As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2022
 Registration No. 333-       


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



Corebridge Financial, Inc.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
 
95-4715639
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2919 Allen Parkway, Woodson Tower
 
77019
Houston, Texas
 
(Zip Code)
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)
   



Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)



Christine Nixon, Esq.
General Counsel
Corebridge Financial, Inc.
21650 Oxnard Street, Suite 750
Woodland Hills, California 91367
 (Name and address of agent for service)

1-877-375-2422
(telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



With copies to:

Eric T. Juergens, Esq.
Paul M. Rodel, Esq.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 909-6000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company ☐
   
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐



Part I

Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus

All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus relating to the Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

Part II

Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) allows Corebridge Financial, Inc. (“us”, “we” or the “Company”) to “incorporate by reference” into this Registration Statement information we file with the Commission in other documents.  This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to another document we filed with the Commission.

We incorporate by reference, as of their respective dates of filing, the documents listed below (excluding any portions of such documents that have been “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)):


(1)
The Company’s prospectus, dated September 12, 2022, relating to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-263898), as amended (the “Form S-1”), in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.


(2)
The description of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-41504) filed with the Commission on September 13, 2022.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregister all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.

Item 4.
Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.


Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL. Such expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.


Section 145(g) of the DGCL specifically allows a Delaware corporation to purchase liability insurance on behalf of its directors and officers and to insure against potential liability of such directors and officers regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify such directors and officers under Section 145 of the DGCL.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. This provision, however, may not eliminate or limit a director’s or officer’s liability (1) for breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for directors, under Section 174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases, redemptions or other distributions, (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or (5) for officers, in any action by or in the right of the corporation.

Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully and negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions eliminating the personal liability of our directors and officers for monetary damages to the extent permitted under the DGCL. Under the DGCL, the personal liability of a director or officer for monetary damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty may be eliminated except in circumstances involving:


a breach of the duty of loyalty;


acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;


a director under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends);


any transaction from which the director or officer derives an improper personal benefit; or


an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our second amended and restated by-laws require us to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL and other applicable law, except in the case of a proceeding instituted by the director without the approval of our board of directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our second amended and restated by-laws provide that we are required to indemnify our directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for all judgments, fines, settlements, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with pending or threatened legal proceedings because of the director’s or officer’s positions with us or another entity that the director or officer serves at our request, subject to various conditions, and to advance funds to our directors and officers to enable them to defend against such proceedings. To receive indemnification, the director or officer must have been successful in the legal proceeding or have acted in good faith and in what was reasonably believed to be a lawful manner in our best interest and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.


The form of underwriting agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Form S-1 provides for indemnification by the underwriters of the Company and its directors and officers for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act, but only to the extent that these liabilities are caused by information relating to the underwriters that was furnished to us by the underwriters in writing expressly for use in the Form S-1 and certain other disclosure documents.

Separation Agreement

The separation agreement entered into between us and American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) provides that, until at least the day after the last date on which any director, officer, employee or certain designees of AIG (each, an “AIG Individual”) is a director or officer of us, we must indemnify (including advancement of expenses) each such director and officer to the greatest extent permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL and other applicable laws. Such indemnification must continue as to any AIG Individual who becomes entitled to indemnification notwithstanding any subsequent change in our indemnification policies or, with respect to liabilities existing or arising from events that have occurred on or prior to such date, that such AIG Individual ceases to be a director or officer of us.

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance

We have obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which insures against certain liabilities that our directors and officers and the directors and officers of our subsidiaries may, in such capacities, incur.

Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.


Item 8.
Exhibits.

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Corebridge Financial, Inc.
Second Amended and Restated By-laws of Corebridge Financial, Inc.
Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
Filing fee table.


*
Filed herewith.

Item 9.
Undertakings.

We hereby undertake:


(a)(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Filing Fee Table included as Exhibit 107 to this Registration Statement; and

 
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;


provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 
(b)
The Company hereby undertakes, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on September 14, 2022.

 
COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
       
 
By:
/s/ Kevin Hogan
   
Name:
Kevin Hogan
   
Title:
Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Julie Cotton-Hearne, Marjorie Washington, Virginia Puzon, Christina Banthin and Rosemary Foster, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments to that registration statement (including post-effective amendments thereto) and to file the same, with the exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection herewith, with the Commission, and grants unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required or necessary to be done in and about the foregoing as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed on September 14, 2022, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.


Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Kevin Hogan
 
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
September 14, 2022
Kevin Hogan
   
         
         
/s/ Elias Habayeb
 
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
September 14, 2022
Elias Habayeb
   
         
         


/s/ Christopher Filiaggi
 
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
September 14, 2022
Christopher Filiaggi
   
         
         
/s/ Peter Zaffino
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Peter Zaffino
   
         
         
/s/ Adam Burk
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Adam Burk
   
         
         
/s/ Alan Colberg
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Alan Colberg
   
         
         
/s/ Lucy Fato
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Lucy Fato
   
         
         
/s/ Shane Fitzsimons
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Shane Fitzsimons
   
         
         
/s/ Jonathan Gray
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Jonathan Gray
   
         
         
/s/ Marilyn Hirsch
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Marilyn Hirsch
   
         
         
/s/ Christopher Lynch
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Christopher Lynch
   
         
         


/s/ Mark Lyons
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Mark Lyons
   
         
         
/s/ Elaine Rocha
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Elaine Rocha
   
         
         
/s/ Amy Schioldager
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Amy Schioldager
   
         
         
/s/ Patricia Walsh
 
Director
 
September 14, 2022
Patricia Walsh
   



Exhibit 4.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
of
COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.

Corebridge Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST.  The name of the corporation is Corebridge Financial, Inc. (the “Company”).  The date of filing of its original certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was December 3, 1998 and the name under which it was originally incorporated was SunAmerica Holdings Inc. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Company from SunAmerica Holdings Inc. to SunAmerica Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on December 29, 1998, and a Certificate of Correction correcting the effective time of the that Certificate of Amendment was filed on January 5, 1999. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Company from SunAmerica Inc. to AIG SunAmerica Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on June 3, 2002. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Company from AIG SunAmerica Inc. to AIG Retirement Services, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on December 4, 2003. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Company from AIG Retirement Services, Inc. to SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on June 10, 2010. A Certificate of Amendment effecting a recapitalization of the Company’s stock was filed with the Secretary of State on November 1, 2021. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Company from SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. to Corebridge Financial, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on March 28, 2022. A Certificate of Amendment effecting a recapitalization of the Company’s common stock, including in respect of the par value of each share of the Company’s common stock, was filed with the Secretary of State on September 6, 2022. A Certificate of Amendment authorizing the Company’s issuance of a number of shares of preferred stock and an additional number of shares of its common stock, and effecting a recapitalization of the Company’s common stock was filed with the Secretary of State on September 6, 2022.

SECOND.  This amended and restated certificate of incorporation amends, restates and integrates the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of said corporation, and has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon.

THIRD. The amendments contemplated hereby to the certificate of incorporation of said corporation shall be effective upon the filing hereof.

FOURTH. The text of the certificate of incorporation is amended and restated to read herein as set forth in full:

ARTICLE ONE
Name

The name of the Company is COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.

ARTICLE TWO
Registered Office and Registered Agent

The name of the registered agent in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, whose address is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808, County of New Castle.


ARTICLE THREE
Corporate Purposes and Powers

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE FOUR
Capital Stock

The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Company shall have authority to issue is 2,750,000,000, of which 250,000,000 shares are to be preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter called the “Preferred Stock”), and 2,500,000,000 shares are to be common stock, par value $0.01 per share (hereinafter called the “Common Stock”).

The voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock, in addition to those set forth elsewhere herein, are as follows:

Section 1.          The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the board of directors of the Company (hereinafter called the “Board of Directors”), as shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock, and, subject to subdivisions (2) through (6) of this Article Four, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof is expressly authorized, prior to issuance, in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of shares of each particular series, to fix the relative rights, preferences or limitations of the shares of the series, including but not limited to the following:

(a)          The distinctive serial designation of such series which shall distinguish it from other series;

(b)          The number of shares included in such series, which number may be increased or decreased from time to time unless otherwise provided in the resolutions creating the series;

(c)          The dividend rate or rates (or method of determining such rate or rates) for shares of such series and the date or dates (or the method of determining such date or dates) upon which such dividends shall be payable;

(d)          Whether dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and, in the case of shares of any series having cumulative dividend rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative;

(e)          The amount or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of the Company to the holders of the shares of such series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;

(f)          The price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series may be redeemed or exchanged, in whole or in part;

(g)          The obligation, if any, of the Company to purchase or redeem shares of such series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;


(h)          The period or periods within which and the terms and conditions, if any, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion and the terms and conditions of any adjustments thereof, upon which the shares of such series shall be convertible at the option of the holder into shares of any other class of stock or into shares of any other series of Preferred Stock, except into shares of a class having rights or preferences as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation which are prior or superior in rank to those of the shares being converted;

(i)          The voting rights, if any, of the shares of such series in addition to those required by law, including the number of votes per share and any requirement for the approval by the holders of more than 50.1% of all Preferred Stock, or of the shares of one or more series, or of both, as a condition to specified corporate action or amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation;

(j)          The relative preference or priority as to the right to receive dividends and the right to receive payments out of the assets of the Company upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; and

(k)          Any other relative rights, preferences or limitations of the shares of the series not inconsistent herewith or with applicable law.

Section 2.          All Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the Common Stock in respect of the right to receive dividends and the right to receive payments out of the assets of the Company upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

Section 3.          Unless otherwise provided in the resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock, no holder of any share or shares of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as of right to vote on any amendment or alteration of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Preferred Stock or any alteration, amendment or repeal of any provision of any other series of Preferred Stock.

Section 4.          Except as provided in the resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof in establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock, so long as any series of Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, in no event shall any dividend, whether in cash or property, be paid or declared, nor shall any distribution be made, on any junior stock, nor shall any shares of any junior stock be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for value by the Company, unless all dividends on any series of Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods and for the then current period shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, and unless the Company shall not be in default with respect to any of its obligations with respect to any past period with respect to any sinking fund for any Preferred Stock.  If such payment shall have been made in full to the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, dividends may then be paid on junior stock, according to their respective rights and preferences.

Section 5.          In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any junior stock, the holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full the respective amounts of the liquidation preferences thereof.  If such payment shall have been made in full to the holders of Preferred Stock, the remaining assets and funds of the Company shall be distributed among the holders of the junior stock, according to their respective rights and preferences and in each case according to their respective shares.  If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the amounts so payable are not paid in full to the holders of all outstanding shares of any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full amounts to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.  Neither the consolidation or merger of the Company, nor the sale, lease or conveyance of all or a part of its assets, shall be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company within the meaning of the foregoing provisions of this subdivision (5).


Section 6.          No holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase, or have any preemptive right with respect to, any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class whatsoever, or of securities convertible into any stock of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether issued for cash or other consideration or by way of dividend.

Section 7.          As used herein with respect to the Preferred Stock or in any resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof providing for the issue of any particular series of the Preferred Stock as authorized by subdivision (1) of this Article Four, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)          The term “junior stock” shall mean the Common Stock and any other class of stock of the Company hereafter authorized over which the Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

(b)          The term “sinking fund” shall mean any fund or requirement for the periodic retirement of shares.

(c)          The term “accrued dividends”, with respect to any share of any series, shall mean an amount computed at the annual dividend rate for the series of which the particular share is a part, from the date on which dividends on such share became cumulative to and including the date to which such dividends are to be accrued, less the aggregate amount of all dividends theretofore paid thereon.

