FORM OF
INVESTOR AGREEMENT
dated as of
[●]
among
PARTNERRE LTD.
and
THE SHAREHOLDERS NAMED
HEREIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01
. Definitions
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Section 1.02 . Other
Definitional and Interpretative Provisions
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ARTICLE 2
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 2.01
. Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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Section 2.02
. Representations and Warranties of the
Shareholders
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ARTICLE 3
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RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
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Section 3.01. General
Restrictions on Transfer
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Section 3.02.
Legends
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8
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Section 3.03.
Specific Transfer Restrictions
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Section 3.04
. Application of Agreement to Additional Company
Securities
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11
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Section 3.05 . Rule
144 Reporting
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12
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ARTICLE 4
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STANDSTILL, VOTE NEUTRALIZATION
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Section 4.01
. Standstill
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Section 4.02. Vote
Neutralization .
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ARTICLE 5
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CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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Section 5.01.
Quarterly Meetings
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Section 5.02
. Confidentiality
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Section 5.03
. Ownership Information
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Section 5.04 . No
Waiver
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Section 5.05.
Investor Agreement Controlling.
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ARTICLE 6
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TERMINATION
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Section 6.01
. Termination
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ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 7.01
. Notices
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20
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Section 7.02.
Amendments and Waivers
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20
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Section 7.03
. Successors and Assigns
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Section 7.04 . Several
Obligations
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Section 7.05.
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party
Beneficiaries
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21
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Section 7.06.
Governing Law
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21
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Section 7.07.
Jurisdiction
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Section 7.08 . Waiver
of Jury Trial
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Section 7.09. No
Partnership Intended for Tax Purposes
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22
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Section 7.10. Entire
Agreement
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22
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Section 7.11.
Severability
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22
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Section 7.12
. Specific Enforcement
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Initial Common Share
Ownership
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Exhibit B
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Joinder Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Quarterly Meeting
Information
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Exhibit D
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Competing Entities
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Exhibit E
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Form of Voting Proxy
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
A List of Shareholders
INVESTOR AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of [●] among PartnerRe
Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company (the “ Company
”), and the Persons named on Schedule A hereto
(collectively with their Permitted Transferees that become a party
to this Agreement in accordance with Article 3, the “
Shareholders ” and, individually, a “
Shareholder ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of July 4, 2009 by and among the Company, the
Shareholders, PARIS RE Holdings Limited, and the other shareholders
named therein (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”), each Shareholder acquired the number of
the Common Shares (as defined below) set forth
opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A hereto;
and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into
this Agreement to establish certain arrangements with respect to
the Common Shares and other securities of the Company beneficially
owned by the Shareholders and their Affiliates following the date
hereof as well as restrictions on certain activities in respect of
the Common Shares and such other securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 . Definitions. (a) As used
herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person; provided that no securityholder of the Company shall
be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any other securityholder solely by reason of any
investment in the Company or such securityholder’s beneficial
ownership of Company Securities; provided, further , that
each investment fund or similar fund managed, sponsored or advised
by any Shareholder or any Affiliate of such Shareholder shall
constitute an Affiliate of such Shareholder [(except that New
Mountain Vantage, L.P. and New Mountain Guardian, L.P. shall not
be
deemed to be Affiliates of any
Shareholder or any of their respective Affiliates)],
1 but, notwithstanding anything contrary above,
such Shareholder’s Portfolio Companies shall not be deemed to
be Affiliates of such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates. For the
purpose of this definition, the term “ control ”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms “
controlling ”, “ controlled by ”
and “ under common control with ”), as
used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Applicable Law ” means,
with respect to any Person, any supranational, foreign, federal,
state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution,
treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order,
permit, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar
requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, made mandatory or
applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or
applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified
otherwise.
