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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 3, 2019, Chubb INA Holdings Inc. agreed to sell in a public offering €700,000,000 of 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024 and €700,000,000 of 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Chubb Limited.
Attached as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2 are copies of the underwriting agreement and terms agreement relating to such public offering. Attached as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 are the form of officer’s certificate establishing the notes and the forms of the notes. Attached as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2 are certain opinions related to the notes.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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1.1 |
Filed herewith | |||||
1.2 |
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4.1 |
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Included in Exhibit 5.1 | |||||
23.2 |
Included in Exhibit 5.2 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Chubb Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph F. Wayland | |
Joseph F. Wayland | ||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
DATE: December 5, 2019
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities
Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of
Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by
CHUBB LIMITED
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: December 3, 2019
Table of Contents
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties |
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(a) |
Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Guarantor |
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(1) |
Compliance with Registration Requirements; Disclosure |
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(2) |
Incorporated Documents |
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(3) |
Independent Accountants |
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(4) |
Financial Statements |
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(5) |
No Material Adverse Change in Business |
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(6) |
Good Standing of the Company; Place of Management |
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(7) |
Valid Existence of the Guarantor |
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(8) |
Good Standing of Corporate Subsidiaries |
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(9) |
Good Standing of Partnership Subsidiaries |
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Capitalization |
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(11) |
Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement and Terms Agreement |
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(12) |
Authorization of Underwritten Securities |
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Authorization of Guarantee |
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Authorization of the Indentures and Agency Agreements |
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Descriptions of the Underwritten Securities, the Guarantee and the Indentures |
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Non-Taxation |
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Reserves |
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Absence of Defaults and Conflicts |
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(19) |
Absence of Proceedings |
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Accuracy of Exhibits |
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Absence of Further Requirements |
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Possession of Licenses and Permits |
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Insurance Laws |
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Governmental Authorization |
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Commodity Exchange Act |
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Investment Company Act |
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Internal Controls and Procedures |
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(b) |
Officers Certificates |
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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing |
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Underwritten Securities |
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Payment |
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Stabilization |
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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantor |
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Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees |
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Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents; Preparation of Final Term Sheet |
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Delivery of Registration Statements |
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Delivery of Prospectuses |
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Continued Compliance with Securities Laws |
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Blue Sky Qualifications |
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Earnings Statement |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Listing, Clearance and Settlement |
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Restriction on Sale of Debt Securities |
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Reporting Requirements |
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Documentary, Stamp or Similar Issue Taxes |
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses |
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Registration Statement Renewal Deadline |
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Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form |
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses |
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Expenses |
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Termination of Agreement |
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SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations |
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Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filings |
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Opinions of Counsel for Company and Guarantor |
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Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters |
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Company Officers Certificate |
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Guarantor Officers Certificate |
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Accountants Comfort Letters |
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Bring-down Comfort Letters |
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CFO Certificate |
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Ratings |
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Listing Application and Settlement |
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Additional Documents |
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Termination of Terms Agreement |
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Indemnification of Company, Guarantor, Directors and Officers |
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Actions against Parties; Notification |
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Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse |
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SECTION 7. Contribution |
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SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery |
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SECTION 9. Termination |
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Terms Agreement |
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Liabilities |
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SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters |
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SECTION 11. Notices |
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SECTION 12. Parties |
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SECTION 13. Consent to Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 14. Waiver of Immunities |
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SECTION 15. Judgment Currency |
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SECTION 16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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SECTION 17. Contractual Recognition of Bail-in |
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SECTION 18. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes |
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SECTION 19. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME |
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SECTION 20. Effect of Headings |
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CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities
Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of
Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by
CHUBB LIMITED
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
December 3, 2019
To: | The Underwriters named in the |
within-mentioned Terms Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Chubb INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell 1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior or subordinated debt securities (the Debt Securities), from time to time, in or pursuant to one or more offerings on terms to be determined at the time of sale. The Debt Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Chubb Limited, a Swiss company (the Guarantor).
The Debt Securities will be issued in one or more series as senior indebtedness (the Senior Debt Securities) under an indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999 (as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time (including by any supplement which may be entered into in connection with the issuance of such Debt Securities), the Senior Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (the Senior Trustee), or as subordinated indebtedness (the Subordinated Debt Securities) under an indenture (the Subordinated Indenture, and collectively with the Senior Indenture, the Indentures, and each, an Indenture), dated as of December 1, 1999 among the Company, the Guarantor and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the Subordinated Trustee, and collectively with the Senior Trustee, the Trustees, and each, a Trustee). Each series of Debt Securities may vary, as applicable, as to title, aggregate principal amount, rank, interest rate or formula and timing of payments thereof, stated maturity date, redemption and/or repayment provisions, sinking fund requirements, conversion or exchange provisions and any other variable terms established by or pursuant to the applicable Indenture.
The Company and the Guarantor may appoint one or more paying agents, transfer agents and registrars in relation to the Debt Securities of any series, and may enter into one or more agreements (each, an Agency Agreement) for that purpose.
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Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Debt Securities, the Company and the Guarantor will enter into an agreement (each, a Terms Agreement) providing for the sale of such Debt Securities to, and the purchase and offering thereof by, the underwriters specified in the Terms Agreement (the Underwriters, which term shall include any Underwriter substituted pursuant to Section 10 hereof). The Terms Agreement relating to the offering of Debt Securities shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to be issued (the Underwritten Securities), the name of each Underwriter participating in such offering (subject to substitution as provided in Section 10 hereof) and the name of any Underwriter acting as co-manager in connection with such offering, the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities that each such Underwriter severally agrees to purchase, whether such offering is on a fixed or variable price basis and, if on a fixed price basis, the initial offering price, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters, the form, time, date and place of delivery and payment of the Underwritten Securities and any other material variable terms of the Underwritten Securities. The Terms Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and one or more of the Underwriters, acting for themselves and, if applicable, as representative(s) of any other Underwriters. Each offering of Underwritten Securities will be governed by this Underwriting Agreement, as supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement. As used herein, the term Representative(s) means, with respect to any offering of Debt Securities, any Underwriter(s) specified as the representative(s) of the Underwriters of such offering in the applicable Terms Agreement and if none is so designated, it means the Underwriters.
The Company and the Guarantor have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a joint automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-227749), for the registration of the Debt Securities and the guarantee thereof of the Guarantor (the Guarantee) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the 1933 Act Regulations). Such registration statement became effective automatically upon filing on October 9, 2018, each Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the 1939 Act), and the Company and the Guarantor have filed such post-effective amendments to such registration statement as may be required prior to the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement and each such post-effective amendment became effective automatically upon filing with the Commission. At any given time, such registration statement (as so amended, if applicable, to such time), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at such time pursuant to Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations (the Rule 430B Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and the final base prospectus or prospectuses and the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Underwritten Securities, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters by the Company and the Guarantor for use in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities, are collectively referred to herein as the Prospectus; provided, however, that at any given time references to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus shall also be deemed to include all documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), as of, in the case of the Registration Statement, such given date, or, in the case of the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus. A preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to refer to any prospectus used before
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the Registration Statement became effective and any prospectus that omitted information to be included upon pricing in a form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations and was used after such effectiveness and prior to the relevant Applicable Time (as defined in the applicable Terms Agreement), including in each case any base prospectus so used and the documents incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Underwriting Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR).
The term Disclosure Package shall mean (i) each preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, used in connection with the offer of the Underwritten Securities, (ii) the Final Term Sheet (as defined herein), which shall be identified in Schedule I to the applicable Terms Agreement, and (iii) any issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (each, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
All references in this Underwriting Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which are, at a given time, contained, included or stated (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference or deemed to be included in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, as of, in the case of the Registration Statement, such given time, or, in the case of the Prospectus, the date of the Prospectus, or, in the case of a preliminary prospectus, the relevant Applicable Time; and all references in this Underwriting Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be deemed, at a given time, to mean and include the filing of any document under the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act which is incorporated by reference or deemed to be included in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, after, in the case of the Registration Statement, such given time, or, in the case of the Prospectus, the date of the Prospectus, or, in the case of a preliminary prospectus, the relevant Applicable Time.
The term broadly available road show means a bona fide electronic road show as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) of the 1933 Act Regulations that has been made available without restriction to any person.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor represent and warrant to each Underwriter named in the applicable Terms Agreement, as of the date thereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time (as defined below) (in each case, a Representation Date), as follows:
(1) Compliance with Registration Requirements; Disclosure. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such
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amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus) and (iii) at the execution time of each of this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement (with each such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iii)), each of the Company and the Guarantor was and is a well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, neither the Company nor the Guarantor has received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form and neither the Company nor the Guarantor has otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form.
(i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement relating to the Underwritten Securities that the Company, the Guarantor or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) and (ii) as of the date of the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement (with each such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), neither the Company nor the Guarantor was or is an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations that it is not necessary that either the Company or the Guarantor be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
No stop order has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with. In addition, each Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
At the respective times the Registration Statement became effective or was deemed effective with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the 1939 Act Regulations) and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
At the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Time, neither the Prospectus nor any amendments and supplements thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
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the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Term Sheet, as of their issue dates and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of the Underwritten Securities or until any earlier date that the Company or the Guarantor notified or notifies the Representative(s) as described in the next sentence, did not, do not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative(s) and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict.
Each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Disclosure Package, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has distributed nor will it distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Time and the completion of the Underwriters distribution of the Underwritten Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Underwritten Securities other than a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative(s) and included in Schedule I to the applicable Terms Agreement, any electronic road show reviewed and consented to by the Representative(s), or the Registration Statement. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has issued any press or other public announcement referring specifically to the proposed issue of, or the terms of, the Underwritten Securities other than those announcements that adequately disclosed that stabilizing action may take place in relation to the Underwritten Securities (but only to the extent required by laws, regulations or guidelines (including the United Kingdoms Financial Conduct Authority Handbook) applicable to the Company, the Guarantor, the Underwriters or any other entity undertaking stabilization in connection with the issue of the Underwritten Securities) and, in connection therewith, each of the Company and the Guarantor has authorized the Representative(s) to make all appropriate disclosure in relation to stabilization instead of the Company or the Guarantor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter through the Representative(s) expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
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To the Companys knowledge, the Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, nor is the Company or the Guarantor the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations, complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(2) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the 1934 Act Regulations) and, when read together with the other information in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at the Applicable Time or at the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and at the Closing Time, did not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(3) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified or shall certify the financial statements and any supporting schedules thereto of the Guarantor included in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants with respect to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(4) Financial Statements. (a) The financial statements of the Guarantor included in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements, schedules and notes of any other entity included therein, present fairly the financial position of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may be, at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may be, for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as indicated therein or in the notes thereto. The supporting schedules, if any, included in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information, if any, of the Guarantor included in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the
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information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the related audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(b) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(5) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) has sustained any material loss or material interference with its business from any action, notice, order or decree from an insurance regulatory authority and (ii) there has been (A) no material adverse change in case reserves or losses or loss expense of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries (including the Company) and (B) no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Company) considered as one enterprise, in either case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Change).
(6) Good Standing of the Company; Place of Management. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor and it has been duly incorporated and is subsisting and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated under, this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement. The Company is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company is domiciled and has its effective place of management outside Switzerland.
(7) Valid Existence of the Guarantor. The Guarantor has been duly created for an unlimited duration and is validly existing as a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) under the laws of Switzerland, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated under, this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement. The Guarantor is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
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(8) Good Standing of Corporate Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Guarantor, other than such subsidiaries as would not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a significant subsidiary as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act (each, a Significant Subsidiary) (including the Company), that is a corporation has been duly incorporated or organized and is an existing corporation in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; each such Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Significant Subsidiary is owned by the Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, except for de minimis shareholdings as required to comply with applicable law, and such capital stock is owned free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity (except for restrictions on transferability of the shares of insurance subsidiaries, under applicable law).
(9) Good Standing of Partnership Subsidiaries. Each Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is a partnership has been duly formed and is an existing partnership in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; each such Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; all of the outstanding equity interests of each such Significant Subsidiary of the Guarantor have been duly authorized and validly issued; and all of the equity interests of each such Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity (other than immaterial amounts necessary to comply with applicable law).
