Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.
80 Pine Street
New York, New York 10005
TIRS LICENSE AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT COVER PAGE
Allied World
Assurance Company, Ltd (“Licensee”) has agreed to
license the TIRS computer software from Transatlantic Holdings,
Inc. (“THI”) on the terms and conditions set forth in
this License Agreement.
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Contact
Information
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Allied World
Assurance Company, Ltd
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Name: Mike
Fullen
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Telephone:
441-278-5526 Fax No.
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Email Address:
Mike.Fullen@awac.com
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Mailing
Address: 29 Richmond Road,
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Pembroke HM 08,
Bermuda
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Initial Term
End Date
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November 17, 2009
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Subsequent to
the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for
successive renewal terms of one (1) year each (Renewal Term)
unless either party notifies the other of its desire not to renew
prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or relevant Renewal
Term.
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Maintenance and
Upgrades
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THI will
provide the upgrades and updates to the TIRS Software that are
generally made available to licensees of the TIRS
Software.
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Training
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Unix server
running Informix IDS (database server) version 9.x or higher and
Windows NT, 2000, or XP-based PC clients running Informix Connect
version 9.x or higher.
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Initial Term
License Fees
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Payment Due
Date
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December 15, 2006
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October 17, 2007
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October 17, 2008
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Total Fee paid
upfront $3,900,000
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February 15,
2007
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Amended and Restated SOFTWARE
LICENSE AGREEMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Amended and
Restated Software License Agreement Terms and Conditions
(“Agreement”) is entered into as of November 17,
2006 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (“ THI ”) and
Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd (“ Licensee
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1.
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LICENSE GRANT
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1.1.
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Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, THI hereby grants to Licensee, a worldwide,
nontransferable, nonexclusive, nonassignable, limited license and
right to access, use, copy (as expressly permitted herein), and
modify THI’s The International Reinsurance Systems computer
software product(s) (as identified on the Cover Page of this
Agreement) together with all documentation and other materials
accompanying such product(s) (together, the “ TIRS
Software ”).
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1.2.
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Neither this Agreement nor the TIRS
Software may be sold, leased, assigned, sublicensed or otherwise
transferred by Licensee, in whole or in part, unless otherwise
agreed in writing by THI.
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2.
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SCOPE
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2.1.
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Licensee’s use of the TIRS
Software shall be limited to use to process only Licensee’s
own internal business. Licensee is authorized to make a reasonable
number of copies of TIRS Software for the purposes of quality
assurance, testing, backup and disaster recovery purposes. Licensee
will keep records of each copy made, where such copy is located and
the authorized user thereof. Such records will be available for
inspection at any reasonable time by THI upon ten (10) days
notice.
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2.2.
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Licensee has the right to develop
interfaces to the TIRS Software in conjunction with its use of the
TIRS Software. Such Licensee-developed software interfaces will
remain the intellectual property of Licensee or its
vendors.
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3.
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DELIVERY; INSTALLATION; SOURCE CODE
ESCROW
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3.1.
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The
TIRS Software will be supplied as a run-time machine executable
application on a date to be agreed between the parties. Source code
for the TIRS Software is not licensed to Licensee, and will not be
provided to Licensee unless otherwise agreed between the parties in
writing.
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3.2.
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Licensee is responsible for
providing the following operating environment upon which the TIRS
Software will run: a Unix server running Informix IDS (database
server) version 9.x. or higher and Windows NT, 2000, or XP-based PC
clients running Informix Connect version 9.x or higher. Licensee
shall furnish and make
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TIRS/AWAC
License Agreement
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available its equipment and
facilities as required for the installation, operation or
maintenance of the TIRS Software, and take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the operating environment specified in
this Section 3.2 is operable as of the agreed date of
installation. Licensee is also responsible for obtaining all
appropriate licenses, including all necessary licenses for the
Informix software products, relating to the operating
environment.
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3.3.
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THI
will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Licensee to
install and configure the TIRS Software, and, if necessary, the
Informix server software product.
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3.4.
