As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2010
Registration No. 333-162918
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 5
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Primerica, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 6311 | 27-1204330 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Primerica, Inc.
3120 Breckinridge Blvd.
Duluth, Georgia 30099
(770) 381-1000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Peter W. Schneider, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Primerica, Inc.
3120 Breckinridge Blvd.
Duluth, Georgia 30099
(770) 381-1000
(770) 564-6216 (facsimile)
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
COPIES TO:
Gregory A. Fernicola, Esq. Jeffrey A. Brill, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Four Times Square New York, New York 10036 (212) 735-3000 (212) 735-2000 (facsimile) |
Steven E. Fox, Esq. Alan C. Leet, Esq. Rogers & Hardin LLP 229 Peachtree St. N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 522-4700 (404) 525-2224 (facsimile) |
Jeffrey D. Karpf, Esq. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, New York 10006 (212) 225-2000 (212) 225-3999 (facsimile) |
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ¨
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one)
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company ¨
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Primerica, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-162918) solely for the purpose of filing certain Exhibits thereto as indicated on the exhibit list, and no changes or additions are being made hereby to the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the prospectus is being omitted from this filing.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 13. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution |
The following table sets forth the various expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by the registrant and the selling stockholder in connection with the offering contemplated by this registration statement. All of the fees set forth below are estimates except for the SEC registration fee, the FINRA fee and the New York Stock Exchange listing fee.
Amount
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Payable
by the Selling Stockholder |
Payable by
the Registrant |
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SEC registration fee |
$ | 19,113 | | ||
FINRA fee |
10,500 | | |||
New York Stock Exchange listing fee |
| 250,000 | |||
Blue Sky fees and expenses |
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Printing expenses |
| 950,000 | |||
Legal fees and expenses |
5,200,000 | 970,000 | |||
Accounting fees and expenses |
514,000 | 1,750,000 | |||
Transfer agent and registrar fees |
| 3,600 | |||
Miscellaneous fees and expenses |
1,110,000 | 705,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 6,853,613 | 4,628,600 | ||
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* | To be completed by amendment |
ITEM 14. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The registrants certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification by the registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, the registrant intends to enter into indemnification agreements with its executive officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions; or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The registrants certificate of incorporation and bylaws provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The registrant will on its own, or in conjunction with its controlling stockholder, maintain industry standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided to its directors and officers against legal liability for loss which is not indemnified arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act while acting in their capacity as directors and officers of the registrant.
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The proposed form of underwriting agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement provides for indemnification of directors and certain officers of the registrant by the underwriters against certain liabilities.
ITEM 15. | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities |
We sold 100 shares of our common stock to Citi on October 26, 2009 for $1.00. The sale was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Prior to the completion of this offering, we will issue 74,999,900 shares of our common stock, warrants to purchase an aggregate of approximately 4,302,748 shares of our common stock or non-voting common stock and the $300 million Citi note to Citi in exchange for Citis transfer to us of the capital stock of its subsidiaries that hold the businesses comprising our operations. The sale will be exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
ITEM 16. | Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules |
(a) Exhibits
The agreements included as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:
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should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; |
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have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the application agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; |
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may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and |
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were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. |
Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. The registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
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1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |
2.1 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 8, 2010, by and among Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation, Primerica, Inc., Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P. | |
3.1 | Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant | |
3.2 | Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant | |
4.1 |
Form of Warrant Certificate |
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4.2 |
Form of Note Agreement between the Registrant and Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation |
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4.3 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate | |
4.4 | Specimen Non-Voting Common Stock Certificate | |
5.1 | Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | |
10.1 | Form of Intercompany Agreement by and between the Registrant and Citigroup Inc. | |
10.2 | Form of Transition Services Agreement by and between the Registrant and Citigroup Inc. | |
10.3 | Form of Tax Separation Agreement by and between the Registrant and Citigroup Inc. | |
10.4 | Form of Long-Term Services Agreement by and between CitiLife Financial Limited and Primerica Life | |
10.5 | Form of 80% Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life and Prime Reinsurance Company | |
10.6 | Form of 10% Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life and Prime Reinsurance Company | |
10.7 |
Form of 80% Coinsurance Trust Agreement among Primerica Life, Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A. |
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10.8 |
Form of 10% Coinsurance Economic Trust Agreement among Primerica Life, Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A. |
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10.9 | Form of 10% Coinsurance Excess Trust Agreement among Primerica Life, Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A. | |
10.10 | Form of Capital Maintenance Agreement by and between Citigroup Inc. and Prime Reinsurance Company | |
10.11 | Form of 90% Coinsurance Agreement by and between National Benefit Life Insurance Company and American Health and Life Insurance Company | |
10.12 | Form of Trust Agreement among National Benefit Life Insurance Company, American Health and Life Insurance Company and The Bank of New York Mellon | |
10.13 | Form of Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life Canada and Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd. | |
10.14 | Form of Primerica, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan | |
10.15 | Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Primerica, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan | |
10.16 | Selling Agreement by and among The Travelers Insurance Company, The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, Travelers Distribution, LLC and PFS Investments Inc., dated July 1, 2005, as amended** | |
10.17 | Agreement of Lease by and between Breckinridge Place Limited Partnership and Primerica Life Insurance Company, dated May 28, 1993, as amended | |
10.18 | Lease Agreement between Conata Properties Corporation and Primerica Life Insurance Company, dated March 1, 1993, as amended | |
10.19 | Agreement of Lease by and between GF Building One Associates and Primerica Life Insurance Company, dated July 1, 1993, as amended | |
10.20 | Standard Industrial Lease by and between Principal Life Insurance Company and Primerica Life Insurance Company, dated January 15, 2003, as amended | |
10.21 | Industrial Lease Agreement by and between Duke Realty Limited Partnership and Primerica Life Insurance Company, dated November 21, 2002, as amended | |
10.22 | Agreement of Sublease between Citibank, N.A. and National Benefit Life Insurance Company, dated June 12, 2009 |
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
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10.23 | Lease between 2725321 Canada Inc. and Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, dated March 3, 2008, as amended | |
10.24 | Agreement of Lease between Industrial-Alliance Life Insurance Company and Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, dated April 16, 1996, as amended | |
10.25 | Lease between The Great-West Life Assurance Company and 801611 Ontario Limited, and Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, dated June 21, 2000, as amended | |
10.26 | Mutual Fund Dealer Agreement between PFS Investments, Inc. and Legg Mason Investors Services, LLC, effective June 1, 2008, as amended** | |
10.27 | Selling Group Agreement between PFS Investments, Inc. and Van Kampen Funds, Inc. (formerly known as American Capital Marketing, Inc.), dated June 22, 1992 | |
10.28 | Selling Group Agreement between PFS Investments, Inc. and The American Funds Group, dated January 1, 2002, as amended | |
10.29 | Marketing Services Agreement, dated June 13, 2006, by and between Citibank, N.A., Citibank, F.S.B., Citibank (West), FSB, Citibank Texas, N.A. and Primerica Financial Services Home Mortgages, Inc., as amended | |
10.30 | Master Vendor Printing Services Agreement, dated April 1, 2004, by and between Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. and Primerica Life Insurance Company | |
10.31 | Interaffiliate Services Agreement, dated January 21, 2005, by and between Primerica Life Insurance Company and Citibank, FSB | |
10.32 | Vendor Services Agreement, dated February 11, 1999, by and between Citibank, Consumer Finance and Primerica Life Insurance Company | |
10.33 | Intra-Citi Service Agreement, dated February 26, 2009, by and between Citi Retail Services Division of Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb and Primerica Life Insurance Company | |
10.34 | Master Purchase Agreement, dated July 1, 2005, by and between Citicorp North America, Inc. and Primerica Life Insurance Company | |
10.35 | Services Agreement, dated October 1, 1999, by and between Commercial Credit Insurance Services, Inc. and Primerica Life Insurance Company | |
10.36 | Anti Money Laundering Processing Service Agreement, dated October 13, 2006, by and between Citigroup Fund Services Canada, Inc. and Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, as amended | |
10.37 | Form of Coinsurance Trust Agreement among Primerica Life Canada, Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd., RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust and the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada | |
10.38 | Marketing Services Agreement, dated November 30, 2007, by and between Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb and Primerica Financial Services Home Mortgages, Inc., as amended | |
10.39 |
Form of Common Stock Exchange Agreement among the Registrant, Warburg Pincus LLC and Warburg Pincus & Co. |
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10.40 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P. and the Registrant | |
10.41 | Form of Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among Primerica Life and Prime Reinsurance Company | |
10.42 | Form of Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among National Benefit Life Insurance Company and American Health and Life Insurance Company | |
10.43 | Form of Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada and Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd. | |
10.44 | Loan Brokerage Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, by and among Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb, CitiMortgage, Inc. and Primerica Mortgages | |
10.45 | Form of Primerica, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Agents and Employees | |
10.46 | Form of Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement | |
10.47 | Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Messrs. Addison and R. Williams | |
10.48 | Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors and Officers | |
21.1 | Subsidiaries of the Registrant |
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
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23.1 | Consent of KPMG LLP | |
23.2 | Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto) | |
24.1 | Powers of Attorney (previously included on signature page to registration statement) | |
99.1 | Consent of Michael E. Martin | |
99.2 | Consent of Mark Mason | |
99.3 | Consent of Daniel Zilberman | |
99.4 | Consent of Robert F. McCullough |
| Previously filed |
* | To be filed by amendment |
** | Confidential treatment has been requested for certain portions omitted from this exhibit pursuant to Rule 406 under the Securities Act of 1933. Confidential portions of this exhibit have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
Number |
Description |
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Schedule I |
Summary of Investments other than Investments in Related Parties |
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Schedule III |
Insurance Disclosures | |
Schedule IV |
Reinsurance |
ITEM 17. | Undertakings |
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the registrants directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by the registrant is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
The registrant hereby undertakes that:
(i) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(ii) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Duluth, State of Georgia, on the 26th day of March, 2010.
Primerica, Inc. |
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By: | / S / P ETER W. S CHNEIDER | |
Name: Peter W. Schneider | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
Corporate Secretary
and
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated on the 26th day of March, 2010.