(10) Capitalization. If the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus contains a Capitalization section, the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Guarantor are as set forth in the column entitled Actual under such section (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options). Such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued by the Guarantor and are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such shares of capital stock
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was issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Guarantor.
(11) Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement and Terms Agreement. This Underwriting Agreement has been, and the applicable Terms Agreement as of the date thereof will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantor.
(12) Authorization of Underwritten Securities. The Underwritten Securities have been, or as of the date of the applicable Terms Agreement will have been, duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement. Such Underwritten Securities, when issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any Underwritten Securities payable in a foreign or composite currency (or a foreign or composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or by governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States. Such Underwritten Securities will be in the form contemplated by, and each registered holder thereof will be entitled to the benefits of, the applicable Indenture.
(13) Authorization of Guarantee. The Guarantee has been, or as of the date of such Terms Agreement will have been, duly authorized by the Guarantor for issuance pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement. Such Guarantee, when issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
(14) Authorization of the Indentures and Agency Agreements. Each of the applicable Indenture and, if applicable, the applicable Agency Agreement has been, or prior to the issuance of the Debt Securities thereunder will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor and, upon such authorization, execution and delivery, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
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limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(15) Descriptions of the Underwritten Securities, the Guarantee and the Indentures. The Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement, the Guarantee and each applicable Indenture, as of each Representation Date, will conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(16) Non-Taxation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of the United States and Switzerland, as applicable, and any political subdivision thereof, all principal, interest, premium, if any, and additional amounts payable on the Underwritten Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, pursuant to the Underwritten Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, to the holders thereof in Euro and may be freely transferred out of the United States or Switzerland, as applicable, and all such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of the United States or Switzerland, as applicable, will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of the United States or Switzerland, as applicable, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in the United States and Switzerland, as applicable, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the United States or Switzerland, as applicable, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. No stamp, issuance, transfer or other similar taxes or duties (Stamp Taxes) are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters in the United States or Switzerland or any political subdivision or of any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made on (i) the creation, issue or delivery by the Company of the Underwritten Securities, (ii) the creation, issue or delivery by the Guarantor of the Guarantee, (iii) the purchase by the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities (including the Guarantee) in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) the resale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities (including the Guarantee) contemplated by this Agreement or (v) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other transaction documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(17) Reserves. The description of the Guarantors reserves and reserving methodology and assumptions described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is accurate and fairly presents the information set forth therein in all material respects and, since the date of the latest financial statements included in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no loss experience has developed which would require or make it appropriate for the Guarantor to alter or modify such methodology.
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(18) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) is in violation of its charter or by-laws, partnership agreement or other constitutive documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the assets, properties or operations of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) is subject (collectively, Agreements and Instruments), except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The execution, delivery and performance of this Underwriting Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and each applicable Indenture and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities, the issuance of the Guarantee, and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities, together with the Guarantee, as described under the caption Use of Proceeds) and compliance by the Company and the Guarantor, as applicable, with their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) pursuant to, any Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws, partnership agreement or other constitutive document of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) or, to the best of the Companys and the Guarantors knowledge, any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) or over any of the assets, properties or operations of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company), except for such violations under applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. As used herein, a Repayment Event means any event or condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holders behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company).
(19) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor
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threatened or contemplated, against or affecting the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than as stated therein), or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement.
(20) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto that have not been so described and filed as required.
(21) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, is required for the due authorization, execution or delivery by the Company or the Guarantor of this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or for the performance by the Company or the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated under the Prospectus, this Underwriting Agreement, such Terms Agreement or the applicable Indenture, as applicable, except such as have been obtained and made under the 1933 Act, such filing of the Prospectus as has been made with the Bermuda Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(22) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Company) possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, Governmental Licenses) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to so possess any such Governmental Licenses would not, singly or in aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Company) are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses that, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(23) Insurance Laws. Each of the Guarantor and its insurance subsidiaries (including insurance holding companies) is duly registered, licensed or admitted as an insurer or an insurance holding company (as applicable) in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed or admitted to conduct its business as presently conducted, except where the failure to be so registered, licensed or admitted would not reasonably be
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expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; each of the Guarantor and its insurance subsidiaries has all other necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits, of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all insurance authorities, commissions or other insurance regulatory bodies to conduct their respective businesses as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for where the failure to have such authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits, or to make such declarations and filings, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; all of such authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and neither the Guarantor nor its insurance subsidiaries has received any notification from any insurance authority, commission or other insurance regulatory body to the effect that any additional authorization, approval, order, license, certificate or permit from such authority, commission or body is needed to be obtained by any of the Guarantor or its insurance subsidiaries, except for any authorization, approval, order, license, certificate or permit from any such authority, commission or body the failure of which to obtain, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Each of the Guarantor and its insurance subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable insurance statutes and regulations and has filed all reports, documents or other information required to be filed under such statutes and regulations, except where the failure to comply or file would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and each of the Guarantor and its insurance subsidiaries is in compliance with the insurance laws and regulations of other jurisdictions which are applicable to the Guarantor and its insurance subsidiaries (as the case may be), except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(24) Governmental Authorization. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no authorization, approval or consent of any governmental authority or agency is required (other than any license as an insurer or insurance holding company and other than those that have already been obtained) under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) conduct their respective businesses in connection with the ownership, directly or indirectly, by the Guarantor of equity interests in any subsidiary (including the Company) or the repatriation of any amount from or to the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company), except to the extent that the failure to obtain such authorization, approval or consent would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(25) Commodity Exchange Act. The Underwritten Securities, upon issuance, will be excluded or exempted under, or beyond the purview of, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the Commodity Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act.
(26) Investment Company Act. The Company and the Guarantor are not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in each of the Disclosure Package
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and the Prospectus they will not be, an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(27) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Guarantor maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the 1934 Act Regulations) designed by, or under the supervision of, the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Guarantors internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2018, and the Guarantor was not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting at such time.
(b) Officers Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries and delivered to the Representative(s) or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, the Guarantor or such subsidiary, as the case may be, to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate and, unless subsequently amended or supplemented, at each Representation Date subsequent thereto.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Underwritten Securities. The several commitments of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.
(b) Payment. In each case, payment of the purchase price for the Underwritten Securities shall be made by wire transfer to the account of a common depositary for Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear) and for Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream), for the account of the Company, by Merrill Lynch International, as Settlement Lead Manager (the Settlement Lead Manager), at 10:00 a.m., London time on December 6, 2019 or at such other time and/or date as the Company and the Settlement Lead Manager on behalf of the Underwriters may agree (the Closing Date), against delivery of a global certificate representing the Underwritten Securities (the Registered Global Certificate), duly executed and registered in the name of The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee for such common depositary, and in or substantially in the form provided in the Indenture, to such common depositary for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale and transfer of the Underwritten Securities shall be duly paid by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, against delivery of the Registered Global Certificate.
It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative(s), for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Underwritten Securities which it has severally agreed to purchase. Any Representative, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Underwritten Securities to be purchased by any
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Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(c) Stabilization. In connection with the issuance of the Underwritten Securities, each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby confirms the authority of Merrill Lynch International (the Stabilizing Manager) to make adequate public disclosure of information, and to act as the central point responsible for handling any request from a competent authority, in each case as required by Article 6(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of March 8, 2016 with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programs and stabilization measures. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that:
(1) the Stabilizing Manager for its own account may, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and directives, over-allot and effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Underwritten Securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail, but in doing so the Stabilizing Manager shall act as principal and not as agent of the Company or the Guarantor and any loss resulting from overallotment and stabilization shall be borne, and any profit arising therefrom shall be beneficially retained, by the Stabilizing Manager;
(2) there is no assurance that the Stabilizing Manager (or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilizing Manager) will undertake any stabilization action;
(3) nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed so as to require the Company to issue in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities specified in the applicable Terms Agreement; and
(4) such stabilization, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time and shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and directives.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor covenant with the Representative(s) and with each Underwriter participating in the offering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees. The Company and the Guarantor, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations, if and as applicable, and they will notify the Representative(s) immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the filing and effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company or the Guarantor becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Underwritten
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Securities. The Company and the Guarantor will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as they deem necessary to ascertain promptly whether each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, they will promptly file such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. The Company and the Guarantor will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company and the Guarantor agree to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Underwritten Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(b) Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents; Preparation of Final Term Sheet. The Company and the Guarantor will give the Representative(s) notice of their intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company and the Guarantor will furnish the Representative(s) with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will give the Representative(s) a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such document prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be. The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the Final Term Sheet) reflecting the final terms of the Underwritten Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative(s) and attached as Schedule II to the applicable Terms Agreement, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an issuer free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations within the time required by such rule.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company and the Guarantor have furnished or will deliver to the Representative(s) and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representative(s), without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company and the Guarantor will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) as such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company and the Guarantor will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be
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identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company and the Guarantor will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Underwritten Securities as contemplated in this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when the Prospectus is required by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company and the Guarantor, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Company and the Guarantor will use their best efforts to have such amendment declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not automatically effective with respect to the Underwritten Securities), and the Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Neither the Representative(s) consent to, nor any Underwriters delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly notify the Representative(s) and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission and will promptly file such amendment or supplement with the Commission.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company and the Guarantor will use their best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative(s) may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of the applicable Terms Agreement; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantor shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which they are not so qualified or to subject themselves to taxation in respect of
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doing business in any jurisdiction in which they are not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities have been so qualified, the Company and the Guarantor will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of such Terms Agreement.
(g) Earnings Statement. The Guarantor and, to the extent separately required pursuant to Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified under the caption Use of Proceeds in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company will receive and use all of the proceeds from the offering exclusively outside Switzerland.
(i) Listing, Clearance and Settlement. The Company and the Guarantor will use their commercially reasonable efforts to, within 30 days after the Closing Time, (i) effect the listing of the Underwritten Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or any other stock exchange or securities market if and as specified in the applicable Terms Agreement, and (ii) if applicable, register the Underwritten Securities under the 1934 Act. The Company and the Guarantor will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of Clearstream and Euroclear.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Debt Securities. Between the date of the applicable Terms Agreement and the Closing Time or such other date specified in such Terms Agreement, neither the Company nor the Guarantor will, without the prior written consent of the Representative(s), directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, the debt securities specified in such Terms Agreement.
(k) Reporting Requirements. The Guarantor, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(l) Documentary, Stamp or Similar Issue Taxes. The Company and the Guarantor will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Underwritten Securities, on the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement and on the resale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities (including the Guarantee) contemplated by this Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company or the Guarantor hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company or the Guarantor is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company or the Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received
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after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made. In addition to any amount payable by the Company or the Guarantor under this Agreement, the Company or the Guarantor (as the case may be) shall pay (and shall reimburse the Underwriters for) any value added tax or similar tax in respect of that amount.
(m) Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative(s), it will not make, any offer relating to the Underwritten Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Regulations) required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the Commission or retained by the Company or the Guarantor under Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations; provided that the prior written consent of the Representative(s) shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses listed in Schedule I to the applicable Terms Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative(s) is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. Each of the Company and the Guarantor consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Underwritten Securities or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 of the 1933 Act Regulations or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Underwritten Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet.
(n) Registration Statement Renewal Deadline. If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the Renewal Deadline) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Underwritten Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative(s). If the Company or the Guarantor is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company and the Guarantor will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative(s), and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company and the Guarantor will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Underwritten Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(o) Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form. If at any time when Underwritten Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters either the Company or the Guarantor receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act
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Regulations or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company or the Guarantor will (i) promptly notify the Representative(s), (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative(s), (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement of post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representative(s) of such effectiveness. The Company and the Guarantor will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Underwritten Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company or the Guarantor has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company and the Guarantor will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of their obligations under this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Underwriting Agreement, any Terms Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters, the Indentures, and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Underwritten Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Underwritten Securities and any certificates for the Underwritten Securities, to the Underwriters, including any transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters (including any charges of Euroclear or Clearstream in connection therewith), (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Companys and the Guarantors counsel, accountants and other advisors or agents (including transfer agents and registrars), as well as the separately agreed fees and disbursements of the Trustees and any paying agents, transfer agents and registrars, and their respective counsel, (v) the qualification of the Underwritten Securities under state securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of the Blue Sky Survey, and any amendment thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters and filing of copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the fees charged by Rating Organizations (as defined below) for the rating of the Underwritten Securities, if applicable, (viii) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to the listing of the Underwritten Securities, if applicable, (ix) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the FINRA) of the terms of the sale of the Underwritten Securities, (x) all fees and expenses in connection with the listing of the Underwritten Securities on the NYSE or any other stock exchange or securities market, as applicable, and (xi) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Underwritten Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of
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the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants. Except as provided in this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If the applicable Terms Agreement is terminated by the Representative(s) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) or 9(a)(ii) hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in Section 1(a) hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filings. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or threatened by the Commission; any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters; no notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations shall have been received by the Company or the Guarantor objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; the Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and neither the Company nor the Guarantor is the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission (including the information required by Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430B shall have been filed, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective. The Final Term Sheet and any other material required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433.
