Exhibit 10.1
SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE
2013
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. THIS NOTE CANNOT BE SOLD OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 OR THE COMPANY IS FURNISHED WITH AN ACCEPTABLE OPINION
OF COUNSEL THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE AND
EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
Subordinated Note Due
2013
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$50,000,000
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December 22, 2008
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SECTION 1. General
.
(a) Fidelity
National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay,
subject to the further provisions hereof (including, without
limitation, the subordination provisions set forth herein), to
LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
“Payee”), the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000
on December 22, 2013 (the “Maturity Date"), subject to
reduction pursuant to Section 2.8(d) or Section 9.4(b) of the Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 25, 2008, as amended and
restated as of December 12, 2008, as further amended and restated
as of December 21, 2008, among the Payee, Chicago Title Insurance
Company and Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (the
“SPA”).
(b) The
Company further agrees to pay, subject to the subordination
provisions set forth herein, interest on the unpaid principal
amount hereof from time to time from the date hereof at a rate per
annum equal to the Applicable Rate, payable on December 22 of each
year commencing 2009 and ending on the Maturity Date. Each date on
which interest or principal on this Note is payable is herein
referred to as a "Payment Date". Interest shall be calculated on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365
days. “Applicable Rate” shall mean 2.36%.
(c) If
any day that would otherwise be a Payment Date is not a Business
Day, such Payment Date shall instead be the next succeeding
Business Day. All payments shall be made in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be
legal tender therein for the payment of public and private
debts.
(d) The
Company may treat the last Person whom it had notice was the owner
hereof as the owner hereof for all purposes, including the payment
of principal and interest, and may require the surrender of this
Note as a condition to the payment of the principal amount
hereof.
SECTION 2. Payments
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All payments of principal and
interest on this Note shall be made on the relevant Payment Date by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by the
holder of this Note or in such other
manner or at such other place as may be mutually agreed by the
Company and the holder of this Note. The Company shall be entitled
to deduct and withhold from any payment to the holder of this Note
any amounts that are required to be deducted and withheld with
respect thereto under any provision of state, local or foreign Tax
law. To the extent that the amounts are so withheld, they shall be
treated as having been paid to the holder of this Note.
SECTION 3. Prepayments
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The Company may, at its sole option,
at any time prepay this Note, without penalty, in whole or in part,
on one Business Day’s prior written notice to the holder
hereof, at a prepayment price equal to the principal amount so to
be prepaid, together with interest on the principal amount so
prepaid to the date of such prepayment.
SECTION 4. Subordination
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(a)
Agreement To Subordinate . The Company agrees, and the
holder of this Note by accepting this Note agrees, that the
indebtedness and other obligations evidenced by this Note are
subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Section 4, to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Debt and that the subordination is for the benefit of and
enforceable by the holders of such Senior Debt (the “Senior
Debtholders”).
(b)
Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy . Upon any payment or
distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total
or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the
Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its
property:
(i) the
Senior Debtholders shall be entitled to receive payment in full of
the Senior Debt before the holder of this Note shall be entitled to
receive any payment of principal of or interest on this Note;
and
(ii) until
the Senior Debt of the Company is paid in full, any payment or
distribution to which the holder of this Note would be entitled but
for this Section 4 shall be made to the Senior Debtholders as their
interests may appear, except that the holder of this Note may
receive equity securities and any debt securities that are
subordinated to the Senior Debt to at least the same extent as this
Note.
(c)
Default on Senior Debt . The Company may not pay the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on this Note and may not
repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire this Note (collectively,
“pay the Note”) if (i) any Senior Debt is not paid when
due or (ii) any other default on Senior Debt occurs and the
maturity of such Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its
terms unless, in either case, (x) the default has been cured or
waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (y) such
Senior Debt has been paid in full; provided , however
, that the Company may pay the Note without regard to the foregoing
if the Company receives written notice approving such payment from
the representative of such Senior Debt with respect to which either
of the events set forth in clause (i) or (ii) has occurred and is
continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a
default described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence)
with respect to any Designated Senior Debt pursuant to which the
maturity thereof may
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be accelerated immediately without
further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect
such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace
periods, the Company may not pay the Note for a period (a
“Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt
by the Company of written notice (a “Blockage Notice”)
(a copy of which notice the Company shall promptly forward to the
holder of this Note) of such default from the representative of
such Designated Senior Debt or from the holders of such Designated
Senior Debt specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage
Period and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment
Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Company
from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, (ii)
because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no
longer continuing or (iii) because such Designated Senior Debt has
been repaid in full). Notwithstanding the provisions described in
the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions
contained in the first sentence of this clause (c)), unless the
holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the representative of
such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated
Senior Debt, the Company may resume payments on the Note after
termination of such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one
Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period,
irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated
Senior Debt during such period.
(d)
When Distribution Must Be Paid Over . In the event that any
payment by, or on behalf of, or distribution of the assets of, the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, and whether directly, by purchase, redemption or
otherwise (but not including any payment or distribution that may
be deemed to be made as the result of any reduction in the
principal amount of this Note pursuant to Section 2.8(d) or Section
9.4(b) of the SPA), shall be received by or on behalf of the holder
of this Note at a time when such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of this Section 4, such payment or distribution shall be
held by the holder of this Note in trust (segregated from other
property of the holder of this Note) for the benefit of the Senior
Debtholders, and shall forthwith be paid over directly to the
Senior Debtholders or their representative or representatives or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any
instruments evidencing any such Senior Debt may have been issued,
ratably according to he aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on
account of the Senior Debt or represented by each of such
instruments, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all
Senior Debt remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution (or provision therefor) by the Company or
any guarantor of the Senior Debt or any other Person to or for the
Senior Debtholders.
(e)
Proof of Claims . If the Company is subject to any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and the holder of this Note has
not filed any proof of claim permitted to be filed in such
proceeding with respect to this Note, then any representative of
any Senior Debt may file such proof of claim no earlier than 30
days preceding the last day permitted to file such
claim.
(f)
Subrogation: Relative Rights . After all Senior Debt is paid
in full and until the Notes are paid in full, the holder of this
Note shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to
receive payments or distrib