PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2009 between American International Group, Inc., and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Exhibit 2.2
EXECUTION VERSION
dated as of
June 25, 2009
between
American International Group, Inc.,
and the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 | Purchase; Closing |
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1.1 | Purchase |
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1.2 | Closing |
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1.3 | Interpretation |
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ARTICLE 2 | Representations and Warranties |
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2.1 | Disclosure |
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2.2 | Representations and Warranties regarding Seller and the ALICO
Entities |
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ARTICLE 3 | Covenants |
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3.1 | Consummation of Purchase and Restructuring; Filings |
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3.2 | Expenses |
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3.3 | Certain Notifications Until Closing |
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3.4 | Interim Operating Covenants |
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3.5 | Consent Procedure |
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3.6 | Intercompany Accounts and Payables |
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3.7 | Confidentiality; Access to Information |
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3.8 | Quarter-End Certificate |
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3.9 | Notice of LLC Agreement |
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3.10 | Tax Sharing |
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ARTICLE 4 | Additional Agreements |
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4.1 | Purchase of Restricted Securities |
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4.2 | Tax Treatment of the Transactions |
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4.3 | Preparation of Compliant Financial Statements |
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4.4 | Completion of the Restructuring |
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4.5 | Separation Plan; Contribution of IP |
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ARTICLE 5 | Indemnification |
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5.1 | Survival |
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5.2 | Indemnification by Seller |
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5.3 | Notification of Claims |
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5.4 | Payment |
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5.5 | Exclusive Remedies |
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5.6 | Additional Indemnification Provisions |
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ARTICLE 6 | Miscellaneous |
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6.1 | Termination |
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6.2 | Amendment |
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6.3 | Waiver of Conditions |
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6.4 | Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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6.5 | Notices |
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6.6 | Definitions |
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6.7 | Specific Performance |
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6.8 | Assignment |
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6.9 | Severability |
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6.10 | Entire Agreement |
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6.11 | No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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6.12 | Counterparts |
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6.13 | Disclosure Letter |
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ANNEX A | Restructuring |
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ANNEX B | Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Term | Location of Definition | |
Action |
6.6(a) | |
Actuarial Analyses |
2.2(t)(v) | |
Affiliate or Affiliated |
6.6(b) | |
Agreement |
Introduction | |
1.2(c)(iv) | ||
AIG Credit Trust |
6.6(c) | |
ALICO |
Recitals | |
ALICO 2009 Accounts |
2.2(g) | |
ALICO Entities |
2.1(a) | |
ALICO Historical Accounts |
2.2(g) | |
Approvals |
1.2(c)(i) | |
Bankruptcy Exceptions |
2.2(e)(i) | |
Board of Governors |
3.7(b) | |
Business Combination |
6.8 | |
business day |
1.3 | |
Buyer |
Introduction | |
Capital Expenditure Budget |
6.6(d) | |
Closing |
1.2(a) | |
Closing Date |
1.2(a) | |
Code |
6.6(e) | |
Common Units |
Recitals | |
Company |
Recitals | |
Company Benefit Plans |
6.6(f) | |
Company Employee |
6.6(f) | |
Compliant Financial Statements |
6.6(g) | |
Comptroller General |
3.7(b) | |
Consent Request Contact |
3.5 | |
Consent Request Notice |
3.5 | |
Consideration |
Recitals | |
Contributed IP |
4.5 | |
Control, Controlled and Controlling |
6.6(h) | |
Credit Agreement |
Recitals | |
Credit Agreement Amendment |
6.6(i) | |
Department |
6.6(j) | |
Diminution in ALICO Value Loss |
5.6 | |
Disclosure Letter |
2.1(b) | |
Dispositions |
3.4(e) | |
Equity Interests |
6.6(k) | |
ERISA |
6.6(l) | |
ERISA Affiliate |
6.6(m) | |
Exchange Act |
4.3 | |
Excluded Representations |
5.1 | |
Financial Statements |
2.2(g) | |
Fund |
6.6(n) |
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Term | Location of Definition | |
GAAP |
2.1(a) | |
GAO |
3.7(b) | |
Governmental Entity |
1.2(c)(i) | |
Guarantee and Pledge Agreement |
6.6(o) | |
Guarantee and Pledge Agreement Amendment |
6.6(o) | |
Helping Families Act |
3.7(b) | |
Indebtedness |
6.6(p) | |
Indemnified Parties |
5.2(a) | |
Insurance Contracts |
6.6(q) | |
Insurance Subsidiaries |
6.6(r) | |
Intentional Breach |
5.5 | |
International Plan |
6.6(s) | |
Junior Preferred Units |
Recitals | |
knowledge of Seller |
6.6(t) | |
Law |
6.6(u) | |
Legal Proceeding |
6.6(v) | |
LIBOR |
6.6(w) | |
Liquidation Shortfall |
6.6(x) | |
Liquidation Shortfall Event |
6.6(y) | |
LLC Agreement |
2.2(b)(i) | |
Losses |
6.6(z) | |
Management Agreement |
6.6(aa) | |
Management Employee |
6.6(bb) | |
Material Adverse Effect |
2.1(a) | |
Material Contract |
6.6(cc) | |
Material Jurisdiction |
6.6(dd) | |
Multiemployer Plan |
2.2(n)(vi) | |
Nondisclosure Agreement |
3.7(a) | |
Order |
1.2(c)(iii) | |
Partner |
6.6(bb) | |
Permits |
2.2(m) | |
Permitted Lien |
6.6(ee) | |
Person |
6.6(ff) | |
Preferred Units |
Recitals | |
Previously Disclosed |
2.1(b) | |
Producer |
2.2(u) | |
Proprietary Rights |
2.2(r) | |
Purchased Securities |
Recitals | |
Quarter-End Balance Sheet |
3.8 | |
Quarter-End Certificate |
3.8 | |
Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity |
3.8 | |
Reports |
2.2(h) | |
Required Regulatory Approvals |
1.2(c)(i) | |
Restructuring |
Recitals | |
SAP |
6.6(gg) | |
Securities Act |
2.2(j) |
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Term | Location of Definition | |
Securities Lending Management |
6.6(hh) | |
Seller |
Introduction | |
Seller Accounting Policies |
2.2(g) | |
Seller Benefit Plan |
6.6(ii) | |
Senior Partner |
6.6(bb) | |
Senior Preferred Units |
Recitals | |
Separation Plan |
4.5 | |
Signing Date |
2.1(a) | |
Specified Intercompany Payable |
3.6 | |
subsidiary |
6.6(jj) | |
Tax or Taxes |
2.2(o)(i) | |
Tax Returns |
2.2(o)(i) | |
Tax Sharing Agreements |
6.6(kk) | |
Taxing Authority |
2.2(o)(i) | |
Third Party Claim |
5.3(a) | |
Transaction Documents |
6.6(ll) | |
Units |
Recitals |
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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2009 (together with the Annexes hereto and as the
same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, this “Agreement”) between
American International Group, Inc. (“Seller”) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“Buyer”).
Recitals:
WHEREAS, Seller wishes to sell to Buyer preferred membership interests in a Delaware limited
liability company to be formed after the date hereof (the “Company”); and
WHEREAS, in connection therewith, Seller shall complete the restructuring steps set forth in
Annex A (the “Restructuring”) pursuant to which, among other things, Seller will transfer
or cause to be transferred to the Company 100% of the equity of American Life Insurance Company
(“ALICO”) that it directly or indirectly owns, which constitutes 100% of ALICO’s total share
capital; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the Restructuring and as more fully described in Annex A,
Seller will hold all of the common membership units of the Company (the “Common Units”), all of the
junior preferred membership units of the Company (the “Junior Preferred Units”) and all of the
senior preferred membership units of the Company (the “Senior Preferred Units” and together with
the Junior Preferred Units, the “Preferred Units” and the Preferred Units, together with the Common
Units, the “Units”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller intends to sell to
Buyer all of the Preferred Units (the “Purchased Securities”) in consideration for Buyer’s
agreement to discharge $9 billion of the outstanding principal indebtedness owed by Seller to Buyer
(such face amount for all purposes under this Agreement, the “Consideration”) under the Credit
Agreement dated as of September 22, 2008 between Seller and Buyer, as amended from time to time
(the “Credit Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Purchase; Closing
Purchase; Closing
1.1 Purchase. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller
agrees to sell to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, at the Closing (as hereinafter
defined), the Purchased Securities for the Consideration.
1.2 Closing.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the
sale and purchase of the Purchased Securities (the “Closing”) will take place at the offices of
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (or at such other place
as the parties may designate in writing) at 10:00 am, New York City time, on the fifth business day
following the first day that all of the conditions to Closing as set forth in Sections 1.2(c)
through (e) below are satisfied (other than those that by their nature are satisfied at the
Closing but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), or at such
other place, time and date as shall be agreed by Seller and Buyer. The time and date on which the
Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”.
(b) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Closing as set forth in
Sections 1.2(c) through (e) below, at the Closing, (i) Seller will deliver the Purchased
Securities, as evidenced by one or more certificates dated as of the Closing Date and bearing
appropriate legends as hereinafter provided for and (ii) Buyer shall discharge a portion of the
outstanding indebtedness owed by Seller to Buyer under the Credit Agreement in the amount of $9
billion.
(c) The respective obligations of each of Buyer and Seller to consummate the Closing are
subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Buyer and Seller, as applicable) prior to the Closing of
each of the following conditions:
(i) all certificates, permits, licenses, franchises, concessions, grants, consents, approvals,
orders, registrations, authorizations, waivers, variances or clearances from, or declarations,
filings or registrations with, or notices to, or disclosure to or mandated by (collectively, the
“Approvals”), any national, regional, local or foreign governmental, legislative, judicial,
administrative or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, court or entity (“Governmental
Entity”), and the expiration of any and all waiting periods imposed by applicable Law (and, for the
avoidance of doubt, where an approval, consent or other clearance arises through the expiration of
a prescribed period where there has not been any objection from an applicable Governmental Entity,
such approval, consent or other clearance shall, if not expressly given by such time, be deemed
given on expiry of such prescribed period where there has not been any objection made by the
applicable Governmental Entity) in each case as set forth on Section 1.2(c)(i) of the
Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “Required Regulatory Approvals”), in each case shall have been
obtained or made in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each party and shall be in full
force and effect; provided, that if any Approval(s) is not set forth on Section 1.2(c)(i)
of the Disclosure Letter (as may be supplemented or amended pursuant to Section 6.13), but
is nevertheless reasonably determined by any of the parties hereto to be so required to be made or
obtained, then any party hereto may require that such Approval(s) be obtained before consummation
of the Closing;
(ii) no provision of any applicable Law shall prohibit the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents;
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(iii) there shall not be in effect any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ,
assessment or arbitration award by a Governmental Entity (“Order”) of competent jurisdiction
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents;
(iv) the respective conditions of each of Buyer and Seller pursuant to that certain Purchase
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Buyer, Seller and American International Reinsurance
Company, Limited (the “AIA Purchase Agreement”) to consummate the closing of the sale and purchase
of all of the preferred membership units of the Company (as defined in the AIA Purchase Agreement)
shall have been satisfied (or waived by Buyer and/or Seller, as applicable);
(v) Seller shall have received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the transfer by
Seller of all the equity of ALICO to the Company (in accordance with the Restructuring steps set
forth in Annex A) is eligible for an election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code; and
(vi) the steps of the Restructuring described in paragraphs 1 through 3 of Annex A
shall have been effected (or caused to be effected) by Seller, in each case, on terms and
conditions acceptable to Buyer in all respects.
(d) The obligation of Buyer to consummate the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction (or
waiver by Buyer) at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in (x) Sections 2.2(a)
through 2.2(e) shall be true and correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other
than representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of another date, which
representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date) and (y)
Sections 2.2(f) through 2.2(z) (which shall each be read, for purposes of this Section
1.2(d)(i)(y), without any qualifications or limitations whatsoever that may be set forth in any
such representations and warranties as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” (as hereinafter
defined) and words of similar import) shall be true and correct as though made on and as of the
Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of another
date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date), except
to the extent that the failure of such representations and warranties referred to in this
Section 1.2(d)(i)(y) to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, does not
have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) Seller shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants
required to be performed by Seller under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;
(iii) there shall not have occurred any event, occurrence, revelation or development of a
state of circumstances or facts which, individually or in
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the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) Buyer shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Seller by a senior executive
officer certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 1.2(d)(i) through
(iii) have been satisfied;
(v) each of the Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by each of
the parties thereto (other than Buyer) and shall be in full force and effect;
(vi) the Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity as set forth on the Quarter-End Certificate shall be
at least an amount equal to 90% of the stockholders’ equity (including non-controlling equity
interests) as set forth in the ALICO 2009 Accounts or, in the event the Quarter-End Stockholders’
Equity is less than such amount, Seller shall have contributed to the Company an amount in cash
equal to such shortfall;
(vii) Buyer shall have received (A) the Separation Plan and (B) evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that all of the Contributed IP shall have been contributed to one or more of the
ALICO Entities in accordance with Section 4.5; and
(viii) Seller shall have taken, or caused to be taken, all such actions, and executed and
delivered or caused to be executed and/or delivered all such agreements, documents and instruments
with respect to any Common Units held by Seller or any of its Affiliates that are Guarantors and
Pledgors pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (including certificates therefor)
accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank, and made or caused to be made all such
filings and recordings (other than filings or recordings to be made by Buyer) that may be necessary
or, in the reasonable opinion of Buyer, desirable in order to create in favor of Buyer, valid and
(upon such filing and recording) perfected first priority security interests in such Common Units
pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement Amendment.
(e) The obligation of Seller to consummate the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction (or
waiver by Seller) at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(i) Seller shall have received from Buyer a payoff letter with respect to the discharge of the
Consideration, effective as of the Closing; and
(ii) each of the Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by each of
the parties thereto other than Seller and its subsidiaries (including the Company) and shall be in
full force and effect.
1.3 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to “Recitals,” “Articles,”
“Sections,” or “Annexes” such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex to,
this Agreement, including any Section of the Disclosure Letter. The terms defined in the singular
have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa. References to “herein”,
“hereof”, “hereunder” and the like refer to this
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Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless expressly stated
otherwise herein. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and are not part of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without
limitation. “ No rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in connection with
the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of
negotiation between sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to “$” or “dollars”
mean the lawful currency of the United States of America and any “$” or “dollar” amounts referred
to in Articles 2 or 3 shall be calculated based on the exchange rate as of March
31, 2009. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or
regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced
from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated
under the statute) and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to
the section. References to a “business day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day
on which commercial banking institutions in the State of New York, generally are authorized or
required by Law or other governmental actions to close.
ARTICLE 2
Representations and Warranties
Representations and Warranties
2.1 Disclosure.
(a) “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets,
results of operation or financial condition of the Company and ALICO and their respective
subsidiaries (collectively, the “ALICO Entities”) taken as a whole, except any such effect to the
extent arising or resulting from (A) changes after the date of this Agreement (the “Signing Date”)
in general business, economic, political or market conditions (including changes generally in
prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates and price
levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign securities or credit markets), or any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in each
case generally affecting the industries or jurisdictions in which the ALICO Entities operate, (B)
changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally accepted accounting principles as
applicable (“GAAP”) or SAP, or authoritative interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed
changes after the Signing Date in securities, insurance and other Laws of general applicability or
related policies or interpretations of Governmental Entities, (D) actions required to be taken
under the Transaction Documents or taken with Buyer’s prior written consent after the Signing Date
and (E) any failure by any of the ALICO Entities to achieve any earnings, premiums written, or
other financial projections or forecasts; provided, that, any event, change, occurrence or
development or state of facts that may have caused or contributed to such failure shall not be
excluded under this clause (E); provided, further, that, in the case of each of clauses (A) through
(C), other than changes or occurrences to the extent that such changes or occurrences have had or
would reasonably be expected to have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the ALICO
Entities taken as a whole relative to comparable insurance or financial services organizations; or
(ii) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by
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this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and perform (or cause to be performed) its
obligations hereunder and thereunder on a timely basis.
(b) “Previously Disclosed” means information set forth in the disclosure letter delivered by
Seller to Buyer prior to signing this Agreement (the “Disclosure Letter”) (it being understood and
agreed that, except for Section 2.2(m) of the Disclosure Letter (which shall only modify
such section and any other section or subsection that expressly incorporates Section 2.2(m)
of the Disclosure Letter by reference), disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the
Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosed with respect to any other section or subsection of the
Disclosure Letter but only to the extent that the relevance of such item is readily apparent;
provided that no item in any other section or subsection of the Disclosure Letter shall be deemed
disclosed with respect to Section 5.2(a)(v) of the Disclosure Letter).
2.2 Representations and Warranties regarding Seller and the ALICO Entities. Except as
Previously Disclosed, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that as of the Signing Date (other
than with respect to representations regarding the Company) and as of the Closing Date (or such
other date specified herein):
(a) Organization, Authority, Subsidiaries. Each of Seller, the Company and ALICO has
been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the
applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the necessary
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material respects.
Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, each of the Company and ALICO has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation,
limited liability company or other organization for the transaction of business and is in good
standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, each subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) of the Company and
ALICO has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing (or the equivalent, if any,
in the applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the
necessary power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or other organization for the
transaction of business and is in good standing (or the equivalent, if any, in the applicable
jurisdiction) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification. Section 2.2(a) of the
Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of each subsidiary of the Company and ALICO,
its jurisdiction of organization and the Company’s or ALICO’s, as the case may be, direct or
indirect ownership of each such subsidiary expressed as a percentage.
(b) LLC Agreement and Membership Units of the Company.
(i) As of the Closing Date, the limited liability company agreement in substantially the form
attached hereto as Annex B (the “LLC Agreement”)
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shall be the limited liability company agreement of the Company. As of the Closing Date, (A)
all of the common membership interests in the Company will be owned by Seller and (B) the Purchased
Securities will be the only preferred membership interests in the Company outstanding and will have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will not have
been issued in violation of any preemptive rights or applicable securities Law.
(ii) There are no options, calls, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities, or
conversion, preemptive, subscription or other rights, or agreements, arrangements or commitments,
in any such case, obligating or which may obligate any ALICO Entity to issue, sell, purchase,
return or redeem any shares of capital stock or equity ownership interests or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for any of their shares of capital stock or equity ownership
interests. There are no restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, performance units,
contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or
provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any shares of
capital stock or equity ownership interests of any ALICO Entity. Other than the LLC Agreement,
there are no voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the
shares of capital stock or ownership interests of any ALICO Entity to which any such Person is a
party, or agreements or understandings to which any ALICO Entity is a party relating to the
registration, sale or transfer (including agreements relating to rights of first refusal, “co-sale”
rights or “drag-along” rights) of any such shares of capital stock or equity ownership interests.
(c) Ownership of Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, all of the issued and
outstanding equity of ALICO will be owned directly or indirectly by the Company, as contemplated by
the Restructuring, free and clear of any and all liens and any other limitation or restriction
(including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or
other voting securities) other than (i) restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable Law, (ii)
the pledge arising from the Credit Agreement or (iii) as set forth on Section 2.2(c) of the
Disclosure Letter. All of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of each
subsidiary of ALICO is fully paid and non-assessable and owned by ALICO directly or indirectly,
free and clear of any lien and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other
ownership interests), other than restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable Law.
(d) Ownership and Transfer of Purchased Securities. As of the Closing Date, Seller
will be the record and beneficial owner of the Purchased Securities. Seller has the power and
authority to sell, transfer, assign and deliver such Purchased Securities as provided in this
Agreement, and such delivery will convey to Buyer good and marketable title to such Purchased
Securities, free and clear of any and all liens and any other limitation or restriction (including
any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the Purchased Securities), other
than restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable Law or the LLC Agreement.
(e) Authorization, Enforceability.
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(i) Seller and the Company have the power and authority to carry out the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (which includes the issuance of the Purchased Securities
by the Company). The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents by Seller and any ALICO
Entity have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller and the ALICO
Entities and their respective stockholders or members, and no further approval or authorization
shall be required on the part of Seller or any ALICO Entity or any of their respective stockholders
or members. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Seller or any ALICO Entity is a party has
been or, upon execution and delivery thereof, will be duly executed and delivered by such party.
This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding of law or at equity (the “Bankruptcy Exceptions”).
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents by Seller and the ALICO Entities and
compliance by Seller and the ALICO Entities with the provisions hereof will not (A) require any
consent or other action by any Person under, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of,
any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Seller
or any ALICO Entity under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) their respective
organizational documents or (ii) any provision of any agreement or other instrument binding upon
Seller or any ALICO Entity, or (B) provided all notices, filings, reviews, authorizations, consents
or approvals referred to in Section 2.2(e)(iii) are made or obtained, violate any Law
applicable to Seller or any ALICO Entity or any of their respective properties or assets except, in
the case of clauses (A)(ii) and (B), for those occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Section 2.2(e)(iii) of the Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list
of all notices to, filings with, exemptions or reviews by, and authorizations, consents or
approvals of, any Governmental Entity required to be made or obtained by Buyer, Seller or any ALICO
Entity in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, indicating whether such action is required on or prior to the Closing Date, except for
such notices, filings, exemptions or reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals that (A) would
not give rise to a material liability in a Material Jurisdiction or to criminal liability or (B)
were not known to Seller after due inquiry.
(f) Absence of Changes. Since November 30, 2008 through the Signing Date (1) no fact,
circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or
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development has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (2) except for (x) the regulatory restrictions and
other effects arising out of the financial events concerning Seller as announced by Seller on
September 16, 2008 and (y) the Restructuring, the business of the ALICO Entities has been conducted
in the ordinary course, and (3) except for the Restructuring, there has not been:
(i) any splitting, combination or reclassification of any shares of any Equity Interest of any
ALICO Entity or any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) by any ALICO Entity in respect of
any Equity Interest of any ALICO Entity, or redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or offer to
redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Equity Interest of any ALICO Entity by any ALICO
Entity, other than any dividend declared or paid in the ordinary course of business by any
subsidiary of the Company (other than ALICO) on a pro rata basis to the equity owners thereof;
(ii) (A) any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance, delivery or sale
of, any Equity Interests of any ALICO Entity by any ALICO Entity or (B) amendment of any term of
any Equity Interests of any ALICO Entity (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise);
(iii) any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise),
directly or indirectly, by any ALICO Entity of any assets, securities, properties, interests or
businesses, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business of such ALICO Entities in a manner
that is consistent with past practice, including (1) the managing of the investment assets in the
ordinary course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries and (2) ALICO or any of
the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting treasury and cash management functions conducted in the
ordinary course of business, (B) any transaction among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among
any subsidiaries of ALICO, (C) Securities Lending Management and (D) acquisitions with a purchase
price (including any related assumed Indebtedness) that does not exceed $10 million individually or
$20 million in the aggregate;
(iv) any sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any lien (other than
Permitted Liens) on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses of any ALICO
Entity, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business of such ALICO Entities in a manner that
is consistent with past practice, including (1) the managing of the investment assets in the
ordinary course of business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries and (2) ALICO or any of
the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting treasury and cash management functions conducted in the
ordinary course of business, (B) any transaction among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among
any subsidiaries of ALICO, (C) Securities Lending Management and (D) sales of assets, securities,
properties, interests or businesses with a sale price (including any related assumed Indebtedness)
that does not exceed $10 million individually or $20 million in the aggregate;
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(v) any creation, incurrence or assumption by any ALICO Entity of any Indebtedness for
borrowed money or guarantees thereof having an aggregate principal amount (together with all other
Indebtedness of the ALICO Entities) outstanding at any time greater than $500 million, except for
(A) intercompany loans and advances made among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among any
subsidiaries of ALICO and (B) Indebtedness incurred in accordance with subsections (A)(1), (A)(2)
and (C) of both clauses (iii) and (iv) above;
(vi) (A) the grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or amendment of any
existing arrangement with) any current or former director, officer or employee of any ALICO Entity,
(B) any material increase in benefits payable under any existing severance or termination pay
policies or employment agreements, (C) the entering into of any employment, deferred compensation
or other similar agreement (or amendment of any such existing agreement) with any current or former
director, officer or employee of any ALICO Entity, (D) the establishment, adoption or material
amendment of any collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement,
deferred compensation, stock option, restricted stock or other benefit plan or arrangement covering
any current or former director, officer or employee of any ALICO Entity or (E) any material
increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits payable to any current or former director,
officer or employee of any ALICO Entity, other than, in the case of each of subsections (A) through
(E), in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) any management of the working capital (including the timing of collection of accounts
receivable and of the payment of accounts payable) of any ALICO Entity outside of the ordinary
course of business or inconsistent with past practice;
(viii) any failure to make material capital expenditures that were contemplated by the Capital
Expenditure Budget of the ALICO Entities in excess of $50 million;
(ix) any receipt or delivery of any notice or other written communication from or with any
Governmental Entity that is material to the business of the ALICO Entities, taken as a whole;
(x) any material change in the methods of accounting, except as required by concurrent changes
in GAAP, SAP or applicable Law as agreed to by Seller’s independent public accountants; or
(xi) any settlement or proposal to settle, (i) any material litigation, investigation,
arbitration, proceeding or other claim against or adversely affecting any ALICO Entity, other than
with respect to (A) claims under insurance policies within policy limits or (B) claims for a cash
payment by an ALICO Entity not in excess of $10 million, or (ii) any litigation, arbitration,
proceeding or dispute involving, against or adversely affecting any ALICO Entity that relates to
any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents.
