EXHIBIT 10.1
November 7, 2005
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
SunTrust Bank
00 Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Agreement is dated as of November 8, 2005 (the "Agreement") by and among The
Phoenix Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., as the
remarketing agent (the "Remarketing Agent"), and SunTrust Bank, a Georgia banking corporation, not
individually but solely as Purchase Contract Agent (the "Purchase Contract Agent") and as
attorney-in-fact of the holders of Purchase Contracts (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement
referred to below).
Section 1. Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2002, between the
Company and SunTrust Bank, as Purchase Contract Agent, as amended from time to time (the "Purchase
Contract Agreement").
(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
"Notes" means the 6.60% Notes due February 16, 2008 of the Company.
"Preliminary Prospectus" means any preliminary prospectus relating to the
Remarketed Notes included in the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus; and any reference to any amendment
or supplement to such Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by
reference in such Preliminary Prospectus.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus relating to the Remarketed Notes, in the form in
which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b),
including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Prospectus; and any
reference to any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
any documents filed after the date of such Prospectus, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by
reference in such Prospectus.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement under the Securities Act
prepared by the Company covering, inter alia, the Remarketing of the Remarketed Notes pursuant to
Section 5(a) hereunder, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference
in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, and any post-effective amendments
thereto.
"Remarketed Notes" means the Pledged Notes and the Separate Notes, if any, subject
to Remarketing as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent and the
Custodial Agent, respectively, after 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the applicable Remarketing Date, and shall include: (a) (i) in the case of the Initial
Remarketing, the Second Remarketing and the Third Remarketing, the Pledged Notes and (ii) in the
case of the Final Remarketing, the Notes of the Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the
Purchase Contract Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the
Purchase Contract Settlement Date of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement of the related
Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement or who have so notified
the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make the required cash payment on the fourth Business Day
immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pursuant to the terms of the Purchase
Contract Agreement, and (b) the Separate Notes of the holders of Separate Notes, if any, who have
elected to have their Separate Notes be remarketed in such Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Remarketing" means the remarketing of the Remarketed Notes pursuant to this
.
"Remarketing Fee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
"Remarketing Materials" means the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
other information furnished by the Company to the Remarketing Agent for distribution to investors in
connection with the Remarketing.
"Remarketing Settlement Date" means November 16, 2005 in the case of a Successful
Initial Remarketing, December 16, 2005 in the case of a Failed Initial Remarketing and a Successful
Secondary Remarketing, January 16, 2006 in the case of a Failed Secondary Remarketing and a
Successful Third Remarketing and February 16, 2006 in the case of a Failed Third Remarketing and a
Successful Final Remarketing.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement, the
Pledge Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time.
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Section 2. Appointment and Obligations of the Remarketing Agent.
(a) The Company hereby appoints Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. as the exclusive Remarketing
Agent, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. hereby
accepts appointment as Remarketing Agent, for the purpose of (i) remarketing the Remarketed Notes on
behalf of the holders thereof, (ii) determining, in consultation with the Company, in the manner
provided for herein and in the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Indenture, the Reset Rate for the
Notes, and (iii) performing such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the
Transaction Documents.
(b) Unless a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such date, on the
third Business Day immediately preceding November 16, 2005 (the "Initial Remarketing Date"), the
Remarketing Agent shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to remarket ("Initial
Remarketing") the Remarketed Notes, at a price (the "Remarketing Price"), based on the Reset Rate,
equal to approximately 100.25% (or, if the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket the Remarketed
Notes at such rate, at a rate below 100.25% in the discretion of the Remarketing Agent, but in no
event less than 100%, net of any Remarketing Fee and any other fees and commissions) of the sum of
the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Notes Purchase Price.
