Underwriting Agreement - Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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Underwriting Agreement
Effective Date: 2002
Parties: Accenture
Sectors: Services
Law Firms: Shearman & Sterling, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy
Governing Law: New York
Accenture Ltd
Class A Common Shares
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Underwriting
Agreement
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November __, 2002
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The shareholders of Accenture Ltd, an exempted company limited by shares registered in Bermuda (the "Company"), named in Schedule I hereto (the "Selling Shareholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley") an aggregate of [_____] Class A Common Shares, par value $0.0000225 per share ("Common Shares"), of the Company. The aggregate of [_____] shares of Common Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders is herein called the "Shares".
1. (a) Each of the Company and Accenture SCA, a Luxembourg societe en commandite par actions ("SCA"), represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Morgan Stanley that:
(i) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-100116)
(the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered
to Morgan Stanley, have been declared effective by the Commission in
such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the
size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), which became effective upon filing, and other
than
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