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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Purchase and Sale Agreement

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Title: STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Missouri     Date: 11/7/2008
Law Firm: Palmer Dodge;Edwards Angell    

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: gmac direct insurance company , gmaci holdings  llc , maiden holdings north america  ltd , maiden holdings  ltd , motors insurance corporation
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of October 31, 2008 by and between MAIDEN HOLDINGS NORTH AMERICA, LTD., a Delaware corporation (the “ Buyer ”), and MOTORS INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Michigan domiciled property and casualty insurance company (the “ Seller ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Seller owns Twenty Thousand (20,000) shares (the “ Shares ”) of the common stock, par value Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per share, of GMAC Direct Insurance Company, a Missouri domiciled property and casualty insurance company (the “ Company ”), which Shares constitute all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to purchase from the Seller, all of the Shares of the Company, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1   General Provisions . For all purposes of this Agreement:

 

(a)   The terms defined in this Article I have the meanings ascribed to them in this Article I and include the plural as well as the singular.

 

(b)   All references herein to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions and to “Annexes”, “Exhibits” and “Disclosure Schedules” are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement and to the exhibits and other schedules to this Agreement.

 

(c)   Pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms.

 

(d)   The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

 

(e)   On or prior to the date hereof, the Seller, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other, have delivered to each other schedules (respectively, its “ Disclosure Schedule ”) setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either (i) in response to an express informational requirement contained in a provision hereof or (ii) as an exception to one or more representations, warranties or covenants contained in a section of this Agreement. The inclusion of an item on a Disclosure Schedule in response to a disclosure obligation or as an exception to a representation, warranty or covenant shall not be deemed an admission by the disclosing party that such item represents a material exception or fact, event or circumstance or that such item would, or would be reasonably likely to, result in a Material Adverse Effect on the disclosing party.

 


 

1.2   Definitions . The following terms when used in this Agreement (including the Schedules, Annexes and Exhibits hereto) shall have the following meanings:

 

Accounting Firm ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) hereof.

 

Action ” means any action, cause of action (whether at law or in equity), arbitration, claim or complaint by any Person alleging potential Liability, wrongdoing or misdeed of another Person, or any administrative or other similar proceeding, criminal prosecution or investigation by any Governmental Entity alleging potential Liability, wrongdoing or misdeed of another Person.

 

Affiliate ” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Affiliated”) means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract, as trustee or executor, or otherwise).

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preface above.

 

Ancillary Agreement ” means the Termination Endorsement.

 

Applicable Insurance Code ” means the insurance laws to which the Company is subject, including the insurance laws of the State of Missouri. In all cases, Applicable Insurance Code shall include the rules and regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing laws.

 

Applicable Insurance Department ” means the insurance regulatory agencies by which the Company is subject to supervision, including the Missouri Department of Insurance.

 

Applicable Law ” means any domestic federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, rule, administrative interpretation, regulation, order, writ, injunction, directive, pronouncement, bulletin, judgment, decree, policy, administrative or judicial doctrine, guideline or other requirement or principle of common law applicable to the Buyer, the Seller or the Company or any of their respective businesses, properties or assets, as the case may be.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are authorized by law or executive order to be closed.

 

Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the preface above.

 

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Buyer Insurance Approvals ” means all Consents required to be obtained, made or given by the Buyer pursuant to the Applicable Insurance Codes.

 

CERCLA ” shall mean the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

Closing Surplus Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) hereof.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the first Recital of this Agreement.

 

Company Books and Records ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(a) hereof.

 

Company Claim ” means any Action brought against the Company relating to or arising from the conduct or operations of the Company that occurred prior to the Closing Date.

 

Company Insurance Policies ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18 hereof.

 

Company Materials ” means (i) all previously prepared memoranda of law and all analyses and materials related to a Company Claim, (ii) all agreements, Contracts and other memoranda, including preparatory materials, drafts and all oral and written communications pertaining to a Company Claim, and (iii) any documents or other information relating to a Company Claim that would otherwise be protected by any applicable privilege or work product protection from disclosure to third parties other than the parties hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Company Materials shall not include any information relating to a party which is or becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement by the disclosing party.

 

Consents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 hereof.

 

Contemplated Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

Contracts ” means any written, oral or other contract, subcontract, agreement, undertaking, understanding, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, indenture, note, debenture, bond, loan, policy, instrument, lease, mortgage, plan, or legally binding commitment or arrangement of any nature.

 

Damages ” means all costs, damages, disbursements or expenses (including, but not limited to interest and reasonable legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement) that are actually imposed or otherwise actually incurred or suffered by the indemnified Person, but shall not include incidental, consequential, exemplary, punitive or other special damages (unless such damages have been awarded to a third party and as to which an indemnifying party is determined to be liable).