Signature |
Title |
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* D. Richard Williams |
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Co-Principal Executive Officer) |
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* John A. Addison, Jr. |
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director (Co-Principal Executive Officer) |
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* Alison S. Rand |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
*By |
/ S / P ETER W. S CHNEIDER Attorney-in-fact |
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Exhibit 1.1
Form of
Primerica, Inc.
[18,000,000] Shares 1
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
, 2010
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (CIHC), and Citigroup Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, propose to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you (the Representative) are acting as Representative, [18,000,000] shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (Common Stock) of Primerica, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Company) (said shares to be sold by CIHC and Citigroup Inc., collectively, being hereinafter called the Underwritten Securities). CIHC and Citigroup Inc. also propose to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [2,700,000] additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any (the Option Securities; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the Securities). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representative as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representative and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof. As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has agreed to reserve out of the Securities set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to this Agreement, up to [2,250,000] shares, for sale to the Companys employees and sales representatives with the designation Regional Vice President (collectively, Participants), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading Underwriting (the Directed Share Program). The Securities to be sold by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the
1 | Plus an option to purchase from CIHC and Citigroup Inc. up to [2,700,000] additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments. |
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Directed Shares) will be sold by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any Directed Shares not confirmed orally, in writing or by electronic means for purchase by any Participants by [7:30 A.M.] New York City time on the business day following the date on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as set forth in the Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties .
(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(i) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-162918) on Form S-1, including a related Preliminary Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related Preliminary Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(ii) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b), on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a settlement date), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted
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from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(iii) The Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, when taken together as a whole and (ii) each electronic road show when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by, or on behalf of, any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(iv) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(v) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by, or on behalf of, any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(vi) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and
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to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified in any jurisdiction or to have such powers or authorities could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect).
(vii) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and on Schedule 1(a)(vii) hereto, all outstanding shares of capital stock of such subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances, except where the failure to be so authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, owned by the Company or free and clear of any such interests, claims, liens or encumbrances could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii) Without limitation of the foregoing, each of the Company and its insurance subsidiaries, Primerica Life Insurance Company, National Benefit Life Insurance Company and Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada (collectively, the Insurance Subsidiaries and each an Insurance Subsidiary) is duly organized and licensed as an insurance company in the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized and is duly licensed or authorized as an insurer or reinsurer in each other jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed or authorized to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure (individually or in the aggregate) to be so licensed or authorized in any such jurisdiction could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and each Insurance Subsidiary has made all required filings under applicable insurance company statutes and has filed all notices, reports, documents or other information required to be filed thereunder, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and each Insurance Subsidiary has all other necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, consents, licenses, certificates permits, registrations and qualifications, of and from all insurance regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective existing businesses as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to have such authorizations, approvals, orders, consents, licenses, certificates, permits, registrations or qualifications
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(individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); none of the Company or any Insurance Subsidiary has received any notification from any insurance regulatory authority to the effect that any additional authorization, approval, order, consent, license, certificate, permit, registration or qualification from any insurance regulatory authority is needed to be obtained by any of the Company or any Insurance Subsidiary other than in any case where the failure to acquire such additional authorization, approval, order, consent, license certificate, permit, registration or qualification (individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no insurance regulatory authority having jurisdiction over any Insurance Subsidiary has issued any order or decree impairing, restricting or prohibiting the continuation of the business of the Company or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries in all material respects as presently conducted, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) The Companys authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including the Securities, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the New York Stock Exchange; the certificates for the Securities comply with the requirements of Delaware law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities, and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(x) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Preliminary Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus); and the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings BusinessRegulation, BusinessInsurance Regulation of Investment and Savings Products, BusinessRegulation of Loan Products, BusinessOther Laws and Regulations, Risk FactorsOur insurance business is highly regulated, and statutory
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and regulatory changes may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation, Risk FactorsWe are subject to extensive federal, state and provincial securities legislation and regulation, changes in which may require us to alter our business practices and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, Risk FactorsIf heightened standards of conduct are imposed on us or our sales representatives as a result of currently pending legislation, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, Risk FactorsNon-compliance with applicable regulations could leave to revocation of our subsidiarys status as a non-bank custodian, Risk FactorsNew Licensing Requirements will continue to significantly reduce the size of our loan sales force, Risk FactorsOur loan business is subject to various federal laws, changes in which could affect the cost or our ability to distribute our products and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, Risk FactorsWe are subject to various federal laws and regulations in the United States and Canada, changes in which or violations of which may require us to alter our business practices and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, Risk FactorsLegal and regulatory investigations and actions may result in financial losses and harm to our reputation, Risk FactorsWe are subject to banking regulations that may limit our business activities and Risk FactorsOur employees may be subject to compensation restrictions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, fairly summarize the matters therein described.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xii) Each of the agreements listed on Schedule II hereto to which it is a party has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company or its applicable subsidiary, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company or such subsidiary enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors rights generally and (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(xiii) The Exchange and Transfer Agreement dated March [31], 2010 (the Exchange Agreement) between the Company and CIHC has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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(xiv) The Company is not an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xv) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is required in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws or securities laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for certain change of control approvals in respect of Primerica Financial Services Home Mortgages, Inc., which are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Loan BusinessOur failure to obtain approvals in several jurisdictions in connection with change-of-control filing requirements may prevent us from conducting our lending business in such jurisdictions and BusinessRegulation of Loan Products, which failure to obtain such consents would not have a material adverse effect on the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(xvi) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (1) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (2) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (3) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including the requirements of the insurance laws and regulations of its state of incorporation and the insurance laws and regulations of other applicable jurisdictions) of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties except, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, for such conflict, breach or violation that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
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(xviii) The combined historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption Selected Historical Financial Information in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein ( provided, however , that, as described in the introductory paragraphs and the notes to the pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, such assumptions do not include the Companys election under section 338(h)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code), the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act.
(xix) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted, except where the failure to so own or lease such property could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xx) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (1) all reinsurance treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party and as to which any of them reported recoverables, premiums due or other amounts in its most recent statutory financial statements are in full force and effect, except where the failure of such treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of, any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained therein, other than with respect to compliance with insurance retention requirements contained in such treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements, and (2) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice from any other party to any reinsurance treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement that such other party intends not to perform such treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement in any material respect, and the Company and its subsidiaries have no knowledge that any of the other parties to such treaties, contracts, agreements or arrangements will be unable to perform its obligations under such treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement in any material respect, except (A) to the extent the Company or its subsidiaries have established reserves in their financial statements which they deem adequate for potential uncollectible reinsurance or (B) such nonperformance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any threatened or pending downgrading of any of the Insurance Subsidiaries financial strength rating by A.M. Best Company, Inc. or Standard & Poors Rating Group.
(xxii) To the knowledge of the Company, no change in any insurance laws or regulations is pending which would reasonably be expected to be adopted and if adopted, would have, individually or in the aggregate with all such changes, a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxiii) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (1) any provision of its charter or by-laws, (2) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (3) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary (including the requirements of the insurance laws and
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regulations of its state of incorporation and the insurance laws and regulations of other applicable jurisdictions) or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of each of clauses (2) or (3) above, for such violation or default that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiv) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited combined financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(xxv) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Securities.
(xxvi) The Company has filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof, except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). The Company has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxvii) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, in each case that could have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxviii) Except with respect to insurance policies and contracts issued by any Insurance Subsidiary or reinsurance policies with respect to the same, the Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of
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its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are, to the knowledge of the Company, in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; since January 1, 2010, neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxix) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxx) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to so possess such license, certificate, permit or other authorization could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(xxxi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
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intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its subsidiaries internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.
(xxxii) At such time as shall be required by the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, the Company and its subsidiaries shall maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); and the Company believes that at such time such disclosure controls and procedures shall be effective.
(xxxiii) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly (without giving effect to the activities by the Underwriters), any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(xxxiv) The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any environmental law, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
(xxxv) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package, none of the following events has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) to the best knowledge of the Company, an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit
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Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. None of the following events has occurred or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is reasonably likely to occur that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) an increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company and its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) an increase in the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries; (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA or the commencement of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate a Plan; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to their employment. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Plan means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have any liability.
(xxxvi) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 relating to loans.
(xxxvii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries
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and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxviii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(xl) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property) necessary for the conduct of the Companys business as now conducted or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) to the Companys knowledge, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Companys rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property,
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and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (e) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) there is no U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property; and (g) there is no prior act of which the Company is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the Company invalid or any U.S. patent application held by the Company unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
(xli) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customers or suppliers level or type of business with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(b) Each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by CIHC and Citigroup Inc, respectively.
(ii) Each of the agreements listed on Schedule II attached hereto to which it is a party has been duly authorized by CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and, when executed and delivered by CIHC or Citigroup Inc., as the case may be, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of CIHC or Citigroup Inc., respectively, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors rights generally and (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(iii) No later than the date of this Agreement, CIHC will be the record and beneficial owner, and Citigroup Inc. will be the beneficial owner, of the Securities to be sold by CIHC hereunder free and clear of all
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liens, encumbrances, equities and claims, and, as of the Closing Date, CIHC has full power and authority to sell its interest in the Securities, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased from CIHC without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)), each Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) to such Securities may be asserted against such Underwriter.
(iv) Neither of CIHC or Citigroup Inc. has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by CIHC and Citigroup Inc. of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals as have been obtained.
(vi) Neither the sale of the Securities by CIHC nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated by CIHC and Citigroup Inc. or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under (1) the charter or by-laws of CIHC or Citigroup Inc., (2) the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which CIHC or Citigroup Inc. or any of their subsidiaries is a party or bound, or (3) any judgment, order or decree applicable to CIHC or Citigroup Inc. or any of their subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over CIHC or Citigroup Inc. or any of their subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, for such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
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(vii) Neither CIHC or Citigroup Inc. has any reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 1 are not true and correct; each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. is familiar with the Disclosure Package and Registration Statement and has no knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any supplement thereto which has adversely affected or may adversely affect the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and the sale of Securities by CIHC pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(viii) In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by either of CIHC or Citigroup Inc. specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. hereby make the same representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes to such Underwriter under paragraphs (a)(ii), (a)(iii) and (a)(v) of this Section 1.