Section 8.          No holder of any share or shares of stock of the Company shall be entitled as of right to subscribe for, purchase or receive any shares of stock of any class or any other securities which the Company may issue, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether such stock or securities be issued for money or for a consideration other than money or by way of a dividend and all such shares of stock or other securities may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations, and associations and on such terms as it, in its absolute discretion, may deem advisable, without offering to stockholders then of record or any class of stockholders any thereof upon the same terms or upon any terms.

Section 9.          The holders of the shares of Common Stock will be entitled to one vote per share of such stock on all matters except as herein or by statute otherwise provided.

ARTICLE FIVE
Powers of Board of Directors; Meetings; Corporate Books; Etc.

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business, and for the conduct of the affairs, of the Company, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Company and of its directors and stockholders:

Section 1.          Subject to the provisions of subdivision (1)(i) of Article Four hereof, the number of directors of the Company shall be such as from time to time shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the by-laws of the Company (hereinafter called the “By-Laws”).  Election of directors need not be by ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.

Section 2.          The Board of Directors shall have powers set forth in the By-Laws.


Section 3.          The directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Company which is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided that a lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall be as valid and as binding upon the Company and upon all the stockholders, as though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Company, whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack because of directors’ interest, or for any other reason.

Section 4.          The stockholders and directors shall have power to hold their meetings as the By-Laws so provide and (except as the laws of the State of Delaware shall otherwise provide) keep the books, documents and papers of the Company, outside of the State of Delaware, and to have one or more offices within or without the State of Delaware, at such places as may be from time to time designated by the By-Laws or by resolution of the stockholders or directors, except as otherwise required by the laws of Delaware.

Section 5.          In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Company; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the statutes of Delaware, of this certificate, and to any By-Laws from time to time made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws so made shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been made.

ARTICLE SIX
Transactions with Directors

No contract or other transaction between the Company and any other corporation, whether or not a majority of the shares of the capital stock of such other corporation is owned by the Company, and no act of the Company shall in any way be affected or invalidated by the fact that any of the directors of the Company are financially or otherwise interested in, or are directors or officers of, such other corporation; any director individually, or any firm of which such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be financially or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Company, provided that the fact that he or such firm is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority thereof; and any director of the Company who is also a director or officer of such other corporation, or who is so interested, may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company which shall authorize such contract or transaction and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested.

ARTICLE SEVEN
Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Company shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or serves or served any other enterprise at the request of the Company.


ARTICLE EIGHT
Reservation of Right to Amend
Certificate of Incorporation

The Company reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company may amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, followed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock then entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

ARTICLE NINE
Elimination of Certain Liability of Directors and Officers

No director or officer of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, as applicable, except to the extent such an exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) as presently in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended.  No amendment to or repeal of these provisions shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or officer of the Company for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE TEN
Corporate Opportunity Waiver

Section 1.          In recognition and anticipation of the fact that (i) certain directors, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of AIG, Blackstone and their respective Affiliates may serve as a director of the Company, (ii) AIG, Blackstone and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage or proposes to engage, and (iii) directors who are not employees of the Company or the subsidiaries of the Company (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Company, directly or indirectly, may engage or proposes to engage, the provisions of this Article are set forth to regulate and define the conduct and certain affairs of the Company with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve AIG, Blackstone, the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates, as applicable, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Company and its directors and stockholders in connection therewith. The Company hereby agrees that none of (A) AIG or any of its Affiliates, (B) Blackstone or any of its Affiliates or (C) the Non-Employee Directors or his or her Affiliates (the persons identified in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by (but otherwise subject to) applicable law, have any duty to refrain from, directly or indirectly, (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Company or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Company or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Company for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Company or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article. Subject to Section 2 of this Article, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Company or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Company for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder or director of the Company solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another person or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company.


Section 2.          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article, the Company does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Company) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company, and the provisions of Section 1 shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

Section 3.          For purposes of this Article, (i) “AIG” means American International Group, Inc.”, (ii) “Blackstone” means “Argon Holdco LLC”, (iii) an “Affiliate” of any person means another person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such first person, where “control,” when used with respect to any person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have the meanings correlative to the foregoing, and (iv) for the avoidance of doubt, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an “Affiliate” of Blackstone or AIG.

Section 4.          Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE ELEVEN
Section 203 of the DGCL

The Company elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL (“Section 203”), as permitted under and pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of Section 203, until the first date on which AIG ceases to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. From and after such date, the Company shall be governed by Section 203 so long as Section 203 by its terms would apply to the Company.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC. has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Christina Banthin, its Corporate Secretary, this sixth day of September, 2022.

 
COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
 
By
/s/ Christina Banthin





Exhibit 4.2




COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

Effective September 6, 2022

 

 


COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

Table of Contents

ARTICLE I Stockholders
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Section 1.1
Annual Meetings
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Section 1.2
Special Meetings
3
 
Section 1.3
Notice of Meetings
3
 
Section 1.4
Adjournments, Postponements, Rescheduling and Cancellation
3
 
Section 1.5
Quorum
4
 
Section 1.6
Organization
4
 
Section 1.7
Inspectors
4
 
Section 1.8
Classes or Series of Stock; Voting Proxies
5
 
Section 1.9
Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record
5
 
Section 1.10
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote
6
 
Section 1.11
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting
6
 
Section 1.12
Advance Notice of Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals
7
 
Section 1.13
Stockholder Nominations Included in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials
9
       
ARTICLE II Board of Directors
17
 
Section 2.1
Powers:  Number:  Qualifications
17
 
Section 2.2
Election:  Term of Office:  Resignation:  Removal:  Vacancies
17
 
Section 2.3
Regular Meetings
18
 
Section 2.4
Special Meetings
18
 
Section 2.5
Participation in Meetings by Electronic Means Permitted
18
 
Section 2.6
Quorum:  Vote Required for Action
18
 
Section 2.7
Chair
18
 
Section 2.8
Lead Independent Director
18
 
Section 2.9
Organization
19
 
Section 2.10
Action by Directors Without a Meeting
19
 
Section 2.11
Compensation of Directors
19
 
Section 2.12
Approval or Ratification of Chief Executive Officer Compensation
19
       
ARTICLE III Committees
19
 
Section 3.1
Committees
19
 
Section 3.2
Committee Rules
20
       
ARTICLE IV Officers
20
 
Section 4.1
Officers; Election
20
 
Section 4.2
Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies
20
 
Section 4.3
Chief Executive Officer
20
 
Section 4.4
President
20
 
Section 4.5
Vice Chair
20
 
Section 4.6
Vice Presidents
20
 
Section 4.7
Secretary
21
 
Section 4.8
Treasurer
21
 
Section 4.9
Other Officers
21
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ARTICLE V Stock
21
 
Section 5.1
Certificates
21
 
Section 5.2
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates
21
       
ARTICLE VI Miscellaneous
22
 
Section 6.1
Fiscal Year
22
 
Section 6.2
Seal
22
 
Section 6.3
Acceptable Delivery Method; No Electronic Notice
22
 
Section 6.4
Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees
22
 
Section 6.5
Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees
22
 
Section 6.6
Interested Directors; Quorum
25
 
Section 6.7
Form of Records
25
 
Section 6.8
Dividends
26
 
Section 6.9
Amendment of By-Laws
26
 
Section 6.10
Exclusive Forum
26
 
Section 6.11
Execution of Instruments
26

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COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
Effective September 6, 2022

ARTICLE I
Stockholders

Section 1.1          Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place either (a) within or without the State of Delaware or (b) by means of remote communication (a “Virtual Meeting”), in each case as may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.  Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

Section 1.2          Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chair, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the Secretary or the Board of Directors, to be held at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware, or as a Virtual Meeting, as may be stated in the notice of the meeting.  A special meeting of stockholders shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of one or more stockholders who together own of record twenty-five (25) percent of the outstanding shares of each class of stock entitled to vote at such meeting.  Such written request shall state the purpose of the meeting and be received in accordance with an Acceptable Delivery Method (as defined in Section 6.3 of these by-laws).

Section 1.3          Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, date and time of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.  If delivered by electronic mail, then such notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address. If such notice is transmitted by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, such notice shall be deemed to be given upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice.  If such notice is transmitted by any other form of electronic transmission (as such term is defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”)), such notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to the stockholder.  Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 233 of the DGCL.  No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any special meeting without the unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat.

Section 1.4          Adjournments, Postponements, Rescheduling and Cancellation. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.  At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders.
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Section 1.5          Quorum. At each meeting of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class of stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. Shares of its own capital stock belonging on the record date for the meeting to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 1.6          Organization.

(a)          Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chair, or in the absence of the Chair by the Lead Independent Director (if any), or in the absence of the Lead Independent Director by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer by the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chair designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chair chosen at the meeting.  The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary shall so act, or in their absence the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(b)          The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chair of the meeting.  The chair of the meeting shall have the right and authority to adjourn a meeting of stockholders without a vote of stockholders for any reason (including for purposes of allowing a quorum to attend) and to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation:  (i) the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety; (ii) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof; (v) the opening and closing of the voting polls, for each item on which a vote is to be taken; (vi) determining and declaring that a matter, business or nomination was not properly brought before the meeting; (vii) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting rules, regulations and procedures as set forth by the chair of the meeting; and (viii) restricting the use of audio/video recording devices and cell phones at the meeting.

Section 1.7          Inspectors. Prior to any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chair or the Chief Executive Officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting and make a written report thereof and may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate is able to act at the meeting of stockholders, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  The inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots.  The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons to assist them in the performance of their duties.  The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting.  No ballot, proxy or vote, nor any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls.  In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted therewith, any information provided by a stockholder who submits a proxy by electronic transmission from which it can be determined that the proxy was authorized by the stockholder, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, and they may also consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons that represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record.  If the inspectors consider other reliable information for such purpose, they shall, at the time they make their certification, specify the precise information considered by them, including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.
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Section 1.8          Classes or Series of Stock; Voting Proxies. For purposes of this Article I, two or more classes or series of stock shall be considered a single class if and to the extent that the holders thereof are entitled to vote together as a single class at the meeting.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder who has voting power upon the matter in question.  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.  A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.  Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and need not be conducted by inspectors unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall so determine.  At all meetings for the election of directors, directors shall be elected as provided in Section 2.2 of these by-laws.  In all other matters, unless otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of all classes of stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, provided that (except as otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation) the Board of Directors may require in the notice of meeting a larger vote upon any such matter.  For purposes of this Section 1.8, only votes cast “for” or “against” a matter shall be considered affirmative votes; abstentions, broker non-votes and withheld votes shall not be treated as affirmative votes and shall not be taken into account in determining whether a matter is approved.  Where a separate vote by class is required, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of each class present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class, except as otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws.

Section 1.9          Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.11(b).

(c)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.  If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
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Section 1.10          List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1.10 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic content information on such list.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  In the event of a Virtual Meeting, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

Section 1.11          Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.

(a)          Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by an Acceptable Delivery Method to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.

(b)          Any stockholder seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, pursuant to an Acceptable Delivery Method, first request (a “Written Consent Request”) the Board to fix a record date for such purpose (a “Consent Record Date”).  Such Written Consent Request shall be signed by one or more stockholders representing twenty-five (25) percent of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to consent on the matter or matters set forth in the Written Consent Request.  The Board shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which the Written Consent Request is received or five (5) days after delivery of any information requested by the Corporation to determine the validity of the Written Consent Request or whether the matter or matters to which the Written Consent Request relates is an action that may be taken by written consent, determine the validity of the Written Consent Request and whether the Written Consent Request relates to an action that may properly be taken by written consent under this Section 1.11 and applicable law.  If such request is valid, the Board shall adopt a resolution fixing the Consent Record Date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board pursuant to Section 1.9).