 

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Debt ” shall mean any Liability in respect of borrowed money or guarantees of the foregoing.

 

Domiciliary Insurance Department ” means the Missouri Department of Insurance.

 

Employee ” means each current and former full-time or part-time employee of the Company or its predecessors-in-interest, including any such employee who is on disability or leave of absence.

 

Environmental Law ” shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute, rule, order, directive, judgment, Permit or regulation or the common law relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or property to Materials of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to: (i) the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal, generation, transportation, handling, distribution, manufacture, processing, use, import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation or remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern or documentation related to the foregoing; (ii) air, water and noise pollution; (iii) groundwater and soil contamination; (iv) the release, threatened release, or accidental release into the environment, the workplace or other areas of Materials of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of Environmental Concern; (v) transfer of interests in or control of real property which may be contaminated; (vi) community or worker right-to-know disclosures with respect to Materials of Environmental Concern; (vii) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species; (viii) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed receptacles; and (ix) health and safety of Employees and other persons. As used above, the term “release” shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any person that, together with the Company, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

Estimated Policyholders’ Surplus ” shall mean the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date as estimated in good faith by the Seller as set forth on the Estimated Surplus Statement based upon the Company’s Policyholders’ Surplus reflected in the Company’s most recently filed statutory financial statement prior to the Closing Date, with appropriate adjustments for the period from the date of that financial statement until the Closing Date to reflect any change in the Company’s circumstances, prepared in a manner consistent with the Company’s historical accounting practices, and to give effect to any settlement of intercompany accounts as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.3 , in each case to the extent Policyholders’ Surplus shall have been changed thereby.

 

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Estimated Surplus Statement ” shall mean the Seller’s estimate of Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date delivered by the Seller to the Buyer not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

GMAC Re SPA ” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Buyer, Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and GMACI Holdings LLC pursuant to which the Buyer will acquire all of the outstanding membership interests of GMAC Re LLC.

 

Governmental Entity ” means any foreign, domestic, federal, territorial, state or local U.S. or non-U.S. governmental authority, quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality, court or government, self-regulatory organization, commission, tribunal or organization or any political or other subdivision, department, branch or representative of any of the foregoing.

 

Insurance Approvals ” means the Buyer Insurance Approvals and the Seller Insurance Approvals.

 

Insurance Licenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14 hereof.

 

Intellectual Property Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a) hereof.

 

Intercompany Agreement ” shall mean any agreement between (x) the Company, on the one hand, and (y) the Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.

 

Investment Broker ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22 hereof.

 

IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

Liabilities ” means any and all debts, losses, liabilities, offsets, claims, damages, fines, commitments, obligations, payments and accounts payable (including, without limitation, those arising out of any award, demand, assessment, settlement, judgment or compromise relating to any Action), and accruals for out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any Action) of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or other, and whether known or unknown.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority, charge or other encumbrance, adverse claim (whether pending or, to the knowledge of the Person against whom the adverse claim is being asserted, threatened) or restriction of any kind affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance against Property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or a security interest of any kind, including, without limitation, any easement, servitude, encroachment, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any right of first refusal on real property, and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction (other than a financing statement which is filed or given solely to protect the interest of a lessor).

 

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Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) with respect to the Company, any change, effect, event or occurrence resulting in a material adverse effect on (i) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company to enter into new reinsurance contracts, other than in the case of (i) or (ii) any change, effect, event or occurrence relating to (A) the effects of changes affecting the economy and securities markets generally; (B) the effects of changes affecting the insurance, reinsurance and financial services industries generally, including the general competitive forces in the insurance and reinsurance markets and changes to Applicable Laws, or accounting or reserving principles, practices or conventions; (C) the announcement of the Contemplated Transactions and (D) any changes resulting from actions or omissions of a party hereto taken with the prior written consent of the other parties with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the Contemplated Transactions; (b) with respect to the Seller, any change, effect, event or occurrence resulting in a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis and perform its obligations hereunder; and (c) with respect to the Buyer, any change, effect, event or occurrence resulting in a material adverse effect on (i) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Buyer, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis and perform its obligations hereunder.

 

Material Contract ” means any Contract required to be set forth on Schedule 3.12(a) hereof.

 

Material Permit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(b) hereof.

 

Materials ” means (i) all previously prepared memoranda of law and all analyses and materials related to a Seller Third-Party Claim; (ii) all agreements, Contracts and other memoranda, including preparatory materials, drafts and all oral and written communications pertaining to a Seller Third-Party Claim; and (iii) any documents or other information relating to a Seller Third-Party Claim that would otherwise be protected by any applicable privilege or work product protection from disclosure to third parties other than the parties hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Materials shall not include any information relating to a party which is or becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement by the disclosing party.