(c) In the case of a Failed Initial Remarketing and unless a Special Event
Redemption has occurred prior to such date, on the third Business Day immediately preceding December
16, 2005 (the "Second Remarketing Date"), the Remarketing Agent shall use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to remarket (the "Second Remarketing") the Remarketed Notes at the
Remarketing Price. In the case of a Failed Second Remarketing and unless a Special Event Redemption
has occurred prior to such date, on the third Business Day immediately preceding January 16, 2006
(the "Third Remarketing Date"), the Remarketing Agent shall use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to remarket (the "Third Remarketing") the Remarketed Notes at the Remarketing Price. In the
case of a Failed Third Remarketing and unless a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such
date, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the
"Final Remarketing Date"), the Remarketing Agent shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts
to remarket (the "Final Remarketing") the Remarketed Notes at a price (the "Final Remarketing
Price"), based on the Reset Rate, equal to approximately 100.25% (or, if the Remarketing Agent is
unable to remarket the Remarketed Notes at such rate, at a rate below 100.25% in the discretion of
the Remarketing Agent, but in no event less than 100%, net of any Remarketing Fee and any other fees
and commissions) of the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Notes being remarketed in such
Final Remarketing. It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing on any Remarketing Date will be
considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least
100% (net of any Remarketing Fee and any other fees and commissions) of the sum of the Treasury
Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Notes Purchase Price, in the case of a Remarketing other
than the Final Remarketing, or 100% (net of any Remarketing Fee and any other fees and commissions)
of the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Notes in the case of the Final Remarketing.
(d) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine, in
consultation with the Company, the rate per annum, rounded to the nearest one-
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thousandth (0.001) of one percent per annum, that the Notes should bear (the "Reset Rate") in order
for the Remarketed Notes to have an aggregate market value equal to the Remarketing Price or the
Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, and that in the sole reasonable discretion of the
Remarketing Agent will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Notes at the Remarketing Price or
Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, in such Remarketing; provided that such rate shall not
(i) be less than the Coupon Rate set forth in the Indenture or (ii) exceed the maximum interest rate
permitted by law.
(e) In the event of a Failed Remarketing, or if no Notes are included in Corporate
Units and none of the holders of the Separate Notes elect to have Notes remarketed in such
Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Notes will not be reset and will continue to be the
Coupon Rate set forth in the Indenture.
(f) If, by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, the
Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Notes at the Remarketing Price or the
Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof, a Failed
Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall advise by telephone
the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, and return the Remarketed Notes to the
Collateral Agent or the Custodial Agent, as the case may be. Whether or not there has been a Failed
Remarketing will be determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent.
(g) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, by approximately 4:30 p.m., New York
City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone:
(1) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company of the Reset
Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent in such Remarketing and the number of
Remarketed Notes sold in such Remarketing;
(2) each purchaser (or the Depositary Participant thereof) of Remarketed Notes
of the Reset Rate and the number of Remarketed Notes such purchaser is to
purchase; and
(3) each such purchaser to give instructions to its Depositary Participant to
pay the purchase price on the third business day immediately following the date of
such Successful Remarketing in same day funds against delivery of the Remarketed
Notes purchased through the facilities of the Depositary.
The Remarketing Agent shall also, if required by the Securities Act or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, deliver to each purchaser a Prospectus in connection with
the Remarketing.
(h) After deducting any fees specified in Section 4 below, the proceeds from a
Successful Remarketing (i) with respect to the Notes that are components of the Corporate Units,
shall be paid to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Sections 5.07 and 7.06 of the Pledge
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Agreement, as the case may be, and Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract Agreement and (ii) with
respect to the Separate Notes, shall be paid to the Custodial Agent for payment to the holders of
such Separate Notes in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract Agreement and Section
7.06 of the Pledge Agreement.
(i) The right of each holder of Separate Notes or Corporate Units to have
Remarketed Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that
(i) the Remarketing Agent conducts (A) an Initial Remarketing, (B) a Second Remarketing in the event
of a Failed Initial Remarketing, (C) a Third Remarketing in the event of a Failed Second Remarketing
and (D) a Final Remarketing in the event of a Failed Third Remarketing, each pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, (ii) a Special Event Redemption has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date,
(iii) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for Remarketed Notes at the
Remarketing Price or the Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, based on the Reset Rate, and
(iv) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as
and when required.