(c)          Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent.  No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are received by the Corporation pursuant to an Acceptable Delivery Method within sixty (60) days of the first date on which a written consent is so received by the Corporation but in no event later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Consent Record Date.

(d)          Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.11.
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Section 1.12          Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals.

(a)          (1)  The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 and Section 1.13 of these by-laws.

 
(2)          For any matter to be properly brought before any annual meeting of stockholders, the matter must be (i) specified in the notice of annual meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (iii) brought before the annual meeting in the manner specified in this Section 1.12(a) (x) by a stockholder that holds of record stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the annual meeting on such matter (including any election of a director) or (y) by a person (an “Indirect Holder”) that holds such stock through a nominee or “street name” holder of record of such stock and can demonstrate to the Corporation such indirect ownership of, and such Indirect Holder’s entitlement to vote, such stock on such matter, or (iv) brought before the annual meeting in accordance with Section 1.13 of these by-laws.

(3)          In addition to any other requirements under applicable law, the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws, persons nominated by stockholders for election as directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 1.12(a)(2)(iii) of these by-laws and any other proposals by stockholders brought pursuant to Section 1.12(a)(2)(iii) of these by-laws shall be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders only if notice of any such matter to be presented by a stockholder at such meeting (a “Stockholder Notice”) shall be delivered by Acceptable Delivery Method to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year, which for 2022 will be deemed to have taken place on May 1, 2022; provided, however, that if and only if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an “Other Meeting Date”), such Stockholder Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of (i) the close of business on the date ninety (90) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date on which such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed.

(4)          Any stockholder desiring to nominate any person or persons (as the case may be) for election as a director or directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 1.12(a)(2)(iii) of these by-laws shall deliver by Acceptable Delivery Method, as part of such Stockholder Notice, a statement in writing setting forth the name of the person or persons to be nominated, a ranking of such persons, the number and class of all shares of each class of stock of the Corporation owned of record and beneficially by each such person, as reported to such stockholder by such person, the information regarding each such person required by paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, each such person’s signed consent to serve as a director of the Corporation if elected, such stockholder’s name and address, the number and class of all shares of each class of stock of the Corporation owned of record and beneficially by such stockholder and, in the case of an Indirect Holder, evidence establishing such Indirect Holder’s indirect ownership of stock and entitlement to vote such stock for the election of directors at the annual meeting.  The Corporation may require any such proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require, including, but not limited to (i) information to determine whether the nominee would be considered “independent” under the various rules and standards applicable to the Corporation, (ii) information to determine whether the nominee complies with applicable law, including insurance law and (iii) information relating to compliance with any Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors.  The proposed nominee shall provide such other information as the Corporation may reasonably request within ten (10) business days of such request.  Any stockholder who gives a Stockholder Notice of any matter (other than a nomination for director) proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders shall deliver by Acceptable Delivery Method, as part of such Stockholder Notice, the text of the proposal to be presented and a brief written statement of the reasons why such stockholder favors the proposal and setting forth such stockholder’s name and address, the number and class of all shares of each class of stock of the Corporation owned of record and beneficially by such stockholder, any material interest of such stockholder in the matter proposed (other than as a stockholder), if applicable, and, in the case of an Indirect Holder, evidence establishing such Indirect Holder’s indirect ownership of stock and entitlement to vote such stock on the matter proposed at the annual meeting.
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(5)          As used in these by-laws (other than for purposes of Section 1.13 of these by-laws), shares “beneficially owned” shall mean all shares that such person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.  If a stockholder is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of directors at a meeting (annual or special), such stockholder’s right to nominate one or more individuals for election as a director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of directors.

(6)          Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 1.12 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the next annual meeting of stockholders is increased by virtue of an increase in the size of the Board of Directors and either all of the nominees for director at the next annual meeting of stockholders or the size of the increased Board of Directors is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Stockholder Notice shall also be considered timely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting as the result of any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary by Acceptable Delivery Method at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the first day on which all such nominees or the size of the increased Board of Directors shall have been publicly announced or disclosed.

(b)          Except as provided in the immediately following sentence, no matter shall be properly brought before a special meeting of stockholders unless such matter shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of such meeting.  In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, (i) the Corporation shall comply with any applicable obligations under the Separation Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Separation Agreement”), by and between the Company and American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) and the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Stockholders Agreement”), by and among, the Company, AIG and Argon Holdco LLC (“Blackstone”) and (ii) any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of such director(s) at such meeting may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as are specified in the Corporation’s notice of such meeting, but only if the Stockholder Notice required by Section 1.12(a) of these by-laws shall be delivered to the Secretary by Acceptable Delivery Method at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the first day on which the date of the special meeting and either the names of all nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting or the number of directors to be elected shall have been publicly announced or disclosed.

(c)          For purposes of this Section 1.12, a matter shall be deemed to have been “publicly announced or disclosed” if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(d)          In no event shall the adjournment of an annual meeting or a special meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new period for the giving of notice as provided in this Section 1.12.  This Section 1.12 sets forth the exclusive means for a stockholder to nominate persons for election to the Board at a meeting of stockholders or to propose business to be considered at a meeting of stockholders, except that this Section 1.12 shall not (x) apply to (1) any stockholder proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, (2) any nomination of a director in an election in which only the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation issued pursuant to Article Four of the certificate of incorporation are entitled to vote (unless otherwise provided in the terms of such stock) or(3) any director nomination in accordance with Section 1.13 of these by-laws or (y) limit the rights of AIG and Blackstone under the Separation Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
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(e)          The chair of any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 1.12 or Section 1.13 of these by-laws and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters shall not be considered.

Section 1.13          Stockholder Nominations Included in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials.

(a)          Inclusion of Proxy Access Nominees in Proxy Statement.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 1.13, if expressly requested in the relevant Nomination Notice (as defined below), the Corporation shall include in its proxy statement for any annual meeting of stockholders (but not at any special meeting of stockholders):

(1)          the name of any person(s) nominated for election (the “Proxy Access Nominee(s)”), which shall also be included on the Corporation’s form of proxy and ballot, by any Eligible Holder (as defined below) or group of up to twenty Eligible Holders that has (individually and collectively, in the case of a group) satisfied, as determined by the Board of Directors, all applicable conditions and complied with all applicable procedures set forth in this Section 1.13 (such Eligible Holder or group of Eligible Holders being a “Nominating Stockholder”);

(2)          disclosure about the Proxy Access Nominee(s) and the Nominating Stockholder required under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable law to be included in the proxy statement;

(3)          for each Proxy Access Nominee, any statement in support of such Proxy Access Nominee’s election to the Board of Directors included by the Nominating Stockholder in the Nomination Notice for inclusion in the proxy statement (subject, without limitation, to Section 1.13(e)(2) of these by-laws), provided that such statement does not exceed five hundred (500) words and fully complies with Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Rule 14a-9 (the “Statement”); and

(4)          any other information that the Corporation or the Board of Directors determines, in their discretion, to include in the proxy statement relating to the nomination of the Proxy Access Nominee(s), including, without limitation, (i) any statement in opposition to the nomination, (ii) any of the information provided pursuant to this Section 1.13 and (iii) any solicitation materials or related information with respect to the Proxy Access Nominee.

For purposes of this Section 1.13, any determination to be made by the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors, a committee of the Board or any officer of the Corporation designated by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board, and any such determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation, any Eligible Holder, any Nominating Stockholder, any Proxy Access Nominee and any other person so long as made in good faith (without any further requirements).  The chair of any annual meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether a Proxy Access Nominee has been nominated in accordance with the requirements of this Section 1.13 and, if not so nominated, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such Proxy Access Nominee shall not be considered.
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(b)          Maximum Number of Proxy Access Nominees.

(1)          The Corporation shall not be required to include in the proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders more Proxy Access Nominees than that number of directors constituting the greater of (i) two (2) or (ii) twenty (20) percent of the total number of directors of the Corporation on the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be submitted pursuant to this Section 1.13 (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (the “Maximum Number”).  The Maximum Number for a particular annual meeting shall be reduced by:  (i) the number of Proxy Access Nominees that the Board of Directors itself decides to nominate for election at such annual meeting; and (ii) the number of incumbent directors who had been Proxy Access Nominees with respect to any of the preceding two annual meetings of stockholders and whose reelection at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the Board of Directors.  In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board of Directors after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 1.13(d) of these by-laws but before the date of the annual meeting, and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced.

(2)          If the number of Proxy Access Nominees pursuant to this Section 1.13 for any annual meeting of stockholders exceeds the Maximum Number then the highest ranking individual from the list prepared by each Nominating Shareholder, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of the ownership position as disclosed in each Nominating Stockholder’s Nomination Notice, will be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Maximum Number is reached, with the process repeated if the Maximum Number is not reached after each Nominating Stockholder has selected one Proxy Access Nominee.  If, after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 1.13(d) of these by-laws, a Nominating Stockholder becomes ineligible or withdraws its nomination or a Proxy Access Nominee becomes ineligible or becomes unwilling to serve on the Board of Directors, whether before or after the mailing of the definitive proxy statement, then the nomination shall be disregarded, and the Corporation:  (i) shall not be required to include in its proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy the disregarded Proxy Access Nominee or any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the Nominating Stockholder or by any other Nominating Stockholder and (ii) may otherwise communicate to its stockholders, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy statement or ballot or form of proxy, that the Proxy Access Nominee will not be included as a Proxy Access Nominee in the proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy and will not be voted on at the annual meeting.

(c)          Eligibility of Nominating Stockholder.

(1)          An “Eligible Holder” is a person who has either (i) been a record holder of the shares of common stock used to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 1.13(c) continuously for the three-year period specified in Section 1.13(c)(2) of these by-laws or (ii) provides to the Secretary of the Corporation, within the time period referred to in Section 1.13(d) of these by-laws, evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or more securities intermediaries in a form that the Board of Directors determines would be deemed acceptable for purposes of a stockholder proposal under Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act.
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(2)          An Eligible Holder or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders may submit a nomination in accordance with this Section 1.13 only if the person or group (in the aggregate) has continuously owned at least the Minimum Number (as defined below) of shares of the Corporation’s common stock throughout the three-year period preceding and including the date of submission of the Nomination Notice, and continues to own at least the Minimum Number through the date of the annual meeting.  Two or more funds that are (i) under common management and investment control, (ii) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer (or by a group of related employers that are under common control), or (iii) a “group of investment companies,” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, shall be treated as one Eligible Holder if such Eligible Holder shall provide together with the Nomination Notice documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that demonstrates any of the foregoing criteria.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a nomination by a group of Eligible Holders, any and all requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Holder that are set forth in this Section 1.13, including the minimum holding period, shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Minimum Number shall apply to the ownership of the group in the aggregate.  Should any stockholder withdraw from a group of Eligible Holders at any time prior to the annual meeting of stockholders, the group of Eligible Holders shall only be deemed to own the shares held by the remaining members of the group.

(3)          The “Minimum Number” of shares of the Corporation’s common stock means three percent of the number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the most recent date for which such amount is given in any filing by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the submission of the Nomination Notice.

(4)          For purposes of this Section 1.13, an Eligible Holder “owns” only those outstanding shares of the Corporation as to which the Eligible Holder possesses both:  (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares:  (A) purchased or sold by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (B) borrowed by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates for any purpose or purchased by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or subject to any other obligation to resell to another person, or (C) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of:  (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Eligible Holder’s or any of its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates.