 

Materials of Environmental Concern ” shall mean any: pollutants, contaminants or hazardous substances (as such terms are defined under CERCLA), pesticides (as such term is defined under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act), solid wastes and hazardous wastes (as such terms are defined under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), chemicals, other hazardous, radioactive or toxic materials, oil, petroleum and petroleum products or derivatives (and fractions thereof), or any other material (or article containing such material) listed or subject to regulation under any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, Permit, or directive due to its potential, directly or indirectly, to harm the environment or the health of humans or other living beings.

 

Maximum Indemnification Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a) hereof.

 

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Notice of Objection ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) hereof.

 

Ordinary Course of Business ” means the manner in which the Company has conducted its business and operations prior to the Closing Date, it being acknowledged by the parties hereto that the Company is not currently writing new insurance or reinsurance except for renewals of insurance policies as required by Applicable Law.

 

Overlap Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b) hereof.

 

Permits ” means all licenses, certificates of authority, permits, orders, Consents, approvals, registrations, authorizations, qualifications and filings under any applicable federal, state, municipal, local, foreign or other laws or with any Governmental Entities.

 

Permitted Liens ” means all imperfections of title or Liens (a) that are reflected or reserved against or disclosed on the books of the Company, (b) that arise out of Taxes or general or special assessments not in default and payable without penalty or interest or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (c) of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other similar Persons or otherwise imposed by law incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which there are adequate reserves in accordance with SAP, or (d) that relate to deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, Governmental Entity, trust, joint venture, labor union, estate, unincorporated organization, private agency or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in section 3(3) of ERISA), and any other employment, consulting, severance, change in control, retention, retirement, pension, profit-sharing, thrift, savings, target benefit, stock ownership, cash or deferred, deferred or incentive compensation, bonus, stay bonus, stock option, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation, other equity-based, change in control, medical, dental, vision, cafeteria (Section 125 plan), psychiatric counseling, employee assistance, vacation, sick pay, disability or other compensation or fringe benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement which is or has been maintained sponsored, contributed to, or required to be contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in which any current or former officer or Employee of the Company have participated, or as to which the Company has any present or contingent Liability.

 

Policyholders’ Surplus ” means as of any date “surplus as regards policyholders” of the Company calculated in accordance with SAP applied on a basis consistent with the Statutory Statements of the Company.

 

Pre-Closing Taxable Period ” means all Taxable Periods ending on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any Taxable Period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date, the portion of such period that ends on and includes the Closing Date.

 

Property ” means any real, personal or mixed property, whether tangible or intangible.

 

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Property Taxes ” means real, personal and intangible property Taxes of the Company.

 

Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Regulatory Body Matters ” means any proceeding, investigation or inquiry, whether formal or informal, or Action involving or undertaken by any Governmental Entity including without limitation the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any state attorney general office or any state insurance department.

 

Reinsurance Business ” has the meaning set forth in that certain Fronting Agreement by and among the Buyer, the Seller, Integon Specialty Insurance Company, MIC Property and Casualty Insurance Corporation and Integon Preferred Insurance Company of even date herewith.

 

Reinsurance Contracts ” means all Contracts, treaties, facultative certificates, policies or other arrangements, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or subject, providing for ceding or assumption of reinsurance, excess insurance or retrocession, including, without limitation, all reinsurance policies, and retrocession agreements, in each case as such Contract, treaty, facultative certificate, policy or other arrangement may have been amended, modified or supplemented irrespective of how such arrangement is accounted for.

 

Representatives ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a) .

 

SAP ” means the applicable statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Domiciliary Insurance Department.

 

Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the preface above.

 

Seller Insurance Approvals ” means all Consents required to be obtained, made or given by the Seller or the Company pursuant to the Applicable Insurance Codes.

 

Seller Third-Party Claim ” means any Action brought against the Seller relating to or arising from the conduct or operations of the Company that occurred prior to the Closing Date.

 

Seller’s Knowledge ” and, with a correlative meaning, “Knowledge of Seller” means actual knowledge of Donald J. Bolar, John Dunn or Chris Morris after reasonable inquiry.

 

Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the first Recital of this Agreement.

 

Statutory Statements of the Company ” means the annual statements of the Company, as filed with its Domiciliary Insurance Department, for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the quarterly statements of the condition and affairs of the Company, as filed with its Domiciliary Insurance Department, for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008.

 

Subsequent Period Financial Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a) hereof.

 

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Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity in which such Person (a) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities or equity interests, or (b) has the right to designate a majority of its board of directors or similar governing body or to direct the management of such corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other entity.

 

Tax ” and “ Taxes ” mean (a) all taxes (whether U.S. federal, state or local or foreign) based upon or measured by income and any other tax whatsoever, including, without limitation, gross receipts, profits, sales, use, occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, premium or Property Taxes, together with any interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed with respect thereto, (b) any obligations under any agreements or arrangements with respect to any Taxes described in clause (a), and (c) any transferee or secondary Liability or joint or several Liability in respect of any amounts described in clause (a) imposed by law or as a result of being a member of any affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group.