Any certificate signed by any officer of CIHC or Citigroup Inc. and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by CIHC or Citigroup Inc., as the case may be, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(c) CIHC represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that the Exchange Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by CIHC.
2. Purchase and Sale . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, CIHC agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from CIHC, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. hereby grant an option to the several Underwriters to purchase from CIHC, severally and not jointly, up to [2,700,000] Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written
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or telegraphic notice by the Representative to CIHC and Citigroup Inc. (with a copy to the Company) setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at [10:00] AM, New York City time, on April [7], 2010 or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representative, the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the Closing Date). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities being sold by CIHC or, upon the order of CIHC or Citigroup Inc., by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by CIHC or Citigroup Inc. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
CIHC or Citigroup Inc. will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from CIHC and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, CIHC will deliver the Option Securities to the Representative, at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, on the date specified by the Representative (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or, upon the order of CIHC or Citigroup Inc., by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by CIHC or Citigroup Inc.. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will deliver to the Representative on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
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4. Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements .
(i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form reasonably approved by the Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or
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supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representative of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request. CIHC or Citigroup Inc. will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, or taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual
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disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company, other than CIHC, Citigroup Inc., Warburg Pincus LLC, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P.) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or (ii) publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that the Company may issue and sell (A) Common Stock pursuant to the 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan or any other employee stock option plan, stock ownership or purchase plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company described in the Registration Statement, including up to [ ] shares of Common Stock to be granted to directors, officers, employees and sales representatives of the Company and up to [ ] shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of equity awards originally issued by Citigroup Inc. to employees and sales representatives of the Company, (B) Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time and (C) such number of shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock and non-voting Common Stock to Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P. or its affiliates (Warburg) provided for in the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company, CIHC and Warburg, dated as of February 8, 2010 (the SPA). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, then the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lockup letters described in Section 6(j) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(h) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(i) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and
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will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show authorized by the Company. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(j) The Company will pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) to the extent provided in the Intercompany Agreement, the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (iii) to the extent provided in the Intercompany Agreement, all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(ii) Each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by CIHC or Citigroup Inc. or any affiliate of CIHC or Citigroup Inc., other than the Company, Warburg Pincus LLC, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P.) directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, other than (A) shares of Common Stock disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and (B) shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase Common Stock or shares of the Companys non-voting common stock sold to Warburg pursuant to the SPA; provided , however , that (a) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. may sell shares of Common Stock in connection with a tender offer made by a third party for all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (B) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. may privately transfer shares of Common Stock as
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long as the acquirer of such shares agrees in writing to be bound by the obligations and restrictions set forth in this clause (ii)(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, then the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
(b) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(c) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of (i) any material change in the Companys condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties, (ii) any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to CIHC and Citigroup Inc. or (iii) any new material information relating to the Company or relating to any matter stated in the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus which comes to the attention of CIHC and Citigroup Inc.
(d) Each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(e) CIHC or Citigroup Inc. will pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities;
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(iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Companys accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and, to the extent provided in the Intercompany Agreement by and between the Company and Citigroup Inc. dated as of the date hereof (the Intercompany Agreement), for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and, to the extent provided in the Intercompany Agreement, by the Company of their obligations hereunder.
(f) CIHC or Citigroup Inc. will pay (i) all reasonable and customary fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (ii) all costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of copies of the Directed Share Program material and (iii) all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program. The Company shall not have any obligation to pay any expenses of the Directed Share Program.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
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(b) The Company shall have requested and caused each of Peter Schneider, Esq. and Rogers & Hardin LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(c) The Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. shall have requested and caused Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc., to have furnished to the Representative an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(d) The Representative shall have received from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company and each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Companys Board of Directors or one of its Co-Chief Executive Officers and by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(f) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, signed by an authorized signatory of each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc., dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement and that the representations and warranties of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date.
(g) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Representative at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, comfort letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
(j) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to notice of issuance, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representative.
(k) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto from each director of the Company and each officer of the Company listed on Schedule 6(j) hereto and addressed to the Representative.
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If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company, CIHC or Citigroup Inc. to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged
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untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) CIHC and Citigroup Inc. jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person, other than Citigroup Inc., who controls the Company or any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which CIHC and Citigroup Inc. may otherwise have.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each of CIHC and Citigroup Inc., to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and, under the heading Underwriting, (ii) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (iii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances, (iv) the paragraph related to the assumption by UBS Securities LLC (the Independent Underwriter) of all responsibilities as the qualified independent underwriter (within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720 of FINRA) and (v) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the directors, officers, employees and agents of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (including, without limitation, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) and each person who controls Citigroup Global Markets Inc. within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act (Citigroup Entities), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
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statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim), insofar as such losses, claims damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the prospectus wrapper material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution in foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Directed Share Program attached to the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, when considered in conjunction with the Prospectus or any applicable Preliminary Prospectus, not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of the securities which immediately following the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, were subject to a properly confirmed agreement to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, except that this clause (iii) shall not apply to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability is finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Citigroup Entities.
(e) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above unless and to the extent the indemnifying party did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available
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to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(d) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the directors, officers, employees and agents of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (including, without limitation, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney), and all persons, if any, who control Citigroup Global Markets Inc. within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program.
An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 8 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned.
(f) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively Losses) to which the Company, one or more of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall (i) any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder or (ii) the Independent Underwriter in its capacity as qualified
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independent underwriter (within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720 of FINRA) be responsible for any amount in excess of the compensation received by the Independent Underwriter for acting in such capacity. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. on the one hand shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by CIHC and Citigroup Inc., and benefits received by the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Benefits received by the Independent Underwriter in its capacity as qualified independent underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the compensation received by the Independent Underwriter for acting in such capacity. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (f), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (f). Notwithstanding the foregoing, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. together shall not be obligated to make contributions hereunder which in the aggregate exceed the amount for which CIHC and Citigroup Inc. would have been liable pursuant to paragraph (b), as limited by paragraph (g), of this Section 8, had indemnification been available thereunder.
(g) The liability of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. together under their respective representations and warranties contained in Section 1 hereof and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 shall be
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limited to an amount equal to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities sold by CIHC to the Underwriters. CIHC and Citigroup Inc. may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each shall be responsible.
(h) Without limitation of and in addition to its obligations under the other paragraphs of this Section 8, the Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Independent Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who controls the Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Independent Underwriter or any such person may incur, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon the Independent Underwriters acting as a qualified independent underwriter (within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720 of FINRA) in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim.
(i) In the event that the indemnity and contribution provided in paragraph (a), (d) or (f) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless any Underwriter, any director, officer, employee or agent of any Underwriter or any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act by reason of the Company having failed to fulfill in any respect its payment obligations under any such paragraph, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. agree to indemnify and hold harmless any such indemnified person, or to contribute to the Losses of any such indemnified person, as the case may be, to the extent of such unavailability or insufficiency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, in no case shall CIHC and Citigroup Inc. together be responsible for any amount under the indemnity and contribution provisions of this Section 8 in excess of an amount equal to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities sold by CIHC to the Underwriters.
9. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in
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Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Companys Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either of such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities, (iii) the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement shall not have been consummated, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers, of CIHC and Citigroup Inc. and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no. (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Companys General Counsel (fax no. (770) 564-6347) and confirmed to Primerica, Inc. at 3120 Breckenridge Blvd., Duluth, Georgia 30099, Attention: General Counsel; or if sent to CIHC or Citigroup Inc., will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Citigroup Inc.s General Counsel (fax no. (212) 816-8709) and
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confirmed to Citigroup Inc. at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Head of M&A Legal; or if sent to the Independent Underwriter, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to UBS Securities LLC at [ADDRESS], Attention [ ] (fax no. [ ]).
13. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. No fiduciary duty . The Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc., on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which they may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or CIHC and Citigroup Inc., (c) the Independent Underwriter is acting solely as a qualified independent underwriter within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720 of FINRA, and (d) the Companys engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. agree that they are solely responsible for making their own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company, CIHC or Citigroup Inc. on related or other matters). The Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. agree that they will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, CIHC or Citigroup Inc., in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
15. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
16. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
17. Waiver of Jury Trial . The Company, CIHC and Citigroup Inc. hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
19. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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20. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto , and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
Effective Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Execution Time shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
Registration Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
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Rule 158, Rule 163, Rule 164, Rule 172, Rule 405, Rule 415, Rule 424, Rule 430A and Rule 433 refer to such rules under the Act.
Rule 430A Information shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, CIHC, Citigroup Inc. and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||
Primerica, Inc. | ||
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Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation | ||
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Citigroup Inc. | ||
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. |
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UBS Securities LLC, | ||
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters |
Number of Underwritten Securities to be Purchased |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||||
UBS Securities LLC | ||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | ||||||
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated | ||||||
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. | ||||||
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. | ||||||
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | ||||||
Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. | ||||||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | ||||||
ING Financial Markets LLC | ||||||
Willis Securities, Inc. | ||||||
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SCHEDULE II
Note Agreement between the Company and CIHC
Intercompany Agreement by and between the Company and Citi
Transition Services Agreement by and between the Company and Citi
Tax Separation Agreement by and between the Company and Citi
Long-Term Services Agreement by and between Citilife Financial Limited and Primerica Life Insurance Company
80% Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company
10% Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company
80% Coinsurance Trust Agreement among Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A.
10% Coinsurance Economic Trust Agreement among Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A.
10% Coinsurance Excess Trust Agreement among Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company and Citibank, N.A.
Capital Maintenance Agreement by and between Citigroup Inc. and Prime Reinsurance Company
90% Coinsurance Agreement by and between National Benefit Life Insurance Company and American Health and Life Insurance Company
Trust Agreement among National Benefit Life Insurance Company, American Health and Life Insurance Company and The Bank of New York Mellon
Coinsurance Agreement by and between Primerica Life Canada and Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd.
Coinsurance Trust Agreement among Primerica Life Canada, Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd., RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust and the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Common Stock Exchange Agreement among the Company, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P.