(5)          An Eligible Holder “owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Eligible Holder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares.  An Eligible Holder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other similar instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the Eligible Holder.  An Eligible Holder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has loaned such shares provided that the Eligible Holder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days’ notice and has recalled such loaned shares as of the date of the Nomination Notice and holds such shares through the date of the annual meeting.  The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings.  Whether outstanding shares of the Corporation are “owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
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(6)          No Eligible Holder shall be permitted to be in more than one group constituting a Nominating Stockholder, and if any Eligible Holder appears as a member of more than one group, it shall be deemed to be a member of the group that has the largest ownership position as reflected in the Nomination Notice.

(d)          Nomination Notice.  To nominate a Proxy Access Nominee (or Proxy Access Nominees), the Nominating Stockholder must, no earlier than one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days and no later than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days before the anniversary of the date that the Corporation mailed its proxy statement for the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders which for 2022 shall be deemed to have taken place on April 1, 2022, submit to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation, by Acceptable Delivery Method, all of the following information and documents (collectively, the “Nomination Notice”); provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before the anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an “Outside Meeting Date”), the Nomination Notice shall be given as provided herein by the later of the close of business on the date that is one hundred and sixty (160) days prior to such Outside Meeting Date or the tenth (10th) day following the date such Outside Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed:

(1)          A Schedule 14N (or any successor form) relating to the Proxy Access Nominee(s), completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Nominating Stockholder as applicable, in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules;

(2)          A written notice of the nomination of such Proxy Access Nominee(s) that includes the following additional information, agreements, representations and warranties by the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member):

(i)          the details of any relationship that existed within the past three years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N;

(ii)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder acquired the common stock of the Corporation in the ordinary course of business and did not acquire, and is not holding, securities of the Corporation for the purpose or with the effect of influencing or changing control of the Corporation;

(iii)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Proxy Access Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 1.13;

(iv)          a representation and warranty that each Proxy Access Nominee’s candidacy or, if elected, Board membership would not violate applicable state or federal law or the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded;
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(v)          a representation and warranty that each Proxy Access Nominee (A) is not aware of any direct or indirect relationship that the Proxy Access Nominee has with the Corporation that will cause the Proxy Access Nominee to be deemed not independent pursuant to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines as most recently published on its website and otherwise qualifies as independent under the bright line rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded; (B) is not aware of any information that would make the Proxy Access Nominee fail to meet the audit committee independence requirements under the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded; (C) is not aware of any information that would make the Proxy Access Nominee fail to be a “non-employee director” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule); (D) is not aware of any information that would make the Proxy Access Nominee fail to be an “outside director” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision); and (E) is not and has not been subject to any event specified in Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (or any successor rule) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act, without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of the applicable Proxy Access Nominee;

(vi)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 1.13(c) of these by-laws and has provided evidence of ownership to the extent required by Section 1.13(c)(1) of these by-laws;

(vii)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder intends to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 1.13(c) of these by-laws through the date of the annual meeting;

(viii)          a statement by the Nominating Stockholder regarding its intent with respect to continued ownership of shares of common stock of the Corporation for at least one year following the annual meeting;

(ix)          details of any position of any Proxy Access Nominee as an officer or director of any competitor (that is, any entity that produces products or provides services that compete with or are alternatives to the principal products produced or services provided by the Corporation or its affiliates) of the Corporation, within the three years preceding the submission of the Nomination Notice;

(x)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not engage in a “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) (without reference to the exception in Section 14a-(l)(2)(iv)) (or any successor rules) with respect to the annual meeting, other than with respect to the Proxy Access Nominee(s) or any nominee of the Board of Directors;

(xi)          a representation and warranty that the Nominating Stockholder will not use any proxy card other than the Corporation’s proxy card in soliciting stockholders in connection with the election of a Proxy Access Nominee at the annual meeting;

(xii)          for each Proxy Access Nominee, if desired, a Statement; and
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(xiii)          in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member (the “Designated Lead Group Member”) that is authorized to act on behalf of all group members with respect to matters relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination;

(3)          An executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors, pursuant to which the Nominating Stockholder (including each group member) agrees:

(i)          to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with the nomination, solicitation and election;

(ii)          to file any written solicitation or other communication with the Corporation’s stockholders relating to one or more of the Corporation’s directors or director nominees or any Proxy Access Nominee with the Securities and Exchange Commission, regardless of whether any such filing is required under rule or regulation or whether any exemption from filing is available for such materials under any rule or regulation;

(iii)          to assume all liability stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any actual or alleged legal or regulatory violation arising out of any communication by the Nominating Stockholder or any of its Proxy Access Nominees with the Corporation, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of directors, including, without limitation, the Nomination Notice;

(iv)          to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss, damages, expenses or other costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of or relating to a failure or alleged failure of the Nominating Stockholder or any of its Proxy Access Nominees to comply with, or any breach or alleged breach of, its respective obligations, agreements or representations under this Section 1.13; and

(v)          in the event that any information included in the Nomination Notice, or in any other communication by the Nominating Stockholder (including with respect to any group member or any of its Proxy Access Nominees), with the Corporation, its stockholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or due to a subsequent development omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading), or that the Nominating Stockholder (including any group member) has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 1.13(c) of these by-laws, to promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours of discovering such misstatement or omission) notify the Corporation and any other recipient of such communication of the misstatement or omission in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct the misstatement or omission; and

(4)          An executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors, by each Proxy Access Nominee:

(i)          to provide to the Corporation such other information, including completion of the Corporation’s director questionnaire, as it may reasonably request;
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(ii)          at the reasonable request of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to meet with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to discuss matters relating to the nomination of such Proxy Access Nominee to the Board of Directors, including the information provided by such Proxy Access Nominee to the Corporation in connection with his or her nomination and such Proxy Access Nominee’s eligibility to serve as a member of the Board of Directors;

(iii)          that the Proxy Access Nominee has read and agrees if elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, to adhere to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Director, Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officer Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Related Party Transactions Approval Policy and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors; and

(iv)          that the Proxy Access Nominee is not and will not become a party to (A) any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with his or her nomination, service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, (B) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how the Proxy Access Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (C) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with the Proxy Access Nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.

The information and documents required by this Section 1.13(d) shall be:  (x) provided with respect to and executed by each group member, in the case of information applicable to group members; and (y) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instruction 1 to Items 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) in the case of a Nominating Stockholder or group member that is an entity.  The Nomination Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all the information and documents referred to in this Section 1.13(d) (other than such information and documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Nomination Notice is provided) have been delivered to or, if sent by mail, received by the Secretary of the Corporation.

(e)          Exceptions.

(1)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.13, the Corporation may omit from its proxy statement any Proxy Access Nominee and any information concerning such Proxy Access Nominee (including a Nominating Stockholder’s statement in support) and no vote on such Proxy Access Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation), and the Nominating Stockholder may not, after the last day on which a Nomination Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of such Proxy Access Nominee, if:

(i)          the Corporation receives a notice pursuant to Section 1.12 of these by-laws that a stockholder intends to nominate a candidate for director at the annual meeting;

(ii)          the Nominating Stockholder is engaging in a “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the applicable annual meeting of stockholders other than a nominee of the Board of Directors and other than as permitted by this Section 1.13;

(iii)          the Nominating Stockholder or the Designated Lead Group Member, as applicable, or any qualified representative thereof, does not appear at the meeting of stockholders to present the nomination submitted pursuant to this Section 1.13 or the Nominating Stockholder withdraws its nomination or the chair of the meeting declares that such nomination shall be disregarded pursuant to Section 1.12(e) of these by-laws;
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(iv)          the Board of Directors determines that such Proxy Access Nominee’s nomination or election to the Board of Directors would result in the Corporation violating or failing to be in compliance with the Corporation’s by-laws or certificate of incorporation or any applicable law, rule or regulation to which the Corporation is subject, including any rules or regulations of any primary stock exchange on which the Corporation’s common stock is traded;

(v)          the Proxy Access Nominee is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended;

(vi)          the Proxy Access Nominee is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years; or

(vii)          the Corporation is notified, or the Board of Directors determines, that a Nominating Stockholder has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 1.13(c) of these by-laws, any of the representations and warranties made in the Nomination Notice ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statement not misleading), the Proxy Access Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors or any material violation or breach occurs of the obligations, agreements, representations or warranties of the Nominating Stockholder or the Proxy Access Nominee made pursuant to this Section 1.13;

(2)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.13, the Corporation may omit from its proxy statement, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all or any portion of the statement in support of a Proxy Access Nominee included in the Nomination Notice, if the Board of Directors determines that:

(i)          such information is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make the statements made not misleading; or

(ii)          the inclusion of such information in the proxy statement would otherwise violate the Securities and Exchange Commission proxy rules or any other applicable law, rule or regulation.

(3)          The Corporation may solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statement relating to, any Proxy Access Nominee.
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ARTICLE II
Board of Directors

Section 2.1          Powers:  Number:  Qualifications. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by law or in the certificate of incorporation.  The Board shall consist of at least seven (7) members and not more than twenty-one (21) members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by the Board;  provided, however, that in determining the number of directors no account shall be taken of any non-voting director, including any advisory or honorary director, that may be elected from time to time by a majority of the Board of Directors.  Subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, the number of directors may be increased or decreased by amendment of these by-laws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon, and by like vote the additional directors may be elected to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their respective earlier resignations or removals.  Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2.2          Election:  Term of Office:  Resignation:  Removal:  Vacancies.

(a)          Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

(b)          Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chair or the Secretary of the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.

(c)          Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors;  and, subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, any vacancy so created may be filled by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.  Whenever the holders of any class or series of stock are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall apply, in respect to the removal without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(d)          Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws and without limiting the rights of AIG and Blackstone under the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable, vacancies (other than any vacancy created by removal of a director by stockholder vote) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.

(e)          Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by the sole remaining director so elected.
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(f)          Except as may be otherwise required by the certificate of incorporation, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast (meaning the number of shares voted “for” a nominee must exceed the number of shares voted “against” such nominee) at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast (instead of by votes for or against a nominee) at any meeting involving a contested election for one or more directors (meaning more directors have been nominated for election than directorship positions available).  Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be deemed a vote “for” or “against” a director.  The Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines contain the Corporation’s policy regarding the director resignation process.

Section 2.3          Regular Meetings. The Board shall meet from time to time as determined by the Board to discuss such business and affairs of the Corporation as the Board shall determine. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware or by means of remote communication and at such times, in each case as the Board may from time to time determine (and in any case at least quarterly), and if so determined notice thereof need not be given.

Section 2.4          Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware or by means of remote communication whenever called by the Chair or by the Chief Executive Officer on the written request of any two directors.  Reasonable notice thereof, which may be by telephone or email, shall be given by Secretary.

Section 2.5          Participation in Meetings by Electronic Means Permitted. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, by electronic means (including telephone conference or video conference) or similar remote communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear and speak to one another, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.6          Quorum:  Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws shall require a vote of a greater number.  In case at any meeting of the Board a quorum shall not be present, a majority of the members of the Board present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall attend, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken.

Section 2.7          Chair. The Board of Directors shall annually select a Chair, who shall have and perform such duties as provided herein or as may be from time to time assigned by the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors shall fill any vacancy in the position of Chair at such time and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine.

