Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) | November 24, 2015 |
Delaware | 001-33143 | 04-3106389 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
59 Maiden Lane, 43rd Floor, New York, New York | 10038 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (212) 220-7120 |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.133-4 (c)) |
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Amending and Restating Agreement related to the £300,000,000 Facility Agreement, dated November 24, 2015, among AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited, AmTrust Corporate Member Limited and AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited, AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd., AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., ING Bank N.V., London Branch, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch. |
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | |
(Registrant) |
Date | November 25, 2015 |
/s/ Stephen Ungar | |
Stephen Ungar | |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Dated | November 24, 2015 | |
AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited AmTrust Corporate Member Limited AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited as Corporate Members | ||
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AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. as Account Party | ||
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AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. as Guarantor | ||
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The Banks and Financial Institutions Listed in Schedule 1 of the Amended Facility Agreement as Original Banks | ||
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ING Bank N.V., London Branch and The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch as Mandated Lead Arrangers | ||
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ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Bookrunner, Agent, Issuing Bank and Security Trustee |
Amending and Restating Agreement relating to a Credit Facility Agreement |
CLAUSE | PAGE | ||
2. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 1 | |
3. | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT | 2 | |
4. | ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL BANK AND LEAD ARRANGER | ||
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 2 | |
6. | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE | 3 | |
7. | AMENDMENTS | 3 | |
8. | TRANSFERS | 3 | |
9. | INCORPORATION OF TERMS | 4 | |
10. | GOVERNING LAW | 4 | |
SIGNATURES TO AMENDING AND RESTATING AGREEMENT | 5 | ||
SCHEDULE 1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE | 8 |
(1) | AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited a company incorporated in England under registered number 08128684 whose registered office is at 2 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7BB ("ACCL"); |
(2) | AmTrust Corporate Member Limited a company incorporated in England under registered number 03621278 whose registered office is at 1 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AA ("ACML"); |
(3) | AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited a company incorporated in England under registered number 05264527 whose registered office is at 1 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AA ("ACM2L"); |
(4) | AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd., a company incorporated in Bermuda under registered number 9551 whose registered office is at 7 Reid Street, Suite 400, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the "Account Party"); |
(5) | AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a corporation organised under the laws of Delaware whose registered office is at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (the "Guarantor"); |
(6) | The Banks and Financial Institutions Listed In Schedule 1 of the Amended Facility Agreement (the "Original Banks"); |
(7) | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Bookrunner; |
(8) | ING Bank N.V., London Branch and The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch as Mandated Lead Arrangers (the "Lead Arrangers"); and |
(9) | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Agent; |
(10) | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank; and |
(11) | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Security Trustee. |
(A) | Under the Facility Agreement, the Banks (as defined therein) have made available to the Account Party, subject as provided therein, a letter of credit facility of up to £235,000,000 (or equivalent in other eligible currencies): |
(a) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACCL to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 2526 as constituted for the 2015 and all prior open years of account; |
(b) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACML to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 1206 as constituted for the 2015 and all prior open years of account; and |
(c) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACM2L to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 44 as constituted for the 2015 and all prior open years of account. |
(B) | The parties now wish to amend and restate the Facility Agreement further in accordance with this Agreement in order to set out the terms on which the Banks (as defined therein) have agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to increase the maximum amount of the letter of credit facility to £300,000,000 and to permit it to be used also to support the underwriting at Lloyd's of (a) ACCL as a member of Syndicate 2526, (b) ACML as a member of Syndicate 1206, and (c) ACM2L as a member of Syndicate 44, each as constituted for the 2016 year of account. |
2.2 | The provisions of clauses 1.2 to 1.9 of the Amended Facility Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if references therein to "this Agreement" were references to this Agreement. |
3.1 | With effect on and from the Effective Date, the Facility Agreement shall be amended and restated so that it shall be read and construed for all purposes as set out in the Appendix (Amended Facility Agreement). |
3.2 | From the Effective Date, any reference in any Finance Document to the Facility Agreement shall be read and construed for all purposes as a reference to the Amended Facility Agreement. |
5.1 | Subject to Clause 5.2, each Obligor represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties set out in clauses 12.2 to 12.33 of the Amended Facility Agreement, construed as if references therein to "this Agreement" were references to this Agreement, is true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified as to "material", "Material Adverse Change" or similar wording, in all respects) as at the date of this Agreement and at the Effective Date. |
5.2 | Each Obligor gives each representation and warranty under Clause 5.1 in respect of itself only, and only to the extent that the terms of the relevant clause make the relevant clause applicable in respect of it. |
(a) | The rights and obligations of the parties under the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall continue in full force and effect, uninterrupted by the amendment and restatement hereunder, save insofar as they are amended hereby. In addition: |
(i) | each Obligor that has granted Security pursuant to the Security Documents confirms that the Security created by the relevant Security Documents shall continue fully to secure the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Amended Facility Agreement; and |
(ii) | the Guarantor confirms that from the Effective Date the Guarantee given by it in clause 11 (Guarantee and indemnity) of the Facility Agreement will continue in full force and effect and will extend to all obligations of each other Obligor under the Amended Facility Agreement, |
ACCL | ||||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Peter Dewey Signature | ||
AMTRUST CORPORATE | ) | Peter Dewey PRINT NAME | ||
CAPITAL LIMITED | Director Job title | |||
ACML | ||||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Jeremy Cadle Signature | ||
AMTRUST CORPORATE | ) | Jeremy Cadle PRINT NAME | ||
MEMBER LIMITED | Director Job title | |||
ACM2L | ||||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Jeremy Cadle Signature | ||
AMTRUST CORPORATE | ) | Jeremy Cadle PRINT NAME | ||
MEMBER TWO LIMITED | Director Job title | |||
Account Party | ||||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Stephen Ungar Signature | ||
AMTRUST INTERNATIONAL | ) | Stephen Ungar PRINT NAME | ||
INSURANCE, LTD. | Secretary Job title | |||
Guarantor | ||||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Harry Schlachter Signature | ||
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. | ) | Harry Schlachter PRINT NAME | ||
SVP, Treasurer Job title |
ORIGINAL BANKS | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Ralph Booth Signature |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON | ) | Ralph Booth PRINT NAME |
BRANCH | Managing Director Job title | |
/s/ Rory McCarthy Signature | ||
Rory McCarthy PRINT NAME | ||
Director Job title | ||
BOOKRUNNER | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title | ||
MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Ralph Booth Signature |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON | ) | Ralph Booth PRINT NAME |
BRANCH | Managing Director Job title | |
/s/ Rory McCarthy Signature | ||
Rory McCarthy PRINT NAME | ||
Director Job title | ||
AGENT | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title | ||
ISSUING BANK | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title | ||
SECURITY TRUSTEE | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Mariette Groen Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Mariette Groen PRINT NAME |
Director Job title | ||
/s/ Olive Yu Signature | ||
Olive Yu PRINT NAME | ||
Vice President Job title |
1.1 | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor or confirmation from an authorised officer of each Obligor that its constitutional documents a copy of which was provided to the Agent on or about 26 November 2013 or, in respect of ACML and ACM2L, 20 December 2013 remain in full force and effect and have not been amended since that date. |
(a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Amendment Documents to which it is a Party and resolving that such Obligor execute the Amendment Documents to which it is a Party; |
(b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Amendment Documents to which such Obligor is a Party on its behalf; and |
(c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on such Obligor's behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by such Obligor under or in connection with the Amendment Documents to which it is a Party. |
1.3 | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above or confirmation from an authorised officer of each Obligor that the specimen signatures provided to the Agent on or about 26 November 2013 or, in respect of ACML and ACM2L, 20 December 2013 remain in full force and effect and have not been amended since that date. |
1.4 | A list of the directors and the secretary of each Obligor, signed by the secretary or a director of such Obligor or confirmation from an authorised officer of each Obligor that the list of the directors and company secretary provided to the Agent on or about 26 November 2013 or, in respect of ACML and ACM2L, 20 December 2013 remains in full force and effect and has not been amended since that date. |
1.5 | A certificate of each Obligor (signed by a director or other duly authorised officer) confirming that entering into the Amendment Documents and performing its obligations under the Finance Documents would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on such Obligor to be exceeded. |
1.6 | A certificate of an authorised signatory of each Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
1.7 | Where any Amendment Document is executed under a power of attorney, the original or a certified copy of such power of attorney. |
1.8 | For each Obligor organised in or qualified to do business in a jurisdiction of the United States, copies of good standing certificates from the applicable Governmental Authority for each such Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the date hereof. |
2.1 | A legal opinion of Hogan Lovells International LLP, legal advisers to the Agent in England, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.2 | A legal opinion of Locke Lord LLP, legal advisers to the Guarantor in Delaware and New York, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.3 | A legal opinion of K&L Gates LLP, legal advisers to the Guarantor in Delaware, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.4 | A legal opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, legal advisers to the Agent in Bermuda, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
3.1 | Certified copies of the audited financial statements of each Obligor for the financial year ending 31 December 2014. |
3.2 | Certified copies of the unaudited combined financial statements of the Guarantor for the period ending 30 June 2015. |
3.3 | Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Obligors pursuant to clauses 17.1 and 17.3 of the Amended Facility Agreement have been paid. |
3.4 | Confirmation that each Obligor has obtained all appropriate insurance or reinsurance regulatory authorisations. |
3.5 | This Agreement and each other Amendment Document and all documents, instruments, notices and acknowledgements required thereunder or pursuant thereto duly executed in a form satisfactory to the Agent by the relevant Obligors. |
3.6 | Such certificates and documents as any Bank may require to comply with the money laundering prevention and "know your customer" procedures then applicable to it. |
3.7 | A Managing Agent's Undertaking duly executed by AmTrust at Lloyd's Limited in respect of Syndicate 1206, Syndicate 44 and Syndicate 2526. |
CLAUSE | PAGE | |||
1 | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 2 | ||
2 | THE FACILITY - GENERAL PROVISIONS | 29 | ||
3 | THE FACILITY - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS | 30 | ||
4 | CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO LETTERS OF CREDIT | 35 | ||
5 | REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNITIES | 37 | ||
6 | PAYMENTS | 38 | ||
7 | NO SET-OFF, COUNTERCLAIM OR TAX DEDUCTION | 39 | ||
8 | ACCOUNTS OF THE BANK | 47 | ||
9 | APPLICATION OF MONEYS | 47 | ||
10 | COLLATERAL | 48 | ||
11 | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY | 49 | ||
12 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 52 | ||
13 | UNDERTAKINGS | 59 | ||
14 | FINANCIAL COVENANT | 72 | ||
15 | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 73 | ||
16 | SECURITY OVER BANKS’ RIGHTS | 77 | ||
17 | FEES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITIES | 77 | ||
18 | MITIGATION BY THE BANKS | 80 | ||
19 | INCREASED COST | 80 | ||
20 | ILLEGALITY | 82 | ||
21 | THE AGENT AND THE LEAD ARRANGERS | 83 | ||
22 | THE SECURITY TRUSTEE | 87 | ||
23 | RETIREMENT OF A SERVICE BANK | 89 | ||
24 | LIMITS OF THE SERVICE BANKS’ OBLIGATIONS | 90 | ||
25 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE BANKS | 92 | ||
26 | SHARING OF PAYMENTS | 92 | ||
27 | ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS | 93 | ||
28 | DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION | 96 | ||
29 | SET-OFF | 98 | ||
30 | USA PATRIOT ACT | 98 | ||
31 | MISCELLANEOUS | 98 | ||
32 | OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES | 99 | ||
33 | FURTHER ASSURANCE | 99 | ||
34 | NOTICES | 99 | ||
35 | APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION | 102 |
SCHEDULE 1: | BANKS AND COMMITMENTS | 104 | |
SCHEDULE 2: | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE | 105 |
SCHEDULE 3: | FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE | 107 | |
SCHEDULE 4: | FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT | 111 | |
SCHEDULE 5: | FORM OF APPLICATION | 116 | |
SCHEDULE 6: | FORM OF CANCELLATION NOTICE OF ISSUED LETTER OF CREDIT | 117 | |
SCHEDULE 7: | FORM OF REDUCTION NOTICE FOR ISSUED LETTER OF CREDIT | 118 | |
SCHEDULE 8: | FORM OF INCREASE OR AMENDMENT NOTICE FOR ISSUED LETTER OF CREDIT | 119 | |
SCHEDULE 9: | FORM OF EXTENSION NOTICE FOR ISSUED LETTER OF CREDIT | 120 | |
SCHEDULE 10: | FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE | 121 | |
SCHEDULE 11: | ELIGIBLE COLLATERAL | 123 | |
SCHEDULE 12: | FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE | 125 | |
SCHEDULE 13: | PERMITTED TAX INCENTIVE FINANCING TRANSACTIONS | 126 | |
SCHEDULE 14: | EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS | 127 | |
SCHEDULE 15: | EXISTING SECURITY | 130 | |
SCHEDULE 16: | EXISTING INVESTMENTS | 131 |
(1) | AMTRUST CORPORATE CAPITAL LIMITED a company incorporated in England under registered number 08128684 whose registered office is at 2 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7BB (“ACCL”); |
(2) | AMTRUST CORPORATE MEMBER LIMITED a company incorporated in England under registered number 03621278 whose registered office is at 1 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AA ("ACML"); |
(3) | AMTRUST CORPORATE MEMBER TWO LIMITED a company incorporated in England under registered number 05264527 whose registered office is at 1 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AA ("ACM2L"); |
(4) | AMTRUST INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE, LTD., a company incorporated in Bermuda under registered number 9551 whose registered office is at 7 Reid Street, Suite 400, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the “Account Party”); |
(5) | AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a corporation organised under the laws of Delaware whose registered office is at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (the “Guarantor”); |
(6) | THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 (the “Original Banks”); |
(7) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH as Bookrunner; |
(8) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON BRANCH as Mandated Lead Arrangers (the "Lead Arrangers"); |
(9) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH as Agent; |
(10) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH as Issuing Bank; and |
(11) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH as Security Trustee. |
(a) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACCL to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 2526 as constituted for the 2014 and all prior open years of account; |
(b) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACML to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 1206 as constituted for the 2016 and all prior open years of account and as a member of Syndicate 2526 as constituted for the 2015 and 2016 years of account; and |
(c) | to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of ACM2L to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 44 as constituted for the 2016 and all prior open years of account. |
(a) | has a long-term credit rating issued by S&P of A or better, or an equivalent rating issued by Moody’s or AM Best; |
(b) | carries on business as a custodian in New York; |
(c) | has all necessary licences and permissions to permit it to do so in accordance with all applicable laws; and |
(d) | is acceptable to the Agent, acting reasonably; |
(a) | where a Full Collateralisation Event has not occurred, or where a Full Collateralisation Event has occurred but the applicable Full Collateralisation Date has not yet occurred, 35 per cent or such higher percentage as the Account Party shall have specified to the Agent in writing from time to time, which percentage shall take effect from the first day of the month following the date such percentage is notified to the Agent in writing; and |
(b) | following the occurrence of a Full Collateralisation Event, and with effect from the applicable Full Collateralisation Date, 100 per cent. |
(a) | the insurance department or similar Governmental Authority located in the state or jurisdiction (domestic or foreign) in which such Regulated Insurance Company is domiciled; or |
(b) | to the extent asserting regulatory jurisdiction over such Regulated Insurance Company, the insurance department, authority or agency in each state or jurisdiction (domestic or foreign) in which such Regulated Insurance Company is licensed, and shall include any federal or national insurance regulatory department, authority or agency that may be created and that asserts insurance regulatory jurisdiction over such Regulated Insurance Company. |
(a) | any Original Bank, unless it has transferred the whole of its rights and obligations hereunder to another bank or financial institution by way of Transfer Certificate in accordance with this Agreement; and |
(b) | a bank or financial institution to which any rights and obligations hereunder have been transferred by way of Transfer Certificate in accordance with this Agreement, unless such bank or financial institution has transferred the whole of those rights and obligations to another bank or financial institution by way of Transfer Certificate in accordance with this Agreement; |
(a) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
(b) | the rules for global systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
(c) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”. |
(a) | any Eligible Collateral held in the Secured Account, the Sterling Equivalent Amount of the mark-to-market value thereof multiplied by the applicable Advance Rate, and with respect to any Collateral other than Eligible Collateral, zero, provided that if any of the assets in the Secured Account is at any time allocated to the long-term insurance fund of the Account Party, the Collateral Value of all assets in the Secured Account shall be zero; and |
(b) | any cash held in the Deposit Account, the value of that cash. |
(a) | in relation to an Original Bank, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (Banks and Commitments) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement (or the Sterling Equivalent Amount thereof determined at the date of each utilisation); and |
(b) | in relation to any other Bank, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement (or the Sterling Equivalent Amount thereof determined at the date of each utilisation); |
(a) | any Obligor or member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(b) | another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any Obligor or member of the Group or any of its advisers; |
(i) | is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 28 (Disclosure of information); or |
(ii) | is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Obligor or member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(iii) | is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, which, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality. |
(a) | Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus |
(b) | to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income: |
(i) | consolidated interest expense; |
(ii) | expense for Taxes paid or accrued; |
(iii) | depreciation; |
(iv) | amortisation; and |
(v) | extraordinary losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of business; minus |
(c) | to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary gains realised other than in the ordinary course of business, all calculated, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis. |
(a) | the sum of: |
(i) | the maximum cash dividends available to the Guarantor from its Regulated Insurance Companies on such date (without prior approval from any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority); plus |
(ii) | an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to AMT Warranty, Builders, AmCom, Oryx, TMI, AMT Warranty Solutions, CNH Canada, CNH, FNC and Risk Services for the Test Period then ended; to |
(b) | the sum of: |
(i) | the aggregate amount of all scheduled principal payments on all Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the next succeeding four fiscal quarters of the Guarantor (other than any balloon, bullet or similar payment which repays such Indebtedness in full); plus |
(ii) | the Consolidated Interest Expense for the Test Period then ended; plus |
(iii) | all Consolidated Shareholder Distributions made during the Test Period then ended. |
(a) | Consolidated Total Debt (excluding the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures and Permitted Qualifying Subordinated Indebtedness, provided that the amount so excluded shall not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth (calculated as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter by reference to the Guarantor’s financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Clause 13.4(c)(i) (Audited Financial Statements)); |
(b) | Consolidated Total Capitalisation. |
(a) | the principal amount of all outstanding Consolidated Total Debt; and |
(b) | Consolidated Net Worth |
(a) | the Maiden Debt; |
(b) | the aggregate principal amount outstanding in respect of the Guarantor’s obligations to repurchase securities pursuant to Repurchase Agreements; |
(c) | the aggregate amount of the Repurchase Liability; and |
(d) | the aggregate amount of Guarantees otherwise included in such Indebtedness. |
(a) | Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms; and |
(b) | Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC; |
(a) | matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case other than solely for capital stock in such Person that does not constitute Disqualified Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such capital stock and at any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the last day of the Commitment Period; or |
(b) | is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interest referred to in paragraph (a) above (other than solely for capital stock in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such capital stock), in each case at any time prior to the first anniversary of the last day of the Commitment Period; |
(a) | a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or |
(b) | the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party: |
(i) | from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents, |
(a) | any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); |
(b) | any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived; |
(c) | the determination that any Plan is in “at-risk status” (within the meaning of Section 412(c) of the Code and Section 302(d) of ERISA); |
(d) | the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; |
(e) | the incurrence by the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; |
(f) | the receipt by the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; |
(g) | the requirement that a Plan provide a security pursuant to Section 436(f)(i) of the Code or the utilisation by a Plan of the provision of a security pursuant to Section 436(f) of the Code; |
(h) | the receipt by the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganisation, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; |
(i) | the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries engaging in a “prohibited transaction” with respect to a Plan for which the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary could otherwise be liable; |
(j) | any other event or condition with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries under Title IV of ERISA; or |
(k) | any Foreign Benefit Event. |
(a) | the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due 2037 of the Guarantor in the original aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000; |
(b) | the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due 2036 of the Guarantor in the original aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000; |
(c) | the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due March 2035 of the Guarantor in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000; and |
(d) | the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due June 2035 of the Guarantor in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 |
(a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations or other official guidance; |
(b) | any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (a) above; or |
(c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction; |
(a) | in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014; and |
(b) | in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019, or |
(c) | in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019, |
(a) | the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority; |
(b) | the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments; |
(c) | the receipt of a notice by a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate such Foreign Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging the insolvency of such Foreign Pension Plan; |