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(g) Financial Statements. Seller has made available to Buyer copies of unaudited pro
forma consolidated income statements of ALICO and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 12 months
ended November 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheets of ALICO
and its consolidated subsidiaries as at November 30, 2006, 2007 and 2008 (the “ALICO Historical
Accounts”) and unaudited pro forma consolidated income statement of ALICO and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the three months ended February 28, 2009 together with unaudited pro forma
consolidated balance sheet of ALICO and its consolidated subsidiaries as at February 28, 2009 (the
“ALICO 2009 Accounts”, and together with the ALICO Historical Accounts, the “Financial
Statements”). The Financial Statements have been compiled from the reporting packages submitted to
Seller for the purpose of inclusion in the financial statements of Seller, such reporting packages
having been prepared in accordance with Seller’s group accounting policies and principles (the
“Seller Accounting Policies”) applied on a consistent basis and present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position and the results of operations of ALICO and its subsidiaries as at
their respective dates and for the respective periods covered thereby. The Seller Accounting
Policies are in accordance with GAAP.
(h) Reports. To the knowledge of Seller, since January 1, 2007, each ALICO Entity has
timely filed (subject to any permitted extension) all material reports, registrations, documents,
filings, statements and submissions, together with any amendments thereto, that it was required to
file with any Governmental Entity (the foregoing, collectively, the “Reports”) and has paid all
material fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. As of their respective
dates of filing, to the knowledge of Seller, (i) the Reports complied in all material respects with
all statutes and applicable rules and regulations of the applicable Governmental Entities and (ii)
were complete and accurate in all material respects. Seller and/or ALICO has made available to
Buyer true and complete copies of (A) all material reports of examination (including financial,
market conduct and similar examinations) of ALICO and each Insurance Subsidiary issued by any
insurance regulatory authority, in any case, since August 30, 2008 and (B) all material filings or
submissions made by ALICO and each Insurance Subsidiary with any insurance regulatory authority
since August 30, 2008. The statutory statements of ALICO and its Insurance Subsidiaries have been
prepared in all material respects, to the extent applicable, in accordance with SAP and applicable
Laws, fairly present the statutory financial position of ALICO and its Insurance Subsidiaries and
have not been subject to any assertion of material deficiency by any Governmental Entity. This
Section 2.2(h) shall not apply with respect to Tax Returns, which subject matter shall be
governed solely by the representations made under Section 2.2(o).
(i) No Undisclosed Liabilities. No ALICO Entity has any liabilities or obligations of
any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) which are not properly reflected or
reserved against in the Financial Statements to the extent required to be so reflected or reserved
against in accordance with the accounting standards or principles upon which they were prepared,
except for (A) liabilities that have arisen since November 30, 2008 in the ordinary and usual
course of business and consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities that, individually or in
the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(j) Offering of Securities. Neither Seller, the Company nor any Person acting on
their behalf has taken any action (including any offering of any securities of the Company under
circumstances which would require the integration of such offering with the offering of any of the
Purchased Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time (the
“Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder), which might
subject the offering, issuance or sale of any of the Purchased Securities to Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(k) Litigation and Other Proceedings. There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing against any ALICO Entity or to which any of their
respective assets are subject which would reasonably be expected to result in Losses in excess of
$10 million or any permanent injunction or other form of equitable relief which would have a
material adverse effect on any material business operations of any ALICO Entity in any Material
Jurisdiction. No ALICO Entity is subject to any material Order in a Material Jurisdiction and, to
the knowledge of Seller, in any jurisdiction (other than a Material Jurisdiction).
(l) Material Contracts. Seller has used its reasonable best efforts to make available
to Buyer a true and complete copy of each of the Material Contracts as in effect as of the Signing
Date. Each Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of each of the ALICO Entities (as
applicable) that is party thereto and, to the knowledge of Seller, each other party to such
Material Contract, except for such failures to be valid and binding as, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Material
Contract is enforceable against the ALICO Entity that is party thereto and, to the knowledge of
Seller, as of the Signing Date, each other party to such Material Contract in accordance with its
terms (subject in each case to the Bankruptcy Exceptions), except for such failures to be
enforceable as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No ALICO Entity or, to the knowledge of Seller, as of the Signing Date,
any other party to a Material Contract, is in material default or material breach of a Material
Contract and, to the knowledge of Seller, as of the Signing Date, there does not exist any event,
condition or omission that would constitute such a material default or material breach (whether by
lapse of time or notice or both), in each case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Compliance with Laws. The ALICO Entities have all material permits, licenses,
franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and have made all material filings,
applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities, that are required in order to permit
them to own or lease their properties and assets and to carry on their business as presently
conducted (the “Permits”), including all material licenses, certificates of authority, permits or
other authorizations that are required to be obtained from any Governmental Entity in connection
with the operation, ownership or transaction of insurance or reinsurance business. To the
knowledge of Seller, all Permits are valid and in full force and effect. To the knowledge of
Seller, no ALICO Entity is in default under or the subject of a proceeding for suspension or
revocation of, and, to the knowledge of Seller, no condition exists that with notice or lapse of
time or both would
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constitute a default under, or basis for suspension or revocation of, any Permit. To the
knowledge of Seller, none of the Permits will be terminated or impaired or become terminable, in
whole or in part, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the knowledge of Seller,
each ALICO Entity has complied in all respects and is not in default or violation of, and no ALICO
Entity is, to the knowledge of Seller, under investigation with respect to or, to the knowledge of
Seller, has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any applicable
Law, other than such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Seller,
except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application or applicable to insurance
companies generally and except for restrictions imposed by certain regulators as a result of the
financial events concerning Seller as announced by Seller on September 16, 2008, no Governmental
Entity has placed any material restriction (other than Permitted Liens) on the business or
properties of any ALICO Entity that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Section 2.2(m) shall not apply with respect to
Taxes.
(n) Employee Benefit Matters. No later than 10 business days prior to the Closing
Date, Seller will deliver or make available to Buyer a true, correct and complete list of Senior
Partners and Partners, and true, correct and complete copies of each Management Agreement. Except
as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect:
(i) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated and administered (including with respect to
funding and registration in the case of any pension fund) in compliance with its terms and with
applicable Law, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code;
(ii) No ALICO Entity has engaged in a transaction with respect to any Company Benefit Plan
that, assuming the taxable period of such transaction expired as at the Signing Date, would
reasonably be expected to subject any ALICO Entity or any Company Benefit Plan to any Tax or
penalty under applicable Law;
(iii) All contributions required to be made by any ALICO Entity (as applicable) under the
terms of any Company Benefit Plan have been timely made when due and are appropriately reflected in
all respects in the Financial Statements;
(iv) No ALICO Entity has any obligations for retiree welfare benefits other than (A) coverage
mandated by applicable Law or (B) coverage that continues during an applicable severance period;
(v) The Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter with respect to
each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and, to the
knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred after the date of such letter that would cause or could
reasonably be expected to affect the qualified status of such Company Benefit Plan;
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(vi) (A) No ALICO Entity maintains, contributes or is required to contribute to or has any
liability or potential liability with respect to any “Multiemployer Plan,” as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA; (B) Neither Seller nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability under
Title IV of ERISA arising in connection with the termination of or complete or partial withdrawal
from any plan covered or previously covered by Title IV of ERISA that is or could become, after the
Closing Date, an obligation of any ALICO Entity; (C) As of December 31, 2008, the aggregate
unfunded liability relating to benefits accrued as of that date of any ALICO Entity in respect of
all Company Benefit Plans described under Section 4(b)(5) or 401(a)(1) of ERISA, based on the
assumptions used by AIG for purposes of its 2008 10-K footnote disclosures relating to such plans
but determined as if all benefits under such plans were vested, did not exceed $20 million; and (D)
No “accumulated funding deficiency”, as defined in Section 412 of the Code, has been incurred with
respect to any Defined Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of
ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived and (E) Section 2.2(n)(vi) of
the Disclosure Letter sets forth each Defined Benefit Plan that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material liability to any ALICO Entity;
(vii) No transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code has
occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan or arrangement which is covered by Title I of
ERISA, which transaction has or will cause any ALICO Entity to incur any liability under ERISA, the
Code or otherwise, excluding transactions effected pursuant to and in compliance with a statutory
or administrative exemption;
(viii) There is no contract, plan or arrangement (written or otherwise) covering any current
or former Company Employee, including without limitation any Management Agreement, that,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby that would not be deductible pursuant to the terms of Section 280G
or 162(m) of the Code;
(ix) Except as required by applicable Law, no current or former Company Employee will become
entitled to any bonus, retirement, severance, or similar benefit or enhanced benefit (including
acceleration of vesting or exercise of an incentive award) as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby;
(x) Except as required by applicable Law, no ALICO Entity is a party to or bound by any
collective bargaining agreement; and
(xi) Each International Plan, other than any International Plan sponsored by any Governmental
Entity, has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by
any, and all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations (including any special provisions
relating to qualified plans where such International Plan was intended to so qualify) and has been
maintained in good standing in accordance with applicable law and with applicable regulatory
authorities. With respect to each International Plan, all required contributions to each such
International
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Plan have been timely made or properly accrued and no such International Plan has any unfunded
liability.
(o) Taxes.
(i) Each ALICO Entity has timely filed (or has had filed on its behalf) all federal income tax
and all other material state, local and foreign income and franchise Tax returns (“Tax Returns”)
required to be filed through the Signing Date, subject to permitted extensions, and has timely paid
(or has had paid on its behalf) all Taxes shown as due on such returns. As of the time of filing,
such Tax Returns were true and complete in all material respects. “Tax” or “Taxes” means (A) any
federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, property, sales, use, license, excise,
franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or add on minimum, ad valorem, transfer or
excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty or other like assessment or charge, together with any
interest or penalty with respect thereto, imposed by any Governmental Entity responsible for the
imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign) (each a “Taxing Authority”), and (B) in the case
of each ALICO Entity, liability for the payment of any amount of the type described in clause (A)
as a result of being or having been before the Signing Date a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group, or a party to any agreement or arrangement, as a result of
which liability of any ALICO Entity to a Taxing Authority is determined or taken into account with
reference to the activities of any other individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, trust or other entity or organization.
(ii) (A) The charges, accruals and reserves for Taxes with respect to each ALICO Entity
reflected on the books of such ALICO Entity (excluding any provision for deferred income taxes
reflecting either differences between the treatment of items for accounting and income tax purposes
or carryforwards) are adequate to cover Tax liabilities accruing through the end of the last period
for which each ALICO Entity ordinarily record items on their respective books; and (B) all
information set forth in the Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) relating to Tax
matters is true and complete.
(iii) (A) All income Tax Returns filed with respect to Tax years of each ALICO Entity through
the Tax year ended March 31, 2004 have been examined and closed or are Tax Returns with respect to
which the applicable period for assessment under applicable Law, after giving effect to extensions
or waivers, has expired; (B) no ALICO Entity is delinquent in the payment of any material income
Tax shown due on a Tax Return or has requested any extension of time within which to file any Tax
Return and has not yet filed such Tax Return; (C) no ALICO Entity has granted any extension or
waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any income Tax Return, which period
(after giving effect to such extension or waiver) has not yet expired; (D) there is no claim,
audit, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation now pending or threatened against or with respect
to any ALICO Entity in respect of any Tax (to the extent that any such action may materially affect
any ALICO Entity); (E) there are no requests for rulings or determinations in respect of any Tax
pending between any ALICO Entity and any Taxing Authority; and (F) during the three-year period
ending on the Signing Date,
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no ALICO Entity has made or changed any tax election, changed any annual tax accounting
period, or adopted or changed any method of tax accounting (to the extent that any such action may
materially affect any ALICO Entity), nor has it, to the extent it may materially affect any ALICO
Entity, filed any amended Tax Return, entered into any closing agreement, settled any Tax claim or
assessment, or surrendered any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax
liability.
(p) Properties and Leases. The ALICO Entities (as applicable) have good and
marketable title (or the equivalent in the applicable jurisdiction) to all real properties with a
minimum estimated fair market value of at least $50 million that are owned by them, in each case
free from liens, encumbrances, claims and defects (other than Permitted Liens) that would affect
the value thereof or interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them. Except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
the ALICO Entities hold all leased real property that requires minimum annual lease payments of at
least $5 million per year under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions (other than
Permitted Liens) that would interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(q) Insurance. All current property and liability insurance policies covering any
ALICO Entity are in full force and effect (and all premiums due and payable thereon have been paid
in full on a timely basis), and no written notice of cancellation, termination or revocation or
other written notice that any such insurance policy is no longer in full force or effect or that
the issuer of any such insurance policy is not willing or able to perform its obligations
thereunder has been received by any ALICO Entity, and no ALICO Entity is in default of any
provision thereof, except, in each case, that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Intellectual Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (1) each ALICO Entity owns or otherwise
has the right to use, all intellectual property rights, including all trademarks, trade dress,
trade names, service marks, domain names, patents, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works of
authorship and copyrights therein, that are used in the conduct of their existing businesses and
all rights relating to the plans, design and specifications of any of its branch facilities
(“Proprietary Rights”) free and clear of all liens and any claims of ownership by current or former
employees, contractors, designers or others except for any Permitted Liens and (2) to the knowledge
of Seller, no ALICO Entity is materially infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor
has any ALICO Entity received within the last two years any written (or, to the knowledge of
Seller, oral) communications alleging that any of them has materially infringed, diluted,
misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned by any other Person. Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, to the knowledge of Seller, no other Person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating or
violating, nor has any ALICO Entity sent any written communications since January 1, 2007 alleging
that any Person has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights
owned by any ALICO Entity.
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(s) Brokers and Finders. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
financial advisory, brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
Seller, any ALICO Entity or any of their respective Affiliates.
(t) Insurance Issued by ALICO and the Insurance Subsidiaries.
(i) Since January 1, 2007 and save in respect of benefits relating to claims incurred but not
yet reported and reported claims being processed by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries as
of the Signing Date, all benefits due and payable under Insurance Contracts issued by ALICO or any
of the Insurance Subsidiaries have been paid in the ordinary course of business and in accordance
with the terms of the Insurance Contracts under which they arose, except for such benefits for
which ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary believes there is a reasonable basis to contest payment and
subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) All policy forms and rates in use by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries, and all
endorsements, applications and certificates pertaining thereto, as and where required by applicable
Laws, have been either filed, approved, or filed and non-disapproved by all applicable Governmental
Entities, subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) There are no unpaid claims or assessments made against ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary
by any insurance guarantee associations or similar organizations in connection with such
association’s insurance guarantee fund, subject to such exceptions that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) All reinsurance treaties or agreements to which ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary is a
party or under which ALICO or any Insurance Subsidiary has any existing rights, obligations or
liabilities are in full force and effect, or run-off in accordance with its terms, subject to such
exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. None of ALICO and the Insurance Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of
Seller, any other party to a reinsurance treaty, binder or other reinsurance agreement, in each
case the annual premium associated therewith is greater than or equal to $10 million, is in default
in any material respect as to any provision thereof and, except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no such agreement contains
any provision providing that the other party thereto may terminate such agreement by reason of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. None of ALICO and the Insurance
Subsidiaries has received any written notice to the effect that the financial condition of any
other party to any such agreement is impaired with the result that a default thereunder may
reasonably be anticipated, whether or not such default may be cured by the operation of any offset
clause in such agreement.
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(v) Seller has made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of all appraisal valuation
reports prepared by independent actuaries with respect to the business of each of ALICO and the
Insurance Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2008, and all attachments, addenda, supplements and
modifications thereto, including any roll-forward as of December 31, 2008 (the “Actuarial
Analyses”). To the knowledge of Seller, (i) any information and data furnished by ALICO or any
Insurance Subsidiary to independent actuaries in connection with the preparation of the Actuarial
Analyses were accurate in all material respects, (ii) each Actuarial Analysis was based, in all
material respects, upon an accurate inventory of policies in force for ALICO and the Insurance
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, at the relevant time of preparation.
(u) Producers; Sales Practices. (i) Each insurance agent, marketer, underwriter,
wholesaler, broker, distributor or other producer that wrote, sold, produced or marketed Insurance
Contracts for ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries (each, a “Producer”), at the time such
Producer wrote, sold, produced or marketed such Insurance Contract, was duly licensed as required
by applicable Law (for the type of business written, sold, produced or marketed on behalf of ALICO
or the Insurance Subsidiary) except for such failures to be licensed which have been cured, which
have been resolved or settled through agreements with applicable Governmental Entities, which are
barred by an applicable statute of limitations or which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) no Producer is in violation
of any Law applicable to the writing, sale, production or marketing of Insurance Contracts for
ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries, including (A) all applicable Laws relating to the
disclosure of the nature of insurance products as policies of insurance, (B) all applicable Laws
relating to insurance product projections and illustrations, (C) all applicable prohibitions on the
use of unfair methods of competition and deceptive acts or practices relating to the advertising,
sales and marketing of insurance or annuities and (D) all applicable disclosure, filing and other
requirements with respect to any variation in premiums or other charges resulting from the time at
which such premiums or charges are paid, except for such violations which have been cured, which
have been resolved or settled through agreements with applicable Governmental Entities, which are
barred by an applicable statute of limitations or which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Investment Assets. Seller has made available to Buyer a true, correct and
complete list of the investment assets beneficially owned by ALICO and each of the Insurance
Subsidiaries as at February 28, 2009.
(w) Reserves. The reserves for payment of benefits, losses, claims and expenses under
all Insurance Contracts of ALICO and each Insurance Subsidiary as set forth in the most recent
financial statements filed as of the Signing Date with the applicable regulatory authorities in the
primary jurisdictions of such entity and its material branches were determined in accordance with
SAP or as required or permitted by applicable Law. For the sake of clarity, however, Seller makes
no express or implied representation or warranty hereby or otherwise under this Agreement as to the
future experience or profitability arising from the business conducted by ALICO and the
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Insurance Subsidiaries as of the Signing Date or that the reserves held by or on behalf of
ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries or the assets supporting such reserves have been or will
be adequate or sufficient for the purposes for which they were established or that the reinsurance
recoverables taken into account in determining the amount of such reserves will be collectible.
(x) Risk-Based Capital; Statutory Solvency. To the extent permitted by applicable Law
and any confidentiality obligations pursuant to any contract with any Governmental Entity, Seller
and/or ALICO has made available to Buyer true and complete copies of all material analyses and
reports submitted by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries to the applicable regulatory
authorities in the primary jurisdictions of such entities and their respective material branches
during the twelve (12) months prior to the Signing Date relating to their respective risk-based
capital or statutory solvency calculations.
(y) Indebtedness. Section 2.2(y) of the Disclosure Letter describes all
Indebtedness of each ALICO Entity in excess of $10 million as of February 28, 2009.
(z) Affiliate Transactions. Seller has made available to Buyer (i) a complete and
correct list of all current contracts, agreements and other arrangements between any ALICO Entity,
on the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the “Affiliates” of Seller referred to in
this paragraph exclude the ALICO Entities), on the other hand, in each case, to the extent that
such contracts, agreements or arrangements call for the payment by or on behalf of any ALICO Entity
in excess of $25 million per annum, and (ii) a complete list of all intercompany balances in excess
of $25 million as of the end of the first fiscal quarter of 2009 between any ALICO Entity, on the
one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.
ARTICLE 3
Covenants
Covenants
3.1 Consummation of Purchase and Restructuring; Filings.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller will, and will cause the
ALICO Entities to, and Buyer will use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable, or
advisable under applicable Laws (including obtaining all Required Regulatory Approvals), so as to
permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents as promptly as
practicable; provided that under no circumstances shall Buyer be under any obligation to agree to,
or accept, any agreements, commitments or conditions, pursuant to a settlement or otherwise, with
any Governmental Entity, or any other Person in connection with obtaining any Required Regulatory
Approval or any other filings with, exemptions or reviews by, or authorizations, consents or
approvals of, any Governmental Entity or any other Person required in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, Seller
agrees that it will not, nor allow any ALICO
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Entity to, agree to, or accept, any such agreements, commitments or conditions without the
prior written consent of Buyer.
(b) Subject to clause (a) above, the parties shall promptly make or cause to be made all
filings and notifications with all Governmental Entities that are necessary, proper or advisable
under the Transaction Documents and applicable Laws to complete and make effective the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable Law, Seller
will, and will cause the ALICO Entities to, keep Buyer apprised of all substantive communications
with Governmental Entities regarding the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Subject to applicable Laws, Seller will, and will cause the ALICO Entities to, provide Buyer a
reasonable opportunity to review in advance, consult with Seller or the applicable ALICO Entity
regarding and consider in good faith, and give reasonable consideration to, the views of Buyer in
connection with any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, or oral presentations made
to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
3.2 Expenses. Seller will bear and pay (i) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by or
on behalf of Buyer in connection with transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of its financial or other consultants, investment
bankers, accountants and counsel, in accordance with Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement,
and (ii) all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Seller or any of the ALICO Entities in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.3 Certain Notifications Until Closing. From the Signing Date until the Closing, Seller
shall promptly notify Buyer of (i) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, event or circumstance
to the knowledge of Seller which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or
warranty of Seller contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect
or to cause any covenant or agreement of Seller contained in this Agreement not to be complied with
or satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact,
circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which Seller is aware and
which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; provided, however, that delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 3.3
shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to Buyer; provided, further, that a
failure to comply with this Section 3.3 shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or
the failure of any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless the underlying
Material Adverse Effect or material breach would independently result in the failure of a condition
set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
3.4 Interim Operating Covenants. From the Signing Date until the Closing, except (i) as
consented to by Buyer (in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.5), (ii) to
the extent required or prohibited by applicable Law or by any regulatory requirement, directive or
order of any Department and (iii) as set forth on Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Letter,
Seller shall, and shall cause the ALICO Entities to, (A) comply with the covenants set forth in
Articles 5 and 6 of the Credit Agreement (in
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the case of the ALICO Entities, to the extent already applicable pursuant to the terms
thereof) and (B) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, in connection with the
Restructuring and for regulatory restrictions and events arising out of the financial events
concerning Seller as announced by Seller on September 16, 2008, conduct its business in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve
its present business organization, maintain in effect all of its Permits, keep available the
services of its directors, officers and key employees, maintain satisfactory relationships with its
customers, agents, bancassurance partners, reinsurers, lenders, suppliers and others having
material business relationships with it, and manage its working capital in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the
Signing Date until the Closing, except: (i) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents, (ii) to the extent required or prohibited by applicable Law or by
any regulatory requirement, directive or order of any Department, (iii) as set forth on Section
3.4 of the Disclosure Letter, (iv) in connection with the Restructuring or (v) as a result of
any agreement between Buyer and Seller, Seller shall not, except as consented to by Buyer (in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.5), permit any ALICO Entity to take
any of the following actions:
(a) any amendment of its articles of incorporation, bylaws or other similar organizational
documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) in any materially adverse respect;
(b) any splitting, combination or reclassification of any Equity Interest or any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property
or any combination thereof) in respect of any Equity Interest, or redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition or offer to redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Equity Interest, except for
dividends and distributions by any of ALICO’s subsidiaries on a pro rata basis to the equity owners
thereof which shall be permitted;
(c) (i) any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance, delivery or sale of,
any Equity Interests or (ii) amendment of any term of any Equity Interests (in each case, whether
by merger, consolidation or otherwise);
(d) any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise),
directly or indirectly, of any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than
(i) in the ordinary course of business of such ALICO Entities in a manner that is consistent with
past practice, including (1) the managing of the investment assets in the ordinary course of
business by ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries, (2) ALICO or any of the Insurance
Subsidiaries effecting treasury and cash management functions conducted in the ordinary course of
business and (3) ordinary course reinsurance and co-insurance arrangements, (ii) any transaction
among ALICO and any of its subsidiaries or among any subsidiaries of ALICO, (iii) investments set
forth in the Capital Expenditure Budget, (iv) Securities Lending Management and (v) acquisitions
with a purchase price (including any related assumed Indebtedness) that does not exceed $25 million
individually or $50 million in the aggregate;
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(e) any sale, lease or other transfer, or creation or incurrence of any lien (other than
Permitted Liens) (“Dispositions”) on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses,
other than (i) in the ordinary course of business in a manner that is consistent with past
practice, including (1) the managing of the investment assets in the ordinary course of business by
ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries, (2) ALICO or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries
effecting treasury and cash management functions conducted in the ordinary course of business and
(3) ordinary course reinsurance and co-insurance arrangements, (ii) any transaction among ALICO and
any of its subsidiaries or among any subsidiaries of ALICO, (iii) Securities Lending Management and
(iv) Dispositions of assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses with a sale price
(including any related assumed Indebtedness) that does not exceed $25 million individually or $50
million in the aggregate;
(f) the creation, incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness for borrowed money or
guarantees thereof having an aggregate principal amount (together with all other Indebtedness of
the ALICO Entities) outstanding at any time greater than $500 million; provided, however, that (A)
any refinancing (including any extension, renewal or exchange) of existing Indebtedness shall be
permitted, so long as the principal amount of the existing Indebtedness being refinanced is equal
to or more than the amount of any such new Indebtedness being incurred without regard to any unpaid
accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable fees incurred in connection with such
refinancing, (B) loans or borrowing by ALICO or any of its subsidiaries under currently available
lines of credit shall be permitted, (C) intercompany loans, guarantees or advances made among ALICO
or any of its subsidiaries shall be permitted, (D) Securities Lending Management shall be
permitted, and (E) other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with the transactions
permitted pursuant to any of Sections 3.4(d)(i)(1), (d)(i)(2) and (d)(v) or
Sections 3.4(e)(i)(1) or (e)(i)(2) shall be permitted;
(g) (i) the grant or increase of any material severance or termination pay to (or amendment of
any existing arrangement with) any current or former director, officer or employee other than in
the ordinary course of business, as currently conducted, (ii) any material increase in benefits
payable under any existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements other
than in the ordinary course of business, as currently conducted, (iii) the entering into of any
material employment, deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or amendment of any such
existing agreement) with any current or former director, officer or employee other than in the
ordinary course of business, as currently conducted, (iv) the establishment, adoption or amendment
of any material collective bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, compensation, stock option, restricted stock or other benefit plan or arrangement
covering any current or former director, officer or employee other than in the ordinary course of
business, as currently conducted, or (v) any material increase in compensation, bonus or other
benefits payable to any current or former director, officer or employee other than in the ordinary
course of business, as currently conducted;
(h) any material change in the methods of accounting, except as required by concurrent changes
in GAAP or SAP or applicable Law as agreed to by Seller’s independent public accountants;
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(i) any settlement or proposal to settle (i) any material litigation, investigation,
arbitration, proceeding or other claim against or adversely affecting any ALICO Entity, other than
with respect to (A) claims under insurance policies within policy limits or (B) claims for a cash
payment by an ALICO Entity not in excess of $10 million, or (ii) any litigation, arbitration,
proceeding or dispute involving, against or adversely affecting any ALICO Entity that relates to
any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents;
(j) to the extent any of the following would materially and adversely affect, and relates
principally to, the Company and any Material Subsidiary (as defined in the LLC Agreement but as of
the Signing Date), the making or changing of any Tax election, the changing of any annual Tax
accounting period, or adoption of or change to any method of Tax accounting, the filing of any
amended Tax return, the entering into of any closing agreement, the settlement of any Tax claim or
assessment, or the surrender of any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax
liability;
(k) the entering into of any Tax Sharing Agreement; or
(l) any agreement, resolution or commitment to do any of the foregoing.