(b) Opinions of Counsel for Company and Guarantor. At Closing Time, the Representative(s) shall have received the favorable opinions, each dated as of Closing Time, of Bär & Karrer AG, Swiss counsel for the Guarantor, the Guarantors General Counsel, and Mayer Brown LLP, United States counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in: Exhibit B hereto with respect to the opinion of Bär & Karrer AG; Exhibit C hereto with respect to the opinion of the
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Guarantors General Counsel; and Exhibit D hereto with respect to the opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, and, as to each opinion, to such further effect as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representative(s) shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative(s). Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Company Officers Certificate. At Closing Time, the Representative(s) shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has not been, since the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to the best of such officers knowledge, are threatened by the Commission.
(e) Guarantor Officers Certificate. At Closing Time, the Representative(s) shall have received a certificate of either the Chairman, the President and Chief Executive Officer or the General Counsel and Secretary of the Guarantor and of either the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or chief investment officer of the Guarantor, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, (i) there has not been, since the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Guarantor in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Guarantor has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted, are pending or are threatened by the Commission.
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(f) Accountants Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Representative(s) shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, a letter, dated as of the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative(s), together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements (including any pro forma financial statements) and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus or prospectuses that are part of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representative(s) shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that it reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(h) CFO Certificate. At the time of the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Representative(s) shall have received a certificate, dated as of the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, of Philip V. Bancroft, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative(s).
(i) Ratings. At Closing Time, the Underwritten Securities shall have the ratings accorded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as defined by the Commission in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act (each, a Rating Organization), if and as specified in the applicable Terms Agreement, and the Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Representative(s) a letter, dated on or around such date, from each such rating organization, or other evidence satisfactory to the Representative(s), confirming that the Underwritten Securities have such ratings. Since the time of execution of such Terms Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in, or withdrawal of, the rating assigned to the Underwritten Securities or any of the Guarantors other securities or the Guarantors financial strength or claims paying ability by any such Rating Organization, and no such Rating Organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review with negative implications its rating of the Underwritten Securities or any of the Guarantors other securities or the Guarantors financial strength or claims paying ability.
(j) Listing Application and Settlement. On or prior to the Closing Time, an application for the listing of the Underwritten Securities shall have been submitted to the NYSE. The Company and the Guarantor shall have assisted the Underwriters in arranging for the Underwritten Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of Clearstream and Euroclear.
(k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the
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Company and the Guarantor in connection with the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities and the Guarantee as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative(s) and counsel for the Underwriters.
(l) Termination of Terms Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, the applicable Terms Agreement may be terminated by the Representative(s) by notice to the Company and the Guarantor at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company and the Guarantor agree to jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(1) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information deemed to be a part thereof, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) of the 1933 Act Regulations (a road show) or the information contained in the Final Term Sheet, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(2) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantor; and
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative(s)), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (1) or (2) above;
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provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Guarantor by any Underwriter through the Representative(s) expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information deemed to be a part thereof or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Guarantor, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, their respective directors, each of their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information deemed to be a part thereof or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Guarantor by such Underwriter through the Representative(s) expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative(s), and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Guarantor. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(2) hereof effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of such Underwritten Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of such Underwritten Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
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or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Underwritten Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company and the Guarantor, each officer of the Company and the Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantor. The Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite their respective names in the applicable Terms Agreement, and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination.
(a) Terms Agreement. The Representative(s) may terminate this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, if (i) there has been, since the time of execution of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has been, since the time of execution of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (iii) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or Europe or any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or
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international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case referred to in this clause (iii), the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative(s), impracticable or inadvisable to market the Underwritten Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Underwritten Securities, (iv) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company or the insurance claims paying ability rating or other insurance rating of the Guarantor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, in each case by any Rating Organization, or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or of the insurance claims paying ability or other insurance rating of the Guarantor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (v) trading in any securities of the Company or the Guarantor has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE, or if trading generally on the NYSE or the NYSE MKT or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by either of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the FINRA or any other governmental authority or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (vi) a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal, New York or Bermuda authorities or, if the Underwritten Securities are denominated or payable in, or indexed to, one or more foreign or composite currencies, by the relevant authorities in the related foreign country or countries.
(b) Liabilities. If this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall (including due to the exercise of Statutory Loss Absorption Powers described in Section 17 hereof) fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Underwritten Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under the applicable Terms Agreement (the Defaulted Securities), then the Representative(s) shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative(s) shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations under such Terms Agreement bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be,
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of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, such Terms Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter (or any Underwriter no longer obligated to purchase the Underwritten Securities in accordance with the exercise of Statutory Loss Absorption Powers described in Section 17 hereof) from liability in respect of its failure or default.
In the event of any such failure or default which does not result in a termination of the applicable Terms Agreement, either the Representative(s) or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative(s) at the address specified in the applicable Terms Agreement; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 436 Walnut Street, WA06K, Philadelphia, PA 19106, attention of Global Treasurer, with a copy to Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, attention of General Counsel; and notices to the Guarantor shall be directed to it at Bärengasse 32, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland, attention of General Counsel and Secretary, with a copy to Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, attention of General Counsel.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Guarantor and, upon execution of such Terms Agreement, any Underwriters named therein and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company, the Guarantor and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement or any provision herein or therein contained. This Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof and thereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Underwritten Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. Consent to Jurisdiction; Miscellaneous. Each of the parties hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any competent court in the place of its domicile and any United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or the
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transactions contemplated hereby or thereby to the extent that such court has subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy, and expressly and irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction thereof and any claim or defense in such action, suit or proceeding based on a claim of improper venue, forum non conveniens or any similar basis to which it might otherwise be entitled in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably appoints Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such action, suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or the Guarantor by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11 hereof, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Underwriting Agreement.
SECTION 14. Waiver of Immunities. To the extent that the Company or the Guarantor or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to them, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to their obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Underwriting Agreement or any additional agreement, each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such immunity and consents to such relief and enforcement.
SECTION 15. Judgment Currency. The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to indemnify each Underwriter against any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than the Euro and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the Euro amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such Underwriter is able to purchase Euros with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of each of the Company and the Guarantor and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
SECTION 16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company and the Guarantor acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and issuance of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting
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solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Guarantor on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or the Guarantor except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and the Guarantor have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Company and the Guarantor agree that they will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Guarantor, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
SECTION 17. Contractual Recognition of Bail-in. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between any of the parties hereto, each of the parties acknowledges, accepts and agrees that any BRRD Liability of a BRRD Party hereto arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of Statutory Loss Absorption Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges, accepts, consents to and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the effect of the exercise of any Statutory Loss Absorption Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of any party under this Agreement, which exercise (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:
(i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;
(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the BRRD Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on it of such shares, securities or obligations);
(iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; or
(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and
(b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of any Statutory Loss Absorption Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.
Bail-In Legislation means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time.
BRRD means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended or replaced from time to time.
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BRRD Liability has the same meaning as in such laws, regulations, rules or requirements implementing the BRRD under the applicable Bail-in Legislation.
BRRD Party means any party hereto that is subject to Statutory Loss Absorption Powers.
EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/.
Relevant Resolution Authority means, in relation to any BRRD Party, the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Statutory Loss Absorption Powers as defined in this Section 17.
Statutory Loss Absorption Powers means any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, suspension or similar or related power existing from time to time under, and exercised in compliance with, any applicable laws, regulations, rules or requirements pursuant to the applicable Bail-in Legislation.
SECTION 18. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 18:
BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
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(iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 19. Governing Law and Time. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND ANY APPLICABLE TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 20. Effect of Headings.The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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Very truly yours, | ||||
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark Hammond | |||
Name: | Mark Hammond | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
CHUBB LIMITED | ||||
By: | /s/ Joseph F. Wayland | |||
Name: | Joseph F. Wayland | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Exhibit A
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Debt Securities
Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of
Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by
CHUBB LIMITED
TERMS AGREEMENT
[●]
To: | CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. |
436 Walnut Street, WA06K
Philadelphia, PA 19106
CHUBB LIMITED
Bärengasse 32,
CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Chubb INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell aggregate principal amount of its [senior] [subordinated] debt securities (the Underwritten Securities), which will be unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Chubb Limited, a Swiss company. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriter[s] named below (the Underwriter[s]) offer[s] to purchase [, severally and not jointly,] the principal amount of Underwritten Securities opposite [its] [their] name[s] set forth below at the purchase price set forth below.
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Principal Amount | ||||
Underwriter | of Underwritten Securities | |||
Total | ||||
[] |
The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:
Title:
Rank:
Ratings (Moodys/S&P/Fitch):
Aggregate principal amount:
Denominations:
Currency of payment:
Interest rate or formula:
Interest payment dates:
Regular record dates:
Stated maturity date:
Redemption provisions:
Sinking fund requirements:
Conversion or exchange provisions:
Guarantee Provisions:
Listing requirements:
Black-out provisions:
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: [Fixed] [Variable] Price Offering
If Fixed Price Offering, initial public offering price: % of the principal amount, plus accrued interest [amortized original issue discount], if any, from .
Purchase price: % of principal amount, plus accrued interest [amortized original issue discount], if any, from .
Form:
Applicable Time:
Other terms and conditions:
Closing date and location:
Notices: Notice to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative(s) c/o:
[
]
All of the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex I hereto entitled CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. (a Delaware corporation) Senior and Subordinated Debt
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Securities Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by CHUBB LIMITED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (the Underwriting Agreement) are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined.
[Solely for the purposes of the requirements of Article 9(8) of the MiFID Product Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593, as amended (the Product Governance Rules) regarding the mutual responsibilities of manufacturers under the Product Governance Rules:
a) | each of [the Underwriters/[identify Underwriters who are deemed to be MiFID manufacturers] (each a Manufacturer and together the Manufacturers) acknowledges to each other Manufacturer that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under the Product Governance Rules relating to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution channels as applying to the Underwritten Securities and the related information set out in the Prospectus/announcements in connection with the Underwritten Securities; and |
b) | [identify Underwriters who are not manufacturers listed in (a) above] [and the Company/, the Company and Chubb Limited] note the application of the Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Underwritten Securities by the Manufacturers and the related information set out in the Prospectus/announcements in connection with the Underwritten Securities.] |
Each of the parties hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any competent court in the place of its domicile and any United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby to the extent that such court has subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy, and expressly and irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction thereof and any claim or defense in such action, suit or proceeding based on a claim of improper venue, forum non conveniens or any similar basis to which it might otherwise be entitled in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably appoints Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such action, suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or the Guarantor by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11 of the Underwriting Agreement, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Terms Agreement.
This Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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Please accept this offer no later than oclock [A.M.] [P.M.] (New York City time) on by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours, | ||||
[REPRESENTATIVE(S)] | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
[Acting on behalf of [itself] [themselves] and as Representative(s) of the other named Underwriters.] |
Accepted: | ||
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
CHUBB LIMITED | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Schedule I
[ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS(ES)]
Final Term Sheet dated [●] (attached hereto as Schedule II)
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Schedule II
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
FINAL TERM SHEET
Dated: [●]
Issuer: | Chubb INA Holdings Inc. | |
Guarantor: | Chubb Limited | |
Size: | ||
Trade Date: | ||
Maturity Date: | ||
Coupon (Interest Rate): | ||
Yield to Maturity: | ||
Spread to Benchmark Government Security: | ||
Benchmark Government Security: | ||
Benchmark Government Security Price and Yield: | ||
Interest Payment Dates: | ||
Redemption Provision: | ||
Price to Public: | ||
Settlement Date: | ||
Underwriters: | ||
CUSIP/ISIN/Common Code: |
The issuer and the guarantor have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer or the guarantor has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer, the guarantor and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer
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participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling [__] toll-free at 1-800-[__].