(d) | the incurrence of any liability by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Pension Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein; or |
(e) | the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable Law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, or the imposition on the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any applicable Law. |
(a) | to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation; |
(b) | to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation; or |
(c) | to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation; |
(a) | all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, including, for the avoidance of doubt, promissory notes; |
(b) | all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; |
(c) | all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued; |
(d) | all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person; |
(e) | all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business on normal trade terms and not overdue by more than 90 days); |
(f) | all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property; |
(g) | all Capital Lease Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such Person; |
(h) | all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; |
(i) | the redemption price of all redeemable preferred stock of such Person (but not accrued dividends on any preferred stock), but only to the extent that such stock is redeemable at the option of the holder or requires sinking fund or similar payments at any time prior to the Maturity Date; and |
(j) | all Guarantees (other than Non-Recourse Secured Debt Guarantees) by such Person in respect of Indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in Clauses (a) through (i) above. |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than that period; and |
(b) | the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds that period, |
(a) | the Existing Debentures; and |
(b) | any other subordinated debentures which: |
(i) | by their terms (or by the terms of any security into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event mature or are mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or are redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof on or after the Maturity Date; |
(ii) | are issued pursuant to the Existing Indentures; |
(iii) | are issued to a TOPS Trust which issues to investors, simultaneously with the issues of such debentures, trust preferred securities having substantially similar terms as such debentures; |
(iv) | mature after, and do not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 367 days after the Maturity Date; and |
(v) | are reasonably acceptable to the Agent, |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate; or |
(b) | if no Screen Rate is available for that period, the Interpolated Screen Rate for that period; or |
(c) | if no Screen Rate is available for that period and it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for that period, the Reference Bank Rate, |
(a) | Lloyd’s Acts 1871-1982 and the byelaws and regulations of Lloyd’s applicable and in force from time to time; and |
(b) | the rules and regulations of the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority, as applicable (or any successor thereto), which may apply to Lloyd’s or managing agents at Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(a) | if there are no Letters of Credit then outstanding, a Bank or Banks whose Commitments aggregate more than 66 2⁄3% of the Aggregate Commitment (or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66 2⁄3% of the Aggregate Commitment immediately prior to the reduction); or |
(b) | at any other time, a Bank or Banks whose participations in the Letters of Credit then outstanding aggregate more than 66 2⁄3% of all the Letters of Credit then outstanding. |
(a) | the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; |
(b) | the ability of the Obligors to perform their payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
(c) | the validity or enforceability of any of the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent and the Banks thereunder. |
(a) | in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests of such Person, upon the consummation thereof, such acquired Person or any Person formed in connection with such acquisition shall be a Subsidiary of the Guarantor; |
(b) | in the case of the acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of or of any business, business unit or division of any Person, in each case, upon the consummation thereof, such property, business, business unit or division shall be wholly-owned directly by the Guarantor or one or more Subsidiaries of the Guarantor; |
(c) | no Potential Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom; |
(d) | after giving effect to such acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Guarantor shall be in compliance with Clause 14.4 as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended; |
(e) | neither the Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with any such transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness or other liability (including any material tax or ERISA liability) of the related seller or the business, Person or properties acquired, except (A) to the extent permitted under Clause 13.2(s) and (B) obligations not constituting Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and necessary or desirable to the continued operation of the underlying properties, and any other such liabilities or obligations not permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary hereunder shall be paid in full or released as to the business, Persons or properties being so acquired on or before the consummation of such acquisition; |
(f) | the Person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a business of the type that the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged in under Clause 13.2(y), the property acquired in connection with any such transaction shall be free and clear of any Security or Quasi-Security, other than Permitted Encumbrances and the property to be acquired is to be used in a business of the type that the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged in under Clause 13.2(y); |
(g) | the Board of Directors of the Person to be acquired shall not have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition (which opposition has not been publicly withdrawn); |
(h) | transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in accordance with all applicable requirements of Law; and |
(i) | at least 5 Business Days prior to the proposed date of consummation of the transaction involving consideration in excess of $300,000,000, the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Guarantor certifying that (A) such transaction complies with this definition (which shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such compliance), and (B) such transaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
(a) | acquires a call option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to such Obligor shares of common stock of such Obligor, the cash value of such shares or a combination thereof from time to time upon exercise of such option; and/or |
(b) | issues to the counterparty thereto warrants to acquire common stock of such Obligor. |
(i) | the terms, conditions and covenants of each such Derivative shall be such as are typical and customary for Derivatives of such type (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Obligor in good faith); and |
(ii) | in the case of paragraph (b) above, each such Derivative, at the time of execution, would be classified as an equity instrument in accordance with EITF 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), and the settlement of such Derivative does not require such Obligor to make any payment in cash or cash equivalents that would disqualify such Derivative from so being classified as an equity instrument. |
(a) | both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom; |
(b) | such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 367 days after the Maturity Date (it being understood that the settlement of any early conversion as a result of circumstances described in Section 4.01 in effect as of the Effective Date ("Right to Convert") of the Existing Notes Indenture or (ii) required repurchase following a "Fundamental Change" (as defined in the Existing Notes Indenture in effect as of the Effective Date) (i.e. prior to the stated maturity date of the Indebtedness) of any Permitted Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms thereof shall not be considered a maturity, scheduled amortization or other scheduled payment of principal prior to the date that is 367 days after the Maturity Date); |
(c) | such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of such Obligor; and |
(d) | the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under this definition shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time outstanding. |
(a) | Liens for Taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; |
(b) | carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person; |
(c) | pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA; |
(d) | Liens given in lieu of surety, stay or appeal bonds or deposits required by law or any governmental regulations, court order or judgment as a condition to the transaction of business or the exercise of any right, privilege or license; |
(e) | Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Clause 15.1(i) (Final Judgment); |
(f) | easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor; |
(g) | Liens granted in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices on invested assets pursuant to trust, withheld balances or other security arrangements in connection with (i) reinsurance policies entered into in the ordinary course of business or (ii) regulatory requirements; |
(h) | Liens granted or arising in the ordinary course of business under or in connection with Insurance Products; and |
(i) | Liens created by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor in the ordinary course of business over deposits or investments pursuant to statutory or regulatory requirements of any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority as a condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued by it or to satisfy regulatory capital or other financial responsibility requirements’ |
(a) | direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; |
(b) | investments in commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s; |
(c) | investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; |
(d) | fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and |
(e) | money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and |
(f) | in the case of Subsidiaries doing business outside of the United States, investments that are substantially similar, and of comparable credit quality, to those set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above. |
(a) | (other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in the relevant currency and for the relevant period were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or |
(b) | if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the applicable Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator. |
(a) | the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Obligor; |
(b) | the jurisdiction of the principal office of such Obligor; and |
(c) | the jurisdiction whose laws govern the Security Documents, or the perfection of the security interests provided therein. |
(a) | the Applicable Collateral Percentage of the Sterling Equivalent Amount of the sum of: |
(i) | the face amount of all issued Letters of Credit, and |
(ii) | any amount by which (i) will be increased following the issue of any Letter of Credit which is the subject of an outstanding Application or following an increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit requested under Clause 3.12 (Changes to issued Letters of Credit); plus |
(b) | except where the Applicable Collateral Percentage is 100 per cent: |
(i) | the Sterling Equivalent Amount of 100 per cent of the amount of any Net Solvency Shortfall attributable to any Corporate Member on any open year of account less the amount of any cash or other assets deposited into the personal reserves of such Corporate Member which are treated by Lloyd’s as available to meet that Net Solvency Shortfall; plus |
(ii) | the amount by which the Sterling Equivalent Amount of the face amount of all issued Letters of Credit exceeds £300,000,000; plus |
(iii) | the amount of any increases resulting from Clause 7.11(b) or Clause 20.3 (Immediate collateralisation). |
(a) | in the case of any amount denominated in Sterling, that amount; |
(b) | in the case of any amount denominated in a currency other than Sterling, that amount converted into Sterling at such rate of exchange as the Agent may select based on the rates of exchange used in its books, acting reasonably. |
(a) | represent more than 10% of the consolidated assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014; or |
(b) | are responsible for generating more than 10% of the consolidated net revenues or of the Consolidated Net Income of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above. |
(a) | any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, emission rights, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement; and |
(b) | any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Swap Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Swap Master Agreement; |
(i) | any right, option, warrant or other award made under an employee benefit plan, employment contract or other similar arrangement; or |
(ii) | any right, warrant or option or other convertible or exchangeable security or other instrument issued by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries for capital raising purposes. |
(a) | that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP; and |
(b) | in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is the lessor. |
(a) | an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America; or |
(b) | an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the United States for US federal income tax purposes; |
(a) | any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and |
(b) | any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere. |
1.2 | Interpretation |
2.1 | Overall Maximum Limit |
2.2 | Banks’ Participations |
(a) | in the Facility, up to an aggregate maximum principal amount not exceeding its Commitment; and |
(b) | in any Letter of Credit, in the proportion which its Commitment bears to the Aggregate Commitment on the Issuance Date. |
2.3 | Corporate Members’ agent |
2.4 | Cancellation |
2.5 | Mandatory cancellation |
2.6 | Position after expiry of Commitment Period |
2.7 | Obligations of Banks several |
(a) | no Bank shall be liable for the failure of any other Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; and |
(b) | the failure of a Bank to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents shall not relieve any other Bank or any Obligor from any of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder. |
2.8 | Rights of Banks several |
(a) | the aggregate of the amounts outstanding at any time under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to each Bank shall be due as a separate and independent debt; and |
(b) | except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, each Bank shall have the right to sue for any amount due and payable to it from any Obligor under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents and it shall not be necessary for any other Bank to be joined as an additional party in any proceedings to that end. |
2.9 | Restrictions on other proceedings by individual Banks |
2.10 | Parties bound by certain actions of the Majority Banks |
(a) | any instruction or authorisation given by the Majority Banks to the Issuing Bank, the Agent or the Security Trustee under or in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(b) | any action taken (or in good faith purportedly taken) by the Issuing Bank, the Agent or the Security Trustee in accordance with such an instruction or authorisation. |
2.11 | Rights apply in all capacities |
3. | THE FACILITY - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS |
3.1 | Purpose |
(a) | form part of the Funds at Lloyd’s of ACCL to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 2526 as constituted for the 2014 year of account and all prior open years of account as at the date hereof; and |
(b) | form part of the Funds at Lloyd's of ACML to support its underwriting at Lloyd's as a member of Syndicate 2526 as constituted for the 2015 and 2016 years of account; |
(c) | form part of the Funds at Lloyd's of ACML to support its underwriting at Lloyd’s as a member of Syndicate 1206 as constituted for all years of account which are open as at the date hereof and the 2016 year of account; and |
(d) | form part of the Funds at Lloyd’s of ACM2L to support its underwriting at Lloyd’s as a member of Syndicate 44 as constituted for all years of account which are open as at the date hereof and the 2016 year of account. |
3.2 | Maximum limit |
3.3 | Currency and amount |
(a) | The Facility will be available in Sterling, Euros, Dollars and any other currency agreed by all of the Banks. |
(b) | The amount of a proposed Letter of Credit as specified in an Application must be such that, following the issue of that Letter of Credit, the Sterling Equivalent Amount of the face value of all of the Letters of Credit, excluding any Letter of Credit which is intended to be replaced and released for cancellation substantially simultaneously with the issue of the proposed Letter of Credit, will not be more than the Available Facility. |
3.4 | Conditions precedent |
(a) | in respect of the first Application only: |
(i) | the Agent or its legal advisers have received the documents and evidence described in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent Documents and Evidence) of the Amending and Restating Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to them; and the Agent shall notify the Account Party promptly upon being so satisfied; |
(ii) | the representations and warranties in Clause 12 are true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified as to "material", "Material Adverse Change" or similar wording, in all respects) as at the first Application Date; |
(iii) | the Financial Strength Rating of the Account Party was not lower on the first Application Date than on the date of this Agreement, namely A-; and |
(iv) | in respect of each Obligor there has been no event, development or circumstance since the date of the latest audited financial statements of that Obligor or the date of the latest unaudited combined financial statements of the Guarantor or (other, in either case, than those disclosed in any 10-Q, 10-K or 8K filings made by the Guarantor since that date) that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, operations or property (financial or otherwise) of such Obligor; |
(b) | the Issuing Bank has received a duly completed Application in respect of that Letter of Credit; |
(c) | the Custodian has provided a statement showing that the Collateral Value is equal to the Required Collateral Amount as it would be following the issuance of that Letter of Credit; |
(d) | the Agent has received payment of the fees, costs and expenses specified in Clause 17 or in any other Finance Document to the extent due and payable; |
(e) | the Repeating Representations are true and correct in all material respects at the Application Date and on the proposed Issuance Date of that Letter of Credit; |
(f) | the Agent is satisfied that, upon receipt of the Letter of Credit issued on behalf of a Corporate Member, Lloyd’s will issue, in a form acceptable to the Agent, a Letter of Comfort addressed to that Corporate Member setting out the intended order of application of the Funds at Lloyd’s of that Corporate Member in respect of Lloyd’s obligations allocable to each year of account of the Syndicate of which that Corporate Member is a member for the time being remaining open, being an order consistent with Clause 3.6; |
(g) | the Agent is provided with evidence of all FAL supporting the Corporate Members from Lloyd’s; |
(h) | none of the circumstances specified in Clause 20 (Illegality) is subsisting; and |
(i) | no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or will arise following the issuance of that Letter of Credit. |
3.5 | Waiver of conditions precedent |
3.6 | Order of application of Funds at Lloyd’s |
(b) | SECOND: only after the Primary FAL in respect of such Corporate Member has been exhausted, the Letters of Credit which are available to be applied in relation to the business of such Corporate Member. |
3.7 | Letter of Comfort |
(a) | the Coming Into Line Date for each new year of account; |
(b) | the relevant date prescribed by Lloyd’s for the purposes of mid-year coming into line; |
(c) | any date on which any Letter of Credit is issued or there is any change in the face value of any Letter of Credit; |
(d) | any date on which any cash or assets are added to or withdrawn from its Primary FAL for purposes of coming-into-line or by way of the release of excess FAL; |
(e) | any date on which any person who is not then a third party depositor of any FAL included in its Primary FAL transfers cash or assets to Lloyd’s to form part of its Primary FAL; and |
(f) | any date on which: (i) any letter of credit other than a Letter of Credit is added to its Primary FAL; or (ii) any letter of credit which forms part of its Primary FAL is released by Lloyd’s; |
3.8 | Application required |
(a) | If the Account Party wishes the Issuing Bank (on behalf of the Banks) to issue a Letter of Credit on behalf of one or more of the Corporate Members, it must make its Application and give it to the Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. London time two Banking Days before the proposed Issuance Date (or, in respect of the first Application only, not later than 12:00 p.m. London time on the Banking Day before the proposed Issuance Date). Each Application shall be effective on receipt by the Agent. |
(b) | Each Application shall be irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
(i) | it specifies that it is for a Letter of Credit; |
(ii) | the proposed Issuance Date is a Banking Day within the Commitment Period; |
(iii) | the currency and amount of the Letter of Credit applied for are in compliance with Clause 3.3; |
(iv) | the form of Letter of Credit is attached; and |
(v) | the delivery instructions for the Letter of Credit are specified. |
3.9 | Condition of effectiveness of Applications |
3.10 | Issuance of Letters of Credit |
(a) | Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and, in particular, but without limitation, Clause 2.1, the Issuing Bank (on behalf of the Banks) will issue each Letter of Credit on the applicable Issuance Date in accordance with the Application made by the Account Party. |
(b) | The amount of each Bank’s participation in each Letter of Credit will be equal to the proportion borne by its Commitment to the Aggregate Commitment immediately prior to the issuance of the Letter of Credit. |
(c) | Where, as provided in Clause 3.12(a)(i), an Application requests that a new Letter of Credit is issued on the basis that it will replace an existing Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may in its discretion decline to issue such new Letter of Credit if, acting reasonably, it is not satisfied that it will receive the existing Letter of Credit for cancellation within three Banking Days after the issue of the new Letter of Credit. |
(d) | If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Issuing Bank shall notify the Banks of the Application and confirm satisfaction of such conditions and the Issuing Bank is hereby authorised to arrange for the issue or amendment of any Letter of Credit by: |
(i) | completing the Commencement Date (as defined therein), and the other items marked in square brackets in such Letter of Credit; |
(ii) | completing the schedule to such Letter of Credit with the percentage participation of each Bank as allocated pursuant to the terms hereof; |
(iii) | with the prior consent of all of the Banks, amending such Letter of Credit in such manner as Lloyd’s may agree; and |
(iv) | executing such Letter of Credit on behalf of each Bank and following such execution delivering such Letter of Credit to Lloyd’s on the Issuance Date. |
(e) | The Issuing Bank shall notify each Bank, no later than two Banking Days prior to the proposed Issuance Date (or by such shorter time as may be agreed to by all of the Banks), of the Letter of Credit that is to be issued by the Issuing Bank on behalf of the Banks, the proposed term, the aggregate principal amount of the Letter of Credit and the amount of the Letter of Credit allocated to such Bank pursuant to this Agreement. |
3.11 | Applied Letters of Credit |
(a) | a supplementary Letter of Credit will be issued in an amount equal to the sum paid under the Applied Letter of Credit and having an expiry date which is the same as that of the Applied Letter of Credit; or |
(b) | the Applied Letter of Credit will be amended by increasing the amount thereof by an amount equal to the sum so paid. |
3.12 | Changes to issued Letters of Credit |
(a) | Subject to there being no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default which is continuing, and subject to confirmation from Lloyd’s in a form satisfactory to the Agent that it will permit the same, the Account Party may request the Issuing Bank to: |
(i) | replace an issued Letter of Credit, on terms whereby an existing Letter of Credit will be released for cancellation substantially simultaneously with the issue of a new Letter of Credit, by including the appropriate wording (shown in Schedule 5 (Form of Application)) in the Application for the new Letter of Credit; |
(ii) | cancel an issued Letter of Credit by way of an application in the form of Schedule 6 and release the Collateral held by the Custodian in respect of that Letter of Credit in accordance with Clause 10.1; |
(iii) | decrease an issued Letter of Credit by way of an application in the form of Schedule 7 and release the Collateral held by the Custodian in accordance with Clause 10.1 to the extent of the reduction in the aggregate face value of that Letter of Credit; |
(iv) | subject to Clause 3.2, increase or amend an issued Letter of Credit by way of an application in the form of Schedule 8; or |
(v) | subject to Clause 2.6, extend the expiry date of an issued Letter of Credit by way of an application in the form of Schedule 9. |
(b) | The Issuing Bank shall act on a request of the Account Party under Clause 3.12(a) within four Banking Days of its receipt of that request provided that, in the case of a request for the replacement of a Letter of Credit, an increase in the amount of a Letter of Credit or the extension of the expiry date of a Letter of Credit: |
(i) | the Account Party has deposited Collateral in accordance with Clause 10.1 in respect of any increase to the aggregate face value of the new or amended Letter of Credit; |
(ii) | the Agent has received payment of the fees, costs and expenses specified in Clause 17 or in any other Finance Document to the extent due and payable; |
(iii) | the Repeating Representations are true and correct in all material respects at the date of the request and will, so far as any Obligor is aware, be true and correct in all material respects on the proposed effective date (as provided in paragraph (c) below) of the increase or extension of the Letter of Credit, or on the proposed Issuance Date of the replacement Letter of Credit, as applicable; |
(iv) | none of the circumstances specified in Clause 20 (Illegality) is subsisting; |
(v) | the Account Party has confirmed in its request under Clause 3.12(a) that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or, so far as it is aware, will arise on or before the proposed effective date (as provided in paragraph (c) below) of the increase or extension of the Letter of Credit, or on or before the proposed Issuance Date of the replacement Letter of Credit, as applicable; and |
(vi) | the request is made on, and is due to take effect on, a Banking Day within the Commitment Period. |
(c) | Where the Issuing Bank acts on a request of the Account Party under Clause 3.12(a), such cancellation, increase, decrease or extension shall take effect, for all purposes under this Agreement: |
(i) | in respect of an increase or extension of expiry date or other amendment, as from the day on which the Issuing Bank gives notice to Lloyd’s of the relevant change; and |
(ii) | in respect of a decrease or cancellation, as from the day on which Lloyd’s confirms in writing to the Issuing Bank that it agrees to the relevant change. |
3.13 | Termination |
4. | CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO LETTERS OF CREDIT |
4.1 | Terms of Letters of Credit |
4.2 | Authority to Banks to pay |
