American International Group,
Inc.,
Federal Reserve Bank of New
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ARTICLE 1
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1.1
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1.2
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1.3
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ARTICLE 2
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Representations and Warranties
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2.1
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2.2
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Representations and Warranties regarding Seller
and the ALICO Entities
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ARTICLE 3
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3.1
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Consummation of Purchase and Restructuring;
Filings
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3.2
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3.3
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Certain Notifications Until Closing
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3.4
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Interim Operating Covenants
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3.5
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3.6
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Intercompany Accounts and Payables
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3.7
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Confidentiality; Access to
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3.8
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3.9
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3.10
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ARTICLE 4
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4.1
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Purchase of Restricted Securities
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4.2
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Tax Treatment of the Transactions
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4.3
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Preparation of Compliant Financial
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4.4
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Completion of the Restructuring
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4.5
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Separation Plan; Contribution of IP
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ARTICLE 5
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5.1
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5.2
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Indemnification by Seller
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5.3
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5.4
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5.5
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5.6
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Additional Indemnification Provisions
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ARTICLE 6
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6.1
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6.2
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6.3
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6.4
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Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction,
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6.5
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6.6
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6.8
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6.9
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6.10
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6.11
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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6.12
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6.13
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ANNEX A
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ANNEX B
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Limited Liability Company Agreement
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Term
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Location of
Definition
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6.6(a)
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2.2(t)(v)
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6.6(b)
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Introduction
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1.2(c)(iv)
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6.6(c)
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Recitals
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2.2(g)
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2.1(a)
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ALICO Historical Accounts
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2.2(g)
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1.2(c)(i)
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2.2(e)(i)
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3.7(b)
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6.8
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1.3
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Introduction
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Capital Expenditure Budget
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6.6(d)
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1.2(a)
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1.2(a)
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6.6(e)
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Recitals
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Recitals
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6.6(f)
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6.6(f)
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Compliant Financial Statements
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6.6(g)
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3.7(b)
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3.5
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3.5
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Recitals
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4.5
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Control, Controlled and Controlling
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6.6(h)
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Recitals
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Credit Agreement Amendment
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6.6(i)
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6.6(j)
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Diminution in ALICO Value Loss
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5.6
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2.1(b)
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3.4(e)
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6.6(k)
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6.6(l)
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6.6(m)
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4.3
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5.1
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2.2(g)
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6.6(n)
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Term
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Location of
Definition
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2.1(a)
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3.7(b)
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1.2(c)(i)
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Guarantee and Pledge Agreement
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6.6(o)
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Guarantee and Pledge Agreement
Amendment
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6.6(o)
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3.7(b)
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6.6(p)
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5.2(a)
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6.6(q)
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6.6(r)
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5.5
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6.6(s)
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Recitals
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6.6(t)
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6.6(u)
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6.6(v)
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6.6(w)
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6.6(x)
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Liquidation Shortfall Event
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6.6(y)
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2.2(b)(i)
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6.6(z)
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6.6(aa)
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6.6(bb)
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2.1(a)
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6.6(cc)
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6.6(dd)
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2.2(n)(vi)
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3.7(a)
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1.2(c)(iii)
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6.6(bb)
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2.2(m)
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6.6(ee)
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6.6(ff)
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Recitals
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2.1(b)
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2.2(u)
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2.2(r)
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Recitals
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Quarter-End Balance Sheet
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3.8
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3.8
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Quarter-End Stockholders’
Equity
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3.8
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2.2(h)
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Required Regulatory Approvals
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1.2(c)(i)
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Recitals
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6.6(gg)
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2.2(j)
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Location of
Definition
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Securities Lending Management
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6.6(hh)
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Introduction
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Seller Accounting Policies
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2.2(g)
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6.6(ii)
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6.6(bb)
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Recitals
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4.5
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2.1(a)
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Specified Intercompany Payable
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3.6
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6.6(jj)
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2.2(o)(i)
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2.2(o)(i)
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6.6(kk)
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2.2(o)(i)
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5.3(a)
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6.6(ll)
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Recitals
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v
THIS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2009 (together with
the Annexes hereto and as the same may be amended from time to time
in accordance with its terms, this “ Agreement
”) between American International Group, Inc. (“
Seller ”) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(“ Buyer ”).
WHEREAS,
Seller wishes to sell to Buyer preferred membership interests in a
Delaware limited liability company to be formed after the date
hereof (the “ Company ”); and
WHEREAS,
in connection therewith, Seller shall complete the restructuring
steps set forth in Annex A (the “ Restructuring
”) pursuant to which, among other things, Seller will
transfer or cause to be transferred to the Company 100% of the
equity of American Life Insurance Company (“ ALICO
”) that it directly or indirectly owns, which constitutes
100% of ALICO’s total share capital; and
WHEREAS,
as a result of the Restructuring and as more fully described in
Annex A , Seller will hold all of the common membership
units of the Company (the “ Common Units ”), all
of the junior preferred membership units of the Company (the
“ Junior Preferred Units ”) and all of the
senior preferred membership units of the Company (the “
Senior Preferred Units ” and together with the Junior
Preferred Units, the “ Preferred Units ” and the
Preferred Units, together with the Common Units, the “
Units ”); and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller
intends to sell to Buyer all of the Preferred Units (the “
Purchased Securities ”) in consideration for
Buyer’s agreement to discharge $9 billion of the
outstanding principal indebtedness owed by Seller to Buyer (such
face amount for all purposes under this Agreement, the “
Consideration ”) under the Credit Agreement dated as
of September 22, 2008 between Seller and Buyer, as amended
from time to time (the “ Credit Agreement
”).
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises, and of
the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Purchase; Closing
1.1
Purchase . On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell to Buyer, and Buyer
agrees to purchase from Seller, at the Closing (as hereinafter
defined), the Purchased Securities for the
Consideration.
(a) On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the closing of the sale and purchase of the Purchased
Securities (the “ Closing ”) will take place at
the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP located at 767 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY 10153 (or at such other place as the parties
may designate in writing) at 10:00 am, New York City time, on the
fifth business day following the first day that all of the
conditions to Closing as set forth in Sections 1.2(c)
through (e) below are satisfied (other than those that by their
nature are satisfied at the Closing but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), or at such other
place, time and date as shall be agreed by Seller and Buyer. The
time and date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this
Agreement as the “ Closing Date ”.
(b) Subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Closing as
set forth in Sections 1.2(c) through (e) below, at the
Closing, (i) Seller will deliver the Purchased Securities, as
evidenced by one or more certificates dated as of the Closing Date
and bearing appropriate legends as hereinafter provided for and
(ii) Buyer shall discharge a portion of the outstanding
indebtedness owed by Seller to Buyer under the Credit Agreement in
the amount of $9 billion.
(c) The
respective obligations of each of Buyer and Seller to consummate
the Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Buyer and
Seller, as applicable) prior to the Closing of each of the
following conditions:
(i) all
certificates, permits, licenses, franchises, concessions, grants,
consents, approvals, orders, registrations, authorizations,
waivers, variances or clearances from, or declarations, filings or
registrations with, or notices to, or disclosure to or mandated by
(collectively, the “ Approvals ”), any national,
regional, local or foreign governmental, legislative, judicial,
administrative or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body,
court or entity (“ Governmental Entity ”), and
the expiration of any and all waiting periods imposed by applicable
Law (and, for the avoidance of doubt, where an approval, consent or
other clearance arises through the expiration of a prescribed
period where there has not been any objection from an applicable
Governmental Entity, such approval, consent or other clearance
shall, if not expressly given by such time, be deemed given on
expiry of such prescribed period where there has not been any
objection made by the applicable Governmental Entity) in each case
as set forth on Section 1.2(c)(i) of the Disclosure
Letter (collectively, the “ Required Regulatory
Approvals ”), in each case shall have been obtained or
made in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each party
and shall be in full force and effect; provided , that if
any Approval(s) is not set forth on Section 1.2(c)(i)
of the Disclosure Letter (as may be supplemented or amended
pursuant to Section 6.13 ), but is nevertheless
reasonably determined by any of the parties hereto to be so
required to be made or obtained, then any party hereto may require
that such Approval(s) be obtained before consummation of the
Closing;
(ii) no
provision of any applicable Law shall prohibit the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction
Documents;
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(iii) there
shall not be in effect any order, injunction, judgment, decree,
ruling, writ, assessment or arbitration award by a Governmental
Entity (“ Order ”) of competent jurisdiction
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(iv) the
respective conditions of each of Buyer and Seller pursuant to that
certain Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Buyer,
Seller and American International Reinsurance Company, Limited (the
“ AIA Purchase Agreement ”) to consummate the
closing of the sale and purchase of all of the preferred membership
units of the Company (as defined in the AIA Purchase Agreement)
shall have been satisfied (or waived by Buyer and/or Seller, as
applicable);
(v) Seller
shall have received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that
the transfer by Seller of all the equity of ALICO to the Company
(in accordance with the Restructuring steps set forth in Annex
A ) is eligible for an election under Section 338(h)(10)
of the Code; and
(vi) the
steps of the Restructuring described in paragraphs 1 through 3 of
Annex A shall have been effected (or caused to be effected)
by Seller, in each case, on terms and conditions acceptable to
Buyer in all respects.
(d) The
obligation of Buyer to consummate the Closing is also subject to
the satisfaction (or waiver by Buyer) at or prior to the Closing of
each of the following conditions:
(i) each
of the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in (x)
Sections 2.2(a) through 2.2(e) shall be true and
correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other than
representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of
another date, which representations and warranties shall be true
and correct as of such other date) and (y) Sections 2.2(f)
through 2.2(z) (which shall each be read, for purposes of this
Section 1.2(d)(i)(y) , without any qualifications or
limitations whatsoever that may be set forth in any such
representations and warranties as to “ materiality
”, “ Material Adverse Effect ” (as
hereinafter defined) and words of similar import) shall be true and
correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other than
representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of
another date, which representations and warranties shall be true
and correct as of such other date), except to the extent that the
failure of such representations and warranties referred to in this
Section 1.2(d)(i)(y) to be so true and correct,
individually or in the aggregate, does not have and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) Seller
shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and
covenants required to be performed by Seller under this Agreement
at or prior to the Closing;
(iii) there
shall not have occurred any event, occurrence, revelation or
development of a state of circumstances or facts which,
individually or in
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the aggregate,
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(iv) Buyer
shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Seller by a
senior executive officer certifying to the effect that the
conditions set forth in Sections 1.2(d)(i) through
(iii) have been satisfied;
(v) each
of the Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed and
delivered by each of the parties thereto (other than Buyer) and
shall be in full force and effect;
(vi) the
Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity as set forth on the
Quarter-End Certificate shall be at least an amount equal to 90% of
the stockholders’ equity (including non-controlling equity
interests) as set forth in the ALICO 2009 Accounts or, in the event
the Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity is less than such
amount, Seller shall have contributed to the Company an amount in
cash equal to such shortfall;
(vii) Buyer
shall have received (A) the Separation Plan and
(B) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all of the
Contributed IP shall have been contributed to one or more of the
ALICO Entities in accordance with Section 4.5 ;
and
(viii) Seller
shall have taken, or caused to be taken, all such actions, and
executed and delivered or caused to be executed and/or delivered
all such agreements, documents and instruments with respect to any
Common Units held by Seller or any of its Affiliates that are
Guarantors and Pledgors pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge
Agreement (including certificates therefor) accompanied by undated
stock powers executed in blank, and made or caused to be made all
such filings and recordings (other than filings or recordings to be
made by Buyer) that may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion
of Buyer, desirable in order to create in favor of Buyer, valid and
(upon such filing and recording) perfected first priority security
interests in such Common Units pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge
Agreement Amendment.