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF BÄR & KARRER AG, GUARANTORS
SWISS COUNSEL, TO BE DELIVERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
The following opinion statements are issued subject to the respective assumptions and qualifications in the opinion letter. Terms used but not defined in this Underwriting Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the opinion letter.
a. The Guarantor is a company duly created for an unlimited duration and validly existing as a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) under the laws of Switzerland with full power and authority under the laws of Switzerland to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations (in its capacity as Guarantor) under the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Amendment and the Agency Agreement.
b. Based on the Extract, the Guarantor has a share capital of CHF 11,586,780,315.60 divided into 479,783,864 registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 24.15 each and all of the shares of the Guarantor have been validly issued and are fully paid-in as to their nominal value.
c. No authorizations, consents or approvals are required by the Guarantor from any governmental or other regulatory agency in Switzerland for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Amendment and the Agency Agreement.
d. Each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Amendment, and the Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantor in accordance with the laws of Switzerland and the Articles of Association. The obligations expressed in the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, and the Agency Agreement to be assumed by the Guarantor are legal, valid and binding obligations on the Guarantor and enforceable against the Guarantor in Switzerland.
e. Based on the Extract, the Guarantor transferred its domicile from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland in July 2008. To the extent the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantor as a Cayman company, the Indenture continues to be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantor as a Swiss Company. The obligations undertaken by the Guarantor under the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), are legal and valid obligations on the Guarantor and enforceable against the Guarantor in Switzerland.
f. The Guarantee pursuant to Article 16 (Guarantee and Indemnity) of the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment) constitutes direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Guarantor and ranks pari passu with all other outstanding unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor (with the exception of the claims which are preferred by any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws affecting creditors generally).
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g. The Guarantor will not be required by the existing laws of Switzerland to make any deductions or withholding for Swiss taxes or duties of whatever nature from any payment payable by it under Article 16 (Guarantee and Indemnity) of the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment) to the holders of the Underwritten Securities in respect of principal or interest to become due under the Underwritten Securities.
h. Under Swiss federal tax law, no stamp, registration or other taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature are payable in Switzerland upon or in connection with the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Amendment or the issue or transfer by delivery of the Underwritten Securities to the underwriters.
i. The statements in: (i) the Prospectus on p. 20 under the caption Chubb Guarantee and in the Prospectus Supplement on p. S-18 under the caption Guarantee, in each case insofar as they purport to describe provisions of Swiss law or the Articles of Association, constitute a fair summary of such provisions of Swiss law or of the Articles of Association; and (ii) the Prospectus Supplement on p. S-34 under the caption Certain Tax Consequences Swiss Taxation, insofar as they purport to describe provisions of Swiss law and tax practice relating to the use of proceeds, constitute a fair summary of such laws and tax practice.
j. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), the Terms Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Agency Agreement, that any document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any government department or other authority in Switzerland.
k. Insofar as Swiss law is concerned, the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Underwritten Securities, the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment) and the Agency Agreement would, subject to the principle of public policy (ordre public) and similar principles, be recognized and enforced by the Swiss courts provided that the relevant provisions of New York law are proven as a matter of fact.
l. The submission by the Guarantor in the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), the Agency Agreement, the Terms Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement to the jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City are valid and binding on the Guarantor and not subject to revocation, assuming that no applicable law (other than Swiss law) contains a provision to the contrary.
m. The designation by the Guarantor of Chubb Group Holdings Inc. as agent to receive service of process in New York courts on its behalf is valid and binding under the laws of Switzerland, as long as Chubb Group Holdings Inc. is properly acting as agent for service of process and its mandate has not been revoked.
n. By reason of the submission to the New York State and Federal courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, any final and conclusive judgment in respect of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), the Agency
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Agreement, the Terms Agreement or the Underwritten Securities obtained against the Guarantor in any New York State or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City would be recognized and enforced in Switzerland on the basis and subject to the conditions of art. 25 to 30 of the Private International Law Statute of Switzerland of 18 December 1987, as amended (the IPLA) without relitigation or re-examination of any substantive matter adjudicated therein (except if the judgment is manifestly inconsistent with Swiss public policy (ordre public)).
o. Any judgment awarded in the courts of Switzerland for claims due in a currency other than Swiss Francs would be awarded in that currency if so requested. However, for the enforcement of such judgment in Switzerland, the claim would have to be converted into Swiss Francs generally at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of instituting the enforcement proceeding rather than at the date of judgment.
p. Neither the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement, the Amendment and the Agency Agreement by the Guarantor nor the performance of the obligations expressed to be assumed by the Guarantor under the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), the Agency Agreement, and the Terms Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement violate the Articles of Association or, as far as Swiss law is applicable, existing Swiss law generally applicable to a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft).
q. It is not necessary under the laws of Switzerland in order to enable any person to exercise or enforce its rights under the Indenture (as modified by the Amendment), the Agency Agreement, the Terms Agreement or the Underwriting Agreement for that person to be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in Switzerland.
r. None of the parties to the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement or the Agency Agreement will be deemed resident, domiciled or carrying on business in Switzerland by reason only of their execution, performance or enforcement thereof.
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Exhibit C
FORM OF OPINION OF THE
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE GUARANTOR,
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Guarantor is qualified to do business, and is in good standing, as a foreign corporation, under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing would not singly or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change;
(ii) Each significant subsidiary of the Guarantor (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act) and the Company is qualified to transact business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize such concept) in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize such concept) would not singly or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change;
(iii) Except as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such counsel does not know of any outstanding: (A) securities or obligations of the Guarantor convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries; (B) rights, warrants or options to acquire or purchase from the Guarantor any shares of capital stock of the Guarantor or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations; or (C) obligations or understandings of the Guarantor to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or obligations;
(iv) To the best of such counsels knowledge, and other than as disclosed in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no pending or threatened legal proceedings against the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries that, if determined adversely to the Guarantor or such subsidiary, would result in a Material Adverse Change.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Guarantor, their respective subsidiaries and public officials.
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Exhibit D
FORM OF OPINION OF MAYER BROWN LLP,
UNITED STATES COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY AND THE
GUARANTOR, TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement, [the] [each] applicable Indenture and the applicable Agency Agreement and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement do not and will not: (A) contravene any provision of any United States federal or New York State law, rule or regulation, in each case which, in such counsels opinion, based on such counsels experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement (United States Applicable Laws), except that such counsel need not express any opinion in this paragraph with respect to state securities laws; (B) contravene any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel without independent inquiry of any United States federal or New York State court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or by which their properties or assets may be affected; (C) conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any right to accelerate the maturity or require the prepayment of any indebtedness or the purchase of any capital stock under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Guarantors (x) most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or (y) Quarterly Report(s) on Form 10-Q or Current Report(s) on Form 8-K filed after such Form 10-K, or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, accelerations, repayments, repurchases, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not singly or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change; or (D) based upon such counsels review of the United States Applicable Laws, require any consent, approval or authorization or order of, or qualification with, any United States federal or state governmental agency or authority or court, except such as have been obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations and such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws or state insurance laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Underwritten Securities.
(iii) The Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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(iv) The Underwritten Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement.
(v) The Underwritten Securities, when issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Underwritten Securities are in the form contemplated by, and each registered holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of, the [each] applicable Indenture.
(vi) Assuming the Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Guarantor for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement, the Guarantee, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(vii) Each of the applicable Indenture and the Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor (to the extent such execution and delivery is governed by the laws of the State of New York) and (assuming that each of the Indenture and the Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the applicable Trustee or agents, transfer agents or registrars, as applicable), the applicable Indenture and the Agency Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and (assuming the Indenture and the Agency Agreement has been duly authorized by the Guarantor) the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(viii) The Underwritten Securities, the Guarantee [and] the [each] applicable Indenture [and the Agency Agreement] conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are in substantially the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
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(ix) Such counsel does not know, after inquiry of officers of the Company and the Guarantor and based solely on such inquiry, of any action, suit or proceeding before or by any United States federal or state government, governmental instrumentality or court now pending or threatened against or affecting the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) or any of their respective assets or properties that is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and is not so described or of any contract or other document that is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, that is not described or filed, as required.
(x) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Description of the Notes and Guarantee and Description of Chubb INA Debt Securities and Chubb Guarantee insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Underwritten Securities, the Guarantee or the Indenture, fairly summarize the matters set forth therein in all material respects.
(xi) The discussion of tax matters set forth under the heading Certain Tax ConsequencesUnited States in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus insofar as such discussion constitutes a summary of the United States federal tax laws referred to therein as of such date and as of the date hereof, are accurate and fairly summarize in all material respects the United States federal tax laws referred to therein (subject to the qualifications and assumptions set forth in such discussion).
(xii) The Registration Statement, including without limitation the Rule 430B Information, and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of their respective effective or issue dates (including without limitation each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations), other than the financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations.
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xiv) The [each] applicable Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
(xv) The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Underwritten
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Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Such counsel shall also state that the Registration Statement became effective under the 1933 Act upon filing on October 9, 2018; that any required filings of each prospectus (including the Prospectus) pursuant to Rule 424(b) have been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); that any required filing of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d); that, based solely on such counsels review of the Commissions website, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for the purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to such counsels knowledge, contemplated under the 1933 Act; and that, based solely on inquiries of the Company and the Guarantor, neither the Company nor the Guarantor has received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration form, the Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act and neither the Company nor the Guarantor is the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities.
Such counsel shall also state that they have examined various documents and participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and the Guarantor and their accountants and with representatives of the Representative(s) and their counsel at which times the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and that, although they are not passing upon and assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or making any representation that they have independently verified or checked the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements, except as set forth above in paragraphs (viii), (x) and (xi), nothing came to such counsels attention that caused such counsel to believe that: (i) the Registration Statement, at the most recent effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the date of the Prospectus, at the date of any such amendment or supplement or at the Closing Time, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) the Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (such counsel need not express a belief with respect to the financial statements and related schedules or the other financial data included or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of the applicable Trustee).
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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the corporate laws of the State of Delaware or the federal laws of the United States of America, to the extent such counsel deems proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel whom such counsel believes to be reliable (which opinion shall be dated and furnished to the Representative(s) at the Closing Time, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriters and shall expressly state that the Underwriters may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them), provided that such counsel shall state in their opinion that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying upon such opinion, and (B) as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, its subsidiaries and public officials.
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Exhibit 1.2
Execution Version
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Debt Securities
Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of
Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by
CHUBB LIMITED
TERMS AGREEMENT
December 3, 2019
To: | CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. |
436 Walnut Street, WA06K
Philadelphia, PA 19106
CHUBB LIMITED
Bärengasse 32,
CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Chubb INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell 700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior debt securities due 2024 (the Underwritten 2024 Securities) and 700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior debt securities due 2029 (the Underwritten 2029 Securities and, together with the Underwritten 2024 Securities, the Underwritten Securities), which will be unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Chubb Limited, a Swiss company. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriters named below (the Underwriters) offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of Underwritten Securities opposite their names set forth below at the purchase price set forth below.