4.3 | Role of Issuing Bank |
(a) | Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Issuing Bank a trustee or fiduciary of any other Person. The Issuing Bank shall not be bound to account to any Bank for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
(b) | Upon receiving notice of any demand for payment under a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall notify the Banks, and each Bank shall assume responsibility for the performance of its obligations under the Letter of Credit in respect of the demand. |
(c) | Save to the extent of its own payment obligation in its capacity as a Bank, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to make any payment in respect of any demand for payment under a Letter of Credit, and |
(d) | The Issuing Bank may: |
(i) | accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group; |
(ii) | rely on any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised and any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any Person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify; or |
(iii) | engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts. |
(e) | The Issuing Bank is not responsible for: |
(i) | the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) provided by any Bank or Obligor, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement; or |
(ii) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement. |
4.4 | Exclusion of Bank’s liability |
(a) | Each Letter of Credit shall be opened entirely at the risk of the Obligors. |
(b) | Any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank or any of its correspondents or agents under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, shall be binding on Obligors and shall not place the Issuing Bank under any liability to the Obligors. |
(c) | Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 4.4(b), in the event of any uncertainty or ambiguity in any instructions given to the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank may, at its discretion, either (a) act upon its understanding of the meaning of such instructions, or (b) take no action until the relevant Obligor upon written request by the Issuing Bank clarifies such instructions to the Issuing Bank’s satisfaction. The Issuing Bank shall not be held liable for any losses incurred by any Obligor as a result of any action which the Issuing Bank takes in the light of such instructions. |
(d) | No Bank or Obligor (other than the Issuing Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Issuing Bank in respect of any claim it might have against the Issuing Bank or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to this Agreement. |
4.5 | Propriety of demand |
4.6 | Incorporation of ISP 98 and conditions of Application |
5. | REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNITIES |
5.1 | Reimbursement |
5.2 | Obligors’ Indemnity |
5.3 | Payments and interest |
5.4 | Maximum Rate of Interest |
5.5 | No requirement to apply Collateral |
5.6 | Banks’ Indemnities |
(a) | Each Bank shall (according to its Commitment) immediately on demand indemnify each Service Bank against any cost, loss or liability incurred by such Service Bank (otherwise than by reason of such Service Bank’s fraud, negligence or misconduct) in acting as a Service Bank in connection with any Letter of Credit (unless such Service Bank has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document). |
(b) | The obligations of each Bank under this Clause are continuing obligations and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by that Bank in respect of any Letter of Credit, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. |
(c) | The obligations of any Bank under this Clause will not be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any other Person) including: |
(i) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or other Person; |
(ii) | the release of any other Obligor or any other Person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor or any Obligor; |
(iii) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or Security over assets of, any Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or other Person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any Security; |
(iv) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or any other Person; |
(v) | any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other document or Security; |
(vi) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any Person under any Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other document or Security; or |
(vii) | any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
6. | PAYMENTS |
6.1 | Place of payment |
(a) | by not later than 3:00 p.m. (London time); |
(b) | in the case of the reimbursement of a Bank of an amount paid by that Bank in another currency, or interest on such amount, in that currency; |
(c) | in the case of any amount not falling in (b), in Sterling; and |
(d) | to such account of the Issuing Bank, Agent or Security Trustee as the Issuing Bank, Agent or Security Trustee (as the case may be) shall notify to the Obligors and the Banks in writing from time to time. |
6.2 | Availability of funds conditional upon receipt by Agent |
6.3 | Refunds by Banks |
(a) | on demand refund such amount to the Agent or the Issuing Bank or the Security Trustee, and |
(b) | pay to the Agent or the Issuing Bank or the Security Trustee on demand such further amount (as conclusively certified by the Agent or the Issuing Bank) as shall indemnify the Agent or the Issuing Bank or the Security Trustee against any cost, loss, liability or expense suffered or incurred by the Agent or the Issuing Bank or the Security Trustee as a result of its having made available such amount to that Bank or the Security Trustee (as appropriate) before receiving it from such Obligor. |
6.4 | Non-Banking Days |
(a) | the payment or payments due shall be made on the first Banking Day thereafter, provided this falls in the same calendar month; and |
(b) | if it does not, payment shall fall due and be made on the immediately preceding Banking Day. |
6.5 | Accrual of interest and periodic payments |
7. | NO SET-OFF, COUNTERCLAIM OR TAX DEDUCTION |
7.1 | Definitions |
(a) | In this Clause 7: |
(i) | where it relates to a Treaty Bank that is an Original Bank, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated opposite that Bank’s name in Schedule 1 (Banks and Commitments), and is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date of this Agreement; or |
(ii) | where it relates to a Treaty Bank that is a Transferee Bank, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated in respect of that Bank in the relevant Transfer Certificate, and is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the relevant Transfer Date; |
(i) | a Bank: |
(1) | which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payments apart from section 18A of the CTA; or |
(2) | in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the ITA) at the time that that |
(ii) | a Bank which is: |
(1) | a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; |
(2) | a partnership each member of which is: |
(3) | a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company; |
(4) | a Treaty Bank; or |
(5) | a Bank which is a building society (as defined for the purpose of section 880 of the ITA). |
(i) | a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; |
(ii) | a partnership each member of which is: |
(1) | a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or |
(2) | a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or |
(iii) | a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company. |
(i) | is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty; |
(ii) | does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Bank’s participation in the Facility is effectively connected; and |
(iii) | fulfils any conditions which must be fulfilled under the Treaty (as defined below) for residents of that Treaty State to obtain exemption from United Kingdom taxation on interest, except that for this purpose it is assumed that there are fulfilled: |
(1) | any condition contained in the Treaty which relates to the amount or terms of the Facility or to there being a special relationship between the Account Party and a bank or between both of them and another person by reason of which the amount of interest paid exceeds the amount which would have been paid in the absence of such relationship; and |
(2) | any necessary procedural formalities. |
(b) | Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 7 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination. |
7.2 | No set-off or counterclaim |
(a) | without set-off or counterclaim; and |
(b) | free and clear of, and without, any Tax Deduction unless the Obligor is required by law to make a Tax Deduction. |
7.3 | Gross-up |
(a) | such Obligor shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of such requirement; |
(b) | such Obligor shall pay the Finance Party to which the payment in respect of which such Tax Deduction is made such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the Finance Party receives (after any Tax Deduction has been made, including any deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Clause 7.3) a net amount equal to the full amount which that Finance Party would have received had the payment not been subject to such a Tax Deduction; and |
(c) | such Obligor shall make such a Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with it within the time allowed, and in the minimum amount required, by law. |
7.4 | Exceptions to gross-up |
(a) | A payment shall not be increased under Clause 7.3 above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Tax imposed by the United Kingdom, if on the date on which the payment falls due: |
(i) | the payment could have been made to the relevant Bank without a Tax Deduction if the Bank had been a Qualifying Bank, but on that date that Bank is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Bank other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Bank under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, implementation or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or |
(ii) | the relevant Bank is a Qualifying Bank solely by virtue of paragraph (ii) of the definition of Qualifying Bank; and: |
(1) | an officer of H.M. Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 931 of the ITA which relates to the payment and that Bank has received from the Obligor making the payment or from the Account Party a certified copy of that Direction; and |
(2) | the payment could have been made to the Bank without any Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made; or |
(iii) | the relevant Bank is a Qualifying Bank solely by virtue of paragraph (ii) of the definition of Qualifying Bank and: |
(1) | the relevant Bank has not given a Tax Confirmation to the Account Party; and |
(2) | the payment could have been made to the Bank without any Tax Deduction if the Bank had given a Tax Confirmation to the Account Party, on the basis that the Tax Confirmation would have enabled the Account Party to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purpose of section 930 of the ITA; or |
(iv) | the relevant Bank is a Treaty Bank and the Obligor making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Bank without the Tax Deduction had that Bank complied with its obligations under Clause 7.5(b) below. |
7.5 | Obligations in respect of Tax Deductions |
(a) | Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment a statement under section 975 of the ITA or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
(b) |
(i) | Subject to paragraph (ii) below, a Treaty Bank and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty Bank is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction. |
(ii) |
(1) | A Treaty Bank which becomes a Party on the day on which this Agreement is entered into that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall confirm its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence opposite its name in Schedule 1 (Banks and Commitments); and |
(2) | a Transferee Bank that is a Treaty Bank that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall confirm its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in the Transfer Certificate which it executes, |
(c) | If a Bank has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (b)(ii) above and: |
(2) | HM Revenue & Customs has not given the Obligor authority to make payments to that Bank without a Tax Deduction within 60 days of the date of the Obligor DTTP Filing, |
(d) | If a Bank has not confirmed its scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (b)(ii) above, no Obligor shall make an Obligor DTTP Filing or file any other form |
(e) | An Obligor shall, promptly on making an Obligor DTTP Filing, deliver a copy of that Obligor DTTP Filing to the Agent for delivery to the relevant Bank. |
7.6 | Tax Indemnity |
(a) | Except as provided below, each Obligor must indemnify each Protected Party against any loss or liability which that Protected Party determines will be or has been suffered (directly or indirectly) by it for or on account of Tax in relation to a payment received or receivable (or any payment deemed to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document. Such Obligor shall (within ten days of demand by the Agent) pay to that Protected Party an amount equal to such loss or liability. |
(b) | Clause 7.6(a) above does not apply to (and no Obligor shall be required under this Agreement to indemnify or compensate any Protected Party for): |
(i) | any Tax assessed on a Protected Party: |
(1) | under the laws of the jurisdiction in which that Protected Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Protected Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or |
(2) | under the laws of the jurisdiction in which that Protected Party’s facility office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction; |
(ii) | any loss, liability or cost to the extent it: |
(1) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 7.3; |
(2) | would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 7.3 but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in Clause 7.4 applied; or |
(3) | relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party. |
(c) | If the Agent on behalf of a Protected Party makes (or intends to make) a claim under Clause 7.6(a), it shall promptly notify each Obligor of the event which has caused (or will cause) that claim. |
7.7 | Tax Credit |
(a) | a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and |
(b) | that Protected Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit in whole or in part, |
7.8 | Bank Status Confirmation |
(a) | Each Bank which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate which it executes on becoming such a Party, and for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, which of the following categories it falls in: |
(i) | not a Qualifying Bank; |
(ii) | a Qualifying Bank (other than a Treaty Bank); |
(iii) | a Treaty Bank. |
(b) | If a Bank fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 7.8 then such Bank shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Obligor) as if it is not a Qualifying Bank until such time as it notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent upon receipt of such notification shall inform the Account Party). For the avoidance of doubt, a Transfer Certificate shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Bank to comply with this Clause 7.8. |
7.9 | VAT |
(a) | All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document and such Finance Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to such Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), upon receipt from such Finance Party of a valid VAT invoice raised in accordance with the requirements of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, an amount equal to the amount of the VAT. |
(b) | If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration): |
(i) | (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient is entitled to receive from the relevant tax authority in relation to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and |
(ii) | (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT. |
(c) | Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
(d) | Any reference in this Clause 7.9 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994). |
(e) | In relation to any supply which is liable to VAT made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such |
7.10 | FATCA Information |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party: |
(i) | confirm (by providing United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E or any successor form or certificate on which such Party provides its FATCA status and, where applicable, its “global intermediary identification number,” if any) to that other Party whether it is: |
(1) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
(2) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable passthru payment percentage or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA. |
(b) | If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to 7.10(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly. |
(c) | Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
(i) | any law or regulation; |
(ii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
(iii) | any duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | If a Party fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then: |
(i) | if that Party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | if that Party failed to confirm its applicable “passthru payment percentage” then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable “passthru payment percentage” is 100%, |
(e) | If an Obligor is a US Tax Obligor, or where the Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA require it, each Bank shall, within ten Business Days of: |
(i) | where an Obligor is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Bank is an Original Bank, the date of this Agreement; |
(ii) | where an Obligor is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Bank is a Transferee Bank, the date of any relevant Transfer Certificate; or |
(iii) | where the Obligor is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Agent, |
(iv) | a withholding certificate on Form W-8 or Form W-9 (or any successor form) (as applicable); or |
(v) | any withholding statement and other documentation, authorisations and waivers as the Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Bank under FATCA. |
(f) | Each Bank agrees that if any withholding certificate, withholding statement, documentation, authorisations and waivers provided to the Agent pursuant to paragraph (e) above is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, it shall promptly update such withholding certificate, withholding statement, documentation, authorisations and waivers or promptly notify the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. The Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, documentation, authorisations and waivers to the Account Party. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with this paragraph (f). |
7.11 | FATCA Deduction |
(a) | Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. |
(b) | Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Account Party, the Agent and the other Finance Parties. |
7.12 | Immediate collateralisation – FATCA Protected Banks |
7.13 | United States Tax Forms |
(a) | On or before the date any Non-U.S. Bank becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of any Obligor or the Agent), such Non-U.S. Bank shall deliver to each Obligor and the Agent (or to such persons as they may reasonably designate), whichever of the following is applicable: |
(i) | duly completed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, |
(ii) | duly completed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI claiming an exemption from withholding on payments by virtue of such income being effectively connected to the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and includible in such Non-U.S. Bank’s gross income, or |
(iii) | in the case of a Non-U.S. Bank or other non-U.S. lender claiming the benefits of the “portfolio interest exemption” under Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certification that such Non-U.S. Bank is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of such Obligor within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (B) duly completed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form). |
(b) | Any Bank that is not a Non-U.S. Bank shall deliver to the relevant Obligor and the Agent, on or prior to the date on which such Bank becomes a Bank under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of any Obligor or the Agent), a duly completed IRS Form W-9 (or successor form thereto) or shall otherwise provide that it is exempt from backup withholding. |
(c) | No Finance Party shall be obligated to disclose to any Obligor or any other person any information regarding its tax affairs or tax computations, nor shall anything in this Agreement interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its tax affairs in whatsoever manner it thinks fit and, in particular, no Finance Party shall be under any obligation to claim relief from its corporate profits or similar tax liability by utilizing credits or deductions available to it (and, if it does claim, the extent, order and manner in which it does so shall be at its absolute discretion). |
7.14 | Maintenance of Register |
8. | ACCOUNTS OF THE BANK |
8.1 | Issuing Bank to open accounts |
8.2 | Conclusiveness of entries |
9. | APPLICATION OF MONEYS |
9.1 | Order of application of partial payments |
(a) | If the Agent, Issuing Bank or Security Trustee receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent, Issuing Bank or Security Trustee shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order: |
FIRST: | in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent, Issuing Bank or Security Trustee under the Finance Documents; |
SECOND: | in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
THIRD: | in or towards payment pro rata of any reimbursement obligation due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
FOURTH: | in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents; |
FIFTH: | at the discretion of the Agent acting at the direction of the Majority Banks, in retention on suspense account of such amount as the Agent may consider appropriate to secure the discharge of any part of the Outstanding Indebtedness not then due and payable, and, upon the same becoming due and payable, in or towards the discharge thereof in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Clause 9.1; and |
SIXTH: | the balance (if any) shall be paid to the relevant Obligor or other Person entitled. |
(b) | The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Banks, vary the order set out in the paragraphs labelled “SECOND” to “FIFTH” above. |
(c) | Without limitation, this Clause 9 shall apply with respect to all moneys received or recovered by any Bank under the Security Agreement. |
9.2 | Waiver of right of appropriation |
10. | COLLATERAL |
10.1 | Mandatory provision of Collateral on an ongoing basis |
10.2 | Full Collateralisation Date |
(a) | in the case of the Full Collateralisation Event described in Clause 10.3(d) (Non-extension), the fifth Banking Day following 31 December 2016; |
(b) | in the case of the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of the Guarantor under Clause 15.1(g) (Insolvency events), the date of the occurrence of the Event of Default, without any further notice, act or demand (as provided in Clause 15.3 (Acceleration for US insolvency)); and |
(c) | in the case of any other Full Collateralisation Event, one Banking Day following demand by the Agent for provision of Collateral under this Clause 10 or Clause 15.2(b) (Bank’s remedies); |
10.3 | Full Collateralisation Events |
(a) | Event of Default: A demand for provision of Collateral under Clause 15.2(b) (Bank’s remedies) following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing. |
(b) | Financial Strength Rating downgrade: The Financial Strength Rating of the Account Party falls below A-, or the Account Party ceases to have a Financial Strength Rating. |
(c) | RDS losses: The forecast net loss to the Syndicate on any RDS (calculated using exchange rates consistent with those used in preparing the version of the Syndicate business plan for the year of account concerned that is approved by the Lloyd’s Franchise Board in October/November the year before) exceeds, without the prior written consent of the Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), 20 per cent of the syndicate allocated capacity of the Syndicate for the year of account concerned. |
(d) | Non-extension: The Banks do not agree by 31 December 2016 to extend this Agreement so that it permits the issue of Letters of Credit with a term beyond 31 July 2020. |
10.4 | Borrowing Base Certificate |
(a) | immediately after any delivery of Collateral or additional Collateral in accordance with this Clause 10; |
(b) | within ten calendar days of the end of any calendar month during which any Collateral was maintained; and |
(c) | within two Banking Days after any reasonable request for the same made by the Agent; |
10.5 | Continuing obligations of the Obligors |
10.6 | Release of Account Control Agreement |
11. | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
11.1 | Guarantee and indemnity |
(a) | guarantees to each Finance Party due and punctual performance by each Obligor of all its obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(b) | undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever any Obligor does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it were the principal obligor; |
(c) | agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of any Obligor not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due (including, without limitation, obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the US Bankruptcy Code, would become due and any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the relevant Finance Document, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding). The amount payable by the Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 11 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee; |
(d) | agrees with each Finance Party that, as between the Guarantor and the Finance Parties, all amounts outstanding under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in this Agreement for the purposes of this Clause 11, notwithstanding any stay (including under the US Bankruptcy Code), injunction or other prohibition preventing the same as against any other Obligor and that, in such event, all such amounts (whether or not due and payable by any such other Obligor) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Clause 11; and |
(e) | agrees that the obligation of the Account Party to deliver Collateral to the Secured Account or the Deposit Account in accordance with Clause 10 (Collateral) will be an obligation covered by its obligations under this Clause 11.1, and that the performance of its obligations under this Clause 11.1 shall require it to transfer Eligible Collateral into the Secured Account or the Deposit Account to the extent required to ensure that the Secured Account and the Deposit Account contain Eligible Collateral having a Collateral Value of not less than the Required Collateral Amount. |
11.2 | Continuing guarantee |
11.3 | Reinstatement |
11.4 | Waiver of defences |
(a) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other Person; |
(b) | the release of any other Obligor or any other Person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other Person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; |
(d) | any legal limitation, incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other Person; |
(e) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any Facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
(f) | any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or frustration of any obligation of any Person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; |
(g) | the failure of any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Finance Document; |
(h) | any action (or decision not to act) taken by a Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in accordance with Clause 11.8 (Appropriations); or |
(i) | any insolvency, dissolution or similar proceedings or from any law, regulation or order. |
11.5 | Guarantor intent |
11.6 | Limitation of Liability |
11.7 | Immediate recourse |
11.8 | Appropriations |
(a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
(b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 11. |
11.9 | Deferral of Guarantor’s rights |
(a) | to be indemnified by an Obligor; |
(b) | to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance Party; |
(d) | to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 11.1 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