3.5 Consent Procedure. In the event Seller is required to obtain the consent of Buyer with
respect to any proposed action pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof, Seller shall deliver to
Buyer, as set forth in Section 6.5, or any other individual as may be specified by Buyer as
replacing him or her (either such individual set forth in Section 6.5 or any subsequent
replacement thereof, the “Consent Request Contact”) a written request for consent (a “Consent
Request Notice”), setting forth sufficient detail regarding the facts and circumstances of such
proposed action (including all financial and background information) to enable Buyer to make a
reasonably informed decision with respect to such request for consent. Buyer shall only have been
deemed to have provided its written consent to any action for purposes of Section 3.4
hereof if the Consent Request Contact has delivered to Seller a copy of the Consent Request Notice
with respect to such action which has been countersigned by Buyer. Buyer agrees to use reasonable
efforts to cause a decision as to whether or not to grant its consent to any proposed action to be
made within 30 calendar days after delivery of a conforming Consent Request Notice with respect
thereto to the Consent Request Contact, but the failure to act within such time period shall not in
any way affect Buyer’s rights under Section 3.4 or any party’s other rights or obligations
under this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that any consent granted with respect to any action
in accordance with this Section 3.5 shall be deemed to have been provided for all other
purposes for which the consent of Buyer may be required with respect to such action under this
Agreement.
3.6 Intercompany Accounts and Payables. Seller will use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause, within the earlier of 12 months after the Closing or the completion of an Initial Public
Offering (as defined in the LLC Agreement), all contracts, agreements and other arrangements
between any ALICO Entity, on the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the “Affiliates” of
Seller referred to in this paragraph
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exclude the ALICO Entities), on the other hand, in excess of $25 million per annum to be on an
arm’s-length basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that with respect to the
payable set forth in Item 3 on Section 2.2(y) of the Disclosure Letter, to the
extent owed by any ALICO Entity (other than the Company), on the one hand, to Seller or any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand (the “Specified Intercompany Payable”): (i) on or after the Closing
Date, the Specified Intercompany Payable shall bear interest at a variable rate, subject to
applicable Law, of LIBOR plus 400 basis points per annum, to be compounded and adjusted on the
first day of each calendar quarter thereafter and (ii) the Specified Intercompany Payable shall
remain outstanding and only be settled after the occurrence of the Junior Preferred Payment and the
Senior Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement), but in no event later than the
fourth anniversary of the Closing Date.
3.7 Confidentiality; Access to Information.
(a) The information concerning Seller, the Company or ALICO or their respective subsidiaries
furnished or made available to Buyer or its representatives by Seller, the Company or ALICO or
their respective representatives pursuant to this Agreement shall be held confidential pursuant to
the terms of the nondisclosure agreement, dated as of September 25, 2008, between Seller and Buyer
(the “Nondisclosure Agreement”).
(b) Seller hereby agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the Comptroller General of
the United States (the “Comptroller General”), upon request, access to information, data,
schedules, books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, electronic communications, or other
papers, things or property that relate to assistance provided by Buyer pursuant to any action taken
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board of Governors”) under section
13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. § 343), to the extent required by, and in accordance
with the provisions of, 31 U.S.C. § 714(d)(3) (as added by section 801 of the Helping Families Save
Their Homes Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-22 (the “Helping Families Act”)). The parties hereby
acknowledge that the Helping Families Act provides that, subject to certain exceptions enumerated
in 31 U.S.C. § 714(c)(4) (as amended), an officer or an employee of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (the “GAO”) (including the Comptroller General) may not disclose to any
person outside the GAO information obtained in audits or examinations conducted under 31 U.S.C. §
714(e) (as amended) and maintained as confidential by the Board of Governors or a Federal reserve
bank (including Buyer). Buyer hereby agrees promptly after the date hereof (i) to inform the GAO
in writing of the Nondisclosure Agreement, pursuant to which (and subject to the terms thereof)
Buyer has agreed to treat as confidential certain information of Seller and its subsidiaries and
affiliated entities, and (ii) in consultation with Seller, to take reasonable steps to establish
protocols with the GAO governing the receipt, handling and dissemination by the GAO of confidential
information of Seller and its subsidiaries. In addition to the foregoing, it is acknowledged that
Seller separately has sought assurances from the Comptroller General that the GAO will follow
applicable laws and regulations, or other protocols that may be agreed to between the GAO and
Seller, relating to the disclosure of confidential information obtained directly or indirectly from
Seller,
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and will take steps to
enter into a written agreement regarding those assurances and/or other protocols that may be agreed
to between the GAO and Seller.
3.8 Quarter-End Certificate. No later than 10 business days prior to the Closing Date, Seller
will cause to be prepared and delivered to Buyer the standard internal balance sheet for ALICO that
was used to prepare Seller’s most recent balance sheet filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as of such date (the “Quarter-End Balance Sheet”), and a calculation, based on such
Quarter-End Balance Sheet, of the Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity (the “Quarter-End Certificate”).
The Quarter-End Balance Sheet shall (x) fairly present the consolidated financial position of the
ALICO Entities as of the date thereof, (y) include line items substantially consistent with those
contained in the ALICO 2009 Accounts and (z) be prepared in accordance with the Seller Accounting
Policies (including with respect to certification) applied on a consistent basis with the ALICO
2009 Accounts. “Quarter-End Stockholders’ Equity” means the consolidated stockholders’ equity of
the ALICO Entities as shown on the Quarter-End Balance Sheet, with the following adjustments: (a)
excluding the effects of the Restructuring and (b) excluding the effects of any change after
February 28, 2009 in the foreign currency exchange rates used to translate the functional
currencies to the U.S. dollar reporting currency.
3.9 Notice of LLC Agreement. Seller will cause the Company to provide written notice (which
notice shall be satisfactory to Buyer) promptly after the Signing Date to those subsidiaries set
forth on Section 3.9 of the Disclosure Letter with a copy of the LLC Agreement and noting
that the Company will have certain obligations contained therein that will require the Company as
the direct or indirect shareholder of such subsidiary to cause such subsidiary to take or not take
certain actions.
3.10 Tax Sharing. Any and all existing Tax Sharing Agreements among ALICO and its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Seller and its subsidiaries (other than ALICO and its
subsidiaries), on the other hand, shall be terminated as of the day immediately prior to the
Closing Date. All outstanding obligations with respect to any such Tax Sharing Agreement shall
remain outstanding and, on and after the Closing Date, all outstanding obligations with respect to
any such Tax Sharing Agreement, shall bear interest at a variable rate, subject to applicable Law,
of LIBOR plus 400 basis points per annum, to be compounded and adjusted on the first day of each
calendar quarter thereafter and shall only be settled after the occurrence of the Junior Preferred
Payment and the Senior Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement), but in no event
later than the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 4
Additional Agreements
Additional Agreements
4.1 Purchase of Restricted Securities.
(a) Buyer acknowledges that the Purchased Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Purchased
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Securities are being acquired by Buyer for its own account and without a view to the public
distribution or sale of any of the Purchased Securities or any interest in them. Buyer (a) is
acquiring the Purchased Securities pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act from
registration under the Securities Act and has no present intention to distribute them to any Person
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (b) will not sell
or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Securities, except in compliance with the registration
requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities
laws, and (c) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in
investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of
the Purchased Securities and of making an informed investment decision.
(b) Buyer agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the Preferred Units
will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY NON-U.S. OR STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”
(c) In the event that any Purchased Securities (i) become registered under the Securities Act
or (ii) are eligible to be transferred without restriction in accordance with Rule 144 or another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act (other than Rule 144A), Seller shall cause the
Company to issue new certificates or other instruments representing such Purchased Securities,
which shall not contain the legend in Section 4.1(b) above; provided that Buyer surrenders
to the Company the previously issued certificates or other instruments.
4.2 Tax Treatment of the Transactions. (a) It is the intention of the parties that, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, (1) the transfer by Seller of the equity of ALICO to the Company in
return for the Preferred Units shall be treated as occurring when the Company is disregarded under
Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2(c)(2) as a separate entity from Seller; (2) as a result,
such transfer shall be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (3) the election under
Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) to treat the Company as a corporation shall be treated as
a fully taxable transfer by Seller of the equity of ALICO to the Company in return for all the
Units at the time the election is effective; (4) the Senior Preferred Units shall be treated as
nonvoting stock in the Company; (5) the Junior Preferred Units shall be treated as stock in the
Company not described in Code Section 1504(a)(4), and, as a result, the Seller and the Company
shall not be members of an affiliated group within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a); (6) this
Agreement shall constitute a binding contract in effect immediately before the election described
in clause (3) hereof is effective pursuant to which the sale described in clause (7) hereof shall
occur; (7) the sale of the Preferred Units to Buyer in return for the Consideration shall be
respected in accordance with its form; and (8) full force and effect shall be accorded to any
election made pursuant to
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Section 4.2(b). The terms of this Agreement and the LLC Agreement shall be
interpreted consistently with this intention, and the parties hereto agree not to take any position
for U.S. federal income tax purposes (in a filing or otherwise) contrary to this intention.
(b) Unless Seller obtains Buyer’s consent not to make such an election (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld), (1) the Company and Seller shall jointly make an election under Code
Section 338(h)(10) in respect of the transfer described in Section 4.2(a)(3), and (2) the
Company shall make an election under Section 338(g) of the Code in respect of the deemed sale
(resulting from such election under Code Section 338(h)(10)) of the stock of any one or more of the
direct or indirect subsidiaries of ALICO designated by Seller.
4.3 Preparation of Compliant Financial Statements. Seller shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause its accountants to prepare the Compliant Financial Statements as soon as
practicable, but in any event no later than 18 months after the Closing and Seller shall deliver
such Compliant Financial Statements to Buyer. In addition, following the Closing, Seller shall,
and shall cause its subsidiaries and representatives to, provide Buyer and the Company (and their
respective advisors) with reasonable access to its financial management and any accountant’s work
papers, and all financial books, accounts and records relating to the ALICO Entities in connection
with any public offering of equity or debt securities, including the preparation by the Company or
any of its Affiliates of a filing under the Securities Act or with respect to any financing and/or
periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the
“Exchange Act”) or any other compliance by the Company or any of its Affiliates with the
requirements of the securities Laws of the jurisdiction(s) governing any such public offering and
any applicable listing standards of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which such
securities are to be listed or quoted.
4.4 Completion of the Restructuring. As soon as practicable, but in any event no later than
60 days after all of the required approvals, consents, exemptions or authorization of any
Governmental Entity for such transactions (including any applicable Tax treaty relief rulings) are
obtained by Buyer, Seller or any ALICO Entity, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
complete, in each case, on terms acceptable to Buyer in all respects, all of the transactions
contemplated by the Restructuring that have not been completed at or prior to the Closing.
4.5 Separation Plan; Contribution of IP. As soon as practicable, but in any event no later
than 20 business days prior to the Closing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a separation
plan, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller and Buyer (the “Separation Plan”),
(i) identifying all material assets, properties or Proprietary Rights used or held for use
primarily in the business or operations of any of the ALICO Entities and not owned by one or more
of the ALICO Entities, (ii) providing for the contribution or, to the extent reasonably acceptable
to Seller and Buyer, the license of such assets and properties to one or more of the ALICO Entities
prior to the Closing Date, or by such other date as may be agreed between Seller and Buyer and
(iii) identifying all material contracts, agreements and other arrangements between any ALICO
Entity, on the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (the “Affiliates” of
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Seller referred to in this paragraph exclude the ALICO Entities) and the plan for substitution
or replacement of same with contracts, agreements and other arrangements with third parties or
otherwise. Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the ALICO Entities to, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Separation Plan. To the extent any aspect of
the Separation Plan cannot be enacted despite the commercially reasonable efforts of Seller, its
Affiliates and the ALICO Entities, Seller, Buyer and the ALICO Entities shall negotiate mutually
acceptable revisions to the Separation Plan, with the intention that such revisions shall provide
the parties with such rights, assets and properties that approximate that of the Separation Plan to
the maximum extent possible. Without limitation of the foregoing, prior to the Closing, Seller
shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to one or more ALICO
Entity all of the trademarks and domain names used or held for use primarily in the business or
operations of any of the ALICO Entities and not owned by one or more of the ALICO Entities (the
“Contributed IP”), in each case, without cost to any ALICO Entity and on terms reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer. For purposes of this section, “Proprietary Rights,” “trademarks” or “domain
names” do not include the names “AIG,” or “American International Group, Inc.,” or any trade,
corporate or business names, trademarks, tag-lines, identifying logos, trade dress, monograms,
slogans, service marks, domain names, brand names or any other name or source identifiers related
thereto or employing the wording “AIG” or any “AIG” formative marks, or any derivation or variation
of any of the foregoing (for example, among others, American International Group) or any
confusingly similar trade, corporate or business name, trademark, tag-line, identifying logo, trade
dress, monogram, slogan, service xxxx, domain name, brand name or other name or source identifier
(including any registrations and applications relating thereto).
ARTICLE 5
Indemnification
Indemnification
5.1 Survival. The representations and warranties of the parties hereto contained in or made
pursuant to this Agreement shall survive in full force and effect until the date that is eighteen
(18) months after the Closing Date, at which time they shall terminate (and, except as explicitly
provided in the second sentence of Section 5.3(a), no claims shall be made for
indemnification under Section 5.2 for a breach of such representations and warranties
thereafter); provided that the representations and warranties in Sections 2.2(a) through
2.2(e), 2.2(o) and 2.2(s) (collectively, the “Excluded Representations”)
shall survive until the latest date permitted by Law (and shall not be subject to the foregoing
limitation). The covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement or in
any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive
the Closing until the latest date permitted by Law, or for the shorter period explicitly specified
therein, except that for such covenants and agreements that survive for such shorter period,
breaches thereof shall survive until the latest date permitted by Law.
5.2 Indemnification by Seller.
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(a) After the Closing and subject to this Article 5, Seller shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates, and its and their successors and assigns and each of
the foregoing’s officers, directors, employees, representatives and advisers and, effective at the
Closing, with respect to Third Party Claims only and without duplication, the ALICO Entities, their
Affiliates and their respective successors and assignees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”),
against, and reimburse the Indemnified Parties for, all Losses that Buyer may at any time suffer or
incur, or become subject to:
(i) subject to Section 5.2(b) hereof, as a result of or in connection with the
inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller in this Agreement (which
representations and warranties (except Section 2.2(f)(1)) shall be read, for purposes of
this Section 5.2(a)(i), without regard to any qualifications or limitations whatsoever that
may be set forth therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect or any similar
qualification or standard);
(ii) as a result of or in connection with any breach or failure by Seller to perform any of
its covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement;
(iii) as a result of or in connection with the Restructuring, including any failure to
complete any item thereof;
(iv) as a result of or in connection with any Seller Benefit Plan; or
(v) subject to Section 5.2(a)(v) of the Disclosure Letter and Section 5.2(c)
hereof, as a result of or in connection with (i) any failure to comply in any respect with, or any
default or violation of, any applicable Law by any ALICO Entity on or before Closing or (ii) any
investigation with respect to, any threat to be charged with or any notice of any violation of, any
applicable Law by any ALICO Entity with respect to acts or omissions occurring on or before
Closing; provided that this Section 5.2(a)(v) shall not apply with respect to
indemnification for non-compliance with or violation of applicable Tax laws, which shall be
governed solely by Section 5.2(a)(i).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except in connection with the
Excluded Representations (other than any such representation or warranty contained in Section
2.2(o)), Seller shall not be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless the Indemnified
Parties against, or reimburse the Indemnified Parties for, any Losses pursuant to Section
5.2(a)(i): (x) with respect to any claim (or series of related claims arising from the same
underlying facts, events or circumstances) unless such claim (or series of related claims arising
from the same underlying facts, events or circumstances) involves Losses in excess of $10 million
(nor shall any such claim or series of related claims that do not meet the $10 million threshold be
applied to or considered for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Losses for which
Seller does not have responsibility under clause (y) of this Section 5.2(b) below, until
the aggregate amount of Losses for which indemnification by Seller has been excluded by this clause
(x) exceeds $225 million, in which case all further claims or series of related
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claims that do not meet the $10 million threshold shall be applied to and considered for
purposes of calculating when the aggregate amount of Losses for which Seller does not have
responsibility under such clause (y)); (y) until the aggregate amount of Losses for which the
Indemnified Parties are finally determined to be entitled to indemnification under Section
5.2(a)(i) exceeds 5% of the Consideration, after which Seller shall be obligated for all Losses
entitled to indemnification under Section 5.2(a)(i) that are in excess of 5% of the
Consideration; and (z) in a cumulative aggregate amount exceeding 50% of the Consideration.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Seller shall not be required to
indemnify, defend or hold harmless the Indemnified Parties against, or reimburse the Indemnified
Parties for, any Losses pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(v): (x) with respect to any claim (or
series of related claims arising from the same underlying facts, events or circumstances) unless
such claim (or series of related claims arising from the same underlying facts, events or
circumstances) involves Losses in excess of $1 million (nor shall any such claim or series of
related claims that do not meet the $1 million threshold be applied to or considered for purposes
of calculating the aggregate amount of Losses for which Seller does not have responsibility under
clause (y) of this Section 5.2(c) below, until the aggregate amount of Losses for which
indemnification by Seller has been excluded by this clause (x) exceeds $20 million, in which case
all further claims or series of related claims that do not meet the $1 million threshold shall be
applied to and considered for purposes of calculating when the aggregate amount of Losses for which
Seller does not have responsibility under such clause (y)); (y) until the aggregate amount of
Losses for which the Indemnified Parties are finally determined to be entitled to indemnification
under Section 5.2(a)(v) exceeds $150 million, after which Seller shall be obligated for all
Losses entitled to indemnification under Section 5.2(a)(v) that are in excess of $150
million; and (z) in a cumulative aggregate amount exceeding 50% of the Consideration.
5.3 Notification of Claims.
(a) Buyer shall promptly notify Seller in writing of any claim in respect of which indemnity
may be sought under this Article 5, including any pending or threatened claim or demand by
a third party that Buyer has determined has given or could reasonably give rise to a right of
indemnification under this Agreement (including a pending or threatened claim or demand asserted by
a third party against Buyer) (each, a “Third Party Claim”), describing in reasonable detail the
facts and circumstances with respect to the subject matter of such claim or demand; provided,
however, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release Seller from any of its
obligations under this Article 5, except to the extent that Seller is materially prejudiced
by such failure. The parties agree that (i) notices for claims in respect of a breach of a
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement must be delivered prior to the expiration of any
applicable survival period specified in Section 5.1 for such representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement and (ii) any claims for indemnification for which notice is not timely
delivered in accordance with this Section 5.3(a) shall be expressly barred and are hereby
waived; provided, further, that if, prior to such applicable date, Buyer shall have notified Seller
in accordance with the requirements of this Section 5.3(a) of a claim for
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indemnification under this Article 5 (whether or not formal legal action shall have
been commenced based upon such claim), such claim shall continue to be subject to indemnification
in accordance with this Article 5 notwithstanding the passing of such applicable date.
(b) Upon receipt of a notice of a claim for indemnity from Buyer pursuant to Section
5.3(a) in respect of a Third Party Claim, Seller may, by notice to Buyer delivered within
twenty (20) business days of the receipt of notice of such Third Party Claim, assume the defense
and control of any Third Party Claim, with its own counsel and at its own expense; provided that,
prior to assuming control of such defense, Seller must acknowledge that it would have an indemnity
obligation for the Losses resulting from such Third Party Claim under this Article 5.
Buyer may take any actions reasonably necessary to defend such Third Party Claim prior to the time
that it receives a notice from Seller as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.
Seller shall allow Buyer a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of such Third Party
Claim with its own counsel and at its own expense. Seller shall not, without the prior written
consent of Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), consent to a settlement, compromise or
discharge of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third Party Claim, unless such
settlement, compromise, discharge or entry of any judgment does not involve any finding or
admission of any violation of applicable Law or admission of any wrongdoing by all Indemnified
Parties, and Seller shall (i) pay or cause to be paid all amounts arising out of such settlement or
judgment concurrently with the effectiveness of such settlement or judgment (unless otherwise
provided in such judgment), (ii) obtain, as a condition of any settlement, compromise, discharge,
entry of judgment (if applicable), or other resolution, a complete and unconditional release of
Buyer from any and all liabilities in respect of such Third Party Claim. Buyer shall not settle,
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any claim or demand for which it
is seeking indemnification from Seller or admit to any liability with respect to such claim or
demand without the prior written consent of Seller.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 5 (including
Section 5.2), Seller shall not have any liability under this Article 5 for any
Losses arising out of or in connection with any Third Party Claim that is settled or compromised by
Buyer without the consent of Seller.
(d) In the event Seller receives a notice of a claim for indemnity from Buyer pursuant to
Section 5.3(a) that does not involve a Third Party Claim, Seller shall notify Buyer within
twenty (20) business days following its receipt of such notice whether Seller disputes its
liability to Buyer under this Article 5. If Seller fails to timely notify Buyer, the
Losses arising out of such claim shall be conclusively deemed to be a liability of Seller and
Seller shall promptly pay to Buyer any and all Losses arising out of such claim. Buyer shall
reasonably cooperate with and assist Seller in determining the validity of any such claim for
indemnity by Buyer.
(e) Each party shall cooperate, and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate, in the
defense or prosecution of any Third Party Claim and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such
records, information and testimony, and attend such
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conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably
requested in connection therewith.
(f) Except as provided herein, no party shall by virtue of this Agreement have any rights to
defend or participate in the defense of any Third Party Claims as to which it is not named as a
defendant.
5.4 Payment.
(a) In the event a claim or any Action for indemnification under this Article 5 by
Buyer for a Diminution In ALICO Value Loss has been finally determined:
(i) if Buyer’s Diminution In ALICO Value Loss arose in connection with indemnification
pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) (other than the inaccuracy or breach of the Excluded
Representations except for any such representation or warranty contained in Section
2.2(o)), promptly after a Liquidation Shortfall Event shall have occurred, Seller shall pay to
Buyer on demand in immediately available funds the lesser of (x) the aggregate amount of such final
determination (or any relevant portion thereof) and (y) the positive difference, if any, of the
Liquidation Shortfall minus any amounts previously received from Seller in respect of
Section 5.4(a)(ii); and
(ii) if Buyer’s Diminution In ALICO Value Loss arose other than as described in Section
5.4(a)(i) (including, but not limited to, as a result of the inaccuracy or breach of any of the
Excluded Representations except for any such representation or warranty contained in Section
2.2(o)), the amount of such final determination shall be paid by Seller to Buyer on demand in
immediately available funds; provided that (x) if the Senior Preferred Redemption and the Junior
Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement) shall have thereafter occurred, Buyer
shall repay to Seller, on demand in immediately available funds, any amounts previously received
from Seller in respect of this Section 5.4(a)(ii) or (y) if a Liquidation Shortfall Event
shall have thereafter occurred, Buyer shall repay to Seller, on demand in immediately available
funds, the positive difference, if any, of (A) any amounts previously received from Seller in
respect of this Section 5.4(a)(ii) minus (B) the Liquidation Shortfall.
(b) In the event a claim or any Action for indemnification under this Article 5 by (x)
Buyer (other than for a Diminution In ALICO Value Loss) or (y) any other Indemnified Party, in
either case, has been finally determined the amount of such final determination shall be paid by
Seller to such Indemnified Party on demand in immediately available funds.
(c) For purposes of this Section 5.4, a claim or an Action, and the liability for and
amount of damages therefor, shall be deemed to be “finally determined” for purposes of this
Article 5 when the parties hereto have so determined by mutual agreement or, if disputed,
when a final non-appealable order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award entered by or with
any Governmental Entity has been entered into with respect to such claim or Action.
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5.5 Exclusive Remedies. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that, other than in the
case of Intentional Breach (defined below) by Seller or fraud (a) prior to the Closing, the sole
and exclusive remedy of Buyer for any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered hereunder shall be, in the
event that each of the conditions set forth in Sections 1.2(c), (d) and (e)
has not been satisfied or waived, refusal to close the purchase and sale of the Purchased
Securities hereunder; and (b) following the Closing, (i) the indemnification provisions of this
Article 5 shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of Buyer for any breach of the
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained herein shall give rise to any right on the part of any party hereto to rescind this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For the purposes of this
Section 5.5, the term “Intentional Breach” shall mean a breach that is a consequence of an
act or omission by the breaching party with the actual knowledge that the taking of such act would,
or would reasonably be expected to, cause a breach of this Agreement; provided, that, any breach of
this Agreement which results in Losses to the Indemnified Parties of less than $10 million shall be
deemed not to be an Intentional Breach.
5.6 Additional Indemnification Provisions. Seller and Buyer agree, for themselves and on
behalf of their respective Affiliates, that (i) with respect to each indemnification obligation set
forth in Article 5, any Transaction Document or any other document executed or delivered in
connection with the Closing, in no event shall Seller have any liability to Buyer for any punitive
or special damages other than punitive or special damages recovered by third parties in connection
with a Third Party Claim, and (ii) Buyer’s Losses shall include, without duplication, diminution in
value of the ALICO Entities (a “Diminution in ALICO Value Loss”).