Registration Rights Agreement by and among CIHC, Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P. and the Company
Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among Primerica Life Insurance Company and Prime Reinsurance Company
Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among National Benefit Life Insurance Company and American Health and Life Insurance Company
Monitoring and Reporting Agreement by and among Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada and Financial Reassurance Company 2010 Ltd.
SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
SCHEDULE 1(a)(vii)
Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
1. | Primerica Financial Services Insurance Marketing of Maine, Inc. is owned by Fred E. Stallworth and is controlled by Primerica Financial Services, Inc., pursuant to a Voting Trust Agreement, dated April 14, 1993, by and among Primerica Financial Services, Inc., Primerica Financial Services Insurance Marketing of Maine, Inc. and Fred Ernest Stallworth. |
2. | Jeffrey M.E. Dumanski owns 100% of the Class A common shares of Primerica Financial Services Ltd. Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada owns 100% of the Class B and Class C common shares. Primerica Financial Services Ltd. and Jeffrey Dumanski are party to a Nominee Agreement, dated May 31, 2002, with respect to Primerica Financial Services Ltd. |
3. | Primerica Financial Home Mortgage, Inc. is a general partner in Primerica Financial Services Home Mortgages Limited Partnership of Arizona and Primerica Financial Services Home Mortgages Limited Partnership of Ohio. In each partnership, third party agents are the limited partners. |
SCHEDULE 6(j)
Officers Subject to Lock-Up
Peter W. Schneider
Glenn J. Williams
Alison S. Rand
Gregory C. Pitts
Jeff Fendler
Bill Kelly
EXHIBIT A
[Form of Comfort Letter from KPMG LLP]
EXHIBIT B
[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
[Letterhead of officer, director or major shareholder of
Primerica, Inc.]
Primerica, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
[ ], 2010
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), among Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation (CIHC), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, and Citigroup Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and you as representative of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the Common Stock), of the Company.
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, other than shares of Common Stock disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material press release, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the lock-up
period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless Citigroup Global Markets Inc. waives, in writing, such extension. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent that the undersigned has entered into or will enter into an agreement similar to this Lock-up Agreement (a) in connection with a bona fide issuer directed share program relating to the underwritten public offering of Common Stock (a DSP Program) with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be purchased in such DSP Program (the DSP Shares) and (b) with any member of the underwriting syndicate or any affiliate of such member who is acting as administrator of such DSP Program, the terms of such other similar lock-up agreement and not of this Lock-up Agreement shall govern the undersigneds rights with respect to such DSP Shares.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly, |
[Signature of officer, director or major stockholder] |
[Name and address of officer, director or major stockholder] |
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Exhibit 3.1
FORM OF
RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PRIMERICA, INC.
Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law
Primerica, Inc. (the Corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the GCL), does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is Primerica, Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Puck Holding Company, Inc. pursuant to the original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 26, 2009. The original certificate of incorporation was amended by the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 5, 2009.
2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) and by the sole stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the GCL.
3. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented.
4. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
FIRST : The name of the Corporation is Primerica, Inc.
SECOND : The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD : The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GCL.
FOURTH :
A. Authorized Capital Stock . The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 510,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 500,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), which may be issued in two series: (i) voting common stock (Voting Common Stock) and (ii) non-voting common stock (Non-Voting Common Stock); and (b) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock). The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding) by such affirmative vote of the votes entitled to be cast thereon as may be required at that time by the GCL.
B. Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock .
(i) Ranking . The preferences, limitations and rights of the Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock, and the qualifications and restriction thereof, shall be in all respects identical, except as otherwise required by law or expressly provided in this Certificate of Incorporation.
(ii) Voting . Except as otherwise required by law or in this Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be hereafter be amended, including by the filing of a certificate of designations with respect to any series of Preferred Stock), with respect to all matters upon
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which stockholders are entitled to vote or to which stockholders are entitled to give consent, the holders of any outstanding shares of the Voting Common Stock shall vote together as a single class, and every holder of the Voting Common Stock shall be entitled to cast thereon one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Voting Common Stock standing in such holders name. Except as otherwise required by law or in this Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be hereafter be amended), the holders of the outstanding shares of Non-Voting Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter.
(iii) Amendments Affecting Stock . So long as any shares of Non-Voting Common Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without such affirmative vote of the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment by the holders of outstanding shares of Non-Voting Common Stock voting as a single class as may be required at that time by the GCL, (i) amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Section B of this Article FOURTH so as to affect adversely the relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Non-Voting Common Stock as compared to those of the Voting Common Stock or (ii) take any other action upon which class voting of the Non-Voting Common Stock is required by law.
(iv) Dividends; Changes in Stock . No dividend or distribution may be declared or paid on any share of Voting Common Stock unless a dividend or distribution, payable in the same consideration and manner, is simultaneously declared or paid, as the case may be, on each share of Non-Voting Common Stock, nor shall any dividend or distribution be declared or paid on any share of Non-Voting Common Stock unless a dividend or distribution, payable in the same consideration and manner, is simultaneously declared or paid, as the case may be, on each share of Voting Common Stock, in each case without preference or priority of any kind; provided, however, that if dividends are declared that are payable in shares of Voting
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Common Stock or in Non-Voting Common Stock or in rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Voting Common Stock or Non-Voting Common Stock, dividends shall be declared that are payable at the same rate on both series of Common Stock and dividends payable in shares of Voting Common Stock or in rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Voting Common Stock shall be payable to holders of Voting Common Stock and dividends payable in shares of Non-Voting Common Stock or in rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Non-Voting Common Stock shall be payable to holders of Non-Voting Common Stock. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of Non-Voting Common Stock, the outstanding shares of Voting Common Stock shall be proportionately subdivided or combined, as the case may be. Similarly, if the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of Voting Common Stock, the outstanding shares of Non-Voting Common Stock shall be proportionately subdivided or combined, as the case may be.
(v) Liquidation. Shares of Non-Voting Common Stock shall rank pari passu with shares of Voting Common Stock as to distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(vi) Merger or Consolidation . In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), the holders of each share of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the same per share consideration as the per share consideration, if any, received by the holders of each share of such other series of Common Stock.
(vii) Conversion of Non-Voting Common Stock .
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Elective Conversion by Holder . Any share of Non-Voting Common Stock may be converted at the election of its holder into one share of Voting Common Stock at any time. To convert any share of Non-Voting Common Stock into a share of Voting Common Stock, the holder thereof shall surrender the certificate or certificates for such shares (if any) at the office of the transfer agent for the Non-Voting Common Stock (or at the principal office of the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent), together with written notice that such holder elects to convert all or any number of the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock represented by such certificate or certificates. Such notice shall state such holders name or the names of the nominees in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the shares of Voting Common Stock to be issued. If required by the Corporation, certificates (if any) surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. Such conversion shall be effective on the date (the Surrender Date) of receipt of such certificates (if any) and notice by the transfer agent (or by the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent). The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the Surrender Date, issue and deliver at such office to such holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Voting Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled, or definitive evidence of issuance of such shares of Voting Common Stock in uncertificated form to such holder, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share.
Automatic Conversion upon Transfer . Upon a transfer of any shares of Non-Voting Common Stock to a non-affiliate of the holder, the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock so transferred shall automatically, without any action on part of the transferor, the transferee or
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the Corporation, or any other person or entity, be converted into an equal number of shares of Voting Common Stock upon the consummation of such transfer. Upon surrender of the certificate or certificates (if any) representing the shares so transferred and converted, or other definitive evidence of such transfer, to the transfer agent, the Corporation shall issue and deliver in accordance with the surrendering holders instructions the certificate or certificates or other definitive evidence representing the shares of Voting Common Stock into which such transferred shares have been converted.
Effect of Conversion . All shares of Non-Voting Common Stock that shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the converting holder to the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock so converted shall immediately cease and terminate on the Surrender Date, except only the right of such holder to receive the shares of Voting Common Stock into which the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock have been converted and the right to payment of any declared but unpaid dividends on such shares.
C. Preferred Stock . The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series as may be permitted by the GCL, including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative)
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at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.
D. Power to Sell and Purchase Shares . Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to issue and sell all or any part of any shares of any class or series of stock herein or hereafter authorized to such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not greater consideration could be received upon the issue or sale of the same number of shares of another class or series, and as otherwise permitted by law. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to purchase any shares of any class or series of stock herein or hereafter authorized from such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the purchase of the same number of shares of another class or series, and as otherwise permitted by law.
FIFTH : The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
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B. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three or more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies at the time such resolution is adopted.
C. The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders; the term of the initial Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders; and the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning in 2011, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
D. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
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E. Subject to the provisions of Article TENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor. Subject to the provisions of Article TENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause at a duly called meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present and only by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two third percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article FIFTH unless expressly provided by such terms.
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F. In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided , however , that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.
G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, after Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (Citi), ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) fifty percent (50%) or more of the shares of Common Stock entitled to be voted by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock, the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any provision as part of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of this Article FIFTH. Neither the amendment, alteration, termination or repeal of this Article FIFTH nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article FIFTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article FIFTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article FIFTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, termination, repeal or adoption.
SIXTH : No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
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such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the GCL is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
SEVENTH : In anticipation that the Corporation and Citi may engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with Citi (including service of officers and directors of Citi as directors of the Corporation), the provisions of this Article SEVENTH are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve Citi and its officers and directors, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith.
A. Subject to any contractual provisions to the contrary, Citi shall have the right to, and shall have no duty to refrain from: (i) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation; (ii) doing business with any client or customer of the Corporation; and (iii) employing or otherwise engaging any officer or employee of the Corporation, and neither Citi nor any officer or director thereof (except as provided in Section B of this Article SEVENTH) shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of any such activities of Citi or of such persons participation therein. In the event that Citi acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a
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corporate opportunity for both Citi and the Corporation, Citi shall have no duty to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder of the Corporation by reason of the fact that Citi pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person or entity or does not present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.