(j) It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing Agent shall not have any
obligation whatsoever to purchase any Remarketed Notes, whether in the Remarketing or otherwise, and
shall in no way be obligated to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Remarketed Notes for
Remarketing or to otherwise expend or risk its own funds or incur or to be exposed to financial
liability in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, and without limitation of the
foregoing, the Remarketing Agent shall not be deemed an underwriter of the Remarketed Notes. Neither
the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make
payment upon tender of the Remarketed Notes for Remarketing.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants (i) on and as of the date hereof, (ii) on and
as of the date any Remarketing Materials are first distributed in connection with the Remarketing
(the "Commencement Date"), (iii) on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and (iv) on and as of
the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, that:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in
Sections 2(c), 2(d), 2(f), 2(g), 2(l), 2(n), 2(o) through 2(u), 2(w), 2(aa) and 2(cc) of the
Underwriting Agreement dated as of December 16, 2002 (the "Underwriting Agreement") among the
Company and the Underwriters identified in Schedule I to the related Pricing Agreement dated as of
December 16, 2002 among the Company, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, is true and correct as if made on the dates specified in clauses (i),
(ii), (iii) and (iv) in the first paragraph of this Section 3; provided that for purposes of this
Section 3(a), (A) any reference in such sections of the Underwriting Agreement to (i) the
"Registration Statement", the "Prospectus" or the "Preliminary Prospectus" shall be deemed to refer
to such terms as defined herein and (ii) the "Time of Delivery" shall be deemed to refer to the
applicable Remarketing Date and (B) the term "Significant Subsidiary" as used in Section 2(e) of the
Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to include any subsidiaries of the Company that are, on the
dates specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) in the first paragraph of this Section 3,
"significant subsidiaries" of the Company within the meaning of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant
to the Securities Act ("Regulation S-X").
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(b) The Registration Statement, if any, in the form heretofore delivered or to be
delivered to the Remarketing Agent, has been declared effective by the Commission in such form; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were
filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the
Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Remarketing Agent
furnished in writing to the Company by the Remarketing Agent or its counsel expressly for use in the
Prospectus.
(d) The Registration Statement, if any, conforms (and the Prospectus, if any, and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when they
become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform) in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and the Registration Statement and the Remarketing Materials (and any amendment or
supplement thereto) as of their respective effective or filing dates and as of the Commencement
Date, applicable Remarketing Date and the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date do not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no
representation and warranty is made as to any statement of eligibility on Form T-1 filed or
incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Remarketing
Materials, or as to information relating to the Remarketing Agent contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Remarketing Materials in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Remarketing Agent.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(f) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting
(as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements
of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company's principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and the
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Company's internal control over financial reporting is effective in all material respects and the
Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.
(g) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus there has been no change
in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
(h) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the
Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those
entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance
that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed or submitted by the
Company under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as such term is
defined under Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) has sustained since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, which is material to the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
change in the capital stock (other than issuances of common stock upon the exercise of previously
issued stock options, pursuant to currently existing employee compensation plans or upon exercise of
the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Corporate Units) or long-term debt of the Company and
its Significant Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than in connection with changes in the value of
derivative financial instruments currently held by the Company), or any material adverse change, or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition,
financial or otherwise, earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus.
(j) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and have been duly issued,
executed and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as provided in the Indenture and
constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by
the Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). The Notes
conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
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Section 4. Fees.
(a) In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Remarketed Notes prior to the
Final Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent may retain as a remarketing fee (the "Initial
Remarketing Fee") an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 25 basis points (0.25%) of the sum of the
Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Note Purchase Price and (ii) the amount of the
proceeds of such Remarketing in excess of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the
Separate Notes Purchase Price.
(b) In the event of a Successful Final Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent may
retain as the remarketing fee, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 25 basis points (0.25%), of the
principal amount of the Remarketed Notes and (ii) the amount of the proceeds of such Remarketing on
the Final Remarketing Date in excess of the aggregate principal amount of such Remarketed Notes (the
"Final Remarketing Fee" and together with the Initial Remarketing Fee, the "Remarketing Fee").
Section 5. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) If and to the extent the Remarketed Notes are required (in the view of
counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for either the Remarketing Agent or the
Company) to be registered under the Securities Act as in effect at the time of the Remarketing,
(1) to prepare the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, in a form
approved by the Remarketing Agent, to file any such Prospectus pursuant to the
Securities Act within the period required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission prior to the
second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date;
(2) to file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company or the Remarketing Agent, be required by the
Securities Act or requested by the Commission;
(3) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Remarketing Agent with copies
thereof;
(4) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of
the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a Prospectus is required in
connection with the offering or sale of the Remarketed Notes;
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(5) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of any of the Remarketed Notes for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, and,
in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use
promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(6) to furnish promptly to the Remarketing Agent such copies of the following
documents as the Remarketing Agent shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies
of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each
amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits); (B) the Preliminary
Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Preliminary Prospectus, (C) the
Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and (D) any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and, if
at any time when delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the
Remarketing, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file
under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the
Remarketing Agent and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to the Remarketing Agent and to any dealer in securities as
many copies as the Remarketing Agent may from time to time reasonably request of
an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission
or effect such compliance;
(7) prior to filing with the Commission (A) any amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (B) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act, to furnish a copy thereof to the Remarketing Agent
and counsel to the Remarketing Agent; and not to file any such amendment or
supplement that shall be reasonably disapproved by the Remarketing Agent promptly
after reasonable notice;
(8) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months,
after the effective date of the Registration Statement, to make "generally
available to its security holders" an "earnings statement" of the Company and its
subsidiaries complying with (which need not be audited) Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option
of the Company, Rule 158). The terms "generally available to its security holders"
and "earnings statement" shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158; and
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(9) to take such action as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in
order to qualify the Remarketed Notes for offer and sale under the securities or
"blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably
request; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction.