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(a) by either Buyer or Seller if the Closing shall not have occurred by December 31, 2009;
provided, however, that any party may elect to extend such date to March 31, 2010; provided,
further, that in the event the Closing has not occurred by March 31, 2010, the parties will consult
in good faith to determine whether to extend the term of this Agreement, it being understood that
the parties shall be required to consult only until the fifth calendar day after such date and not
be under any obligation to extend the term of this Agreement thereafter; provided, further, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.1(a) shall not be available to
any party whose breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any obligation under
this Agreement shall have caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to
such date; provided, further, that if Buyer exercises its rights pursuant to Section
1.2(c)(i) hereof to require that any Approval(s) not listed on Section 1.2(c)(i) of the
Disclosure
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Letter be required to be made or obtained, the parties shall agree in good faith to an
appropriate extension to the term of this Agreement; or
(b) by either Buyer or Seller in the event that any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action restraining,
enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction
Documents and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;
or
(c) by the mutual written consent of Buyer and Seller.
In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 6.1, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of either party
hereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve either party from liability for any breach of
this Agreement. The provisions of Section 3.2 and Article 6 shall survive
termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 6.1.
6.2 Amendment. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be effective unless made
in writing and signed by an officer or a duly authorized representative of each party. No failure
or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative of any rights or remedies provided by Law.
6.3 Waiver of Conditions. The conditions to each party’s obligation to consummate the Closing
are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the
extent permitted by applicable Law. No waiver will be effective unless it is in a writing signed
by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or
provisions subject to such waiver.
6.4 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc. This Agreement, and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, United States federal law and not the law of any State. To the extent that a
court looks to the laws of any State to determine or define the United States federal law, it is
the intention of the parties hereto that such court shall look only to the laws of the State of New
York without regard to its rules of conflicts of laws. Each of the parties hereto agrees (a) to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York for any and all actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) that notice may be served upon (i)
Seller at the address and in the manner set forth for notices to Seller in Section 6.5 and
(ii) Buyer in accordance with federal law. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each of the
parties hereto hereby unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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6.5 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any
party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of
delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, or (b) on the
second business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier
service. All notices to Seller shall be delivered to the address set forth below, or pursuant to
such other instruction as may be designated in writing by Seller to Buyer. All notices to Buyer
shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated
in writing by Buyer to Seller.
If to Buyer:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Counsel
Facsimile: 212) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Counsel
Facsimile: 212) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
If to the Seller:
American International Group, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
6.6 Definitions.
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(a) The term “Action” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration or proceeding by or before
any Governmental Entity or arbitral body.
(b) The term “Affiliate” of any Person means any Person that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person,
and the term “Affiliated” shall have a correlative meaning; provided, however, that, for purposes
hereof and except as set forth in Section 6.6(h)(ii), (i) no ALICO Entity will be
treated as Affiliates of Buyer, (ii) none of Seller nor any of their Affiliates, on the one hand,
nor Buyer nor any of its Affiliates, on the other, shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other such
Person(s) and (iii) for the sake of clarity, none of the AIG Credit Trust or the United States
Department of the Treasury, on the one hand, or Buyer or any of its Affiliates, on the other, shall
be deemed an Affiliate of the other such Person.
(c) The term “AIG Credit Trust” means the trust designated as the AIG Credit Facility Trust
established for the sole benefit of the United States Treasury under that certain trust agreement
dated January 16, 2009 and shall include the trustees thereof acting in their capacities as such
trustees as the context may require.
(d) The term “Capital Expenditure Budget” means the ALICO 2009 Capital Budget as set forth in
Section 6.6(d) of the Disclosure Letter.
(e) The term “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
(f) The term “Company Benefit Plans” means all material “employee benefit plans” (as defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA), incentive, profit-sharing, share option, share purchase, other
equity-based, employment, consulting, compensation, holiday or other leave, change in control,
retention, supplemental retirement, pension, severance, health, medical, disability, life
insurance, deferred compensation and other employee compensation and benefit plans, programs,
policies or agreements, in each case established or maintained for the benefit of any employees of
any ALICO Entities on the Closing Date by ALICO or any of its Affiliates or to which ALICO or any
of its Affiliates contributes or is obligated to contribute in respect of employees of ALICO or any
of its Affiliates (each, a “Company Employee”) and that are sponsored by ALICO or any of its
Affiliates pursuant to the laws of the U.S.
(g) The term “Compliant Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets,
audited statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as is required to effect an
Initial Public Offering (as defined in the LLC Agreement) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-1 or
Form F-1, as applicable (or a successor form).
(h) The term “Control,” “Controlled,” and “Controlling” mean the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting
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securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that (i) none of
Buyer or any of its Affiliates shall at any time be deemed to Control (or have the right to obtain
the Control of) Seller or any ALICO Entity under this Agreement by virtue of any of the following:
(A) the Credit Agreement (as of the Signing Date), any related pledge and security arrangements or
the exercise of any rights or the performance of any obligations thereunder, (B) the AIG Credit
Facility Trust Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2009, relating to the AIG Credit Trust or the
exercise of any rights or the performance of any obligations thereunder, (C) the ownership by the
AIG Credit Trust, the United States Department of the Treasury or any other United States
Governmental Entity (other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates) of any equity securities of Seller
or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company) or the exercise of any voting or other rights
attaching to any such equity securities and/or (D) this Agreement or the LLC Agreement or the
exercise of any rights or the performance of any obligations hereunder or thereunder; and (ii)
notwithstanding clause (A) above of this definition, Buyer or any of its Affiliates (which does not
include, for the sake of clarity, the AIG Credit Trust) shall be deemed to Control Seller or any
ALICO Entity under this Agreement at any time that Buyer or any of its Affiliates (which does not
include, for the sake of clarity, the AIG Credit Trust) (x) shall own, directly or indirectly,
either (A) a majority of the outstanding Common Interests (as defined in the LLC Agreement) or (B)
securities of Seller representing a majority of the shares entitled to vote on matters generally
presented for a vote of the stockholders of Seller, as the case may be or (y) shall have the right
to elect or appoint a majority of the members of the board of directors or board of managers of
Seller or the Company.
(i) The term “Credit Agreement Amendment” means all amendments, consents or actions with
respect to the Credit Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to (i) permit the Restructuring
and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, (ii) ensure that, upon the Closing, the
Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is reduced by an amount equal to the Initial
Liquidation Preference (as defined in the LLC Agreement), provided that no such commitment
reduction would result in an aggregate outstanding Commitment of less than $25 billion, in each
case in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer and Seller in all respects and (iii) provide that
the Company shall not be considered a “Restricted Subsidiary” under the Credit Agreement.
(j) The term “Department” means, with respect to any regulated ALICO Entity, any Governmental
Entity which regulates and oversees, in any material respect, the business of such entity
(including any branch thereof) in each of the jurisdictions in which such entity conducts its
business.
(k) The term “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests,
membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other
equity interests in any entity, and any security, option, warrant or other right entitling the
holder thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any such equity interest.
(l) The term “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
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(m) The term “ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other entity which, together with such
entity, would be treated as a single employee under Section 414 of the Code.
(n) The term “Fund” means any investment vehicle managed by ALICO or any of its Affiliates and
created or invested in the ordinary course of ALICO’s investment management.
(o) term “Guarantee and Pledge Agreement Amendment” means all amendments, actions or other
documents with respect to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2008
between Seller and Buyer (as amended from time to time, the “Guarantee and Pledge Agreement”), that
are necessary or appropriate to (i) ensure that the Common Units are pledged to Buyer pursuant
thereto as and when those units are owned by Seller or any of its Affiliates that are Guarantors
and Pledgors pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, (ii) provide that the obligations of
Seller under Article 5 of this Agreement will be, on and after Closing, Secured Obligations
(as defined in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement), and (iii) ensure that default on indemnity
payment will not be a default of the Credit Agreement.
(p) The term “Indebtedness” means, without duplication, with respect to any Person, all
liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person, of any kind or nature,
now or hereafter owing, arising, due or payable, howsoever evidenced, created, incurred, acquired
or owing, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, consisting of
indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding
purchases of merchandise and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, but including (a) all obligations and liabilities of any Person secured by any lien on
such Person’s property, even though such Person shall not have assumed or become liable for the
payment thereof (except unperfected Permitted Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business and
not in connection with the borrowing of money); (b) all obligations and liabilities of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use)
real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under generally
accepted accounting principles, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) all obligations
and liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to property used or acquired by such Person, even if the rights and remedies of the
lessor, seller or lender thereunder are limited to repossession of such property; (d) all
obligations and liabilities under guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of another Person; (e)
all obligations and liabilities of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for
the account of such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures, or similar instruments; and (g) all obligations of such Person with respect to deposits
or advances of any kind. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not
include (i) any obligation of any Person to make any payment, hold funds or securities in trust or
to segregate funds or securities for
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the benefit of one or more third parties (including any policyholder, pension fund or mutual
fund shareholder or unitholder) pursuant to any insurance or reinsurance contract, annuity
contract, variable annuity contract, unit-linked or mutual fund account or other similar agreement
or instrument; or any pension fund or mutual fund contract; or any capital redemption contract or
suretyship contract issued pursuant to its insurance business license in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) any Indebtedness issued, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise incurred by ALICO or any
Insurance Subsidiary, for or on behalf of any separate account of ALICO or such Insurance
Subsidiary, in respect of which the recourse of the holder of such Indebtedness is limited to
assets of such separate account and no other assets or property whatsoever of any ALICO Entity,
(iii) any Indebtedness that is secured by a real property mortgage under which the recourse of the
lender is limited to the relevant real property and no other assets or property whatsoever of any
ALICO Entity other than recourse liability for customary “bad boy” acts, (iv) the obligations of
any investment funds Controlled by ALICO that would be considered as liabilities of ALICO on the
consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applicable to ALICO, but not, for the sake of clarity, in respect of indebtedness for
borrowed money, (v) obligations under Swap Contracts (as defined in the LLC Agreement), (vi)
obligations under or arising out of any employee benefit plan, employment contract or other similar
arrangement in existence as of the Closing Date or (vii) obligations under any severance or
termination of employment agreement or plan. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not
include, statutory liens incurred or advances or deposits or other security granted to any
Governmental Entity in connection with a governmental authorization, registration, filing, license,
permit or approval of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(q) The term “Insurance Contracts” means any insurance policy, binder, slip or contract or
reinsurance treaty or agreement, contract, binder or slip issued by ALICO or an Insurance
Subsidiary in connection with its business as of the Signing Date.
(r) The term “Insurance Subsidiaries” means each subsidiary of ALICO that is regulated by a
Department. The Insurance Subsidiaries as of the Signing Date are set forth in Section
6.6(r) of the Disclosure Letter.
(s) The term “International Plan” means an employment, severance or similar contract,
arrangement or policy or a plan or arrangement providing for severance, insurance coverage
(including any self-insured arrangements), workers’ compensation, disability benefits, supplemental
unemployment benefits, vacation benefits, pension or retirement benefits or for deferred
compensation, profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock appreciation rights or other forms of
incentive compensation or post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits that (i) is not an
Company Benefit Plan, (ii) is maintained or contributed to by any ALICO Entity pursuant to any laws
other than the laws of the U.S. and (iii) covers any Company Employee.
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(t) The term “knowledge of Seller” means the actual knowledge as of the Signing Date (other
than in respect of Section 3.3) after reasonable inquiry of any of the individuals listed
in Section 6.6(t) of the Disclosure Letter.
(u) The term “Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute or ordinance, or
any rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, decree or agency requirement of
any Governmental Entity. For the sake of clarity, the term “Laws” includes without limitation: (i)
any applicable anti-corruption laws relating to the offer, payment, promise to pay, or
authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any government
official, (ii) any applicable laws or sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council or other relevant
sanctions authority relating to dealings or transactions with any Person, in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of sanctions, (iii)
any applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, and (iv) any applicable U.S.
anti-boycott laws and regulations.
(v) The term “Legal Proceeding” means any judicial, administrative or arbitral actions, suits
or proceedings (public or private) by or before a Governmental Entity other than claims under or in
connection with Insurance Contracts in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or
any of their respective subsidiaries.
(w) The term “LIBOR” means the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%), for deposits in United States dollars, which appears on Bloomberg’s index
display page 3750 (or other commercially available source providing quotations of such rate) at
approximately 11:00 A.M. London time on the business day immediately preceding the date on which
LIBOR is to be determined.
(x) The term “Liquidation Shortfall” means the positive difference, if any, of (i) the
aggregate amount that would have been necessary to have effected the Junior Preferred Payment and
the Senior Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement) on or before the
consummation of the Liquidation Shortfall Event (together with all prior transactions and
distributions received on the Purchased Securities pursuant to Article V of the LLC Agreement) less
(ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate proceeds received by Buyer in respect of the Purchased Securities
from any Liquidation Shortfall Event plus (B) all distributions received on the Purchased
Securities prior thereto pursuant to Article V of the LLC Agreement.
(y) The term “Liquidation Shortfall Event” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a
Drag-Along Sale (as defined in the LLC Agreement), (ii) a Sale of the Company (as defined in the
LLC Agreement) involving the sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Purchased
Securities or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or (iii) any dissolution or liquidation of the Company in accordance with Article IX of
the LLC Agreement, but only (in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof) if the
Junior Preferred Payment and the Senior Preferred Redemption (each as defined in the LLC Agreement)
shall not have occurred after giving effect to such transaction(s).
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(z) The term “Losses” means, subject to Section 5.6, any and all losses, damages,
reasonable costs, reasonable expenses of investigation, attorneys’ fees, expenses incurred in
connection with in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, liabilities, settlement
payments, awards, judgments, fines, obligations, claims, incidental, and deficiencies of any kind
(including any indirect or consequential damages, losses, liabilities or expenses, and any lost
profits or diminution in value).
(aa) The term “Management Agreement” means any compensatory contract, agreement, instrument or
other legally binding obligation with or in respect of any Management Employee to which any ALICO
Entity is a party or in respect of which has any material liability.
(bb) The term “Management Employee” means any current or former employee of any ALICO Entity
who has at any time since January 1, 2007 been a participant in Seller’s Senior Partners Plan
(each, a “Senior Partner”), as in effect from time to time, or Seller’s Partners Plan (each, a
“Partner”), as in effect from time to time.
(cc) The term “Material Contract” means any contract, agreement, instrument or other legally
binding obligation to which any ALICO Entity is a party (other than leases for real property and
Insurance Contracts) which (i) calls for the payment by or on behalf of any ALICO Entity in excess
of $10 million per annum, or the delivery by any ALICO Entity of goods or services with a fair
market value in excess of $10 million per annum, during the remaining term thereof, (ii) provides
for any ALICO Entity to receive any payments in excess of, or any property with a fair market value
in excess of, $10 million during the remaining term thereof, (iii) contains covenants materially
restricting the ability of any ALICO Entity to compete in any line of business or geographical
area, (iv) relates to the acquisition or disposition by any ALICO Entity within the last three
years of a material business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) and
which contains material ongoing obligations of any ALICO Entity, or (v) provides for a material
partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that
“Material Contract” shall exclude any contract, agreement, instrument or other legally binding
obligation that is terminable by any ALICO Entity on ninety (90) days or less notice without any
penalty.
(dd) The term “Material Jurisdiction” means any of France, Japan, Poland, the United Kingdom
and the State of Delaware.
(ee) The term “Permitted Lien” means (a) liens that secure debt that is reflected on the
Financial Statements; (b) liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies that
are not yet due or payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) statutory liens of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen,
repairmen and other liens imposed by Law for amounts not yet due; (d) liens incurred or deposits
made to a Governmental Entity in connection with a governmental authorization, registration,
filing, license, permit or approval; (e) liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security;
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(f) defects of title, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of business or which
are shown by a current title report or other similar report or listing previously provided or made
available to the Buyer; (g) liens not created by the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
subsidiaries that affect the underlying fee interest of any leased real property; (h) liens
incurred in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
subsidiaries securing obligations or liabilities that are not individually or in the aggregate
material to the relevant asset or property, respectively; (j) all licenses, agreements,
settlements, consents, covenants not to assert and other arrangements entered into in the ordinary
course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries; (k) zoning,
building and other generally applicable land use restrictions; (l) liens that have been placed by a
third party on the fee title of the real property constituting the leased real property or real
property over which the Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries have easement
rights; (n) leases or similar agreements affecting the real property owned by the Company, ALICO or
any of their respective subsidiaries, provided that such leases and agreements have been provided
or made available to the Buyer; (o) liens or other restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable
insurance Laws; (p) pledges or other collateral assignments of assets, including by means of a
credit for reinsurance trust, to or for the benefit of cedents under reinsurance written by each of
ALICO or any of its subsidiaries that is an insurance company, for purposes of statutory accounting
credit; (q) liens granted under securities lending and borrowing agreements, repurchase and reverse
repurchase agreements and derivatives entered into in the ordinary course of the business of the
Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries; (r) clearing and settlement liens on
securities and other investment properties incurred in the ordinary course of clearing and
settlement transactions in such securities and other investment properties and the holding of legal
title or other interests in securities or other investment properties by custodians or depositories
in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
subsidiaries; (s) agreements with any Governmental Entities or any public utilities or private
suppliers of services, including subdivision agreements, development agreements and site control
agreements (provided that such agreements do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries); (t) rights of the owners
of any mineral rights (provided that such rights do not materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective subsidiaries); (u)
reservations, limitations, appropriations, provisos and conditions in the original grants from the
crown or the relevant Governmental Entity, native land claims and statutory exceptions to title;
and (v) any liens created by (1) the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or (2) the Credit Agreement
between Seller and the Buyer.
(ff) The term “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Entity or other entity.
(gg) The term “SAP” shall mean, with respect to any entity, the statutory accounting practices
prescribed or permitted by the insurance commissioner (or other similar authority) in the domicile
of such entity for the preparation of annual
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statements and other financial reports by insurance companies of the same type as such entity,
which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of filing of such statement or report.
(hh) The term “Securities Lending Management” means any transaction undertaken to manage
liquidity of ALICO and its subsidiaries in connection with the existing and ongoing securities
lending program up to the amounts set forth on Section 6.6(hh) of the Disclosure Letter and
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the unwinding of such
securities lending program, provided, however, that all amounts owed by ALICO and
its subsidiaries under all securities lending facilities pursuant to such securities lending
program do not exceed, in the aggregate and at any time, the aggregate amounts outstanding under
all such securities lending facilities as of February 28, 2009.
(ii) The term “Seller Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA) and each incentive, profit-sharing, share option, share purchase, other
equity-based, employment, consulting, compensation, holiday or other leave, change in control,
retention, supplemental retirement, pension, severance, health, medical, disability, life
insurance, deferred compensation and other employee compensation and benefit plans, programs,
policy or agreements, in each case which (A) is not a Company Benefit Plan or International Plan,
and (B) is or has been entered into, maintained or administered or contributed to by Seller or any
Seller subsidiary or Affiliate.
(jj) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a subsidiary of a person, the term
“subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
entity (x) of which more than 50% of the interest in the capital or profits of such corporation,
partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (y) of which a majority of the voting
securities or other voting interests, or a majority of the securities or other interests of which
having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or
persons performing similar functions with respect to such entity, is at the time, directly or
indirectly owned by such person and/or one or more subsidiaries thereof; provided the Fund shall
not be a subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement.
(kk) The term “Tax Sharing Agreements” means all existing agreements or arrangements (whether
or not written) binding any ALICO Entity that provide for the allocation, apportionment, sharing or
assignment of any Tax liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues,
receipts, or gains for the purpose of determining any person’s Tax liability, including any
indemnification agreement or arrangement pertaining to the sale or lease of assets or
subsidiaries).
(ll) The term “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the Credit
Agreement Amendment and the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement Amendment.
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6.7 Specific Performance. Subject to Section 5.5, following completion of the
Restructuring steps required to be completed prior to Closing, (a) the parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, (b) it is accordingly
agreed that, without the necessity of posting bond or other undertaking, the parties hereto shall
be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement, this
being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity and (c)
in the event that any Action is brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no
party hereto shall allege, and each party hereto hereby waives the defense or counterclaim that
there is an adequate remedy at law.
6.8 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability
arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto without the prior
written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation or
liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except (a) an assignment, in the case of a
Business Combination (as hereinafter defined) where such party is not the surviving entity, or a
sale of substantially all of its assets, to the entity which is the survivor of such Business
Combination or the purchaser in such sale and (b) Buyer may assign its right to purchase the
Purchased Securities hereunder to a trust or similar entity established solely for such purpose.
“Business Combination” means merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction
that requires the approval of Seller’s stockholders.
6.9 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person
or circumstance, is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or
circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain
in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long
as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any
manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in
good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the
original intent of the parties.
6.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Annexes hereto) and the other
Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements,
understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
6.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
is intended to confer upon any Person (other than Seller and Buyer) any benefit, right or remedies.
6.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an
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original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or by PDF
file (portable document format file) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
6.13 Disclosure Letter. Matters reflected in any section of this Agreement, including any
section or subsection of the Disclosure Letter, are not necessarily limited to matters required by
this Agreement to be so reflected. Such additional matters are set forth for informational
purposes and do not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature. No reference to or
disclosure of any item or other matter in any section of this Agreement, including any section or
subsection of the Disclosure Letter, shall be construed as an admission or indication that such
item or other matter is material or that such item or other matter is required to be referred to or
disclosed in this Agreement or the Disclosure Letter. Without limiting the foregoing, no such
reference to or disclosure of a possible breach or violation of any contract, applicable Law or
Order shall be construed as an admission or indication that breach or violation exists or has
actually occurred. From time to time prior to the Closing, Seller shall have the right to
supplement or amend Sections 1.2(c)(i) and 2.2(e)(iii) of the Disclosure Letter
with respect to any relevant matter hereafter arising or discovered after the delivery of the
Disclosure Letter pursuant to this Agreement which is responsive to the matters to be disclosed on
such Sections of the Disclosure Letter.
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In witness whereof, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized
representatives of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Rosput Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Rosput Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice Chairman & Chief Restructuring Officer | |||
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
ANNEX A
RESTRUCTURING
Restructuring Steps:
Required to be completed at or prior to the Closing:
1. | Seller, ALICO and American International Assurance Company, Limited (“AIA”), a subsidiary of Seller, will enter into an agreement to transfer beneficial ownership and legal title with respect to all of the equity of The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company (“PhilAm”) that Seller and ALICO own (both beneficially and legally) to AIA in exchange for an AIA promissory note (the “AIA Note”). Prior to the Closing: |
a. | Seller will transfer all of the beneficial interest of PhilAm that it owns to AIA. | ||
b. | AIA will issue the AIA Note to ALICO. | ||
c. | ALICO will transfer the AIA Note to Seller. | ||
d. | Seller will contribute the AIA Note, in a series of contributions to direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries to AIA, thereby extinguishing the AIA Note in exchange for AIA issuing shares to its immediate holding company. |
2. | Seller will form the Company as a Delaware limited liability company. Seller will own 100% of the common units of the Company. | |
3. | Seller will transfer or cause to be transferred to the Company 100% of the equity of ALICO that it directly or indirectly owns, which shall constitute 100% of ALICO’s total share capital, in exchange for the Preferred Units. |
Not required to be completed prior to the Closing:
4. | In connection with and pursuant to the Agreement described in Step 1 above, Seller will cause ALICO to transfer the legal title of all of the equity of PhilAm that ALICO owns to AIA, the consideration for which is the AIA Note described in Step 1b. | |
5. | At such time as all of the conditions to Closing as set forth in Sections 1.2(c) through (e) are satisfied or waived (other than those that by their nature are satisfied at the Closing), and effective prior to consummation of the transfer of Preferred Units to FRBNY in accordance with Section 1.1 of the Agreement, the Company will elect under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
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The parties acknowledge that the sequence of the Restructuring steps need not be taken in the order
set forth above; provided, that this shall be without limitation of the requirement to effect or
cause to be effected the steps of the Restructuring described in paragraphs 1 through 3 of this
Annex A for purposes of Section 1.2(c)(vi).
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ANNEX B
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
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ANNEX B
TO THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
TO THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
ALICO HOLDINGS LLC
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of ALICO
HOLDINGS LLC (the “Company”) is made and entered into as of [•], 2009, by and among the
Company and each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof as Members.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) formed the Company as a limited
liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C.
§ 18-101, et seq., as amended and in effect from time to time) (the “Act”)
by filing a Certificate of Formation with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware and entering into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Initial Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS, the Company issued 1,000 Senior Preferred Units, 8,000 Junior Preferred Units and
60,000 Common Units to AIG; and
WHEREAS, AIG wishes to effect (i) the amendment and restatement of the Initial Agreement and
(ii) the continuation of the Company, in each case, on the terms set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, immediately after the effectiveness of this Agreement, AIG will transfer the
Preferred Units (the “Preferred Transfer”) to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the
“FRBNY”) in accordance with and pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) between AIG and the FRBNY dated as of June 25, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Reserve Board and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
“U.S. Department of the Treasury”) announced on March 2, 2009, a series of steps to provide
tangible evidence of the U.S. Government’s commitment to the orderly restructuring of AIG over time
in the face of continuing market dislocation and economic deterioration, including the step of
reducing the amount outstanding under the Credit Agreement in exchange for preferred interests in
two special purpose vehicles created to hold all of the outstanding common stock of ALICO and
American International Assurance Company Limited; and
WHEREAS, the FRBNY and AIG have mutually agreed to pursue a separation of certain operating
subsidiaries of AIG in order to enhance their business franchises over the long term; and
WHEREAS, the parties recognize that the purposes of the arrangements established pursuant to
this Agreement are (i) to repay the FRBNY and the U.S. Government for the financial assistance
provided to AIG by the FRBNY and the U.S. Government since September 2008 and (ii) to promote the
stability of AIG by improving its financial position while
preserving
the value of its businesses
over time so that AIG may be in a position to repay its obligations to the FRBNY and the U.S.