Section 2.8          Lead Independent Director. Following the Majority Holder Date (as defined in the Separation Agreement), if the Chair selected by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.7 is not independent under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards, the Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members who is so independent to serve as Lead Independent Director.  The Lead Independent Director shall have and perform such duties as provided herein or as may be from time to time assigned by the Board of Directors.
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Section 2.9          Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chair or, in the absence of the Chair by the Lead Independent Director (if any), or, in the absence of the Lead Independent Director by a chair so chosen at the meeting.  The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.10          Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

Section 2.11          Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

Section 2.12          Approval or Ratification of Chief Executive Officer Compensation. Any determination of a committee of the Board of Directors with respect to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer shall be subject to the approval or ratification of the Board.  Any director who is also an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries shall recuse himself or herself from the deliberations and vote of the Board to approve or ratify the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer.

ARTICLE III
Committees

Section 3.1          Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and to the extent permitted by applicable law and provided in the resolution of the Board or in these by-laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it.  The standing committees of the Board of Directors shall be (x) the Audit Committee, (y) to the extent required by the New York Stock Exchange listing standards or other law, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, a Compensation Committee and such additional committees as may be so required, and (z) such additional committees as the Board of Directors may designate pursuant to this Section 3.1, in each case with such name or names as may be stated in these by-laws or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

The Executive Committee, if one shall be designated, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it.  Except as otherwise provided from time to time in resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, the powers and authority of the Executive Committee shall include the power and authority to declare a dividend on stock, to authorize the issuance of stock and to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL.  Except as otherwise provided from time to time in resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, the power and authority of the Executive Committee shall not include the power or authority to nominate persons to serve as directors or to fill vacancies or newly created directorships, which power and authority shall be vested in the Board of Directors.
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Section 3.2          Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business.  In the absence of a provision by the Board or a provision in the rules of such committee to the contrary and subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement, a majority of the members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of such committee, and in other respects each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these by-laws.

ARTICLE IV
Officers

Section 4.1          Officers; Election. As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of stockholders in each year, the Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect one or more Vice Chairs.  The Board may also elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.  The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time authorize any officers of the Corporation to appoint one or more additional vice presidents, treasurers, secretaries or other officers of the Corporation, as described in Sections 4.6 to 4.9.  The election of an officer shall not of itself create any contractual rights between such officer and the Corporation.

Section 4.2          Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal; provided that officers elected on April 22, 2022 shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board after the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2023, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board, the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.  The Board may remove any officer with or without cause at any time.  Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board at any regular or special meeting.

Section 4.3          Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of a Chief Executive Officer of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board.

Section 4.4          President. The President, if any, shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 4.5          Vice Chair. Any Vice Chair shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 4.6          Vice Presidents. Vice Presidents include all Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents.  The Vice President or Vice Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or as may be provided by law.
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Section 4.7          Secretary. The Secretary shall have the duty to record or cause to be recorded the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose, shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law, shall be custodian of the records of the Corporation, may affix the corporate seal to any document the execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation, is duly authorized, and when so affixed may attest the same, and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or as may be provided by law.

Section 4.8          Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all moneys or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by or under authority of the Board of Directors.  If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, with such surety or sureties as the Board may determine.  The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate records of all receipts and disbursements in books of the Corporation, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Board, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or as may be provided by law.

Section 4.9          Other Officers. The other officers, if any, of the Corporation, including any Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as shall be stated in a resolution of the Board of Directors that is not inconsistent with these by-laws and, to the extent not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.  The Board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

ARTICLE V
Stock

Section 5.1          Certificates. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock shall be uncertificated and shall be evidenced by registration in the holder’s name in uncertificated, book-entry form on the books of the Corporation.  To the extent any shares are represented by a certificate, the certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chair or a Vice Chair, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or the President or a Vice President, if any, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation.  The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be by electronic signature as permitted under the DGCL.  If such certificate is manually signed by one officer or manually countersigned by a transfer agent or by a registrar, any other signature on the certificate may be an electronic signature.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose electronic signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 5.2          Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
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ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous

Section 6.1          Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

Section 6.2          Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal that shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors or Secretary.  The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

Section 6.3          Acceptable Delivery Method; No Electronic Notice. Whenever a stockholder is required to give notice or deliver or provide a consent or other document to the Corporation by law or under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, such notice will be given by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested (an “Acceptable Delivery Method”).  If such notice, consent or document is given, delivered or provided electronically, it shall not be deemed valid.

Section 6.4          Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Whenever notice is required to be given by law or under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws.

Section 6.5          Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees.

(a)          General.

(1)          Except as limited by this Section 6.5, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitees (as defined below) to the full extent permitted by Delaware law.

(2)          For the purposes of this Section 6.5, the term “Indemnitee” shall mean any person made or threatened to be made a party to any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person or such person’s testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation for any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee.

(3)          For purposes of this Section 6.5, the term “Corporation” shall include any predecessor of the Corporation and any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term “other enterprise” shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; service “at the request of the Corporation” shall include service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be an Expense; and action by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan that such person reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
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(b)          Expenses.

(1)          Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in defending any such action, suit or proceeding, as described in Section 6.5(b)(2), shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation promptly upon demand and receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking of Indemnitee to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation; provided that such Indemnitee shall cooperate in good faith with any request by the Corporation that common counsel be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding that are similarly situated unless actual or potential conflicts of interests, as determined by the Corporation, preclude such joint representation.

(2)          For the purposes of this Section 6.5, the term “Expenses” shall include all reasonable out of pocket fees, costs and expenses, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with defending, preparing to defend, or investigating an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative but shall exclude the costs of acquiring and maintaining an appeal or supersedeas bond or similar instrument.  For the avoidance of doubt, except for proceedings to enforce rights as provided for in Section 6.5(b)(3), the Corporation shall not be obligated to provide any indemnification or any payment or reimbursement of expenses to any person in connection with (i) an action, suit or proceeding in which Indemnitee is a plaintiff, and (ii) any amounts incurred in connection with any non-compulsory counterclaim or cross-claim initiated by the Indemnitee other than, in each case, for proceedings to enforce an Indemnitee’s rights under this Article VI.

(3)          If a claim pursuant to this Section 6.5 is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation (and, if later, delivery of an undertaking in accordance with Section 6.5(b)(1) of these by-laws), the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall, in addition, be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit.

(4)          In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of Expenses hereunder or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 6.5 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

(c)          Enforceability.The rights provided to any person by this Section 6.5 shall be enforceable against the Corporation by the Indemnitee, who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve in such capacity.  In addition, the rights provided to the Indemnitee shall survive the termination of such person as any director, officer or employee.  Any repeal or modification of this Article VI or any such law shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts or proceeding then existing.

(d)          Authorization of Indemnification.The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation, by adopting a resolution (including a resolution authorizing officers of the Corporation to grant such rights), the authority to provide to any one or more persons, including without limitation any employee or other agent of the Corporation, or any director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, member, stockholder, partner, incorporator or liquidator of any subsidiary of the Corporation or any other enterprise, rights of indemnification and/or to receive payment or reimbursement of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, with any such rights subject to the terms, conditions and limitations established pursuant to the Board resolution.  Nothing in this Section 6.5 shall limit the power of the Corporation or the Board of Directors to provide rights of indemnification and to make payment and reimbursement of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to any person otherwise than pursuant to this Section 6.5.
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(e)          Limitations.The Corporation shall not indemnify Indemnitee or advance Indemnitee’s Expenses if the action, suit or proceeding alleges (1) claims under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (2) violations of federal or state insider trading laws, unless, in the case of this clause (2), Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or settled the case with the written consent of the Corporation, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify and reimburse Indemnitee.

(f)          Standard of Conduct.Other than is mandatory under Delaware law, no claim for indemnification shall be paid by the Corporation unless the Corporation has determined that Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.  Unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determinations shall be made, with respect to an Indemnitee who is a director or officer of the Corporation, by (1) a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is sought, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by stockholders.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to the action.

(g)          Period of Indemnity.No claim for indemnification or the reimbursement of Expenses shall be made by Indemnitee or paid by the Corporation unless the Indemnitee gives notice of such claim for indemnification within one year after the Indemnitee received notice of the claim, action, suit or proceeding.

(h)          Non-Exclusivity of Rights.The right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 6.5 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire pursuant to law, the certificate of incorporation, these by-laws, contractual agreement, vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Corporation acknowledges that one or more of the directors and officers of the Corporation may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Affiliated Institutions (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) with respect to such directors’ and officers’ association with the Corporation and its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the existence of any such other rights with respect to any such directors or officers, the Corporation hereby agrees that, with respect to any such directors or officers, (i) the Corporation is and shall be, relative to each Affiliated Institution, the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the applicable director or officer under these by-laws are primary and any duplicative, overlapping or corresponding obligations of an Affiliated Institution to advance expenses or provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities are secondary); (ii) the Corporation shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such a director or officer and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the greatest extent permitted by this Article VI, without regard to any rights such director or officer may have against any Affiliated Institution; and (iii) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any such Affiliated Institution from any and all claims against such Affiliated Institution for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.  The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Affiliated Institution on behalf of any director or officer with respect to any claim for which such director or officer has sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect any of the provisions of this Article VI, and any such Affiliated Institution shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of any such applicable director or officer against the Corporation.
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(i)          Insurance.The Corporation shall purchase and maintain, from financially sound and reputable insurers, directors and officers liability insurance, in an amount and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Board, for the benefit of all directors on equivalent terms, and will use reasonable best efforts to cause such insurance policy to be maintained.

(j)          Confidentiality.Except as required by law or as otherwise becomes public through no action by the Indemnitee or as necessary to assert Indemnitee’s rights under this Section 6.5, Indemnitee will keep confidential any information that arises in connection with this Section 6.5, including but not limited to, claims for indemnification or reimbursement of Expenses, amounts paid or payable under this Section 6.5 and any communications between the parties.

(k)          Subrogation.In the event of payment under this Section 6.5, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (under any insurance policy or otherwise), who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights.

(l)          Notice by Indemnitee.Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any matter that may be subject to indemnification or reimbursement of Expenses covered by this Section 6.5.  As a condition to indemnification or reimbursement of expenses, any demand for payment by Indemnitee hereunder shall be in writing and shall provide an accounting of the amounts to be paid by Corporation (which shall include detailed invoices and other relevant documentation).

(m)          Amendment.No amendment of this Section 6.5 shall impair the rights of any Indemnitee arising at any time with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment.

Section 6.6          Interested Directors; Quorum. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:  (1) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; (2) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (3) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof or the stockholders.  Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee that authorizes the contract or transaction.

Section 6.7          Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, microphotographs or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time.  The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same.
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Section 6.8          Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient.  Before declaring any dividend, the Board may cause to be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

Section 6.9          Amendment of By-Laws. Subject to the terms of the Separation Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement, these by-laws may be amended or repealed, and new by-laws adopted, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock then entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

Section 6.10          Exclusive Forum.

(a)          Subject to Section 6.10(b), unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer or employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, including any suit or proceeding regarding indemnification or advancement or reimbursement of Expenses pursuant to Section 6.5 of these by-laws or otherwise and (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another state court located within the State of Delaware or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

(b)          Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended) shall be the federal district courts of the United States; provided, however, that if the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.10 are, or the application of such provisions to any person or entity or any circumstance is, illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the sole and exclusive forum for any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended) shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

(c)          To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11          Execution of Instruments. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, the Secretary or any Vice President, or any officer or agent of the Corporation authorized by the Board or by the Chief Executive Officer may enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the Corporation. Any such authorization must be in writing or by electronic transmission and may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments.