With Respect to the Underwritten 2024 Securities
Underwriter | Percentage | Principal Amount of Underwritten 2024 | ||
Merrill Lynch International |
20.02% | 140,140,000 | ||
Barclays Bank PLC |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
Wells Fargo Securities International Limited |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
ANZ Securities, Inc. |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Limited |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
HSBC Bank plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
J.P. Morgan Securities plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
MUFG Securities EMEA plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
RBC Europe Limited |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Standard Chartered Bank |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Total: |
100% | 700,000,000 |
The Underwritten 2024 Securities shall have the following terms:
Title: | 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024 | |
Rank: | Senior Debt | |
Aggregate principal amount: | 700,000,000 | |
Denomination: | 100,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof | |
Currency of payment: | Euro | |
Interest rate or formula: | 0.300% per annum | |
Interest payment dates: | Each December 15, beginning December 15, 2020 (long first coupon) | |
Regular record dates: | (i) So long as the Underwritten 2024 Securities are represented by a global security, at the close of business on the business day (for this purpose, a day on which Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank SA/NV are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant interest payment date | |
Stated maturity date: | December 15, 2024 | |
Optional redemption provisions: | As described in the Companys Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 2019 to the Prospectus dated October 9, 2018, ● Make-Whole Call prior to November 15, 2024 (OBL + 15 bps) ● Par Call on or after November 15, 2024 | |
Sinking fund requirements: | None |
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Conversion or exchange provisions: | None | |
Listing requirements: | New York Stock Exchange | |
Black-out provisions: | None | |
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: | Fixed Price Offering | |
Initial public offering price: | 99.876% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from December 6, 2019 | |
Purchase price: | 99.576% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from December 6, 2019 | |
Form: | Global certificate representing the Underwritten 2024 Securities registered in the name of The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of the common depositary for Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A. | |
Applicable Time: | 12:03 P.M. New York City time | |
Other terms and conditions: | The Underwritten 2024 Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1999, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time (including by any supplement which may be entered into in connection with the issuance of the Underwritten 2024 Securities), the Senior Indenture). For purposes of the Underwritten 2024 Securities, all references in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) to the applicable Indenture shall be deemed to refer to the Senior Indenture. | |
London payment agent: | The Company and the Guarantor have appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as its London paying agent pursuant to a paying agency agreement to be dated December 6, 2019 | |
Settlement date: | T+3 (December 6, 2019) | |
Closing date and location: | December 6, 2019; Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York, 10019 |
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With Respect to the Underwritten 2029 Securities
Underwriter | Percentage | Principal Amount of Underwritten 2029 | ||
Merrill Lynch International |
20.02% | 140,140,000 | ||
Barclays Bank PLC |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
Wells Fargo Securities International Limited |
20.00% | 140,000,000 | ||
ANZ Securities, Inc. |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Limited |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
HSBC Bank plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
J.P. Morgan Securities plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
MUFG Securities EMEA plc |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
RBC Europe Limited |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Standard Chartered Bank |
2.22% | 15,540,000 | ||
Total: |
100% | 700,000,000 |
The Underwritten 2029 Securities shall have the following terms:
Title: | 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029 | |
Rank: | Senior Debt | |
Aggregate principal amount: | 700,000,000 | |
Denomination: | 100,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof | |
Currency of payment: | Euro | |
Interest rate or formula: | 0.875% per annum | |
Interest payment dates: | Each December 15, beginning December 15, 2020 (long first coupon) | |
Regular record dates: | (i) So long as the Underwritten 2029 Securities are represented by a global security, at the close of business on the business day (for this purpose, a day on which Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank SA/NV are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant interest payment date | |
Stated maturity date: | December 15, 2029 | |
Optional redemption provisions: | As described in the Companys Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 2019 to the Prospectus dated October 9, 2018, ● Make-Whole Call prior to September 15, 2029 (DBR + 20 bps) ● Par Call on or after September 15, 2029 | |
Sinking fund requirements: | None | |
Conversion or exchange provisions: | None |
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Listing requirements: | New York Stock Exchange | |
Black-out provisions: | None | |
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: | Fixed Price Offering | |
Initial public offering price: | 99.895% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from December 6, 2019 | |
Purchase price: | 99.445% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from December 6, 2019 | |
Form: | Global certificate representing the Underwritten 2029 Securities registered in the name of The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of the common depositary for Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A. | |
Applicable Time: | 12:03 P.M. New York City time | |
Other terms and conditions: | The Underwritten 2029 Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of August 1, 1999, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time (including by any supplement which may be entered into in connection with the issuance of the Underwritten 2029 Securities), the Senior Indenture). For purposes of the Underwritten 2029 Securities, all references in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) to the applicable Indenture shall be deemed to refer to the Senior Indenture. | |
London payment agent: | The Company and the Guarantor have appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as its London paying agent pursuant to a paying agency agreement to be dated December 6, 2019 | |
Settlement date: | T+3 (December 6, 2019) | |
Closing date and location: | December 6, 2019; Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York, 10019 |
Notices: Notice to the Underwriters shall be directed to the following, as Representatives, as follows:
Merrill Lynch International
2 King Edward Street
London EC1A 1HQ
United Kingdom
Attention: Syndicate Desk
Fax: +44 (0)20 7995 0048
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Barclays Bank PLC
5 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf
London E14 4BB
United Kingdom
Attention: Debt Syndicate
Fax: +44 (0)20 7516 7548
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
Winchester House
1 Great Winchester Street
London EC2N 2DB
United Kingdom
Attention: Syndicate Desk
Fax: +44 (0) 207 545 4455
Wells Fargo Securities International Limited
33 King William Street
London EC4R 9AT
United Kingdom
Attention: DCM & Syndicate
Fax: +44 207 149 8391
All of the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex I hereto entitled CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. (a Delaware corporation) Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities Unconditionally Guaranteed as to Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest by CHUBB LIMITED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (the Underwriting Agreement) are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined.
Each of the parties hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any competent court in the place of its domicile and any United States Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby to the extent that such court has subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy, and expressly and irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction thereof and any claim or defense in such action, suit or proceeding based on a claim of improper venue, forum non conveniens or any similar basis to which it might otherwise be entitled in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably appoints Chubb Group Holdings Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such action, suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or the Guarantor by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11 of the Underwriting Agreement, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in any such action, suit or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action as
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may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Terms Agreement.
By executing this Terms Agreement, each of the Underwriters hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of the ICMA Agreement Among Managers Version 1 (Fixed-Price Non-Equity Related Issues)/New York Law Schedule (the AMM), save that clause 3 of the AMM shall not apply and, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of the AMM and this Terms Agreement, the terms of this Terms Agreement shall prevail. For the purposes of the AMM, Managers means the Underwriters, and the Lead Managers shall be Representative(s), Settlement Lead Manager and Stabilizing Manager means Merrill Lynch International and Subscription Agreement means this Terms Agreement.
Solely for the purposes of the requirements of Article 9(8) of the MiFID Product Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593, as amended (the Product Governance Rules) regarding the mutual responsibilities of manufacturers under the Product Governance Rules:
a) | each of Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Wells Fargo Securities International Limited (each a Manufacturer and together the Manufacturers) acknowledges to each other Manufacturer that it understands the responsibilities conferred upon it under the Product Governance Rules relating to each of the product approval process, the target market and the proposed distribution channels as applying to the Underwritten Securities and the related information set out in the Prospectus/announcements in connection with the Underwritten Securities; and |
b) | ANZ Securities, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc, ING Financial Markets LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, RBC Europe Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, the Company and Chubb Limited note the application of the Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Underwritten Securities by the Manufacturers and the related information set out in the Prospectus/announcements in connection with the Underwritten Securities. |
This Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Please accept this offer no later than 12:03 P.M. (New York City time) on December 3, 2019 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
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Very truly yours, | ||||
MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL | ||||
By: | /s/ Adrien de Naurois | |||
Name: Adrien de Naurois | ||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Simon Allison | |||
Name: Simon Allison | ||||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||||
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH | ||||
By: | /s/ Mary Hardgrove | |||
Name: Mary Hardgrove | ||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH | ||||
By: | /s/ Jacob Gearhart | |||
Name: Jacob Gearhart | ||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | ||||
By: | /s/ Matt Carter | |||
Name: Matt Carter | ||||
Title: Head of International Debt Capital Markets Syndicate |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
ANZ SECURITIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Charles Lachman | |
Name: Charles Lachman | ||
Title: President |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Dan Klinger | |||
Name: Dan Klinger | ||||
Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Simi Alabi | |
Name: Simi Alabi | ||
Title: Delegated Signatory |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
HSBC BANK PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Mary Guo | |
Name: Mary Guo | ||
Title: Associate Director |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
ING FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Ricardo Zemella | |
Name: Ricardo Zemella | ||
Title: Managing Director, Head of US Debt Syndicate | ||
By: | /s/ Cefas van den Tol | |
Name: Cefas van den Tol | ||
Title: MD |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Marc Lewell | |
Name: Marc Lewell | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
MUFG SECURITIES EMEA PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Trevor Kemp | |
Name: Trevor Kemp | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
RBC EUROPE LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Ivan Browne | |
Name: Ivan Browne | ||
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK | ||
By: | /s/ Rajan Bagri | |
Name: Rajan Bagri | ||
Title: MD, FIG, DCM Europe & Americas |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
Accepted: | ||
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Hammond | |
Name: Mark Hammond | ||
Title: Senior Vice President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
CHUBB LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph F. Wayland | |
Name: Joseph F. Wayland | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, | ||
General Counsel and Secretary |
Signature Page to Terms Agreement
Schedule I
ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS(ES)
Final Term Sheet dated December 3, 2019 (attached hereto as Schedule II)
Schedule II
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
FINAL TERM SHEET
Supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus | Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 | |
Supplement dated December 3, 2019 | Registration Statement No. 333-227749 | |
(To Prospectus dated October 9, 2018) | and 333-227749-01 |
1,400,000,000
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.
700,000,000 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024
700,000,000 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029
Each Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by
Chubb Limited
Pricing Term Sheet
December 3, 2019
Issuer: | Chubb INA Holdings Inc. | |
Issuer Legal Entity Identifier: | CZCBJZWDMLTHWJDXU843 | |
Guarantor: | Chubb Limited | |
Offering Format: | SEC Registered | |
Security Type: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
Description of Securities: | 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes) 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029 (the 2029 Notes and, together with the 2024 Notes, the Notes) | |
Pricing Date: | December 3, 2019 | |
Settlement Date: | December 6, 2019 (T+3) | |
Maturity Date: | 2024 Notes: December 15, 2024 2029 Notes: December 15, 2029 | |
Principal Amount: | 2024 Notes: 700,000,000 2029 Notes: 700,000,000 | |
Public Offering Price: | 2024 Notes: 99.876% 2029 Notes: 99.895% | |
Coupon (Interest Rate): | 2024 Notes: 0.300% per year 2029 Notes: 0.875% per year | |
Coupon Payment Dates: | 2024 Notes: Annually on December 15, commencing December 15, 2020 (long first coupon) 2029 Notes: Annually on December 15, commencing December 15, 2020 (long first coupon) |
Benchmark Government Security: | 2024 Notes: OBL 0.00% due October 2024 #180 2029 Notes: DBR 0.00% due August 2029 | |||||
Benchmark Government Security Price / Yield: | 2024 Notes: 102.870 / -0.579% 2029 Notes: 103.335 / -0.338% | |||||
Spread to Benchmark Government Security: | 2024 Notes: +90.4 basis points 2029 Notes: +122.4 basis points | |||||
Denomination: | 100,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof | |||||
Day Count Convention: | Actual/Actual (ICMA) | |||||
Yield to Maturity: | 2024 Notes: 0.325% 2029 Notes: 0.886% | |||||
Mid-Swaps: | 2024 Notes: -0.225% 2029 Notes: 0.066% | |||||
Spread to Mid-Swaps: | 2024 Notes: + 55 basis points 2029 Notes: + 82 basis points | |||||
Optional Redemption: | In each case as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |||||
2024 Notes: | ● Make-Whole Call prior to November 15, 2024 (OBL + 15 basis points) | |||||
● Par Call on or after November 15, 2024 | ||||||
2029 Notes: | ● Make-Whole Call prior to September 15, 2029 (DBR + 20 basis points) | |||||
● Par Call on or after September 15, 2029 | ||||||
Listing: | The Issuer intends to apply to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange | |||||
CUSIP/ISIN/Common Code: | 2024 Notes: 171239 AE6 / XS2091604715 / 209160471 2029 Notes: 171239 AF3 / XS2091606330 / 209160633 | |||||
Joint Book-Running Managers: | Merrill Lynch International Barclays Bank PLC Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch Wells Fargo Securities International Limited | |||||
Co-Managers: | ANZ Securities, Inc. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC Citigroup Global Markets Limited HSBC Bank plc ING Financial Markets LLC J.P. Morgan Securities plc MUFG Securities EMEA plc RBC Europe Limited Standard Chartered Bank |
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The communication of this pricing term sheet and any other document or materials relating to the issue of the Notes offered hereby is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the United Kingdoms Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the Financial Promotion Order)), or who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, or who are any other persons in the United Kingdom to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred to as relevant persons). In the United Kingdom, the Notes offered hereby are only available to, and any investment or investment activity to which this pricing term sheet relates will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this pricing term sheet or any of its contents.