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Within thirty (30) days after
the Effective Date, THI shall enter into a source code escrow
agreement (the “Source Code Escrow Agreement”) with a
reputable escrow agent (the “Source Code Escrow Agent”)
and make Licensee a beneficiary to the Source Code Escrow
Agreement. In the event that the Source Code Escrow Agreement
expires or is terminated, THI shall promptly notify Licensee
thereof and THI agrees to immediately enter into a new escrow
agreement on the same terms with another escrow agent, which shall
be mutually agreed to by the parties. Upon making Licensee a
beneficiary to the Source Code Escrow Agreement, THI will deposit
with the Escrow Agent a documented copy of the source code form of
the TIRS Software, a listing thereof, commentary, developer notes,
libraries, tools, utilities and other related materials in a source
code escrow account. If THI corrects any defects in the TIRS
Software, or provides any new corrected releases, new versions,
modifications or enhancements to the TIRS Software, THI shall
simultaneously furnish the Escrow Agent with a corrected or revised
copy of the source code form of the TIRS Software (the revised
copies and the original copies, collectively, the “Escrowed
Materials”). THI shall obtain the right in the Source Code
Escrow Agreement for Licensee, as a beneficiary under the Source
Code Escrow Agreement, to audit THI’s escrow account with the
Source Code Escrow Agent in order to confirm that THI has complied
with its obligations to comply its obligations to deposit all of
the materials and documents required pursuant to this
Section.
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3.5.
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The
Escrowed Materials will be released from escrow if THI becomes the
subject of any voluntary or involuntary proceeding in bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution, receivership, attachment or composition,
or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. Without
any limitation of the rights granted to Licensee in Section 1
of this Agreement, THI hereby grants to Licensee, under any and all
of THI’s intellectual property rights (both now and in the
future), a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license
to access, use, display and modify the Escrowed Materials
(“Source Code License Rights”) solely for the purpose
of supporting the TIRS Software; provided, that although the
foregoing grant is effective as of the Effective Date, Licensee may
exercise any such Source Code
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TIRS/AWAC
License Agreement
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License Rights only upon the
occurrence of the release of the Escrowed Materials to Licensee
pursuant to this Section.
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3.6
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All
rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by
THI are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of
Section 365(n) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the
“Code”), licenses to rights to “Intellectual
Property” as defined under the Code. The parties agree that
Licensee, as licensee of such rights under this Agreement shall
retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under
the Code. The parties further agree that, in the event of the
commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding by or against either
party under the Code, either party shall be entitled to retain all
of its rights under this Agreement.
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4.
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TERM AND TERMINATION
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4.1.
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Term of License
. Subject to earlier
termination as described in Section 4.2, and unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the parties, this Agreement shall commence on
the Initial Term Start Date set forth on the Cover Page, and shall
continue until the Initial Term End Date set forth on the Cover
Page (such period being referred to as the “ Initial
Term ”). Thereafter, this Agreement shall automatically
renew for successive renewal terms of one (1) year each
(“ Renewal Terms ”), unless either party
notifies the other of its desire not to renew at least ninety
(90) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or
Renewal Term then in effect.
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4.2.
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Termination of License
. This Agreement may be
terminated prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any
subsequent Renewal Term as follows:
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Either party may terminate this
Agreement at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the other party if the other party has breached any of
its material obligations and has not cured such default prior to
the expiration of the thirty (30) day period. In addition,
either party will have the right to terminate this Agreement upon
thirty (30) days prior written notice if a Force Majeure
Condition (as defined in Section 12.4) has prevented
performance by the other party for more than one hundred twenty
(120) consecutive days.
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Either party may terminate this
Agreement at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the other party if a court or other governmental entity
issues an order that requires THI to materially alter the TIRS
Software or otherwise materially restricts or limits THI’s
ability to deliver or license the TIRS Software as it exists as of
the Effective Date of this Agreement.
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License Agreement
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THI
may terminate this Agreement at any time upon written notice to
Licensee if any assignment is made by Licensee for the benefit of
creditors, or if a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or similar
officer shall be appointed to take charge of any or all of
Licensee’s property, or if Licensee files a voluntary
petition under federal bankruptcy laws or similar state or foreign
statutes or such a petition is filed against Licensee and is not
dismissed within forty-five (45) days, or if Licensee liquidates or
otherwise winds up its business for any reason.