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Exhibit 5.1



September 14, 2022


Corebridge Financial, Inc.
2919 Allen Parkway
Woodson Tower
Houston, Texas 77019
1-877-375-2422

Re:
Corebridge Financial, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Corebridge Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to up to 40,000,000  shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), which may be issued pursuant to the Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”).

We have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Omnibus Plan and such other corporate records, documents, certificates or other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documentation.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Omnibus Plan have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Omnibus Plan (to the extent authorized thereunder), will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

We are members of the bar of the State of New York. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Delaware as currently in effect.


 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
 
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP



Exhibit 10.1










COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
2022 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN














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COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
2022 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE I
GENERAL

1.1
Purpose
3
1.2
Definitions
3
1.3
Administration
6
1.4
Persons Eligible for Awards
7
1.5
Types of Awards
7
1.6
Shares of Common Stock Available for Stock-Based Awards
7

ARTICLE II
AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

2.1
Agreements Evidencing Awards
8
2.2
No Rights as a Shareholder
9
2.3
Options
9
2.4
Stock Appreciation Rights
10
2.5
Restricted Shares
10
2.6
Restricted Stock Units
11
2.7
Other Stock-Based Awards
11
2.8
Cash-Based Awards
11
2.9
Dividend Equivalent Rights
11
2.10
Related Option Transactions
12
2.11
Change in Control Provisions
12
2.12
Minimum Vesting
12
2.13
Assumed Awards
12

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS

3.1
Amendment of the Plan
13
3.2
Tax Withholding
13
3.3
Required Consents and Legends
13
3.4
Clawback
14
3.5
Right of Offset
14
3.6
Nonassignability; No Hedging
14
3.7
Successor Entity
14
3.8
Right of Discharge Reserved
15
3.9
Nature of Payments
15
3.10
Non-Uniform Determinations
15
3.11
Other Payments or Awards
15
3.12
Plan Headings
15
3.13
Termination of Plan
16
3.14
Section 409A
16
3.15
Governing Law
16
3.16
Severability; Entire Agreement
17
3.17
Waiver of Claims
17
3.18
No Liability With Respect to Tax Qualification or Adverse Tax Treatment
17
3.19
No Third Party Beneficiaries
17
3.20
Successors and Assigns of Corebridge
17
3.21
Effective Date
17

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COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
2022 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE I

GENERAL

1.1          Purpose

The purpose of the Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan is (1) to attract, retain and motivate officers, directors and key employees of the Company (as defined below), compensate them for their contributions to the Company and encourage them to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company, (2) to align the interests of officers, directors and key employees with those of shareholders of the Company and (3) to assist the Company in ensuring that its compensation program does not provide incentives to take imprudent risks.

1.2          Definitions

For purposes of this 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Acquisition Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.2.

AIG” means American International Group, Inc.

Assumed Awards” means any award granted under a Prior Plan, which award is assumed by Corebridge and converted into an Awardpursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement.

Award” means an award made pursuant to the Plan.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Award” includes each Assumed Award.

Award Agreement” means the written or electronic document that evidences each Award and sets forth its terms and conditions. As determined by the Committee, an Award Agreement may be required to be executed or acknowledged by a Grantee as a condition to receiving an Award or the benefits under an Award.

Board” means the Board of Directors of Corebridge.

Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, mandatory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving Corebridge.

Certificate” means a stock certificate (or other appropriate document or evidence of ownership) representing shares of Common Stock.

Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) the Incumbent Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a Director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a Director as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; (b) any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than AIG and its subsidiaries, becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the Company Voting Securities; provided, however, that the event described in this clause (b) shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of an acquisition of Company Voting Securities: (i) by Corebridge or any subsidiary of Corebridge; (ii) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Corebridge or any subsidiary of Corebridge; or (iii) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities; (c) the consummation of a Business Combination that results in any person becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination; (d) the consummation of a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than to an affiliate of the Company); or (e) the approval by Corebridge’s shareholders of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any person holds or acquires beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of a “Company share repurchase program” or other acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the total number of Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided that if after such acquisition by the Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control shall then occur.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, with respect to any Award that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall not constitute a settlement or distribution event with respect to such Award, or an event that otherwise changes the timing of settlement or distribution of such Award, unless the Change in Control also constitutes an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.  For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph shall have no bearing on whether an Award vests pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, neither the IPO nor any subsequent public offering of Company Voting Securities by AIG, Argon Holdco LLC or their respective affiliates that is not also a Change in Control described in clause (b) or (c) of this definition of Change in Control shall constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the Plan and the Awards.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder.

Committee” means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 1.3, which, to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for Awards under the Plan to qualify for the exemption available under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) or Rule 16b-3(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, shall be a committee or subcommittee of the Board composed of two or more members, each of whom is a “non- employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board; provided that, if there is no Compensation Committee established, the Board shall serve as the Committee.

Common Stock” means the common stock of Corebridge, par value $0.01 per share, and any other securities or property issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 1.6.4.

Company” means Corebridge and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Company Voting Securities” means, as of a given date, Corebridge’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board.

Corebridge” means Corebridge Financial, Inc. or any successor contemplated by Section 3.7.

Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.2.
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Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.3.

Director” means a member of the Board or a member of the board of directors of a consolidated subsidiary of Corebridge.

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.

Employee” means an employee of the Company.

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between Corebridge and AIG entered into in connection with the separation (the “Separation”) of AIG’s life and retirement insurance business and related investment management operations from AIG by means of a separation transaction, including a transaction whereby the Company becomes an independent, publicly traded company.

Employment” means a Grantee’s performance of services for the Company, as an Employee, as determined by the Committee. The terms “employ” and “employed” will have correlative meanings.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock (or option or stock appreciation right in respect of a share of Common Stock) on any day, the fair market value as determined in accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee.

Grantee” means a person who receives an Award.

Incentive Stock Option” means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock that is intended to be designated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Sections 421 and 422 of the Code, as now constituted or subsequently amended, or pursuant to a successor of the Code, and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option in the applicable Award Agreement.

Incumbent Directors” means the individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date.

IPO” means the initial public offering of the  Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.

Officer” means an Employee who is an “officer” of  Corebridge within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act.

Plan” means this Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

Plan Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.

“Prior Plans” mean the American International Group, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the American International Group, Inc, 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that section, and any regulations and other administrative guidance relating thereto, in each case as they may be from time to time amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
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Separation Agreement” means the master separation agreement entered into by and between AIG and Corebridge in connection with the Separation.

Successor entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.

1.3          Administration

1.3.1          The Committee will administer the Plan. The Committee is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Plan, to establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and to make such determinations and interpretations and to take such action in connection with the Plan and any Award granted thereunder as it deems necessary or advisable. All determinations and interpretations made by the Committee will be final, binding and conclusive on all Grantees and on their legal representatives and beneficiaries. The Committee will have the authority, in its absolute discretion, to determine the persons who will receive Awards, the time when Awards will be granted, the terms of such Awards and the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, which will be subject to such Awards. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee reserves the authority, in its absolute discretion, (a) to amend any outstanding Award Agreement in any respect, whether or not the rights of the Grantee of such Award are adversely affected (but subject to Sections 2.3.6, 2.4.5, and 3.14.1), including, without limitation, to accelerate the time or times at which the Award becomes vested, unrestricted or may be exercised, to waive or amend any restrictions or conditions set forth in such Award Agreement, or to impose new restrictions and conditions, or to reflect a change in the Grantee’s circumstances or to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of performance goals, and (b) to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances and method or methods (i) Awards may be (A) settled in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, (B) exercised or (C) canceled, forfeited or suspended, (ii) shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award may be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Grantee thereof or of the Committee and (iii) Awards may be settled by the Company or any of its designees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards or administer the Plan, in which case the Board will have all of the authority and responsibility granted to the Committee herein.

1.3.2          Actions of the Committee may be taken by the vote of a majority of its members. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law and applicable rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, (a) the Committee may delegate any of its powers under the Plan to a subcommittee of the Committee or to one of its members, (b) the Committee may allocate among its members any of its administrative responsibilities and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of Corebridge designated by the Committee from time to time the determination of Awards (and related administrative responsibilities) to Employees who are not Officers.

1.3.3          No Director or Employee exercising each such person’s responsibilities under the Plan (each such person, a “Covered Person”) will have any liability to any person (including any Grantee) for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award. Each Covered Person will be indemnified and held harmless by Corebridge against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with Corebridge’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Covered Person, provided that Corebridge will have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once Corebridge gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, Corebridge will have sole control over such defense with counsel of Corebridge’s choice. To the extent any taxable expense reimbursement under this paragraph is subject to Section 409A, (a) the amount thereof eligible in one taxable year shall not affect the amount eligible in any other taxable year; (b) in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which the Covered Person incurred such expenses; and (c) in no event shall any right to reimbursement be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be entitled under Corebridge’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that Corebridge may have to indemnify such persons or hold them harmless.
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1.4          Persons Eligible for Awards

Awards under the Plan may be made to current Employees or Directors or, solely with respect to their final year of service, former Employees.  Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement, certain employees and officers of the Company  will receive Assumed Awards.

1.5          Types of Awards

Awards under the Plan may be cash-based or stock-based. Stock-based Awards may be in the form of any of the following, in each case in respect of Common Stock: (a) stock options, (b) stock appreciation rights, (c) restricted shares (including performance restricted shares), (d) restricted stock units (including performance restricted stock units), (e) dividend equivalent rights and (f) other equity-based or equity-related Awards (including, without limitation, the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Common Stock) that the Committee determines to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan and the interests of the Company. Cash-based Awards may be in the form of performance-based awards and other cash awards (including, without limitation, retainers and meeting-based fees) that the Committee determines to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan and the interests of the Company.

1.6          Shares of Common Stock Available for Stock-Based Awards

1.6.1          Common Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 1.6, the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted under the Plan is 40,000,000.  Such shares of Common Stock may, in the discretion of the Committee, be either authorized but unissued shares or shares previously issued and reacquired by Corebridge. Solely for the purpose of determining the number of shares of Common Stock available for grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan, the total number of shares of Common Stock shall be 40,000,000 without regard to the share counting provisions contained in Section 1.6.2.

1.6.2          Share Counting. Each share underlying a stock option, stock appreciation right, restricted share, restricted stock unit and other equity-based Award (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Assumed Award) or equity-related Award will count as one share of Common Stock.  Shares of Common Stock subject to awards that are assumed, converted or substituted under the Plan as a result of the Company’s acquisition of another company (including by way of merger, combination or similar transaction) (“Acquisition Awards”) following the IPO will not count against the number of shares that may be granted under the Plan. Available shares under a shareholder approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and do not reduce the maximum number of shares available for grant under the Plan, subject to applicable stock exchange requirements.

Shares subject to an Award that is forfeited, expires or is settled for cash (in whole or in part), to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement shall be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan and shall be added back in the same number of shares as were deducted in respect of the grant of such Award. The payment of dividend equivalent rights in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the Plan.
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In no event shall the following shares of Common Stock become available for issuance in connection with Awards issued under the Plan: (a) shares of Common Stock tendered or withheld as payment of the exercise price of an option; (b) shares of Common Stock tendered or withheld as payment of withholding taxes with respect to an Award; (c) any shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under a stock appreciation right that exceed the number of shares actually issued upon exercise; and (d) shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company using amounts received upon the exercise of an option.

1.6.3          Director Awards. In order to retain and compensate Directors for their services, and to strengthen the alignment of their interests with those of the shareholders of the Company, the Plan permits the grant of Awards to Directors. Aggregate stock-based Awards to any one non-employee Director under the Plan in respect of any calendar year, solely with respect to his or her service as a Director, may not exceed $500,000 based on the aggregate Fair Market Value of the stock-based Awards, in each case determined as of the date of grant.