Relevant stabilisation regulation including FCA/ICMA will apply.
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Annex I
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[Filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Form 8-K and not included herein]
Exhibit 4.1
CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC.
Officers Certificate
Pursuant to Sections 1.2, 3.1 and 3.3 of the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999 (the Base Indenture), among Chubb INA Holdings Inc. (formerly known as ACE INA Holdings Inc.), as issuer (the Company), Chubb Limited (formerly known as ACE Limited), as guarantor (the Guarantor), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013 (the First Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the undersigned, Mark Hammond, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies as follows:
I. The issuance of a series of Securities designated as 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of 700,000,000 (the 2024 Securities) has been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on October 15, 2015, August 13, 2018 and November 22, 2019. The terms of the 2024 Securities shall be as follows:
(a) The title of the 2024 Securities is 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of 2024 Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is initially limited to 700,000,000, except for 2024 Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other 2024 Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.5 or 11.7 of the Indenture.
(c) The 2024 Securities shall initially be issued in book-entry form, in denominations of 100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000, and represented by one or more registered global Securities substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A delivered to The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary (the Common Depositary) for Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream) and Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear), or a nominee of the Common Depositary, and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Common Depositary.
(d) The principal amount of the 2024 Securities shall be due and payable on December 15, 2024.
(e) The principal of the 2024 Securities shall bear interest from December 6, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable annually in arrears on December 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing December 15, 2020, to the Persons in whose names the 2024 Securities (or one or
more Predecessor 2024 Securities) are registered (i) in the case of 2024 Securities represented by a global security, at the close of business on the Business Day (for this purpose a day on which Clearstream and Euroclear are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
(f) Interest on the 2024 Securities will accrue at the rate of 0.300% per annum from December 6, 2019 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the 2024 Securities will be computed on the basis of an ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association) day count convention.
(g) The 2024 Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the 2024 Securities and the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for such purposes in The City of New York, State of New York from time to time, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee, acting through its office or agency in The City of New York designated from time to time for such purpose, as its agent for the foregoing purposes; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) the Company may at any time remove the Trustee as its office or agency in The City of New York designated for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
(h) The 2024 Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to Stated Maturity as described in Exhibit A, and are not subject to a sinking fund or analogous provision.
(i) Payments of principal, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the 2024 Securities shall be made in euro. If the euro is unavailable to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Companys or the Guarantors control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the 2024 Securities will be made in United States dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor or so used. The amount payable on any date in euro will be converted into United States dollars on the basis of the market exchange rate for euro most recently available on, or prior to, the second business day before the relevant payment date. Euro means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty
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establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union, as amended from time to time. Market exchange rate means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of euro as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment in respect of the 2024 Securities so made in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the 2024 Securities or the Indenture.
(j) The Trustee shall be Security Registrar and initial transfer agent for the 2024 Securities. The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch shall be the initial Paying Agent for the 2024 Securities. The principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the 2024 Securities shall be payable, and the 2024 Securities may be surrendered or presented for payment, at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holders entitled thereto, as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register for the 2024 Securities. The appointment of the transfer agent and Paying Agent is subject to the Companys right (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) to remove the Trustee as such transfer agent and to remove The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as such Paying Agent and, from time to time, to designate one or more co-Security Registrars and one or more other Paying Agents and transfer agents and to rescind from time to time any such designations. Each transfer agent shall act as a co-Security Registrar and shall keep at the corporate trust office of the Security Registrar outside of the United Kingdom a Security Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the 2024 Securities and registration of transfers of the 2024 Securities. London is designated as a Place of Payment for the 2024 Securities. Notwithstanding Section 10.2 of the Indenture, with respect to the 2024 Securities (i) the Offices and Agencies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Indenture need not be maintained in any Place of Payment and (ii) the Company shall not be required to maintain an exchange rate agent.
(k) Additional Amounts shall be payable in respect of the 2024 Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 10.4 of the Indenture and in the 2024 Securities. Whenever in this Officers Certificate or in the certificate evidencing the 2024 Securities there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to such 2024 Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
(l) The 2024 Securities shall have such additional terms and provisions as are set forth in Exhibit A hereto, all of which terms and provisions are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Officers Certificate as if set forth in full herein.
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II. The issuance of a series of Securities designated as 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029 in an aggregate principal amount of 700,000,000 (the 2029 Securities) has been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on October 15, 2015, August 13, 2018 and November 22, 2019. The terms of the 2029 Securities shall be as follows:
(a) The title of the 2029 Securities is 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of 2029 Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is initially limited to 700,000,000, except for 2029 Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other 2029 Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.5 or 11.7 of the Indenture.
(c) The 2029 Securities shall initially be issued in book-entry form, in denominations of 100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000, and represented by one or more registered global Securities substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B delivered to The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary (the Common Depositary) for Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream) and Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear), or a nominee of the Common Depositary, and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Common Depositary.
(d) The principal amount of the 2029 Securities shall be due and payable on December 15, 2029.
(e) The principal of the 2029 Securities shall bear interest from December 6, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable annually in arrears on December 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing December 15, 2020, to the Persons in whose names the 2029 Securities (or one or more Predecessor 2029 Securities) are registered (i) in the case of 2029 Securities represented by a global security, at the close of business on the Business Day (for this purpose a day on which Clearstream and Euroclear are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
(f) Interest on the 2029 Securities will accrue at the rate of 0.875% per annum from December 6, 2019 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the 2029 Securities will be computed on the basis of an ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association) day count convention.
(g) The 2029 Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the 2029 Securities and the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for such purposes in The
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City of New York, State of New York from time to time, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee, acting through its office or agency in The City of New York designated from time to time for such purpose, as its agent for the foregoing purposes; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) the Company may at any time remove the Trustee as its office or agency in The City of New York designated for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
(h) The 2029 Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to Stated Maturity as described in Exhibit B, and are not subject to a sinking fund or analogous provision.
(i) Payments of principal, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the 2029 Securities shall be made in euro. If the euro is unavailable to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Companys or the Guarantors control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the 2029 Securities will be made in United States dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor or so used. The amount payable on any date in euro will be converted into United States dollars on the basis of the market exchange rate for euro most recently available on, or prior to, the second business day before the relevant payment date. Euro means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union, as amended from time to time. Market exchange rate means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of euro as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment in respect of the 2029 Securities so made in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the 2029 Securities or the Indenture.
(j) The Trustee shall be Security Registrar and initial transfer agent for the 2029 Securities. The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch shall be the initial Paying Agent for the 2029 Securities. The principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the 2029 Securities shall be payable, and the 2029 Securities may be surrendered or presented for payment, at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holders entitled thereto, as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register
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for the 2029 Securities. The appointment of the transfer agent and Paying Agent is subject to the Companys right (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) to remove the Trustee as such transfer agent and to remove The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as such Paying Agent and, from time to time, to designate one or more co-Security Registrars and one or more other Paying Agents and transfer agents and to rescind from time to time any such designations. Each transfer agent shall act as a co-Security Registrar and shall keep at the corporate trust office of the Security Registrar outside of the United Kingdom a Security Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the 2029 Securities and registration of transfers of the 2029 Securities. London is designated as a Place of Payment for the 2029 Securities. Notwithstanding Section 10.2 of the Indenture, with respect to the 2029 Securities (i) the Offices and Agencies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Indenture need not be maintained in any Place of Payment and (ii) the Company shall not be required to maintain an exchange rate agent.
(k) Additional Amounts shall be payable in respect of the 2029 Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 10.4 of the Indenture and in the 2029 Securities. Whenever in this Officers Certificate or in the certificate evidencing the 2029 Securities there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to such 2029 Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
(l) The 2029 Securities shall have such additional terms and provisions as are set forth in Exhibit B hereto, all of which terms and provisions are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Officers Certificate as if set forth in full herein.
III. To the best knowledge of the undersigned, all conditions precedent to the execution, authentication and delivery of each series of Securities described herein have been complied with, and no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing.
The undersigned states that he has read and is familiar with the provisions of Article III of the Indenture relating to the issuance of Securities thereunder; that he is generally familiar with the other provisions of the Indenture and with the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor and their corporate acts and proceedings; and that, in his opinion, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions precedent referred to above have been complied with.
Insofar as this certificate relates to legal matters, it is based, as provided for in Section 3.3 of the Indenture, upon the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee contemporaneously herewith pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture and relating to the Securities described herein.
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Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: December 6, 2019
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Name: | Mark Hammond | |||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Officers Certificate (Indenture) of Chubb INA Holdings Inc.]
EXHIBIT A
[Form of Note]
[Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-K and not included herein]
EXHIBIT B
[Form of Note]
[Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K and not included herein]
Exhibit 4.2
[Form of Note]
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THIS GLOBAL SECURITY AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear) or Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream and, together with Euroclear, Euroclear/Clearstream), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of Euroclear/Clearstream (and any payment is made to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited or to such other entity as is required by an authorized representative of Euroclear/Clearstream), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, has an interest herein.
No. R- CUSIP No.: 171239 AE6 ISIN No.: XS2091604715 Common Code: 209160471 LEI: CZCBJZWDMLTHWJDXU843 |
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Chubb INA Holdings Inc.
0.300% Senior Note due 2024
Chubb INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary
for Clearstream and Euroclear, or registered assigns, the principal sum of EURO ( ) on December 15, 2024 and to pay interest thereon from December 6, 2019 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable annually in arrears on December 15 in each year (an Interest Payment Date), commencing December 15, 2020, at the rate of 0.300% per annum, until the principal hereof (and any Additional Amounts (as defined below)) is paid or duly made available for payment. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of an ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association) day count convention. If any Interest Payment Date or the maturity date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to such next Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to herein, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered (i) in the case of Notes (as defined below) represented by a global security, at the close of business on the Business Day (for this purpose a day on which Clearstream and Euroclear are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent Special Record Date (which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to herein. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth in this Note.
Payment of the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or Additional Amounts in respect of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor (as defined below) maintained for that purpose in Euro; provided, however, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, that payment to the Common Depositary or any successor common depositary thereto (or, in any such case, its nominee) may be made by wire transfer to the nominee or account designated by Common Depositary or such common depositary successor in writing.
Euro shall mean the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union, as amended from time to time.
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If the Euro is unavailable to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Companys or the Guarantors control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Notes will be made in United States dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor, or so used. The amount payable on any date in Euro will be converted into United States dollars on the basis of the market exchange rate for Euro most recently available on, or prior to, the second Business Day before the relevant payment date.
Market exchange rate means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Euro as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment in respect of the Notes so made in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under this Note or the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issuance of securities of the Company (herein called the Notes), fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Chubb Limited, a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) under the laws of Switzerland (the Guarantor), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013 (such Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture together herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the Indenture), among the Company (formerly known as ACE INA Holdings Inc.), the Guarantor (formerly known as ACE Limited) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto referenced is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited (subject to exceptions related to further Notes provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers Certificate, dated as of December 6, 2019, establishing the terms of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Companys obligation to pay the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes is unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantor pursuant to Article 16 of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company or the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture
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at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
Notices to Holders of the Notes shall be transmitted to the registered Holders, subject to the provisions herein. Any notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Notes are represented by a global security deposited with a Common Depositary, notices to Holders may be given by delivery to Clearstream and Euroclear, and such notices shall be deemed to be given on the day following the date of delivery to Clearstream and Euroclear.
This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or any Additional Amounts in respect of this Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, State of New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee in The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, interests in Notes which are represented by a global security will be transferable in accordance with the rules and procedures effective from time to time of Euroclear and Clearstream, as the case may be.
