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• UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
  
  The document pursuant to which the underwriters of a public offering contractually commit to purchase from the issuer the securities that are the subject of the public offering (or, in a best efforts offering, in which they agree to use best efforts to sell the securities).
  
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