Government; and
WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge the public policy objectives of the FRBNY and the U.S.
Government as well as the responsibilities and obligations of the Board of AIG to enter into an
agreement which represents the best interests of its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to effect the admittance of the FRBNY as a Member, on the
terms set forth herein, by having each of AIG and the FRBNY execute a counterpart to this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
Section 1.01 “Act” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Section 1.02 “Additional Equity Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.02(b).
Section 1.03 “Additional Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).
Section 1.04 “Affiliate” of any Person means any Person that directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such
Person, and the term “Affiliated” shall have a correlative meaning; provided,
however, that, for purposes hereof and except as set forth in Section 1.27(b), (i)
none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be treated as Affiliates of the FRBNY, (ii)
none of the AIG Member nor any of their Affiliates, on the one hand, nor the FRBNY nor any of its
Affiliates, on the other, shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other such Person(s) and (iii) for
the sake of clarity, none of the AIG Credit Facility Trust or the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
on the one hand, or the FRBNY or any of its Affiliates, on the other, shall be deemed an Affiliate
of the other such Person.
Section 1.05
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Section 1.06
“AIG” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Section 1.07 “AIG Credit Facility Trust” means the trust designated as the AIG Credit
Facility Trust established for the sole benefit of the United States Treasury under that certain
trust agreement dated January 16, 2009 and shall include the trustees thereof acting in their
capacities as such trustees as the context may require.
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Section 1.08 “AIG Member” means (i) to the extent AIG holds any Common Interest, AIG;
or (ii) to the extent AIG does not hold any Common Interest, any Affiliate of AIG which is a Common
Member designated by AIG to be the AIG Member.
Section 1.09 “ALICO” means the American Life Insurance Company.
Section 1.10 “Authorized Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(a) hereof.
Section 1.11 “Bankruptcy” of the Company means (a) the filing by the Company of a
voluntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment, in any form,
of its debts under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal or state insolvency Law,
or the Company’s filing an answer consenting to or acquiescing in any such petition, (b) the making
by the Company of any assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (c) the expiration of 60 days
after the filing of an involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United States Code, an
application for the appointment of a receiver for the assets of the Company, or an involuntary
petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any
other Federal or state insolvency Law, provided, however, that the same shall not
have been vacated, set aside or stayed within such 60-day period.
Section 1.12 “Board of Governors” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(b)
hereof.
Section 1.13 “Board of Managers” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.01(a)(i) hereof.
Section 1.14 “Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of
money and the fair market value of property contributed to the Company by such Member (or its
predecessors in interest) at such time with respect to the Interests held by such Member;
“Capital Contributions” means, with respect to any Member, the aggregate amount of money
and the fair market value of property contributed to the Company by such Member (or its
predecessors in interest) with respect to the Interests held by such Member.
Section 1.15 “Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation as filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act as set forth in the Recitals
hereof, as it may be amended or restated from time to time.
Section 1.16 “Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the
Purchase Agreement.
Section 1.17 “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the
Purchase Agreement.
Section 1.18 “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
Section 1.19 “Common Interest” means the limited liability company membership interest
represented by the Common Units owned by a Common Member in the Company at any particular time,
including the right of such Common Member to any and all benefits to which a
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Common Member may be
entitled as provided in the Act, this Agreement, or otherwise, together with the obligations of
such Common Member to comply with all terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
Section 1.20 “Common Member” means each Person admitted to the Company as a Common
Member whose name is set forth on Schedule I hereto as a Common Member with respect to
Common Units held by such Person, and any other Person admitted as an additional or substitute
Common Member, so long as such Person remains a Common Member.
Section 1.21 “Common Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a)(iii)
hereof.
Section 1.22 “Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.
Section 1.23 “Company Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)
hereof.
Section 1.24 “Company Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(a)
hereof.
Section 1.25 “Comptroller General” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(b) hereof.
Section 1.26 “Consent Holder” means, prior to the Preferred Transfer, AIG and,
following the Preferred Transfer, the FRBNY Member.
Section 1.27 “Consent Request Contact” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.01(f) hereof.
Section 1.28 “Control,” “Controlled,” and “Controlling” mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting Securities, by contract or
otherwise; provided, however, that the parties hereto and the Company hereby agree
as follows:
(a) none of the FRBNY or any of its Affiliates (whether acting in its capacity as a
Preferred Member or otherwise) shall at any time be deemed to Control (or have the right to
obtain the Control of) the AIG Member, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under this
Agreement by virtue of any of the following: (i) the Credit Agreement (as of the date hereof),
any related pledge and security arrangements or the exercise of any rights or the performance
of any obligations thereunder, (ii) the AIG Credit Facility Trust Agreement, dated as of
January 16, 2009, relating to the AIG Credit Facility Trust or the exercise of any rights or
the performance of any obligations thereunder, (iii) the ownership by the AIG Credit Facility
Trust, the U.S. Department of the Treasury or any other United States Governmental Entity
(other than the FRBNY or any of its Affiliates) of any equity securities of AIG or any of its
Affiliates (other than the Company) or the exercise of any voting or other rights attaching to
any such equity securities and/or (iv) this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement or the exercise
of any rights or the performance of any obligations hereunder or thereunder; and
(b) notwithstanding clause (a) of this definition, the FRBNY or any of its Affiliates
(which does not include, for the sake of clarity, the AIG Credit Facility Trust) shall be
deemed to Control the AIG Member, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under this
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Agreement
at any time that the FRBNY or any of its Affiliates (which does not include, for the sake of
clarity, the AIG Credit Facility Trust) (x) shall own, directly or indirectly, either (i) a
majority of the outstanding Common Interests or (ii) securities of AIG representing a majority
of the shares entitled to vote on matters generally presented for a vote of the stockholders of
AIG or (y) shall have the right to elect or appoint a majority of the members of the board of
directors or board of managers of AIG or the Company.
Section 1.29 ”Conversion Demand” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.14(b) hereof.
Section 1.30 ”Conversion Demanding Member” has the meaning set
forth in Section 11.14(b) hereof.
Section 1.31 “Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated September 22, 2008,
between AIG and the FRBNY, as amended from time to time.
Section 1.32 “Department” means, with respect to any regulated Subsidiary of the
Company, any Governmental Entity which regulates and oversees, in any material respect, the
business of such Subsidiary (including any
branch thereof) in any of the jurisdictions in which such Subsidiary conducts its business.
Section 1.33 “Drag-Along Buyer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
Section 1.34 “Drag-Along Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
Section 1.35 “Drag-Along Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(b)
hereof.
Section 1.36 “Drag-Along Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(b)
hereof.
Section 1.37 “Drag-Along Sale” means any sale, merger, consolidation or other business
combination consisting of a Transfer by the Preferred Members of all of the Interests or other
issued and outstanding Equity Interests then held by the Preferred Members.
Section 1.38 “Drag-Along Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.05(a) hereof.
Section 1.39 “Entity” means any general partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, association or
other entity.
Section 1.40 “Equity Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a)
hereof.
Section 1.41 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
Section 1.42 “Fiscal Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07 hereof.
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Section 1.43 “FRBNY” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Section 1.44 “FRBNY Member” means the FRBNY and any Permitted Transferee thereof.
Section 1.45 “GAO” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(b) hereof.
Section 1.46 “Global Coordinators” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.07
hereof.
Section 1.47 “Governmental Entity” means any national, regional, local or foreign
governmental, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory authority, agency, commission,
body, court or entity.
Section 1.48 “Helping Families Act” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(b) hereof.
Section 1.49 “Indebtedness” means, without duplication, with respect to any Person,
all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person, of any kind or
nature, now or hereafter owing, arising, due or payable, howsoever evidenced, created, incurred,
acquired or owing, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, consisting
of indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services,
excluding purchases of merchandise and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice, but including (a) all obligations and liabilities of any Person secured by any lien
on such Person’s property, even though such Person shall not have assumed or become liable for the
payment thereof (except unperfected Permitted Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business and
not in connection with the borrowing of money); (b) all obligations and liabilities of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use)
real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under generally
accepted accounting principles, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) all obligations
and liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to property used or acquired by such Person, even if the rights and remedies of the
lessor, seller or lender thereunder are limited to repossession of such property; (d) all
obligations and liabilities under guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of another Person; (e)
all obligations and liabilities of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for
the account of such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures, or similar instruments; and (g) all obligations of such Person with respect to deposits
or advances of any kind. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not
include (i) any obligation of any Person to make any payment, hold funds or securities in trust or
to segregate funds or securities for the benefit of one or more third parties (including any
policyholder, pension fund or mutual fund shareholder or unitholder) pursuant to any insurance or
reinsurance contract, annuity contract, variable annuity contract, unit-linked or mutual fund
account or other similar agreement or instrument; or any pension fund or mutual fund contract; or
any capital redemption contract or suretyship contract issued pursuant to its insurance business
license in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any Indebtedness issued,
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assumed, guaranteed or
otherwise incurred by any Insurance Subsidiary, for or on behalf of any separate account of such
Insurance Subsidiary, in respect of which the recourse of the holder of such Indebtedness is
limited to assets of such separate account and no other assets or property whatsoever of any ALICO
Entity, (iii) any Indebtedness that is secured by a real property mortgage under which the recourse
of the lender is limited to the relevant real property and no other assets or property whatsoever
of any ALICO
Entity other than recourse liability for customary “bad boy” acts, (iv) the obligations of any
investment funds Controlled by ALICO that would be considered as liabilities of ALICO on the
consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applicable to ALICO, but not, for the sake of clarity, in respect of indebtedness for
borrowed money, (v) obligations under Swap Contracts, (vi) obligations under or arising out of any
employee benefit plan, employment contract or other similar arrangement in existence as of the
Closing Date, or (vii) obligations under any severance or termination of employment agreement or
plan. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include, statutory liens incurred or
advances or deposits or other security granted to any Governmental Entity in connection with a
governmental authorization, registration, filing, license, permit or approval of the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice.
Section 1.50 “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(b)
hereof.
Section 1.51 “Initial Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
Section 1.52 “Initial Capital Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.01 hereof.
Section 1.53 “Initial Period” means the 48-month period following the date of this
Agreement.
Section 1.54 “Initial Public Offering” means any initial underwritten sale of
Securities of the Company (or its successor corporation), any Entity owning all or substantially
all of the assets of ALICO and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any Entity formed solely for
the purpose of owning all of the Interests, in each case, pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-1
(or a successor form) after which sale such Securities are listed or quoted on a national
securities exchange or authorized to be quoted on an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered
national securities association.
Section 1.55 “Insurance Subsidiary” means ALICO and any of its Subsidiaries which are
insurance companies. The Insurance Subsidiaries as of the date hereof are set forth on
Schedule II.
Section 1.56 “Interests” means the Senior Preferred Interests, the Junior Preferred
Interests and the Common Interests.
Section 1.57 “IPO Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(a) hereof.
Section 1.58 “IPO Demanding Member” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.04(a) hereof.
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Section 1.59 “Junior Initial Liquidation Preference” means $8 billion.
Section 1.60 “Junior Liquidation Preference” means, as of any time, the Junior Initial
Liquidation Preference plus the aggregate Junior Preferred Return earned thereon during all
quarters ended prior to that time minus the amount of distributions received by the Junior
Preferred Members (or their predecessors in interest) under Sections 5.02(b) (solely with
respect to all quarters ended prior to the then current quarter), 5.02(c) and
5.02(e) hereof prior to that time.
Section 1.61 “Junior Preferred Interest” means the limited liability company
membership interest represented by the Junior Preferred Units owned by a Junior Preferred Member in
the Company at any particular time, including the right of such Junior Preferred Member to any and
all benefits to which such Junior Preferred Member may be entitled as provided in the Act, this
Agreement, or otherwise, together with the obligations of such Junior Preferred Member to comply
with all terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
Section 1.62 “Junior Preferred Member” means each Person admitted to the Company as a
Member whose name is set forth on Schedule I hereto (which shall be updated to reflect the
transfer of all of the Junior Preferred Units to the FRBNY Member and, thereafter, may be amended
from time to time) and who holds Junior Preferred Units, for so long as such Person holds Junior
Preferred Units.
Section 1.63 “Junior Preferred Payment” means the distribution to the Junior Preferred
Members of the Junior Initial Liquidation Preference plus the Junior Preferred Return earned
thereon in full.
Section 1.64 “Junior Preferred Redemption” means the Junior Preferred Payment and the
Participation Redemption
Section 1.65 “Junior Preferred Return” means a return of five percent (5%) per annum
until September 22, 2013, and thereafter nine percent (9%) per annum, in each case, compounded
quarterly on the average daily balances of the Junior Liquidation Preference.
Section 1.66 “Junior Preferred Units” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04(a)(ii) hereof.
Section 1.67 “Junior Significant Action” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.01(d) hereof.
Section 1.68 “Laws” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute or
ordinance, or any rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, decree or agency
requirement of any Governmental Entity. For the sake of clarity, the term “Laws” includes without
limitation: (i) any applicable anti-corruption laws relating to the offer, payment, promise to pay,
or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any government
official, (ii) any applicable laws or sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council or other relevant
sanctions authority relating to dealings or transactions with any Person, in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of sanctions, (iii)
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any applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, and (iv) any applicable U.S.
anti-boycott laws and regulations.
Section 1.69 “Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b) hereof.
Section 1.70 “Majority in Interest” means the affirmative vote of the Members of a
particular class whose Unit Percentage represents more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate
Unit Percentages of all Members of such particular class.
Section 1.71 “Majority Junior Preferred Members” means, at any time, the Junior
Preferred Member(s) (other than the FRBNY Member) that own, Junior Preferred Units representing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the then sum of the aggregate Junior Liquidation Preference plus
the aggregate Senior Liquidation Preference.
Section 1.72 “Majority Preferred Members” means, at any time, the Preferred Member(s)
(other than the FRBNY Member) that own, Preferred Units representing more than fifty percent (50%)
of the then sum of the aggregate Junior Liquidation Preference plus the aggregate Senior
Liquidation Preference.
Section 1.73 “Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a)(i) hereof.
Section 1.74 “Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would
constitute a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X under the Exchange Act if the Company’s Securities were registered under the Exchange Act. As
of the Closing Date, the Material Subsidiaries are set forth on Schedule III.
Section 1.75 “Members” means, collectively, the Senior Preferred Members, the Junior
Preferred Members and the Common Members.
Section 1.76 “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Additional Equity Issuance or
any Qualifying Event, the cash proceeds (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when
received) in respect of noncash consideration initially received), net of (i) all expenses and
costs (including broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, transfer and similar taxes and the
Company’s good-faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable in connection with such Additional
Equity Issuance or Qualifying Event) incurred or assumed in connection with such Additional Equity
Issuance or Qualifying Event, (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting
principles, against any liabilities associated with the asset subject to such Qualifying Event
or under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such
Additional Equity Issuance or Qualifying Event; provided that to the extent and at the time any
such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds, (iii) the
principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that
is secured by the asset sold in such Qualifying Event and that is required to be repaid with such
proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset), (iv) the
proceeds thereof required to be paid to employees pursuant to any employee benefit plan, employment
contract or other similar arrangement in effect on the Closing Date, (v) amounts required to be
paid to any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) owning an interest in the asset
subject to such Qualifying Event; (vi) Regulatory Capital Needs (including proceeds received by the
Company in connection with Section 3.02(c)),
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and (vii) any amount which (A) may not be
distributed by any Insurance Subsidiary pursuant to any regulatory requirement, directive or order
of any Governmental Entity, or which it would otherwise be illegal to distribute (whether as a
dividend or otherwise), directly or indirectly to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B)
the Company, in consultation with the Members and appropriate rating agencies, reasonably
determines the distribution of which would cause the Insurance Subsidiary’s ratings to be
downgraded; provided, however, that in both cases the Company agrees that it shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any rating agency, regulatory or other approvals
or assurances as may be necessary to permit such distribution of Net Proceeds in compliance with
applicable Law and without a credit rating downgrade.
Section 1.77 “Nondisclosure Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(a) hereof.
Section 1.78 “Observers” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07 hereof.
Section 1.79 “Participating Fair Market Value” means the amount of distributions that
the Junior Preferred Members would receive solely pursuant to Section 5.03(d) in the event
of a distribution to all the Members under Section 5.03, where the amount of such
distributions to all Members is equal to: (i) following an Initial Public Offering, the Net
Proceeds that the Company would receive (and that would be available for distribution to the
Members) in connection with a Public Offering of one hundred percent (100%) of the equity
securities in the Entity subject to the Initial Public Offering then held, directly or indirectly,
by the Company, based on the average closing sales price of the equity securities in the Entity
subject to the Initial Public Offering on the trading day immediately prior to the date of
determination; and (ii) prior to an Initial Public Offering, the total amount that would be
received by the Members in a sale of one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Securities of the
Company, as determined in accordance with Section 8.06.
Section 1.80 “Participation Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.06 hereof.
Section 1.81 “Permitted Liens” means (a) liens that secure debt that is reflected on
the Financial Statements, as defined in the Purchase Agreement; (b) liens for taxes, assessments or
other governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or payable or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings; (c) statutory liens of landlords and liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen and other liens imposed by Law for amounts not yet
due; (d) liens incurred or deposits made to a Governmental Entity in connection with a governmental
authorization, registration, filing, license, permit or approval; (e) liens incurred or deposits
made in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
Subsidiaries in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of
social security; (f) defects of title, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions and other
similar charges or encumbrances not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of business or
which are shown by a current title report or other similar report or listing previously provided or
made available to the FRBNY; (g) liens not created by the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
Subsidiaries that affect the underlying fee interest of any leased real property; (h) liens
incurred in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
Subsidiaries securing obligations or liabilities that are not individually
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or in the aggregate
material to the relevant asset or property, respectively; (j) all licenses, agreements,
settlements, consents, covenants not to assert and other arrangements entered into in the ordinary
course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (k) zoning,
building and other generally applicable land use restrictions; (l) liens that have been placed by a
third party on the fee title of the real property constituting the leased real property or real
property over which the Company, ALICO or any of their respective Subsidiaries have easement
rights; (n) leases or similar agreements affecting the real property owned by the Company, ALICO or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, provided that such leases and agreements have been provided
or made available to the FRBNY; (o) liens or other restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable
insurance Laws; (p) pledges or other collateral assignments of assets, including by means of a
credit for reinsurance trust, to or for the benefit of cedents under reinsurance written by each of
ALICO or any of its Subsidiaries that is an insurance company, for purposes of statutory accounting
credit; (q) liens granted under securities lending and borrowing agreements, repurchase and reverse
repurchase agreements and derivatives entered into in the ordinary course of the business of the
Company, ALICO or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (r) clearing and settlement liens on
securities and other investment properties incurred in the ordinary course of clearing and
settlement transactions in such securities and other investment properties and the holding of legal
title or other interests in securities or other investment properties by custodians or depositories
in the ordinary course of the business of the Company, ALICO or any of their respective
Subsidiaries; (s) agreements with any Governmental Entities or any public utilities or private
suppliers of services, including
subdivision agreements, development agreements and site control agreements (provided that such
agreements do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company, ALICO
or any of their respective Subsidiaries); (t) rights of the owners of any mineral rights (provided
that such rights do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company,
ALICO or any of their respective Subsidiaries); (u) reservations, limitations, appropriations,
provisos and conditions in the original grants from the crown or the relevant Governmental Entity,
native land claims and statutory exceptions to title; and (v) any liens created by (1) the
Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or (2) the Credit Agreement between AIG and the FRBNY.
Section 1.82 “Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to (i) the Common Members,
(A)(1) prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, the FRBNY, AIG, any Common Member or any Person that
is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Common Member (but only for so long as that Person remains a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the transferring Common Member as further provided in the agreement to
be bound which shall be executed and delivered by such Permitted Transferee in accordance with
Section 8.02 hereof) and (2) the FRBNY as pledgee under the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement
dated as of September 22, 2008, as amended on the Closing Date; and (B) following the Junior
Preferred Payment, any Affiliate thereof and (ii) the Preferred Members, (A) the U.S. Department of
the Treasury or any other department or agency of the U.S. Government; (B) any Entity wholly-owned
by such Preferred Member and/or one or more of its Permitted Transferees and established solely to
hold the Preferred Interest on behalf of such Preferred Member and/or one or more of its Permitted
Transferees; or (C) any trust or similar Entity established on behalf of such Preferred Member
and/or one or more of its Permitted Transferees and solely to hold the Preferred Interest on behalf
of such Preferred Member and/or one or more of its Permitted Transferees (but only for so long as
that Person continues to satisfy the requirements of Section 1.82(ii)(B) or (C) herein, as further
provided in the agreement to be
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bound which shall be executed and delivered by such Permitted
Transferee in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof).
Section 1.83 “Person” means any individual or Entity and, where the context so
permits, the legal representatives, successors in interest and permitted assigns of such Person.
Section 1.84 “Preferred Interests” means the Senior Preferred Interest and the Junior
Preferred Interest.
Section 1.85 “Preferred Member” means each Person admitted to the Company as a
Preferred Member whose name is set forth on Schedule I hereto as a Preferred Member with
respect to Preferred Units held by such Person, and any other Person admitted as an additional or
substitute Preferred Member, so long as such Person remains a Preferred Member.
Section 1.86 “Preferred Participating Return” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.02(g) hereof.
Section 1.87 “Preferred Transfer” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Section 1.88 “Preferred Units” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04(a)(ii) hereof.
Section 1.89 “Public Offering” means any public sale of Securities of the Company or
any Material Subsidiary (i) in a primary sale in which the Company or such Material Subsidiary is
the issuer of such Securities, including without limitation, an Initial Public Offering; or (ii) in
a secondary sale in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the selling stockholder.
Section 1.90 “Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
Section 1.91 “Qualifying Event” means (i) any Public Offering, (ii) a liquidation or
winding up of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or (iii) a Voluntary Sale; provided,
however, that in no event shall any (A) Initial Public Offering, effected by virtue of the
exercise by the IPO Demanding Member of the rights set forth in Section 8.04(a), or (B)
Sale of the Company, effected by virtue of the exercise by the Sale Demanding Member of the rights
set forth in Section 8.04(b), constitute a Qualifying Event.
Section 1.92 “Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06
hereof.
Section 1.93 “Regulations” means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the
Code, as amended.
Section 1.94 “Regulatory Capital Needs” means, with respect to any Insurance
Subsidiary, the amounts required to satisfy any of its existing capital or liquidity needs arising
under applicable Law or regulatory requirement, directive or order of any relevant Department.
Section 1.95 “Sale Demanding Member” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.04(b) hereof.
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Section 1.96 “Sale of the Company” means (i) the sale, merger, consolidation, business
combination or similar transaction or related series of transactions (other than an Initial Public
Offering) involving the Company or any other Entity owning all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as a result of which a Person or group of
Persons (excluding any existing Members and their Permitted Transferees) own (directly or
indirectly) fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the Company (or such other Entity
(or the surviving or resulting Entity thereof)) or (ii) the sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.
Section 1.97 “Sale of the Company Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.04(b) hereof.
Section 1.98 “Securities” means equity securities of every kind and nature, including
stock, warrants, options or options or agreements to acquire any of the foregoing, and other
instruments representing equity in any Entity.
Section 1.99 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.
Section 1.100 “Securities Lending Management” means any transaction undertaken to
manage liquidity of ALICO and its Subsidiaries in connection with the existing and ongoing
securities lending program up to the amounts disclosed to the FRBNY pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or the unwinding of
such securities lending program, provided, however, that all amounts owed by ALICO
and its Subsidiaries under all securities lending facilities pursuant to such securities lending
program do not exceed, in the aggregate and at any time, the aggregate amounts outstanding under
all such securities lending facilities as of February 28, 2009.
Section 1.101 “Selling Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
Section 1.102 “Senior Initial Liquidation Preference” means $1 billion.
Section 1.103 “Senior Liquidation Preference” means, as of any time, the Senior
Initial Liquidation Preference plus the aggregate Senior Preferred Return earned thereon during all
quarters ended prior to that time minus the amount of distributions received by the Senior
Preferred Members (or their predecessors in interest) under Section 5.02(a) hereof (solely
with respect to all quarters ended prior to the then current quarter) and Section 5.02(d)
hereof prior to that time.
Section 1.104 “Senior Preferred Interest” means the limited liability company
membership interest represented by the Senior Preferred Units owned by a Senior Preferred Member in
the Company at any particular time, including the right of such Senior Preferred Member to any and
all benefits to which such Senior Preferred Member may be entitled as provided in the Act, this
Agreement, or otherwise, together with the obligations of such Senior Preferred Member to comply
with all terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
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Section 1.105 “Senior Preferred Member” means each Person admitted to the Company as a
Member whose name is set forth on Schedule I hereto and who
holds Senior Preferred Units, for so long as such Person holds Senior Preferred Units.
Section 1.106 “Senior Preferred Redemption” means the distribution to the Senior
Preferred Members of the Senior Initial Liquidation Preference plus the Senior Preferred Return
earned thereon in full.
Section 1.107 “Senior Preferred Return” means a return of five percent (5%) per annum
until September 22, 2013, and thereafter nine percent (9%) per annum, in each case, compounded
quarterly on the average daily balances of the Senior Liquidation Preference.
Section 1.108 “Senior Preferred Units” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04(a)(i) hereof.
Section 1.109 “Senior Significant Action” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.01(e) hereof.
Section 1.110 “Significant Action Request Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(f) hereof.
Section 1.111 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person in which such specified Person, directly or indirectly through one or more Affiliates or
otherwise, beneficially owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership interest (determined by
equity or economic interests) in, or the right to appoint a majority of the board of managers or
similar governing body of, such other Person; provided, however, that for the sake
of clarity, the AIG Credit Facility Trust shall not be a Subsidiary of the FRBNY.
Section 1.112 “Substituted Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02
hereof.
