FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Published on January 14, 2008
Exhibit 1.1
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Debt Securities
Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions
January 10, 2008
From time to time Emerson Electric Co. (the Company) proposes to enter into one or more
Pricing Agreements (each a Pricing Agreement) in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions
and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing
Agreement or named in the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firm or firms constituting the
Underwriters with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain
of its debt securities (the Securities) specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with
respect to such Pricing Agreement, the Designated Securities).
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities shall be as specified
in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or pursuant to the Indenture (the Indenture),
dated as of December 10, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
Trustee (successor to The Bank of New York). The Pricing Agreement, including the provisions
incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as the Underwriting Agreement. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Pricing Agreement are used herein as therein
defined.
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time to the Underwriters
of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as representatives of the Underwriters of such
Securities in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the
Representatives). The term Representatives also refers to a single firm acting as sole
representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as
their representative. This Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions shall not be construed as an
obligation of the Company to sell any of the Securities or as an obligation of any of the
Underwriters to purchase the Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of
the Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities
shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities specified
therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount of such Designated
Securities, the initial public offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to
the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated
Securities, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of such
Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and
manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall
also specify (to the extent not set forth in the Indenture and the Registration Statement and
Prospectus referred to below) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall
be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an
exchange of telegraphic or facsimile communications or other electronic communications satisfactory
to the parties which produce a record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the
Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 333-110546), including a prospectus, in respect of
the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission)
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in the forms heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and,
excluding exhibits to such registration statement, but including all documents incorporated
by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, to each of the
other Underwriters and such registration statement in such form has been declared effective
by the Commission and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or
threatened by the Commission (such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto
but excluding the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1, as amended at each
time it became effective being hereinafter called the Registration Statement.)
(b) The prospectus referred to in paragraph 2(a) above contained in the Registration
Statement as of the execution of this Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions, is
hereinafter called the Basic Prospectus. The Basic Prospectus, as amended or supplemented
(including by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Designated Securities)
in the form first used to confirm sales of the Designated 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 of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the Act)) 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
Act and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has the meaning set forth in Rule 433 under the
Act. Time of Sale Information means the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to
the Time of Sale (as defined below), if any, together with the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III to Annex I hereto, the final term sheet
prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(g) hereto, if any, and any other free writing
prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as
part of the Time of Sale Information. Time of Sale shall mean the date and time that the
applicable Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities is executed and
delivered by the parties thereto. Broadly available road show means a bona fide
electronic road show as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Act that has been made
available without restriction to any person. Any reference herein to any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form
under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information
or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, the
Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(the Exchange Act) and incorporated by reference therein; and any reference to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in the form in which it
is first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such
filing or mailing);
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information or the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the
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Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, when such
documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly
for use in the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information as amended or supplemented
relating to such Securities;
(d) The Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
conform, and any amendments or supplements thereto will conform, in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust
Indenture Act) and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (1) as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, the Registration
Statement did not, and (2) as of the Time of Sale and the Time of Delivery, respectively,
the Time of Sale Information does not and will not, and (3) as of the Time of Sale and the
Time of Delivery, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto do not and will not, and (4)
each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale
Information, does not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented relating to such Securities or to that part of the Registration
Statement that constitutes Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act;
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any
labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information; and, since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Time of Sale Information, there has not been any material
decrease in the capital stock or material increase in the long term debt of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information or
as disclosed in writing to the Representatives prior to the execution and delivery of the
Pricing Agreement;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non assessable;
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(h) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when Designated Securities are
issued and delivered pursuant to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed, issued and delivered by
the Company and, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form
filed as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1998; the Indenture has been duly authorized and, at the Time of Delivery (as
defined in Section 4 hereof), the Indenture will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act and will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to
general equity principles; and the Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions
thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, including
any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, or the By-Laws, as amended, of the Company or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the
other transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, including any Pricing
Agreement, or the Indenture except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of
Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters;
(j) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries (a Material Adverse Effect); and, to the best of the
Companys knowledge, no such proceedings have been threatened by governmental authorities or
others;
(k) At the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for
this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Designated
Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and at the Time of Sale, the Company
was or is (as the case may be) a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under
the Act. The Company agrees, to the extent applicable, to pay the fees required by the
Commission relating to the Designated Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)
under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules
456(b) and 457(r) under the Act;
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(l) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Designated Securities and (ii) as of the Time of Sale (with
such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the
Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act),
without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it
is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer;
(m) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed
pursuant to Section 5(g) hereto does not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated
therein by reference and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus deemed to be a part
thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein;
(n) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with any and all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws); (y)
have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (ii) the Company and its
subsidiaries are not aware of any costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of
or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of clauses (i)
and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits,
licenses certificates or other authorizations or approvals, or cost or liability, as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(o) The Company is not and, immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration
Statements, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an required to
register as investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively,
Investment Company Act);
(p) The Company maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) which are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Commissions rules and forms. The Companys management (with the
participation of its principal executive officer and the principal financial officer) have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures as of the
end of the period covered by the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2007, and its principal executive officer and principal financial
officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the
end of the periods covered by such reports to provide reasonable assurance that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in reports
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that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Commission;
(q) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and has been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Companys management
have evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting
as of the end of the period covered by the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, and have concluded that except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there were, as of
the end of the periods covered by such reports, no material weaknesses in the Companys
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(r) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with
any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906
related to certifications.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated Securities and
authorization by the Representatives of the release of such Designated Securities, the Underwriters
propose to offer such Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto, in definitive form to the extent practicable, and in such authorized
denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty
eight hours prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its
behalf of the purchase price therefor by certified or official bank check or checks, or by wire
transfer, payable to the order of the Company in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement, all
at the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and time