 

Tax Claim ” means any claim, assessment or proceeding related to Taxes.

 

Tax Return ” means all returns, reports, elections, estimates, declarations, information statements and other forms and documents (including all schedules, exhibits, and other attachments thereto) relating to, and required to be filed or maintained in connection with the calculation, determination, assessment or collection of, any Taxes (including estimated Taxes).

 

Taxable Period ” means any taxable year or any other period that is treated as a taxable year with respect to which any Tax may be imposed under any statute, rule or regulation.

 

Taxing Authority ” means any federal, state, local or foreign governmental authority, quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality or political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing, with the legal authority to impose, assess or collect Taxes.

 

Termination Endorsement ” means the Termination Endorsement to Treaty Reinsurance Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A by and between the Company and the Seller to be executed immediately following the Closing to terminate that certain Treaty Reinsurance Agreement effective October 1, 2000 by and between the Company and the Seller, pursuant to the terms of the Termination Endorsement.

 

Threshold ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a) hereof.

 

WARN Act ” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SHARES

 

2.1   Purchase and Sale of the Shares . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to purchase, acquire and accept from the Seller, and the Seller agrees to sell, convey, transfer, assign, and deliver to the Buyer, the Shares, free and clear of all Liens for a purchase price equal to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) plus that amount in U.S. dollars equal to the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date (the “ Purchase Price ”).

 

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2.2   The Closing . Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to closing set forth in Article VI, the closing (the “ Closing ”) of the purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder shall take place at the offices of the Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, 750 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the fifth Business Day following the date on which all of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that are contemplated to be satisfied by the respective parties at the Closing itself) have been satisfied or waived, or at such other time or place as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date .” All of the Contemplated Transactions under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be deemed to be consummated as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the Closing Date and all actions taken at Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously and shall be deemed effective as of the dates and times specified in this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

 

2.3   Deliveries at the Closing .

 

(a)   At the Closing, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer

 

(i)   A certificate representing the Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer under federal and state securities laws), duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by duly executed stock powers in favor of the Buyer with all necessary stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto;

 

(ii)   The written resignation of all officers and directors of the Company;

 

(iii)   A certificate complying with the Code and the Treasury Regulations, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and executed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the Seller is not a “foreign person” as defined in Section 1445 of the Code;

 

(iv)   The written consent of the parties identified on Schedule 3.4 ;

 

(v)   All Company Books and Records, including, without limitation, all minute books, employment records, financial and accounting records and other files of the Company;

 

(vi)   A certificate, executed and acknowledged by the Seller, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer attaching copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Seller authorizing the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other documents contemplated hereby and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(vii)   A certificate, executed and acknowledged by the Seller, in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel, attesting to the truth of the matters following:

 

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(A)   All representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct when made and all such representations and warranties are also true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made at and as of the Closing Date except as affected by actions taken after the date of this Agreement with the prior written consent of the Buyer, and except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date, it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties pursuant to this Section 2.3(a)(vii)(A), all qualifications based on the words “material” or similar phrases contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded; and

 

(B)   The Seller and the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required by or pursuant to this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date, it being understood that, for purposes of determining the performance of such covenants pursuant to this Section 2.3(a)(vii)(B), all qualifications based on the words “material” or similar phrases contained in such covenants shall be disregarded.

 

(viii)   Certificates, obtained by the Seller, dated as of a date not more than twenty (20) days before the Closing Date certified by the Insurance Commissioners of the States of Michigan and Missouri as to the corporate existence and good standing of the Seller and the Company respectively;

 

(ix)   Evidence that shall be reasonably acceptable to the Buyer of the appointment as sole signatories on each deposit, securities, brokerage, investment or other account of the Company of the Persons designated by the Buyer in writing to the Seller at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing;

 

(x)   a schedule of all passwords, pass codes or similar secure authorizations related to the operation of the business of the Company or its websites; and

 

(xi)   The Termination Endorsement duly executed by the Seller and effective in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)   At the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller:

 

(i)   Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) plus the Estimated Policyholders’ Surplus by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by the Seller in a written notice delivered to the Buyer not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(ii)   a certificate, executed and acknowledged by the Buyer, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller attaching copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Buyer authorizing the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other documents contemplated hereby and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

 

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(iii)   A certificate, executed and acknowledged by the Buyer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Seller and its counsel, attesting to the truth of the matters following:

 

(A)   All representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement shall have been true and correct when made and all such representations and warranties are also true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made at and as of the Closing Date except as affected by actions taken after the date of this Agreement with the prior written consent of the Seller, and except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date, it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iii)(A) , all qualifications based on the words “material” or similar phrases contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded; and

 

(B)   The Buyer shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required by or pursuant to this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, it being understood that, for purposes of determining the performance of such covenants pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iii)(B) , all qualifications based on the words “material” or similar phrases contained in such covenants shall be disregarded;

 

(iv)   The Termination Endorsement duly executed by the Company and effective in accordance with its terms.