Section 1.113 “Swap Contracts” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the
Credit Agreement.
Section 1.114 “Third Party” means a prospective purchaser (other than a Permitted
Transferee of the prospective selling Member) of Equity Securities in a bona fide arm’s-length
transaction.
Section 1.115 “Trading Value” means the average closing sales price, rounded to four
decimal points, of the Equity Securities of the Entity subject to the Initial Public Offering on
the primary securities exchange upon which such Securities are traded for the period of the ten
consecutive trading days ending on the second full trading day prior to the determination date.
Section 1.116 “Transaction Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.6(kk) of the Purchase Agreement.
Section 1.117 “Transfer” means, with respect to any Interests, (i) when used as a
verb, to sell, assign, dispose of, exchange, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer
any such Interests or any participation or interest therein, whether directly or indirectly, or
agree or
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commit to do any of the foregoing and (ii) when used as a noun, a direct or indirect sale,
assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, or other transfer of any
such Interests or any participation or interest therein or any agreement or commitment to do any of
the foregoing.
Section 1.118 “Unit Certificates” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.05(a).
Section 1.119 “Unit Percentage” means, with respect to each class of Members, a
fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Units of such class held by a Member,
and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of all Units of such class of Units then
issued and outstanding.
Section 1.120 “Units” means, collectively, the Senior Preferred Units, the Junior
Preferred Units and the Common Units.
Section 1.121 “U.S. Department of the Treasury” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
Section 1.122 “Voluntary Sale” means any (i) sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of assets (including equity interest
in any Subsidiary) of the Company or any Subsidiary resulting in Net Proceeds to the Company or
such Subsidiary of more than $15 million or (ii) any sale, merger, consolidation or other business
combination consisting of a Transfer of any Securities of the Company or any Material Subsidiary,
in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, other than in each case any (A) Initial Public Offering
effected by virtue of the exercise by the IPO Demanding Member of the rights set forth in
Section 8.04(a) or (B) Sale of the Company effected by virtue of the exercise by the Sale
Demanding Member of the rights set forth in Section 8.04(b); provided,
however, that the following shall not be deemed a Voluntary Sale: (U) any transaction
between ALICO and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of ALICO, (V) the managing of
investment assets by the Insurance Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices, (W) the Insurance Subsidiaries effecting treasury and cash management functions
conducted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (X) Securities Lending
Management, (Y) reinsurance or co-insurance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices, and (Z) the creation of any Lien (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), permitted under Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 1.123 “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person,
any other Person in which such specified Person, directly or indirectly through one or more
Affiliates or otherwise, beneficially owns at least
ninety-five percent (95%) of both the ownership interest (determined by equity or economic
interests) in, and the voting control of, such other Person.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01 Formation of Company. The Company has previously been formed pursuant to
the Act. The Initial Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, and
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the Company is
hereby continued. The rights and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided for in the Act if
not otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
Section 2.02 Name. The name of the Company is “ALICO Holdings LLC”. The Company
Business shall be conducted under such name or under such other names as the Board of Managers may
deem appropriate in compliance with applicable Law.
Section 2.03 Office; Agent for Service of Process. The address of the Company’s
registered office in Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The name and address of
the registered agent in Delaware for service of process are The Corporation Trust Company,
Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The Board of Managers may change the registered office and the registered agent of the
Company from time to time. The Company shall maintain a principal place of business and office(s)
at such place or places in the United States as the Board of Managers may from time to time
designate.
Section 2.04 Term. The Company commenced on the date of the filing of the
Certificate, and the term of the Company shall continue until the dissolution of the Company in
accordance with the provisions of Article IX hereof or as otherwise provided by applicable
Law.
Section 2.05 Purpose and Scope.
(a) The sole and exclusive purpose and business of the Company (the “Company
Business”) is to directly or indirectly hold, exercise rights with respect to and dispose of
its investments in (i) ALICO and (ii) any other Entities created in connection with the
transactions contemplated or actions permitted under this Agreement.
(b) The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts reasonably necessary, appropriate,
proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the furtherance of the Company Business and
for the protection and benefit of the Company, and shall have, without limitation, any and all of
the powers that may be exercised on behalf of the Company by the Board of Managers pursuant to this
Agreement, including pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof.
Section 2.06 Authorized Acts. In furtherance of the Company Business only, but
subject to all other provisions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, Section
4.01(d) and Section 4.01(e), the Board of Managers, on behalf of the Company, is hereby
authorized and empowered:
(a) To do any and all things and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
Company Business;
(b) To enter into, and take any action under, any contract, agreement or other instrument as
the Board of Managers shall determine to be necessary or desirable to further the objects and
purposes of the Company, including without limitation contracts or agreements with any Member or
prospective Member;
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(c) To open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks or other orders for the payment
of money and open, maintain and close brokerage, money market fund and similar accounts;
(d) To incur expenses and other obligations on behalf of the Company in accordance with this
Agreement;
(e) To bring and defend actions and proceedings at law or in equity and before any
governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission;
(f) To prepare and file all necessary returns and statements, pay all taxes, assessments and
other impositions applicable to the assets of the Company, and withhold amounts with respect
thereto from funds otherwise distributable to any Member;
(g) To determine the accounting methods and conventions to be used in the preparation of any
accounting or financial records of the Company; and
(h) To act for and on behalf of the Company in all matters that the Board of Managers
determine to be necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct of the Company Business.
Section 2.07 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year (the “Fiscal Year”) of the Company
shall end on [December 31st]1 of each calendar year unless, for federal
income tax purposes, another Fiscal Year is required. The Company shall have the same Fiscal Year
for United States federal income tax purposes and for accounting purposes.
ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 3.01 Initial Capital Contribution. The Members have made or caused to be made
an initial Capital Contribution (the “Initial Capital Contribution”), as reflected on
Schedule I hereto. The Board of Managers shall cause Schedule I to be updated from
time to time as necessary to accurately reflect the information required to be included therein by
virtue of any developments after the date hereof. Any amendment or revision to Schedule I
made in accordance with this Agreement shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement. Any
reference in this Agreement to Schedule I shall be deemed to be a reference to Schedule
I as amended and in effect from time to time.
Section 3.02 Additional Capital Contributions; Additional Members.
(a) No Member shall be required to make any additional Capital Contributions to the Company,
except as provided in Section 3.02(c). In addition, no Member shall be permitted to make
any additional Capital Contributions to the Company without the prior written consent of the Board
of Managers. The Board of Managers, subject to Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.01(e)
hereof, shall have the authority to issue Units or other equity
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securities of the Company,
including any security or instrument convertible into (or exchangeable or exercisable for) equity
securities of the Company (collectively, “Equity Securities”) in such amounts and at a
purchase price per Unit or other Equity Security as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers.
For the avoidance of doubt, Units or other Equity Securities shall be issued to a Member pursuant
to this Section 3.02(a) on the same date in which such Member makes a Capital Contribution
to the Company.
(b) Subject to Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.01(e), in the event that the
Board of Managers determines to issue additional Equity Securities of the Company for a cash
contribution, the Board of Managers may seek new members (each, an “Additional Member”) to
provide such cash contribution or any portion thereof, and one or more Additional Members may be
admitted into the Company at any time with the written consent of the Board of Managers. The Net
Proceeds to the Company from any such issuance of additional Equity Securities, other than pursuant
to Section 3.02(c) (each, an “Additional Equity Issuance”), shall be distributed to
the Members pursuant to Section 5.02.
(c) The AIG Member hereby agrees that, at any time and from time to time prior to an Initial
Public Offering, if sufficient funds are not available from the proceeds of any Additional Equity
Issuance or from ALICO or its Subsidiaries to allow the Company or any of its Insurance
Subsidiaries to satisfy or comply with any Regulatory Capital Needs, then the AIG Member will
provide (or cause to be provided) an amount equal to such deficiency to the Company, in the form of
additional Capital Contributions, for contribution by the Company to the relevant Insurance
Subsidiary. With respect to each new Capital Contribution
made, or caused to be made, by the AIG Member pursuant to this Section 3.02(c), the
AIG Member or its designee, as applicable, will receive additional Common Units at a per Common
Unit purchase price equal to the per Common Unit value at the closing of the Initial Capital
Contribution, and to the extent not previously admitted, any such designee shall be admitted into
the Company pursuant to Section 8.02.
Section 3.03 Interest Payments. No interest shall be paid to any Member on any
Capital Contributions (without limiting in any respect the accrual of the Junior Preferred Return
or the Senior Preferred Return on the Junior Liquidation Preference or the Senior Liquidation
Preference, respectively, of the Preferred Interests as further set forth herein). All Capital
Contributions (other than the Initial Capital Contribution) shall be denominated and payable in
U.S. dollars.
Section 3.04 Ownership and Issuance of Units.
(a) (i) The Company has issued senior preferred units (“Senior Preferred Units”) in
respect of the Senior Preferred Interest. Each Senior Preferred Member owns that number of Senior
Preferred Units as appears next to its name on Schedule I hereto.
(ii) The Company has issued junior preferred units (“Junior Preferred Units” and,
together with the Senior Preferred Units, the “Preferred Units”) in respect of the Junior
Preferred Interest. Each Junior Preferred Member owns that number of Junior Preferred Units as
appears next to its name on Schedule I hereto.
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(iii) The Company has issued common units (“Common Units”) in respect of the Common
Interest. The Common Members own that number of Common Units as appears next to its name on the
Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.01(e) hereof, the Board of
Managers may issue an unlimited number of Preferred Units and Common Units.
Section 3.05 Unit Certificates.
(a) The Board of Managers shall issue certificates for Units of the Company to each Member
(unless such Member waives the certification requirement) and such certificates shall be in such
form as approved by the Board of Managers (the “Unit Certificates”). The Unit Certificates
shall be signed by one or more of the Managers. Any and all signatures on the Unit Certificates
may be a facsimile and may be sealed with the seal of the Company or a facsimile thereof. If any
Manager, officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has
been placed upon, a Unit Certificate has ceased to be such Manager, officer, transfer agent, or
registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Company with the
same effect as if he were such Manager, officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
The Unit Certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the
Company as they are issued and shall exhibit the Member’s name and the number and type of Units.
(b) The Managers may direct a new Unit Certificate or Certificates to be issued in place of a
Unit Certificate or Certificates theretofore issued by the Company and alleged to have been lost,
stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the Unit
Certificate or Certificates representing Units to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. When authorizing
such issue of a new Unit Certificate or Certificates the Managers may, in their discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the applicable Member and holder of such lost,
stolen, or destroyed Unit Certificate or Certificates, or its legal representative, to advertise
the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the Company a bond with a surety or sureties
satisfactory to the Company in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim, or expense
resulting from a claim, that may be made against the Company in respect of the Unit Certificate or
Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
(c) The Unit Certificates will bear the following legend:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE GOVERNED BY THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ALICO HOLDINGS LLC, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY NON-U.S. OR
STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH AGREEMENT AND SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”
(d) The Unit Certificates representing Senior Preferred Units will have the following legend
(in addition to the legend set forth in Section 3.05(c)).
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“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS THEREUNDER ARE GOVERNED BY
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ALICO HOLDINGS LLC AND
SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE SENIOR PREFERRED REDEMPTION (AS DEFINED THEREIN)”.
(e) The Unit Certificates representing Junior Preferred Units will have the following legend
(in addition to the legend set forth in Section 3.05(c)).
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS THEREUNDER ARE GOVERNED BY
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF ALICO HOLDINGS LLC AND SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE JUNIOR PREFERRED REDEMPTION (AS DEFINED
THEREIN)”.
Section 3.06 Termination of Units.
(a) Upon the Senior Preferred Redemption, the Senior Preferred Units shall automatically
terminate without any further action necessary on behalf of the Company or the Senior Preferred
Members and the Senior Preferred Members shall return the Senior Preferred Unit Certificates to the
Company for cancellation. Effective upon the Senior Preferred Redemption, the Senior Preferred
Units shall have no rights as a Member, economic or otherwise, under this Agreement including,
without limitation, any right to distributions under Sections 5.02, 5.03 and
9.03(c) or otherwise.
(b) Upon the Junior Preferred Redemption, the Junior Preferred Units shall automatically
terminate without any further action necessary on behalf of the Company or the Junior Preferred
Members and the Junior Preferred Members shall return the Junior Preferred Unit Certificates to the
Company for cancellation. Effective upon the Junior Preferred Redemption, the Junior Preferred
Units shall have no rights as a Member, economic or otherwise, under this Agreement including,
without limitation, any right to distributions under Sections 5.02, 5.03 and
9.03(c) or otherwise.
Section 3.07 Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, in Section
4.01(d), Section 4.01(e) or as otherwise provided herein, Preferred Members shall not
be entitled to any vote or consent right in respect of their Preferred Units with respect to any
matters of the Company. All Common Members shall be entitled to one vote for each Common Unit held
by such Common Member.
Section 3.08 Withdrawals. Except as explicitly provided elsewhere herein, no Member
shall have any right (a) to withdraw as a Member from the Company, (b) to withdraw from the Company
all or any part of such Member’s Capital Contributions, (c) to receive any property or cash in
return for such Member’s Capital Contributions or in respect of distributions to the Preferred
Members in accordance with Article V or (d) to receive any distribution from the Company,
except in accordance with Article V and Article IX hereof.
Section 3.09 Liability of the Members Generally. Except as explicitly provided
elsewhere herein or in the Act, no Member shall be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts or
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obligations of the Company whatsoever. Without in any way limiting Section
4.01(a)(viii), no Member shall have any fiduciary duty to the Company or any other Member.
Each of the Members acknowledges that its Capital Contributions are subject to the claims of any
and all creditors of the Company to the extent provided by the Act and other applicable Law.
ARTICLE IV
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
Section 4.01 Management and Control of the Company.
(a) (i) The Members have established the Company as a “managers-managed” limited liability
company and have agreed to initially designate a board of managers (the “Board of
Managers”) of three Persons to manage the Company and its business and affairs. Each of the
Persons appointed to the Board of Managers is referred to herein as a “Manager.” The
Managers shall be designated solely by a Majority in Interest of the Common Members.
(ii) The Board of Managers shall initially be comprised of the individuals set forth on
Schedule IV attached hereto. Any amendment or revision to Schedule IV made in
accordance with this Agreement shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement. Any reference
in this Agreement to Schedule IV shall be deemed to be a reference to Schedule IV
as amended and in effect from time to time.
(iii) The Board of Managers shall have the exclusive right to manage and control the Company,
subject to the Act and any provisions herein requiring the approval of certain Members including
Sections 4.01(d), 4.01(e) and 8.04 hereof. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the Board of Managers shall have the right to perform all actions
necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes and authorized acts of
the Company, as specified in Sections 2.05 and 2.06 hereof, and each Manager shall
possess and may enjoy and exercise all of the rights and powers of a “manager” as provided in and
under the Act; and each Manager shall be a “manager” for purposes of the Act; provided,
however, that no individual Manager shall have the authority to act for or bind the Company
without the requisite consent of the Board of Managers.
(iv) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, any action, consent,
approval, election, decision or determination to be made by the Board of Managers under or in
connection with this Agreement (including any act by the Board of Managers within its “discretion”
under this Agreement and the execution and delivery of any documents or agreements on behalf of the
Company), shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Managers.
(v) Meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held not less than quarterly. All quarterly
and other meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held in the continental United States or
telephonically. All quarterly and other meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held when
called by any Manager, upon not less than five business days’ advance written notice to the other
Managers and the Observers. Attendance at any meeting of the Board of Managers shall constitute
waiver of notice of such meeting. Additionally, a waiver
of such notice in writing signed by any Manager or Observer entitled to such notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
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The quorum for a meeting of the Board of Managers shall be a majority of the Managers.
Managers may participate in any meeting of the Board of Managers by conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other. All action taken by the Board of Managers shall be by a vote of a simple majority of the
Managers present at a meeting thereof in person or by telephone. Except as expressly provided in
this Section 4.01(a), the Board of Managers shall conduct its business in such manner and
by such procedures as a majority of its members deem appropriate.
(vi) The Board of Managers may also take action without any meeting of the Managers by written
consent of a simple majority of the Managers setting forth the action to be approved.
(vii) The Board of Managers may create and maintain customary committees, including an
executive committee, an audit committee and a compensation committee.
(viii) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including, without limitation,
Section 18-1101(c) of the Act, and notwithstanding any provision at law or in equity to the
contrary, in conducting the affairs of the Company, the Managers and the Board of Managers shall
take into account the interests of (and shall owe fiduciary duties, including the duties of care,
loyalty, candor and good faith, to) the Company and shall not owe any fiduciary duties to the
Members directly, to creditors or to any other constituency, provided, however,
that actions pursuant to each of Section 5.04, Section 5.06(a), Section
8.04 and Section 8.05 hereof shall be excluded from this Section 4.01(a)(viii).
(b) Except as provided in Sections 4.01(d), 4.01(e), 8.04 or
8.05 hereof, no Member, in its capacity as such, shall participate in or have any say or
control whatsoever over the Company Business. Each such Member hereby consents to the exercise by
the Board of Managers of the powers conferred upon the Board of Managers by this Agreement. Except
as provided in Sections 4.01(d), 4.01(e), 8.04 or 8.05 hereof, the
Members, in their capacities as such, shall not participate in the management, direction or
operation of the activities or affairs of the Company and shall not have any authority or right, in
their capacities as Members of the Company, to act for or bind the Company.
(c) The Board of Managers is authorized to appoint any person as an officer of the Company who
shall have such powers, subject to Sections 4.01(d) and 4.01(e) and perform such
duties incident to such person’s office as may from time to time be conferred upon or assigned to
it by the Board of Managers and assign in writing titles (including, without limitation, President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) to any such person. Any appointment pursuant to this
Section 4.01(c) may be revoked at any time by the Board of Managers. In addition, the
Board of Managers is authorized to employ, engage and dismiss, on behalf of the Company, any
Person, including an Affiliate of any Member, to perform services for, or furnish goods to, the
Company. Unless the Board of Managers states otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for
officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such
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person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. The initial
officers of the Company shall be as follows 2:
Name | Title | |
[•] | President | |
[•] | Secretary and Treasurer |
(d) Notwithstanding Section 4.01(a) hereof, for so long as the Consent Holder shall
own any Junior Preferred Interests (other than with respect to Sections 4.01(d)(i),
4.01(d)(ii) and 4.01(d)(ix), which shall be applicable as long as the Preferred
Members own any Junior Preferred Interests) and until the Junior Preferred Payment shall have
occurred, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Material Subsidiaries and/or
Subsidiaries (as specified below) to, take any Junior Significant Action without obtaining the
prior written consent of the Consent Holder (after the Closing, in accordance with Section
4.01(f) hereof), or with respect to Sections 4.01(d)(i), 4.01(d)(ii) and
4.01(d)(ix), a Majority in Interest of the Junior Preferred Members; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 4.01(d) will prohibit the Company or any
Subsidiary (i) from taking any of the actions set forth on Schedule V; (ii) from complying
with any (A) applicable Law or (B) regulatory requirement, directive or order of any relevant
Department; or (iii) from taking any Junior Significant Action if, as a result thereof, the entire
Junior Liquidation Preference will be distributed to the holders of the Junior Preferred Units.
“Junior Significant Action” means any of the following:
(i) any amendment or waiver of any provisions of the Certificate, this Agreement, or other
similar organizational or constitutive documents of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries
(in each case, whether by merger or otherwise) in a manner that adversely affects, in any material
respect, any right of the Junior Preferred Interests;
(ii) any authorization or issuance (A) by the Company of any Preferred Units or other Equity
Securities, in each case with rights to distributions or on liquidation that are in either case
pari passu with or senior to the Preferred Units or (B) of any Securities of any Material
Subsidiary that are senior in priority (whether with respect to distributions or on liquidation) to
the common or ordinary equity Securities of such Entity (or any Securities of any such Material
Subsidiary that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any such senior or priority
Securities);
(iii) any merger involving the Company or any sale of all or substantially all of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related
transactions, (whether by merger, consolidation or other business combination);
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(iv) any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, spin-off or combination of any
Equity Securities or the Securities of any Material Subsidiary;
(v) any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition (whether by merger, purchase of stock or
assets or otherwise), in one or a series of related transactions, of any assets, business or
operations (A) representing ten percent (10%) or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries determined as of the date of such sale, transfer, pledge or disposition or (B)
generating ten percent (10%) or more of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its
Subsidiaries determined as of the date of such sale, transfer, pledge or disposition;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (V) Securities Lending
Management, (W) any transaction among ALICO and any of its Subsidiaries or among any Subsidiaries
of ALICO, (X) the managing of investment assets and the effecting of treasury and cash management
functions by the Insurance Subsidiaries, in each case, conducted in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices, (Y) reinsurance or co-insurance arrangements entered into in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and (Z) the creation of any Lien (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) permitted under Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement;
(vi) any acquisition of assets by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether by merger,
purchase of stock or assets or otherwise), in one or a series of related transactions, (A) with an
aggregate purchase price equal or greater than ten percent (10%) of the consolidated assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of such acquisition or (B) generating ten percent (10%)
or more of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of such
acquisitions; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (V)
Securities Lending Management, (W) any transaction among ALICO and any of its Subsidiaries or among
any Subsidiaries of ALICO, (X) the managing of investment assets in the ordinary course of business
and the effecting of treasury and cash management functions by the Insurance Subsidiaries, in each
case, conducted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and (Y)
reinsurance or co-insurance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices;
(vii) any (A) Public Offering or (B) sale of Securities of the Company, any Entity owning all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any
Entity formed solely for the purpose of owning all the Interests, or any of their respective
Material Subsidiaries other than, in the case of clause (B), any sale or issuance of Common Units
to the AIG Member pursuant to Section 3.02(a) or (c);
(viii) the declaration or payment of dividends or making of distributions on or in respect of
any Securities (A) by the Company, including any distributions pursuant to Article V hereof
(other than distributions pursuant to Section 5.06 or distributions to the
Preferred Members with respect to their Preferred Units) or (B) by any Subsidiary, other than
on a pro rata basis to the equity owners thereof;
(ix) the redemption or repurchase of (A) any of the Company’s outstanding Equity Securities
which have rights to distributions which are junior to the rights of the Junior Preferred Units or
(B) any Securities of any Material Subsidiary that are owned by any Person, other than ALICO or any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of ALICO;
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(x) entering into or modifying any contract or other transaction or arrangement with any
Member or other Affiliate of the Company which is an Entity which requires the payment to or from
such Member or other Affiliate of the Company in excess of $10 million per annum excluding any
transaction permitted under Section 4.01(d)(xiii)(Y), provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any such action taken in ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and on arm’s-length terms, or (ii) any transaction between ALICO and
any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of ALICO;
(xi) undertaking a voluntary liquidation or dissolution of the Company, filing for or
consenting to the filing of Bankruptcy, or taking any other legal action evidencing insolvency with
respect to the Company, or causing or permitting any of the Material Subsidiaries to do any of the
foregoing;
(xii) entering into any agreement, indenture or other instrument which contains provisions
that would restrict (A) the Company’s ability to declare, pay or make dividends or distributions to
the Junior Preferred Members with respect to their Junior Preferred Units or (B) any Material
Subsidiary’s ability to declare, pay or make dividends or distributions with respect to any of its
Securities, other than agreements or undertakings that may be entered into by any Insurance
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or as required by any Law, regulation, directive or
order applicable to any such Insurance Subsidiary, and provided, however, that,
solely in the case of (B), the foregoing shall not apply to any agreement, indenture or other
instrument entered into in connection with a transaction that is permitted pursuant to Section
4.01(d)(xiii) hereof; or
(xiii) (A) incurring or suffering to exist any Indebtedness at or by the Company, or (B)
incurring any consolidated Indebtedness of the Company by its Subsidiaries having an outstanding
principal amount in excess of $500,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Subsidiaries of the
Company or guaranteeing any such Indebtedness, provided, however, that (U) any
refinancing (including any extension, renewal or exchange) of existing Indebtedness shall be
permitted, so long as the principal amount of the existing Indebtedness being refinanced is equal
to or more than the amount of any such new Indebtedness being incurred without regard to any unpaid
accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable fees incurred in connection with such
refinancing, (V) borrowing by ALICO or any of its Subsidiaries under currently available lines of
credit shall be permitted, (W) intercompany loans, guarantees or advances made by ALICO to any of
its Subsidiaries or made by any of its Subsidiaries to ALICO or any other ALICO Subsidiary shall be
permitted, (X) Securities Lending Management shall be permitted, (Y) Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the transfer to ALICO or any of its
Subsidiaries of pension obligations relating to any employee of any such Entity or its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $80,000,000 shall be permitted, and (Z) other
Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with any transactions permitted pursuant to
Section 4.01(d)(v)(X) or (Y) or any of Sections 4.01(d)(vi)(A),
(B), (X) or (Y) shall be permitted.
Each of the Members and the Company hereby agrees and acknowledge that the provisions set
forth in this Section 4.01(d) are necessary and appropriate to protect the rights and
preferences attached to the Junior Preferred Interests.
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 4.01(a) hereof, until the Senior Preferred Redemption
shall have occurred, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Material Subsidiaries
and/or Subsidiaries (as specified below) to, take any Senior Significant Action without obtaining
the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Senior Preferred Members (after the
Closing, in accordance with Section 4.01(f) hereof); provided however that
nothing in this Section 4.01(e) will prohibit the Company or any Subsidiary (i) from taking
any of the actions set forth on Schedule V; (ii) from complying with any applicable Law or
regulatory requirement, directive or order of any relevant Department; or (iii) from taking any
Senior Significant Action if, as a result thereof, the entire Senior Liquidation Preference will be
distributed to the holders of the Senior Preferred Units. “Senior Significant Action”
means any of the following:
(i) any amendment or waiver of any provisions of the Certificate, this Agreement, or other
similar organizational or constitutive documents of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries
(in each case, whether by merger or otherwise) in a manner that adversely affects, in any material
respect, any right of the Senior Preferred Interests;
(ii) any authorization or issuance (A) by the Company of any Preferred Units or other Equity
Securities, in each case with rights to distributions or on liquidation that are in either case
pari passu with or senior to the Preferred Units or (B) of any Securities of any Material
Subsidiary that are senior in priority (whether with respect to distributions or on liquidation) to
the common or ordinary equity Securities of such Entity (or any Securities of any such Material
Subsidiary that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any such senior or priority
Securities); and
(iii) the redemption or repurchase of (A) any of the Company’s outstanding Equity Securities
which have rights to distributions which are junior to the rights of the Senior Preferred Units or
(B) any Securities of any Material Subsidiary that are owned by any Person, other than ALICO or any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of ALICO.