Other than as provided herein with respect to definitive Notes, the Notes are issuable only in global registered form without coupons in the denominations specified in the Officers Certificate, dated as of December 6, 2019, establishing the terms of the Notes, all as more fully provided in the Indenture and such Officers Certificate. As provided in the Indenture and in such Officers Certificate, and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, such Officers Certificate and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders surrendering the same.
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So long as the Notes are represented by a global security, the Notes shall be issued in definitive form upon surrender of the global notes in accordance with their terms only if: (a) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes; (b) either Clearstream or Euroclear is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days or more (other than by reason of holiday, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so and no alternative clearing system satisfactory to the Trustee is available; or (c) the Company would suffer a disadvantage as a result of a change in laws or regulations (taxation or otherwise) or as a result of a change in the practice of Clearstream and/or Euroclear which would not be suffered were the Notes in definitive form and a certificate to such effect signed by an authorized signatory of the Company is given to the Trustee. Thereupon (in the case of (a) or (b) above) the Holder of a global security or the Trustee may give notice to the Company and (in the case of (c) above) the Company may give notice to the Trustee and the Holder, of its intention to exchange a global security for Notes in definitive form on or after the Exchange Date (as defined below).
On or after the Exchange Date the Holder of the global security may or, in the case of (c) above, shall surrender it to or to the order of the Paying Agent. In exchange for the global security, the Company shall deliver, or procure the delivery of, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes printed in accordance with any applicable legal and stock exchange requirements. On exchange of a global security, the Company shall procure the cancellation of and, if the Holder so requests, return to such Holder of the global security so exchanged, together with any relevant definitive Notes.
Exchange Date means a day specified in the notice requiring exchange falling not less than 60 days after that on which the notice requiring exchange is given and being a day on which banks are open for general business in London, the place in which the specified office of the Paying Agent is located and, except in case of exchange pursuant to (b) above, in the place in which Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, is located.
Notes issued on or after an Exchange Date in definitive form will be issued in registered form without coupons in denominations of 100,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the previous sentence or any other provisions of this Note or the Indenture, and without limiting the generality of Section 1.4 of the Indenture, while interests in this Note are represented by one or more global securities held on behalf of Euroclear or, as the case may be, Clearstream, the Trustee may take into account any information provided to it by such clearing systems or their respective operators as to the identity
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(either individually or by category) of its accountholders with beneficial interests in the global securities and may consider such interests as if such accountholders were the Holder of this Note.
The Notes are redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to November 15, 2024 (the Par Call Date), at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed that would be due if the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined below), plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Notes are redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.
Any redemption made at the option of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with Article 11 of the Indenture, provided that any reference in Section 11.4 of the Indenture to 30 days shall be deemed to be 15 days for the purposes of this Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata or otherwise in accordance with industry standards or in the case the Notes are represented by one or more global securities, beneficial interests therein shall be selected for redemption by Clearstream or Euroclear in accordance with their respective applicable procedures therefor.
Business Day means, unless otherwise stated, any day that is (1) a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York City and the City of London and, in the case of definitive Notes only, the relevant place of presentation and (2) a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 System), or any successor thereto, is open for the settlement of payment in Euros.
Comparable Government Bond means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an Independent Investment Banker, a German government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on the Par Call Date), or if such Independent Investment Banker in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as such Independent Investment Banker may, with the advice of the Reference Bond Dealers, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.
Comparable Government Bond Rate means the yield on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined above) on the basis of the middle market price of the
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Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by the Independent Investment Banker.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Bond Dealers that the Company appoints as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time.
Reference Bond Dealer means each of Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Wells Fargo Securities International Limited and their respective successors, except that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a broker of, and/or market maker in, German government bonds (a Primary Bond Dealer), the Company shall designate as a substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Bond Dealer.
The Company or, in the event that payments are required to be made by the Guarantor pursuant to its obligations under the Guarantee, the Guarantor will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company, the Guarantor or a Paying Agent of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Note to a Holder, after withholding or deduction for any future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor or, in each case, any successor Person substituted in accordance with the Indenture may be organized or resident for tax purposes, as applicable, or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the power to tax (a Taxing Jurisdiction), will not be less than the amount provided in this Note to be then due and payable (Additional Amounts); provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts shall not apply: (1) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the Holder (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such Holder holds this Note), or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the Holder if the Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder, being considered as: (a) being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the Taxing Jurisdiction or having or having had a permanent establishment in the Taxing Jurisdiction; (b) having a current or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Notes or the receipt of any payment or the enforcement of any rights thereunder), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the Taxing Jurisdiction; (c) being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for United States income tax purposes or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; (d) being or having been a 10-percent shareholder of the Company or the Guarantor as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), or any successor provision; or (e) being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business; (2) to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Notes, or a portion of the Notes, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner with respect to the Holder, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; (3) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of
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the Holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the Taxing Jurisdiction is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; (4) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding by the Company, the Guarantor or a Paying Agent from the payment; (5) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; (6) to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; (7) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest on any Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent; (8) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of any Note, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; (9) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement; or (10) in the case of any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9).
The Company shall be entitled to redeem this Note, at its option, at any time as a whole but not in part, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days notice, at 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in the event that the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to this Note, any Additional Amounts as a result of: (1) a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any regulations promulgated thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced after December 3, 2019; or (2) any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment is announced after December 3, 2019, and, in each case, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it.
The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company and the Guarantor may be discharged from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company and the Guarantor may be released from their obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company or the Guarantor irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the
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Indenture. For purposes of the Notes, and not to Securities of any other series outstanding under the Indenture, Government Obligations means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the German government or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the German government, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the German government, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clauses (i) or (ii) above or in any specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect thereof.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements and instruments made and to be performed wholly within such State.
All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: December 6, 2019
ATTEST: | CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. | |||||||
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Name: Rebecca Collins | Name: | Mark Hammond | ||||||
Title: Vice President and Secretary | Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: December 6, 2019
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||||
TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | ||||
as Trustee | ||||
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | ||
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE] |
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature:
Notice: | The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
Signature Guaranty:
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit 4.3
[Form of Note]
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THIS GLOBAL SECURITY AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of Euroclear Bank SA/NV (Euroclear) or Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream and, together with Euroclear, Euroclear/Clearstream), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of Euroclear/Clearstream (and any payment is made to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited or to such other entity as is required by an authorized representative of Euroclear/Clearstream), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, has an interest herein.
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CUSIP No.: 171239 AF3 ISIN No.: XS2091606330 Common Code: 209160633 LEI: CZCBJZWDMLTHWJDXU843 |
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.
0.875% Senior Note due 2029
Chubb INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary
for Clearstream and Euroclear, or registered assigns, the principal sum of EURO ( ) on December 15, 2029 and to pay interest thereon from December 6, 2019 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable annually in arrears on December 15 in each year (an Interest Payment Date), commencing December 15, 2020, at the rate of 0.875% per annum, until the principal hereof (and any Additional Amounts (as defined below)) is paid or duly made available for payment. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of an ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) (as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association) day count convention. If any Interest Payment Date or the maturity date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to such next Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to herein, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered (i) in the case of Notes (as defined below) represented by a global security, at the close of business on the Business Day (for this purpose a day on which Clearstream and Euroclear are open for business) immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date and (ii) in all other cases, 15 calendar days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent Special Record Date (which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to herein. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth in this Note.
Payment of the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or Additional Amounts in respect of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor (as defined below) maintained for that purpose in Euro; provided, however, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, that payment to the Common Depositary or any successor common depositary thereto (or, in any such case, its nominee) may be made by wire transfer to the nominee or account designated by Common Depositary or such common depositary successor in writing.
Euro shall mean the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union, as amended from time to time.
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If the Euro is unavailable to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Companys or the Guarantors control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Notes will be made in United States dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor, or so used. The amount payable on any date in Euro will be converted into United States dollars on the basis of the market exchange rate for Euro most recently available on, or prior to, the second Business Day before the relevant payment date.
Market exchange rate means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Euro as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment in respect of the Notes so made in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under this Note or the Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issuance of securities of the Company (herein called the Notes), fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Chubb Limited, a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) under the laws of Switzerland (the Guarantor), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2013 (such Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture together herein called, together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the Indenture), among the Company (formerly known as ACE INA Holdings Inc.), the Guarantor (formerly known as ACE Limited) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto referenced is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited (subject to exceptions related to further Notes provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers Certificate, dated as of December 6, 2019, establishing the terms of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Companys obligation to pay the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes is unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantor pursuant to Article 16 of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company or the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture
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at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
Notices to Holders of the Notes shall be transmitted to the registered Holders, subject to the provisions herein. Any notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Notes are represented by a global security deposited with a Common Depositary, notices to Holders may be given by delivery to Clearstream and Euroclear, and such notices shall be deemed to be given on the day following the date of delivery to Clearstream and Euroclear.
This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or any Additional Amounts in respect of this Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, State of New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee in The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, interests in Notes which are represented by a global security will be transferable in accordance with the rules and procedures effective from time to time of Euroclear and Clearstream, as the case may be.
Other than as provided herein with respect to definitive Notes, the Notes are issuable only in global registered form without coupons in the denominations specified in the Officers Certificate, dated as of December 6, 2019, establishing the terms of the Notes, all as more fully provided in the Indenture and such Officers Certificate. As provided in the Indenture and in such Officers Certificate, and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, such Officers Certificate and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders surrendering the same.
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So long as the Notes are represented by a global security, the Notes shall be issued in definitive form upon surrender of the global notes in accordance with their terms only if: (a) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes; (b) either Clearstream or Euroclear is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days or more (other than by reason of holiday, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so and no alternative clearing system satisfactory to the Trustee is available; or (c) the Company would suffer a disadvantage as a result of a change in laws or regulations (taxation or otherwise) or as a result of a change in the practice of Clearstream and/or Euroclear which would not be suffered were the Notes in definitive form and a certificate to such effect signed by an authorized signatory of the Company is given to the Trustee. Thereupon (in the case of (a) or (b) above) the Holder of a global security or the Trustee may give notice to the Company and (in the case of (c) above) the Company may give notice to the Trustee and the Holder, of its intention to exchange a global security for Notes in definitive form on or after the Exchange Date (as defined below).
On or after the Exchange Date the Holder of the global security may or, in the case of (c) above, shall surrender it to or to the order of the Paying Agent. In exchange for the global security, the Company shall deliver, or procure the delivery of, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes printed in accordance with any applicable legal and stock exchange requirements. On exchange of a global security, the Company shall procure the cancellation of and, if the Holder so requests, return to such Holder of the global security so exchanged, together with any relevant definitive Notes.
Exchange Date means a day specified in the notice requiring exchange falling not less than 60 days after that on which the notice requiring exchange is given and being a day on which banks are open for general business in London, the place in which the specified office of the Paying Agent is located and, except in case of exchange pursuant to (b) above, in the place in which Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, is located.
Notes issued on or after an Exchange Date in definitive form will be issued in registered form without coupons in denominations of 100,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the previous sentence or any other provisions of this Note or the Indenture, and without limiting the generality of Section 1.4 of the Indenture, while interests in this Note are represented by one or more global securities held on behalf of Euroclear or, as the case may be, Clearstream, the Trustee may take into account any information provided to it by such clearing systems or their respective operators as to the identity
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(either individually or by category) of its accountholders with beneficial interests in the global securities and may consider such interests as if such accountholders were the Holder of this Note.
The Notes are redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to September 15, 2029 (the Par Call Date), at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed that would be due if the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined below), plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Notes are redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.
Any redemption made at the option of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with Article 11 of the Indenture, provided that any reference in Section 11.4 of the Indenture to 30 days shall be deemed to be 15 days for the purposes of this Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata or otherwise in accordance with industry standards or in the case the Notes are represented by one or more global securities, beneficial interests therein shall be selected for redemption by Clearstream or Euroclear in accordance with their respective applicable procedures therefor.
Business Day means, unless otherwise stated, any day that is (1) a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York City and the City of London and, in the case of definitive Notes only, the relevant place of presentation and (2) a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 System), or any successor thereto, is open for the settlement of payment in Euros.
Comparable Government Bond means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an Independent Investment Banker, a German government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on the Par Call Date), or if such Independent Investment Banker in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as such Independent Investment Banker may, with the advice of the Reference Bond Dealers, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.