B. If a director or officer of the Corporation who is also a director or officer of Citi acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Corporation and Citi, such director or officer of the Corporation: (i) shall have fully satisfied and fulfilled such persons fiduciary duty to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity; (ii) shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that Citi pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself or directs such corporate opportunity to another person or does not present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation; (iii) shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believes to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation for the purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation; and (iv) shall be deemed not to have breached such persons duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders or to have derived an improper personal benefit therefrom for the purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, if such director or officer acts in good faith in a manner consistent with the following policy:
(i) a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is an officer of the Corporation and who is also a director but not an officer of Citi shall belong to the Corporation, unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director of Citi in which case such opportunity shall belong to Citi;
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(ii) a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a director but not an officer of the Corporation and who is also a director or officer of Citi shall belong to the Corporation only if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation and otherwise shall belong to Citi; and
(iii) a corporate opportunity offered to any person who is an officer of both the Corporation and Citi shall belong to Citi unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Corporation, in which case such opportunity shall belong to the Corporation.
C. For the purposes of this Article SEVENTH, corporate opportunities shall include, but not be limited to, business opportunities that the Corporation is financially able to undertake, which are, from their nature, in the line of the Corporations business, are of practical advantage to it and are ones in which the Corporation has an interest or a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the self-interest of Citi or its officers or directors will be brought into conflict with that of the Corporation.
D. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article SEVENTH.
E. If any contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction between the Corporation and Citi involves a corporate opportunity and is approved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article EIGHTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Citi and its
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officers and directors shall also for the purposes of this Article SEVENTH and the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation: (i) have fully satisfied and fulfilled their fiduciary duties to the Corporation and its stockholders; (ii) be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such persons reasonably believe to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; and (iii) be deemed not to have breached their duties of loyalty to the Corporation and its stockholders and not to have derived an improper personal benefit therefrom. Any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction involving a corporate opportunity not so approved shall not by reason thereof result in any such breach of any fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty or failure to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation or derivation of any improper personal benefit, but shall be governed by the other provisions of this Article SEVENTH, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, the GCL and other applicable law.
F. Notwithstanding anything in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary and in addition to any vote of the Board of Directors required by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the GCL, until the occurrence of the Operative Date (as defined below), the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article SEVENTH. Neither the amendment, alteration, termination or repeal of this Article SEVENTH nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article SEVENTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article SEVENTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article SEVENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, termination, repeal or adoption.
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G. For purposes of this Article SEVENTH:
(i) Citi means Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation, all successors to Citigroup Inc. by way of merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, and all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies, associations and other entities (a) in which Citigroup Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar ownership interests, (b) of which Citigroup Inc. otherwise directly or indirectly controls or directs the policies or operations or (c) which would be considered subsidiaries of Citigroup Inc. within the meaning of Regulation S-K or Regulation S-X of the general rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, now or hereafter existing, but shall not include the Corporation;
(ii) the Corporation means the Corporation and all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies, trusts, associations and other entities in which the Corporation owns (directly or indirectly) fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar ownership interests; and
(iii) Operative Date means the first date on which Citi ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), in the aggregate, shares entitled to twenty percent (20%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock.
H. Following the Operative Date, any contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction involving a corporate opportunity not approved or allocated as provided in this Article SEVENTH shall not by reason thereof result in any breach of any fiduciary duty or duty
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of loyalty or failure to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation or derivation of any improper personal benefit, but shall be governed by the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, the GCL and other applicable law.
EIGHTH : In anticipation that the Corporation and Citi may enter into contracts or otherwise transact business with each other and that the Corporation may derive benefits therefrom, the provisions of this Article EIGHTH are set forth to regulate and define certain contractual relations and other business relations of the Corporation as they may involve Citi, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation in connection therewith. The provisions of this Article EIGHTH are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the provisions of the GCL and the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Any contract or business relation that does not comply with the procedures set forth in this Article EIGHTH shall not by reason thereof be deemed void or voidable or result in any breach of any fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty or failure to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation or derivation of any improper personal benefit, but shall be governed by the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, the GCL and other applicable law.
A. No contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction between the Corporation and Citi shall be void or voidable solely for the reason that Citi is a party thereto, and Citi (i) shall have fully satisfied and fulfilled its fiduciary duties to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect thereto; (ii) shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for any breach of fiduciary duty by reason of the entering into, performance or consummation of any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction; (iii) shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner it reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation for purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation; and (iv) shall be deemed
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not to have breached its duties of loyalty to the Corporation and its stockholders and not to have derived an improper personal benefit therefrom for the purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, if:
(i) the material facts as to such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction are disclosed to or are known by the Board of Directors or the committee thereof that authorizes such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction, and the Board of Directors or such committee in good faith authorizes such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors constitute less than a quorum;
(ii) the material facts as to such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction are disclosed to or are known by the holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon, and such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock, except shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) or the voting of which is controlled by Citi; or
(iii) such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the time of the commitment, is fair to the Corporation.
B. Directors of the Corporation who are also directors or officers of Citi may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of
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a committee that authorizes such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction. Shares of Common Stock owned by Citi may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of stockholders called to authorize such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction.
C. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation will be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article EIGHTH.
D. For purposes of this Article EIGHTH, any contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction with any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, association or other entity in which the Corporation owns (directly or indirectly) fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar ownership interests, or with any officer or director thereof, shall be deemed to be a contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction with the Corporation.
E. For the purpose of this Article EIGHTH, Citi and the Operative Date have the meanings set forth in Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
F. Notwithstanding anything in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary and in addition to any vote of the Board of Directors required by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the GCL, until the occurrence of the Operative Date, the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article EIGHTH. Neither the amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article EIGHTH nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article EIGHTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article EIGHTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article EIGHTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption.
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NINTH : A. In anticipation that Citi will remain a stockholder of the Corporation and may have continued contractual, corporate and business relations with the Corporation, the provisions of this Article NINTH are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may impact Citi and its legal and regulatory status.
B. The Corporation shall not, without the prior written consent of Citi (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), engage, directly or indirectly, in any act or activity, which, to the knowledge of the Corporation, would: (i) require Citi to obtain any approval, consent or authorization of or otherwise become subject to any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, decree or other legal restriction of any federal, state, local or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory authority, agency or instrumentality (collectively, Applicable Law); or (ii) cause any director of the Corporation who is also a director or officer of Citi to be ineligible to serve, or prohibited from serving, as a director of the Corporation or, in the case where such person is a director or Citi, ineligible to serve as a director of Citi under or pursuant to any Applicable Law. Citi shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders, in each case, for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that Citi gives or withholds any consent for any reason in connection with this Article NINTH. No vote cast or other action taken by any person who is an officer, director or other representative of Citi which vote is cast or action is taken by such person in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation shall constitute a consent of Citi for the purpose of this Article NINTH. For purposes of this Article NINTH, the Corporation shall be deemed to have knowledge of (x) all Applicable Laws in effect on the date hereof and of all Applicable Laws in effect immediately prior to taking any action or engaging in any activity which would have any of the effects contemplated by clause (i) or (ii) above and (y) all of the businesses and activities in which Citi is engaged on the date hereof and of all businesses and activities in which Citi is engaged immediately prior to taking any action or
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engaging in any activity which would have any of the effects contemplated by clause (i) or (ii) above, in each case to the extent that such business or activity is disclosed in the public domain.
C. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article NINTH.
D. For purposes of this Article NINTH, the Corporation and the Operative Date have the meanings set forth in Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and, subject to Section (E) of this Article NINTH, Citi has the meaning set forth in Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
E. For purposes of Section B of this Article NINTH, Citi means Citigroup Inc. and its successors by way of merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of its assets (and not any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, association or other entity).
F. Notwithstanding anything in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary and in addition to any vote of the Board of Directors required by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the GCL, until the occurrence of the Operative Date, the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the corporation shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article NINTH. Neither the amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article NINTH nor the adoption of any provision
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inconsistent with this Article NINTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article NINTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article NINTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption.
G. This Article NINTH shall become inoperative and of no effect following the Operative Date.
TENTH : A. Until the first date that Citi ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), in the aggregate, shares entitled to fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock, any and all directors may be elected, or removed or replaced, at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation.
B. For purposes of this Article TENTH, Citi shall have the meaning set forth in Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
C. Notwithstanding anything in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary and in addition to any vote of the Board of Directors required by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the GCL, until the first date that Citi ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), in the aggregate, shares entitled to fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock, the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article TENTH. Neither the amendment, alteration or repeal of this
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Article TENTH nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article TENTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article TENTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article TENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption. This Article TENTH shall become inoperative and of no effect following the date Citi ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), in the aggregate, shares entitled to fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock.
ELEVENTH : A. Any action which, under the GCL, may be taken at a duly called meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting as follows: (i) by one or more consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken or to be taken, bearing the date of signature and signed by all of the persons who would be entitled to vote upon such action at a meeting, or by their duly authorized attorneys; or (ii) as long as Citi continues to own shares of capital stock entitled to vote a majority of the votes entitled to be voted thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock, by one or more consents in writing, bearing the date of signature and setting forth the action to be taken, signed by persons holding shares of capital stock entitled to vote a majority of the votes entitled to be voted thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock or to take such action, or their duly authorized attorneys. The Secretary of the Corporation shall file such consent or consents, or certify the tabulation of such consents and file such certificate, with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the GCL, until the occurrence of the Operative Date, the affirmative vote of least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then
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outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of, this Article ELEVENTH. Neither the amendment, alteration, termination or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article ELEVENTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article ELEVENTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article ELEVENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, termination, repeal or adoption.
TWELFTH : A. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided , however , that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article TWELFTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article TWELFTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.
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B. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article TWELFTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
C. Any repeal or modification of this Article TWELFTH shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
THIRTEENTH : Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws.
FOURTEENTH : Unless the Corporation (through approval of the Board of Directors) consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any actual or purported 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 director or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the GCL, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article FOURTEENTH.
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FIFTEENTH : In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power to amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws, or adopt new By-Laws. The affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two third percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the entire Board of Directors shall be required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt the By-Laws. The By-Laws also may be amended, altered, repealed or adopted by the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation.