(b) To pay: (1) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the
Registration Statement, if any, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any
amendments or supplements thereto; (2) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement, if any,
any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (3)
any fees and expenses of qualifying the Remarketed Notes under the securities laws of the several
jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(a)(9) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky
Memorandum, if any (including any related fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent);
(4) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
hereunder and the Remarketing Agent hereunder; and (5) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
to the Remarketing Agent in connection with their duties hereunder.
(c) To furnish the Remarketing Agent with such information and documents as the
Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
and to make reasonably available to the Remarketing Agent and any accountant, attorney or other
advisor retained by the Remarketing Agent such information that parties would customarily require in
connection with a due diligence investigation conducted in accordance with applicable securities
laws and to cause the Company's officers, directors, employees and accountants to participate in all
such discussions and to supply all such information reasonably requested by any such Person in
connection with such investigation.
(d) During the period beginning on the date any Remarketing Materials are first
distributed in connection with any Remarketing and continuing to and including the earlier of the
Remarketing Settlement Date or, in the case of a failed Remarketing, the date on which such
Remarketing fails, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities
issued by the Company (other than the delivery of 3,622,500 shares of common stock of Hilb, Xxxxx
and Xxxxxxxx Company in connection with stock purchase contracts previously issued by the Company)
that are substantially similar to the Notes without the prior consent of the Remarketing Agent.
Section 6. Conditions to the Remarketing Agent's Obligations.
The obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, if any, shall have been timely filed with the Commission; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, if any, or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional
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information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied
with.
(b) (1) Trading generally shall not have been suspended or materially limited on
the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (2) trading of any securities of the
Company shall not have been materially suspended or limited on the New York Stock Exchange or any
other exchange or over-the-counter market, (3) a material disruption in securities settlement,
payment or clearance services in the United States shall not have occurred, (4) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities shall not have been declared by either Federal or New York State
authorities, (5) neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall have sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus, (6) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than
issuances of common stock upon the exercise of previously issued stock options, pursuant to
currently existing employee compensation plans or upon exercise of the Purchase Contracts forming a
part of the Corporate Units) or long-term debt of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries taken
as a whole (other than in connection with changes in the value of derivative financial instruments
currently held by the Company), or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in
or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business, management, or operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus, (7) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war
or (8) there shall not have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial,
political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event
specified in clause (5), (6), (7) or (8) in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent is so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Remarketing or the delivery
of the Remarketed Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be
true and correct on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and the applicable Remarketing
Settlement Date, and the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have
performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein or in the Purchase
Contract Agreement or Pledge Agreement to be performed on their part at or prior to such Remarketing
Date or such Remarketing Settlement Date, as applicable.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent a certificate, dated
the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, of the Chief Financial Officer satisfactory to the
Remarketing Agent stating that: (1) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, if any, or prohibiting the sale of the Remarketed Notes is in effect, and no proceedings
for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened by the
Commission; (2) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 are true and correct
on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date and the
Company has performed in all material respects all
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covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on its part at or prior to such
Remarketing Date or such Remarketing Settlement Date; and (3) the Registration Statement, as of its
effective date, and the Remarketing Materials, as of their respective dates, did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus did not
contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(e) On the applicable Remarketing Date and on the applicable Remarketing
Settlement Date the independent accountants of the Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing
Agent letters, dated such respective dates, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing
Agent, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants
"comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and schedules and certain
financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Remarketing Materials; provided that the letter delivered on the applicable Remarketing Settlement
Date shall use a "cut-off" date no more than three business days prior to such Remarketing
Settlement Date.
(f) Each of (1) outside counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the
Remarketing Agent, and (2) the General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the
Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable
Remarketing Settlement Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent
addressing such matters as are set forth in such counsel's opinion furnished pursuant to Sections
7(c) and 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, adapted as necessary to relate to the securities being
remarketed hereunder and to the Remarketing Materials, if any, or to any changed circumstances or
events occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, such adaptations being reasonably
acceptable to counsel to the Remarketing Agent.
