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This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Mar 31, 2006.

ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);


(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

(ix) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 13, 2006 to the Closing Date; (iii) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated March 2, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed) contained any untrue statement of a


material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials.


References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.


SCHEDULE I

1. Offering Summary dated March 2, 2006, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act

This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Mar 30, 2006.

ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

 

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(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

(ix) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 13, 2006 to the Closing Date; (iii) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated February 22, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are

 

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pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

 

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SCHEDULE I

1. Offering Summary dated February 22, 2006, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

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This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Feb 27, 2006.

ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);


(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 13, 2006 to the Closing Date; (iii) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated January 18, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed), contained any untrue statement of a


material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials.


References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.


SCHEDULE I

1. Offering Summary dated January 18, 2006, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Feb 27, 2006.

ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

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(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

(ix) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 13, 2006 to the Closing Date; (iii) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated January 24, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed) contained any untrue statement of a

 

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material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

 

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SCHEDULE I

1. Offering Summary dated January 24, 2006, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act

 

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This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Jan 27, 2006.

ANNEX A

 

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

 

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

 

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

 

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

 

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

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(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

 

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

 

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

 

(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004; (ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005; (iii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 14, 2005 to the Closing Date; (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (vi) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

 

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated December 15, 2005, including the documents incorporated by reference therein (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed),

 

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contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

 

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials.

 

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References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

 

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This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Jan 27, 2006.

ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

 

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

 

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

 

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

 

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);


(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

 

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

 

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

 

(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004; (ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005; (iii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 14, 2005 to the Closing Date; (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (vi) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

 

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated December 13, 2005, including the documents incorporated by reference therein (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed),


contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

 

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

This excerpt taken from the C 8-K filed Dec 23, 2005.

ANNEX A

 

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

 

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

 

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

 

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

 

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

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(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

 

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

 

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

 

(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004; (ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005; (iii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 14, 2005 to the Closing Date; (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (vi) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

 

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 5:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Supplement, subject to completion, dated November 25, 2005, including the documents incorporated by reference therein (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed),

 

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contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

 

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

 

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