WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT
UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. THIS
INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND
OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A
COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR
OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE
VOID.
WARRANT
to purchase
53,798,766
Shares of Common Stock
of AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Issue Date: November 25,
2008
1.
Definitions . Unless the context otherwise requires, when
used herein the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated.
“
Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Purchase Agreement.
“
Appraisal Procedure ” means a procedure whereby two
independent appraisers, one chosen by the Company and one by the
Original Warrantholder, shall mutually agree upon the
determinations then the subject of appraisal. Each party shall
deliver a notice to the other appointing its appraiser within
15 days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked. If within
30 days after appointment of the two appraisers they are
unable to agree upon the amount in question, a third independent
appraiser shall be chosen within 10 days thereafter by the
mutual consent of such first two appraisers. The decision of the
third appraiser so appointed and chosen shall be given within
30 days after the selection of such third appraiser. If three
appraisers shall be appointed and the determination of one
appraiser is disparate from the middle determination by more than
twice the amount by which the other determination is disparate from
the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser
shall be excluded, the
remaining two
determinations shall be averaged and such average shall be binding
and conclusive upon the Company and the Original Warrantholder;
otherwise, the average of all three determinations shall be binding
upon the Company and the Original Warrantholder. The costs of
conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne by the
Company.
“ Board
of Directors ” means the board of directors of the
Company, including any duly authorized committee
thereof.
“
Business Combination ” means a merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the
approval of the Company’s stockholders.
“
business day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday
and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York
generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental
actions to close.
“ Capital
Stock ” means (A) with respect to any Person that is
a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any
Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all
partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“
Charter ” means, with respect to any Person, its
certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association,
or similar organizational document.
“ Charter
Amendment ” means the amendments to the Company’s
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the par value of
the Common Stock to $0.000001 per share and increase the number of
authorized shares of Common Stock to 19 billion.
“ Common
Stock ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“
Company ” means the American International Group,
Inc.
“
conversion ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(C).
“
convertible securities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(C).
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“
Exercise Price ” means, with respect to this Warrant,
initially, $2.50, and upon the effectiveness of the Charter
Amendment, the amended par value per share of Common
Stock.
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“
Expiration Time ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.
“ Fair
Market Value ” means, with respect to any security or
other property, the fair market value of such security or other
property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good
faith or, with respect to Section 14, as determined by the
Original Warrantholder acting in good faith. For so long as the
Original Warrantholder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof,
it may object in writing to the Board of Director’s
calculation of fair market value within 10 days of receipt of
written notice thereof. If the Original Warrantholder and the
Company are unable to agree on fair market value during the 10-day
period following the delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s
objection, the Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either party
to determine Fair Market Value by delivering written notification
thereof not later than the 30 th day after delivery of the Original
Warrantholder’s objection.
“
Governmental Entities ” has the meaning ascribed to it
in the Purchase Agreement.
“ Initial
Number ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(C).
“ Issue
Date ” means November 25, 2008.
“ Market
Price ” means, with respect to a particular security, on
any given day, the last reported sale price regular way or, in case
no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the
last closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case on the
principal national securities exchange on which the applicable
securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
average of the closing bid and ask prices as furnished by two
members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.
“Market Price” shall be determined without reference to
after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not
listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above
are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price
per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be (i) in the
event that any portion of the Warrant is held by the Original
Warrantholder, the fair market value per share of such security as
determined in good faith by the Original Warrantholder or
(ii) in all other circumstances, the fair market value per
share of such security as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors in reliance on an opinion of a nationally recognized
independent investment banking corporation retained by the Company
for this purpose and certified in a resolution to the
Warrantholder. For the purposes of determining the Market Price of
the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or
following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day
shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled
closing time of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if
trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii)
that trading day shall
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end at the next
regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an
earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as
an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last
trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of
trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event
occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be
determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing
price).
“
Original Warrantholder ” means the United States
Department of the Treasury. Any actions specified to be taken by
the Original Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken by such
Person and not by any other Warrantholder.
“
Permitted Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(C).
“
Person ” has the meaning given to it in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in
Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
“ Per
Share Fair Market Value ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(D).