Each of the Members and the Company hereby agrees and acknowledge that the provisions set
forth in this Section 4.01(e) are necessary and appropriate to protect the rights and
preferences attached to the Senior Preferred Interests.
(f) After the Closing and for as long as the FRBNY Member holds any of the Junior Preferred
Interests or any of the Senior Preferred Interests, as applicable, and in the event the Company is
required to obtain the written consent of the FRBNY Member with respect to any proposed Junior
Significant Action or Senior Significant Action pursuant to Section 4.01(d) or Section
4.01(e), respectively, hereof, the Company shall deliver to the FRBNY Member, as set forth in
Section 10.01 or any other individual as may be specified by the FRBNY Member as replacing
him or her (either such individual set forth in Section 10.01 hereof or any subsequent
replacement thereof, the “Consent Request Contact”) a written request for consent (a
“Significant Action Request Notice”), setting forth sufficient detail regarding the facts
and circumstances of such proposed Junior Significant Action or Senior Significant Action
(including all financial and background information) to enable the FRBNY Member to make a
reasonably informed decision with respect to such request for consent. The FRBNY Member shall only
have been deemed to have provided its written consent to any Junior Significant
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Action or Senior
Significant Action for purposes of Section 4.01(d) or Section 4.01(e),
respectively, hereof if the Consent Request Contact has delivered to the Company a copy of the
Significant Action Request Notice with respect to such Junior Significant Action or Senior
Significant Action which has been countersigned by the Contact Request Contact on behalf of the
FRBNY Member. The FRBNY Member agrees to use reasonable efforts to cause a decision as to whether
or not to grant its consent to any proposed Junior Significant Action or Senior Significant Action
to be made within 30 calendar days after delivery of a conforming Significant Action Request Notice
with respect thereto to the Consent Request Contact, but the failure to act within such time period
shall not in any way affect the FRBNY Member’s rights under Section 4.01(d) or Section
4.01(e) or any party’s other rights or obligations under this Agreement. The parties hereto
agree that any consent granted with respect any Junior Significant Action or Senior Significant
Action in accordance with this Section 4.01(f) shall be deemed to have been provided for
all other purposes for which the consent of the FRBNY Member may be required with respect to such
Junior Significant Action or Senior Significant Action under this Agreement or the Credit
Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the
rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall be without prejudice to the rights
and obligations of the FRBNY and AIG under the Credit Agreement.
Section 4.02 Actions by the Board of Managers. Except as may be expressly limited by
the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 4.01(a)(iii),
4.01(a)(vi), 4.01(a)(vii), 4.01(d) and 4.01(e) hereof, each
Manager is specifically authorized to execute, sign, seal and deliver in the name and on behalf of
the Company any and all agreements, certificates, instruments or other documents requisite to
carrying out the intentions and purposes of this Agreement and matters approved by the Board of
Managers with respect to the Company.
Section 4.03 Expenses. The AIG Member shall pay for any and all expenses, costs and
liabilities incurred by the Company in the conduct of the Company Business in accordance with the
provisions hereof (collectively, “Company Expenses”), including by way of example and not
limitation:
(a) all routine administrative and overhead expenses of the Company, including fees of
auditors, attorneys and other professionals, and expenses associated with the maintenance of books
and records of the Company and communications with Members;
(b) all expenses incurred in connection with any litigation involving the Company and the
amount of any judgment or settlement paid in connection therewith;
(c) all expenses for indemnity or contribution payable by the Company to any Person, whether
payable under this Agreement or otherwise and whether payable in connection with any litigation
involving the Company or otherwise; and
(d) all expenses incurred in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Company.
Section 4.04 Exculpation.
(a) Subject to applicable Law, no Indemnified Party shall be liable, in damages or otherwise,
to the Company, the Members or any of their Affiliates for any act or
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omission performed or omitted
by any of them in good faith (including, without limitation, any act
or omission performed or
omitted by any of them in reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion or advice of experts,
including, without limitation, of legal counsel as to matters of law, of accountants as to matters
of accounting, or of investment bankers or appraisers as to matters of valuation), except (i) for
any act taken by any Manager, Common Member, Preferred Member and each of their respective
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, partners, managers and members and each
officer of the Company (each, an “Indemnified Party”) (each of which shall be a third party
beneficiary of this Agreement for purposes of this Section 4.04) purporting to bind the
Company that has not been authorized pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) any act or omission with
respect to which such Indemnified Party was grossly negligent or engaged in intentional misconduct.
(b) No Indemnified Party acting under this Agreement shall be liable to the Company or to any
Member for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 4.05 Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the AIG Member shall and does hereby
agree to indemnify and hold harmless and pay all judgments and claims against any Indemnified Party
(each of which shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement for purposes of this
Section 4.05), from and against any loss or damage incurred by an Indemnified Party or by
the Company for any act or omission taken or suffered by such Indemnified Party in good faith
(including, without limitation, any act or omission taken or suffered by any of them in reliance
upon and in accordance with the opinion or advice of experts, including, without limitation, of
legal counsel as to matters of law, of accountants as to matters of accounting, or of investment
bankers or appraisers as to matters of valuation) in connection with the Company Business,
including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any amount expended in the settlement of any
claims or loss or damage, except with respect to (i) any act taken by such
Indemnified Party purporting to bind the Company that has not been authorized pursuant to this
Agreement or (ii) any act or omission with respect to which such Indemnified Party was grossly
negligent or engaged in intentional misconduct. For purposes of Sections 4.04 and
4.05, the term “Indemnified Party” shall not include the AIG Member in its capacity as the
indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 4.05.
(b) The satisfaction of any indemnification obligation pursuant to Section 4.05(a)
hereof shall be from and limited to Company assets (including insurance and any agreements pursuant
to which the Company, its Managers, officers or employees are entitled to indemnification) and no
Member, in such capacity, shall be subject to personal liability therefor.
(c) Expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in defense or settlement of any claim
that may be subject to a right of indemnification hereunder shall be advanced by the AIG Member
prior to the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Party to repay such amount to the extent that it shall be determined upon final
adjudication after all possible appeals have been exhausted that such Indemnified Party is not
entitled to be indemnified hereunder.
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(d) The AIG Member shall purchase and maintain customary director and officer insurance on
behalf of all officers of the Company, Managers and other Indemnified Parties against any liability
which may be asserted against, or expense which may be incurred by, any such Person in connection
with the Company’s activities.
Section 4.06 Notice of Rights. The rights conferred upon the Indemnified Parties in
Sections 4.04 and 4.05 hereof shall be contract rights that vest upon the
occurrence or the alleged occurrence of any act or omission giving rise to any proceeding or
threatened proceeding and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnified Party who has ceased to
be a manager or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnified Party’s heirs, executors
and administrators. Any amendment, repeal or alteration of Section 4.04 or 4.05
hereof that adversely affects any right of an Indemnified Party or its successors shall be
prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding
involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place
prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.
Section 4.07 Rights to Appoint Board Observers. For so long as the Consent Holder
shall own any Junior Preferred Interests and prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, the Consent
Holder shall have the right to appoint two individuals to attend meetings of the Board of Managers
(and any committees thereof); whether such meeting is conducted in person or by teleconference, as
non-voting observers (the “Observers”). The Observers shall be entitled to receive not
less than five business days’ advance written notice of all such meetings of the Board of Managers
(and any committees thereof) and to obtain copies of all materials provided to the Board of
Managers (and any committees thereof); provided however, that such Observers will
be asked to leave all or a portion of a meeting of the Board of Managers if attendance at such
meeting or portion thereof would in the reasonable judgment of the Company’s counsel, adversely
affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel. The Company shall pay
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each such Observer in
connection with attending regular and special meetings of the Board of Managers (and any
committees thereof).
Section 4.08 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a written program approved by the
chief compliance officer of AIG and which is reasonably designed to ensure compliance with
applicable Laws which is at least as effective as the legal compliance program currently maintained
by the AIG Member and which otherwise conforms to the maximum extent practicable with best
practices within the global insurance industry. Any such program will conform to all current and
future AIG compliance, human resource, information technology, legal, audit and other existing or
future programs, policies and/or procedures.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.01 Distributions Generally. Subject to Sections 4.01(d),
4.01(e), 5.02 and 5.03 hereof, the Company may declare and make
distributions to the Members, including distributions in connection with the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, when and as determined by the Board of
Managers, out of funds of the Company legally available therefor payable on such payment dates to
Members on such record dates as
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shall be determined by the Board of Managers. Other than as
specifically set forth in this Article V, all determinations made pursuant to this
Article V shall be made by the Board of Managers in its sole discretion. To the extent that
the Board of Managers determines that any distributions shall be made to the Members, such
distributions shall only be made in accordance with the provisions of this Article V and
Sections 4.01(d), and 4.01(e) hereof.
Section 5.02 Distributions. Other than distributions pursuant to Sections
5.03 and 5.06, any distributions to the Members shall be distributed as follows:
(a) first, one hundred percent (100%) to the Senior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Senior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate, an amount equal to
the Senior Preferred Return for the then current quarter;
(b) second, one hundred percent (100%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Junior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate, an amount equal to
the Junior Preferred Return for the then current quarter;
(c) third, one hundred percent (100%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Junior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate under this Section
5.02(c), an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Junior Initial Liquidation Preference;
(d) fourth, one hundred percent (100%) to the Senior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Senior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate under this Section
5.02(d), an amount equal to the Senior Liquidation Preference;
(e) fifth, one hundred percent (100%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Junior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate under this Section
5.02(e), an amount equal to the Junior Liquidation Preference (for clarity, taking into
consideration all prior distributions to the Junior Preferred Members pursuant to Section
5.02(b) hereof);
(f) sixth, one hundred percent (100%) to the Common Members pro-rata in accordance with their
Common Units, until they have received in the aggregate, together with the aggregate distributions
pursuant to Section 5.06, an amount equal to the sum of (i) $6 billion and (ii) the amount
of any Capital Contributions (other than the Initial Capital Contribution) made by the Common
Members from time to time; and
(g) seventh, ninety-five percent (95%) to the Common Members pro-rata in accordance with their
Common Units and five percent (5%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance with
their Junior Preferred Units (such five percent (5%), the “Preferred Participating
Return”);
provided however that if the Preferred Members or any of their Affiliates Control
(or have the right to obtain Control of) the Company or the AIG Member, the Company may not make
any distributions pursuant to this Section 5.02 or otherwise.
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Section 5.03 Alternate Distributions. Any distributions to the Members, pursuant to
Sections 8.05(c), 9.03(c) or in any transaction in which all of the Preferred Units
are acquired, redeemed or otherwise cancelled, shall be distributed as follows:
(a) first, one hundred percent (100%) to the Senior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Senior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate pursuant to prior
distributions under Section 5.02 and distributions under this Section 5.03(a), an
amount equal to the sum of the Senior Preferred Return for the then current quarter and the Senior
Liquidation Preference;
(b) second, one hundred percent (100%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance
with their Junior Preferred Units, until they have received in the aggregate pursuant to prior
distributions under Section 5.02 and distributions under this Section 5.03(b), an
amount equal to the sum of the Junior Preferred Return for the then current quarter and the Junior
Liquidation Preference; and
(c) third, one hundred percent (100%) to the Common Members pro-rata in accordance with their
Common Units, until they have received in the aggregate, pursuant to prior distributions under
Section 5.02 and Section 5.06 and distributions under this Section 5.03(c),
an amount equal to the sum of (i) $6 billion and (ii) the amount of any Capital Contributions
(other than the Initial Capital Contribution) made by the Common Members from time to time; and
(d) fourth, ninety-five percent (95%) to the Common Members pro-rata in accordance with their
Common Units and five percent (5%) to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance with
their Junior Preferred Units.
Section 5.04 Mandatory Distributions. In connection with any Qualifying Event, the
Company shall be required to distribute the Net Proceeds of such Qualifying Event to the Members in
accordance with Section 5.02; provided, however, that (i) if the Preferred
Members or any of their Affiliates Control (or have the right to obtain Control of) the Company or
the AIG Member, the Company shall not be required to distribute any Net Proceeds of such Qualifying
Event and (ii) if the Qualifying Event itself was required by applicable Law, the Company shall not
be required to distribute any Net Proceeds of such Qualifying Event unless the Board of Managers
shall have made a determination (as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Managers) that such
Qualifying Event was in the best interest of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, a Qualifying
Event shall not have been required by applicable Law where the Company or the relevant Subsidiary
has more than one option not prohibited under this Agreement or by applicable Law (at least one of
which is within the control of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as applicable) for complying
with a requirement under applicable Law (e.g., a requirement to increase capital) and has made a
voluntary determination to proceed with the option that has resulted in the Qualifying Event.
Section 5.05 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.06 Ordinary Course Distributions.
(a) The Board of Managers shall cause the Company to distribute to the Common Members, out of
funds legally available for distribution, pro-rata in accordance with
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their Common Units and not
later than 90 days following the end of each Fiscal Year, an aggregate amount determined by a
Majority in Interest of the Common Members, not to exceed $400 million.
(b) Any amount distributed to a Common Member pursuant to this Section 5.06 will be
deemed to be an advance distribution of amounts otherwise distributable to such Common Member
pursuant to Section 5.02(f) or Section 5.03(c), as applicable.
Section 5.07 Restricted Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Company, and the Board of Managers on behalf of the Company, shall not make a
distribution to any Member if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable Law.
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ARTICLE VII
ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS
ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS
Section 7.01 Books and Records; Reports. At all times during the existence of the
Company, the Company shall maintain, at its principal place of business, separate books of account
for the Company. Subject to reasonable confidentiality restrictions established by the Board of
Managers (including as set forth in Section 18-305(c) of the Act), each Member and its respective
agents and representatives shall be afforded access to the Company’s books and
records applicable to such Member for any proper purpose (as determined by the Board of
Managers in its reasonable discretion), at any reasonable time during regular business hours upon
reasonable written notice to the Board of Managers.
Section 7.02 Tax Returns. The Board of Managers, at the expense of the Company, shall
endeavor to cause the preparation and timely filing (including extensions) of all tax returns
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Code or any other applicable Law.
Section 7.03 Election to Be Treated as a Corporation. The Members agree that, in
order to ensure compliance with Treas. Reg. § 301.7701-3(c), each officer of the Company is
authorized under this Agreement to take all requisite actions to file an election to treat the
Company as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such actions will include the
timely filing by such an authorized officer of a Form 8832, Entity Classification Election (the
“Form 8832”), in the manner prescribed by such form. In the event any Member of the Company as of
a date on or after the effective date of such election is no longer a member of the Company on the
date the Form 8832 is filed with the Internal Revenue Service, such Member agrees to sign the Form
8832 in order to ensure compliance with Treas. Reg. § 301.7701-3(c)(2)(ii).
Section 7.04 Tax Treatment of the Transactions.
(a) All capitalized terms in this Section 7.04 not defined in this Agreement shall
have the definitions assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement. (a) It is the intention of the
parties that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (1) the transfer by AIG of the equity of
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ALICO
to the Company in return for the Preferred Units shall be treated as occurring when the Company is
disregarded under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2(c)(2) as a separate entity from AIG; (2)
as a result, such transfer shall be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (3) the
election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) to treat the Company as a corporation
shall be treated as a fully taxable transfer by AIG of the equity of ALICO to the Company in return
for all the Units at the time the election is effective; (4) the Senior Preferred Units shall be
treated as nonvoting stock in the Company; (5) the Junior Preferred Units shall be treated as stock
in the Company not described in Code Section 1504(a)(4), and, as a result, AIG and the Company
shall not be members of an affiliated group within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a); (6) the
Purchase Agreement shall constitute a binding contract in effect immediately before the election
described in clause (a)(3) hereof is effective pursuant to which the sale described in clause
(a)(7) shall occur; (7) the sale of the Preferred Units to the FRBNY in return for the
Consideration shall be respected in accordance with its form; and (8) full force and effect shall
be accorded to any election made pursuant to Section 7.04(b). The terms of this Agreement
and the Purchase Agreement shall be interpreted consistently with this intention, and the parties
hereto agree not to take any position for U.S. federal income tax purposes (in a filing or
otherwise) contrary to this intention.
(b) Unless AIG obtains the FRBNY Member’s consent not to make such an election (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), (1) the Company and AIG shall jointly make an election under
Code Section 338(h)(10) in respect of the transfer described in
Section 7.04(a)(3), and (2) the Company shall make an election under Sections 338(g)
or 338(h)(10) of the Code in respect of the deemed sale (resulting from such election under Code
Section 338(h)(10)) of the stock of any one or more of the direct or indirect subsidiaries of ALICO
designated by AIG.
Section 7.05 Confidentiality; Access to Information.
(a) Each Preferred Member (other than the FRBNY which is bound by that certain Nondisclosure
Agreement by and among AIG and the FRBNY and dated as of September 25, 2008 (the “Nondisclosure
Agreement”) or any Permitted Transferee of the FRBNY) and any Observers who executed a joinder to the Nondisclosure Agreement or who
are otherwise bound thereto), and any Observer not otherwise bound by
the Nondisclosure
Agreement, agrees to keep confidential, and not to disclose to any Person, any matter relating to
the Company or any of its Affiliates, or their respective affairs (other than disclosure to such
Preferred Member’s advisors responsible for matters relating to the Company and who reasonably need
to know such information in order to perform such responsibilities (each such Person being
hereinafter referred to as an “Authorized Representative”)); provided,
however, that, such Preferred Member or any of its Authorized Representatives may make such
disclosure, subject to applicable Law, to the extent that (i) the information being disclosed is in
connection with such Preferred Member’s tax returns or concerns the tax structure or tax treatment
of the Company or its transactions, (ii) such disclosure is to any officer, director, shareholder
or partner of such Preferred Member, (iii) the information being disclosed is otherwise generally
available to the public, (iv) such disclosure is requested by any governmental body, agency,
official or authority having jurisdiction over such Preferred Member, (v) such disclosure, based
upon the advice of legal counsel of such Preferred Member or Authorized Representative, is
otherwise required by applicable Law or statute or (vi) such disclosure is made to any Permitted
Transferee or Third Party in connection with any proposed
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Transfer of Securities, which Permitted
Transferee or Third Party is subject to a confidentiality agreement for the benefit of the Company
with terms no less protective than this Section 7.05(a). Prior to making any disclosure
described in clause (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.05(a), a Preferred Member (other than the
FRBNY or any Permitted Transferee
thereof) shall notify the Board of Managers of such disclosure and of such advice of counsel. Each
Preferred Member (other than the FRBNY or any Permitted Transferee
thereof) shall use all reasonable efforts to cause each of its
Authorized Representatives to comply with the obligations of such Preferred Member under this
Section 7.05(a). In connection with any disclosure described in clauses (iv) or (v) above,
the disclosing Preferred Member shall cooperate with the Company in seeking any protective order or
other appropriate arrangement as the Board of Managers may request.
(b) Each of the AIG Member and the Company hereby agrees to provide, or cause to be provided,
to the Comptroller General of the United States (the “Comptroller General”), upon request,
access to information, data, schedules, books, accounts, financial records, reports, files,
electronic communications, or other papers, things or property that relate to assistance provided
by the FRBNY pursuant to any action taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the “Board of Governors”) under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. §
343), to the extent required by, and in accordance with the provisions of, 31 U.S.C. § 714(d)(3)
(as added by section 801 of the Helping Families Save Their Homes
Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-22 (the “Helping Families Act”)). The parties hereby
acknowledge that the Helping Families Act provides that, subject to certain exceptions enumerated
in 31 U.S.C. § 714(c)(4) (as amended), an officer or an employee of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (the “GAO”) (including the Comptroller General) may not disclose to
any person outside the GAO information obtained in audits or examinations conducted under 31 U.S.C.
§ 714(e) (as amended) and maintained as confidential by the Board of Governors or a Federal reserve
bank (including the FRBNY). The FRBNY hereby agrees promptly after the date hereof (i) to inform
the GAO in writing of the Nondisclosure Agreement, pursuant to which (and subject to the terms
thereof) the FRBNY has agreed to treat as confidential certain information of the AIG Member and/or
the Company and their respective Affiliates, and (ii) in consultation with the AIG Member and the
Company, to take reasonable steps to establish protocols with the GAO governing the receipt,
handling and dissemination by the GAO of confidential information of the AIG Member, the Company
and their respective subsidiaries. In addition to the foregoing, it is acknowledged that the AIG
Member and/or the Company separately has sought assurances from the Comptroller General that the
GAO will follow applicable laws and regulations, or other protocols that may be agreed to between
the GAO and the AIG Member and/or the Company, relating to the
disclosure of confidential information obtained directly or
indirectly from the AIG Member and/or the Company, and has taken or will take steps, as the case may be, to enter into a written
agreement regarding those assurances and/or other protocols that may be agreed to between the GAO
and the AIG Member and/or the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFERS AND OTHER LIQUIDITY RIGHTS
TRANSFERS AND OTHER LIQUIDITY RIGHTS
Section 8.01 Transfer in General.
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(a) Subject to any restrictions on transferability by operation of Law or contained elsewhere
in this Agreement (including Section 4.01(d) hereof) and any other requirement of
applicable Law imposed on the Company or the Members or in accordance with Section 11.14,
(i) the Preferred Members may freely Transfer their Preferred Units to any Person and (ii) no
Common Member shall Transfer any portion of its Interest or its Units, directly or indirectly, to
any Person other than a Permitted Transferee, without the prior written consent of each of (A) the
Board of Managers and (B) prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, a Majority in Interest of the
Junior Preferred Members. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary but subject to the
provisions of this Article VIII, following the Junior Preferred Payment, the Common Members
may freely transfer their Common Units to any Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the Junior
Preferred Units and the Senior Preferred Units do not need to be transferred together and may be
transferred in separate transactions.
(b) A permitted Transfer of Units pursuant to Section 8.01(a) hereof shall be
effective as of the date of (i) compliance with the conditions to such transfer referred to in this
Section 8.01 and (ii) admission of the Substituted Member pursuant to Section 8.02
hereof.
Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor,
and distributions made after such date shall be paid to the transferee.
(c) Any Member who effectively transfers any Units pursuant to this Article VIII shall
cease to be a Member with respect to such Units and shall no longer have any rights or privileges
of a Member with respect to such Units (it being understood, however, that the applicable
provisions of Sections 4.04, 4.05 and 7.01 hereof shall continue to inure
to such Person’s benefit). Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any
Units or other interest in the Company from any liability or obligation of such Member to the
Company or the other Members with respect to such Units that may exist on the date of such Transfer
or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any
liability to the Company or any other Person for any breaches of any representations, warranties or
covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in other agreements with the
Company.
(d) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer imposed by this Agreement, no Member may
Transfer any Unit (except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
or Section 8.05) without first delivering to the Board of Managers, if requested, an
opinion of counsel (reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Board of Managers) that
neither registration nor qualification under the Securities Act or applicable state securities Laws
is required in connection with such Transfer. The Board of Managers may waive such opinion
requirement on advice of counsel acceptable to the Board of Managers.
Section 8.02 Admission of Members. A Person shall be admitted to the Company (without
requiring any consent of the Board of Managers or of the Members pursuant to Section 11.02
hereof) in connection with the transfer of any Units to such Person as permitted under the terms of
this Agreement (a “Substituted Member”), or in connection with the issuance of new Units by
the Company to an Additional Member by accepting and agreeing to be bound by all of the terms and
conditions hereof by executing a counterpart to this Agreement and
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(excluding AIG and the FRBNY)
entering into a joinder agreement in the form of Schedule VI attached hereto.
Section 8.03 Transfers in Violation of Agreement. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer
in violation of this Article VIII shall be void, and the Company shall not record such
purported Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee as the owner of any Units subject
to such purported Transfer.
Section 8.04 Demand Liquidity Event.
(a) Prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, (A) with respect to the FRBNY Member, for as long
as the FRBNY Member owns any Junior Preferred Units, the FRBNY Member shall, at any time (i) during
the Initial Period, upon prior consultation with, and during the 12-month period following the date
of this Agreement the prior concurrence of, the AIG Credit Facility Trust, be entitled to make an
IPO Demand and (ii) following the Initial Period, in
its sole discretion, be entitled to make an IPO Demand; and (B) with respect to the Majority
Junior Preferred Members, (i) during the Initial Period, will not be entitled to make an IPO
Demand, and (ii) following the Initial Period, shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to make
an IPO Demand (each of the FRBNY Member with respect to Section 8.04(a)(A) and the Majority
Junior Preferred Members with respect to Section 8.04(a)(B), an “IPO Demanding
Member”). An “IPO Demand” means that the IPO Demanding Member may require the Company
to use its best efforts to effect an Initial Public Offering of the Company (or its successor
corporation) pursuant to Section 11.14. In connection with any such Initial Public
Offering, the Company shall not be required to distribute any proceeds of such Initial Public
Offering.