(g) Counsel for the Remarketing Agent, shall have furnished to the Remarketing
Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing
Settlement Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent.
(h) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the
applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any
notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible
change that does not indicate an improvement, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities
by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
Section 7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing Agent, its
partners, directors and officers, each person, if any, who controls the Remarketing Agent within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and each affiliate of the Remarketing Agent within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act as follows:
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(1) against any and all loss, liability, claim and damage (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating or
defending any such liability or claim) whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the information
deemed to be part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 434
under the Act (the "Rule 430A/434 Information"), if applicable, or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading;
(2) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever,
as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
that (subject to Section 7(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company;
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees
and disbursement of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (1)
or above; and
(4) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever,
as incurred, arising out of or based upon the engagement of the Remarketing Agent
pursuant to, or the performance of the Remarketing Agent of its services
(including any such services performed on or prior to the date hereof)
contemplated by, this Agreement;
provided, however, that the indemnity set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall not apply to
any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Remarketing Agent expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A/434 Information, if
applicable, or any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto); provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable under clause (4) above to the
extent such liability is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Remarketing
Agent;
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(b) The Remarketing Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the
indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue
statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A/434 Information, if applicable, or any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Remarketing Agent
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Each indemnified party shall give written notice as promptly as reasonably
practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which
indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve
such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced
as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In
any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually
agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including
any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and the
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and
expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel
for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the
settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or
claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party
to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees
that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 7(a)(2) effected
without its written consent only if (i) such settlement is entered into more that 45 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have
received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such
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settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
Section 8. Contribution.
(a) If the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu
of such indemnification, shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Remarketing Agent on the other from the offering of the Remarketed Notes or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportions as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as
well as any relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on one hand and the Remarketing
Agent on the other hand in connection with the Remarketing shall be deemed to be in the same
proportions as the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Notes less the fee paid to the
Remarketing Agent on the one hand and the fee paid to the Remarketing Agent on the other hand bear
to the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Notes.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the
other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or the Remarketing Agent and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The Company and the Remarketing Agent agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(a) were determined by pro rata allocation or by
any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above in this Section 8(a). The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 8(a) shall be deemed
to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (a), the Remarketing Agent shall
not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the fees received by it
under Section 4 exceeds the amount of any damages which the Remarketing Agent has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.
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No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(b) For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls the
Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Remarketing Agent; each director of
the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
(c) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in Section 7 and this
Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement
as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent or any person controlling
the Remarketing Agent, or the Company, its officers or director or any controlling person of the
Company, and the completion of the Remarketing.
Section 9. Resignation and Removal of the Remarketing Agent.
The Remarketing Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder, and the Company may remove the Remarketing Agent, by giving 30 days' prior written
notice, in the case of a resignation, to the Company and the Depositary and, in the case of a
removal, to the removed Remarketing Agent and the Depositary; provided, however, that:
(a) the Remarketing Agent may not resign without reasonable cause; and
(b) no such resignation nor any such removal shall become effective until the
Company shall have appointed at least one nationally recognized broker-dealer as successor
Remarketing Agent and such successor Remarketing Agent shall have entered into a with the Company, in which it shall have agreed to conduct the Remarketing in accordance
with the Transaction Documents in all material respects.
In any such case, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint
a successor Remarketing Agent and enter into such a with such person as soon
as reasonably practicable. The provisions of Section 7 and Section 8 shall survive the resignation
or removal of any Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 10. Dealing in Securities.
The Remarketing Agent, when acting as a Remarketing Agent or in its individual or any other
capacity, may, to the extent permitted by law, buy, sell, hold and deal in any of the Remarketed
Notes, Corporate Units, Treasury Units or any of the securities of the Company (together, the
"Securities"). The Remarketing Agent may exercise any vote or join in any action which any
beneficial owner of such Securities may be entitled to exercise or take pursuant to the Indenture
with like effect as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. The Remarketing Agent, in its
individual capacity, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or have an interest in any
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financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it did not act in any capacity
hereunder.
Section 11. Remarketing Agent's Performance; Duty of Care.
