Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) | March 1, 2017 |
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 9.01 | Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1 | Amendment No. 8, dated March 1, 2017, to the Credit Agreement, dated September 12, 2014, among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the various institutions party thereto as lenders. | |
10.2 | Second Amendment Agreement, dated March 1, 2017, related to the £515,000,000 Facility Agreement, dated November 3, 2016, among the Company, AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited, AmTrust Corporate Member Limited, AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited, ANV Corporate Name Limited, AmTrust International Insurance, Ltd., ING Bank N.V., London Branch, The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch and Bank of Montreal, London Branch. |
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | |
(Registrant) |
Date | March 3, 2017 |
/s/ Stephen Ungar | |
Stephen Ungar | |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Dated March 1 2017 |
AmTrust Corporate Capital Limited AmTrust Corporate Member Limited AmTrust Corporate Member Two Limited ANV Corporate Name 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, The Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch and Bank of Montreal, London Branch as Mandated Lead Arrangers |
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ING Bank N.V., London Branch as Bookrunner, Agent, Issuing Bank and Security |
Trustee |
Second Amendment Agreement Relating to a Credit Facility Agreement |
Matter ref 1M1209/001503 | ||
Hogan Lovells International LLP | ||
Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG |
(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) | ANV CORPORATE NAME LIMITED, a company incorporated in England under registered number 06705037 whose registered office is at 4th floor, 1 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AA ("ANV"); |
(5) | 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"); |
(6) | 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"); |
(7) | THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 OF THE AMENDED FACILITY AGREEMENT (the "Original Banks"); |
(8) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH, as Bookrunner; |
(9) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON BRANCH AND BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH as Mandated Lead Arrangers (the "Lead Arrangers"); |
(10) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH, as Agent; |
(11) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH, as Issuing Bank; and |
(12) | ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH, as Security Trustee. |
(A) | By a letter of credit facility agreement dated 26 November 2013, as amended and restated from time to time and most recently on 3 November 2016 and further amended on 22 December 2016 (the "Facility Agreement") and made between the Parties, the Banks agreed to provide a letter of credit facility of up to £515,000,000 to provide Funds at Lloyd's on behalf of the Corporate Members to support their underwriting at Lloyd's of London. |
(B) | The Parties now wish to amend the Facility Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in order to (i) increase the amount of additional unsecured Indebtedness permitted under Clause 14.2(s)(xxxii) of the Facility Agreement from $200,000,000 to $350,000,000; and (ii) reflect the fact that any such Indebtedness in excess of $250,000,000 incurred by any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of letters of credit will count towards the Consolidated Leverage Ratio. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Words and expressions defined in the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless otherwise defined herein. |
1.2 | In this Agreement: |
1.3 | 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. |
1.4 | From the Amendment 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. |
2. | AMENDMENT |
2.1 | With effect from the Amendment Effective Date, the definition of "Consolidated Total Debt" set out in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the following wording: |
(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 (other than the Excess Amount) otherwise included in such Indebtedness. |
2.2 | With effect from the Amendment Effective Date, Clause 14.2(s)(xxxii) of the Facility Agreement in respect of additional unsecured Indebtedness is amended to replace the reference of "$200,000,000" appearing therein with "$350,000,000". |
3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
3.1 | Subject to Clause 3.2 of this Agreement, each Obligor represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties set out in Clauses 13.2 to 13.33 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 Amendment Effective Date. |
3.2 | Each Obligor gives each representation and warranty under Clause 3.1 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. |
4. | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE |
4.1 | Continuing obligations |
(a) | each Obligor that has granted Security pursuant to the Security Documents confirms that the Security created by the relevant Security Documents shall continue to fully secure the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents (including but not limited to the Amended Facility Agreement); and |
(b) | the Guarantor confirms that from the Amendment Effective Date the guarantee and indemnity given by it in Clause 12 (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 Finance Documents (including but not limited to the Amended Facility Agreement), |
4.2 | Prospective effect only |
4.3 | Actions already taken |
4.4 | Further assurance |
5. | AMENDMENTS |
6. | TRANSFERS |
7. | INCORPORATION OF TERMS |
8. | GOVERNING LAW |
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/ Peter Dewey | Signature |
AMTRUST CORPORATE | ) | Peter Dewey | PRINT NAME |
MEMBER LIMITED | ) | Director | Job title |
ACM2L | |||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Peter Dewey | Signature |
AMTRUST CORPORATE | ) | Peter Dewey | PRINT NAME |
MEMBER TWO LIMITED | ) | Director | Job title |
ANV | |||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Peter Dewey | Signature |
ANV CORPORATE | ) | Peter Dewey | PRINT NAME |
NAME LIMITED | ) | Director | Job title |
ACCOUNT PARTY | |||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Chris Souter | Signature |
AMTRUST INTERNATIONAL | ) | Chris Souter | PRINT NAME |
INSURANCE, LTD. | ) | Director, CFO, Secretary | Job title |
GUARANTOR | |||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Evan Greenstein | Signature |
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. | ) | Evan Greenstein | PRINT NAME |
VP, Treasurer | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Ralph Booth | Signature |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON BRANCH | ) | Ralph Booth | PRINT NAME |
Managing Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Samina Sajanlal | Signature | ||
Samina Sajanlal | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Scott Matthews | Signature |
BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH | ) | Scott Matthews | PRINT NAME |
Managing Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Tony Ebdon | Signature | ||
Tony Ebdon | PRINT NAME | ||
Managing Director | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Ralph Booth | Signature |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, LONDON BRANCH | ) | Ralph Booth | PRINT NAME |
Managing Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Samina Sajanlal | Signature | ||
Samina Sajanlal | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title | ||
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Scott Matthews | Signature |
BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH | ) | Scott Matthews | PRINT NAME |
Managing Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Tony Ebdon | Signature | ||
Tony Ebdon | PRINT NAME | ||
Managing Director | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title |
SIGNED for and on behalf of | ) | /s/ Carolyn Rajaratnam | Signature |
ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH | ) | Carolyn Rajaratnam | PRINT NAME |
Director | Job title | ||
/s/ Nick Marchant | Signature | ||
Nick Marchant | PRINT NAME | ||
Director | Job title |