(e) The
obligation of Seller to consummate the Closing is also subject to
the satisfaction (or waiver by Seller) at or prior to the Closing
of each of the following conditions:
(i) Seller
shall have received from Buyer a payoff letter with respect to the
discharge of the Consideration, effective as of the Closing;
and
(ii) each
of the Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed and
delivered by each of the parties thereto other than Seller and its
subsidiaries (including the Company) and shall be in full force and
effect.
1.3
Interpretation . When a reference is made in this Agreement
to “Recitals,” “Articles,”
“Sections,” or “Annexes” such reference
shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex to, this
Agreement, including any Section of the Disclosure Letter. The
terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used
in the plural, and vice versa. References to “herein”,
“hereof”, “hereunder” and the like refer to
this
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Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless
expressly stated otherwise herein. The table of contents and
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and are not part of this Agreement. Whenever the words
“include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed followed by the words “without limitation. “ No
rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in
connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this
Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between
sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to
“$” or “dollars” mean the lawful currency
of the United States of America and any “$” or
“dollar” amounts referred to in Articles 2 or
3 shall be calculated based on the exchange rate as of March
31, 2009. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all
references to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute,
rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced
from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, include any rules
and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section
of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the
section. References to a “ business day ” shall
mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which
commercial banking institutions in the State of New York, generally
are authorized or required by Law or other governmental actions to
close.
ARTICLE 2
Representations and Warranties
(a)
“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material
adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, results of
operation or financial condition of the Company and ALICO and their
respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “ ALICO
Entities ”) taken as a whole, except any such effect to
the extent arising or resulting from (A) changes after the
date of this Agreement (the “ Signing Date ”) in
general business, economic, political or market conditions
(including changes generally in prevailing interest rates, credit
availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates and price
levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign
securities or credit markets), or any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in
each case generally affecting the industries or jurisdictions in
which the ALICO Entities operate, (B) changes or proposed changes
after the Signing Date in generally accepted accounting principles
as applicable (“ GAAP ”) or SAP, or
authoritative interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed
changes after the Signing Date in securities, insurance and other
Laws of general applicability or related policies or
interpretations of Governmental Entities, (D) actions required
to be taken under the Transaction Documents or taken with
Buyer’s prior written consent after the Signing Date and
(E) any failure by any of the ALICO Entities to achieve any
earnings, premiums written, or other financial projections or
forecasts; provided, that, any event, change, occurrence or
development or state of facts that may have caused or contributed
to such failure shall not be excluded under this clause (E);
provided , further , that, in the case of each of
clauses (A) through (C), other than changes or occurrences to
the extent that such changes or occurrences have had or would
reasonably be expected to have a materially disproportionate
adverse effect on the ALICO Entities taken as a whole relative to
comparable insurance or financial services organizations; or
(ii) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions
contemplated by
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this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and perform (or cause to be
performed) its obligations hereunder and thereunder on a timely
basis.
(b)
“ Previously Disclosed ” means information set
forth in the disclosure letter delivered by Seller to Buyer prior
to signing this Agreement (the “ Disclosure Letter
”) (it being understood and agreed that, except for
Section 2.2(m) of the Disclosure Letter (which shall
only modify such section and any other section or subsection that
expressly incorporates Section 2.2(m) of the Disclosure
Letter by reference), disclosure of any item in any section or
subsection of the Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosed with
respect to any other section or subsection of the Disclosure Letter
but only to the extent that the relevance of such item is readily
apparent; provided that no item in any other section or
subsection of the Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosed with
respect to Section 5.2(a)(v) of the Disclosure
Letter).
2.2
Representations and Warranties regarding Seller and the ALICO
Entities. Except as Previously Disclosed, Seller represents and
warrants to Buyer that as of the Signing Date (other than with
respect to representations regarding the Company) and as of the
Closing Date (or such other date specified herein):
(a)
Organization, Authority, Subsidiaries . Each of Seller, the
Company and ALICO has been duly organized and is validly existing
and in good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable
jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
with the necessary power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business in all material respects. Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and ALICO has been
duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company
or other organization for the transaction of business and is in
good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable
jurisdiction) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require
such qualification. Except as would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect,
each subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) of the Company and ALICO
has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing
(or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable jurisdiction) under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the necessary
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited
liability company or other organization for the transaction of
business and is in good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the
applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of each other jurisdiction
in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so
as to require such qualification. Section 2.2(a) of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of each
subsidiary of the Company and ALICO, its jurisdiction of
organization and the Company’s or ALICO’s, as the case
may be, direct or indirect ownership of each such subsidiary
expressed as a percentage.
(b)
LLC Agreement and Membership Units of the Company
.
(i)
As of the Closing Date, the limited liability company agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex B (the
“ LLC Agreement ”)
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shall be the
limited liability company agreement of the Company. As of the
Closing Date, (A) all of the common membership interests in the
Company will be owned by Seller and (B) the Purchased
Securities will be the only preferred membership interests in the
Company outstanding and will have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or applicable
securities Law.
(ii) There
are no options, calls, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities, or conversion, preemptive, subscription or other
rights, or agreements, arrangements or commitments, in any such
case, obligating or which may obligate any ALICO Entity to issue,
sell, purchase, return or redeem any shares of capital stock or
equity ownership interests or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for any of their shares of capital stock or equity
ownership interests. There are no restricted shares, stock
appreciation rights, performance units, contingent value rights,
“phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that
are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or
indirectly, on the value or price of, any shares of capital stock
or equity ownership interests of any ALICO Entity. Other than the
LLC Agreement, there are no voting trusts, proxies, or other
agreements or understandings with respect to the shares of capital
stock or ownership interests of any ALICO Entity to which any such
Person is a party, or agreements or understandings to which any
ALICO Entity is a party relating to the registration, sale or
transfer (including agreements relating to rights of first refusal,
“co-sale” rights or “drag-along” rights) of
any such shares of capital stock or equity ownership
interests.
(c)
Ownership of Subsidiaries . As of the Closing Date, all of
the issued and outstanding equity of ALICO will be owned directly
or indirectly by the Company, as contemplated by the Restructuring,
free and clear of any and all liens and any other limitation or
restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell
or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other voting
securities) other than (i) restrictions on transfer imposed by
applicable Law, (ii) the pledge arising from the Credit Agreement
or (iii) as set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the
Disclosure Letter. All of the outstanding capital stock or other
ownership interests of each subsidiary of ALICO is fully paid and
non-assessable and owned by ALICO directly or indirectly, free and
clear of any lien and free of any other limitation or restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise
dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests), other
than restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable Law.
(d)
Ownership and Transfer of Purchased Securities . As of the
Closing Date, Seller will be the record and beneficial owner of the
Purchased Securities. Seller has the power and authority to sell,
transfer, assign and deliver such Purchased Securities as provided
in this Agreement, and such delivery will convey to Buyer good and
marketable title to such Purchased Securities, free and clear of
any and all liens and any other limitation or restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise
dispose of the Purchased Securities), other than restrictions on
transfer imposed by applicable Law or the LLC Agreement.
(e)
Authorization, Enforceability .
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(i) Seller
and the Company have the power and authority to carry out the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (which
includes the issuance of the Purchased Securities by the Company).
The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents by Seller and any ALICO Entity have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller and the
ALICO Entities and their respective stockholders or members, and no
further approval or authorization shall be required on the part of
Seller or any ALICO Entity or any of their respective stockholders
or members. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Seller or
any ALICO Entity is a party has been or, upon execution and
delivery thereof, will be duly executed and delivered by such
party. This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Seller
enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general
equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding of law or at equity (the “
Bankruptcy Exceptions ”).
(ii) The
execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents by Seller and the ALICO Entities and
compliance by Seller and the ALICO Entities with the provisions
hereof will not (A) require any consent or other action by any
Person under, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under,
or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration
of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest,
charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of
Seller or any ALICO Entity under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of (i) their respective organizational documents or
(ii) any provision of any agreement or other instrument
binding upon Seller or any ALICO Entity, or (B) provided all
notices, filings, reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals
referred to in Section 2.2(e)(iii) are made or
obtained, violate any Law applicable to Seller or any ALICO Entity
or any of their respective properties or assets except, in the case
of clauses (A)(ii) and (B), for those occurrences that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iii)
Section 2.2(e)(iii) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth
a true and complete list of all notices to, filings with,
exemptions or reviews by, and authorizations, consents or approvals
of, any Governmental Entity required to be made or obtained by
Buyer, Seller or any ALICO Entity in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, indicating whether such action is required on or prior
to the Closing Date, except for such notices, filings, exemptions
or reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals that
(A) would not give rise to a material liability in a Material
Jurisdiction or to criminal liability or (B) were not known to
Seller after due inquiry.