1.6.4          Adjustments. The Committee shall adjust the number of shares of Common Stock authorized pursuant to Section 1.6.1 (and any limits on the number of stock-based Awards that may be granted to any Grantee under this Plan) and adjust equitably the terms of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Award, the type of property to which the Award is subject and the exercise or strike price of any Award), in each case in such manner as it deems appropriate (including, without limitation, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, by payment of cash) to preserve and prevent the enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available to Grantees, for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a recapitalization, spin-off, split-off, stock split, stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, combination or exchange of shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, rights offering, separation, reorganization or liquidation, or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of Corebridge; provided that no such adjustment shall be made if or to the extent that it would cause any outstanding Award to fail to comply with Section 409A. After any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 1.6.4, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each outstanding Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, decline to adjust the terms of any outstanding Award if it determines that such adjustment would violate applicable law or result in adverse tax consequences to the Grantee or to the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Separation and the IPO,  or any subsequent public offering of Company Voting Securities by AIG, or Argon Holdco LLC shall not give rise to an adjustment of Awards under this Section 1.6.4.

ARTICLE II

AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

2.1          Agreements Evidencing Awards

Each stock-based Award and, to the extent determined appropriate by the Committee, cash-based Award granted under the Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will contain such provisions and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Committee may grant Awards in tandem with or, subject to Sections 2.3.6, 2.4.5 and 3.14.1, in substitution for or satisfaction of any other Award or Awards granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of Corebridge. By accepting an Award pursuant to the Plan, a Grantee thereby agrees that the Award will be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
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2.2          No Rights as a Shareholder

No Grantee (or other person potentially having rights pursuant to an Award) shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of Corebridge with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to an Award until the delivery of such shares (or in the case of an Award of restricted or unrestricted shares of Common Stock, the grant or registration in the name of the Grantee of such shares pursuant to the applicable Award Agreement, but then only as the Committee may include in the applicable Award Agreement). Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.6.4 or pursuant to the applicable Award Agreement, no adjustments will be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property) for which the record date is before the date the Certificates for the shares are delivered.

2.3          Options

2.3.1          Grant. Stock options may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee or the Board may determine.

2.3.2          Incentive Stock Options. At the time of grant, the Committee will determine (a) whether all or any part of a stock option granted to an eligible employee will be an Incentive Stock Option and (b) the number of shares subject to such Incentive Stock Option; provided, however, that (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an eligible employee during any calendar year (under all such plans of Corebridge and of any subsidiary corporation of Corebridge) will not exceed $100,000 and (ii) no Incentive Stock Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option that may be assumed or issued by the Company in connection with a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies) may be granted to a person who is not eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. The form of any stock option which is entirely or in part an Incentive Stock Option will clearly indicate that such stock option is an Incentive Stock Option or, if applicable, the number of shares subject to the Incentive Stock Option.

2.3.3          Exercise Price. The exercise price per share with respect to each stock option will be determined by the Committee, but, except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.4 or in the case of an Acquisition Award or an Assumed Award, may never be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock. Unless otherwise noted in the Award Agreement, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock will be its closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant of the Award of stock options.

2.3.4          Term of Stock Option. In no event will any stock option be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date on which the stock option is granted.

2.3.5          Exercise of Stock Option and Payment for Shares. Subject to Section 2.12, the shares of Common Stock covered by each stock option may not be purchased for one year after the date on which the stock option is granted (except in the case of termination of Employment due to death, disability or retirement), but thereafter may be purchased in such installments as will be determined in the Award Agreement at the time the stock option is granted. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any shares not purchased on the applicable installment date may be purchased thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock option. To exercise a stock option, the Grantee must give written notice to Corebridge specifying the number of shares to be purchased and accompanied by payment of the full purchase price therefor in cash or by certified or official bank check or in another form as determined by the Committee, including: (a) personal check, (b) shares of Common Stock, valued as of the exercise date, of the same class as those to be granted by exercise of the stock option, (c) any other form of consideration approved by the Committee and permitted by applicable law and (d) any combination of the foregoing. Any person exercising a stock option will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance by Corebridge, on terms acceptable to Corebridge, with the provisions of the Securities Act, and any other applicable legal requirements.
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2.3.6          Repricing. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.4, reducing the exercise price of stock options issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price), will require approval of the shareholders.

2.4          Stock Appreciation Rights

2.4.1          Grant. Stock appreciation rights may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine.

2.4.2          Exercise Price. The exercise price per share with respect to each stock appreciation right will be determined by the Committee but, except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.4 or in the case of an Acquisition Award or an Assumed Award, may never be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock. Unless otherwise noted in the Award Agreement, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock will be its closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant of the Award of stock appreciation rights.

2.4.3          Term of Stock Appreciation Right. In no event will any stock appreciation right be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date on which the stock appreciation right is granted.

2.4.4          Exercise of Stock Appreciation Right and Delivery of Shares. Subject to Section 2.12, each stock appreciation right may not be exercised for one year after the date on which the stock appreciation right is granted (except in the case of termination of Employment due to death, disability or retirement), but thereafter may be exercised in such installments as may be determined in the Award Agreement at the time the stock appreciation right is granted. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any stock appreciation rights not exercised on the applicable installment date may be exercised thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock appreciation right. To exercise a stock appreciation right, the Grantee must give written notice to Corebridge specifying the number of stock appreciation rights to be exercised. Upon exercise of stock appreciation rights, subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, shares of Common Stock or cash, in the Committee’s discretion, with a Fair Market Value or in an amount equal to (a) the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of such stock appreciation right multiplied by (b) the number of stock appreciation rights exercised will be delivered to the Grantee. Any person exercising a stock appreciation right will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may, in its discretion, deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance by Corebridge, on terms acceptable to Corebridge, with the provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable legal requirements.

2.4.5          Repricing. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.4, reducing the exercise price of stock appreciation rights issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price), will require approval of the shareholders.

2.5          Restricted Shares

2.5.1          Grants. The Committee may grant or offer for sale restricted shares in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation, the achievement of performance goals. In the event that a Certificate is issued in respect of restricted shares, such Certificate may be registered in the name of the Grantee but will be held by Corebridge or its designated agent until the time the restrictions lapse.

2.5.2          Right to Vote and Receive Dividends on Restricted Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.5.2, no dividends will be paid at a time when any performance-based goals or time-based vesting requirements that apply to an Award of restricted shares have not been satisfied. Unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, each Grantee of an Award of restricted shares will, during the period of restriction, have all of the rights of a shareholder holding the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the restricted shares, except as otherwise provided herein, including full voting rights. During the period of restriction, all ordinary cash dividends (if any, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) paid upon any restricted share will be retained by the Company for the account of the relevant Grantee. Such dividends will revert back to the Company if for any reason the restricted share upon which such dividends were paid reverts back to the Company. Upon the expiration of the period of restriction, all such dividends made on such restricted share and retained by the Company will be paid to the relevant Grantee. Additional shares or other property distributed to the Grantee in respect of restricted shares, as dividends or otherwise, will be subject to the same restrictions applicable to such restricted shares.
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2.6          Restricted Stock Units

The Committee may grant Awards of restricted stock units in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation, the achievement of performance goals. A Grantee of a restricted stock unit will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of Corebridge until delivery of shares of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. On the delivery date specified in the Award Agreement, the Grantee of each restricted stock unit not previously forfeited or terminated will receive one share of Common Stock, or cash, securities or other property equal in value to a share of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee.

2.7          Other Stock-Based Awards

The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards (including, without limitation, the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Common Stock) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. Such Awards may entail the transfer of actual shares of Common Stock to Award recipients or may be settled in cash, and may include Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

2.8          Cash-Based Awards

The Committee may grant cash-based Awards in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine.

2.9          Dividend Equivalent Rights

The Committee may include in the Award Agreement with respect to any Award, other than stock options and stock appreciation rights, a dividend equivalent right entitling the Grantee to receive amounts equal to all or any portion of the dividends that would be paid on the shares of Common Stock covered by such Award if such shares had been delivered pursuant to such Award. The grantee of a dividend equivalent right will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of Corebridge until payment of such amounts is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. In the event such a provision is included in an Award Agreement, the Committee will, subject to Section 3.14.1, determine whether such payments will be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock or in another form, whether they will be conditioned upon the exercise or vesting of the Award to which they relate (provided that in no event may such payments be made unless and until the Award to which they relate vests), the time or times at which they will be made, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may deem appropriate. No payments will be made in respect of any dividend equivalent right at a time when any performance-based goals or time-based vesting requirements that apply to the dividend equivalent right or Award that is granted in connection with a dividend equivalent right have not been satisfied.
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2.10          Related Option Transactions

The Committee may grant put options and enter into call options relating to Awards, including an Award of unrestricted Common Stock. The put options may permit the Grantee, at the Grantee’s option, to sell the Award back to the Company at such times, on such terms and conditions and at such prices as the Committee may determine. The call options may require the Grantee, at the Company’s election, to sell the Award back to the Company at such times, on such terms and conditions and at such prices as the Committee may determine. The Committee may determine to issue an Award and any related put option and enter into any related call option as a single non-separable unit.

2.11          Change in Control Provisions

2.11.1          Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event that within two years following a Change in Control a Grantee’s Employment is terminated by Corebridge without “cause” (as defined in the Award Agreement) or by the Grantee for “good reason” (as defined in the Award Agreement), any outstanding unvested Award held by such Grantee shall vest as with respect to any service-based vesting requirement.  Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, following a Change in Control any performance goals with respect to an outstanding Award and for which the performance period ends after the Change in Control shall be deemed achieved at target level. In addition, in the event of a Change in Control where all stock options and stock appreciation rights are settled for an amount (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) of cash or securities, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate any stock option or stock appreciation right for which the exercise price is equal to or exceeds the per share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction without payment of consideration therefor.

2.11.2          Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement and except as otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a Business Combination of Corebridge with or into any successor entity or any transaction in which another person or entity acquires all of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of Corebridge, or all or substantially all of the assets of Corebridge as an entirety, outstanding Awards may be assumed or a substantially equivalent Award may be substituted by such successor entity or a parent or subsidiary of such successor entity, and such an assumption or substitution shall not be deemed to violate this Plan or any provision of any Award Agreement.

2.12          Minimum Vesting

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, Awards granted under the Plan (other than cash-based awards) shall vest no earlier than the first anniversary of the date on which the Award is granted; provided, however, that the following Awards shall not be subject to the foregoing minimum vesting requirement: any (i) Acquisition Awards, (ii) shares of Common Stock delivered in lieu of fully vested cash obligations, (iii) Assumed Awards, (iv) Awards to Non-Employee Directors that vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the date of grant and the next annual meeting of shareholders which is at least 50 weeks after the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting, and v) any additional Awards the Committee may grant, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the available share reserve authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section 1.6.1 (subject to adjustment under Section 1.6.4); provided, further, that vesting may accelerate in connection with death, disability, retirement, a Change in Control or other involuntary termination.