(e) | to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or |
(f) | to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any Finance Party. |
11.10 | Additional protection |
12. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
12.1 | Date of representations and warranties |
12.2 | Existence, powers and compliance |
(a) | Each Corporate Member: |
(i) | is a company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the laws of England, and is a corporate member of Lloyd’s; |
(ii) | has full power to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted; and |
(iii) | has good and marketable title to its property and assets, subject to Security only as arises from the operation and effect of the terms of all deeds of trust pursuant to which its premium and investment income as a member of Lloyd’s syndicates is held and of any deeds of trust pursuant to which its own assets are or may be deposited as Funds at Lloyd’s. |
(b) | Each of the Account Party and the Guarantor: |
(i) | is duly organised, validly existing and (where relevant) in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organisation; |
(ii) | has all requisite power and authority to own or lease its assets and carry on its business; |
(iii) | has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, subject only to Security permitted by Clause 13.2(p) and excluding minor defects in title that would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change |
(iv) | is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business requiring such qualification or licence and, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties requires such qualification or licence. |
(c) | The Guarantor does not carry on and is not permitted or licensed to carry on insurance business in any jurisdiction. |
12.3 | Power and authority |
12.4 | No contravention of Laws or contractual restrictions |
(a) | contravene the terms of that Obligor’s, or any of its Subsidiaries’, constitutional documents; |
(b) | conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Security on, or require any payment to be made under: |
(i) | any material Contractual Obligation to which that Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries, is a party or affecting that Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries, or the properties of the Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries; or |
(ii) | any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which that Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries, or such Obligor’s property, or such Subsidiary’s property, is subject; or |
(c) | violate any Law or regulation applicable to such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of such Obligor’s assets or such Subsidiary’s assets; |
12.5 | Compliance with Laws |
12.6 | Licences and approvals in force |
(a) | enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to which it is a Party; and |
(b) | to make the Finance Documents to which it is a Party admissible in evidence in every Relevant Jurisdiction. |
12.7 | Validity and enforceability |
(a) | constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms; |
(b) | (in respect of the Security Documents) create a perfected security interest with the required priority in the assets and revenues intended to be covered thereby, enforceable against the security provider in accordance with their respective terms; and |
(c) | be admissible in evidence in every Relevant Jurisdiction of such Obligor; |
12.8 | No litigation current or pending |
(a) | either individually or in the aggregate if determined adversely could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; or |
(b) | purports to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any Finance Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. |
12.9 | No Insolvency Event |
12.10 | No Security |
12.11 | Environmental matters |
(a) | has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, licence or other approval required under any Environmental Law; |
(b) | has become subject to any Environmental Liability; |
(c) | has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability; or |
(d) | knows of any conditions or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in any Environmental Liability. |
12.12 | Change in Disclosed Matters |
12.13 | No default |
(a) | No continuing Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred. |
(b) | No Obligor or Subsidiary of an Obligor is in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is party or by which it is bound, or to which its assets are subject, that individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. |
12.14 | Existing FAL agreements |
(a) | details of the letters of credit that are outstanding thereunder on the date hereof have been provided to the Agent in writing; |
(b) | it is proposed that those letters of credit will be wholly released following their replacement (in whole or in part) by Letters of Credit to be issued under this Agreement; and |
(c) | the agreements under which those letters of credit have been issued will automatically terminate following the release of those letters of credit, and no further letters of credit will be issued thereunder. |
12.15 | No Material Adverse Change |
12.16 | Choice of law and jurisdiction |
(a) | The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in every Relevant Jurisdiction. |
(b) | Any judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in every Relevant Jurisdiction. |
(c) | The submission of each Obligor to the jurisdiction of the English courts, and the submission of the Account Party and the Guarantor to the New York courts, is valid and binding. |
12.17 | Truth of financial and other information |
(a) | The written information, reports, financial statements, certificates and other information supplied to the Agent by or on behalf of any Obligor or Subsidiary of an Obligor in connection with the negotiation and preparation of the Finance Documents or delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement: |
(i) | did not contain any material misstatement of fact, and did not omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the date made; and |
(ii) | fairly represented in all material respects its financial condition and operations during the relevant financial year; |
(b) | The financial statements of the Obligors most recently supplied to the Agent were prepared in accordance with, in the case of the Guarantor, US GAAP consistently applied, and in the case of the |
12.18 | Ownership |
12.19 | Investment company status |
12.20 | No filing or stamp taxes |
12.21 | Payment of Taxes |
(a) | each Corporate Member has timely filed or caused to be filed all tax returns required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it; and |
(b) | each of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it; |
(i) | for Taxes for which such Person has set aside on its books adequate reserves; or |
(ii) | to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. |
12.22 | Syndicate participation |
12.23 | Deduction of Tax |
(a) | a Qualifying Bank: |
(i) | falling within paragraph (i)(1) of the definition of Qualifying Bank; or |
(ii) | except where a Direction has been given under section 931 of the ITA in relation to the payment concerned, falling within paragraph (i)(2) of the definition of Qualifying Bank; or |
(iii) | falling within paragraph (ii) of the definition of Qualifying Bank or; |
(b) | a Treaty Bank and the payment is one specified in a direction given by the Commissioners of Revenue & Customs under Regulation 2 of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) Regulations 1970 (SI 1970/488). |
12.24 | No established place of business in United States of America, etc. |
12.25 | Pari passu obligations |
12.26 | Money Laundering |
12.27 | Underwriting Standards and Investment Guidelines |
12.28 | ERISA |
(a) | Except as, either individually or in the aggregate, has not, and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, the Guarantor and its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder as they relate to each Plan. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. |
(b) | Except as, either individually or in the aggregate, has not, and would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability of the Guarantor or any of its ERISA Affiliates, the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (determined based on the projected benefit obligation with respect to such underfunded Plans based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans. |
(c) | Except as, either individually or in the aggregate, has not, and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Foreign Pension Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all requirements of Law applicable thereto and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such plan. With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan, none of the Guarantor, its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has engaged in a transaction that would subject the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to a tax or civil penalty that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Change. With respect to each Foreign Pension Plan, reserves have been established in the financial statements furnished to the Agent in respect of any unfunded liabilities in accordance with applicable Law and prudent business practice or, where required, in accordance with ordinary accounting practices in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Pension Plan is maintained. The aggregate unfunded liabilities |
12.29 | Margin Regulations |
12.30 | Sanctions |
(a) | listed, or is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person that is listed, on a Designated Parties List; |
(b) | located, organised or resident in a country which is the subject of sanctions by any Authority; |
(c) | a governmental agency, authority, or body or state-owned enterprise (or owned or controlled by any of the foregoing) of any country that is the subject of sanctions by any Authority; or |
(d) | a person or entity who is otherwise currently the subject of sanctions by any Authority such that any Finance Party cannot deal or otherwise engage in business transactions with such person or entity. |
12.31 | US Commodity Exchange Act |
12.32 | Secured Account |
12.33 | Deposit Account |
12.34 | Continuing nature of representations and warranties |
(a) | each Application Date; |
(b) | each Issuance Date; |
(c) | each date on which an increase or extension of a Letter of Credit takes effect in accordance with Clause 3.12(c)(i); and |
(d) | except in the case of the representations given in Clause 12.19 (Investment company status), 30 June and 31 December in each year; |
13. | UNDERTAKINGS |
13.1 | Lloyd’s-related undertakings |
(a) | Arrangement of Funds at Lloyd’s: It shall ensure that, in accordance with the applicable Lloyd’s trust deed, the Funds at Lloyd’s available from time to time to be applied by Lloyd’s in relation to the business of each Corporate Member are not available to be applied in relation to the business of any other member of Lloyd’s, save for another Corporate Member. |
(b) | Changes to Funds at Lloyd’s documents: Except: |
(i) | as may be required by Lloyd’s (in which case the Account Party shall immediately notify such changes to the Agent); |
(ii) | for minor amendments of an administrative nature; |
(iii) | for changes which do not affect the ability of each Corporate Member to comply with its obligations under the Finance Documents or the likelihood that any Letter of Credit will be drawn down; or |
(iv) | as may be agreed by the Agent; |
(c) | Restrictions on members. It shall ensure that each Corporate Member is not at any time a member of any syndicate at Lloyd’s other than the Syndicates. |
(d) | Syndicate funds: It shall ensure that the Managing Agent of each Syndicate adheres in all material respects to Lloyd’s requirements with regard to the investment of syndicate funds. |
(e) | Premium capacity: It shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, at any time permit the member’s syndicate premium limit of any Corporate Member in respect of any Syndicate as constituted for any year of account to be greater than 115% of the member’s syndicate premium limit of that Corporate Member in respect of that Syndicate as constituted for the 2015 year of account. |
(f) | Managing Agent: It shall ensure that except with the prior consent of the Majority Banks (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no Person other than the Person named as the managing agent of each Syndicate in the definition of “Managing Agent” acts as managing agent of that Syndicate. |
(g) | Underwriting Standards and Investment Guidelines: The Account Party shall procure that the Managing Agent of each Syndicate makes no material adverse change in its standards for managing underwriting risk and adheres in all material respects to Lloyd’s requirements with regard to the investment of syndicate funds. |
13.2 | General undertakings |
(a) | Performance under Finance Documents: perform and observe the several covenants and obligations imposed upon it under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | Payment of obligations: pay, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, except where: |
(i) | the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; |
(ii) | the relevant Obligor has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or SAP, as applicable; and |
(iii) | the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; |
(c) | No amendments to constitutional documents: not without the prior written consent of the Agent, alter any of the provisions of its articles of incorporation or byelaws or other constitutional documents in any way which would have an adverse effect on its ability to perform any of its material obligations under any Finance Document. |
(d) | Corporate existence: unless otherwise permitted under Clause 13.2(u) (Mergers), maintain its corporate existence as a corporation duly organised and validly existing in its place of incorporation. |
(e) | Licences etc.: obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in force, and promptly on a reasonable request by the Agent furnish certified copies to the Agent of, all licences, Authorisations, approvals, consents, rights, privileges, permits and franchises, which may from time to time be necessary for: |
(i) | the continued due performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of the Finance Documents; or |
(iii) | the conduct of its business; |
(f) | Maintenance of Properties: keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except, in each case, to the extent that failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. |
(g) | Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations: comply with all Laws and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including Environmental Laws) and all Contractual Obligations binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents. |
(h) | Sanctions: No Obligor, nor any of its Affiliates shall use, lend, make payments of, contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of the Facility to either: |
(i) | any person that is listed on a Designated Parties List, or is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person listed on a Designated Parties List; or |
(ii) | any person that the Obligor or the applicable Affiliate knows or has reasonable cause to suspect is acting on behalf of any of the above; or |
(iii) | any country that is the subject of sanctions by any Authority. |
(i) | Insurance: maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies that are not Affiliates of the Account Party, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. |
(j) | Use of Letters of Credit: ensure that the Letters of Credit are only used in accordance with Clause 3.1. |
(k) | Pari passu obligations: ensure that its obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other present, future and/or contingent unsecured and unsubordinated obligations (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Corporate Member’s obligations and liabilities which its Funds at Lloyd’s and its premium and investment income in respect of its Lloyd’s underwriting are held in trust to pay) other than as may be preferred by statute. |
(l) | No non-Lloyd’s business: in the case of any Corporate Member, not undertake any business other than that of a corporate member of Lloyd’s. |
(m) | Ownership: in the case of the Guarantor, except as permitted by Clause 13.2(u), ensure that each Corporate Member that is an Obligor and the Account Party continue to be its direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary. |
(n) | Books of account: keep proper books of account, in which full, true and correct entries in accordance with GAAP or SAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving its assets and business. |
(o) | Inspection rights: permit any representatives designated by the Agent and (at any time an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default exists) any representatives reasonably designated by any Bank, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and other records reasonably requested (other than information subject to confidentiality restrictions, insurance records and customer-related information), and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. The Account Party shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of any such visit or inspection, but only if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default exists at the time thereof or is discovered as a result thereof (provided that no Obligor shall have any responsibility for any such costs and expenses under any other circumstance). |
(p) | Negative pledge: |
(i) | Not create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
(ii) | Not: |
(1) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group; |
(2) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
(3) | enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
(4) | enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
(iii) | Paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, listed below: |
(1) | any Security or Quasi-Security listed in Schedule 15 (Existing Security) except to the extent the principal amount secured by that Security or Quasi-Security exceeds the amount stated in that Schedule; |
(2) | any Permitted Encumbrances; |
(3) | any Security or Quasi-Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document; |
(4) | Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Clause 13.2(s)(viii) and/or 13.2(s)(xii), provided that in each case (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition; |
(5) | any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances; |
(6) | any Security in connection with the collateralization by means of cash and/or Eligible Investments permitted pursuant to Clause 13.2(v)) of Indebtedness permitted under Clause 13.2(s)(xi) so long as the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Security does not at any time exceed the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted under Clause 13.2(s)(xi); |
(7) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding operating leases or consignments, provided such Security or Quasi-Security extends solely to the assets subject to such leases or consignments; |
(8) | Liens securing collateralized Repurchase Agreements constituting a borrowing of funds by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes in accordance with the Investment Policy of the Guarantor; |
(9) | any payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any hedging transaction entered into by a member of the Group for the purpose of: |
a. | hedging any risk to which any member of the Group is exposed in its ordinary course of trading; or |
b. | its interest rate or currency management operations which are carried out in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes only, |
(10) | any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading; |
(11) | any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if: |
a. | the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; |
b. | the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and |
c. | the Security or Quasi-Security is not extended in time (other than merely by reason of the renewal of any registration of such Security or Quasi-Security in accordance with its existing rights) and is removed or discharged at the earliest time permitted under its terms. |
(12) | any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if: |
a. | the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company; |
b. | the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and |
c. | the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 3 months of that company becoming a member of the Group; |
(13) | any arrangement under which assets are held under trust for the payment of any Corporate Member’s obligations as a member of Lloyd’s; |
(14) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a member of the Group in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier's standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission by any member of the Group; |
(15) | the Permitted Majestic Liens; |
(16) | the Permitted Tax Incentive Financing Transactions; |
(17) | Liens securing Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt to the extent such Liens are permitted by the definition of Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt; |
(18) | Liens securing Indebtedness (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit) permitted by Clause 13.2(s)(iii) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $350,000,000 or, upon notification to the Agent by the Account Party or the Guarantor that such Indebtedness has been agreed to be increased, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $500,000,000; or |
(19) | any Security or Quasi-Security securing indebtedness the principal amount of which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other indebtedness which has the benefit of Security or Quasi-Security given by any member of the Group other than any permitted under paragraphs (1) to (16) above) does not exceed $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies). |
(iv) | Notwithstanding the above exceptions, no Obligor shall create or permit to subsist any Security or Quasi-Security over any assets charged or pledged in favour of any Finance Party other than as expressly permitted by the relevant charge or pledge document. |
(v) | The Account Party shall not at any time cause or permit any of the Collateral to be allocated to its long-term insurance fund, or for any other reason to be subject to any legal or contractual provision that would cause the claims of any person to rank in priority to the claims of the Finance Parties in respect of the Collateral, save as expressly permitted by any Finance Document. |
(q) | Transactions with Affiliates: not sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except that: |
(i) | it may pay or make any dividend or other distribution to shareholders; |
(ii) | it may engage in any such transactions on terms and conditions (other than transactions permitted by one of more of paragraphs (ii) through (vii) below) not less favourable to it or such Affiliate than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties or at such prices and on terms and conditions that are consistent with past practices and approved by the Audit Committee (so long as such committee is composed solely of independent members) (or other applicable committee composed solely of independent members) of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor; |
(iii) | transactions may be entered into between or among the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate of the Guarantor to the extent such transaction is not expressly prohibited pursuant to this Agreement; |
(iv) | transactions may be entered into between or among two or more Subsidiaries of the Guarantor not involving any other Affiliate of the Guarantor; |
(v) | it may enter into Investments permitted by Clauses 13.2(v)(iv), 13.2(v)(ix) and 13.2(v)(xii); |
(vi) | it may engage in any transactions permitted by clause 13.2(u); |
(vii) | any transactions existing on the Effective Date and described in this Clause 13.2(q) and any amendments thereto that are not materially adverse to the Banks, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, a duly authorized committee thereof or any Responsible Officer, is permitted; |
(viii) | it may enter into (and has entered into) the Tower Group Commercial Lines Transaction; |
(ix) | it may enter into (and has entered into) the Permitted Tax Incentive Financing Transactions; |
(x) | it may make payments to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries; |
(xi) | the Guarantor and any Subsidiary of the Guarantor may make any payment to the Guarantor or another Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is required to be made with respect to or in connection with the terms of any tax sharing, tax allocation or other similar tax arrangement or agreement entered into among the Guarantor and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. |
(r) | Derivatives: not enter into any Derivative, except for the following: |
(i) | Derivatives entered into from time to time in connection with its investment portfolio and in accordance with its Investment Policy; |
(ii) | Derivatives entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which it or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests held by it or any of its Subsidiaries); |
(iii) | Derivatives entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of it or any of its Subsidiaries; and |
(iv) | Permitted Call Spread Derivatives. |
(s) | Indebtedness: not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness except: |
(i) | Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | Indebtedness incurred under the letter of credit and reimbursement agreement dated 23 December 2010 between, among others, the Guarantor, the Account Party and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as amended, varied, restated or replaced from time to time); |
(iii) | Indebtedness incurred under the credit agreement dated 12 September 2014 between, among others, the Guarantor, certain lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any successor or replacement) as administrative agent (as such agreement may be amended, varied, restated, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time); |
(iv) | Indebtedness including guarantees and any other Indebtedness, existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 14 (Existing Indebtedness); |
(v) | any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements of any such Indebtedness set out in paragraph (iv) above, to the extent that: the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased (except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement); and such Indebtedness, if subordinated to the Outstanding Indebtedness, remains so subordinated on terms no less favourable to the Banks; |
(vi) | Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor to the Guarantor and Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor to any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor; |
(vii) | in respect of Guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor, provided that if the Indebtedness that is being guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinate to the Obligations, the guarantee shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations; |
(viii) | Indebtedness in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Obligations for fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Clause 13.2(p)(iii)(4), and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof, provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness permitted by this Clause 13.2(s)(viii) shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding; |
(ix) | obligations (1) to return collateral consisting of cash or securities arising out of or in connection with the lending of the same or substantially similar securities or (2) to purchase securities arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities, in each case in the ordinary course of business, in each case consistent with past practice; |
(x) | Indebtedness in respect of securitisations of any of its assets (including notes or accounts receivable) entered into in the ordinary course of business, which shall be secured by Security solely on such securitised assets (including guarantees issued in connection therewith and repurchase obligations for breach of representations and indemnities); |
(xi) | Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor as an account party in respect of letters of credit in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $75,000,000 (exclusive of the letters of credit issued under this Agreement); |
(xii) | Indebtedness under Derivative Obligations to the extent permitted by Clause 13.2(r); |