(f)
Absence of Changes . Since November 30, 2008 through
the Signing Date (1) no fact, circumstance, event, change,
occurrence, condition or
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development has
occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(2) except for (x) the regulatory restrictions and other
effects arising out of the financial events concerning Seller as
announced by Seller on September 16, 2008 and (y) the
Restructuring, the business of the ALICO Entities has been
conducted in the ordinary course, and (3) except for the
Restructuring, there has not been:
(i) any
splitting, combination or reclassification of any shares of any
Equity Interest of any ALICO Entity or any declaration, setting
aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) by any ALICO
Entity in respect of any Equity Interest of any ALICO Entity, or
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or offer to redeem,
repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Equity Interest of any ALICO
Entity by any ALICO Entity, other than any dividend declared or
paid in the ordinary course of business by any subsidiary of the
Company (other than ALICO) on a pro rata basis to the equity
owners thereof;
(ii) (A) any
issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance,
delivery or sale of, any Equity Interests of any ALICO Entity by
any ALICO Entity or (B) amendment of any term of any Equity
Interests of any ALICO Entity (in each case, whether by merger,
consolidation or otherwise);
(iii) any
acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or
assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, by any ALICO Entity
of any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses,
other than (A) in the ordinary course of business of such
ALICO Entities in a manner that is consistent with past practice,
including (1) the managing of the investment assets in the
ordinary course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance
Subsidiaries and (2) ALICO or any of the Insurance
Subsidiaries effecting treasury and cash management functions
conducted in the ordinary course of business, (B) any
transaction among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among any
subsidiaries of ALICO, (C) Securities Lending Management and
(D) acquisitions with a purchase price (including any related
assumed Indebtedness) that does not exceed $10 million
individually or $20 million in the aggregate;
(iv) any
sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any
lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, any assets, securities,
properties, interests or businesses of any ALICO Entity, other than
(A) in the ordinary course of business of such ALICO Entities
in a manner that is consistent with past practice, including
(1) the managing of the investment assets in the ordinary
course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries
and (2) ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting
treasury and cash management functions conducted in the ordinary
course of business, (B) any transaction among ALICO and any of
its subsidiaries or among any subsidiaries of ALICO,
(C) Securities Lending Management and (D) sales of
assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses with a sale
price (including any related assumed Indebtedness) that does not
exceed $10 million individually or $20 million in the
aggregate;
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(v) any
creation, incurrence or assumption by any ALICO Entity of any
Indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof having an
aggregate principal amount (together with all other Indebtedness of
the ALICO Entities) outstanding at any time greater than
$500 million, except for (A) intercompany loans and
advances made among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among any
subsidiaries of ALICO and (B) Indebtedness incurred in
accordance with subsections (A)(1), (A)(2) and (C) of both
clauses (iii) and (iv) above;
(vi) (A) the
grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or
amendment of any existing arrangement with) any current or former
director, officer or employee of any ALICO Entity, (B) any
material increase in benefits payable under any existing severance
or termination pay policies or employment agreements, (C) the
entering into of any employment, deferred compensation or other
similar agreement (or amendment of any such existing agreement)
with any current or former director, officer or employee of any
ALICO Entity, (D) the establishment, adoption or material
amendment of any collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing,
thrift, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, stock option,
restricted stock or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any
current or former director, officer or employee of any ALICO Entity
or (E) any material increase in compensation, bonus or other
benefits payable to any current or former director, officer or
employee of any ALICO Entity, other than, in the case of each of
subsections (A) through (E), in the ordinary course of
business;
(vii) any
management of the working capital (including the timing of
collection of accounts receivable and of the payment of accounts
payable) of any ALICO Entity outside of the ordinary course of
business or inconsistent with past practice;
(viii) any
failure to make material capital expenditures that were
contemplated by the Capital Expenditure Budget of the ALICO
Entities in excess of $50 million;
(ix) any
receipt or delivery of any notice or other written communication
from or with any Governmental Entity that is material to the
business of the ALICO Entities, taken as a whole;
(x) any
material change in the methods of accounting, except as required by
concurrent changes in GAAP, SAP or applicable Law as agreed to by
Seller’s independent public accountants; or
(xi) any
settlement or proposal to settle, (i) any material litigation,
investigation, arbitration, proceeding or other claim against or
adversely affecting any ALICO Entity, other than with respect to
(A) claims under insurance policies within policy limits or
(B) claims for a cash payment by an ALICO Entity not in excess
of $10 million, or (ii) any litigation, arbitration,
proceeding or dispute involving, against or adversely affecting any
ALICO Entity that relates to any of the transactions contemplated
by any of the Transaction Documents.
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(g)
Financial Statements . Seller has made available to Buyer
copies of unaudited pro forma consolidated income statements of
ALICO and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 12 months
ended November 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and unaudited pro forma
consolidated balance sheets of ALICO and its consolidated
subsidiaries as at November 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (the
“ ALICO Historical Accounts ”) and unaudited pro
forma consolidated income statement of ALICO and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the three months ended February 28, 2009
together with unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of
ALICO and its consolidated subsidiaries as at February 28,
2009 (the “ ALICO 2009 Accounts ”, and together
with the ALICO Historical Accounts, the “ Financial
Statements ”). The Financial Statements have been
compiled from the reporting packages submitted to Seller for the
purpose of inclusion in the financial statements of Seller, such
reporting packages having been prepared in accordance with
Seller’s group accounting policies and principles (the
“ Seller Accounting Policies ”) applied on a
consistent basis and present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position and the results of operations of ALICO and its
subsidiaries as at their respective dates and for the respective
periods covered thereby. The Seller Accounting Policies are in
accordance with GAAP.
(h)
Reports . To the knowledge of Seller, since
January 1, 2007, each ALICO Entity has timely filed (subject
to any permitted extension) all material reports, registrations,
documents, filings, statements and submissions, together with any
amendments thereto, that it was required to file with any
Governmental Entity (the foregoing, collectively, the “
Reports ”) and has paid all material fees and
assessments due and payable in connection therewith. As of their
respective dates of filing, to the knowledge of Seller,
(i) the Reports complied in all material respects with all
statutes and applicable rules and regulations of the applicable
Governmental Entities and (ii) were complete and accurate in all
material respects. Seller and/or ALICO has made available to Buyer
true and complete copies of (A) all material reports of
examination (including financial, market conduct and similar
examinations) of ALICO and each Insurance Subsidiary issued by any
insurance regulatory authority, in any case, since August 30,
2008 and (B) all material filings or submissions made by ALICO
and each Insurance Subsidiary with any insurance regulatory
authority since August 30, 2008. The statutory statements of
ALICO and its Insurance Subsidiaries have been prepared in all
material respects, to the extent applicable, in accordance with SAP
and applicable Laws, fairly present the statutory financial
position of ALICO and its Insurance Subsidiaries and have not been
subject to any assertion of material deficiency by any Governmental
Entity. This Section 2.2(h) shall not apply with
respect to Tax Returns, which subject matter shall be governed
solely by the representations made under Section 2.2(o)
.
(i)
No Undisclosed Liabilities . No ALICO Entity has any
liabilities or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise) which are not properly reflected or
reserved against in the Financial Statements to the extent required
to be so reflected or reserved against in accordance with the
accounting standards or principles upon which they were prepared,
except for (A) liabilities that have arisen since
November 30, 2008 in the ordinary and usual course of business
and consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(j)
Offering of Securities . Neither Seller, the Company nor any
Person acting on their behalf has taken any action (including any
offering of any securities of the Company under circumstances which
would require the integration of such offering with the offering of
any of the Purchased Securities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended from time to time (the “ Securities Act
”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder), which might subject the offering, issuance or sale of
any of the Purchased Securities to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement
to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(k)
Litigation and Other Proceedings . There is no Legal
Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened in
writing against any ALICO Entity or to which any of their
respective assets are subject which would reasonably be expected to
result in Losses in excess of $10 million or any permanent
injunction or other form of equitable relief which would have a
material adverse effect on any material business operations of any
ALICO Entity in any Material Jurisdiction. No ALICO Entity is
subject to any material Order in a Material Jurisdiction and, to
the knowledge of Seller, in any jurisdiction (other than a Material
Jurisdiction).
(l)
Material Contracts . Seller has used its reasonable best
efforts to make available to Buyer a true and complete copy of each
of the Material Contracts as in effect as of the Signing Date. Each
Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of each of the
ALICO Entities (as applicable) that is party thereto and, to the
knowledge of Seller, each other party to such Material Contract,
except for such failures to be valid and binding as, individually
or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each such Material Contract is enforceable
against the ALICO Entity that is party thereto and, to the
knowledge of Seller, as of the Signing Date, each other party to
such Material Contract in accordance with its terms (subject in
each case to the Bankruptcy Exceptions), except for such failures
to be enforceable as, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No ALICO
Entity or, to the knowledge of Seller, as of the Signing Date, any
other party to a Material Contract, is in material default or
material breach of a Material Contract and, to the knowledge of
Seller, as of the Signing Date, there does not exist any event,
condition or omission that would constitute such a material default
or material breach (whether by lapse of time or notice or both), in
each case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m)
Compliance with Laws . The ALICO Entities have all material
permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals
of, and have made all material filings, applications and
registrations with, Governmental Entities, that are required in
order to permit them to own or lease their properties and assets
and to carry on their business as presently conducted (the “
Permits ”), including all material licenses,
certificates of authority, permits or other authorizations that are
required to be obtained from any Governmental Entity in connection
with the operation, ownership or transaction of insurance or
reinsurance business. To the knowledge of Seller, all Permits are
valid and in full force and effect. To the knowledge of Seller, no
ALICO Entity is in default under or the subject of a proceeding for
suspension or revocation of, and, to the knowledge of Seller, no
condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both
would
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constitute a
default under, or basis for suspension or revocation of, any
Permit. To the knowledge of Seller, none of the Permits will be
terminated or impaired or become terminable, in whole or in part,
as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the
knowledge of Seller, each ALICO Entity has complied in all respects
and is not in default or violation of, and no ALICO Entity is, to
the knowledge of Seller, under investigation with respect to or, to
the knowledge of Seller, has been threatened to be charged with or
given notice of any violation of, any applicable Law, other than
such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Seller, except for
statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application or
applicable to insurance companies generally and except for
restrictions imposed by certain regulators as a result of the
financial events concerning Seller as announced by Seller on
September 16, 2008, no Governmental Entity has placed any
material restriction (other than Permitted Liens) on the business
or properties of any ALICO Entity that would, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. This Section 2.2(m) shall not apply with
respect to Taxes.