“ beneficial ownership ” of
any security by any Person means “beneficial ownership”
of such security as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the
1934 Act, including all securities as to which such Person has the
right or obligation (contingent or otherwise) to acquire, without
regard to the 60-day period set forth in such rule; provided,
however , that (i) no Shareholder shall be deemed to
beneficially own any Company Securities held by any other Person
that constitutes a “Shareholder” under any other
Investor Agreement solely by virtue of the provisions of this
Agreement, any other Investor Agreement or the Securities Purchase
Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii)
no Shareholder shall be deemed to beneficially own any Company
Securities held by a Portfolio Company. The terms “
beneficially owned ” and “ beneficial
owner ” shall have correlative meanings. Beneficial
ownership of any security by any Person shall include for purposes
of this Agreement, any security (or any economic participation or
interest therein) of which any other Person or any of such other
Person’s Affiliates shall have acquired beneficial ownership,
or the right or obligation to acquire beneficial ownership of any
security (or any economic participation or interest therein), in
connection with, as a result of, in anticipation of, or in order to
hedge or offset the risk of, any contractual or financial
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any swap,
option, put, call, straddle or other derivative, whether or not
settlable in kind or in cash) with such Person or any of such
Person’s Affiliates.
“ Board ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
1 Bracketed language to be inserted into New
Mountain Investor Agreement.
“ Common Shares ” means the
common shares, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company and any
shares into which such Common Shares may thereafter be converted or
changed.
“ Company Securities ” means
Voting Securities, and any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Voting Securities (whether or not
currently so convertible, exercisable or exchangeable or only upon
the passage of time, the occurrence of certain events or
otherwise).
“ Competing Entity ” means
each of the Persons set forth on Exhibit D hereto, together
with their respective Subsidiaries, which the Company determines in
good faith to be organizations competitive with its business;
provided that not more than once in any 12-month period, the
Company may amend Exhibit D upon written
notice thereof to each Shareholder; provided, however
, that at no time may the Company add any Person to
Exhibit D that had more than
$100 million in reinsurance premiums written in any 12-month period
prior to the date the version of Exhibit D then in effect
first became effective; and provided further that at no time
may more than 52 Persons (together with their
Subsidiaries) be Competing Entities.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state or
local, governmental, regulatory or administrative (including social
security) authority, department, court, agency or official,
including any political subdivision thereof.
“ Group ” shall have the
meaning assigned to it in Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934
Act.
“ Investment ” means, with
respect to any investment fund or similar fund, any
“investment” (or similar term describing the results of
the deployment of capital) as defined in the governing document of
such investment fund or similar fund.
“ Investor Agreement ” means
each Investor Agreement entered into by the Company and one or more
parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
“ knowledge ” means, with
respect to any Person, the actual knowledge, after reasonable
inquiry, of such Person’s and its Affiliates’ Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or
senior investment professional who is a member of the investment
team with primary responsibility for any Investment made in the
Company by such Person or Affiliate. It is agreed that the actual
knowledge of such individuals excludes any knowledge which may be
implied, imputed or construed from or on the basis of the knowledge
of any
other Person, including, without
limitation, professional advisers or any other employee of such
Person or any of its Affiliates.
“ 1933 Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933.
“ 1934 Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“ Person ” means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, trust or other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Authority.
“ Portfolio Company ” means,
with respect to any Shareholder, any Person in which such
Shareholder or any investment fund or similar fund managed,
sponsored or advised (directly or indirectly) by such Shareholder
or any of its Affiliates owns an Investment.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” means each of the Registration Rights Agreements dated as
of the date hereof among the Company, the shareholders party
thereto and the other parties thereto.
“ Restriction Termination Date
” means the date that is the later to occur of (i) six months
after the date hereof and (ii) the earlier to occur of (A) three
months after the consummation of the Offer (as such term is defined
in the Transaction Agreement) and (B) May 31, 2010.
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are at any time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person.
“ Third Party ” means, with
respect to any Person, any Person that is not an Affiliate or
Portfolio Company of such Person.
“ Total Voting Power ” means,
at any time, the total number of votes then entitled to be cast by
the holders of the outstanding Voting Securities at such
time.