Comparable Government Bond Rate means the yield on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined above) on the basis of the middle market price of the
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Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by the Independent Investment Banker.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Bond Dealers that the Company appoints as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time.
Reference Bond Dealer means each of Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Wells Fargo Securities International Limited and their respective successors, except that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a broker of, and/or market maker in, German government bonds (a Primary Bond Dealer), the Company shall designate as a substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Bond Dealer.
The Company or, in the event that payments are required to be made by the Guarantor pursuant to its obligations under the Guarantee, the Guarantor will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company, the Guarantor or a Paying Agent of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Note to a Holder, after withholding or deduction for any future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor or, in each case, any successor Person substituted in accordance with the Indenture may be organized or resident for tax purposes, as applicable, or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the power to tax (a Taxing Jurisdiction), will not be less than the amount provided in this Note to be then due and payable (Additional Amounts); provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts shall not apply: (1) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the Holder (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such Holder holds this Note), or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the Holder if the Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder, being considered as: (a) being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the Taxing Jurisdiction or having or having had a permanent establishment in the Taxing Jurisdiction; (b) having a current or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Notes or the receipt of any payment or the enforcement of any rights thereunder), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the Taxing Jurisdiction; (c) being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for United States income tax purposes or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; (d) being or having been a 10-percent shareholder of the Company or the Guarantor as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), or any successor provision; or (e) being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business; (2) to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Notes, or a portion of the Notes, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner with respect to the Holder, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; (3) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the Holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements
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concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the Taxing Jurisdiction is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; (4) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding by the Company, the Guarantor or a Paying Agent from the payment; (5) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; (6) to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; (7) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest on any Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent; (8) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of any Note, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; (9) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement; or (10) in the case of any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9).
The Company shall be entitled to redeem this Note, at its option, at any time as a whole but not in part, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days notice, at 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in the event that the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to this Note, any Additional Amounts as a result of: (1) a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any regulations promulgated thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced after December 3, 2019; or (2) any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment is announced after December 3, 2019, and, in each case, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it.
The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company and the Guarantor may be discharged from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company and the Guarantor may be released from their obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company or the Guarantor irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. For purposes of the Notes, and not to Securities of any other series outstanding under the Indenture, Government Obligations means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the
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German government or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the German government, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the German government, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clauses (i) or (ii) above or in any specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect thereof.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements and instruments made and to be performed wholly within such State.
All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: December 6, 2019
ATTEST: | CHUBB INA HOLDINGS INC. | |||||||
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Name: Rebecca Collins | Name: | Mark Hammond | ||||||
Title: Vice President and Secretary | Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: December 6, 2019
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||||
TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | ||||
as Trustee | ||||
By: |
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Title: |
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | | as tenants in common | ||
TEN ENT | | as tenants by the entireties | ||
JT TEN | | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | ||
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT | ||||
(Minor) | ||||
Custodian | ||||
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Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act | ||||
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE] | ||||
[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE] |
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature:
Notice: | The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
Signature |
Guaranty: |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit 5.1
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Chubb Limited | ||||
Bärengasse 32 | ||||
CH-8001 Zurich | ||||
Switzerland | ||||
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. | ||||
436 Walnut Street, WB12B | ||||
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 | ||||
USA | ||||
Zurich, 5 December 2019
Chubb Limited / Chubb INA Holdings Inc. - Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have been asked to render this opinion in our capacity as Swiss counsel to Chubb Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-227749) (the Registration Statement) relating to, among other things Chubb INA Holdings Inc.s (Chubb INA) offer and sale of EUR 700,000,000 0.300% senior notes due 2024 and EUR 700,000,000 0.875% senior notes due 2029 (the Notes), which are in each case fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the Guarantee) by the Company.
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I | Documents Reviewed
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For the purpose of this opinion letter we have only reviewed and relied on copies of the following documents: |
Bär & Karrer | Zürich | Genf | Lugano | Zug | www.baerkarrer.ch | |||||||||||||
Rechtsanwälte | Bär & Karrer AG | Bär & Karrer SA | Bär & Karrer SA | Bär & Karrer AG | ||||||||||||||
Brandschenkestrasse 90 | 12, quai de la Poste | Via Vegezzi 6 | Baarerstrasse 8 | |||||||||||||||
CH-8027 Zürich | CH-1211 Genève 11 | CH-6901 Lugano | CH-6301 Zug | |||||||||||||||
Phone: | +41 58 261 50 00 | Phone: | +41 58 261 57 00 | Phone: | +41 58 261 58 00 | Phone: | +41 58 261 59 00 | |||||||||||
Fax: | +41 58 261 50 01 | Fax: | +41 58 261 57 01 | Fax: | +41 58 261 58 01 | Fax: | +41 58 261 59 01 | |||||||||||
zuerich@baerkarrer.ch | geneve@baerkarrer.ch | lugano@baerkarrer.ch | zug@baerkarrer.ch |
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a) | a copy the Indenture dated as of 1 August 1999 (the Indenture), among the Company, Chubb INA and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago) as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 13 March 2013; |
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b) | a certified extract from the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich regarding the Company dated 26 November 2019 (the Extract) and a copy of the articles of association of the Company in their version dated 17 May 2018 (the Articles of Association), certified as of 26 November 2019, which according to the Extract are the Articles of Association currently in force; |
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c) | a copy of the organizational regulations (Organisationsreglement) of the board of directors of the Company dated 17 November 2016 (the Organizational Regulations) as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 31 November 2016 (retrieved from https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/896159/000119312516773870/d294410dex31.htm); |
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d) | scanned copies of an extract dated November 28, 2019 from the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 15 November 2018 signed by the assistant secretary of the Companys board of directors, containing inter alia the resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of indentures, and an extract dated 29 November 2019 from the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 21 November signed by the assistant secretary of the Companys board of directors, containing inter alia the resolutions authorizing the issuance and guarantees of unsecured bonds, debentures, notes or other form of indebtedness, and the execution and delivery of the respective agreements; and |
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e) | a scanned copy of an extract dated November 28, 2019 from the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held 9 August 2018 signed by the assistant secretary of the board of directors of the Company regarding the shelf form S-3 registration statement. |
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1 | This opinion is confined to and given on the basis of the laws of Switzerland in force at the date hereof as currently applied by Swiss courts. In the absence of explicit statutory law or established case law, we base our opinion solely on our independent professional judgment. |
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2 | We express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction. The opinions given in this opinion are strictly limited to the matters stated in section III and do not |
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extend, by implication or otherwise, to any agreement or document referred to in the Registration Statement or any other matter. |
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3 | The opinions given herein are made on the basis of the following assumptions: |
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the Notes have been duly authorised, signed, executed and delivered and issued by Chubb INA and the Indenture has been duly authorized, signed, executed and delivered by the Company pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands; |
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all documents supplied to us as conformed copies, scanned copies, photocopies or facsimile transmitted copies or other copies (including e-mail transmissions) conform to the originals and are authentic and complete; |
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all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete and all signatures genuine; |
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the Articles of Association, Organizational Regulations and Extract are unchanged and correct as of the date hereof and no changes have been made which should have been or should be reflected in the Articles of Association, the Organizational Regulations or the Extract as of the date hereof; |
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the extracts from the minutes referred to in section I.d) above and the circular resolution referred to in section I.e) above are each a true, correct, accurate, complete description of the matters referred to therein, are not misleading and do not omit any fact which would be material and the resolutions referred to therein have not been revoked, amended or altered; |
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the Indenture, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, and the Notes constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the respective parties under any applicable law (other than the laws of Switzerland to which this opinion relates); and |
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there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of Switzerland) which would or might affect the opinions hereinafter appearing. |
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Based upon the foregoing, in reliance thereon, and subject to the limitations and assumptions referred to above (II) and the qualifications set out below (IV), we are of the following opinion: |
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The Company is a company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) duly existing under the laws of Switzerland. |
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The Guarantee set out in Article 16 (Guarantee and Indemnity) of the Indenture is duly authorised, executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the laws of Switzerland. |
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IV | Qualifications |
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This opinion is subject to the following qualifications: |
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The opinions set out above are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, liquidation, moratorium, civil procedure and other similar laws and regulations as applicable to creditors, debtors, claimants and defendants generally as well as principles of equity (good faith) and the absence of a misuse of rights. |
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Our opinions expressed herein are limited solely to the laws of Switzerland and we express no opinion herein concerning the laws of any other jurisdiction. |
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We express no opinion as to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in the Registration Statement. |
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We express no opinion as to insurance regulatory matters or as to any commercial, accounting, calculating, auditing or other non-legal matters. Also, we express no opinion as to tax matters. |
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4 | In this legal opinion, Swiss legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original German language; the concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions; this legal opinion may, therefore, only be relied upon under the express condition that any issues of interpretation or liability arising hereunder will be governed by Swiss law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the City of Zurich, Switzerland, venue being Zurich 1. |
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5 | This legal opinion is rendered solely for the purpose of the transactions herein referred to. It may not be used, circulated, quoted, referred to or relied upon for any other purpose without our written consent in each instance. We hereby consent to the filing of this legal opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder. This legal opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and does not apply by implication to other matters. |
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Yours sincerely, | ||||
Bär & Karrer AG | ||||
/s/ Urs Kägi | /s/ Lukas Roesler | |||
Dr. Urs Kägi | Lukas Roesler |
Exhibit 5.2
December 5, 2019
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Chubb Limited |
Bärengasse 32 |
Zurich CH-8001 |
Switzerland |
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 436 Walnut Street |
Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
Re: Chubb Limited
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have represented Chubb Limited, a Swiss company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) (Chubb), and Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Chubb INA) in connection (i) with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-227749) (the Registration Statement) relating to, among other things, Chubb INAs debt securities, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the Guarantee) by Chubb and (ii) the offer and sale of (a) 700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Chubb INAs 0.300% Senior Notes due 2024 and (b) 700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Chubb INAs 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029 (together, the Notes).
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have examined (i) the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999 (the Indenture), among Chubb, Chubb INA and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented from time to time; (ii) the Notes and (iii) the Guarantee.
In addition, we have examined such other documents, certificates and opinions, and have made such further investigation as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the opinions expressed below. In expressing the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to the originals of all documents reviewed by us as copies, the authenticity and completeness of all original documents reviewed by us in original or copy form and the legal competence of each individual executing any document. As to all parties other than Chubb INA, we have assumed the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents, and, with respect to all parties other than Chubb INA and Chubb, we have assumed
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the validity and enforceability of all documents against all parties thereto, other than Chubb INA and Chubb, in accordance with their respective terms.
As to questions of fact material to our opinions (but not as to legal conclusions), we have, to the extent we deemed such reliance appropriate, relied upon certificates and other statements of officers of Chubb INA and Chubb and of public officials issued with respect to Chubb INA and Chubb.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and having regard for legal considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
(i) Chubb INA is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(ii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Chubb INA and (assuming the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Chubb and the Trustee), the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Chubb INA and Chubb, enforceable against Chubb INA and Chubb in accordance with its terms, except as (a) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and (b) the enforceability of provisions imposing liquidated damages, penalties or an increase in interest rate upon the occurrence of certain events may be limited in certain circumstances, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
(iii) the Notes have been duly authorized and executed by Chubb INA and, assuming the due authentication thereof in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivery against payment of the consideration therefor, constitute valid and binding obligations of Chubb INA, enforceable against Chubb INA in accordance with their terms, except as (a) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and (b) the enforceability of provisions imposing liquidated damages, penalties or an increase in interest rate upon the occurrence of certain events may be limited in certain circumstances, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and
(iv) assuming the Guarantee has been duly authorized by Chubb under Swiss law, the Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Chubb enforceable against Chubb in accordance with its terms, except as (a) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and (b) the enforceability of provisions imposing liquidated damages, penalties or an increase in interest rate upon the occurrence of certain events may be limited in certain circumstances, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
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We are admitted to practice in the States of Illinois and New York and our opinions expressed herein are limited solely to the Federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the States of Illinois and New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion herein concerning the laws of any other jurisdiction.
The opinions and statements expressed herein are as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in applicable law which may hereafter occur.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to this firm in such Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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/s/ Mayer Brown LLP
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