(n)
Employee Benefit Matters . No later than 10 business days
prior to the Closing Date, Seller will deliver or make available to
Buyer a true, correct and complete list of Senior Partners and
Partners, and true, correct and complete copies of each Management
Agreement. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect:
(i) Each
Company Benefit Plan has been operated and administered (including
with respect to funding and registration in the case of any pension
fund) in compliance with its terms and with applicable Law,
including but not limited to ERISA and the Code;
(ii) No
ALICO Entity has engaged in a transaction with respect to any
Company Benefit Plan that, assuming the taxable period of such
transaction expired as at the Signing Date, would reasonably be
expected to subject any ALICO Entity or any Company Benefit Plan to
any Tax or penalty under applicable Law;
(iii) All
contributions required to be made by any ALICO Entity (as
applicable) under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan have been
timely made when due and are appropriately reflected in all
respects in the Financial Statements;
(iv) No
ALICO Entity has any obligations for retiree welfare benefits other
than (A) coverage mandated by applicable Law or
(B) coverage that continues during an applicable severance
period;
(v) The
Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination
letter with respect to each Company Benefit Plan that is intended
to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and, to the knowledge
of Seller, no event has occurred after the date of such letter that
would cause or could reasonably be expected to affect the qualified
status of such Company Benefit Plan;
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(vi) (A) No
ALICO Entity maintains, contributes or is required to contribute to
or has any liability or potential liability with respect to any
“ Multiemployer Plan ,” as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA; (B) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA
arising in connection with the termination of or complete or
partial withdrawal from any plan covered or previously covered by
Title IV of ERISA that is or could become, after the Closing Date,
an obligation of any ALICO Entity; (C) As of December 31,
2008, the aggregate unfunded liability relating to benefits accrued
as of that date of any ALICO Entity in respect of all Company
Benefit Plans described under Section 4(b)(5) or 401(a)(1) of
ERISA, based on the assumptions used by AIG for purposes of its
2008 10-K footnote disclosures relating to such plans but
determined as if all benefits under such plans were vested, did not
exceed $20 million; and (D) No “accumulated funding
deficiency”, as defined in Section 412 of the Code, has
been incurred with respect to any Defined Benefit Plan (as defined
in Section 3(35) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA (other
than a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived and (E)
Section 2.2(n)(vi) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth
each Defined Benefit Plan that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material liability to any ALICO Entity;
(vii) No
transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code has occurred with respect to any
employee benefit plan or arrangement which is covered by Title I of
ERISA, which transaction has or will cause any ALICO Entity to
incur any liability under ERISA, the Code or otherwise, excluding
transactions effected pursuant to and in compliance with a
statutory or administrative exemption;
(viii) There
is no contract, plan or arrangement (written or otherwise) covering
any current or former Company Employee, including without
limitation any Management Agreement, that, individually or
collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount as a
result of the transactions contemplated hereby that would not be
deductible pursuant to the terms of Section 280G or 162(m) of
the Code;
(ix) Except
as required by applicable Law, no current or former Company
Employee will become entitled to any bonus, retirement, severance,
or similar benefit or enhanced benefit (including acceleration of
vesting or exercise of an incentive award) as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(x) Except
as required by applicable Law, no ALICO Entity is a party to or
bound by any collective bargaining agreement; and
(xi)
Each International Plan, other than any International Plan
sponsored by any Governmental Entity, has been maintained in
compliance with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by
any, and all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations
(including any special provisions relating to qualified plans where
such International Plan was intended to so qualify) and has been
maintained in good standing in accordance with applicable law and
with applicable regulatory authorities. With respect to each
International Plan, all required contributions to each such
International
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Plan have been
timely made or properly accrued and no such International Plan has
any unfunded liability.
(i) Each
ALICO Entity has timely filed (or has had filed on its behalf) all
federal income tax and all other material state, local and foreign
income and franchise Tax returns (“ Tax Returns
”) required to be filed through the Signing Date, subject to
permitted extensions, and has timely paid (or has had paid on its
behalf) all Taxes shown as due on such returns. As of the time of
filing, such Tax Returns were true and complete in all material
respects. “ Tax ” or “ Taxes
” means (A) any federal, state, local or foreign income,
gross receipts, property, sales, use, license, excise, franchise,
employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or add on minimum, ad
valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty or
other like assessment or charge, together with any interest or
penalty with respect thereto, imposed by any Governmental Entity
responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or
foreign) (each a “ Taxing Authority ”), and
(B) in the case of each ALICO Entity, liability for the
payment of any amount of the type described in clause (A) as a
result of being or having been before the Signing Date a member of
an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or a party
to any agreement or arrangement, as a result of which liability of
any ALICO Entity to a Taxing Authority is determined or taken into
account with reference to the activities of any other individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
trust or other entity or organization.
(ii) (A) The
charges, accruals and reserves for Taxes with respect to each ALICO
Entity reflected on the books of such ALICO Entity (excluding any
provision for deferred income taxes reflecting either differences
between the treatment of items for accounting and income tax
purposes or carryforwards) are adequate to cover Tax liabilities
accruing through the end of the last period for which each ALICO
Entity ordinarily record items on their respective books; and
(B) all information set forth in the Financial Statements
(including the notes thereto) relating to Tax matters is true and
complete.
(iii)
(A) All income Tax Returns filed with respect to Tax years of
each ALICO Entity through the Tax year ended March 31, 2004
have been examined and closed or are Tax Returns with respect to
which the applicable period for assessment under applicable Law,
after giving effect to extensions or waivers, has expired;
(B) no ALICO Entity is delinquent in the payment of any
material income Tax shown due on a Tax Return or has requested any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return and has not
yet filed such Tax Return; (C) no ALICO Entity has granted any
extension or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable
to any income Tax Return, which period (after giving effect to such
extension or waiver) has not yet expired; (D) there is no
claim, audit, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation now
pending or threatened against or with respect to any ALICO Entity
in respect of any Tax (to the extent that any such action may
materially affect any ALICO Entity); (E) there are no requests
for rulings or determinations in respect of any Tax pending between
any ALICO Entity and any Taxing Authority; and (F) during the
three-year period ending on the Signing Date,
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no ALICO Entity
has made or changed any tax election, changed any annual tax
accounting period, or adopted or changed any method of tax
accounting (to the extent that any such action may materially
affect any ALICO Entity), nor has it, to the extent it may
materially affect any ALICO Entity, filed any amended Tax Return,
entered into any closing agreement, settled any Tax claim or
assessment, or surrendered any right to claim a Tax refund, offset
or other reduction in Tax liability.
(p)
Properties and Leases . The ALICO Entities (as applicable)
have good and marketable title (or the equivalent in the applicable
jurisdiction) to all real properties with a minimum estimated fair
market value of at least $50 million that are owned by them,
in each case free from liens, encumbrances, claims and defects
(other than Permitted Liens) that would affect the value thereof or
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them. Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the ALICO Entities hold
all leased real property that requires minimum annual lease
payments of at least $5 million per year under valid and
enforceable leases with no exceptions (other than Permitted Liens)
that would interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by
them.
(q)
Insurance . All current property and liability insurance
policies covering any ALICO Entity are in full force and effect
(and all premiums due and payable thereon have been paid in full on
a timely basis), and no written notice of cancellation, termination
or revocation or other written notice that any such insurance
policy is no longer in full force or effect or that the issuer of
any such insurance policy is not willing or able to perform its
obligations thereunder has been received by any ALICO Entity, and
no ALICO Entity is in default of any provision thereof, except, in
each case, that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r)
Intellectual Property . Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (1) each ALICO Entity owns or otherwise has the right
to use, all intellectual property rights, including all trademarks,
trade dress, trade names, service marks, domain names, patents,
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works of authorship and
copyrights therein, that are used in the conduct of their existing
businesses and all rights relating to the plans, design and
specifications of any of its branch facilities (“
Proprietary Rights ”) free and clear of all liens and
any claims of ownership by current or former employees,
contractors, designers or others except for any Permitted Liens and
(2) to the knowledge of Seller, no ALICO Entity is materially
infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has any
ALICO Entity received within the last two years any written (or, to
the knowledge of Seller, oral) communications alleging that any of
them has materially infringed, diluted, misappropriated or
violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned by any other Person.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of
Seller, no other Person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating
or violating, nor has any ALICO Entity sent any written
communications since January 1, 2007 alleging that any Person
has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the
Proprietary Rights owned by any ALICO Entity.
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(s)
Brokers and Finders . No broker, finder or investment banker
is entitled to any financial advisory, brokerage, finder’s or
other fee or commission in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or
on behalf of Seller, any ALICO Entity or any of their respective
Affiliates.
(t)
Insurance Issued by ALICO and the Insurance Subsidiaries
.
(i) Since
January 1, 2007 and save in respect of benefits relating to
claims incurred but not yet reported and reported claims being
processed by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries as of the
Signing Date, all benefits due and payable under Insurance
Contracts issued by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries have
been paid in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with
the terms of the Insurance Contracts under which they arose, except
for such benefits for which ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary
believes there is a reasonable basis to contest payment and subject
to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ii) All
policy forms and rates in use by ALICO or any of the Insurance
Subsidiaries, and all endorsements, applications and certificates
pertaining thereto, as and where required by applicable Laws, have
been either filed, approved, or filed and non-disapproved by all
applicable Governmental Entities, subject to such exceptions that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) There
are no unpaid claims or assessments made against ALICO or any
Insurance Subsidiary by any insurance guarantee associations or
similar organizations in connection with such association’s
insurance guarantee fund, subject to such exceptions that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) All
reinsurance treaties or agreements to which ALICO or any Insurance
Subsidiary is a party or under which ALICO or any Insurance
Subsidiary has any existing rights, obligations or liabilities are
in full force and effect, or run-off in accordance with its terms,
subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
None of ALICO and the Insurance Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge
of Seller, any other party to a reinsurance treaty, binder or other
reinsurance agreement, in each case the annual premium associated
therewith is greater than or equal to $10 million, is in
default in any material respect as to any provision thereof and,
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no such agreement
contains any provision providing that the other party thereto may
terminate such agreement by reason of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. None of ALICO and the Insurance
Subsidiaries has received any written notice to the effect that the
financial condition of any other party to any such agreement is
impaired with the result that a default thereunder may reasonably
be anticipated, whether or not such default may be cured by the
operation of any offset clause in such agreement.
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(v) Seller
has made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of all
appraisal valuation reports prepared by independent actuaries with
respect to the business of each of ALICO and the Insurance
Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2008, and all attachments,
addenda, supplements and modifications thereto, including any
roll-forward as of December 31, 2008 (the “ Actuarial
Analyses ”). To the knowledge of Seller, (i) any
information and data furnished by ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary
to independent actuaries in connection with the preparation of the
Actuarial Analyses were accurate in all material respects,
(ii) each Actuarial Analysis was based, in all material
respects, upon an accurate inventory of policies in force for ALICO
and the Insurance Subsidiaries, as the case may be, at the relevant
time of preparation.
(u)
Producers; Sales Practices . (i) Each insurance agent,
marketer, underwriter, wholesaler, broker, distributor or other
producer that wrote, sold, produced or marketed Insurance Contracts
for ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries (each, a “
Producer ”), at the time such Producer wrote, sold,
produced or marketed such Insurance Contract, was duly licensed as
required by applicable Law (for the type of business written, sold,
produced or marketed on behalf of ALICO or the Insurance
Subsidiary) except for such failures to be licensed which have been
cured, which have been resolved or settled through agreements with
applicable Governmental Entities, which are barred by an applicable
statute of limitations or which, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and (ii) no Producer is in violation of any Law applicable to
the writing, sale, production or marketing of Insurance Contracts
for ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries, including
(A) all applicable Laws relating to the disclosure of the
nature of insurance products as policies of insurance, (B) all
applicable Laws relating to insurance product projections and
illustrations, (C) all applicable prohibitions on the use of
unfair methods of competition and deceptive acts or practices
relating to the advertising, sales and marketing of insurance or
annuities and (D) all applicable disclosure, filing and other
requirements with respect to any variation in premiums or other
charges resulting from the time at which such premiums or charges
are paid, except for such violations which have been cured, which
have been resolved or settled through agreements with applicable
Governmental Entities, which are barred by an applicable statute of
limitations or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v)
Investment Assets . Seller has made available to Buyer a
true, correct and complete list of the investment assets
beneficially owned by ALICO and each of the Insurance Subsidiaries
as at February 28, 2009.