(xiii) | (A) Indebtedness or other obligations of the Guarantor in respect of any Existing Structured Securities and (B) Indebtedness or other obligations of the Guarantor in respect of any other Structured Securities of the Guarantor issued after the Effective Date, provided that, in the case of this clause (B), (1) such Structured Securities shall be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (2) such Indebtedness and obligations shall be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Obligations, and (3) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time such Structured Securities are issued or shall result from such issuance, and in each case with respect to (A) and (B) above in this Clause 13.2(s)(xiii), extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with Indebtedness of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; |
(xiv) | Permitted Qualifying Subordinated Indebtedness; |
(xv) | Indebtedness of a Person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates) that is consolidated on its balance sheet as a “Variable Interest Entity” under Financial Accounting Standards Boards of the United States of America (the “FASB”) Interpretation No. 46R (or any successor interpretations or amendments thereto and as affected by any subsequent relevant pronouncements of the FASB or, if, and to the extent applicable, the SEC); provided that the satisfaction of such Indebtedness is limited to the property of such Person (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, breach of representations and environmental indemnities); |
(xvi) | Indebtedness secured by Security on any of its real property (including investments in real property) and certain personal property related thereto; provided that (1) the recourse of the holder of such Indebtedness (whether direct or indirect and whether contingent or otherwise) under the instrument creating such Security or providing for such Indebtedness |
(xvii) | capital maintenance agreements, keep well agreements, support agreements and other similar arrangements, whether or not constituting Indebtedness, provided for the benefit of its Subsidiaries; |
(xviii) | in the case of each Corporate Member, in the ordinary course of its business as a corporate member of Lloyd’s (which shall be deemed to include entering into and performing obligations under any member level contract of reinsurance with any reinsurer); |
(xix) | Indebtedness arising from the honouring by a bank or other financial institution of a cheque, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence; |
(xx) | (i) Indebtedness resulting from the endorsements of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business and (ii) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations in respect of purchasing card and credit care arrangements; |
(xxi) | the Permitted Majestic Indebtedness; |
(xxii) | the Maiden Debt, and extensions, renewals and replacements of the Maiden Debt with Indebtedness of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; |
(xxiii) | any repurchase obligations of the Guarantor under any Repurchase Agreement; |
(xxiv) | any Repurchase Liability of the Guarantor; |
(xxv) | Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the terms of this Agreement after the date hereof, provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (B) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to the assumption of such Indebtedness or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto and (C) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (excluding for purposes of this Clause 13.2(s)(xxv) only, trust preferred securities (1) which are on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (2) which Indebtedness and obligations are subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Obligations) permitted by this Clause 13.2(s)(xxv) and Clause 13.2(s)(xxvi) shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time outstanding; |
(xxvi) | Indebtedness constituting deferred purchase price incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the terms of this Agreement after the date hereof provided that the sum of the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Clause 13.2(s)(xxvi) and Clause 13.2(s)(xxv) above shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time; |
(xxvii) | Indebtedness under the Permitted Convertible Notes; |
(xxviii) | Indebtedness of the Guarantor to ACP Re pursuant to the Tower Master Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $30,000,000; |
(xxix) | Indebtedness incurred under or in connection with the Permitted Tax Incentive Financing Transactions; |
(xxx) | Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt; |
(xxxi) | Indebtedness of the Guarantor incurred after the date of this Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 if each of the following conditions are met: (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is ninety one (91) days after the Maturity Date, (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and (iv) such Indebtedness is unsecured; |
(xxxii) | additional unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (combines the Indebtedness of all the Obligors) not to exceed $75,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and |
(xxxiii) | secured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding. |
(t) | Disposals |
(i) | not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset. |
(ii) | Paragraph (i) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal: |
(1) | made in the ordinary course of trading of the disposing entity; |
(2) | of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus property by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is, in its reasonable judgment, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of its business; |
(3) | of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality; |
(4) | made by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor of any of its business, property or assets to the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor; |
(5) | made in the course of (1) mergers and acquisitions permitted by sub-Clause 13.2(u); and (2) transfers or dispositions permitted by sub-Clause 13.2(u)(iii); |
(6) | of licenses or sublicenses by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor of intellectual property and general intangibles, including, without limitation, any proprietary software of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor, and licenses, leases or subleases by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor of other property, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(7) | of cash or Eligible Investments; provided, however, that, in the case of Eligible Investments, such sale or disposition shall be made solely for and in connection with the Guarantor’s or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor’s, as applicable, investment portfolio and in accordance with the Investment Policy of the Guarantor; |
(8) | in relation to the ceding of insurance or reinsurance in the ordinary course of business; |
(9) | Liens permitted under Clause 13.2(p); or |
(10) | dispositions of Investments made in compliance with Clause 13.2(v) or of any assets of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted |
(u) | Mergers: not merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve except that, so long as no Potential Event of Default exists or would result therefrom: |
(i) | any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor or any other Person may merge or consolidate with or into the Guarantor, provided that the Guarantor is the surviving or continuing Person of such transaction; |
(ii) | any Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor, provided, however, that, if any Subsidiary party to such transaction is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor, the surviving or continuing Person of such transaction shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor, and provided, further, that, if any Subsidiary party to such transaction is a Domestic Subsidiary, the surviving or continuing Person of such transaction shall be a Domestic Subsidiary; |
(iii) | any Subsidiary of the Guarantor may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time, provided that all of its assets, if any, and ongoing business are distributed or transferred to the Guarantor or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and |
(iv) | any Person (other than the Guarantor) may merge into any Subsidiary of the Guarantor, provided that such Subsidiary of the Guarantor is the surviving or continuing Person of such transaction. |
(v) | Investments: not purchase, hold or acquire any Investment, except that the following shall be permitted: |
(i) | Investments existing on the Effective Date and listed in Schedule 16 (Existing Investments); |
(ii) | Investments in Eligible Investments; provided that such Investments shall be made solely for investment purposes for the investment portfolio of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor in accordance with the Investment Policy of the Guarantor and in the ordinary course of business; |
(iii) | advances to officers, directors and employees of the Guarantor and Subsidiaries of the Guarantor in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000 at any time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes; |
(iv) | Investments by the Guarantor in any Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and Investments by a Subsidiary of the Guarantor in any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor; |
(v) | Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Clause 13.2(s); |
(vi) | Guarantees by the Guarantor of Capital Lease Obligations of any Subsidiary of the Guarantor permitted by Clause 13.2(s); |
(vii) | mergers and acquisitions permitted by Clause 13.2(u); |
(viii) | Derivatives permitted by Clause 13.2(r); |
(ix) | Permitted Acquisitions; |
(x) | Repurchase Agreements and Repurchase Transactions; |
(xi) | the Guarantor may acquire common securities of a TOPS Trust issued by such TOPS Trust to the Guarantor in connection with any Structured Securities permitted by Clause 13.2(s)(xiii); |
(xii) | Strategic Investments so long as the aggregate amount of all such Investments does not exceed $500,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; provided that no Strategic Investment in any single Person or series of related Persons shall be in an aggregate amount in excess of $150,000,000; |
(xiii) | the Permitted Majestic Acquisition; |
(xiv) | the Permitted Tax Incentive Financing Transactions; and |
(xv) | in addition to Investments permitted by clauses (i) through (xiv) of this Clause 13.2(v), additional Investments by the Guarantor and any Subsidiary of the Guarantor, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments made pursuant to this Clause 13.2(v)(xv) does not exceed $50,000,000 at any time. |
(w) | Fiscal year: not change the last day of its fiscal year from December 31 of each year, or the last days of the first three fiscal quarters in each of its fiscal years from March 31, June 30 and September 30 of each year, respectively. |
(x) | Investment Manager: use all reasonable efforts to ensure that any investment manager that is appointed in respect of any cash or assets held with the Custodian which are the subject of any Security granted in favour of any Finance Party under the Finance Documents will at all times comply with any material requirements which are applicable to it under the Finance Documents in respect of such cash and assets as though those requirements were applicable to such investment manager. |
(y) | Changes to business: the Guarantor shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Guarantor or the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not include any new insurance and reinsurance businesses, or exiting a line of business, by any Regulated Insurance Company in the ordinary course of its business. |
13.3 | Notifications |
(a) | Net Solvency Shortfall: notify the Agent immediately if any Corporate Member has any Net Solvency Shortfall. |
(b) | Regulatory events: notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware if the authorisation or permission granted to any Managing Agent to carry on a regulated activity pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or any permission granted by Lloyd’s to enable any Managing Agent to carry on business as a Lloyd’s managing agent is withdrawn, removed, revoked or cancelled by Lloyd’s, the Prudential Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority. |
(c) | Cash calls: immediately notify the Agent of any proposal by the Managing Agent of any Syndicate to make a cash call on the members of any Syndicate, and promptly provide to the Agent copies of any documents which are sent to the members in connection therewith. |
(d) | Credit Rating: immediately notify the Agent in the event that the credit rating of any Obligor is downgraded by AM Best or any Obligor receives any specific notification from AM Best that its credit rating may be downgraded in future. |
(e) | Event of Default: immediately notify the Agent of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default. |
(f) | Full Collateralisation Event: notify the Agent immediately if any Full Collateralisation Event occurs. |
(g) | ERISA Event: promptly notify the Agent of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000. |
(h) | Other information: provide, promptly at the request of the Agent, any other information material to its obligations under this Agreement, and any other information concerning the affairs of any Obligor, any Syndicate or the Managing Agent of any Syndicate, as the Agent or the Banks may reasonably from time to time require in connection with the performance of any Obligor’s obligations under this Agreement. |
13.4 | Financial information |
(a) | Borrowing Base Certificate: The Account Party shall: |
(i) | immediately after any delivery of Collateral or additional Collateral in accordance with Clause 10; |
(ii) | within ten calendar days of the end of each calendar month; and |
(iii) | immediately after any reasonable request for the same made by the Agent; |
(b) | Quarterly Financial Statements: The Guarantor, within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each of its financial years (starting with the financial year ending on 31 December 2015), shall provide to the Agent (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of quarterly unaudited financial statements of the Guarantor. |
(c) | Audited Financial Statements: In the case of the Guarantor, within 90 days after the end of each financial year (starting with the financial year ending on 31 December 2015), and in the case of the Account Party and each Corporate Member, within 120 days after the end of each financial year, or within 5 Business Days following the filing of the financial statements, whichever is the earlier, it shall provide to the Agent (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of: |
(i) | in the case of the Guarantor, its audited annual combined financial statements along with the accompanying notes, prepared in a form consistent with US GAAP consistently applied; |
(ii) | in the case of the Account Party, its audited annual financial statements in a form consistent with SAP standards in its jurisdiction of incorporation consistently applied and audited by Arthur Morris & Company or another auditor of recognised national standing; and |
(iii) | in the case of the each Corporate Member, its audited annual financial statements in a form consistent with GAAP standards in its jurisdiction of incorporation consistently applied and audited by BDO LLP or another auditor of recognised national standing. |
(d) | Solvency Statements: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of the Solvency Statement of each Corporate Member prepared by Lloyd’s under Lloyd’s Rules within seven days of their receipt from Lloyd’s. |
(e) | Quarterly Monitoring Returns: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of the syndicate quarterly monitoring reports of each Syndicate within 30 days of their submission to Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(f) | Syndicate accounts and underwriting year accounts: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of each set of audited syndicate accounts and each set of underwriting year accounts (where prepared) in relation to each Syndicate within seven days of their submission to Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(g) | Syndicate forecasts: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of any syndicate business plan and/or syndicate business forecast (as applicable) of each Syndicate within 30 days of it being submitted to Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(h) | Release Test calculations: The Account Party shall procure the Agent is provided (with sufficient copies for each bank) copies of any Release Test calculation within 30 days of their receipt by any Corporate Member. |
(i) | RDS Reports: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of each report on the effect of the RDSs on each Syndicate within seven days of their submission to Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(j) | Other Lloyd’s reports: The Account Party shall procure that the Agent is provided with (with sufficient copies for each Bank) copies of any other report relating to any Syndicate or any Corporate Member, which the Account Party, acting reasonably, believes is material in the context of its ability, and the ability of the Corporate Members, to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents, within seven days of its submission to Lloyd’s from time to time. |
(k) | Compliance Certificates: |
(i) | The Guarantor shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered by it pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of Clause 13.4 (Financial information), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 14 (Financial Covenant) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up. |
(ii) | Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two authorised signatories of the Guarantor |
(l) | Rating Information: The Guarantor shall supply to the Agent, promptly after A.M. Best has announced a downgrade in the financial strength rating of any Regulated Insurance Company, written notice of such rating change. |
(m) | “Know your customer information”: |
(i) | If: |
(1) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration, implementation or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(2) | any change in the status of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or |
(3) | a proposed assignment or transfer by a Bank of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Bank prior to such assignment or transfer, |
(ii) | Each Obligor shall provide promptly at the request of the Agent, any information about itself or the Group requested by the Agent or any of the Finance Parties pursuant to any anti-money laundering or “know your customer” legislation, regulation or procedures |
14. | FINANCIAL COVENANT |
14.1 | Minimum Net Worth |
14.2 | Consolidated Net Worth |
(a) | $1,291,430,000; |
(b) | 50% of Consolidated Net Income of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the period of 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014 to the extent such Consolidated Net Income is positive; |
(c) | 50% of Consolidated Net Income of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal year of the Guarantor (beginning with the fiscal year ending 31 December 2015) for which Consolidated Net Income is positive; and |
(d) | an amount equal to 50% of the net cash proceeds received by the Guarantor from the issuance of any of its Equity Interests issued during any fiscal quarter of the Guarantor ending after 12 September 2014. |
14.3 | Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
14.4 | Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
Fiscal quarter end falling in period | Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
Effective Date through to 30 June 2018 | 4.0 to 1.0 |
30 September 2018 and thereafter | 2.0 to 1.0 |
14.5 | RDS Maximum Net Loss |
15. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
15.1 | Events of Default |
(a) | Failure to pay: An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless: |
(i) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
(1) | administrative or technical error; or |
(2) | a Disruption Event; and |
(ii) | payment is made within three Business Days of its due date. |
(b) | Breach of certain covenants: any Obligor is in breach of: |
(i) | any of the provisions of Clauses 3.5 (Waiver of conditions precedent), 13.1(a) (Arrangement of Funds At Lloyd’s), 13.1(c) (Restrictions on members), 13.1(e) (Premium capacity), 13.1(f) (Managing agent), 13.2(d) (Corporate existence), 13.2(j) (Use of Letters of Credit), 13.2(k) (Pari passu obligations), 13.2(m) (Ownership), 13.2(p) (Negative pledge), 13.2(q) (Transactions with Affiliates), 13.2(s) (Indebtedness), 13.2(u) (Mergers), 13.2(y) (Changes to business), 13.3(e) (Event of Default), 13.3(g) (ERISA Event), or 14 (Financial Covenant); or |
(ii) | any of the provisions of Clauses 10.1(Collateral) and such breach continues unremedied for a period of three or more Banking Days after notice thereof from the Agent to the Account Party (given at the request of any Bank); or |
(iii) | Clause 13.2(o) (Inspection rights) and such breach continues unremedied for a period of five or more Banking Days after notice thereof from the Agent to the Account Party (given at the request of any Bank. |
(c) | Other breaches: any Obligor fails to observe or perform any provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Documents other than those referred to in Clause 15.1(b) and either such default is not remediable or, in the case of any such default which is capable of remedy, such default continues for a period of 20 days after the Agent, by notice to such Obligor, requires the same to be remedied or such Obligor becomes aware of such default, whichever is earlier; |
(d) | Security: the Security Trustee ceases to have a perfected security interest with the required priority in the assets and revenues intended to be covered thereby, enforceable against the security provider in accordance with their respective terms, or the Secured Account ceases to be held by the Custodian in New York; |
(e) | Custodian: the Custodian ceases to be an Acceptable Custodian and the Account Party does not, within 20 Business Days: |
(i) | appoint a replacement custodian which is an Acceptable Custodian; |
(ii) | procure that such custodian enters into a new Security Agreement and Account Control Agreement on terms substantially equivalent to those in the existing Security Agreement and Account Control Agreement; and |
(iii) | transfer all the assets in the Secured Account to a corresponding account held with the replacement custodian which is subject to the new Security Agreement and Account Control Agreement; |
(f) | Cessation of business: any Syndicate ceases permanently to accept new or renewal insurance business; |
(g) | Insolvency events: |
(i) | In the case of the Guarantor or the Account Party, an involuntary proceeding is commenced or an involuntary petition is filed seeking liquidation, reorganisation or other relief in respect of the Guarantor or the Account Party or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar Law now or hereafter in |
(ii) | The Guarantor or the Account Party has: |
(1) | voluntarily commenced any proceeding or filed any petition seeking liquidation, reorganisation or other relief under any US Bankruptcy Law, foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar Law now or hereafter in effect; |
(2) | consented to the institution of, or failed to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in this Clause 15.1(g); |
(3) | applied for or consented to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Guarantor or the Account Party or for a substantial part of the assets of the Guarantor or the Account Party; |
(4) | filed an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding; |
(5) | made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors under any US Bankruptcy Law; |
(6) | become unable, admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or |
(7) | taken any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; |
(iii) | In the case of the Corporate Members, except as permitted under Clause 13.2(u), any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: |
(1) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Corporate Member; |
(2) | a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Corporate Member; |
(3) | the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Corporate Member or any of its assets; or |
(4) | enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Corporate Member, provided that no Event of Default shall occur under this Clause 15.1(g)(iii)(4) if the Indebtedness secured by such Security is less than $30,000,000 (excluding any Indebtedness that has been incurred or exists between members of the Group); |
(h) | Insolvency: any of the following events occurs: |
(i) | any Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its Indebtedness; |
(ii) | any Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on its business, or (other than as permitted under the terms of a Finance Document) disposes or threatens to dispose of |
(iii) | the value of the assets of any member of the Group is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); or |
(iv) | a moratorium is declared in respect of any Indebtedness of any member of the Group; |
(i) | Final judgment: One or more judgments are rendered against the Guarantor or the Account Party or any combination thereof and the same remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution is not effectively stayed, or any action is legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor to enforce any such judgment, and such judgment and/or judgments either is or are, as applicable, for (1) the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $15,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance where the insurer has been notified of the potential claim and does not dispute coverage, other than judgments or orders entered against the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor in relation to Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt where recourse with respect to such judgment or order remains limited to Liens securing such Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt to the extent such Liens are permitted by the definition of Permitted Non-Recourse Secured Debt, or (2) injunctive relief and could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. |
(j) | Creditors’ Process: any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of a member of the Group having an aggregate value of $15,000,000 and is not discharged within 30 days. |
(k) | Indebtedness: any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period, or any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described), or any commitment for any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described), or any creditor of any member of any the Group becomes entitled to declare any Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described) provided that no Event of Default will occur under this Clause 15.1(k) if: |
(i) | the aggregate amount of Indebtedness as referred to in this Clause 15.1(k) is less than $10,000,000; |
(ii) | such Indebtedness is secured and becomes due as a result of voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; |
(iii) | it results from any requirement to make a cash payment as a result of the early termination of a Permitted Call Spread Derivative, provided such cash payment is paid when due or within 5 Banking Days thereafter; |
(iv) | it results from any requirement to deliver cash upon the conversion of Permitted Convertible Notes, provided such cash is delivered when due or within 5 Banking Days thereafter; or |
(v) | such Indebtedness is owed by the Guarantor to any Subsidiary of the Guarantor or by a Subsidiary of the Guarantor to the Guarantor or another Subsidiary of the Guarantor unless it is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described. |
(l) | Solvency test: The member’s capital resources of any Corporate Member as calculated by Lloyd’s under GENPRU 2.3.25 are at any time less than the member’s capital resources requirement of such Corporate Member, as calculated by Lloyd’s under GENPRU 2.3.11. |
(m) | Representations and warranties: any representation or warranty made or repeated by an Obligor under a Finance Document or in any certificate or statement delivered by or on behalf of an Obligor in connection with any of the Finance Documents at any time is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed repeated and, if the circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation are capable of remedy, those circumstances are not remedied within 30 days after the Agent, by notice to the Account Party, requires the same to be remedied; |