SIXTEENTH : The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws or the GCL, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to such reservation; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any provision as part of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of Article FIFTEENTH and Article SIXTEENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf this day of , 2010.
PRIMERICA, INC. | ||
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Title: |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO THE R ESTATED C ERTIFICATE OF I NCORPORATION ]
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Exhibit 3.2
FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
PRIMERICA, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
Effective [ ], 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||
OFFICES | ||||
Section 1. |
Registered Office | 1 | ||
Section 2. |
Other Offices | 1 | ||
ARTICLE II | ||||
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS | ||||
Section 1. |
Place of Meetings | 1 | ||
Section 2. |
Annual Meetings | 1 | ||
Section 3. |
Special Meetings | 1 | ||
Section 4. |
Notice | 2 | ||
Section 5. |
Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders | 2 | ||
Section 6. |
Nomination of Directors | 4 | ||
Section 7. |
Adjournments | 7 | ||
Section 8. |
Quorum | 8 | ||
Section 9. |
Voting | 8 | ||
Section 10. |
Proxies | 8 | ||
Section 11. |
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting | 9 | ||
Section 12. |
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote | 10 | ||
Section 13. |
Record Date | 10 | ||
Section 14. |
Stock Ledger | 11 | ||
Section 15. |
Conduct of Meetings | 11 | ||
Section 16. |
Inspectors of Election | 12 | ||
ARTICLE III | ||||
DIRECTORS | ||||
Section 1. |
Election of Directors | 12 | ||
Section 2. |
Vacancies | 13 | ||
Section 3. |
Duties and Powers | 13 | ||
Section 4. |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | 13 | ||
Section 5. |
Lead Independent Director | 13 | ||
Section 6. |
Meetings | 13 | ||
Section 7. |
Organization | 14 | ||
Section 8. |
Resignations and Removals of Directors | 14 |
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Section 9. |
Quorum | 14 | ||
Section 10. |
Actions of the Board by Written Consent | 15 | ||
Section 11. |
Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone | 15 | ||
Section 12. |
Committees | 15 | ||
Section 13. |
Compensation | 16 | ||
ARTICLE IV | ||||
OFFICERS | ||||
Section 1. |
General | 16 | ||
Section 2. |
Election | 16 | ||
Section 3. |
Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation | 16 | ||
Section 4. |
Co-Chief Executive Officers | 17 | ||
Section 5. |
President | 17 | ||
Section 6. |
Vice Presidents | 17 | ||
Section 7. |
Corporate Secretary | 18 | ||
Section 8. |
Treasurer | 18 | ||
Section 9. |
Assistant Corporate Secretaries | 18 | ||
Section 10. |
Assistant Treasurers | 18 | ||
Section 11. |
Other Officers | 19 | ||
Section 12. |
Duties of Officers | 19 | ||
ARTICLE V | ||||
STOCK | ||||
Section 1. |
Shares of Stock | 19 | ||
Section 2. |
Lost Certificates | 19 | ||
Section 3. |
Transfers | 20 | ||
Section 4. |
Signatures | 20 | ||
Section 5. |
Dividend Record Date | 20 | ||
Section 6. |
Record Owners | 20 | ||
Section 7. |
Transfer and Registry Agents | 21 | ||
ARTICLE VI | ||||
NOTICES | ||||
Section 1. |
Notices | 21 | ||
Section 2. |
Waivers of Notice | 21 | ||
ARTICLE VII | ||||
GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||||
Section 1. |
Dividends | 22 | ||
Section 2. |
Disbursements | 22 |
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BY-LAWS
OF
PRIMERICA, INC.
(formerly named PUCK HOLDING COMPANY, INC.)
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings . Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the GCL).
Section 2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders (each, an Annual Meeting) for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting.
Section 3. Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation), special meetings of stockholders (each, a Special Meeting) may be called by any of (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, (iii) any officer of the Corporation at the request in writing of (a) the Board of Directors or (b) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the
Board of Directors and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings or (iv) as long as Citigroup Inc. continues to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) at least a majority of the shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), entitled to be voted by the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock, the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3 of this Article II, the ability of the stockholders to call a Special Meeting is hereby specifically denied. A request to call a Special Meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At a Special Meeting, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).
Section 4. Notice . A written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.
Section 5. Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business (other than nominations for election to the Board of Directors, which must comply with Section 6 of this Article II) may be transacted at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as is (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who was a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 5 of this Article II and on the date of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and (iii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5 of this Article II.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at a Special Meeting, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholders notice of business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and is governed by section 6 of this Article II) to the Corporate Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
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Corporation in the case of (a) an Annual Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting; provided , however , that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (b) a Special Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days prior to the date on which the Special Meeting is proposed to be held. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth the following information: (a) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting (including the specific text of any resolutions or actions proposed for consideration and if such business includes a proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the specific language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, and (b) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, (i) the name and address of such person, as they appear on the Corporations books (and, if different from the Corporations books, the name and residence address of such person), (ii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name and address of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially, but not of record, by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether written or oral and including financial transactions and direct or indirect compensation) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business and any material interest of such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such business, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, (iv) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to bring such business
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before the meeting; and (v) any other information relating to such person or any affiliates or associates of such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies or consents (even if a solicitation is not involved) by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 5 of this Article II shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, except business brought before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 of this Article II; provided , however , that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 5 of this Article II shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
Nothing contained in this Section 5 of this Article II shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law). In addition to any requirements set forth herein, stockholders must comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 6. Nomination of Directors . Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting, or at any Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who was a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 6 of this Article II and on the date of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and (iii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 6 of this Article II.
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In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Corporate Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in the case of (a) an Annual Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting; provided , however , that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (b) a Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the Special Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Special Meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such Special Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth the following information: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially, but not of record, by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; and (iv) any other information relating to such person
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that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents for a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy solicitation is not involved) pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, (i) the name and record address of such person, as they appear on the Corporations books (and, if different from the Corporations books, the name and residence address of such person); (ii) (A) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name and address of each nominee holder of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (C) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (D) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether written or oral and including financial transactions and direct or indirect compensation) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any proposed nominee or any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made by such person, and any material interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such nomination, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (iv) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and (v) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy contest is not involved) pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 6 of this Article II shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of such
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Annual Meeting or Special Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6 of this Article II. If the Chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6 of this Article II to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 100 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting, a stockholders notice to the Corporate Secretary required by this Section 6 of this Article II shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6 of this Article II to the contrary, a nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be submitted for inclusion in the Corporations proxy materials pursuant to the final rules adopted by the SEC providing for such nominations and inclusion (final proxy access rules), and, if such nomination is submitted under the final proxy access rules, such submission (a) in order to be timely, must be delivered to, or be mailed and received by, the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days before the date that the Corporation mailed (or otherwise disseminated) its proxy materials for the prior years Annual Meeting (or such other date as may be set forth in the final proxy access rules for companies without advance notice bylaws); (b) in all other respects, must be made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the final proxy access rules, as in effect at the time of the nomination, or any successor rules or regulations of the SEC then in effect; and (c) must provide the Corporation with any other information required by this Section 6 of this Article II for nominations not made under the final proxy access rules, except to the extent that requiring such information to be furnished is prohibited by the final proxy access rules. The provisions of this paragraph of this Section 6 of this Article II do not provide stockholders of the Corporation with any rights, nor impose upon the Corporation any obligations, other than the rights and obligations set forth in the final proxy access rules.
Section 7. Adjournments . Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned 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, if any, thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present
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in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. 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, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 of this Article II shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Section 8. Quorum . Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws or any rule of any stock exchange on which the Corporations shares are listed and traded, the holders of a majority of the Corporations capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of such meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 7 of this Article II, until a quorum shall be present or represented.
Section 9. Voting . Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or any rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporations shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporations capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to Section 13(a) of this Article II, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 10 of this Article II. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officers discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 10. Proxies . Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or, as provided herein, to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholders authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such persons signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
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(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided , however , that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
Section 11. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the Corporation 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 delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 11 of this Article II to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 11 of this Article II, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or
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proxyholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. 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 holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 11 of this Article II.
Section 12. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. 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 (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall 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. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the 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 13. Record Date .
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon
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which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date 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 the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next 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 the 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 and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 13 of this Article II at 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 record 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, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 14. Stock Ledger . The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 12 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 15. Conduct of Meetings . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the
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determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) 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 chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Section 16. Inspectors of Election . In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, by resolution, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspectors ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Election of Directors . The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the 2011 Annual Meeting; the term of the initial Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the 2012 Annual Meeting; and the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the 2013 Annual Meeting or, in each case, upon such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. At each succeeding Annual Meeting beginning in 2011, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that Annual Meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class or from the removal from office, death, disability, resignation or disqualification of a director or other cause shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors have the effect of removing or shortening the term of any incumbent director. Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and in Section 2 of this Article III, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each Annual Meeting at which a quorum is present.
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Section 2. Vacancies . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.
Section 3. Duties and Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors . The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be one of the co-Chief Executive Officers of the Corporation. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Lead Independent Director . The Lead Independent Director shall consult with the Chairman of the Board of Directors regarding the agenda for meetings of the Board of Directors, schedule and prepare agendas for meetings of independent directors, preside over meetings of independent directors and executive sessions of meetings of the Board of Directors in which management directors are excluded. The Lead Independent Director shall act as principal liaison between independent directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors on sensitive issues and raise issues with management on behalf of the independent directors when appropriate. The Lead Independent Director shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Meetings . The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, or by a majority of the directors then serving on the Board of Directors. Special meetings of any committee of the
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Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof stating the place, date and time of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) by whom it is not waived either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone, telegram or electronic means on twenty-four (24) hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 7. Organization . At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided below, the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Corporate Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Corporate Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Corporate Secretary and all the Assistant Corporate Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.
Section 8. Resignations and Removals of Directors . Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President or the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause at a duly called meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present and only by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.
Section 9. Quorum . Except as otherwise required by law, or the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporations securities are listed or quoted for trading, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of
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Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 10. Actions of the Board by Written Consent . Unless otherwise provided in 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 the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 11. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 of this Article III shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 12. Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, 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 qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, 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 which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.