(w)
Reserves . The reserves for payment of benefits, losses,
claims and expenses under all Insurance Contracts of ALICO and each
Insurance Subsidiary as set forth in the most recent financial
statements filed as of the Signing Date with the applicable
regulatory authorities in the primary jurisdictions of such entity
and its material branches were determined in accordance with SAP or
as required or permitted by applicable Law. For the sake of
clarity, however, Seller makes no express or implied representation
or warranty hereby or otherwise under this Agreement as to the
future experience or profitability arising from the business
conducted by ALICO and the
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Insurance
Subsidiaries as of the Signing Date or that the reserves held by or
on behalf of ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries or the
assets supporting such reserves have been or will be adequate or
sufficient for the purposes for which they were established or that
the reinsurance recoverables taken into account in determining the
amount of such reserves will be collectible.
(x)
Risk-Based Capital; Statutory Solvency . To the extent
permitted by applicable Law and any confidentiality obligations
pursuant to any contract with any Governmental Entity, Seller
and/or ALICO has made available to Buyer true and complete copies
of all material analyses and reports submitted by ALICO or any of
the Insurance Subsidiaries to the applicable regulatory authorities
in the primary jurisdictions of such entities and their respective
material branches during the twelve (12) months prior to the
Signing Date relating to their respective risk-based capital or
statutory solvency calculations.
(y)
Indebtedness . Section 2.2(y) of the Disclosure
Letter describes all Indebtedness of each ALICO Entity in excess of
$10 million as of February 28, 2009.
(z)
Affiliate Transactions . Seller has made available to Buyer
(i) a complete and correct list of all current contracts,
agreements and other arrangements between any ALICO Entity, on the
one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the “
Affiliates ” of Seller referred to in this paragraph
exclude the ALICO Entities), on the other hand, in each case, to
the extent that such contracts, agreements or arrangements call for
the payment by or on behalf of any ALICO Entity in excess of
$25 million per annum, and (ii) a complete list of all
intercompany balances in excess of $25 million as of the end
of the first fiscal quarter of 2009 between any ALICO Entity, on
the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the other
hand.
3.1
Consummation of Purchase and Restructuring; Filings
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller will, and
will cause the ALICO Entities to, and Buyer will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary,
proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable Laws (including
obtaining all Required Regulatory Approvals), so as to permit
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents as promptly as practicable; provided that under no
circumstances shall Buyer be under any obligation to agree to, or
accept, any agreements, commitments or conditions, pursuant to a
settlement or otherwise, with any Governmental Entity, or any other
Person in connection with obtaining any Required Regulatory
Approval or any other filings with, exemptions or reviews by, or
authorizations, consents or approvals of, any Governmental Entity
or any other Person required in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In
addition, Seller agrees that it will not, nor allow any
ALICO
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Entity to,
agree to, or accept, any such agreements, commitments or conditions
without the prior written consent of Buyer.
(b) Subject
to clause (a) above, the parties shall promptly make or cause
to be made all filings and notifications with all Governmental
Entities that are necessary, proper or advisable under the
Transaction Documents and applicable Laws to complete and make
effective the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable Law, Seller
will, and will cause the ALICO Entities to, keep Buyer apprised of
all substantive communications with Governmental Entities regarding
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Subject
to applicable Laws, Seller will, and will cause the ALICO Entities
to, provide Buyer a reasonable opportunity to review in advance,
consult with Seller or the applicable ALICO Entity regarding and
consider in good faith, and give reasonable consideration to, the
views of Buyer in connection with any filing made with, or written
materials submitted to, or oral presentations made to, any
Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.2
Expenses . Seller will bear and pay (i) all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Buyer in connection
with transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of its financial or
other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and counsel, in
accordance with Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement,
and (ii) all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of
Seller or any of the ALICO Entities in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.3 Certain
Notifications Until Closing . From the Signing Date until the
Closing, Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of (i) except as
Previously Disclosed, any fact, event or circumstance to the
knowledge of Seller which would reasonably be expected to cause any
representation or warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement to
be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to cause any
covenant or agreement of Seller contained in this Agreement not to
be complied with or satisfied in any material respect and
(ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, circumstance,
event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which Seller
is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided, however , that delivery of any notice pursuant to
this Section 3.3 shall not limit or affect any rights
of or remedies available to Buyer; provided, further , that
a failure to comply with this Section 3.3 shall not
constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure of any
condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied
unless the underlying Material Adverse Effect or material breach
would independently result in the failure of a condition set forth
in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
3.4 Interim
Operating Covenants. From the Signing Date until the Closing,
except (i) as consented to by Buyer (in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 3.5 ), (ii) to the
extent required or prohibited by applicable Law or by any
regulatory requirement, directive or order of any Department and
(iii) as set forth on Section 3.4 of the
Disclosure Letter, Seller shall, and shall cause the ALICO Entities
to, (A) comply with the covenants set forth in Articles 5
and 6 of the Credit Agreement (in
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the case of the
ALICO Entities, to the extent already applicable pursuant to the
terms thereof) and (B) except as expressly contemplated by
this Agreement, in connection with the Restructuring and for
regulatory restrictions and events arising out of the financial
events concerning Seller as announced by Seller on
September 16, 2008, conduct its business in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice and use commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve its present business organization,
maintain in effect all of its Permits, keep available the services
of its directors, officers and key employees, maintain satisfactory
relationships with its customers, agents, bancassurance partners,
reinsurers, lenders, suppliers and others having material business
relationships with it, and manage its working capital in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the Signing Date
until the Closing, except: (i) as expressly contemplated by
this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents,
(ii) to the extent required or prohibited by applicable Law or
by any regulatory requirement, directive or order of any
Department, (iii) as set forth on Section 3.4 of the
Disclosure Letter, (iv) in connection with the Restructuring
or (v) as a result of any agreement between Buyer and Seller,
Seller shall not, except as consented to by Buyer (in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 3.5 ), permit
any ALICO Entity to take any of the following actions:
(a) any
amendment of its articles of incorporation, bylaws or other similar
organizational documents (whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise) in any materially adverse respect;
(b) any
splitting, combination or reclassification of any Equity Interest
or any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any
combination thereof) in respect of any Equity Interest, or
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or offer to redeem,
repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Equity Interest, except for
dividends and distributions by any of ALICO’s subsidiaries on
a pro rata basis to the equity owners thereof which shall be
permitted;
(c)
(i) any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the
issuance, delivery or sale of, any Equity Interests or
(ii) amendment of any term of any Equity Interests (in each
case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);
(d) any
acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or
assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of any assets,
securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than
(i) in the ordinary course of business of such ALICO Entities
in a manner that is consistent with past practice, including
(1) the managing of the investment assets in the ordinary
course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries,
(2) ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting
treasury and cash management functions conducted in the ordinary
course of business and (3) ordinary course reinsurance and
co-insurance arrangements, (ii) any transaction among ALICO
and any of its subsidiaries or among any subsidiaries of ALICO,
(iii) investments set forth in the Capital Expenditure Budget,
(iv) Securities Lending Management and (v) acquisitions
with a purchase price (including any related assumed Indebtedness)
that does not exceed $25 million individually or
$50 million in the aggregate;
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(e) any
sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any
lien (other than Permitted Liens) (“ Dispositions
”) on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or
businesses, other than (i) in the ordinary course of business
in a manner that is consistent with past practice, including
(1) the managing of the investment assets in the ordinary
course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries,
(2) ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting
treasury and cash management functions conducted in the ordinary
course of business and (3) ordinary course reinsurance and
co-insurance arrangements, (ii) any transaction among ALICO
and any of its subsidiaries or among any subsidiaries of ALICO,
(iii) Securities Lending Management and (iv) Dispositions
of assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses with a
sale price (including any related assumed Indebtedness) that does
not exceed $25 million individually or $50 million in the
aggregate;
(f) the
creation, incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness for borrowed
money or guarantees thereof having an aggregate principal amount
(together with all other Indebtedness of the ALICO Entities)
outstanding at any time greater than $500 million;
provided , however , that (A) any refinancing
(including any extension, renewal or exchange) of existing
Indebtedness shall be permitted, so long as the principal amount of
the existing Indebtedness being refinanced is equal to or more than
the amount of any such new Indebtedness being incurred without
regard to any unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus
other reasonable fees incurred in connection with such refinancing,
(B) loans or borrowing by ALICO or any of its subsidiaries
under currently available lines of credit shall be permitted,
(C) intercompany loans, guarantees or advances made among
ALICO or any of its subsidiaries shall be permitted,
(D) Securities Lending Management shall be permitted, and
(E) other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with
the transactions permitted pursuant to any of
Sections 3.4(d)(i)(1) , (d)(i)(2) and
(d)(v) or Sections 3.4(e)(i)(1) or
(e)(i)(2) shall be permitted;
(g)
(i) the grant or increase of any material severance or
termination pay to (or amendment of any existing arrangement with)
any current or former director, officer or employee other than in
the ordinary course of business, as currently conducted,
(ii) any material increase in benefits payable under any
existing severance or termination pay policies or employment
agreements other than in the ordinary course of business, as
currently conducted, (iii) the entering into of any material
employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or
amendment of any such existing agreement) with any current or
former director, officer or employee other than in the ordinary
course of business, as currently conducted, (iv) the
establishment, adoption or amendment of any material collective
bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement,
deferred compensation, compensation, stock option, restricted stock
or other benefit plan or arrangement covering any current or former
director, officer or employee other than in the ordinary course of
business, as currently conducted, or (v) any material increase
in compensation, bonus or other benefits payable to any current or
former director, officer or employee other than in the ordinary
course of business, as currently conducted;
(h) any
material change in the methods of accounting, except as required by
concurrent changes in GAAP or SAP or applicable Law as agreed to by
Seller’s independent public accountants;
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(i) any
settlement or proposal to settle (i) any material litigation,
investigation, arbitration, proceeding or other claim against or
adversely affecting any ALICO Entity, other than with respect to
(A) claims under insurance policies within policy limits or
(B) claims for a cash payment by an ALICO Entity not in excess
of $10 million, or (ii) any litigation, arbitration,
proceeding or dispute involving, against or adversely affecting any
ALICO Entity that relates to any of the transactions contemplated
by any of the Transaction Documents;
(j) to
the extent any of the following would materially and adversely
affect, and relates principally to, the Company and any Material
Subsidiary (as defined in the LLC Agreement but as of the Signing
Date), the making or changing of any Tax election, the changing of
any annual Tax accounting period, or adoption of or change to any
method of Tax accounting, the filing of any amended Tax return, the
entering into of any closing agreement, the settlement of any Tax
claim or assessment, or the surrender of any right to claim a Tax
refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability;
(k) the
entering into of any Tax Sharing Agreement; or
(l) any
agreement, resolution or commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
3.5 Consent
Procedure. In the event Seller is required to obtain the
consent of Buyer with respect to any proposed action pursuant to
Section 3.4 hereof, Seller shall deliver to Buyer, as
set forth in Section 6.5 , or any other individual as
may be specified by Buyer as replacing him or her (either such
individual set forth in Section 6.5 or any subsequent
replacement thereof, the “ Consent Request Contact
”) a written request for consent (a “ Consent
Request Notice ”), setting forth sufficient detail
regarding the facts and circumstances of such proposed action
(including all financial and background information) to enable
Buyer to make a reasonably informed decision with respect to such
request for consent. Buyer shall only have been deemed to have
provided its written consent to any action for purposes of
Section 3.4 hereof if the Consent Request Contact has
delivered to Seller a copy of the Consent Request Notice with
respect to such action which has been countersigned by Buyer. Buyer
agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause a decision as to whether
or not to grant its consent to any proposed action to be made
within 30 calendar days after delivery of a conforming Consent
Request Notice with respect thereto to the Consent Request Contact,
but the failure to act within such time period shall not in any way
affect Buyer’s rights under Section 3.4 or any
party’s other rights or obligations under this Agreement. The
parties hereto agree that any consent granted with respect to any
action in accordance with this Section 3.5 shall be
deemed to have been provided for all other purposes for which the
consent of Buyer may be required with respect to such action under
this Agreement.