2.13          Assumed Awards

Each Assumed Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the award agreement to which such Assumed Award was subject immediately prior to the IPO, subject to the adjustment of such Assumed Award by the Compensation and Management Resources Committee of AIG consistent with the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement; provided that, following the applicable date of the assumption of the Assumed Award by Corebridge (as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement), the Assumed Award shall relate solely to shares of Common Stock and, for purposes of the award agreement to which such Assumed Award was subject immediately prior to the IPO, references therein (in each case or a derivation of any such term) to (i) “AIG” or the “Company” shall to refer to “Corebridge” or the “Company” as defined in the Plan, (ii) “Share”, “share” or “Common Stock” shall refer to “Share,” “share” or “Common Stock” as defined in the Plan, (iii) the “Committee” or the “Board” shall refer to the “Committee” or “Board” as defined in the Plan, (iv) any AIG plan that is a Prior Plan shall refer to the “Plan,” and (v) any AIG Long Term Incentive Plan shall refer to the Corebridge Long Term Incentive Plan (effective as of March 13, 2022), and with such other defined terms to be modified, applied and interpreted as appropriate to reflect the IPO, Separation and associated transactions.
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ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

3.1          Amendment of the Plan

3.1.1          Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the Board may from time to time suspend, discontinue, revise or amend the Plan in any respect whatsoever, including in any manner that adversely affects the rights, duties or obligations of any Grantee of an Award.

3.1.2          Unless otherwise determined by the Board, shareholder approval of any suspension, discontinuance, revision or amendment will be obtained only to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or rules of a securities exchange or self-regulatory agency, except that shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan (i) that materially increases the benefits available under the Plan, (ii) to reduce the exercise price of stock options or stock appreciation rights issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price) or (iii) to permit the sale or other disposition of an Award of a stock option or a stock appreciation right to an unrelated third party for value.

3.2          Tax Withholding

Grantees shall be solely responsible for any applicable taxes (including, without limitation, income and excise taxes) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, that they incur in connection with the receipt, vesting or exercise of any Award. As a condition to the delivery of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any Award or the lifting or lapse of restrictions on any Award, or in connection with any other event that gives rise to a federal or other governmental tax withholding obligation on the part of the Company relating to an Award (including, without limitation, FICA tax), unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (a) the Company may deduct or withhold (or cause to be deducted or withheld) from any payment or distribution to a Grantee whether or not pursuant to the Plan (including shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable) the minimum required to meet the tax withholding obligation up to the maximum statutory rate or (b) the Committee will be entitled to require that the Grantee remit cash to the Company (through payroll deduction or otherwise) or previously owned shares of Common Stock or other property, in each case in an amount sufficient in the opinion of the Company to satisfy such withholding obligation.

3.3          Required Consents and Legends

3.3.1          If the Committee at any time determines that any Consent (as hereinafter defined) is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any Award, the delivery of shares of Common Stock or the delivery of any cash, securities or other property under the Plan, or the taking of any other action thereunder (each such action a “Plan Action”), then, subject to Section 3.14.2, such Plan Action will not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such Consent will have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee may direct that any Certificate evidencing shares delivered pursuant to the Plan will bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as the Committee may determine to be necessary or desirable, and may advise the transfer agent to place a stop transfer order against any legended shares.
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3.3.2          The term “Consent” as used in this Article III with respect to any Plan Action includes (a) any and all listings, registrations or qualifications in respect thereof upon any securities exchange or under any federal, state, or local law, or law, rule or regulation of a jurisdiction outside the United States, or any other matter, which the Committee may deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such listing, registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement that any such listing, qualification or registration be made, (b) any and all other consents, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by any governmental or other regulatory body or any stock exchange or self-regulatory agency, (c) any applicable requirement of the Code, (d) any and all consents or authorizations required to comply with, or required to be obtained under, applicable local law, (e) any and all consents by the Grantee to the Company’s supplying to any third party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan and (f) any and all consents or other documentation required by the Committee. Nothing herein will require the Company to list, register or qualify the shares of Common Stock on any securities exchange.

3.4          Clawback

Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the clawback or recapture policy, if any, that the Company may adopt from time to time to the extent provided in such policy and, in accordance with such policy, may be subject to the requirement that the Awards be repaid to the Company after they have been distributed or paid to the Grantee.

3.5          Right of Offset

Except with respect to Awards that are intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, the Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or cash, other securities or other property) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Grantee then owes to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement.

3.6          Nonassignability; No Hedging

No Award (or any rights and obligations thereunder) granted to any person under the Plan may be sold, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or hedged, in any manner (including through the use of any cash-settled instrument), whether voluntarily or involuntarily and whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except as may be otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, consistent with Section 3.1.2. Any sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.6 will be null and void and any Award which is hedged in any manner will immediately be forfeited. All of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreements will be binding upon any permitted successors and assigns.

3.7          Successor Entity

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement and except as otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a Business Combination of Corebridge with or into any other entity (“successor entity”) or any transaction in which another person or entity acquires all of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of Corebridge, or all or substantially all of the assets of Corebridge, outstanding Awards may be assumed or a substantially equivalent award may be substituted by such successor entity or a parent or subsidiary of such successor entity.
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3.8          Right of Discharge Reserved

Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement will confer upon any Grantee the right to continued Employment by the Company or affect any right which the Company may have to terminate such Employment.

3.9          Nature of Payments

3.9.1          Any and all grants of Awards and deliveries of Common Stock, cash, securities or other property under the Plan will be in consideration of services performed or to be performed for the Company by the Grantee. Awards under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, and subject to Section 3.14.1, be made in substitution in whole or in part for cash or other compensation otherwise payable to a participant in the Plan. Only whole shares of Common Stock will be delivered under the Plan. Awards will, to the extent reasonably practicable, be aggregated in order to eliminate any fractional shares. Fractional shares may, in the discretion of the Committee, be forfeited or be settled in cash or otherwise as the Committee may determine.

3.9.2          All such grants and deliveries will constitute a special discretionary payment to the Grantee and, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or the Committee specifically provides otherwise, will not be required to be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Grantee for the purpose of determining any contributions to or any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, life insurance, severance or other benefit plan of the Company or under any agreement with the Grantee.

3.10          Non-Uniform Determinations

3.10.1          The Committee’s determinations under the Plan and Award Agreements need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such persons are similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee will be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations under Award Agreements, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to (a) the persons to receive Awards, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards and (c) whether a Grantee’s Employment has been terminated for purposes of the Plan.

3.10.2          To the extent the Committee deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with foreign law or practices and to further the purposes of the Plan, the Committee may, without amending the Plan, establish special rules applicable to Awards to Grantees who are foreign nationals, are employed outside the United States or both and grant Awards (or amend existing Awards) in accordance with those rules.

3.11          Other Payments or Awards

Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Company from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect. In addition, Section 1.6.1 (as adjusted by Section 1.6.4) sets forth the only limit on the amount of cash, securities or other property that may be delivered pursuant to this Plan.

3.12          Plan Headings

The headings in the Plan are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof.
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3.13          Termination of Plan

The Board reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that in any case, the Plan will terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date, and provided further, that all Awards made under the Plan before its termination will remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements.

3.14          Section 409A

3.14.1          The Board and the Committee shall have full authority to give effect to any statement in an Award Agreement to the effect that an Award is intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, to be exempt from Section 409A or to have other intended treatment under Section 409A and/or other provision of the Code. To the extent necessary to give effect to this authority, in the case of any conflict or potential inconsistency between the Plan and a provision of any Award or Award Agreement with respect to the subject matter of this paragraph, the Plan shall govern.

3.14.2          Without limiting the generality of Section 3.14.1, with respect to any Award made under the Plan that is intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A: (a) references to termination of the Grantee’s employment will mean the Grantee’s separation from service with the Company within the meaning of Section 409A; (b) any payment to be made with respect to such Award in connection with the Grantee’s separation from service with the Company within the meaning of Section 409A that would be subject to the limitations in Section 409A(a)(2)(b) of the Code shall be delayed until six months after the Grantee’s separation from service (or earlier death) in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A; (c) to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A, any cash, other securities, other Awards or other property that the Company may deliver in lieu of shares of Common Stock in respect of an Award shall not have the effect of deferring delivery or payment beyond the date on which such delivery or payment would occur with respect to the shares of Common Stock that would otherwise have been deliverable (unless the Committee elects a later date for this purpose in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A); (d) with respect to any required Consent described in Section 3.3 or the applicable Award Agreement, if such Consent has not been effected or obtained as of the latest date provided by such Award Agreement for payment in respect of such Award and further delay of payment is not permitted in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, such Award or portion thereof, as applicable, will be forfeited and terminated notwithstanding any prior earning or vesting; (e) if the Award includes a “series of installment payments” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) of the regulations promulgated under the Code), the Grantee’s right to the series of installment payments shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not as a right to a single payment; (f) if the Award includes “dividend equivalents” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(e) of the regulations promulgated under the Code), the Grantee’s right to the dividend equivalents shall be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the Award; and (g) unless the Committee determines otherwise, for purposes of determining whether the Grantee has experienced a separation from service with the Company within the meaning of Section 409A, “subsidiary” shall mean a corporation or other entity in a chain of corporations or other entities in which each corporation or other entity, starting with Corebridge, has a controlling interest in another corporation or other entity in the chain, ending with such corporation or other entity. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “controlling interest” has the same meaning as provided in Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i) of the regulations promulgated under the Code, provided that the language “at least 20 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i) of the regulations promulgated under the Code.

3.15          Governing Law

THE PLAN WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
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3.16          Severability; Entire Agreement

If any of the provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan and any Award Agreements contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.

3.17          Waiver of Claims

Each Grantee of an Award recognizes and agrees that before being selected by the Committee to receive an Award he or she has no right to any benefits hereunder. Accordingly, in consideration of the Grantee’s receipt of any Award hereunder, he or she expressly waives any right to contest the amount of any Award, the terms of any Award Agreement, any determination, action or omission hereunder or under any Award Agreement by the Committee, the Company or the Board, or any amendment to the Plan or any Award Agreement (other than an amendment to the Plan or an Award Agreement to which his or her consent is expressly required by the express terms of an Award Agreement).

3.18          No Liability With Respect to Tax Qualification or Adverse Tax Treatment

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be liable to a Grantee on account of an Award’s failure to (a) qualify for favorable United States or foreign tax treatment or (b) avoid adverse tax treatment under United States or foreign law, including, without limitation, Section 409A.

3.19          No Third Party Beneficiaries

Except as expressly provided therein, neither the Plan nor any Award Agreement will confer on any person other than the Company and the Grantee of any Award any rights or remedies thereunder. The exculpation and indemnification provisions of Section 1.3.3 will inure to the benefit of a Covered Person’s estate and beneficiaries and legatees.

3.20          Successors and Assigns of Corebridge

The terms of the Plan will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Corebridge and any successor entity contemplated by Section 3.7.

3.21          Effective Date

This Plan became effective on September 6, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).

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Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Corebridge Financial, Inc. of our report dated March 10, 2022, except for the effects of the stock split discussed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is September 6, 2022, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedules, which appears in Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-263898) of Corebridge Financial, Inc. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts”, in Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-263898) incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, NY
September 14, 2022





Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8
(Form Type)

Corebridge Financial, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

Security
Type
 
Security
Class
Title
 
Fee
Calculation
Rule(2)
 
Amount
Registered(1)
   
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per Unit(2)
   
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
 
Fee
Rate
 
Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Equity
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
Other
   
40,000,000
     
$21.00

 
$
840,000,000

$92.70 per
$1,000,000
 
$
77,868

                                           
Total Offering Amounts
            $ 840,000,000

    $
77,868
 
Total Fee Offsets
           
        $
0
 
                                                 
Net Fee Due
                      $
 77,868


(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement will also cover any additional shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of Corebridge Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) that become issuable under the Corebridge Financial, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or any other similar transaction.

(2)
Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon 40,000,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the Plan, at an assumed price of $21.00 per share, which is the Company’s initial public offering price.