and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being
herein called the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities:
(a) To make no further amendment or any supplement of the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after the date of the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery for such
Securities which shall be reasonably disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities
promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such
amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with
copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities, and during such same
period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time
when any amendment to the
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Registration Statement has been filed or become effective or any supplement to the Time
of Sale Information or the Prospectus or any amendments thereof has been filed, or
transmitted for filing, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the
suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request
by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information, the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the
issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly
its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may
reasonably request to qualify such Securities for offering and sale under the securities
laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws
so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as
long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such Securities, provided that in
connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation
or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Time of Sale Information, the
Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such
quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the
delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of
the Securities (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant
to Rule 172) and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Time
of Sale Information or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such Time of Sale Information or Prospectus, as the case may be, is delivered, not
misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to
amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information or the
Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to
notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as
the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amendment or supplement
to the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, as the case may be, which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Pricing Agreement,
an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited)
complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (including at the option of the Company Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such
Designated Securities and continuing to and including the earlier of (i) the termination of
trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to the Company by the
Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, not to offer,
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which
mature more than one year after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially similar to
such Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives;
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(f) Unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the
Representatives, it has not made and will not make; and unless it has or shall have obtained
the prior written consent of the Company, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
agrees with the Company that it has not made and will not make, any offer relating to the
Designated Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would
otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission or
retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the
information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(g)
hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to
have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Annex II hereto.
Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives and the Company is
hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that
(x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as
the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and
record keeping; and
(g) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of
the Designated Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by the
Representatives and attached as Schedule II to Annex I hereto and to file such term sheet
pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause
to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and
accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any broadly
available road show and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or reproducing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions, any Pricing Agreement, any
Indenture, any Blue Sky and legal investment memoranda and any other documents in connection with
the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided
in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal
investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities;
(v) any filing fees incident to any required review by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the
Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any Indenture and
the Securities; and (viii) all other reasonable costs and expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and Section 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel,
transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject, in the discretion of the
Representatives, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, true and
correct in all material respects, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
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(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission
shall have been complied with to the Representatives reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the Representatives such
opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, with respect
to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Indenture, the Designated
Securities, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably
request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; provided that in rendering such
opinion, counsel for the Underwriters may rely as to all matters governed by Missouri law on
the opinion of counsel for the Company, referred to in (c) below;
(c) Counsel for the Company, which may be the General Counsel or any Assistant or
Associate General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives a
written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus;
(ii) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have
a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the
best of such counsels knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated
by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(iii) The Underwriting Agreement, including the Pricing Agreement with respect
to the Designated Securities, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company;
(iv) Assuming the Designated Securities have been authenticated by the Trustee
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Designated Securities have been
duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture; and the Designated Securities and the Indenture conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and, with respect to the Company, constitutes a valid and legally
binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws
of general
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applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity
principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities by the Company and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated Securities,
the Indenture, and the Underwriting Agreement with respect to the Designated
Securities and the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to
such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation,
as amended, or the By-Laws, as amended, of the Company or any material statute or
any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties;
(vii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue
and sale of the Designated Securities or the consummation by the Company of the
other transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture,
except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Designated Securities by the Underwriters;
(viii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other
than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; and such counsel believes that each of
such documents (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no belief), when it became effective or was so
filed, as the case may be, did not contain, in the case of a registration statement
which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and, in the case of other documents which were
filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of
a material fact or 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
when such documents were so filed, not misleading;
(ix) The Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any further amendments and supplements
thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery for the Designated
Securities (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder; such counsel believes that (A) as of the effective date
of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement and the prospectus
included therein (and, as of its
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date, any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to
the Time of Delivery) (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) did not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any such further amendment or
supplement thereto) (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), at the Time of Sale, did
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; (C) the Time of Sale Information (other than the financial statements
and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), at
the Time of Sale or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Time of
Delivery, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (D), as of the Time of Delivery, the Prospectus (and any
such further amendment or supplement thereto) (other than the financial statements
and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) does
not contain an 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 such counsel does not know of any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the Time
of Sale Information or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Information or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by
reference or described as required; and
(x) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Registration Statements, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not
be required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an
investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;
(d) The Representatives shall have received at the Time of Sale and at the Time of
Delivery for such Designated Securities a letter dated the date of the Time of Sale or the
Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, from the Companys independent public accountants, containing statements
and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
relating to the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus;
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Time of Sale Information as amended or supplemented any loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than
as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and (ii)
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long term
debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of
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Sale Information and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in
Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to
make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of
the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus;
(f) Subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities, no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Companys debt
securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act;
(g) Subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material
limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New
York State authorities; or (iii) the engagement by the United States in hostilities which
have resulted in the declaration, on or after the date of such Pricing Agreement, of a
national emergency or war if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iii) in
the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; and
(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives
at the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities a certificate or certificates of
officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as
to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or
prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of
this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file,
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating
to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Securities through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such
Securities.