(n) | Illegality: it becomes impossible or unlawful for an Obligor to fulfil any of its obligations under the Finance Documents, or, in the event of the drawdown on any Letter of Credit, it would be impossible or unlawful for the Security Trustee to enforce the Security constituted by the Finance Documents or for any Bank to enforce its right to reimbursement under Clause 5 (Reimbursement and indemnities), or any of the Finance Documents for any reason becomes invalid or unenforceable or ceases to be in full force and effect; |
(o) | Repudiation: an Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Finance Document; |
(p) | ERISA Event: an ERISA Event has occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; or |
(q) | Change of control of the Obligors: other than as permitted by Clause 13.2(u), the Account Party or any Corporate Member ceases to be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
15.2 | Banks’ remedies |
(a) | by written notice to the Account Party declare the Commitment of each Bank, and the whole of the Facility, to be cancelled, whereupon such Commitment and the Facility shall be cancelled and the Issuing Bank shall be under no further obligation to issue, and each Bank shall be under no further obligation to participate in, any Letter of Credit, and each outstanding Application shall be automatically cancelled; |
(b) | by written notice to the Account Party, demand the immediate provision of Collateral for all amounts for which the Banks are actually or contingently liable under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, all interest accrued thereon (if any) and all other Outstanding Indebtedness, whereupon the Account Party shall immediately comply with its obligations in Clause 10 (Collateral); |
(c) | enter into any agreement or arrangement which the Banks shall think fit for the cancellation, discharge, release, reduction, compromise and/or return of any or all of the Letters of Credit then outstanding and/or any actual or contingent obligation or liability thereunder; and |
(d) | take steps to exercise the rights and remedies conferred upon the Banks by this Agreement and the other Finance Documents which are exercisable on or after the occurrence of an Event of Default. |
15.3 | Acceleration for US insolvency |
(a) | the Commitment of each Bank, and the whole of the Facility, shall be automatically cancelled and the Issuing Bank shall be under no further obligation to issue, and each Bank shall be under no further obligation to participate in, any Letter of Credit; and |
(b) | the Guarantor shall be and become thereby unconditionally obligated, without any further notice, act or demand, to pay or transfer Collateral for all amounts for which the Banks are actually or contingently liable under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, all interest accrued thereon (if any) and all other Outstanding Indebtedness, in accordance with Clause 10 (Collateral) and Clause 11.1(e); |
16. | SECURITY OVER BANKS’ RIGHTS |
(a) | any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank or to a Governmental Authority, department or agency (for the avoidance of doubt, including “HM Treasury”); or |
(b) | in the case of any Bank which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Bank as security for those obligations or securities; |
(i) | release a Bank from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Bank as a Party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any Person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Bank under the Finance Documents. |
17. | FEES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITIES |
17.1 | Issuance Commission |
(a) | the Issuance Commission Percentage of the Unsecured Portion of the Letters of Credit from day to day; plus |
(b) | 0.50 per cent per annum of the Secured Portion of the Letters of Credit from day to day; |
(i) | where AM Best has given the Account Party a Financial Strength Rating of A++, 0.95 per cent per annum; |
(ii) | where AM Best has given the Account Party a Financial Strength Rating of A+, 1.05 per cent per annum; |
(iii) | where AM Best has given the Account Party a Financial Strength Rating of A, 1.15 per cent per annum; |
(iv) | where AM Best has given the Account Party a Financial Strength Rating of A-, 1.25 per cent per annum; and |
(v) | where AM Best has given the Account Party a Financial Strength Rating of B++ or below, or the Account Party does not have a Financial Strength Rating from AM Best, 1.65 per cent per annum. |
17.2 | Commitment Fee |
17.3 | Facility Fee |
17.4 | Other fees and commissions |
17.5 | Indemnity against costs |
(a) | in the case of the Agent, the Security Trustee and the Issuing Bank, in the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, registration and syndication of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to the extent reasonable and subject to such overall limit as may be separately agreed by the Parties; |
(b) | in the case of any Bank, in the enforcement or preservation or the attempted enforcement or preservation of any of the Bank’s rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents or of the Security constituted by the Finance Documents; |
(c) | in the case of the Agent and the Security Trustee, in connection with any actual or proposed amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any other of the Finance Documents, or with any request of the Agent to grant any consent or waiver in respect of any provision of this Agreement or any other of the Finance Documents, whether or not the same is given, to the extent reasonable; |
(d) | in the case of any Bank, in making payment to the Issuing Bank under Clause 5.6 (Banks’ indemnities); and |
(e) | in the case of any Bank, arising out of any act or omission made by any of the Banks in good faith in connection with the exercise of its rights or performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents, except where such Costs arise from negligence or wilful misconduct of the Banks. |
17.6 | Indemnity in respect of replacement process |
17.7 | Stamp duties |
17.8 | General indemnities |
(a) | any Letter of Credit for which an Application has been duly made and which the Issuing Bank (on behalf of the Banks) has agreed to issue or make, not being issued or made or being cancelled, other than as a result of a default by such Bank; |
(b) | any default in payment by any Obligor of any sum due under the Finance Documents on its due date; |
(c) | any failure of any Obligor to provide Collateral in accordance with the Finance Documents; |
(d) | the occurrence or continuance of an Event of Default and/or a Potential Event of Default; |
(e) | the entering into of any Finance Document being alleged to constitute a breach of any Contractual Obligation to which any Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries, is a party or affecting any Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries, or the properties of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such Contractual Obligation is material or immaterial; |
(f) | in respect of the Agent only, investigating any event which it reasonably believes is an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; or |
(g) | in respect of the Agent only, acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised, |
17.9 | Currency indemnity |
(a) | If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of: |
(i) | making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; |
(ii) | obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, |
(b) | Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
17.10 | Survival of indemnities |
18. | MITIGATION BY THE BANKS |
18.1 | Each Bank shall, in consultation with the Account Party, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in the Facility ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clauses 6.3 (Refunds by Banks), 7 (No Set-Off, Counterclaim or Tax Deduction), 17.7 (Stamp duties), 19 (Increased Cost) or 20 (Illegality) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another lending office. |
18.2 | Clause 18.1 above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under this Agreement. |
18.3 | The Obligors shall promptly indemnify each Bank for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Bank as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 18.1. |
18.4 | A Bank is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 18.1 if, in the opinion of that Bank (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
19. | INCREASED COST |
19.1 | Types of increased cost |
(a) | a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Affected Bank's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital; |
(b) | any additional or increased cost to the Affected Bank of issuing any Letter of Credit; or |
(c) | any additional or increased cost to the Affected Bank arising out of: |
(i) | Basel IIIand/or CRD IV; or |
(ii) | the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof; |
(d) | any reduction in any amount due and payable under this Agreement to the Affected Bank or in the effective return on capital to the Affected Bank or any of its Affiliates; |
19.2 | Notification |
(a) | shall promptly notify the Agent, the other Banks and the Obligors of any Increased Cost incurred by the Affected Bank and the event giving rise to the claim; and |
(b) | as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Cost. |
19.3 | Indemnification of Bank |
(a) | as the result of (1) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (2) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or |
(b) | attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with Basel III or CRD IV or any other law or regulation which implements Basel III or CRD IV (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates). |
19.4 | Exceptions |
(a) | attributable to a Tax Deduction required by Law to be made by an Obligor; |
(b) | attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; |
(c) | compensated for by Clause 7.6 (Tax Indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 7.6 (Tax Indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 7.6 (Tax Indemnity) applied); |
(d) | attributable to a wilful breach by the Affected Bank of any Law; or |
(e) | attributable to: |
(i) | the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (other than arising from amendments made by Basel III and/or CRD IV) (“Basel II”); or |
(ii) | any other law or regulation which implements Basel II; |
19.5 | No defence |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the 11:00 a.m. on the Quotation Day, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. |
(b) | If at or about 11:00 a.m. on the Quotation Day none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant period. |
19.7 | Market disruption |
(a) | at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant period LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR for the relevant currency and period; or |
(b) | before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant period, the Agent receives notification from a Bank (an “Affected Bank”) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London interbank market would be in excess of LIBOR. |
19.8 | Separate Debt |
20. | ILLEGALITY |
20.1 | Causes of illegality |
20.2 | Notification |
20.3 | Immediate collateralisation |
20.4 | Force majeure |
20.5 | Separate debt |
21. | THE AGENT AND THE LEAD ARRANGERS |
21.1 | Appointment of Agent |
21.3 | Agent’s rights, powers and discretions |
(a) | The Agent shall have those powers and discretions: |
(i) | which are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
(ii) | which the Majority Banks consider appropriate and give to the Agent (generally or in a particular case) with the Agent’s consent; |
(iii) | which the Agent considers to be reasonably incidental to the discharge and performance of any of its functions under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or otherwise appropriate in the context of those functions, including the exercise of any powers given to it by the Majority Banks; and |
(iv) | which are required to instruct the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit on behalf of the Banks. |
(b) | The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent) that: |
(i) | no Event of Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of an Event of Default arising under Clause 15.1(a)); |
(ii) | any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Obligor or the Majority Banks has not been exercised; and |
(iii) | any notice or request made by an Obligor (other than an Application) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors. |
(c) | The Agent may disclose to any other Bank or Obligor any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement. |
(d) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any other Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Lead Arrangers are obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any Law or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
21.4 | Agent is agent only |
21.5 | Responsibility for documentation |
(a) | the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Lead Arrangers, an Obligor or any other Person given in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Finance Document; or |
(b) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement or any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document (as against any Obligor) entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Finance Document. |
21.6 | Agent to have no responsibility to the Obligors |
21.7 | Matters within Agent’s authority |
(a) | Subject to Clause 21.7(b) and the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, the Agent is hereby irrevocably authorised by the Issuing Bank and the Banks in their name and on their behalf (and shall, if so directed by written notice from the Majority Banks after the Banks shall have consulted for a period of not less than five days, which direction shall be binding on all the Banks): |
(i) | to waive, modify, vary or otherwise amend or excuse performance of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; and |
(ii) | to enforce or take or refrain from enforcing or taking any other action or proceedings with regard to this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents. |
(b) | No amendment or waiver may be made before the date falling ten Business Days after the terms of that amendment or waiver have been notified by the Agent to the Banks, unless each Bank is a FATCA Protected Bank. The Agent shall notify the Banks reasonably promptly of any amendments or waivers proposed by the Account Party. |
21.8 | Notification of proposed waivers and amendments |
21.9 | Agent to act in accordance with instructions of Majority Banks |
21.10 | Agent not required to act |
(a) | this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; or |
(b) | any Law. |
21.11 | Provision of copy documents to Banks |
(a) | any documents received by it under Clauses 13.3(h) or 13.4 (but the Agent shall not be obliged to review or check the accuracy or completeness thereof); and |
(b) | if requested by any Bank, all documents received by the Agent under Clause 3.4 (Conditions precedent). |
21.12 | Provision of information to Banks |
(a) | receives notice from an Obligor referring to this Agreement, describing an Event of Default and stating that the circumstance described is an Event of Default; |
(b) | is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Bank (other than the Agent) under this Agreement. |
21.13 | Provision of copy communications to Agent |
(a) | sent by that Bank to any Obligor; or |
(b) | received by that Bank from any Obligor; |
21.14 | Distributions of sums received and deductions by Agent |
21.15 | Agent’s retention of fees and expenses |
21.16 | Waiver on instructions of Majority Banks |
21.17 | Consent of all Banks required |
(a) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any change in the definitions of “Majority Banks”, “Finance Documents”, “Security Documents” or “Letter of Credit”; |
(b) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any change in the date for, or alteration in the amount (or the basis of determining the amount) of, any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement; |
(c) |
(i) | subject to paragraph (ii) below, without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of an amendment or waiver which the Agent or a Bank reasonably believes may constitute a “material modification” for the purposes of FATCA that may result (directly or indirectly) in a Party being required to make a FATCA Deduction and where the Agent or that Bank (as the case may be) notifies the Account Party and the Agent accordingly; |
(ii) | the consent of a Bank shall not be required pursuant to paragraph (i) above if that Bank is a FATCA Protected Bank; |
(d) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any change in a Bank’s Commitment; |
(e) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any extension of the Commitment Period; |
(f) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any change to this Clause 21.17 or any change to any of Clauses 21 (The Agent), 26 (Sharing of Payments) or 27 (Assignments and Transfers) or any change to the rates per annum of the fees and commission set out in Clause 17 (Fees, Expenses and Indemnities); |
(g) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of the release of any of the Security created by or pursuant to the Finance Documents (or any of them) save where such release is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Finance Document; or |
(h) | without the prior written consent of all the Banks, of any other matter in respect of which the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents expressly require the agreement of all the Banks. |
21.18 | Failure to respond to request for consent |
21.19 | Obligors’ reliance upon Agent |
21.20 | Consultation by Agent with Banks |
(a) | consult with the Banks before giving any approvals or consents or exercising any discretions or performing any other act which may be given or exercised or performed by the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; and |
(b) | keep the Banks informed of each and every approval or consent given and each exercise of any such discretion and each performance of any such other act which the Agent may have performed on behalf of the Banks as required by this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents. |
21.21 | Consent of Issuing Bank, Agent or Security Trustee required |
21.22 | Banks’ indemnity to the Agent |
21.23 | Confidentiality |
21.24 | Relationship with the Banks |
21.25 | Business with the Group |
22. | THE SECURITY TRUSTEE |
22.1 | Appointment of Security Trustee |
22.2 | Trust Property defined |
(a) | all rights, title and interests that may be mortgaged, charged, pledged or assigned in favour of the Security Trustee under or by virtue of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
(b) | all rights granted to, or held or exercisable by, the Security Trustee by virtue of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
(c) | all moneys and other assets which are received or recovered by or on behalf of the Security Trustee under or by virtue of any of the foregoing rights, including as a result of the enforcement or exercise of any such right; and |
(d) | all moneys and other assets accrued in respect of or derived from any of the foregoing. |
22.3 | Duties of Security Trustee |
(a) | The Security Trustee shall: |
(i) | hold the Trust Property on trust for the Finance Parties in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; and |
(ii) | perform and exercise the rights and benefits vested in it and deal with the Trust Property in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents. |
(b) | Without prejudice to any other duty of care that would otherwise be owed by it, the Security Trustee shall not be subject to the duty of care imposed on trustees by the Trustee Act 2000. |
22.4 | Security Trustee to have no responsibility to the Obligors |
22.5 | Security Trustee’s powers and discretions |
(a) | which are expressly delegated to the Security Trustee by the terms of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
(b) | which the Majority Banks consider appropriate and give to the Security Trustee (generally or in a particular case) with the Security Trustee’s consent; |
(c) | which the Security Trustee considers to be reasonably incidental and conducive to the discharge and performance of any of its functions under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or otherwise appropriate in the context of those functions, including the exercise of any powers given to it by the Majority Banks; and |
(d) | which are conferred on a trustee by the Trustee Act 1925 and any other applicable Law for the time being in force. |
22.6 | Security Trustee to act in accordance with instructions of Majority Banks |
22.7 | Security Trustee not required to act |
(a) | this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; or |
(b) | any Law. |
22.8 | Provision of copy documents to Banks |
22.9 | Transfer of moneys to Agent |
22.10 | Security Trustee’s retention of fees and expenses |
22.11 | Release of Security |
23. | RETIREMENT OF A SERVICE BANK |
23.1 | Resignation of Service Bank |
23.2 | Appointment of successor by Majority Banks |
23.3 | Appointment by retiring Service Bank |
23.4 | Documentation to be provided by retiring Service Bank |
23.5 | Consequence of change of Service Bank |
(a) | that successor shall become bound by all the obligations of that Service Bank and become entitled to all the rights, privileges, powers, authorities and discretions of that Service Bank under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
(b) | the obligations of that Service Bank under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall terminate but without prejudice to any liabilities which that Service Bank may have incurred prior to that termination; |
(c) | that Service Bank shall be discharged from any further liability or obligations under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents; and |
(d) | the provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall continue in effect for the benefit of that Service Bank in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or any event occurring before the termination of its obligations pursuant to this Clause 23. |
23.6 | Resignation of Service Bank due to FATCA |
(a) | that Service Bank fails to respond to a request under Clause 7.10 (FATCA Information) and an Obligor or a Bank reasonably believes that that Service Bank will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; |
(b) | the information supplied by that Service Bank pursuant to Clause 7.10 (FATCA Information) indicates that that Service Bank will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or |
(c) | that Service Bank notifies the Obligors and the Banks that that Service Bank will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; |
24. | LIMITS OF THE SERVICE BANKS’ OBLIGATIONS |
24.1 | No duty to enquire |
(a) | either initially or on a continuing basis, as to the credit or financial condition or affairs of any Obligor or any other Person; |
(b) | as to the performance or observance by any Obligor of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other agreement; or |
(c) | whether any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, and until it shall have actual knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred. |
24.2 | Responsibilities excluded |
(a) | any failure or delay in performance, or breach by any Obligor of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other agreement; or |
(b) | any recitals, statements, representations or warranties in, or for the legality, validity, effectiveness, enforceability, admissibility in evidence or sufficiency of, this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other agreement; or |
(c) | the legality, validity, effectiveness or enforceability of any of the Security created, or purported to be created, pursuant to any of the Finance Documents. |
24.3 | Limitation of liability |
(a) | Neither Service Bank and none of its officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any loss, damage or expense suffered or incurred by any Obligor or any Bank or any other Person in consequence of any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or in connection herewith or therewith unless caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
(b) | Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 24.3(a), none of the other parties to this Agreement shall take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of a Service Bank in respect of any claim which it may have against that Service Bank or in respect of any act or omission (including, without limitation, negligence or wilful misconduct) by that officer, employee or agent in relation to this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents. |
24.4 | Banks’ representations and undertakings |
(a) | severally represents and warrants to the Service Banks that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Obligors in connection with the entry by that Bank into this Agreement and in that respect has not relied on any information provided to it by either Service Bank; and |
(b) | undertakes that it will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Obligors and will not rely on any information provided to it by either Service Bank. |
24.5 | Indemnification by Banks of Service Banks |
(a) | in performing its functions or duties under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents; or |
(b) | in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by that Service Bank in enforcing or preserving or attempting to enforce or preserve the rights of the Banks under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other documents or Security. |
24.6 | Service Banks’ rights |
(a) | engage and pay for the advice and services of any lawyers, accountants or other experts whose advice or services may to that Service Bank seem necessary or desirable and that Service Bank shall be entitled to rely on the advice and opinions of such lawyers, accountants and other experts and shall not be liable to any of the other parties hereto for any of the consequences of any such reliance; |
(b) | perform all or any of its functions and duties hereunder or under the other Finance Documents through employees or agents or any office or branch of that Service Bank from time to time selected by it and notified to the other parties hereto; |
(c) | rely on any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been communicated or signed by the Person by whom it purports to be communicated or signed and shall not be liable to any of the other parties hereto for any of the consequences of such reliance; and |
(d) | without liability to account, make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of banking or trust business with the Obligors as though that Service Bank was not a Service Bank. |
24.7 | Service Banks as Banks |
25. | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE BANKS |
26. | SHARING OF PAYMENTS |
26.1 | Relevant circumstances |
26.2 | Payment by Sharing Bank to Agent |
(a) | the Sharing Bank shall forthwith pay to the Agent the full amount or (as the case may be) an amount equal to the equivalent of the full amount so received or recovered; |
(b) | as between each Obligor and the Sharing Bank, each Obligor shall remain or again become indebted to such Sharing Bank under this Agreement in the amount so paid as if it had not been received or recovered as aforesaid; and |
(c) | the Agent shall treat the amount so paid as if it were a payment by the relevant Obligor on account of amounts due from the Obligors under this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents for distribution to the Sharing Bank and the other Banks in the proportions in which the Sharing Bank and the other Banks would have been entitled to receive such amount had it been paid by an Obligor to the Agent hereunder or under a Finance Document. |
26.3 | Refund by Agent |
26.4 | No sharing required |
26.5 | Matters notifiable |
(a) | the institution by that Bank of a legal action or proceedings against an Obligor under this Agreement or under any of the other Finance Documents or in connection therewith as soon as practicable thereafter (and, in any event, within six Banking Days); and |
(b) | the receipt or recovery by that Bank of any amount due and payable by an Obligor under this Agreement or under any of the other Finance Documents which is received or recovered otherwise than through the Agent. |
27. | ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS |
27.1 | Successors and assigns |
27.2 | No assignment by the Obligors |
27.3 | Transfer by Banks |
