1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SEC. 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 1998 Dana Corporation --------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Virginia 1-1063 34-4361040 - ----------------- ------------------------ ---------------- (State or other (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer jurisdiction of Identification No.) incorporation) 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615 ---------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (419) 535-4500 ---------------- 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On December 15, 1997, Dana Corporation (the "Company") filed a Registration Statement (File No. 333-42239) on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") relating to the public offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, of up to an aggregate of $600,000,000 in securities of the Company. On December 19, 1997, the Commission declared the Registration Statement effective. On March 5, 1998, the Company filed a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement relating to the issuance and sale of an aggregate of $300,000,000 principal amount of Notes. On March 12, 1998, the Company filed a Prospectus Supplement relating to the issuance and sale of 6.50% Notes due March 15, 2008 in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 and 7.00% Notes due March 15, 2028 in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000. In connection with the filing of the Prospectus Supplement, the Company is filing certain exhibits to the Registration Statement as part of this Form 8-K. (See Item 7, Financial Statements and Exhibits.) ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) The following exhibits to the Registration Statement are filed as part of this report: Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 1-B-1 Terms Agreement between Dana Corporation and Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., dated March 11, 1998 (including the incorporated Underwriting Agreement) 4-B-1 First Supplemental Indenture between Dana Corporation, as Issuer, and Citibank, N. A., Trustee, dated as of March 11, 1998 4-C-1 Form of 6.50% Notes due March 15, 2008 and 7.00% Notes due March 15, 2028 (included in Exhibit 4-B-1) 5-A Opinion of Hunton & Williams 23-B-1 Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in Exhibit 5-A) 2 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Dana Corporation --------------------------- (Registrant) Date: March 12, 1998 By: /s/ John S. Simpson ------------------------ John S. Simpson Chief Financial Officer 3
1 Exhibit 1-B-1 DANA CORPORATION (a Virginia corporation) ---------------- $150,000,000 6.50% Notes due 2008 $200,000,000 7.00% Notes due 2028 ---------------- TERMS AGREEMENT March 11, 1998 DANA CORPORATION 4500 Dorr Street Toledo, Ohio 43615 Attention: John S. Simpson Chief Financial Officer Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto and for their respective accounts, we offer to purchase, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement in the form attached as Schedule B hereto (the "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT"), the following securities ("SECURITIES") on the following terms: 1. NOTES DUE 2008 -------------- TITLE: 6.50% Notes Due March 15, 2008 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $150,000,000 INTEREST: 6.50% per annum, from March 16, 1998, payable semiannually on September 15 and March 15, commencing September 15, 1998, to holders of record on the preceding September 1 or March 1, as the case may be. MATURITY: March 15, 2008 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION: Yes (as described under "Optional Redemption" in draft Prospectus Supplements pages attached hereto as Schedule C) 2 2 SINKING FUND: None PURCHASE PRICE: 98.886% of principal amount, settled flat, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 16, 1998. EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: 99.536% of principal amount, subject to change by the undersigned. 2. NOTES DUE 2028 -------------- TITLE: 7.00% Notes Due March 15, 2028 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $200,000,000 INTEREST: 7.00% per annum, from March 16, 1998, payable semiannually on September 15 and March 15, commencing September 15, 1998, to holders of record on the preceding September 1 or March 1, as the case may be. MATURITY: March 15, 2028 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION: Yes (as described under "Optional Redemption" in draft Prospectus Supplements pages attached hereto as Schedule C) SINKING FUND: None PURCHASE PRICE: 98.468% of principal amount, settled flat, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 16, 1998. EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: 99.343% of principal amount, subject to change by the undersigned. ---------------- COUNSEL FOR THE UNDERWRITERS: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz CLOSING: 10:30 a.m. on March 16, 1998, at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, with payment to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. GLOBAL SECURITY: The Securities will be issued in the form of global securities to be deposited with a depository designated by the Representatives. 3 3 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES: LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. 3 World Financial Center New York, NY 10285 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED World Financial Center North Tower - 7th Floor New York, NY 10281 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC. 60 Wall Street New York, NY 10260 The respective principal amounts of the Securities to be purchased by each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto. The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the enclosed response to us in the space provided and returning it to us not later than 5:00 p.m. today. Very truly yours, LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., By LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., on behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters, /s/ James W. Merli -------------------------------------- Name: James W. Merli Title: Managing Director 4 Schedule A to Terms Agreement
PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF UNDERWRITER NOTES DUE 2008 NOTES DUE 2028 - ------------------------------- -------------------- -------------------- LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. 3 World Financial Center New York, NY 10285....................................... $ 50,000,000. $ 67,000,000. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED World Financial Center North Tower - 7th Floor New York, NY 10281....................................... 50,000,000. 66,500,000. J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC. 60 Wall Street New York, NY 10260....................................... 50,000,000. 66,500,000. TOTAL................................... $ 150,000,000. $ 200,000,000. ============== ============== 5 Schedule B to Terms Agreement DANA CORPORATION (a Virginia corporation) ---------------- UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION. Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation ("COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time certain of its debt securities registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(b) ("REGISTERED SECURITIES"). The Registered Securities will be issued under the Indenture dated as of December 15, 1997 between the Company and Citibank, N.A. as trustee (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time to provide for the issuance of series of the Registered Securities, the "INDENTURE"), in one or more series, which series may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices and other terms, with such terms for any particular series of the Registered Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular series of the Registered Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 or such other form as may be agreed to between the Company and such underwriters as may be engaged at such time by the Company in connection with such particular issuance of Registered Securities for resale in accordance with terms of such particular offering determined at the time of sale. The Registered Securities involved in the offering under the Terms Agreement dated as of March 11, 1998 are hereinafter referred to as the "SECURITIES". The firm or firms which agree to purchase the Securities are hereinafter referred to as the "UNDERWRITERS" and the representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the "REPRESENTATIVES"; provided, however, that if the Terms Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term "REPRESENTATIVES", as used in this Agreement, shall mean the Underwriters. 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter that: (a) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with full corporate power and authority to issue and sell the Securities as contemplated herein and own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. (b) A registration statement (No. 333-42239), including a prospectus, relating to the Registered Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange 6 2 Commission ("COMMISSION") and has become effective. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT", and the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to reflect the terms of the Securities and the terms of offering thereof, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("ACT"), including all material incorporated by reference therein is hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS." (c) On the effective date, the Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended ("TRUST INDENTURE ACT"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("RULES AND REGULATIONS") and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of each Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to (i) statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement or Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act. (d) Except for statements in such documents which do not constitute part of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 412 of Regulation C under the Act and after substituting therefor any statements modifying or superseding such excluded statements (i) the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, and none of such documents, when they became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case of documents which became effective under the Act, 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, in the case of documents which were filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may 7 3 be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder and will not contain, in the case of documents which become 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 documents which are filed under 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 are made, not misleading. (e) As of the date hereof, and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 hereof), the Indenture will be duly qualified under, and will comply with the requirements of, the Trust Indenture Act. (f) Upon payment therefor as provided herein, the Securities will have been duly and validly authorized and (assuming their due authentication by the Trustee) will have been duly and validly issued and will be valid outstanding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (g) The issue and sale of the Securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will not conflict with or result in any breach which would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company material to the Company pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, material to the Company, is subject, nor will such action result in any material violation of the provisions of the charter or the by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court or any Federal, State or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, except as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and securities laws of the various states and other jurisdictions in which the Underwriters will offer and sell the Securities. 3. PURCHASE AND OFFERING OF SECURITIES. The obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities will be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic or other written communications ("TERMS AGREEMENT") at the time the Company determines to sell the Securities. The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which will be Under- 8 4 writers, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount to be purchased by each Underwriter, the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters and the terms of the Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, interest, maturity, any redemption provision and any sinking fund requirements. The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and payment (such time and date, or such other time not later than four full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the Terms Agreement referred to as the "CLOSING DATE"), the place of delivery and payment and any details of the terms of the offering that should be reflected in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Securities. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities will be several and not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale as set forth in the Prospectus. Unless the Terms Agreement specifies that the Securities will be issued in the form of a global security to be deposited with a depository, as contemplated by the Indenture, the securities delivered to the Underwriters on the Closing Date will be in definitive fully registered form, in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request. 4. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that it will furnish to the Representatives one signed copy of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, in the form in which it became effective and of all amendments thereto, and that, in connection with each offering of Securities: (a) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued. (b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omissions or an amendment which will effect such compliance. (c) As soon as practicable after the date of each Terms Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the latest of (i) the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date 9 5 of such Terms Agreement and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such Terms Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. (d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any related preliminary prospectus, any related preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as are reasonably requested. (e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution. (f) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and will reimburse the Underwriters for any expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with qualification of the Registered Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectuses and any preliminary prospectus supplements to underwriters. 5. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) On or prior to the date of the Terms Agreement, the Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, of Price Waterhouse LLP, covering such matters as are customary for accountants' "comfort" letters for underwritten transactions of the type contemplated by the Terms Agreement substantially identical to the form attached hereto. (b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission. 10 6 (c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement (i) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters, including any Representatives, materially impairs the investment quality of the Securities or the Registered Securities; (ii) trading generally shall not have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (iii) trading of any securities of the Company shall not have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iv) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act; (v) no banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or New York authorities; and (vi) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency or a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or in international conditions which affect the U.S. financial markets) if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters, including any Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency or change in conditions makes it impractical to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. (d) The Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Date, of Martin J. Strobel, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that: (i) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with full corporate power and authority to issue and sell the Securities as contemplated herein and own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the Company. (ii) Upon payment therefor as provided herein, the Securities will have been duly and validly authorized and (assuming their due authentication by the Trustee) will have been duly and validly issued and will be valid out- 11 7 standing obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (iii) The issue and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Terms Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will not conflict with or result in any breach which would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company material to the Company pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, material to the Company, is subject, nor will such action result in any material violation of the provisions of the charter or the by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court or any Federal, State or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) except as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and securities laws of the various states and other jurisdictions in which the Underwriters will offer and sell the Securities. (iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally. (v) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (vi) The Indenture conforms, and the Securities, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus. 12 8 (vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated; and (viii) Such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus which are not described as required, nor of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or 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 (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, upon the opinion of Hunton & Williams; (B) as to matters involving the application of laws of any other jurisdiction other than the State of Ohio or the United States, to the extent he deems proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing who he believes to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters; and (C) as to matters of fact, to the extent he deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and, on the basis of the foregoing and on his ongoing representation of the Company as its General Counsel, no facts have come to his attention that lead him to believe that (i) such Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement became effective, or the Registration Statement, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, 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, or (ii) that the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that he need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or with respect to the Form T-1. (e) The Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Date, of Rosenman & Colin, counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that: (i) The issue and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Terms Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), to our knowledge after due inquiry, will not conflict with or result in any breach which would constitute a default under, or result in the 13 9 creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company material to the Company pursuant to the terms of, any material indenture, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, material to the Company, is subject, nor will such action result in any material violation of the provisions of the charter or the by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court (to our knowledge after due inquiry) or any Federal, State or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, any court (to our knowledge after due inquiry) or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) except as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and securities laws of the various states and other jurisdictions in which the Underwriters will offer and sell the Securities. (ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally. (iii) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (iv) The Indenture conforms, and the Securities, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus. (v) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. (vi) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated. 14 10 (vii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective or mailing dates (but excluding the financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data and the Form T-l included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, as applicable; and (viii) Such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus which are not described as required, nor of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or 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 (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, upon the opinion of Hunton & Williams, and as to matters involving the application of the laws of the State of Ohio, upon the opinion of the Vice President and General Counsel of the Company; (B) as to matters involving the application of laws of any other jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing who they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters; and (C) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. In addition, such counsel shall state that it has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, including without limitation, inside counsel for the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, and the Underwriters, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related manners were discussed and, on the basis of the foregoing and on its ongoing representation of the Company, no facts have come to its attention that lead it to believe that (i) such Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement became effective, or the Registration Statement, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, 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, or (ii) that the Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that it need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or