 

(v)   all other documents and instruments required hereunder to be delivered by the Buyer to the Seller at the Closing.

 

2.4   Policyholder’s Surplus Adjustment .

 

(a)   Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller a statement (the “ Closing Surplus Statement ”), setting forth the Buyer’s determination of the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date.

 

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(b)   After the receipt by the Seller of the Closing Surplus Statement and until such time as the final Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date is determined in accordance with this Section 2.4, the Seller and its authorized Representatives shall have full access during reasonable business hours upon prior written notice to the working papers of the Buyer and its Representatives relating to the Closing Surplus Statement and the calculations set forth thereon. Unless the Seller, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Closing Surplus Statement, gives the Buyer a notice objecting thereto and specifying, in detail, the basis for each such objection and the amount in dispute (“ Notice of Objection ”), such Closing Surplus Statement and the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date reflected therein shall be binding upon the Buyer and the Seller and the applicable payment required pursuant to subsection (c) below shall be made. Any Notice of Objection shall specify (x) in detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted, and (y) only include disagreements based on the differences between the Estimated Surplus Statement and the Closing Surplus Statement and the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date. If a timely Notice of Objection is received by the Buyer, then the Closing Surplus Statement (as revised in accordance with clause (1) or (2) below) shall become final and binding upon the parties hereto on the earlier of (1) the date the Seller and the Buyer resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Objection and (2) the date any matters properly in dispute are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm (as defined below). During the ninety (90) days immediately following the delivery by the Seller to the Buyer of a Notice of Objection, the Seller and the Buyer shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to any matter specified in the Notice of Objection. At the end of such ninety (90) day period, the Seller and the Buyer shall submit to an accounting firm jointly selected by the Seller’s accountants and the Buyer’s accountants (the “ Accounting Firm ”) for review and resolution of any and all matters (but only such matters) which remain in dispute. The Buyer and the Seller shall instruct their respective accountants to select the Accounting Firm in good faith within ten (10) days. If either the Buyer’s or the Seller’s accountants shall not be willing to select the Accounting Firm within such ten (10) day period, the other accountant shall select the accounting firm. If the Buyer’s or the Seller’s accountants cannot agree upon the Accounting Firm within such ten (10) day period, within an additional five (5) days, they shall each designate an Accounting Firm who has not performed work in the last two years for either the Seller or the Buyer and the Accounting Firm shall be selected by lot from those two accounting firms. If only one of the Seller’s and the Buyer’s accountants shall so designate a name of an accounting firm for selection by lot, such accounting firm so designated shall be the Accounting Firm. The Accounting Firm so selected shall be instructed to review and resolve any and all matters (but only such matters) which remain in dispute and which were properly included in the Notice of Objection. The Buyer and the Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm to make a final determination of the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date. The Buyer and the Seller will cooperate with the Accounting Firm during the term of its engagement. The Buyer and the Seller shall instruct the Accounting Firm not to assign a value to any item in dispute greater than the greatest value for such item assigned by the Buyer, on the one hand, or the Seller, on the other hand, or less than the smallest value for such item assigned by the Buyer, on the one hand, or the Seller, on the other hand. The Buyer and the Seller shall also instruct the Accounting Firm to make its determination based solely on presentations by the Buyer and the Seller (i.e., not on the basis of an independent review). The Closing Surplus Statement and the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date reflected therein shall become final and binding on the parties hereto on the date the Accounting Firm delivers its final resolution in writing to the Buyer and the Seller (which final resolution shall be requested by the parties hereto to be delivered not more than thirty (30) days following submission of such disputed matters). All of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.4(b) shall be borne equally by the Seller and the Buyer.

 

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(c)   If the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date (as determined pursuant to Section 2.4(b)) exceeds the Estimated Policyholders’ Surplus, then the Buyer shall pay the Seller the amount of such excess, as directed by the Seller. If the Policyholders’ Surplus as of the Closing Date (as determined pursuant to Section 2.4(b)) is less than the Estimated Policyholders’ Surplus, then the Seller shall pay the Buyer such shortfall as directed by the Buyer. Payments made pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds as follows: (i) if no Notice of Objection is delivered by the Seller, such amount shall be paid within three (3) Business Days of the earlier of the expiration of the thirty (30) day period for delivery of such Notice of Objection and the date of delivery by the Seller of a joint notice that the Closing Statement will be accepted without objection; or (ii) if Notice of Objection is delivered by the Seller, (x) any net undisputed amount due from the Seller to the Buyer or from the Buyer to the Seller (as the case may be) shall be paid within three (3) Business Days after delivery of such Notice of Objection, and (y) the remaining amount, if any, due from the Seller to the Buyer or the Buyer to the Seller (as the case may be) shall be paid within three (3) Business Days after the date all disputed items are finally resolved pursuant to Section 2.4(b). Any amounts not paid when required pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall bear interest compounded annually from the required date of payment to the date of actual payment at the prime rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its prime rate.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER

 

The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer as follows:

 

3.1   Organization of the Seller . The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of State of Michigan.

 

3.2   Authorization, Validity and Enforceability . The Seller has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, including, without limitation, the sale of the Shares. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions by the Seller have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Seller is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their terms, subject to the effect of receivership, conservatorship and subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

3.3   No Conflicts . Assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.4 below, except as set forth in Schedule 3.3 , the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions or any Ancillary Agreement do not and will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under (or an event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute a default under), or give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Seller or the Company under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any assets or Properties (including, without limitation, the Shares) of the Seller or the Company by reason of the terms of (a) the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller or the Company; (b) any Contract to which the Seller or the Company is a party or by or to which either of them or their assets or Properties (including, without limitation, the Shares) may be bound or subject; (c) any applicable order, writ, judgment, injunction, award, decree, law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity; or (d) any other Permit of the Seller or the Company.

 

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3.4   Seller Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.4 , no consent, approval, authorization, license or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity or any other Person (collectively, “ Consents ”) is necessary to be obtained, made or given by the Seller or the Company in connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, the performance by the Seller of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, other than such Consents which, if not obtained or made, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to execute and deliver this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions

 

3.5   Organization and Qualification of the Company; No Subsidiaries . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Missouri as a property and casualty insurance company and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets or Properties and to conduct its business as currently being conducted. The Company is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its business or the ownership of its Properties makes such qualification necessary, except where the lack of such qualification or good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company has no Subsidiaries and no equity or other ownership interest of any kind in any other Person.

 

3.6   Capitalization of the Company .

 

(a)   Schedule 3.6 sets forth the designation, par value and the number of authorized, issued and outstanding Shares of capital stock of the Company. The issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company consists solely of the Shares. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6 , no other class of equity securities, preferred stock, bonds, debentures, notes, other evidences of indebtedness for borrowed money or other securities of any kind of the Company (except for the Shares) is authorized, issued or outstanding. All of the Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b)   There are no subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights or other rights to purchase or otherwise receive, nor are there any securities or instruments of any kind convertible into or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Seller is a party to any agreement with a third party (other than the Buyer) which places any restriction upon, or which creates any voting trust, proxy, or other agreement with respect to, the voting, purchase, redemption, acquisition or transfer of the Shares.

 

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3.7   Title to Shares . The Seller has good and valid title to each of the Shares, free and clear of any Lien.

 

3.8   Financial Statements .

 

(a)   The Seller has heretofore delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of the Statutory Statements of the Company.

 

(b)   The Statutory Statements of the Company were prepared and the Subsequent Period Financial Statements will be prepared in accordance with SAP and the Applicable Insurance Code, consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto regarding the adoption of new accounting policies), and present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with SAP and the Applicable Insurance Code, the statutory financial position of the Company at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company, for the respective periods then ended, except that the Statutory Statements of the Company have not been, and any Subsequent Period Financial Statement will not have been, audited and are or will be subject to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments. The Statutory Statements of the Company complied and the Subsequent Period Financial Statements will comply in all material respects with SAP and the Applicable Insurance Code, and were or will be complete and correct in all material respects when filed, and no material deficiency has been asserted in writing with respect to any of the Statutory Statements of the Company by any Applicable Insurance Department.

 

3.9   Absence of Changes .

 

(a)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9 or any other schedule hereto and except for the Contemplated Transactions, since December 31, 2007, there has not occurred a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(b)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9 , or any other Schedule hereto and except for the Contemplated Transactions, between December 31, 2007, through the date hereof, the Company has operated its businesses in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(c)   Without limiting the foregoing, except as set forth in Schedule 3.9 , or any other Schedule hereto and except for the Contemplated Transactions, none of the Company, the Seller or any Person acting on behalf of the Company or the Seller has taken any of the following actions since December 31, 2007:

 

(i)   sold (or granted any warrants, options or other rights to purchase) any of the Shares, or otherwise issued any other interests in the Company;

 

(ii)   acquired any assets or Property of the Company for a cost in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), individually or in the aggregate;

 

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(iii)   created, incurred or assumed any indebtedness relating to or affecting the Company other than accounts payable incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(iv)   made any loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in any Person relating to or affecting the Company;

 