(b) Prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, (A) with respect to the FRBNY Member, for as long
as the FRBNY Member owns any Junior Preferred Units, the FRBNY Member shall, at any time (i) during
the Initial Period, upon prior consultation with, and during the 12-month period following the date
of this Agreement the prior concurrence of, the AIG Credit Facility Trust, be entitled to make a
Sale of the Company Demand and (ii) following the Initial Period, in its sole discretion, be
entitled to make a Sale of Company Demand; and (B) with respect to the Majority Junior Preferred
Members, (i) during the Initial Period, will not be entitled to make a Sale of the Company Demand,
and (ii) following the Initial Period, shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to make a Sale
of the Company Demand (each of the FRBNY Member with respect to Section 8.04(b)(A) and the
Majority Junior Preferred Members with respect to Section 8.04(b)(B), a “Sale Demanding
Member”). A “Sale of the Company Demand” means that the Sale Demanding Member may
require the Company to use its best efforts to effect a sale of all of the Interests or other
outstanding Equity Securities then held by the Members; provided, however, that the
proceeds from such sale shall be allocated among the Members in the manner that such proceeds would
have been distributed by the Company in accordance with Section 5.03 hereof and any such
proceeds allocated to the Junior Preferred Members and Senior Preferred Members shall reduce the
Junior Liquidation Preference and the Senior Liquidation Preference, respectively, in the amount so
allocated. In connection with any sale of all of the Interests or other outstanding Equity
Securities then held by the Members, the Sale Demanding Member may require the Board of Managers
and/or the other Members to take
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any of the actions that may be required by or on behalf of the
Company or any such Member in connection with a Drag-Along Transfer pursuant to Section
8.05 hereof.
Section 8.05 Drag-Along.
(a) At any time prior to the Junior Preferred Payment, (A) with respect to the FRBNY Member,
for as long as the FRBNY Member owns any Junior Preferred Units, the FRBNY Member shall, at any
time (i) during the Initial Period, upon prior consultation with, and during the 12-month period
following the date of this Agreement the prior concurrence of, the AIG Credit Facility Trust, be
entitled to make a Drag-Along Demand and (ii) following the Initial Period, in its sole discretion,
be entitled to make a Drag-Along Demand and (B) with respect to the Majority Junior Preferred
Members, (i) during the Initial Period, will not be entitled to make a Drag-Along Demand and (ii)
following the Initial Period, shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to make a Drag-Along
Demand (each of the FRBNY Member with respect
to Section 8.05(a)(A) and the Majority Junior Preferred Members with respect to
Section 8.05(a)(B), a “Selling Member”). A “Drag-Along Demand” means that
if the Selling Member agrees to effect a Drag-Along Sale (in any single or series of related
transactions) to a non-affiliated Third Party (the “Drag-Along Buyer”), the Selling Member
may at any time, pursuant to a Transfer or otherwise (a “Drag-Along Transfer”), exercise
drag-along rights in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures set forth herein.
(b) The Selling Member shall promptly give notice (a “Drag-Along Notice”) to each of
the other Members (the “Drag-Along Members”) not later than 30 days prior to the
consummation of the Drag-Along Transfer of any election by the Selling Member to exercise their
drag-along rights under this Section 8.05, setting forth the name and address of the Drag
Along Buyer, the proposed amount and form of consideration for the Units, and all other material
terms and conditions of the Drag-Along Transfer. Any Drag-Along Transfer shall be at the same
purchase price as specified in the Drag-Along Notice and all Members shall receive the same form of
consideration in connection with a Drag-Along Transfer and as set forth in Section 8.05(c)
hereof.
(c) The proceeds from the sale of any Drag-Along Transfer shall be allocated to the Members in
the manner that such proceeds would have been distributed by the Company in accordance with
Section 5.03 hereof and such proceeds distributed to the Junior Preferred Members and
Senior Preferred Members shall reduce the Junior Liquidation Preference and the Senior Liquidation
Preference, respectively, in the amount so distributed.
(d) Each Drag-Along Member must agree (i) to make the same representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and agreements as made by the Selling Member in connection with the
Drag-Along Transfer (other than any non-competition or similar agreements or covenants that would
bind the Drag-Along Member or its Affiliates), and (ii) to the same terms and conditions to the
transfer as the Selling Member agrees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, all such
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements shall be made by the Selling
Member and Drag-Along Members severally and not jointly and any liability for breach of any such
representations and warranties related to the Company shall be allocated among the Selling Member
and Drag-Along Members based on the proportion of the consideration received by the Selling Member
and Drag-Along Members, and the aggregate
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amount of liability for the Selling Member and Drag-Along
Members shall not exceed the U.S. dollar value of the total consideration to be paid by the
Drag-Along Buyer to the Selling Member or Drag-Along Members, respectively.
(e) All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Members or the Company in connection
with any proposed Drag-Along Transfer (whether or not consummated), including all attorneys fees
and charges, all accounting fees and charges and all finders, brokerage or investment banking fees,
charges or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(f) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all necessary action in
connection with the consummation of any Drag-Along Transfer, including providing access to the
documents, records and senior management of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
entering into an agreement reflecting the terms of the Drag-Along Transfer and executing and
delivering any documents reasonably requested by the Drag-Along Buyer and the Selling Member and
their respective counsel as reasonably necessary to cause the Company to consummate such Drag-Along
Transfer.
Section 8.06 Participation Redemption. At any time following the Junior Preferred
Payment, the Company may redeem (the “Participation Redemption”) the Preferred
Participating Return by (i) following an Initial Public Offering, providing the Junior Preferred
Members with a redemption notice indicating the Participating Fair Market Value and the proposed
closing date of the Participation Redemption (which shall be no earlier than five business days
from the date of the redemption notice) and, upon the closing of the Participation Redemption,
distributing to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance with their Preferred Units, an
amount equal to the Participating Fair Market Value; and (ii) prior to an Initial Public Offering,
providing the Junior Preferred Members with a redemption notice (the “Redemption Notice”)
indicating the Board of Managers’ good faith determination of the Participating Fair Market Value
and the proposed closing date of the Participation Redemption (which shall be no earlier than five
business days from the date of the redemption notice) and, subject to the right of a Majority in
Interest of the Junior Preferred Members to contest such good faith determination as described
below, upon the closing of the Participation Redemption on the date specified in the Redemption
Notice, distributing to the Junior Preferred Members, pro-rata in accordance with their Junior
Preferred Units, an amount equal to the Participating Fair Market Value; provided,
however, should a Majority in Interest of the Junior Preferred Members contest in good
faith the Board of Managers’ determination of the Participation Fair Market Value by providing the
Company with notice of contest within ten days of the Redemption Notice, the final determination of
the Participation Fair Market Value shall be made by an investment banking firm of national
standing designated by mutual agreement of the Company and the contesting Junior Preferred Members,
which determination shall be final and binding on the Members and the Company. The fees and
expenses of the investment banking firm shall be borne by the Company.
Section 8.07 Public Offerings. Until the Junior Preferred Payment shall have
occurred, a Majority in Interest of the Junior Preferred Members shall have the right to appoint
one of the global coordinators (who shall also serve as lead book-running managers) (the
“Global Coordinators”) for each Public Offering occurring prior thereto, and the AIG Member
shall have the right to appoint one of the Global Coordinators, and after prior consultations with
the
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Preferred Members, any additional Global Coordinators and book runners for each such Public
Offering. The additional book runners, if any, shall report to the Global Coordinators who shall
be responsible on a joint basis for overseeing the book runners and determining their compensation
and allocations and all other important matters for which lead underwriters are customarily
responsible in public offerings of securities of this type.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDATION
DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDATION
Section 9.01 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up on
the first to occur of any of the following events:
(a) the prior approval of both (x) the Board of Managers and (y) unless the Junior Preferred
Payment has occurred or the dissolution will result in payment of the Junior Preferred Payment in
full, as long as the Consent Holder holds Junior Preferred Interests, the Consent Holder (as
contemplated by Section 4.01(d)), to dissolve the Company; or
(b) any other event sufficient under the Act to cause the dissolution of the Company.
Section 9.02 Final Accounting. Upon the dissolution of the Company, a proper
accounting shall be made from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of dissolution.
Section 9.03 Liquidation.
(a) Dissolution of the Company shall be effective as of the date on which the event occurs
giving rise to the dissolution and all Members shall be given prompt notice thereof in accordance
with Article XI hereof, but the Company shall not terminate until the assets of the Company
have been distributed as provided for in Section 9.03(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the
dissolution of the Company, prior to the termination of the Company, the business, assets and
affairs of the Company shall continue to be governed by this Agreement.
(b) Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Board of Managers, or, if there is no Board of
Managers, a person selected by the Members, acting unanimously, shall act as the liquidator (the
“Liquidator”) of the Company to wind up the Company. The Liquidator shall have full power
and authority to sell, assign and encumber any or all of the Company’s assets and to wind up and
liquidate the affairs of the Company in an orderly and business-like manner.
(c) The Liquidator shall distribute all proceeds from liquidation in the following order of
priority:
(i) first, to creditors of the Company (including creditors who are Members) in satisfaction
of the liabilities of the Company (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for
payment thereof); and
(ii) second, to the Members of the Company in accordance with Section 5.03 hereof.
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(iii) The Liquidator shall determine whether any assets of the Company shall be liquidated
through sale or shall be distributed in kind. A distribution in kind of an asset to a Member shall
be considered, for the purposes of this Article IX, a distribution in an amount
equal to the fair market value of the assets so distributed as determined by the Liquidator in
its reasonable discretion.
Section 9.04 Cancellation of Certificate. Upon the completion of the distribution of
Company assets as provided in Section 9.03 hereof, the Company shall be terminated and the
person acting as Liquidator shall cause the cancellation of the Certificate and shall take such
other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to terminate the Company.
ARTICLE X
NOTICES
NOTICES
Section 10.01 Method for Notices. All notices, requests or other communications to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (which may include facsimile transmission) and shall be
given,
if to the Company, to:
American International Group, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
if to the FRBNY, to:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
00
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
if
to the AIG Member, to:
American International Group, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
if to any other Member to the address given for that Member on Schedule I attached hereto,
or such other address as that Member may specify by written notice to the Board of Managers.
All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt
by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a
business day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall
be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Governing Law. This Agreement, or with respect to any claim or cause of
action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the
negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty
made in connection with or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), shall be construed by,
subject to and governed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of Delaware without
giving effect to conflict of Laws or other principles which may result in the application of Laws
other than the internal Laws of the State of Delaware.
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Section 11.02 Amendments by the Members. This Agreement and the Certificate may be
modified, amended or waived from time to time as determined and agreed by (i) a Majority in
Interest of the Common Members, (ii) a Majority in Interest of the Senior Preferred Members and
(iii) a Majority in Interest of the Junior Preferred Members, provided, however,
that no amendment that has a material and adverse and disproportionate effect on any Member as
compared to the other Members holding the same class of Securities shall be approved without the
consent of such Member.
Section 11.03 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each one
of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
Section 11.04 Construction; Headings. Whenever the feminine, masculine, neuter,
singular or plural shall be used in this Agreement, such construction shall be given to such words
or phrases as shall impart to this Agreement a construction consistent with the interest of the
Members entering into this Agreement. Where used herein, the term “Federal” shall refer to the
U.S. Federal government. As used herein, “including” or include” shall mean “including without
limitation.” The headings and captions herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to govern, limit or aid in the construction of any term or provision hereof. It
is the intention of the parties that every covenant, term, and provision of this Agreement shall be
construed simply according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any party
(notwithstanding any rule of law requiring an Agreement to be strictly construed against the
drafting party), it being understood that the parties to this Agreement are sophisticated and have
had adequate opportunity and means to retain counsel to represent their interests and to otherwise
negotiate the provisions of this Agreement. To the extent that any ambiguity or inconsistency
arises with respect to any provision(s) of this Agreement (other than any provision(s) relating to
the Preferred Interests or any rights or obligations of any Preferred Member, including the FRBNY
Member), the Board of Managers shall resolve such ambiguity or inconsistency in good faith and such
resolution shall be binding upon the Members.
Section 11.05 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof to any Person or circumstances shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the
remaining terms and provisions hereof and the application of such term or provision to Persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected
thereby.
Section 11.06 Relations with Members. Unless named in this Agreement as a Member, or
unless admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or an Additional Member as provided in this
Agreement, no Person shall be considered a Member. Subject to Article VIII hereof, the
Company and the Board of Managers need deal only with Persons so named or admitted as Members.
Section 11.07 Waiver of Action for Partition. Each of the Members irrevocably waives
during the term of the Company any right that such Member may have to maintain an action for
partition with respect to the property of the Company.
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Section 11.08 Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the parties hereto and their
respective Permitted Transferees and, in the case of any FRBNY Member (other than rights which
inure solely to the benefit of the Consent Holder and therefore shall not be transferable other
than to a Permitted Transferee), any other transferee of the Preferred Units, if any;
provided, however, that no Transfer of the Interest of any Member shall be made
except in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII hereof.
Section 11.09 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Schedules hereto) and
the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the Members and the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any agreement
or understanding entered into as of a date prior to the date hereof among or between them with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Section 11.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. It is understood and agreed among the
parties that this Agreement and the covenants made herein are made expressly and solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto, and that no other Person, other than an Indemnified Party pursuant
to Sections 4.04 and 4.05 hereof, shall be entitled or be deemed to be entitled to
any benefits or rights hereunder, nor be authorized or entitled to enforce any rights, claims or
remedies hereunder or by reason hereof.
Section 11.11 Other Instruments and Acts. The Members agree to execute any other
instruments or perform any other acts that are or may be necessary to effectuate and carry on the
Company created by this Agreement.
Section 11.12 Remedies and Waivers. No delay or omission on the part of any party to
this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by applicable Law or provided
hereunder shall impair such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof. The single or
partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by applicable Law or provided hereunder
shall not preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights,
powers and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers
and remedies provided by applicable Law.
Section 11.13 Public Announcements. No Member will issue any public announcements or
disseminate any advertising or marketing material concerning the existence or terms of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written approval of each of the
AIG Member and the FRBNY Member, except to the extent such announcement is required by applicable
Law. If a public announcement is required by applicable Law, the Members will consult with each
other before making the public announcement. To the extent any announcement or any advertising or
marketing material permitted under this Section 11.13 expressly refers to any Member or its
Affiliates, such Member shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to revise such announcement
or advertising or marketing material prior to granting such written approval.
Section 11.14 Initial Public Offering.
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(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein but subject to Section
4.01(d), in connection with any Initial Public Offering approved in accordance with this
Agreement, the Members hereby agree to discuss in good faith whether any of the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto and the Company under this Agreement should be amended,
restructured or terminated, including, without limitation, whether any of the rights set forth in
Sections 4.01(d) or 8.04 hereof should be terminated or made subject to any time
limitations, in order to permit the Initial Public Offering to be effected in a manner consistent
with applicable Law, market custom and the recommendations of the Global Coordinators in light of
market conditions at such time and the listing requirements of the exchange or market on which the
Initial Public Offering is to be effected, taking into account, among other things, the rights of
the Preferred Members hereunder and their goal and expectation that the Senior Preferred Redemption
and the Junior Preferred Payment be effected as promptly as practicable after the date hereof;
provided, however, that this sentence shall not in any way either (x) obligate any
of the Members or the Company to agree to any amendment, restructuring or termination of any such
rights or (y) affect or nullify any rights or obligations of the Members or the Company under this
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein but subject to Section
4.01(d), in connection with any Initial Public Offering of the Company (or its successor
corporation) or any newly formed corporation as described below, approved in accordance with this
Agreement, and upon the request of the Board of Managers, each of the Members hereby agrees that it
will, at the expense of the Entity subject to such Public Offering, take such action and execute
such documents as may reasonably be necessary to effect such Public Offering, as expeditiously as
possible, including, without limitation, taking all such actions and executing such documents as
may reasonably be necessary to convert the Company into a corporation or to contribute its
respective Securities to a newly formed corporation, in each case substantially concurrently with
the closing of such Public Offering; provided, however, that in connection with any
such conversion or contribution, (i) each Preferred Member shall be entitled to receive preferred
stock of the corporation whose shares of common stock are being sold in connection with such Public
Offering with the same economic rights as such Preferred Member was entitled to prior to such
conversion or contribution, including with an aggregate liquidation preference equal to the amount
such Preferred Member would be entitled to receive, in respect of the Preferred Units which such
Preferred Member held in the Company immediately prior to such conversion or contribution, under
Section 5.03 hereof if a liquidation of the Company had occurred immediately prior to the
consummation of such Public Offering with the proceeds in such liquidation equal in amount to the
implied aggregate equity valuation of the Company (as reasonably determined by the Board of
Managers in good faith with the reasonable agreement of a Majority in Interest of the Preferred
Members) immediately prior to the consummation of such Public Offering; (ii) the Common Members
shall be entitled to receive that value of common stock of the corporation whose shares of common
stock are being sold in connection with such Public Offering as equals the amount such Common
Member would be entitled to receive, relative to the Common Units which such Member held in the
Company immediately prior to such conversion or contribution, under Section 5.03 hereof if
a liquidation of the Company had occurred immediately prior to the consummation of such Public
Offering with the proceeds in such liquidation equal in amount to the implied aggregate equity
valuation of the Company (as
reasonably determined by the Board of Managers in good faith with the reasonable agreement of
a Majority in Interest of the Preferred Members) immediately prior to the consummation of such
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Public Offering; and (iii) each of the parties hereto and the Entity whose Securities will be the
subject of such Initial Public Offering shall enter into, as a condition thereto, a shareholders
agreement on substantially the same terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis, as set forth herein;
provided further, that in connection with any such conversion or contribution, at
any time and from time to time following the expiration of any lock-up period for an Initial Public
Offering agreed between the Preferred Members and the underwriters of any Initial Public Offering
(but in no event more than 180 days after the consummation thereof), (A) with respect to the FRBNY
Member, for as long as the FRBNY Member owns any Preferred Units, the FRBNY Member shall, at any
time (i) during the Initial Period, upon prior consultation with, and during the 12-month period
following the date of this Agreement the prior concurrence of, the AIG Credit Facility Trust, be
entitled to make a Conversion Demand and (ii) following the Initial Period, in its sole discretion,
be entitled to make a Conversion Demand; and (B) with respect to the Majority Preferred Members,
(i) during the Initial Period, will not be entitled to make a Conversion Demand, and (ii) following
the Initial Period, shall, in their sole discretion, be entitled to make a Conversion Demand (each
of the FRBNY Member with respect to clause (A) of this proviso and the Majority Preferred Members
with respect to clause (B) of this proviso, a “Conversion Demanding Member”). For purposes
of this Section 11.14(b), a “Conversion Demand” means the Conversion Demanding
Member may demand that any shares of preferred stock issued to the Conversion Demanding Member
shall convert, in whole or in part, to shares of common stock of the Entity subject to such Public
Offering with a Trading Value that is equal to the then current liquidation preference on such
preferred stock up to a maximum number of shares of common stock of the Entity subject to such
Public Offering as are authorized but not outstanding at the time of such conversion;
provided, further, that any such conversion into shares of common stock shall occur
concurrently with and as a condition precedent to the closing of a sale by the Conversion Demanding
Member of such shares of common stock (which sale would be subject to any restrictions or lock-up
periods they may be subject to at such time or otherwise having been agreed to by the Preferred
Members pursuant to this Section 11.14 or otherwise). In connection with any such
conversion of the Company into a corporation or contribution of the Securities to a newly formed
corporation, the Company and the Preferred Members will jointly determine a sufficient (but fixed)
number of shares of common stock to be authorized by such new or successor Entity that will be
subject to such Public Offering at the time of formation under its certificate of incorporation or
comparable organizational documents as is reasonably sufficient to permit the conversion of the
preferred stock into shares of common stock of such Entity as will reasonably be necessary to
satisfy the liquidation preference of such preferred stock.
(c) Without limitation of the provisions of Sections 11.14(a) and 11.14(b),
(A) the Members agree to enter into customary lock-up agreements with the underwriters of any
Initial Public Offering and a registration rights agreement to be mutually agreed,
provided, however, that no such lock-up agreement or registration rights agreement
shall provide for any Preferred Member to be bound by any lock-up period exceeding 180 days and (B)
in connection with any Public Offering, the Company shall take all necessary actions as
expeditiously as possible to effect the registration of any Securities to be offered in any Public
Offering under the
Securities Act and/or otherwise comply with all requirements of the securities Laws of the
jurisdiction(s) governing any Public Offering and any applicable listing standards of any stock
exchange or quotation system upon which such Securities are to be listed or quoted.
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Section 11.15 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. The Members hereby
consent to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court located within the area encompassed by
the State of Delaware and irrevocably agree that all actions or proceedings arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be litigated in such courts. The Members each accept for itself
and in connection with its respective properties, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the aforesaid courts and waive any defense of forum non conveniens, and
irrevocably agree to be bound by any final, nonappealable judgment rendered thereby in connection
with this agreement.
Section 11.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. The Members waive their respective rights to a
jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement or any
dealings between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the relationship that is
being established. The Members also waive any bond or surety or security upon such bond which
might, but for this waiver, be required of any of the other parties. The scope of this waiver is
intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that
relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation, contract claims,
tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims. The Members
acknowledge that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into a business relationship, that
each has already relied on the waiver in entering into this Agreement and that each will continue
to rely on the waiver in their related future dealings. The Members further warrant and represent
that each Member has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that each Member knowingly
and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. This
waiver is irrevocable, meaning that it may not be modified either orally or in writing, and the
waiver shall apply to any subsequent amendments, renewals, supplements or modifications to this
Agreement or to any other documents or agreements relating to the transaction completed hereby. In
the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
Section 11.17 Fees and Expenses. The AIG Member will bear and pay all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the FRBNY in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its financial or
other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and counsel, in accordance with Section 8.05 of
the Credit Agreement.
Section 11.18 Regulated Insurance Companies. Each of the Members and the Company
acknowledges that the Insurance Subsidiaries are regulated Entities whose businesses are subject to
laws, regulations, directives or orders issued from time to time by the relevant regulators and no
term or condition of this Agreement shall be interpreted in any manner that would require any
Member or the Company to take any action (or cause such action to be taken) that would violate such
Laws, regulations, directives or orders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
THE COMPANY ALICO HOLDINGS LLC |
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. |
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Title: | ||||
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ALICO HOLDINGS LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ALICO HOLDINGS LLC
THE PARTIES HERETO are hereby admitted as Members and have executed this counterpart to the
Agreement as of the date first above written.
AS A SENIOR PREFERRED MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AS A JUNIOR PREFERRED MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
ALICO HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF [________________] LLC
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF [________________] LLC
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
ALICO HOLDINGS LLC,
A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Dated as of [•], 2009
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |||||
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION | 15 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Formation of Company | 15 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Name | 15 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Office; Agent for Service of Process | 15 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Term | 15 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Purpose and Scope | 15 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Authorized Acts | 15 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Fiscal Year | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTIONS | 16 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Initial Capital Contribution | 16 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Additional Capital Contributions; Additional Members | 17 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Interest Payments | 17 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Ownership and Issuance of Units | 18 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Unit Certificates | 18 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Termination of Xxxxx | 00 | ||||
Xxxxxxx 3.07 |
Voting Rights | 19 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Withdrawals | 20 | ||||
Section 3.09 |
Liability of the Members Generally | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE IV MANAGEMENT | 20 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Management and Control of the Company | 20 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Actions by the Board of Managers | 26 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
Expenses | 26 | ||||
Section 4.04 |
Exculpation | 27 | ||||
Section 4.05 |
Indemnification | 27 | ||||
Section 4.06 |
Notice of Rights | 28 | ||||
Section 4.07 |
Rights to Appoint Board Observers | 28 | ||||
Section 4.08 |
Compliance with Laws | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS | 29 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Distributions Generally | 29 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Distributions | 29 |
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Section 5.03 |
Alternate Distributions | 30 | ||||
Section 5.04 |
Mandatory Distributions | 30 | ||||
Section 5.05 |
[Intentionally Omitted] | 30 | ||||
Section 5.06 |
Ordinary Course Distributions | 30 | ||||
Section 5.07 |
Restricted Distributions | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE VI [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] | 31 | |||||
ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS | 31 | |||||
Section 7.01 |
Books and Records; Reports | 31 | ||||
Section 7.02 |
Tax Returns | 31 | ||||
Section 7.03 |
Election to Be Treated as a Corporation | 31 | ||||
Section 7.04 |
Tax Treatment of the Transactions | 31 | ||||
Section 7.05 |
Confidentiality; Access to Information | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII TRANSFERS and other LIQUIDITY rights | 33 | |||||
Section 8.01 |
Transfer in General | 33 | ||||
Section 8.02 |
Admission of Members | 34 | ||||
Section 8.03 |
Transfers in Violation of Agreement | 34 | ||||
Section 8.04 |
Demand Liquidity Event | 34 | ||||
Section 8.05 |
Drag-Along | 35 | ||||
Section 8.06 |
Participation Redemption | 36 | ||||
Section 8.07 |
Public Offerings | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDATION | 37 | |||||
Section 9.01 |
Dissolution | 37 | ||||
Section 9.02 |
Final Accounting | 37 | ||||
Section 9.03 |
Liquidation | 37 | ||||
Section 9.04 |
Cancellation of Certificate | 38 | ||||
ARTICLE X NOTICES | 38 | |||||
Section 10.01 |
Method for Notices | 38 | ||||
ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS | 39 | |||||
Section 11.01 |
Governing Law | 39 | ||||
Section 11.02 |
Amendments by the Members | 39 | ||||
Section 11.03 |
Counterparts | 40 |
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Section 11.04 |
Construction; Headings | 40 | ||||
Section 11.05 |
Severability | 40 | ||||
Section 11.06 |
Relations with Members | 40 | ||||
Section 11.07 |
Waiver of Action for Partition | 40 | ||||
Section 11.08 |
Successors and Assigns | 40 | ||||
Section 11.09 |
Entire Agreement | 41 | ||||
Section 11.10 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 41 | ||||
Section 11.11 |
Other Instruments and Acts | 41 | ||||
Section 11.12 |
Remedies and Waivers | 41 | ||||
Section 11.13 |
Public Announcements | 41 | ||||
Section 11.14 |
Initial Public Offering | 41 | ||||
Section 11.15 |
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process | 43 | ||||
Section 11.16 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 43 | ||||
Section 11.17 |
Fees and Expenses | 44 | ||||
Section 11.18 |
Regulated Insurance Companies | 44 |
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