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Section 13. Compensation . The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary for service as director, payable in cash or securities. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for service as committee members.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President, a Corporate Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors shall designate one independent director to serve as lead independent director (the Lead Independent Director). The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director), and, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Corporate Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
Section 2. Election . The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting (or action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of the Annual Meeting if permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation), shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officers successor is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
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Section 4. Co-Chief Executive Officers . The co-Chief Executive Officers shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation and of its several officers and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The co-Chief Executive Officers shall have the power to execute, by and on behalf of the Corporation, all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or either of the co-Chief Executive Officers. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided that the presiding co-Chief Executive Officer is also a director, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The co-Chief Executive Officers shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. President . The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, and the co-Chief Executive Officers, have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The President shall have the power to execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or either of the co-Chief Executive Officers. In general, the President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the President by these By-Laws and the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, or either of the co-Chief Executive Officers. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also a director, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the event of the inability or refusal of the co-Chief Executive Officers to act, the Board of Directors may designate the President to perform the duties of the co-Chief Executive Officers, and, when so acting, the President shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the co-Chief Executive Officers.
Section 6. Vice Presidents . At the request of either of the co-Chief Executive Officers or the President or in the Presidents absence or in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President, or the Vice Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers or the President from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, no co-Chief Executive Officers and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.
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Section 7. Corporate Secretary . The Corporate Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Corporate Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Corporate Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers or the President, under whose supervision the Corporate Secretary shall be. If the Corporate Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Corporate Secretary, then either the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Corporate Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Corporate Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Corporate Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officers signature. The Corporate Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 8. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 9. Assistant Corporate Secretaries . Assistant Corporate Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Corporate Secretary, and in the absence of the Corporate Secretary or in the event of the Corporate Secretarys inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Corporate Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Corporate Secretary.
Section 10. Assistant Treasurers . Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, either of the co-Chief Executive Officers, the President, any Vice President,
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if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurers possession or under the Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 11. Other Officers . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
Section 12. Duties of Officers . In addition to the duties specifically enumerated in these By-Laws, all officers and assistant officers of the Corporation shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or by their superior officers. The Board of Directors may change the powers or duties of any officer or assistant officer or delegate the same to any other officer, assistant officer or person.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Shares of Stock . The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, unless and until the Board of Directors adopts a resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every holder of capital stock of the Corporation theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate for shares of capital stock of the Corporation signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, and (b) the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
Section 2. Lost Certificates . The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a
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bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
Section 3. Transfers . Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked Cancelled, with the date of cancellation, by the Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.
Section 4. Signatures . Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile 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. Dividend Record Date . 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 not be 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.
Section 6. Record Owners . The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.
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Section 7. Transfer and Registry Agents . The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices . Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission if consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed to be revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (ii) such inability becomes known to the Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided , however , that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given by electronic transmission, as described above, shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. Notice to directors or committee members may be given personally or by telegram, telex, cable or by means of electronic transmission.
Section 2. Waivers of Notice . Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the 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 Annual Meeting or Special Meeting or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends . Subject to the requirements of the GCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 8 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements . All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 5. Facsimile Signatures . In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these By-Laws, facsimile signatures of any office or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation . Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall 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 such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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
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settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such 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 such persons conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such 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 reasonable cause to believe that such persons conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation . Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall 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 such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; 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 Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware 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 the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification . Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, 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, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
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Section 4. Good Faith Defined . For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful, if such persons action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
Section 5. Indemnification by a Court . Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 of this Article VIII shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.
Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance . Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall 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 this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
Section 7. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity
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while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the GCL, or otherwise.
Section 8. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
Section 9. Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term another enterprise as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in this Article VIII.
Section 10. Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 11. Limitation on Indemnification . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to
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indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5 of this Article VIII), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 12. Indemnification of Employees and Agents . The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and any agreement between the Corporation and any officer or director of the Corporation, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments . These By-Laws may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors; provided , however , that notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal, or adoption of new By-Laws, be contained in the notice of such meeting of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be. Any such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption must be approved by sixty-six and two third percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the entire Board of Directors then in office or the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast thereon by the holders of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation.
Section 2. Entire Board of Directors . As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term entire Board of Directors means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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Adopted as of: [ ], 2010
Last Amended as of:
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Exhibit 4.2
Form of
Primerica, Inc.
$300,000,000
5.5% Notes due March , 2015
Note Agreement
Dated March , 2010
Table of Contents
Section |
Heading |
Page | ||
Section 1. | Authorization of Notes | 1 | ||
Section 2. | Issuance of Notes | 1 | ||
Section 3. | Closing Items | 2 | ||
Section 4. | Representations and Warranties of the Company | 2 | ||
Section 5. | Representations of the Purchaser | 4 | ||
Section 6. | Information as to Company | 4 | ||
Section 7. | Payment and Redemption of the Notes | 7 | ||
Section 8. | Affirmative Covenants | 9 | ||
Section 9. | Negative Covenants | 10 | ||
Section 10. | Events of Default | 11 | ||
Section 11. | Remedies on Default, Etc | 12 | ||
Section 12. | Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes | 13 | ||
Section 13. | Payments on Notes | 14 | ||
Section 14. | Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement | 15 | ||
Section 15. | Amendment and Waiver | 15 | ||
Section 16. | Notices | 16 | ||
Section 17. | Substitution of Purchaser; Assignment and Transfer | 17 | ||
Section 18. | Miscellaneous | 17 | ||
Section 19. | Confidential Information | 20 |
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Schedule A | | Defined Terms | ||
Exhibit 1 | | Form of 5.5% Note due March , 2015 |
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5.5% Notes due March , 2015
March , 2010
Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation
399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and each Subsidiary of the Company listed on the signature pages from time to time hereto with respect to Section 18.11 (the Subsidiary Guarantors ), agrees with Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation, a Georgia corporation (the Purchaser ), as follows:
Section 1. Authorization of Notes.
The Company has authorized the issuance of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.5% Notes due March , 2015 (the Notes , such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 12). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule A; and references to a Schedule or an Exhibit are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.
Section 2. Issuance of Notes.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange and Transfer Agreement, dated as of March [ ], 2010, by and between the Company and the Purchaser (the Exchange Agreement ), the Company will issue the Notes to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Exchange Agreement.
Section 3. Closing Items.
Prior to or as of the date of original issuance of the Notes (the Issuance Date ), the following closing conditions shall be satisfied:
Section 3.1 Secretarys Certificate . The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated as of the Issuance Date, certifying as to the board resolutions and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement.
Section 3.2 Opinions of Counsel . The Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, dated as of the Issuance Date, from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, covering such matters as reasonably requested by the Purchaser.
Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
On the date of this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, after giving effect to the Transactions (as defined in the Companys registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-162918) filed with the SEC (the Registration Statement )):
Section 4.1 Organization; Power and Authority . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
Section 4.2 Authorization, Etc . This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 4.3 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries . (a) Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement contains a complete and correct list of the Companys Significant Subsidiaries, showing, as to each such Subsidiary, the correct name thereof. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares of each class of capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding of each such Subsidiary.
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(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).
(c) Each Subsidiary identified in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.
Section 4.4 Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, any corporate charter or by-laws of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, except for any contravention, breach or default as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (iv) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.5 Governmental Authorizations, Etc . No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes.
Section 4.6 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.7 Private Offering by the Company . Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf (excluding, however, the Purchaser and its Affiliates other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any
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offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than the Purchaser. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 5. Representations of the Purchaser.
Section 5.1 Acquisition for Investment . The Purchaser represents that it is acquiring the Notes for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of the Purchaser of its property shall at all times be within such Purchasers control. The Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.
Section 6. Information as to Company.
Section 6.1 Financial and Business Information . So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is not an Affiliate of the Company ( Non-Affiliate Holder ) and is an Institutional Investor:
(a) Quarterly Statements within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the Form 10-Q ) with the SEC, to the extent the Company is required to file a Form 10-Q) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company, regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof (other than (i) the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010 for which the 60-day period above shall be extended until the date the Form 10-Q for such period is actually filed and (ii) the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year, for which no quarterly statement shall be required), duplicate copies of,
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and
(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly
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presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Companys Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.1(a), provided , further , that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-Q if it shall have timely made such Form 10-Q available on EDGAR or on the Companys home page on the worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at: http//www.primerica.com) (such availability being referred to as Electronic Delivery );
(b) Annual Statements within 105 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K (the Form 10-K ) with the SEC, to the extent the Company is required to file a Form 10-K) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof, duplicate copies of
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and
(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the Companys Form 10-K for such fiscal year prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.1(b), provided , further , that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof;
(c) SEC and Other Reports promptly upon their becoming available (with Electronic Delivery satisfying this requirement), one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or to its public securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;
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(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any holder of Notes has given any notice or taken any action in good faith with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action in good faith with respect to a claimed Default of the type referred to in Section 10(d), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(e) Notices from Governmental Authority promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) Requested Information with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).
Section 6.2 Officers Certificate . Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth (which, in the case of Electronic Delivery of any such financial statements, shall be by separate delivery of such certificate to each holder of Notes that is a Non-Affiliate Holder and an Institutional Investor promptly following such Electronic Delivery) a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 6.3 Visitation . The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is a Non-Affiliate Holder and an Institutional Investor, if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be reasonably requested (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).
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Section 6.4 Limitation on Provision of Information to Competitors . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to provide to any Competitor information that the Company deems in its sole discretion to be competitively sensitive information. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Competitor has any information or visitation rights pursuant to this Section 6, such rights shall be limited by the foregoing sentence.
Section 7. Payment and Redemption of the Notes.
Section 7.1 Maturity . As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.
Section 7.2 Optional Redemption . The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, redeem at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, at 100% of the principal amount so redeemed. The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional redemption under this Section 7.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption; provided , that such notice may state that it is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice shall be deemed to be automatically revoked by the Company if such condition is not satisfied. Each such notice shall specify the date fixed for redemption (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be redeemed (determined in accordance with Section 7.3), and the interest to be paid on the redemption date with respect to such principal amount being redeemed.