“ Transaction Agreement ”
means the Transaction Agreement dated as of July 4, 2009 among the
Company and PARIS RE Holdings Limited.
“ Transfer ” means, with
respect to any Company Securities, (i) when used as a verb, to
sell, assign, dispose of, exchange, pledge, encumber, hypothecate
or otherwise transfer (whether by operation of law, a distribution
in kind or otherwise and whether with or without consideration)
such Company Securities or any economic participation or interest
therein, whether directly or indirectly, or agree or commit to do
any of the foregoing and (ii) when used as a noun, a direct or
indirect sale, assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge,
encumbrance,
hypothecation or other transfer
(whether by operation of law, a distribution in kind or otherwise
and whether with or without consideration) of such Company
Securities or any participation or interest therein or any
agreement or commitment to do any of the foregoing. For purposes of
this Agreement, the term Transfer shall include the sale,
assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or other transfer (whether by operation of law, a
distribution in kind or otherwise and whether with or without
consideration) of an Affiliate of any Shareholder or such
Shareholder’s interest in an Affiliate that beneficially owns
Company Securities unless such Shareholder retains beneficial
ownership of such Company Securities following such
transaction.
“ Voting Securities ” means,
at any time, shares of any class of capital stock or other
securities of the Company, including the Common Shares, which are
then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and
not solely upon the occurrence and during the continuation of
certain specified events.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in
the Section set forth opposite such term:
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Term
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Section
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Company
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Preamble
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Confidentiality Agreement
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4.01
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e-mail
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7.01
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Excess Voting Percentage
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4.02
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Opt-In Period
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6.01
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Permitted Transferee
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3.03
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Quarterly Meeting
Information
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5.02
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Restricted Person
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5.01
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Securities Purchase
Agreement
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Recitals
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VCOC Parent
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5.01
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Voting Limitation
Percentage
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4.02
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Section 1.02 . Other Definitional and
Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of like
import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The
captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and
shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.
References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless
otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or
referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of
this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized
terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined
therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any
singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the
plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words
“include”, “includes” or
“including” are used in
this Agreement, they shall be deemed
to be followed by the words “without limitation”,
whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of
like import. “Writing”, “written” and
comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of
reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form.
References to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute
as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are
to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;
provided that with respect to any agreement or contract
listed on any schedules hereto, all such amendments, modifications
or supplements must also be listed in the appropriate schedule.
References to any Person include the successors and permitted
assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean,
unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and
including, respectively. References to “law”,
“laws” or to a particular statute or law shall be
deemed also to include any and all Applicable Law.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 . Representations and Warranties
of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to
the Shareholders that:
(a) The Company is
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has all organizational powers
required to carry on its business as now conducted and as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
are within the Company’s organizational powers and have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Company.
(c) This Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of
equity).
(d) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have
been obtained and are in full force and effect, (ii) will not
violate any Applicable Law or the memorandum of association or
bye-laws or other similar organizational documents of
the
Company or any order of any
Governmental Authority by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound, and (iii) will not violate or result in a
default under any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order,
decree or other instrument binding upon the Company.
Section 2.02 . Representations and Warranties
of the Shareholders. Each Shareholder severally as to itself
but not jointly with the other Shareholders represents and warrants
to the Company that:
(a) Such Shareholder
is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has all organizational powers
required to carry on its business as now conducted and as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The execution,
delivery and performance by such Shareholder of this Agreement and
the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions
contemplated hereby are within such Shareholder’s
organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Shareholder.
(c) This Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Shareholder
enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of
equity).
(d) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by
such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have
been obtained and are in full force and effect, (ii) will not
violate any Applicable Law or the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws or other similar organizational documents of such
Shareholder or any order of any Governmental Authority by which
such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is bound, and (iii) will
not violate or result in a default under any material agreement,
judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding
upon such Shareholder.
(e) As of the date
hereof, except for the Common Shares set forth on Exhibit A
, neither such Shareholder nor any of its Affiliates beneficially
owns any Company Securities.