(a) | Any Bank (the “Transferor Bank”) may, with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Agent and (other than in the case of a transfer by the Transferor Bank to an Affiliate of the Transferor Bank) the Account Party, transfer its Commitment, rights and/or obligations in its capacity as a Bank under this Agreement and under the other Finance Documents to another bank or financial institution that is a credit institution approved by Lloyd’s for the issue of letters of credit in respect of Funds at Lloyd’s (the “Transferee Bank”), provided always that such transfer shall not be for less than the equivalent of £5,000,000 of the Transferor Bank’s Commitment, rights and/or obligations without the prior written consent of the Agent (in its sole and absolute discretion). |
(b) | Without prejudice to Clause 27.3(a), and with the prior written consent of the Agent for any transfer of a Transferor Bank’s Commitment of less than £5,000,000, any Bank may freely transfer (without the prior written consent of the Agent) all or any part of its Commitment, rights and/or obligations where (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or (ii) such transfer is to another Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank (being still a credit institution approved by Lloyd’s for the issue of letters of credit in respect of Funds at Lloyd’s). |
(c) | The consent of the Account Party to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Account Party will be deemed to have given its consent six Banking Days after a Bank has requested it unless the request is expressly refused by the Account Party within that time. |
(d) | Any transfer under this Clause 27 shall be effected by the delivery by the Transferor Bank to the Agent of a Transfer Certificate executed by the Transferor Bank and the Transferee Bank. Any such transfer shall not be effective unless it is effected by a Transfer Certificate. |
27.4 | Signature of Transfer Certificate |
(a) | sign the Transfer Certificate on behalf of the Obligors, itself and each of the other Banks; and |
(b) | give notice to the Obligors and the Banks of receipt, attaching a copy, duly signed by it, of that Transfer Certificate. |
27.5 | Authorisation of Agent to sign Transfer Certificate |
27.6 | Effective date of Transfer Certificate |
(a) | the date specified in that Transfer Certificate; and |
(b) | the date of receipt by the Obligors and the Banks of the notice given by the Agent pursuant to Clause 27.4(b). |
27.7 | Effect of Transfer Certificate |
(a) | to the extent that in that Transfer Certificate the Transferor Bank seeks to transfer its rights and/or its obligations under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, each Obligor and the Transferor Bank shall each be released from further obligations to the other under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents and their respective rights against each other shall be cancelled (such rights and obligations being referred to in this Clause 27.7 as “discharged rights and obligations”); |
(b) | each Obligor, the Transferee Bank and the other Finance Parties shall each assume obligations towards each other and/or acquire rights against each other which differ from the discharged rights and obligations only insofar as the Transferee Bank has assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Transferor Bank; and |
(c) | the Transferee Bank and the other Finance Parties shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the Transferee Bank been an original Party to this Agreement as a Bank with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of that transfer. |
27.8 | Issue of replacement Letters of Credit following transfer |
(a) | Where the Issuing Bank, acting reasonably, is satisfied that the requirements for the transfer of the Commitment, rights and obligations of a Transferor Bank have been satisfied, it shall, subject to confirmation from Lloyd’s in a form satisfactory to the Agent that it will permit the same and subject to being satisfied with the applicable substitution arrangements, issue, in replacement of each Letter of Credit then outstanding, a replacement Letter of Credit in which the Banks participate in proportion to their Commitments following such transfer, and the Issuing Bank shall immediately cancel each replaced Letter of Credit as soon as such replaced Letter of Credit is returned to it. |
(b) | Each Finance Party and each Obligor hereby authorises the Issuing Bank to issue replacement Letters of Credit under Clause 27.8(a) notwithstanding that the Commitment Period may have expired or that any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default may be continuing. |
27.9 | Limitation on responsibility of Transferor Banks |
(a) | Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, a Transferor Bank makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a Transferee Bank for: |
(i) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Security Document or any other documents; |
(ii) | the financial condition of any Obligor; |
(iii) | the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or |
(iv) | the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document; |
(b) | Each Transferee Bank confirms to the Transferor Bank and the other Finance Parties that it: |
(i) | has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Transferor Bank in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any Letter of Credit is or may be outstanding or any Commitment is in force. |
(c) | Nothing in any Finance Document obliges a Transferor Bank to: |
(i) | accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a Transferee Bank of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 27; or |
(ii) | support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the Transferee Bank by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise. |
27.10 | Transfer fee |
27.11 | Sub participation by Banks |
27.12 | Change of lending office |
(a) | the date specified in that notice; and |
(b) | the date of receipt by the Agent of that notice from that Bank. |
27.13 | Delegation |
27.14 | Further assurance |
27.15 | Register |
28. | DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION |
28.1 | Each Bank agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by this Clause 28, and to use reasonable endeavours to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own Confidential Information. |
28.2 | Any Finance Party may disclose: |
(a) | to any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any Person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement so to inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information; |
(b) | to any Person: |
(i) | to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that Person’s Affiliates, representatives and professional advisers; |
(ii) | with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that Person's Affiliates, representatives and professional advisers; |
(iii) | appointed by any Finance Party or by a Person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf; |
(iv) | who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above; |
(v) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or |
(vi) | to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 16 (Security over Banks’ rights); |
(vii) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes; |
(viii) | who is a Party to this Agreement; or |
(ix) | with the consent of any Obligor; |
(1) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and b(iii) above, the Person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking, except that there shall be no requirement for a confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Account Party and the relevant Finance Party if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information; |
(2) | in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the Person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking on terms agreed between the Account Party and the relevant Finance Party or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information it receives and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; |
(3) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the Person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement so to inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; and |
(c) | to any Person appointed by that Finance Party or by a Person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking as may be agreed between the Account Party and the relevant Finance Party. |
28.3 | This Clause 28 (Disclosure of information) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information. |
28.4 | Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose. |
28.5 | Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by Law) to inform the Account Party: |
(a) | of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 28.2 (Disclosure of information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the Persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
(b) | upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 28 (Disclosure of Information). |
28.6 | The obligations in this Clause 28 (Disclosure of information) are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance Party for a period of twelve months from the earlier of: |
(a) | the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and |
(b) | the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party. |
29. | SET-OFF |
30. | USA PATRIOT ACT |
31. | MISCELLANEOUS |
31.1 | No waiver |
31.2 | Waivers to be in writing |
31.3 | Amendments to be in writing |
31.4 | Remedies cumulative |
31.5 | Severability |
31.6 | Counterparts |
31.7 | Calculations and certificates |
31.8 | Certificates and Determinations |
32. | OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES |
(a) | any failure of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in relation to any Obligor whether as a result of lack of corporate capacity, due authorisation, effective execution or otherwise; |
(b) | any giving of time, forbearance, indulgence, waiver or discharge in relation to any Obligor; or |
(c) | any other matter or event whatsoever which might have the effect of impairing any of the liabilities or obligations of any Obligor. |
33. | FURTHER ASSURANCE |
34. | NOTICES |
34.1 | Communications in writing |
34.2 | Addresses |
(a) | in the case of the Agent: |
(b) | in the case of the Issuing Bank: |
(c) | in the case of the Security Trustee: |
(d) | in the case of a Bank, the address set out beneath its name in Schedule 1; |
(e) | in the case of the Account Party: |
(f) | in the case of the Corporate Members: |
(g) | in the case of the Guarantor: |
34.3 | Delivery |
(a) | Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
(i) | if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
(ii) | if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address; |
(b) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose). |
(c) | All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent. |
(d) | Any communication or document made or delivered to the Account Party in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors. |
(e) | Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) above, after 5.00 pm in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
34.4 | Notification of address and fax number |
34.5 | Electronic communication |
(a) | Any communication to be made between any two parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two parties: |
(i) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and |
(ii) | notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days’ notice. |
(b) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between an Obligor and a Finance Party may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication. |
(c) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of |
(d) | Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
(e) | Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 34.5. |
34.6 | English language |
(a) | Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
(b) | All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
(i) | in English; or |
(ii) | if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
35. | APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION |
35.1 | Governing law |
35.2 | Submission to jurisdiction |
35.3 | Jurisdiction of US courts |
(a) | Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Account Party and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit, for themselves and their property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, the “US Courts”), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Finance Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the Account Party and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or Federal court, in each case as the Agent, the Security Trustee or any Bank may select in its sole discretion. The Account Party and the Guarantor agree that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. The Account Party and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waive any objection to the laying of venue in any action or proceeding in any of the US Courts and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Account Party, the Guarantor, the Agent and the Banks hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right to trial by jury in any action or proceeding in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents brought in any of the US Courts. |
(b) | Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Account Party and the Guarantor hereby consent to service of process in any suit, action or proceeding in any of the US Courts by certified mail at the addresses to which notices are to be given to the Account Party and the Guarantor (as applicable) under this Agreement (or at such addresses otherwise notified to the Agent from time to time). |
35.4 | Choice of forum |
(a) | Nothing in this Clause 35 shall affect the right of any Bank to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of any Bank to take Proceedings against any Obligor in any other court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings by any Bank in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. |
(b) | No Obligor shall commence any Proceedings in any country other than England in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents. |
35.5 | Forum convenience |
35.6 | Service of process |
35.7 | Waiver of immunity |
BANK | LENDING OFFICE | COMMITMENT | |||
ING Bank N.V., London Branch | 60 London Wall, London EC2M 5TQ | £ | 195,000,000 | ||
The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch | 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3NS | £ | 105,000,000 | ||
TOTAL | £ | 300,000,000 |
1. | Obligors |
1.1 | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor. |
1.2 | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor: |
(a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a Party and resolving that such Obligor execute the Finance Documents to which it is a Party; |
(b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which such Obligor is a Party on its behalf; and |
(c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on such Obligor’s behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by such Obligor under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a Party. |
1.3 | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above. |
1.4 | A certificate of each Obligor (signed by a director or other duly authorised officer) confirming that entering into and performing its obligations under the Finance Documents would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on such Obligor to be exceeded. |
1.5 | A certificate of an authorised signatory of each Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
1.6 | Where any Finance Document is executed under a power of attorney, the original or a certified copy of such power of attorney. |
1.7 | For each Obligor organised in or qualified to do business in a jurisdiction of the United States, copies of good standing certificates from the applicable Governmental Authority for each such Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the date hereof. |
1.8 | For the Account Party and the Guarantor, results of UCC or other lien searches to be conducted with the relevant Governmental Authority, as requested by the Agent. |
1.9 | UCC-1 financing statements in form and substance acceptable to the Agent, suitable for filing with each Governmental Authority that the Agent deems reasonably necessary for purposes of perfecting the security interests granted in favour of the Security Trustee, reflecting the Account Party as “debtor” and the Security Trustee as “secured party”. |
2. | Legal Opinions |
2.1 | A legal opinion of Hogan Lovells International LLP, legal advisers to the Agent in England, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.2 | A legal opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP, legal advisers to the Agent in New York, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.3 | A legal opinion of Locke Lord LLP, legal advisers to the Guarantor in Delaware, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
2.4 | A legal opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, legal advisers to the Agent in Bermuda, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
3. | Other |
3.1 | Certified copies of the audited financial statements of each Obligor except ACCL for the financial year ending 31 December 2012. |
3.2 | Certified copies of the unaudited combined financial statements of the Guarantor for the period year ending 30 June 2013. |
3.3 | Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Obligors pursuant to Clause 17 (Fees, expenses and indemnities) have been paid. |
3.4 | A list of the directors and the secretary of each Obligor, signed by the secretary or a director of such Obligor. |
3.5 | Confirmation that each Obligor has obtained all appropriate insurance or reinsurance regulatory authorisations. |
3.6 | This Agreement and each other Finance Document and all documents, instruments, notices and acknowledgements required thereunder or pursuant thereto duly executed in a form satisfactory to the Agent by the relevant Obligors. |
3.7 | Such certificates and documents as any Bank may require to comply with the money laundering prevention and “know your customer” procedures then applicable to it. |
3.8 | A Managing Agent’s Undertaking duly signed by AmTrust at Lloyd's Limited in respect of Syndicate 1206, Syndicate 44 and Syndicate 2526. |
To: | [x] as agent on its own behalf and for and on behalf of the Account Party and Banks defined in the Agreement referred to below: | |
Attention: | [x] |
1. | This Transfer Certificate relates to a facility agreement (as the same may from time to time be amended or varied, the “Facility Agreement”) dated [x] 2015 and made between (1) AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited, AmTrust Corporate Member Limited and AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited as Corporate Members; (2) AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. as Account Party (the “Account Party”), (3) AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. as Guarantor, (4) the banks and financial institutions defined therein as Banks (the “Banks”), (5) ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Bookrunner, (6) ING Bank N.V., London Branch and The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch as Mandated Lead Arrangers, (7) ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Agent, (8) ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank and (9) ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Security Trustee. |
2. | Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings when used in this Transfer Certificate. |
3. | In this Transfer Certificate: |
4. | The Transferor Bank as beneficial owner hereby transfers to the Transferee Bank absolutely in accordance with Clause 27 (Assignments and Transfers) of the Facility Agreement all its rights and benefit (present, future or contingent) under the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents to the extent of [x]% of the Transferor Bank’s Commitment outstanding, details of which are set out below: |
TRANSFEROR BANK’S COMMITMENT | AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED | |
£[ ] of participation in Letters of Credit outstanding | £[ ] of participation in Letters of Credit outstanding | |
£[ ] of unutilised Commitment | £[ ] of unutilised Commitment | |
£[ ] of total Commitment | £[ ] of total Commitment |
5. | By virtue of this Transfer Certificate and Clause 27 (Assignments and Transfers) of the Facility Agreement the Transferor Bank is discharged [entirely from its Commitment][from [x]% of its Commitment] and, as provided in Clause 27.7, to the extent stated above: |
(a) | each Obligor and the Transferor Bank shall each be released from further obligations to the other under the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents and their respective rights against |
(b) | each Obligor, the Transferee Bank and the other Finance Parties shall each assume obligations towards each other and/or acquire rights against each other which differ from the discharged rights and obligations only insofar as the Transferee Bank has assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Transferor Bank; and |
(c) | the Transferee Bank and the other Finance Parties shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the Transferee Bank been an original Party to the Facility Agreement as a Bank with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of that transfer. |
6. | The Transferee Bank hereby requests the Agent and the Finance Parties to accept the executed copies of this Transfer Certificate as being delivered pursuant to and for the purposes of Clause 27 (Assignments and Transfers) of the Facility Agreement so as to take effect in accordance with the terms thereof on [x]. |
7. | The Transferee Bank: |
7.1 | confirms that it has received copies of the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents together with such other documents and information as it has required in connection with the transaction contemplated thereby; |
7.2 | confirms that it has not relied and will not hereafter rely on the Transferor Bank, any other Bank, the Agent or the Security Trustee to check or enquire on its behalf into the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Facility Agreement, any of the other Finance Documents or any such other documents or information; |
7.3 | agrees that it has not relied and will not rely on the Transferor Bank, any other Bank, the Agent or the Security Trustee to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Account Party or any other Party to the Facility Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents (save as otherwise expressly provided therein); |
7.4 | warrants to the Transferor Bank and each Relevant Party that it has power and authority to become a Party to the Facility Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorise execution of this Transfer Certificate and to obtain all necessary approvals and consents to the assumption of its obligations under the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents; |
7.5 | if not already a Bank, appoints the Agent to act as its agent as provided in the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof; and |
7.6 | confirms the accuracy of the administrative details set out in the Schedule to this Transfer Certificate. |
7.7 | confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is: |
(a) | [a Qualifying Bank falling within Clause 7.1(a)(i) of the definition of Qualifying Bank;] |
(b) | [a Treaty Bank;] |
(c) | [not a Qualifying Bank.] |
7.8 | [confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Bank in respect of any advance under a Finance Document is either: |
(a) | a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or |
(b) | a partnership, each member of which is: |
(i) | a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or |
(ii) | a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or |
(iii) | a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company.] |
7.9 | [confirms that it holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [ ]) and is tax resident in [ ], so that interest payable to it by an Obligor is generally subject to full exemption from UK withholding tax, and requests that the Account Party notify each Obligor which is a Party as an Obligor as at the Transfer Date that it wishes that scheme to apply to the Facility Agreement.] |
8. | The Transferor Bank: |
8.1 | warrants to the Transferee Bank and each Relevant Party that it has full power to enter into this Transfer Certificate and has taken all corporate action necessary to authorise it to do so; and |
8.2 | undertakes with the Transferee Bank that it will, at its own expense, execute any documents which the Transferee Bank reasonably requests for perfecting in any relevant jurisdiction the Transferee Bank’s title under this Transfer Certificate or for a similar purpose. |
9. | The Transferee Bank hereby undertakes with the Transferor Bank and each Relevant Party that it will perform all those obligations which by the terms of the Facility Agreement will be assumed by it after this Transfer Certificate takes effect. |
10. | None of the Transferor Bank or any other Finance Party: |
10.1 | makes any representation or warranty nor assumes any responsibility with respect to the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Facility Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other document relating thereto; or |
10.2 | assumes any responsibility for the financial condition of the Account Party, the Corporate Members or any other Party to the Facility Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents or any other document relating thereto or for the performance and observance thereof by the Account Party, the Corporate Members or any such other Party (save as otherwise expressly provided therein) and any and all such conditions and warranties, whether expressed or implied by law or otherwise, are hereby excluded (except as aforesaid). |
11. | The Transferor Bank and the Transferee Bank undertake that they will on demand fully indemnify the Agent, the Security Trustee and the Issuing Bank in respect of any claim, proceeding, liability or expense which relates to or results from this Transfer Certificate or any matter connected with or arising out of it unless caused by the Agent’s or Security Trustee’s or Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as the case may be. |
12. | The agreements and undertaking of the Transferee Bank in this Transfer Certificate are given to and for the benefit of and made with each of the Relevant Parties. |
13. | This Transfer Certificate and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. |
Transferor Bank | ||
By: | [x] | |
Dated: | [x] | |
Transferee Bank | ||
By: | [x] | |
Dated: | [x] | |
Agent (for and on behalf of itself and for every other Relevant Party) | ||
By: | [x] | |
Dated: | [x] |
Note: | The execution of this Transfer Certificate alone may not transfer a proportionate share of the Transferor Bank’s interest in the Security constituted by the Finance Documents in the Transferor Bank’s or Transferee Bank’s jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each individual Bank to ascertain whether any other documents are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Transferor Bank’s interest in such Security in any such jurisdiction, and, if so, to seek appropriate advice and arrange for execution of the same. |
To: | The Society and the Council of Lloyd’s | |
c/o The Manager, Market Services | ||
Fidentia House | ||
Walter Burke Way | ||
Chatham Maritime | ||
Chatham | ||
Kent ME4 4RN |
1. | Subject to the terms hereof, the Issuing Lenders shall make payments within two business days of demand on ING Bank N.V., London Branch (the “Agent”) in accordance with paragraph 4 below. |
2. | Upon a demand being made by Lloyd’s pursuant to paragraph 4 below each Issuing Lender shall pay that proportion of the amount demanded which is equal to the proportion which its Commitment set out in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the aggregate Commitments of all the Issuing Lenders set out on Schedule 1 hereto provided that the obligations of the Issuing Lenders under this Credit shall be several and no Issuing Lender shall be required to pay an amount exceeding its Commitment set out in Schedule 1 hereto and the Issuing Lenders shall not be obliged to make payments hereunder in aggregate exceeding a maximum amount of £x]. Any payment by an Issuing Lender hereunder shall be made in sterling to Lloyd’s account specified in the demand made by Lloyd’s pursuant to paragraph 4 below. |
3. | This Credit is effective from [x] (the “Commencement Date”) and will expire on the Final Expiration Date. This Credit shall remain in force until we give you not less than four years’ notice in writing terminating the same on the fourth anniversary of the Commencement Date or on any date subsequent thereto as specified in such notice (the “Final Expiration Date”), our notice to be sent by registered mail for the attention of the Manager, Market Services, at the above address. |