(v)   materially changed billing, payment or credit practices of the Company with any insurer, reinsurer, producer, agent, broker or intermediary or changed the timing of rendering invoices;

 

(vi)   entered into any material Lease or contract, or terminated, modified or changed in any material respect any contract, relating to or affecting the Company other than in the Ordinary Course of Business or as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;

 

(vii)   entered into any employment, independent contractor, severance, termination or other compensation agreement with any Employee or consultant of the Company;

 

(viii)   increased the rate or terms of compensation of, or entered into any new, or extended the term of any existing, bonus or incentive agreement or arrangement , with, any Employee or consultant of the Company;

 

(ix)   adopted any new Plan or amendment to increase the compensation or benefits payable under any of the Plans;

 

(x)   induced any Employee or consultant of the Company to leave his or her employment or terminate his or her engagement in order to accept employment or an engagement with the Seller or any of its Affiliates, or acted to otherwise adversely affect the relations of the Company with any employee or consultant to the detriment of the Company;

 

(xi)   entered into any material transaction, agreement, contract or understanding with an Affiliate or altered the terms of any material transaction, agreement, contract or understanding with any Affiliate;

 

(xii)   suffered any material breach or waived any rights of the Company arising under or in connection with any of the assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(xiii)   entered into any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other business combination or reorganization;

 

(xiv)   changed any of the Company’s methods of accounting or accounting systems, policies or practices;

 

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(xv)   without limiting the foregoing, entered into any material transaction (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) affecting any of the assets or the operations, prospects or financial condition of the Company other than in the Ordinary Course of Business; or

 

(xvi)   entered into any oral or written agreement, contract, commitment, arrangement or understanding with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

3.10   Legal Proceedings . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10 , there is no civil, criminal, administrative or other Action pending or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its assets or Properties or against the Shares, by or before any court, other Governmental Entity or arbitrator, which has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10 , there is no outstanding order, writ, judgment, injunction, fine, award, determination or decree of any court, other Governmental Entity or arbitrator against the Company or any of its assets or Properties which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.10 , there is no Action pending or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Seller or the Company that (i) seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions or (ii) has or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Seller to consummate any of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

3.11   Compliance with Laws; Permits .

 

(a)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3.11 , the Company is in compliance with, is not in default under and has received no written notice from any Governmental Entity and the Seller has no Knowledge that it is not in compliance with or default under (i) all Applicable Laws; (ii) all applicable rules, ordinances, resolutions, codes, edicts, regulations, rulings, requirements, orders, Consents, approvals, writs, judgments, injunctions, awards, determinations and decrees issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by any court, other Governmental Entity or arbitrator; (iii) the Insurance Licenses; and (iv) its Permits (other than the Insurance Licenses), except, with respect to clauses (i) - (iv), where noncompliance or default would not reasonably be expect to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(b)   The Company has all Permits necessary for the ownership of its assets and Properties and to conduct its business (a “ Material Permit ”), and all such Material Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure by the Company to have any Permit would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

(c)   To the Seller’s Knowledge, since January 1, 2003, the Company has not engaged in any corrupt business practices or price fixing, bid rigging or any other anticompetitive activity of any type.

 

(d)   Since January 1, 2003 neither the Company nor its directors or officers, nor to the Seller’s Knowledge any Employees or agents, has (i) directly or indirectly given or agreed to give any illegal gift, contribution, payment or similar benefit to any supplier, customer, governmental official or employee or other Person who was, is or may be in a position to help or hinder the Company (or assist in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) or made or agreed to make any illegal contribution, or reimbursed any illegal political gift or contribution made by any other Person, to any candidate for federal, state, local or foreign public office (x) which could reasonably be expected to subject the Company, the Buyer or the business to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding or (y) the non-continuation of which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or (ii) established or maintained any unrecorded fund or asset or made any false entries on any books or records for any purpose.

 

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3.12   Contracts .

 

(a)   Schedule 3.12(a) , contains a true and complete list of all of the following Contracts in effect or pursuant to which any party thereto has any obligations (excluding policies of insurance written by the Company, Plans and Company Insurance Policies which are the subject of Sections 3.16 and 3.18 , respectively) to which the Company is a party:

 

(i)   material partnership or joint venture Contracts;

 

(ii)   Contracts containing any covenant of the Company not to compete with any Person or in any location or geographic area or any limitation or restriction on the ability of the Company to engage in any line of business or the manner in which Company conducts business;

 

(iii)   Contracts relating to the borrowing of money, or the direct or indirect guaranty of any obligation for borrowed money by the Company, or Contracts to service the repayment of borrowed money or any other Liability in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person;

 

(iv)   lease, sublease, rental, licensing, use or similar Contracts with respect to Property providing for annual rental, license, or use payments or the guaranty of any such lease, sublease, rental, licensing or other Contracts;

 