3.6
Intercompany Accounts and Payables. Seller will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause, within the earlier of
12 months after the Closing or the completion of an Initial
Public Offering (as defined in the LLC Agreement), all contracts,
agreements and other arrangements between any ALICO Entity, on the
one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the
“Affiliates” of Seller referred to in this
paragraph
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exclude the
ALICO Entities), on the other hand, in excess of $25 million
per annum to be on an arm’s-length basis. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties agree that with respect to the payable set
forth in Item 3 on Section 2.2(y) of the
Disclosure Letter, to the extent owed by any ALICO Entity (other
than the Company), on the one hand, to Seller or any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand (the “ Specified
Intercompany Payable ”): (i) on or after the Closing
Date, the Specified Intercompany Payable shall bear interest at a
variable rate, subject to applicable Law, of LIBOR plus 400 basis
points per annum, to be compounded and adjusted on the first day of
each calendar quarter thereafter and (ii) the Specified
Intercompany Payable shall remain outstanding and only be settled
after the occurrence of the Junior Preferred Payment and the Senior
Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement), but in
no event later than the fourth anniversary of the Closing
Date.
3.7
Confidentiality; Access to Information .
(a) The
information concerning Seller, the Company or ALICO or their
respective subsidiaries furnished or made available to Buyer or its
representatives by Seller, the Company or ALICO or their respective
representatives pursuant to this Agreement shall be held
confidential pursuant to the terms of the nondisclosure agreement,
dated as of September 25, 2008, between Seller and Buyer (the
“ Nondisclosure Agreement ”).
(b) Seller
hereby agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Comptroller General of the United States (the “
Comptroller General ”), upon request, access to
information, data, schedules, books, accounts, financial records,
reports, files, electronic communications, or other papers, things
or property that relate to assistance provided by Buyer pursuant to
any action taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “ Board of Governors ”) under
section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. § 343), to
the extent required by, and in accordance with the provisions of,
31 U.S.C. § 714(d)(3) (as added by section 801 of the Helping
Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-22 (the
“ Helping Families Act ”)). The parties hereby
acknowledge that the Helping Families Act provides that, subject to
certain exceptions enumerated in 31 U.S.C. § 714(c)(4) (as
amended), an officer or an employee of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (the “ GAO ”) (including
the Comptroller General) may not disclose to any person outside the
GAO information obtained in audits or examinations conducted under
31 U.S.C. § 714(e) (as amended) and maintained as confidential
by the Board of Governors or a Federal reserve bank (including
Buyer). Buyer hereby agrees promptly after the date hereof
(i) to inform the GAO in writing of the Nondisclosure
Agreement, pursuant to which (and subject to the terms thereof)
Buyer has agreed to treat as confidential certain information of
Seller and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, and
(ii) in consultation with Seller, to take reasonable steps to
establish protocols with the GAO governing the receipt, handling
and dissemination by the GAO of confidential information of Seller
and its subsidiaries. In addition to the foregoing, it is
acknowledged that Seller separately has sought assurances from the
Comptroller General that the GAO will follow applicable laws and
regulations, or other protocols that may be agreed to between the
GAO and Seller, relating to the disclosure of confidential
information obtained directly or indirectly from Seller,
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and will take
steps to enter into a written agreement regarding those assurances
and/or other protocols that may be agreed to between the GAO and
Seller.
3.8 Quarter-End
Certificate. No later than 10 business days prior to the
Closing Date, Seller will cause to be prepared and delivered to
Buyer the standard internal balance sheet for ALICO that was used
to prepare Seller’s most recent balance sheet filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as of such date (the “
Quarter-End Balance Sheet ”), and a calculation, based
on such Quarter-End Balance Sheet, of the Quarter-End
Stockholders’ Equity (the “ Quarter-End
Certificate ”). The Quarter-End Balance Sheet shall
(x) fairly present the consolidated financial position of the
ALICO Entities as of the date thereof, (y) include line items
substantially consistent with those contained in the ALICO 2009
Accounts and (z) be prepared in accordance with the Seller
Accounting Policies (including with respect to certification)
applied on a consistent basis with the ALICO 2009 Accounts. “
Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity ” means the
consolidated stockholders’ equity of the ALICO Entities as
shown on the Quarter-End Balance Sheet, with the following
adjustments: (a) excluding the effects of the Restructuring and
(b) excluding the effects of any change after
February 28, 2009 in the foreign currency exchange rates used
to translate the functional currencies to the U.S. dollar reporting
currency.
3.9 Notice of
LLC Agreement . Seller will cause the Company to provide
written notice (which notice shall be satisfactory to Buyer)
promptly after the Signing Date to those subsidiaries set forth on
Section 3.9 of the Disclosure Letter with a copy of the
LLC Agreement and noting that the Company will have certain
obligations contained therein that will require the Company as the
direct or indirect shareholder of such subsidiary to cause such
subsidiary to take or not take certain actions.
3.10 Tax
Sharing . Any and all existing Tax Sharing Agreements among
ALICO and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Seller and its
subsidiaries (other than ALICO and its subsidiaries), on the other
hand, shall be terminated as of the day immediately prior to the
Closing Date. All outstanding obligations with respect to any such
Tax Sharing Agreement shall remain outstanding and, on and after
the Closing Date, all outstanding obligations with respect to any
such Tax Sharing Agreement, shall bear interest at a variable rate,
subject to applicable Law, of LIBOR plus 400 basis points per
annum, to be compounded and adjusted on the first day of each
calendar quarter thereafter and shall only be settled after the
occurrence of the Junior Preferred Payment and the Senior Preferred
Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement), but in no event
later than the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 4
Additional Agreements
4.1 Purchase of
Restricted Securities .
(a) Buyer
acknowledges that the Purchased Securities have not been registered
under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The
Purchased
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Securities are
being acquired by Buyer for its own account and without a view to
the public distribution or sale of any of the Purchased Securities
or any interest in them. Buyer (a) is acquiring the Purchased
Securities pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act from
registration under the Securities Act and has no present intention
to distribute them to any Person in violation of the Securities Act
or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (b) will not
sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Securities,
except in compliance with the registration requirements or
exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S.
state securities laws, and (c) has such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters and in investments of
this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the purchase of the Purchased Securities and of making an informed
investment decision.
(b) Buyer
agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the
Preferred Units will bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR ANY NON-U.S. OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”
(c) In
the event that any Purchased Securities (i) become registered
under the Securities Act or (ii) are eligible to be
transferred without restriction in accordance with Rule 144 or
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act (other
than Rule 144A), Seller shall cause the Company to issue new
certificates or other instruments representing such Purchased
Securities, which shall not contain the legend in
Section 4.1(b) above; provided that Buyer
surrenders to the Company the previously issued certificates or
other instruments.
4.2 Tax
Treatment of the Transactions. (a) It is the intention of
the parties that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
(1) the transfer by Seller of the equity of ALICO to the
Company in return for the Preferred Units shall be treated as
occurring when the Company is disregarded under Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-2(c)(2) as a separate entity
from Seller; (2) as a result, such transfer shall be
disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (3) the
election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c)
to treat the Company as a corporation shall be treated as a fully
taxable transfer by Seller of the equity of ALICO to the Company in
return for all the Units at the time the election is effective;
(4) the Senior Preferred Units shall be treated as nonvoting
stock in the Company; (5) the Junior Preferred Units shall be
treated as stock in the Company not described in Code
Section 1504(a)(4), and, as a result, the Seller and the
Company shall not be members of an affiliated group within the
meaning of Code Section 1504(a); (6) this Agreement shall
constitute a binding contract in effect immediately before the
election described in clause (3) hereof is effective pursuant
to which the sale described in clause (7) hereof shall occur;
(7) the sale of the Preferred Units to Buyer in return for the
Consideration shall be respected in accordance with its form; and
(8) full force and effect shall be accorded to any election
made pursuant to
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Section 4.2(b) . The terms of this Agreement and the LLC
Agreement shall be interpreted consistently with this intention,
and the parties hereto agree not to take any position for U.S.
federal income tax purposes (in a filing or otherwise) contrary to
this intention.
(b) Unless
Seller obtains Buyer’s consent not to make such an election
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (1) the
Company and Seller shall jointly make an election under Code
Section 338(h)(10) in respect of the transfer described in
Section 4.2(a)(3) , and (2) the Company shall make
an election under Section 338(g) of the Code in respect of the
deemed sale (resulting from such election under Code
Section 338(h)(10)) of the stock of any one or more of the
direct or indirect subsidiaries of ALICO designated by
Seller.
4.3 Preparation
of Compliant Financial Statements . Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause its accountants to prepare
the Compliant Financial Statements as soon as practicable, but in
any event no later than 18 months after the Closing and Seller
shall deliver such Compliant Financial Statements to Buyer. In
addition, following the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its
subsidiaries and representatives to, provide Buyer and the Company
(and their respective advisors) with reasonable access to its
financial management and any accountant’s work papers, and
all financial books, accounts and records relating to the ALICO
Entities in connection with any public offering of equity or debt
securities, including the preparation by the Company or any of its
Affiliates of a filing under the Securities Act or with respect to
any financing and/or periodic reports under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the “ Exchange
Act ”) or any other compliance by the Company or any of
its Affiliates with the requirements of the securities Laws of the
jurisdiction(s) governing any such public offering and any
applicable listing standards of any stock exchange or quotation
system upon which such securities are to be listed or
quoted.