4. | Subject to paragraph 3 above, the Issuing Lenders shall pay to Lloyd’s under this Credit upon presentation of a demand by Lloyd’s on the Agent, ING Bank N.V., London Branch at [x], marked for the attention of [x], substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 hereto the amount specified therein (which amount shall not, when aggregated with all other amounts paid by the Issuing Lenders to Lloyd’s under this Credit, exceed the maximum amount referred to in paragraph 2 above). |
5. | The Agent has signed this Credit as agent for disclosed principals and accordingly shall be under no obligation to Lloyd’s hereunder other than in its capacity as an Issuing Lender. |
6. | All charges are for the Applicant’s account. |
7. | Subject to any contrary indication herein, this Credit is subject to the International Standby Practices - ISP98 (1998 publication - International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.590). |
8. | This Credit shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in England. |
9. | Each of the Issuing Lenders engages with Lloyd’s that demands made under and in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Credit will be duly honoured on presentation. |
Yours faithfully | ||
______________________________ | ||
ING Bank N.V., London Branch | ||
as agent | ||
for and on behalf of | ||
[Names of all Issuing Lenders including Agent] | ||
By: ___________________________ | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Name and Address of Issuing Lender | Commitment | Participation | ||
(Sterling) | ||||
Total Value |
__________________________________ | ||
For Manager | ||
Market Services | ||
By: | _________________________ |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Your ref: | [x] |
Our ref: | MEM/ / / /C911f | |
Extn: | [x] |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank |
From: | [x] |
Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is an Application. This Application is irrevocable. | |||
2. | Terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Application. | |||
3. | We wish to arrange for a Letter of Credit to be issued under the Facility on the following terms: | |||
3.1 | Issuance Date: | [x] | ||
3.2 | Amount: | £[x] | ||
3.3 | Beneficiary: | The Society and Council of Lloyd’s | ||
3.4 | Term: | [x] | ||
4. | Our delivery instructions are: | [x] | ||
5. | [The Letter of Credit will replace the following Letter(s) of Credit which are to be released for cancellation substantially simultaneously with the issue of the Letter of Credit, subject to the indemnity in respect of this process in Clause 17.6 (Indemnity in respect of replacement process): | |||
[x]] | ||||
6. | We confirm that each condition precedent under the Agreement which must be satisfied on the date of this Application is so satisfied and that all Repeating Representations are true in all material respects and no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred. | |||
7. | We attach a copy of the proposed Letter of Credit in favour of Lloyd’s which is to be delivered to the recipient at [insert address]. |
By: | ________________________ |
[x] |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank |
From: | [x] |
Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a request for the cancellation of an issued Letter of credit pursuant to the Agreement. This request is irrevocable. |
2. | We hereby request that, pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, you cancel the following issued Letter of Credit : |
(a) Letter of Credit Number: | [x] | |||
(b) Issuance Date: | [x] | |||
(c) Amount/currency: | [x] | |||
(d) Beneficiary | [x] |
3. | [We further request that the sum of [x] held in account [x] and representing the equivalent of the cash collateral be sent to the following account: [x]/[x] for the above issued Letter of Credit.] |
By: | ||||||||
Director | Director |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank |
From: | [x] |
Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a request for the reduction of an issued Letter of Credit pursuant to the Agreement. |
2. | We hereby request that, pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, you decrease to the sum of £[x] the following issued Letter of Credit : |
(a) Letter of Credit Number: | [x] | |||
(b) Issuance Date: | [x] | |||
(c) Original Amount/currency: | [x] | |||
(d) Beneficiary | [x] |
3. | [We further request that the sum of [x] held in account [x] and representing the equivalent of the cash collateral for the above issued Letter of Credit be sent to the following account: [x]/[x]].] |
[To be completed in the event that the issued Letter of Credit is collateralised] |
By: | ||||||||
Director | Director |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank |
From: | [x] |
Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a request for the [increase of the value of] [amendment of] an issued Letter of Credit pursuant to the Agreement. |
2. | We hereby request that, pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, you [increase to the sum of £[x]] [amend] the following issued Letter of Credit : |
(a) Letter of Credit Number: | [x] | |||
(b) Issuance Date: | [x] | |||
(c) Original Amount/currency: | [x] | |||
(d) Beneficiary | [x] |
[Insert any further details of amendment] |
3. | We undertake to transfer forthwith the sum of [x] into account [x] representing the increase in the original value of the above issued Letter of Credit. |
[To be completed in the event that the issued Letter of Credit is collateralised] |
By: | ||||||||
Director | Director |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Issuing Bank |
From: | [x] |
Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a request for an extension of the expiry date of an issued Letter of Credit pursuant to the Agreement. |
2. | We hereby request that, pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, you extend the expiry date of the following issued Letter of Credit to [x]: |
(a) Letter of Credit Number: | [x] | |||
(b) Issuance Date: | [x] | |||
(c) Amount/currency: | [x] | |||
(d) Beneficiary | [x] |
[This extension shall apply to the full value of the above issued Letter of Credit.] |
3. | [Please note that the sum of [x] transferred into account [x] represents collateral cover for the above issued Letter of Credit.] |
[To be completed in the event that the issued Letter of Credit is collateralised] |
By: | ||||||||
Director | Director |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Agent |
From: | AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”) |
Date : | [x] |
Reference Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate (the “Certificate”). |
2. | Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meanings in this Certificate. |
3. | The Outstanding Letters of Credit as at the date of this Certificate are as set out in Part A attached. |
4. | The position as at the Reference Date with respect to the financial covenants in Clause [14] (Financial Covenant) is as set out in Part B attached. |
5. | As at the date of this Certificate, the Company, the Corporate Members and the Guarantor are in compliance with their obligations under the Finance Documents and no Event of Default has occurred or, if any has occurred none is continuing [, except as set out in Part C attached]*. |
6. | The Managing Agent of each Syndicate has not made any material adverse change in its standards for managing underwriting risk [, except as set out in Part C attached]*. |
7. | The Managing Agent of each Syndicate has adhered in all material respects to Lloyd’s requirements with regard to the investment of syndicate funds [, except as set out in Part C attached]*. |
By: | ______________________________ |
Duly authorised Financial Officer. | |
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. |
Letter of Credit No. [x] | £ | [x] | |
Total: | £ | [x] |
COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION | ADVANCE RATE | ||||||||
Matching Currency | Non-Matching Currency | ||||||||
Cash held with ING: | 100 | % | 95 | % | |||||
Cash held with the Custodian: | 95 | % | 90 | % | |||||
US Dollar and/or Sterling Time Deposits, CDs and Money Market Deposits: Time deposits, certificates of deposit and money market deposits of any OECD incorporated bank with a rating of at least (i) AA- from S&P and (ii) Aa3 from Moody’s and maturing within two years from the date of determination. | 95 | % | 90 | % | |||||
US and/or UK Government Securities: Securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), or UK Gilts, with maturities of:- less than 5 years from the date of determination | 90 | % | 85 | % | |||||
equal to or more than 5 years from the date of determination | 85 | % | 80 | % | |||||
US Government Sponsored Enterprises: Federally chartered US-domiciled corporations which carry the implicit (rather than explicit) support of the US Government and which do not, therefore, meet the “full faith and credit” requirement to qualify as US Government securities (for example Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation). The total share of US Government Enterprises (with implicit support) shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate market value of all Investment Collateral. | 85 | % | 80 | % |
High Grade Municipal Bonds: High grade Municipal bonds rated at least AA- from S&P and Aa3 from Moody’s, or at least AA- from S&P or at least Aa3 from Moody’s if such bond is rated by either S&P or Moody’s but not both If any single Municipal Bond represents more than 5% of aggregate market value of all Investment collateral, the excess over 5% shall be excluded and the total share of Municipal Bonds as part of Investment Collateral shall not exceed 20%. | 80 | % | 75 | % | |||
US Dollar, Euro and/or Sterling Investment Grade Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds : | |||||||
Non-convertible corporate bonds which are traded publicly maturing within eleven years from the date of determination rated | |||||||
(a) at least AA- from S&P and Aa3 from Moody’s. or at least AA- from S&P or at least Aa3 from Moody’s if such bond is rated by either S&P or Moody’s, but not both. | 80 | % | 75 | % | |||
(b) at least A- from S&P and A3 from Moody’s or at least A- from S&P or at least A3 from Moody’s if such bond is rated by either S&P or Moody’s, but not both | 75 | % | 70 | % | |||
If any single corporate issuer (or any affiliate thereof) represents more than 5% of the aggregate market value of all Investment Collateral, the excess over 5% shall be excluded. | |||||||
The minimum weighted average credit quality rating of the Bonds shall be at least A+ and the minimum rating of any individual bond shall be A-. | |||||||
In case of a difference between the rating of S&P and Moody’s the lower rating will apply. |
To: | ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Agent |
From: | [x] (the “Company”) |
Date : | [x] |
Reference Date: | [x] |
1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Borrowing Base Certificate (the “Certificate”). |
2. | Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meanings in this Certificate. |
3. | The position as at the Reference Date with respect to the Letters of Credit and the Collateral is as follows: |
(a) | the mark-to-market value and source of valuation of each asset comprising the Collateral is as shown on the attached report of the Custodian and bank statement of ING Bank N.V., London Branch; [Attach report] |
(b) | the Collateral Value of the Collateral is: [x], calculated as the sum of the following: |
(c) | the aggregate outstanding amount of Letters of Credit is [x]; |
(d) | the aggregate outstanding amount of Letters of Credit covering the solvency deficits of the Syndicates is [x]; and |
(e) | the Collateral Value of the Collateral is at least equal to the Required Collateral Amount. |
By: | _______________________ |
Duly authorised Financial Officer. | |
AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. |
1. | Existing Debentures: (a) the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due 2037 in the original aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000; (b) the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due 2036 in the original aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000; (c) the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due March 2035 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000; and (d) the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due June 2035 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000; in each case with respect to the foregoing, issued to TOPS Trusts pursuant to the applicable Existing Indenture (either the Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2005, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2005, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company or the Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2006, between Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company). |
2. | Existing Guarantees: (a) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2005, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company; (b) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2005, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company; (c) the Guarantee Agreement, dated July 25, 2006, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company; and (d) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007, between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company. |
3. | 6.125% notes due 2023 in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2011, by and between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture, dated as of August 15, 2013, by and between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. |
4. | Parent Guarantee, effective October 14, 2009, made by the Guarantor in favour of Microsoft Corporation for the obligations of AMT Warranty Corp, under its extended service plan program to cover the repair and/or replacement of certain consumer products sold by Microsoft. |
5. | Guarantee by the Guarantor in favour of Maiden Reinsurance for the punctual performance and discharge of Account Party’s obligations arising under the Quota Share Reinsurance Agreement and the Loan Agreement between Account Party and Maiden Reinsurance (pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Master Agreement between the Guarantor and Maiden Holdings, Ltd., dated July 3, 2007, as amended on September 17, 2007). |
6. | Secured Loan Agreement, dated February 24, 2011, between AmTrust Underwriters, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, and Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC in the aggregate principal amount of $5.8 million to finance the purchase of an aircraft. |
7. | Guarantee, dated February 24, 2011, by Guarantor in favour of Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC for the obligations of AmTrust Underwriters, Inc. arising under the Secured Loan Agreement dated February 24, 2011, between AmTrust Underwriters, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, and Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC. |
8. | U.S. Bank Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (SLCMMSP06347) in the amount of $50,000 issued in favour of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
9. | HSBC Standby Letter of Credit (SDCMTN546208) in the amount of $125,000 issued in favour of American Contractors Indemnity |
10. | HSBC Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (SDCMTN546945)in the amount of $70,000 issued in favour of Airlines Reporting Corporation. |
11. | HSBC Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (SDCMTN546206) in the amount of $10,000 issued in favour of American Contractors Indemnity Co. |
12. | Master Lease, dated October 29, 2012, between Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. and the Guarantor to finance the purchase of equipment (aggregate cost of $390,477 payable over 60 months). |
13. | Installment Payment Agreement, dated April 15, 2013, between NetApp, Inc. d/b/a NetApp Capital Solutions and the Guarantor to finance the purchase of IT storage hardware (aggregate cost of $1,398,000 payable over 36 months). |
14. | Floating rate surplus note of First Nonprofit Insurance Company in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000 due December 15, 2035 issued pursuant to an Indenture between First Nonprofit Insurance Company and Wilmington Trust Company dated December 15, 2005. |
15. | Floating rate surplus note of First Nonprofit Insurance Company in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 due December 15, 2034 issued pursuant to an Indenture between First Nonprofit Insurance Company and U.S. Bank National Association dated May 12, 2004. |
16. | AmTrust North America, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, is obligated to pay National Benefit Life Insurance Company an amount equal to three percent (3%) of all earned premium in respect of the business acquired, less the deposit of $3 million paid by AmTrust North America, Inc., pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2013, by and between National Benefit Life Insurance Company and AmTrust North America, Inc. The amount of the remaining earnout is projected to be approximately $700,000 in the aggregate. |
17. | AMT Warranty Corp., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, is obligated to pay Henry F. Jimenez and Geraldine K. Jimenez, trustees of The Jimenez Family Trust, an amount equal to 10% of the EBITDA of OwnerGuard Corporation and its subsidiaries, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2014, by and between Henry F. Jimenez and Geraldine K. Jimenez, trustees of The Jimenez Family Trust, and AMT Warranty Corp. The amount of the remaining earnout is projected to be approximately $1.55 million in the aggregate. |
18. | The Guarantor is obligated to pay Norbert Hohlbein, Maureen Hohlbein, Paul Hohlbein, Lisa Erickson and Jeff Hohlbein, collectively, an annual earnout equal to a percentage of 5.5 times of the EBITDA of Builders calculated on an annual basis for each of the four years ending March 31, 2016 pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 5, 2011, by and between Norbert Hohlbein, Maureen Hohlbein, Paul Hohlbein, Lisa Erickson and Jeff Hohlbein and the Guarantor. The amount of the remaining earnout is projected to be approximately $11 million in the aggregate. |
19. | Overdraft facility from HSBC Bank plc in the amount of £200,000 in favour of Gadget Repair Solutions Limited, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
20. | Promissory Note, dated August 29, 2014, in favour of KeyBank National Association, through its division Key Equipment Finance, in the principal amount of $24.2 million, for the purchase by the Guarantor of an aircraft. |
21. | Master Equipment Lease Agreement, dated December 6, 2013, between Technology Investment Partners, LLC dba TIP Capital and AmTrust North America, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, for data storage equipment (aggregate cost of $308,380.11 over 36 months). |
22. | 7.25% Subordinated Notes due 2055 in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2011, by and between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of June 18, 2015, by and between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. |
23. | 7.50% Subordinated Notes due 2055 in the aggregate principal amount of $135,000,000, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2011, by and between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by the sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of |
24. | Amended, Consolidated and Restated Mortgage Note in the amount of $10,250,000 payable by 723 St. Nicholas Holdings LLC, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
25. | The Account Party is obligated to pay a three-year earn-out to Thomas J. Manger, Larry Michael Sellers and Linda Kay, Sellers Revocable Trust U/D/T December 27, 2012, Sellers Charitable Remainder Unitrust U/D/T December 24, 2014, and Sellers Irrevocable Grantor Trust U/D/T December 24, 2014, pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, dated January 5, 2015, for the Account Party’s acquisition of TMI Solutions, LLC. The amount of the remaining earn-out is projected to be approximately $35.7 million in the aggregate. |
26. | The Guarantor is obligated to pay a five-year earn-out to Thomas Pasquale, Maynard G. Fahs Trust for Spouse and Descendants and Mark Burritt pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated January 5, 2015, for Guarantor’s acquisition of Oryx Insurance Brokerage, Inc. The amount of the remaining earn-out is projected to be approximately $12.25 million in the aggregate. |
27. | The Guarantor is obligated to pay a five-year earnout to Unified Grocers, Inc. pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated April 16, 2015, for Guarantor’s acquisition of Springfield Insurance Company and its affiliates. The earn-out is equal to 4.5% of gross written premium and is payable each year during the term of the master services agreement entered into between the Guarantor and Unified Grocers, Inc. The amount of the earnout is projected to be approximately $7.5 million in the aggregate. |
28. | AmTrust North America, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, is obligated to pay a three-year earn-out to Pacific Brokers Insurance Services Corporation pursuant to a renewal rights and assets purchase agreement, dated July 2, 2015, by and between AmTrust North America, Inc. and Pacific Brokers Insurance Services Corporation. The amount of the earnout is projected to be approximately $2.0 million in the aggregate. |
1. | Lien in favour of Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC securing AmTrust Underwriters, Inc.’s obligations under the Secured Loan Agreement, dated February 24, 2011, between AmTrust Underwriters, Inc. and Bank of America Leasing & Capital, LLC, in connection with the purchase of an aircraft. |
2. | Pledge of cash to secure letters of credit listed on Schedule 14. |
3. | Lien in favour of Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. securing the Guarantor’s obligations under the Master Lease, dated October 29, 2012, between Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. and the Guarantor to finance the purchase of equipment. |
4. | Lien in favour of NetApp, Inc. securing the Guarantor’s obligations under the Installment Payment Agreement, dated April 15, 2013, between NetApp, Inc. d/b/a NetApp Capital Solutions and the Guarantor to finance the purchase of IT storage hardware. |
5. | Lien in favor of KeyBank National Association, through its division Key Equipment Finance, securing the Guarantor's obligations under the Aircraft Security Agreement, dated August 29, 2014, between Guarantor and KeyBank National Association, through its division Key Equipment Finance, in connection with the purchase of an aircraft. |
6. | Security Agreement (MASTERCARD NON US TCAR), dated May 31, 2013, between AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. and Travelex, Inc. providing a security interest over custodian accounts at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company. |
7. | Security Agreement (MASTERCARD US TCAR), dated May 31, 2013, between AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. and Travelex, Inc. providing a security interest over a custodian account at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company. |
8. | Security Agreement (NON BRANDED AND BUFFER), dated May 31, 2013, between AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd. and Travelex, Inc. providing a security interest over a custodian account at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company. |
(a) | as at 22 November 2013, the Sterling Equivalent Amount of the minimum balance required to be held in the accounts referred to at (6), (7) and (8) does not exceed £84,000,000; and |
(b) | from time to time the aggregate balance (using the exchange rates as at 22 November 2013) of the accounts referred to in (6), (7) and (8) shall not exceed 115% of the aggregate value as at 22 November 2013. |
1. | Investment in National General Holdings Corp. (“NGHC”): During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Guarantor completed its strategic investment in NGHC, a company formed by the Michael Karfunkel 2005 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust and the Guarantor for the purpose of acquiring from GMAC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Motor Insurance Corporation (“MIC”, together with GMAC Insurance Holdings, Inc., “GMACI”), GMACI’s U.S. consumer property and casualty insurance business. Various Subsidiaries of the Guarantor, including the Account Party, currently hold an 11.7% ownership interest in NGHC. |
2. | Loan Agreement whereby the Guarantor and Mr. Ira Lipsius collectively loaned $3,800,573.48 to Judy Friedman, individually and as trustee of various trusts, and David Blau, as trustee of various trusts (Friedman and Blau, collectively, the “Maker”). The loan is secured by eight (8) life insurance policies on the life of Blanka Grunbaum with NY Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation owned by the Maker (the Policies”) and is due and payable upon Ms. Grunbaum’s death and payment of the proceeds of Policies to Maker. |
3. | Tower Group Commercial Lines Transaction. |
4. | Promissory Note, dated September 2, 2014, in the amount of $800,000 issued by Guarantor to The Finest Service Organization LLC. |
5. | Guaranty by AmTrust International Limited of £250,000 line of credit provided to Gadget Repair Solutions from Ciga International Trading Ltd. |
6. | AmTrust International Limited guaranty of £300,000 debt owed by Gadget Repair Solutions to a third party supplier. |
7. | Strategic Investment in Sym-Tech Insurance Services Inc. in the amount of $225,000. |
8. | Strategic Investment in Sym-Tech Inc. in the amount of $1,275,000. |
9. | AmTrust International Limited guaranty of $3 million line of credit issued by Marex Financial Limited in favour of Finagra (UK) Limited. |
10. | Loans and commission advances from Warrantech Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, to dealers/agents in the amount of $7.9 million. |
11. | $2.5 million, five-year senior subordinated loan, dated September 8, 2015, from AmTrust International Limited to Finagra UK Limited. |
12. | Guarantor loan of $155,000 to Stoneblock Group LLC in connection with the purchase of building by 723 St. Nicholas Holdings LLC, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
13. | The Account Party is a First Lien Lender to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation in the amount of $1,800,123 under the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated November 3, 2015, by and among Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, certain guarantors party thereto, the New Lenders (which includes the Account Party) and the Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent for the New Lenders and as the Issuing Bank, and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as loan administrator. |
14. | A three-year, €205,000 loan to pre-acquisition shareholders of DSSA Warranty Danışmanlık Anonim Şirketi by Car Care Plan Limited, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, to provide security to HSBC Bank A.Ş. so that HSBC would release personal guarantees provided by the pre-acquisition shareholders of DSSA for obligations of DSSA to Toyota (client) and Aksigorta (insurer). |
15. | Loan Agreement, dated February 9, 2015, whereby AmTrust Holdings Luxembourg, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, loaned $480,000 to John Hamilton. The loan is due and payable on or before April 9, 2016. |
16. | Financial and Performance Guarantee, dated June 18, 2015 and in effect for the 2016 reinsurance year, provided by the Guarantor (on behalf of its Subsidiary, AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services, Inc.) in favour of the Risk Management Agency related to the financial and performance obligations arising from AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services, Inc.’s participation in the FCIC Crop Insurance Program, which is expected to amount to approximately $10-15 million. |
17. | Loan Agreement, dated June 8, 2015, whereby AmTrust Europe Limited, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, loaned £100,000 to Taurus Insurance Services Limited to support an affinity agreement between Taurus and Debenhams Retail plc. The loan is payable in twelve monthly instalments, beginning on January 31, 2016. |
18. | Guarantee, dated June 8, 2015, by AmTrust Europe Limited, a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, for commissions payable to Debenhams Retail plc by Taurus Insurance Services Limited in the maximum amount of £74,997. |
19. | Guaranty, dated November 20, 2015, provided by the Guarantor of an Italian medical liability credit facility provided by Elba Assicurazioni SPA in the amount of €10 million to allow AmTrust Europe Ltd., a Subsidiary of the Guarantor, to participate in Italian public tenders for insurance services. |