with respect to the Form T-1. (f) The Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Date, of Hunton & Williams, Virginia counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that: 15 11 (i) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with full corporate power and authority to issue and sell the Securities as contemplated herein and own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. (ii) Upon payment therefor as provided herein, the Securities will have been duly and validly authorized and (assuming their due authentication by the Trustee) will have been duly and validly issued and will be valid outstanding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (iii) The issue and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Terms Agreement and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), to our knowledge after due inquiry, will not conflict with or result in any breach which would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company material to the Company pursuant to the terms of, any material indenture, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, material to the Company, is subject, nor will such action result in any material violation of the provisions of the charter or the by-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any Federal or Virginia court or any Federal or Virginia regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) except as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and securities laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. (iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally; and 16 12 (v) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (g) The Representatives shall have received from counsel for the Underwriters, to be named in the Terms Agreement, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as they may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of any vice-president and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements incorporated into the Registration Statement, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus. (i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the Closing Date, of Price Waterhouse LLP, which reconfirms the matters set forth in their letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section and covering such matters as are customary for accountants' "comfort" letters for underwritten transactions of the type contemplated by the Terms Agreement and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. 6. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter (including any Underwriter in its role as qualified independent underwriter pursuant to the rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Securities), to which that Underwriter, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Pro- 17 13 spectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky application any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Securities or the offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above (provided that the Company shall not be liable under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Underwriter through its gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to any officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter. (b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (B) in any Blue Sky application or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky application any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably 18 14 incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person. (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the Representatives shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the Representatives and those other Underwriters and their respective officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriters against the Company under this Section 6 if, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, it is advisable for the Representatives and those Underwriters, officers, employees and controlling persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel, and in that event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Company. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, 19 15 contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities purchased hereunder (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Securities purchased hereunder, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Securities hereunder in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative 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 contributions pursuant to this Section 6 were to be 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 into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 6 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 6(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 6(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. (e) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of, the legend concerning over-allotments on the inside front cover page of and the concession and reallowance figures and table of underwriters (and the principal amounts of the Securities to be purchased by them) appearing under the caption 20 16 "Underwriting" in, the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 7. DEFAULT OF UNDERWRITERS. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Securities under the Terms Agreement and the aggregate principal amount of the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of the Securities, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments under this Agreement and the Terms Agreement, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of the Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of the Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, such Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this Section will not apply if the Terms Agreement specifies that such obligations and agreements will not apply. 8. SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If the Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters under the Terms Agreement is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Securities. 21 17 9. NOTICES. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them at their addresses furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of communications hereunder or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or sent via facsimile, e-mail or courier service and confirmed to it at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615, Attention of General Counsel. 10. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and such Underwriters as are identified in Terms Agreements and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. 11. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 22 Schedule C to Terms Agreement DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES The Notes will be unsecured general obligations of the Company, ranking on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company which may be outstanding from time to time. The description of Debt Securities set out under "Description of Debt Securities" in the accompanying Prospectus (including the covenants and the discharge and defeasance provisions of the Indenture described therein) will apply to the Notes offered hereby, except as otherwise provided in the following description of the particular terms of the 2008 Notes and 2028 Notes. The following description of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture and to the First Supplemental Indenture dated March 11, 1998 designating the Notes (the "Indenture Supplement"). Capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus and the Indenture. GENERAL The Notes will be limited to $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The 2008 Notes will be limited to $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, will mature on March 15, 2008, and will bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per annum. The 2028 Notes will be limited to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, will mature on March 15, 2028, and will bear interest at the rate of 7.00% per annum. For the Notes, interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, from the date of issuance, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, and will be payable semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 1998, to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Company will be required to pay interest on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum over the coupon rate for each Note, compounded semi-annually. The Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM, FORM AND DELIVERY The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depository") and the provisions set forth under "Description of Debt Securities -- Global Securities" in the accompanying Prospectus will apply to the Notes. The Notes will be issued in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Settlement for the Notes will be made by the Underwriters in immediately available funds. All payments of principal and interest on the Notes will be made by the Company in immediately available funds so long as the Notes are maintained in book-entry form. The Notes will trade in the Depository's Same-Day Funds Settlement System and secondary trading activity in the Notes will therefore be required by the Depository to settle in immediately available funds. No assurance can be given as to the effect, if any, of settlement in immediately available funds on trading activity in the Notes. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes at any time, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 calendar days' notice by mail at a redemption price equal to the sum of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed (plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date) and any Make-Whole Amount (as defined below) with respect to the Notes. Interest installments on a Note specified to be due on or prior to such redemption date will be payable to the holders of record on the relevant Record Date. As used in connection with any redemption of the Notes, "Make-Whole Amount" means any excess of (1) the aggregate present value (as of the redemption date) of the principal being redeemed and the remaining payments of interest (excluding that accrued before the redemption date) payable on that principal had the redemption not been made, determined by discounting the principal and interest on a semi-annual basis at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day before the notice of redemption is given) from the dates on which the principal and interest would have been payable to the redemption date, over (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. 23 As used herein, (1) "Reinvestment Rate" means "Treasury Yield" plus (i) 0.10% for the 2008 Notes; (ii) 0.15% for the 2028 Notes. (2) "Treasury Yield" means the yield on Treasury securities at a constant maturity corresponding to the remaining life to the stated maturity (as of the redemption date, rounded to the nearest month) of the principal being redeemed. The Treasury Yield will be equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields published in the Statistical Release under the heading "Week Ending" for "U.S. Government Securities-Treasury Constant Maturities" with a maturity equal to such remaining life. If no published maturity exactly corresponds with such remaining life, then the Treasury Yield will be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic mean of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities. (3) "Statistical Release" means the "H.15 (519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities. If no Statistical Release is published at the time of any redemption of the Notes or if the format or content of the Statistical Release changes so as to preclude a determination of the Treasury Yield in the above manner, the Company will designate a reasonably comparable index. For calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the Company will use the most recent Statistical Release published before the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Notes or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Notes not previously called, either pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and reasonable. The aggregate principal amounts to be redeemed must equal $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and the selection must be made not more than 60 days or less than 30 days before the redemption date. 24 [DANA LETTERHEAD] March 11, 1998 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., As Representatives of the Several Underwriters, c/o LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. Three World Financial Center New York, New York 10285 We accept the offer contained in your letter dated March 11, 1998 relating to $150,000,000 principal amount of our 6.50% Notes Due March 15, 2008, and $200,000,000 principal amount of our 7.00% Notes Due March 15, 2028. We also confirm that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or of any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, are contemplated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, subsequent to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the undersigned and its subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus. Very truly yours, DANA CORPORATION By: /s/ John S. Simpson -------------------------------- Name: John S. Simpson Title: Chief Financial Officer
1 Exhibit 4-B-1 ----------------------------------- FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE between DANA CORPORATION, as Issuer, and CITIBANK, N.A., Trustee Dated as of March 11, 1998 -------------------------------------- 2 i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.........................1 ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount............3 SECTION 2.2. Maturity....................................3 SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment............................4 SECTION 2.4. Interest....................................5 SECTION 2.5. Defeasance..................................5 ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES SECTION 3.1. Optional Redemption by Company..............5 SECTION 3.2. No Sinking Fund.............................6 ARTICLE IV EXPENSES SECTION 4.1. Payment of Expenses.........................6 SECTION 4.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.........6 ARTICLE V FORM OF NOTES SECTION 5.1. Form of Notes...............................6 ARTICLE VI ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES SECTION 6.1. Original Issue of Notes.....................13 3 Page ---- ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 7.1. No Defaults; Ratification of Indenture......13 SECTION 7.