4.4 Completion
of the Restructuring. As soon as practicable, but in any event
no later than 60 days after all of the required approvals,
consents, exemptions or authorization of any Governmental Entity
for such transactions (including any applicable Tax treaty relief
rulings) are obtained by Buyer, Seller or any ALICO Entity, Seller
shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, complete, in each case,
on terms acceptable to Buyer in all respects, all of the
transactions contemplated by the Restructuring that have not been
completed at or prior to the Closing.
4.5 Separation
Plan; Contribution of IP . As soon as practicable, but in any
event no later than 20 business days prior to the Closing, Seller
shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a separation plan, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller and Buyer (the “
Separation Plan ”), (i) identifying all material
assets, properties or Proprietary Rights used or held for use
primarily in the business or operations of any of the ALICO
Entities and not owned by one or more of the ALICO Entities,
(ii) providing for the contribution or, to the extent
reasonably acceptable to Seller and Buyer, the license of such
assets and properties to one or more of the ALICO Entities prior to
the Closing Date, or by such other date as may be agreed between
Seller and Buyer and (iii) identifying all material contracts,
agreements and other arrangements between any ALICO Entity, on the
one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the
“Affiliates” of
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Seller referred
to in this paragraph exclude the ALICO Entities) and the plan for
substitution or replacement of same with contracts, agreements and
other arrangements with third parties or otherwise. Seller shall,
and shall cause its Affiliates and the ALICO Entities to, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Separation Plan.
To the extent any aspect of the Separation Plan cannot be enacted
despite the commercially reasonable efforts of Seller, its
Affiliates and the ALICO Entities, Seller, Buyer and the ALICO
Entities shall negotiate mutually acceptable revisions to the
Separation Plan, with the intention that such revisions shall
provide the parties with such rights, assets and properties that
approximate that of the Separation Plan to the maximum extent
possible. Without limitation of the foregoing, prior to the
Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver to one or more ALICO Entity all of the
trademarks and domain names used or held for use primarily in the
business or operations of any of the ALICO Entities and not owned
by one or more of the ALICO Entities (the “ Contributed
IP ”), in each case, without cost to any ALICO Entity and
on terms reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. For purposes of this
section, “Proprietary Rights,” “trademarks”
or “domain names” do not include the names
“AIG,” or “American International Group,
Inc.,” or any trade, corporate or business names, trademarks,
tag-lines, identifying logos, trade dress, monograms, slogans,
service marks, domain names, brand names or any other name or
source identifiers related thereto or employing the wording
“AIG” or any “AIG” formative marks, or any
derivation or variation of any of the foregoing (for example, among
others, American International Group) or any confusingly similar
trade, corporate or business name, trademark, tag-line, identifying
logo, trade dress, monogram, slogan, service mark, domain name,
brand name or other name or source identifier (including any
registrations and applications relating thereto).
ARTICLE 5
Indemnification
5.1
Survival . The representations and warranties of the parties
hereto contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall
survive in full force and effect until the date that is eighteen
(18) months after the Closing Date, at which time they shall
terminate (and, except as explicitly provided in the second
sentence of Section 5.3(a) , no claims shall be made
for indemnification under Section 5.2 for a breach of
such representations and warranties thereafter); provided
that the representations and warranties in
Sections 2.2(a) through 2.2(e) , 2.2(o)
and 2.2(s) (collectively, the “ Excluded
Representations ”) shall survive until the latest date
permitted by Law (and shall not be subject to the foregoing
limitation). The covenants and agreements of the parties hereto
contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or other writing
delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive
the Closing until the latest date permitted by Law, or for the
shorter period explicitly specified therein, except that for such
covenants and agreements that survive for such shorter period,
breaches thereof shall survive until the latest date permitted by
Law.
5.2
Indemnification by Seller .
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(a) After
the Closing and subject to this Article 5 , Seller
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates,
and its and their successors and assigns and each of the
foregoing’s officers, directors, employees, representatives
and advisers and, effective at the Closing, with respect to Third
Party Claims only and without duplication, the ALICO Entities,
their Affiliates and their respective successors and assignees
(collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”),
against, and reimburse the Indemnified Parties for, all Losses that
Buyer may at any time suffer or incur, or become subject
to:
(i) subject
to Section 5.2(b) hereof, as a result of or in
connection with the inaccuracy or breach of any representation or
warranty made by Seller in this Agreement (which representations
and warranties (except Section 2.2(f)(1) ) shall be
read, for purposes of this Section 5.2(a)(i) , without
regard to any qualifications or limitations whatsoever that may be
set forth therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse
Effect or any similar qualification or standard);
(ii) as
a result of or in connection with any breach or failure by Seller
to perform any of its covenants or obligations contained in this
Agreement;
(iii) as
a result of or in connection with the Restructuring, including any
failure to complete any item thereof;
(iv) as
a result of or in connection with any Seller Benefit Plan;
or
(v) subject
to Section 5.2(a)(v) of the Disclosure Letter and
Section 5.2(c) hereof, as a result of or in connection
with (i) any failure to comply in any respect with, or any
default or violation of, any applicable Law by any ALICO Entity on
or before Closing or (ii) any investigation with respect to,
any threat to be charged with or any notice of any violation of,
any applicable Law by any ALICO Entity with respect to acts or
omissions occurring on or before Closing; provided that this
Section 5.2(a)(v) shall not apply with respect to
indemnification for non-compliance with or violation of applicable
Tax laws, which shall be governed solely by
Section 5.2(a)(i).
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except in connection
with the Excluded Representations (other than any such
representation or warranty contained in Section 2.2(o) ),
Seller shall not be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless
the Indemnified Parties against, or reimburse the Indemnified
Parties for, any Losses pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) :
(x) with respect to any claim (or series of related claims
arising from the same underlying facts, events or circumstances)
unless such claim (or series of related claims arising from the
same underlying facts, events or circumstances) involves Losses in
excess of $10 million (nor shall any such claim or series of
related claims that do not meet the $10 million threshold be
applied to or considered for purposes of calculating the aggregate
amount of Losses for which Seller does not have responsibility
under clause (y) of this Section 5.2(b) below,
until the aggregate amount of Losses for which indemnification by
Seller has been excluded by this clause (x) exceeds
$225 million, in which case all further claims or series of
related
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claims that do
not meet the $10 million threshold shall be applied to and
considered for purposes of calculating when the aggregate amount of
Losses for which Seller does not have responsibility under such
clause (y)); (y) until the aggregate amount of Losses for
which the Indemnified Parties are finally determined to be entitled
to indemnification under Section 5.2(a)(i) exceeds 5% of the
Consideration, after which Seller shall be obligated for all Losses
entitled to indemnification under Section 5.2(a)(i)
that are in excess of 5% of the Consideration; and (z) in a
cumulative aggregate amount exceeding 50% of the
Consideration.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, Seller shall not be
required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless the Indemnified
Parties against, or reimburse the Indemnified Parties for, any
Losses pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(v) : (x) with
respect to any claim (or series of related claims arising from the
same underlying facts, events or circumstances) unless such claim
(or series of related claims arising from the same underlying
facts, events or circumstances) involves Losses in excess of
$1 million (nor shall any such claim or series of related
claims that do not meet the $1 million threshold be applied to
or considered for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of
Losses for which Seller does not have responsibility under clause
(y) of this Section 5.2(c) below, until the
aggregate amount of Losses for which indemnification by Seller has
been excluded by this clause (x) exceeds $20 million, in
which case all further claims or series of related claims that do
not meet the $1 million threshold shall be applied to and
considered for purposes of calculating when the aggregate amount of
Losses for which Seller does not have responsibility under such
clause (y)); (y) until the aggregate amount of Losses for
which the Indemnified Parties are finally determined to be entitled
to indemnification under Section 5.2(a)(v) exceeds
$150 million, after which Seller shall be obligated for all
Losses entitled to indemnification under
Section 5.2(a)(v) that are in excess of $150 million;
and (z) in a cumulative aggregate amount exceeding 50% of the
Consideration.
5.3
Notification of Claims .
(a) Buyer
shall promptly notify Seller in writing of any claim in respect of
which indemnity may be sought under this Article 5 ,
including any pending or threatened claim or demand by a third
party that Buyer has determined has given or could reasonably give
rise to a right of indemnification under this Agreement (including
a pending or threatened claim or demand asserted by a third party
against Buyer) (each, a “ Third Party Claim ”),
describing in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances with
respect to the subject matter of such claim or demand; provided,
however , that the failure to provide such notice shall not
release Seller from any of its obligations under this
Article 5 , except to the extent that Seller is
materially prejudiced by such failure. The parties agree that
(i) notices for claims in respect of a breach of a
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement must be delivered
prior to the expiration of any applicable survival period specified
in Section 5.1 for such representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement and (ii) any claims for indemnification
for which notice is not timely delivered in accordance with this
Section 5.3(a) shall be expressly barred and are hereby
waived; provided, further , that if, prior to such
applicable date, Buyer shall have notified Seller in accordance
with the requirements of this Section 5.3(a) of a claim
for
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indemnification
under this Article 5 (whether or not formal legal
action shall have been commenced based upon such claim), such claim
shall continue to be subject to indemnification in accordance with
this Article 5 notwithstanding the passing of such
applicable date.
(b) Upon
receipt of a notice of a claim for indemnity from Buyer pursuant to
Section 5.3(a) in respect of a Third Party Claim, Seller
may, by notice to Buyer delivered within twenty (20) business
days of the receipt of notice of such Third Party Claim, assume the
defense and control of any Third Party Claim, with its own counsel
and at its own expense; provided that, prior to assuming
control of such defense, Seller must acknowledge that it would have
an indemnity obligation for the Losses resulting from such Third
Party Claim under this Article 5 . Buyer may take any
actions reasonably necessary to defend such Third Party Claim prior
to the time that it receives a notice from Seller as contemplated
by the immediately preceding sentence. Seller shall allow Buyer a
reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of such Third
Party Claim with its own counsel and at its own expense. Seller
shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld), consent to a settlement, compromise
or discharge of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any
Third Party Claim, unless such settlement, compromise, discharge or
entry of any judgment does not involve any finding or admission of
any violation of applicable Law or admission of any wrongdoing by
all Indemnified Parties, and Seller shall (i) pay or cause to
be paid all amounts arising out of such settlement or judgment
concurrently with the effectiveness of such settlement or judgment
(unless otherwise provided in such judgment), (ii) obtain, as
a condition of any settlement, compromise, discharge, entry of
judgment (if applicable), or other resolution, a complete and
unconditional release of Buyer from any and all liabilities in
respect of such Third Party Claim. Buyer shall not settle,
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to
any claim or demand for which it is seeking indemnification from
Seller or admit to any liability with respect to such claim or
demand without the prior written consent of Seller.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Article 5
(including Section 5.2 ), Seller shall not have any
liability under this Article 5 for any Losses arising
out of or in connection with any Third Party Claim that is settled
or compromised by Buyer without the consent of Seller.