ARTICLE 3
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
Section 3.01. General Restrictions on
Transfer . (a) Each Shareholder agrees that it shall not
Transfer any Company Securities over which it or any of
its Affiliates has beneficial
ownership (or solicit any offers in respect of any Transfer of any
Company Securities), except in compliance with the 1933 Act, any
other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue
sky” laws, and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
(b) Any attempt to Transfer any Company
Securities not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and
void, and the Company shall not, and shall cause any transfer agent
not to, give any effect in the Company’s share records to
such attempted Transfer.
Section 3.02. Legends. (a) Each
certificate or book entry representing Company Securities
beneficially owned by any Shareholder or its Affiliates as of the
date hereof shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
[CERTIFICATE][BOOK ENTRY] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY NON-U.S. OR STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS [CERTIFICATE][BOOK ENTRY] ARE SUBJECT TO
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AS SET FORTH IN AN INVESTOR AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JULY 4, 2009 AMONG PARTNERRE LTD. AND THE OTHER PARTIES
THERETO, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST FROM
PARTNERRE LTD. OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO.
(b) Upon any
acquisition by any Shareholder or any of its Affiliates of
beneficial ownership of any Company Securities after the date
hereof, such Shareholder shall, or shall cause the owner of such
Company Securities to, (i) if such Company Securities are in
certificated form, submit the certificate(s) representing such
Company Securities to the Company so that the second sentence of
the legend required by this Section 3.02(a) may be placed thereon
(if not already endorsed thereon) or (ii) if such Company
Securities are in book entry form, notify the Company so that the
second sentence of the legend required by this Section 3.02(a) may
be noted in the book entry representing such Company
Securities.
(c) The Company shall
use best efforts to replace as soon as possible the certificates or
book entries representing Company Securities with certificates or
book entries not bearing the legend required by the first sentence
of Section 3.02(a) if the Company receives such representations
from the Shareholder as reasonably requested by the Company to
enable it to provide an opinion of
counsel (which may be in-house
counsel), in reliance on such representations, that such legends
are no longer required for purposes of applicable securities
law.
(d) If any Company Securities cease to be
subject to any and all restrictions on Transfer set forth in this
Agreement (including upon the termination of this Agreement with
respect to the Shareholders) or if a Transfer permitted hereunder
is made and Transferee is not subject to this Agreement, the
Company, upon the written request of the holder thereof, shall use
best efforts to replace as soon as possible the certificates or
book entries representing such Company Securities with certificates
or book entries not bearing the legend required by the second
sentence of Section 3.02(a).
Section 3.03. Specific Transfer
Restrictions . (a) Prior to the Restriction Termination Date,
no Shareholder shall Transfer any Company Securities which it or
any of its Affiliates beneficially owns, except:
(i) Transfers of
Company Securities to one or more of its Affiliates or Portfolio
Companies (each, a “ Permitted Transferee ”) so
long as such Permitted Transferee (other than a Permitted
Transferee already party to this Agreement) shall have prior to
such Transfer executed and delivered to the Company a written
joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto agreeing
to be bound by the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) if at the time of
such Transfer all applicable conditions of Rule 144 under the 1933
Act are satisfied with respect to a Transfer of such Company
Securities, Transfers of Company Securities by a Shareholder that
is an investment fund or similar fund to such Shareholder’s
limited partners, partners or other investors pursuant to a
distribution that is made pro rata to such limited partners or
other investors in accordance with the respective partnership
and/or other governing documents of such Shareholder (including
taking into account provisions relating to fees and carried
interest) without the payment of any additional consideration
therefor by any such limited partner, partner or other investor;
provided that in no event shall the Company Securities
Transferred to any limited partner or other investor (together, to
the extent known (without any obligation of inquiry or
investigation), with such limited partner’s or other
investor’s Affiliates) pursuant to this clause (ii) (whether
in one or a series of distribu