“
Preferred Shares ” means the perpetual preferred stock
issued to the Original Warrantholder on the Issue Date pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
“ Pro
Rata Repurchases ” means any purchase of shares of Common
Stock by the Company or any subsidiary thereof pursuant to
(A) any tender offer or exchange offer subject to Section
13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E
promulgated thereunder or (B) any other offer available to
substantially all holders of Common Stock, in the case of both
(A) or (B), whether for cash, shares of Capital Stock of the
Company, other securities of the Company, evidences of indebtedness
of the Company or any other Person or any other property
(including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock, other
securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary), or any
combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is outstanding.
The “ Effective Date ” of a Pro Rata Repurchase
shall mean the date of acceptance of shares for purchase or
exchange by the Company under any tender or exchange offer which is
a Pro Rata Repurchase or the date of purchase with respect to any
Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a tender or exchange
offer.
“
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2008, as amended from time
to time, between the Company and the United States Department of
the Treasury, including all annexes and schedules
thereto.
“
Regulatory Approvals ” with respect to the
Warrantholder, means, to the extent applicable and required to
permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of
Common Stock and to own such Common Stock without the Warrantholder
being in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation,
the
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receipt of any
necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings and
registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination
of any applicable waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
“ SEC
” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
“ trading
day ” means (A) if the shares of Common Stock are
not traded on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market, a business day or
(B) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national
or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or quotation
system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the shares
of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any
national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one
half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least once on the
national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading
of the shares of Common Stock.
“ U.S.
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting
principles.
“
Warrantholder ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
“
Warrant ” means this Warrant, issued pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.
2. Number
of Shares; Exercise Price . This certifies that, for value
received, the United States Department of the Treasury or its
permitted assigns (the “ Warrantholder ”) is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, after
the receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to
an aggregate of 53,798,766 fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock, at a purchase price per share of Common Stock equal
to the Exercise Price. The number of shares of Common Stock (the
“ Shares ”) and the Exercise Price are subject
to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to
“Common Stock,” “Shares” and
“Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any
such adjustment or series of adjustments.
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3.
Exercise of Warrant; Term . Subject to Section 2, to
the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the right
to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable,
in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time
to time after the execution and delivery of this Warrant by the
Company on the date hereof, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time on the tenth anniversary of the Issue Date (the
“ Expiration Time ”), by (A) the surrender
of this Warrant and Notice of Exercise annexed hereto, duly
completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the
principal executive office of the Company located at 70 Pine
Street, New York, New York 10270 Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(or such other office or agency of the Company in the United States
as it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at
the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the
Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares
thereby purchased:
(i) by having
the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise be delivered to the Warrantholder upon such exercise,
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant equal
in value to the aggregate Exercise Price as to which this Warrant
is so exercised based on the Market Price of the Common Stock on
the trading day on which this Warrant is exercised and the Notice
of Exercise is delivered to the Company pursuant to this
Section 3, or
(ii) with the
consent of both the Company and the Warrantholder, by tendering in
cash, by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of
the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account designated by the Company.
If the
Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the
Warrantholder will be entitled to receive from the Company within a
reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three business
days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the
purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between
the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of
Shares as to which this Warrant is so exercised. Notwithstanding
anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby
acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for
Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have
first received any applicable Regulatory Approvals.
4.
Issuance of Shares; Authorization; Listing . Book-entries
representing Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant will be
promptly recorded in such name or names as the Warrantholder may
designate. The Company hereby represents and warrants that any
Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3 will be duly and validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created
by the Warrantholder,
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income and
franchise taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of the
Warrant or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring
contemporaneously therewith). The Company agrees that the Shares so
issued will be deemed to have been issued to the Warrantholder as
of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant and
payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant, notwithstanding that the
stock transfer books of the Company may then be closed. The Company
will at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized
but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for
the exercise of this Warrant, the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any
time. The Company will (A) procure, at its sole expense, the
listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any
time, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal
stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded
and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times
after issuance. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to
ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any
applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any
securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or
traded.
5. No
Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional Shares or scrip
representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon any exercise of
this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to which the
Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the Warrantholder shall
be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Market Price of
the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of
exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price for such fractional
share.
6. No
Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books . This Warrant does not
entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a
stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof.
The Company will at no time close its transfer books against
transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the
timely exercise of this Warrant.
7.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of Shares to the
Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made
without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or transfer tax
or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the
Company.
(A) Subject
to compliance with clause (B) of this Section 8, this
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