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(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection or to the extent that it is not
prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof,
the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each
case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated
Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss,
claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law
or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of
the Designated Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as
well as any
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other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The
Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in
this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in
this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price
at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to
their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the
Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to
any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon
the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Designated
Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or
other parties to purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the
purchase of such Designated Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the
Representatives to purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within
the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged
for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it
has so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period
of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents
or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be
made necessary. The term Underwriter as used in the
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Underwriting Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like
effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such
Designated Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated
Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such
Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the
right to require each non defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of
Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement
relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each non defaulting
Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Designated
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the
Designated Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter
from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated
Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Designated
Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount
of the Designated Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company
shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate,
without liability on the part of any non defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for
the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof
and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof, but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in the Underwriting Agreement or made by
or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made
by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or
any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and
payment for the Securities.
11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company
shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Designated Securities
covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but, if for
any other reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided
herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all reasonable
out of pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements
of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale
and delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further
liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities except as provided in
Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of Designated
Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be
entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any
Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if
any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
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All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing or by telegram
if promptly confirmed in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be sufficient in all respects if
delivered or sent by facsimile or registered mail to the address of the Representatives as set
forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be sufficient in all respects if
delivered or sent by facsimile or registered mail to the address of the Company set forth in the
Basic Prospectus: Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter
pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by registered mail to such Underwriter
at its address as specified by such Underwriter to the Representatives, which address will be
supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request.
13. The Underwriting Agreement, including this Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions and
each Pricing Agreement, shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the
Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Section 8 and Section 10 hereof, the
officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter,
and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person
shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Underwriting Agreement Standard
Provisions or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any
Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement.
15. This Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions and each Pricing Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. Each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and
thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all
such respective counterparts shall, together with this Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions,
constitute one and the same instrument.
17. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Designated
Securities pursuant to any Pricing Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on
the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the
Company and (c) the Companys engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and
the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity.
Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in
connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is
currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not
claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an
agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the
process leading thereto.
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ANNEX I
Pricing Agreement
[Date]
Dear Sirs:
Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms
and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions, dated [Date]
(the Standard Provisions), a copy of which is attached hereto, to issue and sell to the firms
named in Schedule I hereto, the principal amount of the Securities set forth in such Schedule (the
Designated Securities). Each of the provisions of the Standard Provisions is incorporated herein
by reference in its entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Pricing Agreement to the same
extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Unless otherwise noted,
capitalized terms used herein have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Standard Provisions.
Each reference to the Underwriters herein and in the provisions of the Standard Provisions
shall be deemed to refer to the firms named in Schedule I hereto. Each reference to the
Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Standard Provisions shall be deemed to refer to
, whose authority hereunder and thereunder may be exercised by them jointly
or by
.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including the Schedules hereto) and in
the Standard Provisions incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to
the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree to purchase from the Company at the purchase price of
[ ]% of the entire aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities set forth in
Schedule II hereto.
[The Underwriters will offer the Designated Securities from time to time for sale in
negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at varying prices to be determined at the time of each
sale.]
The Designated Securities will be issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of December 10,
1998 between the Company and the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (successor to The
Bank of New York), and will be in the form of one or more Global Notes to be issued and delivered
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), in accordance with the DTCs
procedures.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a
counterpart hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Standard Provisions incorporated herein by reference, shall
constitute a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company.
Very truly yours, | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | ||||||||
By | ||||||||
Acceptance as of the date hereof: | ||||||||
on behalf of themselves and the other Underwriters |
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By |
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Schedule I to Pricing Agreement
Underwriters
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Principal Amount of Designated Securities to be Purchased | |||||
$ | ||||||
TOTAL | $ |
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Schedule II to Pricing Agreement
Final Term Sheet

[Amount and title of security]
Issuer:
Principal Amount:
Title of Securities:
Trade Date:
Original Issue Date (Settlement Date):
Maturity Date:
Benchmark Treasury:
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
Interest Rate:
Public Offering Price:
Interest Payment Dates:
Redemption Provision:
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus 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 get 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 if you request it by calling
[ ] toll free [(212)- ].
Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and
should be disregarded. Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result
of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.
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Schedule III to Pricing Agreement
List of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses:
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