AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO.
1 (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into this 17th
day of March, 2009 by and between ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION, a
Georgia corporation (“Seller”), and COLUMBIA MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY, a Missouri insurance corporation
(“Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, the
parties hereto entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) dated December 26, 2007,
pursuant to which the Seller agreed to sell to the Purchaser all of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock of Georgia Casualty
& Surety Company, Association Casualty Insurance Company and
Association Risk Management General Agency, Inc. (collectively, the
“Subsidiaries”), which transactions were consummated on
March 31, 2008 (the “Closing”);
WHEREAS, prior to
the Closing, a dispute arose among the parties as to the adequacy
of the loss reserves of the Subsidiaries and, in connection
therewith, the Parties entered into that certain letter agreement
(the “Letter Agreement”) dated March 31, 2008,
pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to consummate the Closing on
the terms contained in the Purchase Agreement upon the
Seller’s waiver of certain restrictions on the
Purchaser’s right to seek indemnification under the Purchase
Agreement for claims related to the Subsidiaries’ loss
reserves (the “Loss Reserve Claims”);
WHEREAS,
subsequent to the Closing, the Purchaser has made certain
additional claims that the Seller had breached certain of its
representations, warranties and covenants in the Purchase Agreement
and, under the current terms of the Purchase Agreement, the
Purchaser may make additional claims against the Seller for a
specified period following the Closing date (collectively with the
Loss Reserve Claims, the “Claims”);
WHEREAS, Seller
disputes all of the Claims that have been asserted by the
Purchaser; and
WHEREAS, the
Parties desire to avoid the risks and expenses attendant upon
litigation of the Claims, and to settle, once and forever, all
demands and claims related to the Claims, whether or not such
claims have arisen on or prior to the date hereof or whether or not
the Purchaser has asserted such claims on or prior to the date
hereof, by amending the Stock Purchase Agreement and waiving, and
releasing each other from, the Claims as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein the parties
agree as follows:
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1.
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Subsection 1.1 (a) of
Article I of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following language:
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“(a) in
respect of Georgia Casualty and Association Casualty, an amount
equal to the statutory capital and surplus of Georgia Casualty and
Association Casualty as of December 31, 2007 to be set forth
in the 2007 Annual Statement and computed in accordance with NAIC
statutory accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with
the December 31, 2006 statutory Annual Statement (the
“Unaudited Statutory Capital and Surplus”), plus Two
Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,750,000) to be
allocated proportionally between the companies based upon the
audited capital and surplus of said companies as of
December 31, 2007.”
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2.
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Section 6.1 of the Purchase
Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following language:
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“6.1
Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements . The
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement, any exhibits and schedules hereto, and in any
certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive for
a period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on March 17,
2009, and neither party shall have any right or claim against the
other party after such period by virtue of any brea
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