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals........13 SECTION 7.3. Governing Law...............................13 SECTION 7.4. Separability................................13 SECTION 7.5. Counterparts................................14 ii 4 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 11, 1998 (the "FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE"), among Dana Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "COMPANY"), and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), under the Indenture dated as of December 15, 1997 among the Company and the Trustee (the "INDENTURE"). WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company's debt securities, to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Indenture; WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of two new series of Securities to be known as its 6.50% Notes due 2008 (the "2008 NOTES") and its 7.00% Notes due 2028 (the "2028 NOTES" and together with the 2008 Notes, the "NOTES"), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture; WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture; all requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed; and the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms. ------------------- (a) A term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in this First Supplemental Indenture. (b) A term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout. 5 (c) The singular includes the plural and vice versa. (d) A reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this First Supplemental Indenture. (e) Headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation. (f) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(f): "MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT" means, in connection with any redemption of the Notes, the excess, if any, of (1) the aggregate present values of the principal being redeemed and the remaining payments of interest thereon from the Redemption Date to the Maturity Date (excluding interest accrued before the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day before the notice of redemption is given) over (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. "MATURITY DATE" means, for each series of Notes, the respective date on which the Notes mature and on which the principal is due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. "NOTES" has the meaning given in the recitals hereto. "2008 NOTES" has the meaning given in the recitals hereto. "2028 NOTES" has the meaning given in the recitals hereto. "OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE" has the meaning given in Section 3.1. "REINVESTMENT RATE", as of any date, means the Treasury Yield plus (i)0.10% for the 2008 Notes; (ii) 0.15% for the 2028 Notes. "STATISTICAL RELEASE" means the "H.15 (519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities. "TREASURY YIELD" means, with respect to any redemption, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity as of the date of determination of United States Treasury securities having a maturity corresponding to the remaining life to the stated matur- 2 6 ity (as of the Redemption Date, rounded to the nearest month) of the principal of the Notes to be redeemed. The Treasury Yield on any date will be determined by calculating the arithmetic mean of the yields published in the Statistical Release issued most recently before the date of determination under the heading "Week Ending" for "U.S. Government Securities--Treasury Constant Maturities" with a maturity equal to such remaining life. If no published maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life, then the Treasury Yield will be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic mean of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities. If no Statistical Release is published or the format or content of the Statistical Release changes so as to preclude a determination of the Treasury Yield in the manner contemplated as of the date hereof, the Company shall designate a reasonably comparable index. ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount. -------------------------------- The Company hereby authorizes (i) a series of Securities designated the "6.50% Notes due 2008", limited in aggregate principal amount to $150,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Securities pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture; and (ii) a series of Securities designated the "7.00% Notes due 2028," limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Securities pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company, ranking pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company which may be outstanding from time to time. SECTION 2.2. Maturity. -------- (a) The Maturity Date of the 2008 Notes is March 15, 2008. (b) The Maturity Date of the 2028 Notes is March 15, 2028. 3 7 SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment. ---------------- (a) Each series of Notes shall be issued as one or more Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes of such series, to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of the Depositary's participants. Principal, interest, and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on the Notes will be payable and the transfer of Notes will be registrable at the office or agency of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the holder of any Note at such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of the principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on Notes held by the Depositary will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Depositary. (b) A Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary. (c) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary is no longer registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and, subject to Article II of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and make available for delivery, Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, having substantially identical terms to and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Securities in exchange for such Global Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Notes shall no longer be represented by Global Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Securities for such Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Securities shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Notes in definitive registered form issued in exchange for 4 8 the Global Securities shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Notes to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. SECTION 2.4. Interest. -------- (a) Each 2008 Note will bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per annum and each 2028 Note will bear interest at 7.00% per annum (each, the respective "COUPON RATE") from the date of issuance until the principal thereof becomes due and payable. Interest will be payable in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each, an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE") commencing on September 15, 1998, to the Person in whose name such Note is registered, at the close of business on March 1 or September 1, as the case may be, next preceding such interest installment. The Company shall pay interest on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the applicable Coupon Rate plus 1%, compounded semi-annually. (b) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Except as provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a period (assuming each full month elapsed in such period consists of 30 days). In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). SECTION 2.5. Defeasance. ---------- The 2008 Notes and the 2028 Notes are each a Defeasible Series of Securities. ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES SECTION 3.1. Optional Redemption by Company. ------------------------------ The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 5 9 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date plus any Make-Whole Amount (the "OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE"). The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the Redemption Date or at such earlier time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Redemption Date. SECTION 3.2. No Sinking Fund. --------------- The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. ARTICLE IV EXPENSES SECTION 4.1. Payment of Expenses. ------------------- In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Notes, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the Notes, shall pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of the Notes. SECTION 4.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal. ----------------------------------- Upon termination of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee, unless otherwise stated, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. ARTICLE V FORM OF NOTES SECTION 5.1. Form of Notes. ------------- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.02(b) of the Indenture, the definitive Notes may be produced in any manner mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee. The 2008 Notes and the 2028 Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms: [Form of Face of Security] THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE 6 10 NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY WILL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. DANA CORPORATION CUSIP NO. ____ No.R- $_____________ Dana Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereinafter called the "COMPANY", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to __________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $__________ on [March 15, 2008]/[March 15, 2028], and to pay interest thereon from the date of issuance or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing on September 15, 1998, at the rate of ___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The Company shall pay interest on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at __% per annum, compounded semi-annually. The interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which will be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof will be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon 7 11 such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for the purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH PROVISIONS WILL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE. This Security will not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication herein has been signed manually by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse side hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THIS INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN DULY EXECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE. DANA CORPORATION By:_________________________ Attest: By: _________________ 8 12 [Form of Reverse of Security] DANA CORPORATION This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES") issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 15, 1997 (herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto (including the First Supplemental Indenture, between the Company and the Trustee dated as of March __, 1998 pursuant to which this series of Securities is issued) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof issued pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture and limited in aggregate principal amount to [$150,000,000 - $200,000,000]. The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 calendar days' notice by mail, at any time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption with the Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the First Supplemental Indenture), if any, and accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Security or (b) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 9 13 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security will be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security will not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 calendar days after receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity. The foregoing will apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any Make-Whole Amount or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture will alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is 10 14 registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any Make-Whole Amount and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture will have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 11 15 [Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication for Securities] Trustee's Certificate of Authentication This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. Citibank, N.A. as Trustee Dated: __________ By: _________________________ Authorized Signatory 12 16 ARTICLE VI ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES SECTION 6.1. Original Issue of Notes. ----------------------- 2008 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 and 2028 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, or any Vice President and attested by its Treasurer, its Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the written order may be manual or facsimile. ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 7.1. No Defaults; Ratification of Indenture. --------------------------------------- The Company hereby represents and warrants that it is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. SECTION 7.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. ------------------------------------ The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture. SECTION 7.3. Governing Law. ------------- This First Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof. 13 17 SECTION 7.4. Separability. ------------ In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. SECTION 7.5. Counterparts. ------------ This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in the acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written. DANA CORPORATION By: /s/ A. Glenn Paton ----------------------------------- Name: A. Glenn Paton Title: Vice President and Treasurer Attest: /s/ Martin J. Strobel --------------------------- Title: Vice President and Secretary CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee By: /s/ Florence Mills ----------------------------------- Name: Florence Mills Title: Senior Trust Officer Attest: /s/ Kristine Prall -------------------------- Title: Trust Officer 14
1 Exhibit 5-A HUNTON & WILLIAMS Riverfront Plaza, East Tower 951 East Byrd Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4074 March 12, 1998 Dana Corporation P.O. Box 1000 Toledo, Ohio 43697 Gentlemen: We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-42239 (the "Registration Statement") relating to Common Stock, $1 par value, and Debt Securities (the "Securities") of Dana Corporation (the "Company") with a maximum aggregate offering price of $600 million and to the reference to us under "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement. We have examined such certificates of the Company's officers and such evidence of corporate action as we consider relevant as the basis for this opinion, and are of the opinion that the issuance under the Registration Statement of the 2008 Notes and 2028 Notes that are described therein and in the Prospectus Supplement dated March 13, 1998, has been duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company, no other corporate action being necessary, and that when the Notes are issued as provided in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, they will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and they will be binding obligations of the Company. Very truly yours, /s/ Hunton & Williams