentage of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by such entity, the number of shares of Common
Stock such entity is offering, and the number and percentage of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by such entity after the sale. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which the Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.
14
(c) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and the Selling Stockholder and
each person who controls the Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to
the Underwriter, but only with respect to written information relating to such
Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter
specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the Selling Stockholder
acknowledge that the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the
cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) under the heading Underwriting
(A) the sentence related to concessions and (B) the paragraphs related to
stabilization, short sales and covering transactions in the Final Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter for inclusion in the Final Prospectus.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action,
such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so
to notify the indemnifying party (W) will not relieve it from liability
under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by
the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (X) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from
any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to
appoint counsel of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys
expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided,
however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified
party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (W) the
use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified
party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (X) the
actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to
it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, (Y) the indemnifying party shall not
have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent
the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution
of such action or (Z) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified
party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened
claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action)
15
unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding. The indemnifying party under
this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent.
(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company,
the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter agree to contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same)
(collectively Losses) to which the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the
Underwriter may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company, by the Selling Stockholder and by
the Underwriter from the offering of the Securities; provided, however,
that in no case shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess
of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities
purchased by the Underwriter hereunder.
If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the
Underwriter shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, of
the Selling Stockholder and of the Underwriter in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. Benefits
received by the Company and by the Selling Stockholder shall be deemed to be
equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses)
received by each of them, and benefits received by the Underwriter shall be
deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each
case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information provided by the Company, the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand or the Underwriter on the other, the intent of the
parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the
Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were
determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (e),
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, (i) each
person who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the
Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of the Underwriter
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriter, (ii) each person
who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company and (iii) each person who controls the Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Selling Stockholder, subject in each
case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (e).
16
(f) The liability of the Selling Stockholder
under such Selling Stockholders representations and warranties contained in
Section 1 hereof and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained
in this Section 8 shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts, received by such Selling Stockholder
from the sale of the Securities to the Underwriter. The Company and the Selling Stockholder may
agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriter
under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which
they each shall be responsible.
9. [Intentionally Omitted.]
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter, by notice given to
the Company and the Selling Stockholder prior to delivery of and payment for
the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Companys
Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock
Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange
shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been
declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred
any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of
a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on
financial markets is material and adverse and is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the Underwriter impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to
Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or
its officers, of the Selling Stockholder or its authorized persons, and of the
Underwriter, set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Underwriter, the Selling Stockholder or the Company, or any of the
officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the
Securities. The provisions of Sections 7
and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancelation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in
writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Underwriter, will be
mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Lehman Brothers Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New
York, New York, 10158, Attention:
Syndicate Desk (fax no. (646)-497-4815), with a copy, in the case of any
notice pursuant to Section 8(d), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the
General Counsel, Lehman Brothers Inc., 399 Park Avenue, 10th Floor,
New York, New York 10022; (fax no. (212)-520-0421); or, if sent to the Company,
will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Owens-Illinois, Inc., General Counsel
(fax no.: (419) 247-1221) and confirmed to the General Counsel at
Owens-Illinois, Inc., One SeaGate, Toledo, OH 43666, attention of the General Counsel;
or, if sent to the Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed
to Kohlberg Kravis
& Roberts & Co., 9 West 57th Avenue, Suite 4200, New York, NY
10019, Attention: Mr. Richard
Kreider, Re: Owens-Illinois, Inc. (fax no.: (212) 750-0003).
17
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Act
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Base
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above
contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
Business
Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday
or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or
obligated by law to close in New York City or Toledo, Ohio.
Commission
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Credit
Agreement shall mean The Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement,
dated as of October 7, 2004, by and among the Borrowers named therein, OI Group
and Owens-Illinois General, Inc., as Borrowers Agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as UK
Administrative Agent, and the Arrangers, the other Agents and the Lenders named
therein or party thereto, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in
each case as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced, substituted or refinanced or otherwise restructured (including but
not limited to, the inclusion of additional borrowers thereunder) from time to
time.
Effective
Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement became or become effective.
18
Exchange
Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Execution
Time shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
Final
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities
that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together
with the Base Prospectus.
Investment
Company Act shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Registration
Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in
paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements, as
amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in
the form in which it shall become effective) and, in the event any
post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration
statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the
case may be. Such term shall include any
Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date
as provided by Rule 430A.
Rule 415,
Rule 424, Rule 430A and Rule 462 refer to such rules under
the Act.
Rule 430A
Information shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when
it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall mean a registration statement and any amendments
thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by
the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
19
If the foregoing is in accordance with
your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed
duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a
binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the
Underwriter.
|
Very truly
yours,
|
|
|
|
|
|
OWENS-ILLINOIS,
INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
Title:
|
[UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]
|
THE
SELLING STOCKHOLDER:
|
|
|
|
|
|
OII
ASSOCIATES, L.P.
|
|
|
|
By:
|
KKR
Associates, L.P.
|
|
Its:
|
General
Partner
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
Title:
|
[UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]
The
foregoing Agreement is
|
|
hereby
confirmed and accepted
|
|
as of the
date specified in
|
|
Schedule I
hereto.
|
|
|
|
LEHMAN
BROTHERS INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
Authorized Representative
|
|
[UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]
SCHEDULE I
Underwriter
|
|
Number of Securities
to be Purchased
|
|
Lehman Brothers Inc.
|
|
1,640,465
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
1,640,465
|
|
Underwriting
Agreement dated February 2, 2005
Registration
Statement No. 333-109602
Title,
Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
Number of
Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder:
1,640,465
Price to
Public per Share: $23.60
Price to
Public Aggregate: $38,714,974.00
Underwriting
Discount per Share: $0.15
Underwriting
Discount Aggregate: $246,069.75
Proceeds to
Selling Stockholder per Share: $23.45
Proceeds to
Selling Stockholder Aggregate:
$38,468,904.25
Closing Date, Time and Location:
|
|
February 8, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017
|
SCHEDULE II
Selling Stockholder
|
|
Number of
Underwritten
Securities to be Sold
|
|
OII ASSOCIATES, L.P.
|
|
1,640,465
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
1,640,465
|
|