(v)   Contracts (A) for the purchase, acquisition, sale or disposition of any assets or Properties or the Shares or equity interests of the Company or any Person, other than in connection with the management of the Company’s investment portfolio in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (B) for the grant to any Person (excluding the Company) of any option or preferential rights to purchase any Shares, other equity interests, assets or Properties of the Company;

 

(vi)   any Contract that provides for the indemnification of any officer, director, Employee or agent and any employment or other similar Contracts with any current officer, director, Employee or agent;

 

(vii)   Reinsurance Contracts to which the Company is a party;

 

(viii)   material agency, broker, selling, marketing or similar Contracts;

 

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(ix)   asset management agreements with any other Person;

 

(x)   Contracts under which Persons provide material information, technology products or information technology services to the Company;

 

(xi)   Contracts providing for indemnification of any special purpose vehicle or other financing entity, including off balance sheet entities;

 

(xii)   Any contract providing for future payments that are conditioned on, or an event of default as a result of, a change of control of the Company or any similar event;

 

(xiii)   other material Contracts not listed above.

 

(b)   The Seller has heretofore delivered or made available to the Buyer true and complete copies of all of the Material Contracts whether or not listed on Schedule 3.12(a) . Each of such Material Contracts is a valid and binding obligation of the Company and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, is a valid and binding obligation of any other Person party thereto, and is in full force and effect enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ right generally, general principles of equity and the discretion of courts in granting equitable remedies. Except as specified in Schedule 3.12(b) , neither the Company nor, to the Seller’s Knowledge, any other Person party thereto, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract whether or not listed on Schedule 3.12(a) , except for such breaches, violations and defaults that have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Knowledge of the Seller no condition or event exists which with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a violation or default of any Material Contract by the Company or any other party thereto or permit the termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of performance of the obligations of the Company or any other party to the Material Contract.

 

3.13   Property and Assets .

 

(a)   The Company does not own and has never owned any real Property and the Company has no leasehold interests in real Property.

 

(b)   The Company has good title to, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, free of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) all personal Property and other assets on its books and reflected in the Statutory Statements of the Company or in the Subsequent Period Financial Statements, as applicable, or acquired in the Ordinary Course of Business since December 31, 2007, which would have been required to be reflected in the balance sheets included therein, except for assets that have been disposed of in the Ordinary Course of Business since December 31, 2007 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)   The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. Other than Liabilities arising from insurance policies issued by the Company, the Company has no Liabilities or obligations arising from the release of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment. To the Knowledge of the Seller, there have been no releases of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment at or from any parcel of real Property or any facility formerly owned, operated or controlled by the Company, or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, any other owner, operator or lessee of such Property or facility.

 

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3.14   Insurance Licenses . Schedule 3.14 contains a true and complete list of all states in which the Company is licensed to engage in the business of insurance and the lines of authority for which it is licensed in each state. Subject to satisfaction of any minimum capital and surplus requirements, the licenses listed on Schedule 3.14 and the lines of authority will permit the Company to act as a licensed reinsurer with respect to the Reinsurance Business in each state where the Company is licensed for the Reinsurance Business following the Closing. The Seller has delivered or made available to the Buyer true and complete copies of licensing documentation for each such state (such licenses being herein called the “ Insurance Licenses ”). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14 , all such licenses are valid, unrestricted and in full force and effect.

 

3.15   Intellectual Property

 

(a)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15 , the Company owns or possesses, or has valid, enforceable rights or licenses to use, the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, Internet domain names (including any registrations, licenses or rights relating to any of the foregoing), computer software, trade secrets, inventions and know-how that are necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted (each, an “ Intellectual Property Right ”) free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens and restrictions provided in an agreement, license or other arrangement listed in Schedule 3.15 , except where the failure to so own or possess, or have licenses to use any Intellectual Property Right, has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Seller has no Knowledge of any infringement by any Person of any Intellectual Property Right of the Company.

 

(b)   All Intellectual Property Rights that have been licensed by or on behalf of the Company are being used substantially in accordance with the applicable license pursuant to which the Company has the right to use such Intellectual Property Rights, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Schedule 3.15 lists each agreement, license or other arrangement relating to any licensed Intellectual Property Right, which if not licensed or available for use by the Company, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or under which a one-time or periodic license fee of more than $50,000 was or shall be payable in the applicable licensing period.

 

(c)   Schedule 3.15 contains a complete and accurate list of (A) registered and applied for patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, or domain names owned or licensed by the Company, in each case specifying the jurisdiction in which the applicable registration has been obtained or pending application has been filed, and, where applicable, the registration or application number therefore (B) material common law trademarks and service marks owned by the Company and other Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by the Company. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15 , as of the date hereof, there are no claims pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, challenging the ownership, validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property Right owned by the Company, except, in each case, for such claims that, if adversely


 
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