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THI
may terminate this Agreement if a third party acquires Licensee, if
Licensee merges with a third party, or if any entity that did not
have a majority ownership interest in Licensee as of the Effective
Date subsequently acquires a majority ownership interest in
Licensee, by providing twelve months written notice to Licensee of
such termination, following THI’s actual knowledge of such
change in control of Licensee.
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4.3.
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The
parties agree that unauthorized use, disclosure or transfer of the
TIRS Software may substantially diminish the value of such
materials and irreparably harm THI, and therefore further agree
that THI shall be entitled to injunctive and/or other equitable
relief, in addition to other remedies afforded by law, to prevent
or restrain a breach of this Agreement.
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4.4.
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Upon any expiration or termination
of this Agreement, Licensee shall immediately return to THI (or, at
THI’s option, destroy and certify in writing to THI that it
has destroyed) the original and all copies of the TIRS Software,
including compilations, translations, partial copies, archival
copies, upgrades, updates, release notes and training materials
relating to the TIRS Software, and all security devices, if any,
and media on which original copies of the TIRS Software are
contained. If Licensee fails to return or destroy any such
materials, it shall continue to pay all License Fees until such
return or destruction, notwithstanding the termination of the
License.
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5.
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LICENSE FEES
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5.1.
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Initial License Term
. The Licensee shall pay
THI the License Fee according to the schedule set forth on the
Cover Page. Licensee’s failure to make such payments
according to this schedule shall be considered a material breach of
its obligations under this Agreement.
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5.2.
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Renewal Terms
. THI reserves the right
to modify these terms and conditions by providing notice to
Licensee of the new terms and conditions as provided herein. The
terms and conditions for each Renewal Term, except for pricing,
shall be the same as those contained in this Agreement unless
Licensee is notified in writing of the proposed changes
90 days prior to the beginning of the pertinent Renewal Term.
THI shall also notify Licensee 90 days prior to the beginning
of the renewal term of
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the
pricing for the Renewal Term. No later than sixty (60) days
prior to the beginning of each Renewal Term, Licensee shall notify
THI of its intent to renew or terminate this Agreement. If Licensee
elects to renew, Licensee shall pay THI the entire renewal License
Fee concurrently with its notice of election to renew. Licensee
shall be obligated to pay the entire renewal License Fee for any
Renewal Term that has commenced, regardless of the level of
Licensee’s actual or expected use of the TIRS Software during
such Renewal Term.
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5.3.
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Payments Net . All payments, fees and other
charges payable by Licensee to THI under this Agreement are net of
all freight charges, taxes (including sales, value-added or use
taxes), tariffs and other governmental charges, all of which shall
be paid by Licensee. Licensee acknowledges that it is responsible
for such governmental charges and that if THI is required to pay
any such charges based on the TIRS Software, services or other
items provided to Licensee, then such charges, but not any
penalties or interest, shall be billed to and paid by Licensee.
Licensee shall obtain and provide to THI any certificate of
exemption or similar document required to exempt any transaction
under this Agreement from sales tax, use tax or other tax
liability.
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5.4.
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Payment Terms
. All payments shall be
made in U.S. Dollars.
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5.5.
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Effect of Early
Termination .
In the event that this License Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 4.2, THI shall refund to Licensee the applicable
License Fee, as pro-rated over the Initial Term or any applicable
subsequent Renewal Term.
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6.
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PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION
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6.1.
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THI
shall have sole and exclusive ownership of all right, title and
interest in and to the TIRS Software and all modifications,
updates, upgrades and enhancements thereto (including ownership of
all trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and
patentable inventions pertaining thereto), subject only to the
rights and privileges expressly granted to you herein by THI. This
Agreement does not provide Licensee with title or ownership of the
TIRS Software, but only a right of limited use as provided herein.
Licensee shall keep the licensed TIRS Software free and clear of
all claims, liens, and encumbrances.
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6.2.
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This Agreement shall not be
construed as an encumbrance or limitation of any kind on
THI’s right to develop or modify the TIRS Software in any
way. In addition, this Agreement shall not be construed as an
encumbrance or limitation of any kind on THI’s right to
transfer ownership of the TIRS Software or to license or sublicense
the TIRS Software to any p
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