(d) In
the event Seller receives a notice of a claim for indemnity from
Buyer pursuant to Section 5.3(a) that does not involve
a Third Party Claim, Seller shall notify Buyer within twenty
(20) business days following its receipt of such notice
whether Seller disputes its liability to Buyer under this
Article 5 . If Seller fails to timely notify Buyer, the
Losses arising out of such claim shall be conclusively deemed to be
a liability of Seller and Seller shall promptly pay to Buyer any
and all Losses arising out of such claim. Buyer shall reasonably
cooperate with and assist Seller in determining the validity of any
such claim for indemnity by Buyer.
(e) Each
party shall cooperate, and cause their respective Affiliates to
cooperate, in the defense or prosecution of any Third Party Claim
and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such records,
information and testimony, and attend such
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conferences,
discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be
reasonably requested in connection therewith.
(f) Except
as provided herein, no party shall by virtue of this Agreement have
any rights to defend or participate in the defense of any Third
Party Claims as to which it is not named as a defendant.
(a) In
the event a claim or any Action for indemnification under this
Article 5 by Buyer for a Diminution In ALICO Value Loss
has been finally determined:
(i) if
Buyer’s Diminution In ALICO Value Loss arose in connection
with indemnification pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i)
(other than the inaccuracy or breach of the Excluded
Representations except for any such representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.2(o) ), promptly after a Liquidation
Shortfall Event shall have occurred, Seller shall pay to Buyer on
demand in immediately available funds the lesser of (x) the
aggregate amount of such final determination (or any relevant
portion thereof) and (y) the positive difference, if any, of
the Liquidation Shortfall minus any amounts previously
received from Seller in respect of Section 5.4(a)(ii) ;
and
(ii) if
Buyer’s Diminution In ALICO Value Loss arose other than as
described in Section 5.4(a)(i) (including, but not limited
to, as a result of the inaccuracy or breach of any of the Excluded
Representations except for any such representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.2(o) ), the amount of such final
determination shall be paid by Seller to Buyer on demand in
immediately available funds; provided that (x) if the
Senior Preferred Redemption and the Junior Preferred Redemption
(each as defined in the LLC Agreement) shall have thereafter
occurred, Buyer shall repay to Seller, on demand in immediately
available funds, any amounts previously received from Seller in
respect of this Section 5.4(a)(ii) or (y) if a
Liquidation Shortfall Event shall have thereafter occurred, Buyer
shall repay to Seller, on demand in immediately available funds,
the positive difference, if any, of (A) any amounts previously
received from Seller in respect of this
Section 5.4(a)(ii) minus (B) the
Liquidation Shortfall.
(b) In
the event a claim or any Action for indemnification under this
Article 5 by (x) Buyer (other than for a Diminution In
ALICO Value Loss) or (y) any other Indemnified Party, in
either case, has been finally determined the amount of such final
determination shall be paid by Seller to such Indemnified Party on
demand in immediately available funds.
(c) For
purposes of this Section 5.4 , a claim or an Action,
and the liability for and amount of damages therefor, shall be
deemed to be “finally determined” for purposes of this
Article 5 when the parties hereto have so determined by
mutual agreement or, if disputed, when a final non-appealable
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award entered by or
with any Governmental Entity has been entered into with respect to
such claim or Action.
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5.5 Exclusive
Remedies . Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that,
other than in the case of Intentional Breach (defined below) by
Seller or fraud (a) prior to the Closing, the sole and
exclusive remedy of Buyer for any breach or inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or any
certificate or instrument delivered hereunder shall be, in the
event that each of the conditions set forth in
Sections 1.2(c) , (d) and (e) has not
been satisfied or waived, refusal to close the purchase and sale of
the Purchased Securities hereunder; and (b) following the
Closing, (i) the indemnification provisions of this
Article 5 shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of
Buyer for any breach of the representations or warranties contained
in this Agreement and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein shall give rise to
any right on the part of any party hereto to rescind this Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For the
purposes of this Section 5.5 , the term “
Intentional Breach ” shall mean a breach that is a
consequence of an act or omission by the breaching party with the
actual knowledge that the taking of such act would, or would
reasonably be expected to, cause a breach of this Agreement;
provided, that, any breach of this Agreement which results in
Losses to the Indemnified Parties of less than $10 million
shall be deemed not to be an Intentional Breach.
5.6 Additional
Indemnification Provisions. Seller and Buyer agree, for
themselves and on behalf of their respective Affiliates, that
(i) with respect to each indemnification obligation set forth
in Article 5 , any Transaction Document or any other
document executed or delivered in connection with the Closing, in
no event shall Seller have any liability to Buyer for any punitive
or special damages other than punitive or special damages recovered
by third parties in connection with a Third Party Claim, and
(ii) Buyer’s Losses shall include, without duplication,
diminution in value of the ALICO Entities (a “ Diminution
in ALICO Value Loss ”).
6.1
Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Closing:
(a) by
either Buyer or Seller if the Closing shall not have occurred by
December 31, 2009; p rovided, however , that any party
may elect to extend such date to March 31, 2010; provided,
further , that in the event the Closing has not occurred by
March 31, 2010, the parties will consult in good faith to
determine whether to extend the term of this Agreement, it being
understood that the parties shall be required to consult only until
the fifth calendar day after such date and not be under any
obligation to extend the term of this Agreement thereafter;
provided , further , that the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 6.1(a) shall not be
available to any party whose breach of any representation or
warranty or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement
shall have caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to
occur on or prior to such date; provided , further ,
that if Buyer exercises its rights pursuant to Section
1.2(c)(i) hereof to require that any Approval(s) not listed on
Section 1.2(c)(i) of the Disclosure
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Letter be
required to be made or obtained, the parties shall agree in good
faith to an appropriate extension to the term of this Agreement;
or
(b) by
either Buyer or Seller in the event that any Governmental Entity of
competent jurisdiction shall have issued an order, decree or ruling
or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction
Documents and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have
become final and nonappealable; or
(c) by
the mutual written consent of Buyer and Seller.
In the event of
termination of this Agreement as provided in this
Section 6.1 , this Agreement shall forthwith become
void and there shall be no liability on the part of either party
hereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve either
party from liability for any breach of this Agreement. The
provisions of Section 3.2 and Article 6
shall survive termination of this Agreement as provided in this
Section 6.1 .
6.2
Amendment . No amendment of any provision of this Agreement
will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an officer
or a duly authorized representative of each party. No failure or
delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein
provided shall be cumulative of any rights or remedies provided by
Law.
6.3 Waiver of
Conditions . The conditions to each party’s obligation to
consummate the Closing are for the sole benefit of such party and
may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent
permitted by applicable Law. No waiver will be effective unless it
is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving
party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions
subject to such waiver.
6.4 Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc . This Agreement, and the
rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be governed
by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, United States
federal law and not the law of any State. To the extent that a
court looks to the laws of any State to determine or define the
United States federal law, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that such court shall look only to the laws of the State of
New York without regard to its rules of conflicts of laws. Each of
the parties hereto agrees (a) to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York for any and all actions, suits or
proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) that notice may be
served upon (i) Seller at the address and in the manner set forth
for notices to Seller in Section 6.5 and
(ii) Buyer in accordance with federal law. To the extent
permitted by applicable Law, each of the parties hereto hereby
unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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6.5 Notices
. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given
hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be
deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if
delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of
receipt, or (b) on the second business day following the date
of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier service.
All notices to Seller shall be delivered to the address set forth
below, or pursuant to such other instruction as may be designated
in writing by Seller to Buyer. All notices to Buyer shall be
delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other
instructions as may be designated in writing by Buyer to
Seller.
Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045-0001
Attention: Brett Phillips, Counsel
Facsimile: 212) 720-7797
Telephone: (212) 720-5166
Davis Polk
& Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: John Amorosi and John Knight
Facsimile: (212) 450-3800
Telephone: (212) 450-4000
American
International Group, Inc.
70 Pine Street,
New York, NY 10270
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (212) 785-2175
Telephone: (212) 770-7000
Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Attention: Michael Aiello and Matthew Gilroy
Facsimile: (212) 310-8007
Telephone: (212) 310-8000
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(a) The
term “ Action ” means any claim, action, suit,
arbitration or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity or
arbitral body.
(b) The
term “ Affiliate ” of any Person means any
Person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common
Control with such Person, and the term “ Affiliated
” shall have a correlative meaning; provided ,
however , that, for purposes hereof and except as set forth
in Section 6.6(h)(ii) , (i) no ALICO Entity will
be treated as Affiliates of Buyer, (ii) none of Seller nor any
of their Affiliates, on the one hand, nor Buyer nor any of its
Affiliates, on the other, shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other
such Person(s) and (iii) for the sake of clarity, none of the
AIG Credit Trust or the United States Department of the Treasury,
on the one hand, or Buyer or any of its Affiliates, on the other,
shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other such Person.
(c) The
term “ AIG Credit Trust ” means the trust
designated as the AIG Credit Facility Trust established for the
sole benefit of the United States Treasury under that certain trust
agreement dated January 16, 2009 and shall include the
trustees thereof acting in their capacities as such trustees as the
context may require.
(d) The
term “ Capital Expenditure Budget ” means the
ALICO 2009 Capital Budget as set forth in
Section 6.6(d) of the Disclosure Letter.
(e) The
term “ Code ” means the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(f) The
term “ Company Benefit Plans ” means all
material “employee benefit plans” (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA), incentive, profit-sharing, share
option, share purchase, other equity-based, employment, consulting,
compensation, holiday or other leave, change in control, retention,
supplemental retirement, pension, severance, health, medical,
disability, life insurance, deferred compensation and other
employee compensation and benefit plans, programs, policies or
agreements, in each case established or maintained for the benefit
of any employees of any ALICO Entities on the Closing Date by ALICO
or any of its Affiliates or to which ALICO or any of its Affiliates
contributes or is obligated to contribute in respect of employees
of ALICO or any of its Affiliates (each, a “ Company
Employee ”) and that are sponsored by ALICO or any of its
Affiliates pursuant to the laws of the U.S.
(g) The
term “ Compliant Financial Statements ” means
the audited consolidated balance sheets, audited statements of
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as is required to
effect an Initial Public Offering (as defined in the LLC Agreement)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form S-1 or Form F-1, as applicable (or a successor
form).
(h) The
term “ Control ,” “ Controlled
, ” and “ Controlling ” mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting
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