(a) The duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. No implied covenants or
obligations of or against the Remarketing Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Remarketing Agent, the
Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon any document furnished to it, as to the truth of the
statements expressed in any of such documents. The Remarketing Agent shall be protected in acting
upon any document or communication reasonably believed by it to have been signed, presented or made
by the proper party or parties except as otherwise set forth herein. The Remarketing Agent, acting
under this Agreement, shall incur no liability to the Company or to any holder of Remarketed Notes
in its individual capacity or as Remarketing Agent for any action or failure to act, on its part in
connection with a Remarketing or any matter related to the Remarketing, except to the extent such
liability is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from
the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Remarketing Agent, as the
case may be.
(b) The Remarketing Agent shall not have any obligation to determine whether there
is any limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate on the Notes or, if there is any such
limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate on the Notes. The Remarketing Agent may, upon
obtaining the prior written consent of the Company, perform any duties hereunder through agents or
attorneys, and the Remarketing Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on
the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care and in the absence of bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct by it hereunder. The Remarketing Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, purchase remarketed Notes for its own account. Any determination made by the
Remarketing Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes and in the absence of
bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Remarketing Agent, the Company and the owners of the Notes, absent manifest error. The provisions of
this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 12. Termination.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate (i) as to the Remarketing Agent on
the effective date of the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to Section 9 and
(ii) on the earlier of (x) any Special Event Redemption Date and (y) the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the other provisions hereof,
except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Remarketing
Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that if this
Agreement is terminated by the Remarketing Agent because of any failure or refusal on the part of
the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the
Company will reimburse the Remarketing Agent for all of its out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by it. Sections
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7, 8 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of
the Remarketing Agent.
Section 13. Arm's-Length Commercial Transaction.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Remarketing pursuant to this
Agreement is an arm's-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the
Remarketing Agent, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such
transaction the Remarketing Agent is not acting as the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) the
Remarketing Agent has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company
with respect to the Remarketing contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
whether the Remarketing Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or
any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and
(iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Remarketing Agent has rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in
connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
Section 14. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written
or oral) among the Company, the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, or any of them,
with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 15. Notices.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing,
and:
(a) if to the Remarketing Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Registration Department (fax: 000-000-0000);
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to The Phoenix Companies, Inc., Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel (Fax: 000-000-0000); and
(c) if to the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex
or facsimile transmission to SunTrust Bank, 00 Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Division (Fax: 000-000-0000).
Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time
of receipt thereof.
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Section 16. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each party hereto
and its respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole
benefit of only those persons, except that (x) the representations, warranties, indemnities and
agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of
the Remarketing Agent and the person or persons, if any, who control the Remarketing Agent within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (y) the indemnity agreement of the Remarketing
Agent contained in Section 7(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the
Company's directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement, if any, and any person
controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing contained in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred
to herein, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or
any provision contained herein.
Section 17. Survival.
The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company and the Remarketing Agent contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive any Remarketing and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person
controlling any of them.
Section 18. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
Section 19. Judicial Proceedings.
(a) Each party hereto expressly accepts and irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the Remarketed Notes. To the fullest extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives and agrees not to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(b) Each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that a judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in
Section 19(a) brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party, subject to
rights of appeal and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of
New York (or any other court the jurisdiction to which the Company is or may be subject) by a suit
upon such judgment.
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(c) The Company and each of the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent
hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 20. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in
more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all
such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 21. Headings.
The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
Section 22. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in
fact, be invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied in any particular case in any or all
jurisdictions because it conflicts with any provisions of any constitution, statute, rule or public
policy or for any other reason, then, to the extent permitted by law, such circumstances shall not
have the effect of rendering the provision in question invalid, inoperative or unenforceable in any
other case, circumstance or jurisdiction, or of rendering any other provision or provisions of this
Agreement invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever.
Section 23. Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the parties
hereto. Each of the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent agrees that it will not enter into,
cause or permit any amendment or modification of the Transaction Documents or any other instruments
or agreements relating to the Notes or the Corporate Units that would in any way adversely affect
the rights, duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent, without the prior written consent of
the Remarketing Agent.
Section 24. Successors and Assigns.
The rights and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or
delegated to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agent. The rights
and obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other
Person (other than an affiliate of the Remarketing Agent) without the prior written consent of the
Company.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement by and between the Company,
the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space
provided for that purpose below.
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[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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Very truly yours,
THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED:
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.,
as Remarketing Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co
Name:
Title:
SUNTRUST BANK,
not individually, but solely as
Purchase Contract Agent and as
attorney-in-fact for the Holders
of the Purchase Contracts
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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