Section 7.3 Allocation of Partial Redemptions . In the case of each partial redemption of the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for redemption.
Section 7.4 Maturity; Surrender, Etc . In the case of each redemption of Notes pursuant to this Section 7, the principal amount of each Note to be redeemed shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such redemption (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to and excluding such date. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or redeemed in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any redeemed principal amount of any Note. Any Note redeemed in part shall be surrendered to the Company if the Company so requests, and the Company shall issue a new Note in principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
Section 7.5 Change of Control . (a) In the event that a Change of Control (as defined below) shall occur, each holder of Notes, if such holder makes a timely election in accordance
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with the instructions determined by the Company pursuant to Section 7.5(c) hereof, shall have the right to require the Company to purchase such holders Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to and excluding the date of purchase, in accordance with Section 7.5(c) hereof.
(b) As used herein, Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a majority of the members of the Companys board of directors (other than vacant seats) are, at any time, neither (A) nominated by, or whose election was approved by, the board of directors of the Company nor (B) appointed by directors so nominated or elected; or
(ii) the consummation of any transaction resulting in any person or entity (other than Citigroup Inc., Warburg Pincus LLC or any of their respective Affiliates) becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Companys issued and outstanding voting securities.
(c) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail by first-class mail a notice (the Change of Control Notice ) to each holder of the Notes, stating:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder of the Notes has the right to require the Company to purchase such holders Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to and excluding the date of purchase;
(ii) a description of such Change of Control;
(iii) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the Change of Control Notice is mailed); and
(iv) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 7.5(c), that such holder must follow to exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 7.5(c).
(d) Holders of the Notes electing to have their Notes purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.5 must surrender such Notes to the Company in accordance with the instructions determined by the Company pursuant to Section 7.5(c) hereof in order to receive the purchase price.
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Section 8. Affirmative Covenants . The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:
Section 8.1 Payment of Taxes and Assessments . The Company will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on it or any of its properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, provided that neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Significant Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Significant Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.2 Corporate Existence, Etc . Subject to Section 9.1, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.3 Offices . The Company shall maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration, exchange or presentation for payment and where notices to the Company may be served.
Section 8.4 Refinancing of Indebtedness .
(a) From the (x) first anniversary of the Issuance Date until the second anniversary of the Issuance Date (the Initial Period ) on at least two occasions mutually agreeable to the Company and the Citi Affiliate (as defined below) and (y) second anniversary of the Issuance Date to the fourth anniversary of the Issuance Date (the Second Period ), on at least one additional occasion mutually agreeable to the Company and the Citi Affiliate: the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to arrange and consummate an offering of investment grade debt securities, trust preferred securities, surplus notes, hybrids or convertible debt of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company generating net cash proceeds (after deducting fees and expenses incurred in connection with such offering) equal to or greater than the aggregate amount owing at such time under the Notes (the Refinancing Indebtedness ) to be used to refinance the Notes; provided , that, in no event shall the Company be required to undertake, arrange or consummate an offering of such securities if the terms (including economics) and conditions thereof are not, in the good faith judgment of the Company after consultation with the Citi Affiliate, the same as or better for the Company than those of the Notes (other than (A) the optional redemption provisions (including make-whole provisions) which shall be no worse for the Company than then-prevailing market terms for similar securities of issuers of similar credit quality and (B)(i) the tenor of the Refinancing Indebtedness, which shall be equal to or longer than five years from the date of the original issuance of the Refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) any change in interest rate that is (x) directly related to any increase in tenor of the Refinancing Indebtedness as compared to the tenor of the Notes and (y) reasonably acceptable to the Company).
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(b) The Company shall offer to use a broker dealer Affiliate of Citigroup Inc. (as designated by Citigroup Inc., the Citi Affiliate ) to market the Refinancing Indebtedness offered up to the later of (A) the end of the Initial Period and (B) one year after the Company receives an investment grade rating from Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poors, as a sole bookrunning underwriter or placement agent.
(c) Subject to the expiration of the provisions in Section 8.4(b), the Company shall offer to use the Citi Affiliate to market the Refinancing Indebtedness offered during the Second Period as a bookrunning underwriter or placement agent (but not necessarily sole bookrunning underwriter or placement agent).
(d) The fee payable to the Citi Affiliate in connection with marketing the Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.4(b) and (c) will be the lesser of 1% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Refinancing Indebtedness and the rate then prevailing in the market charged by underwriters with similar roles in the offerings of similar securities of issuers of similar credit quality.
Section 9. Negative Covenants.
The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, without the consent of the holder or holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding:
Section 9.1 Merger, Consolidation, Etc . The Company will not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of related transactions to any Person unless:
(a) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, as the case may be, shall be a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Company is not such corporation, such corporation shall have expressly assumed in writing the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Notes; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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Such conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company shall have the effect of releasing the Company or any successor corporation that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 9.1 from all of its liabilities under this Agreement and the Notes.
Section 9.2 Liens . The Company shall not incur Liens on the capital stock of Significant Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness for borrowed money unless the Companys obligations under the Notes are secured equally and ratably therewith; provided , however, that the Company may incur Liens on the capital stock of Significant Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness for borrowed money with an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding up to 10% of Net Tangible Book Value. The limitations set forth in this Section 9.2 shall not apply to Liens (i) existing on any capital stock prior to the acquisition thereof or existing on any capital stock of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, provided , that such Liens were not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, or (ii) incurred in connection with any financing transaction effected pursuant to or for the purposes of complying with any minimum regulatory or statutory capital and reserve requirements applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, any reserve funding securitization or reserve financing).
Section 9.3 Significant Subsidiaries . The Company shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the capital stock of any Significant Subsidiary other than (i) to the Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, (ii) for at least fair value (as determined by the Companys board of directors, acting in good faith) or (iii) to comply with an order of a court or regulatory authority of competent jurisdiction, other than an order issued at the Companys request or at the request of any of the Companys Subsidiaries.
Section 10. Events of Default.
An Event of Default shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or premium on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for redemption or by declaration or otherwise; or
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than 30 days after the same becomes due and payable; or
(c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any covenant or agreement contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 10(a) and (b)) and such default is not remedied within 60 days after the Company receiving written notice of such default from the holder or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (any such written notice to be identified as a notice of default and to refer specifically to this Section 10(c)); or
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(d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default in the payment of principal on any Indebtedness on or after the date of final maturity thereof (whether at the stated maturity or redemption date or as a result of the acceleration thereof), in each case, subject to the expiration of applicable cure periods, if any, and the total principal amount of such unpaid Indebtedness is at least $25,000,000; provided , such default shall be an Event of Default only if such default is continuing 30 days following the Companys receipt of written notice of such default from the holder or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding (any such written notice to be identified as a notice of default and to refer specifically to this Section 10(d)); or
(e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (i) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, conservatorship, dissolution, rehabilitation or reorganization or other similar proceeding or law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property or (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated; or
(f) a court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and, in each case, such order or petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days.
Section 11. Remedies on Default, Etc.
Section 11.1 Acceleration . (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 10(e) or (f) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 10(e)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.
(b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the holder or holders of more than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time, at its or their option, by written notice to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.
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(c) Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 11.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.
Section 11.2 Other Remedies . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the holder of any Note shall have the right to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, and such right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder.
Section 11.3 No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc . No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holders rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. The Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all reasonable costs and expenses of such holder incurred following the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default in any enforcement or collection under this Section 11, including reasonable attorneys fees, expenses and disbursements.
Section 12. Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes.
Section 12.1 Registration of Notes . The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note, promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of the Notes.
Section 12.2 Transfer and Exchange of Notes . Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 16(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holders attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address, tax identification number and other information reasonably satisfactory to the Company that no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with such transfer (which may include a legal opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company) for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Companys expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate
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principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $1,000,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $1,000,000.
Section 12.3 Replacement of Notes . Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 16(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and
(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, or
(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,
within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.
Section 13. Payments on Notes.
Section 13.1 Place of Payment . Subject to Section 13.2, payments of principal and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in Duluth, Georgia at the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in the United States.
Section 13.2 Home Office Payment . So long as the Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 13.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal and interest by the method and at the address specified below the Purchasers name at the beginning of this Agreement, or by such other reasonable method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made prior to, concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or redemption in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such
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Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by the Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 12.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 13.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchaser has made in this Section 13.2.
Section 14. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.
All representations and warranties contained herein are made as of the date of this Agreement (unless specifically addressing matters only as of a particular date, then as of that date) and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by the Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement (but excluding statements contained in any certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6 to the extent such statements relate to the condition (including financial position) or transactions of the Company or any Subsidiary on or prior to April 15, 2010) shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between the Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 15. Amendment and Waiver.
Section 15.1 Requirements . This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the holder or holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, except that (a) for so long as the Purchaser is a holder of a Note, no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Sections 15.1(a) and 17 hereof, or any defined term as it is used therein, will be effective as to the Purchaser unless consented to by the Purchaser in writing, and (b) no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to acceleration, change the amount or time of any payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 10(a), 10(b) or 11. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended by the Company, without the consent of any holder of any Note, to add any Subsidiary of the Company as a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 18.11.
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Section 15.2 Delivery . The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 15 to each holder of outstanding Notes reasonably promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.
Section 15.3 Binding Effect, etc . Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 15 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.
Section 15.4 Notes Held by Company, etc . Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates under the Control of the Company shall be deemed not to be outstanding.
Section 16. Notices.
Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by facsimile, with confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service or (c) on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid:
(i) if to the Purchaser or its nominee, to the Purchaser or nominee at the address specified below the Purchasers name at the beginning of this Agreement, or at such other address as the Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,
(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or
(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at 3120 Breckinridge Blvd., Duluth, Georgia 30099, to the attention of the General Counsel, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.
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Section 17. Substitution of Purchaser; Assignment and Transfer.
(a) Substitution of Purchaser . The Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to acquire hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both the Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliates agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 5. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to the Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 17), shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 17), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.
(b) Assignment and Transfer . The holders of the Notes may, upon written notice to the Company, assign, participate, grant security interests in, or otherwise transfer any portion of the Notes, and may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder. Upon such notice, the Company shall transfer or exchange any Note pursuant to the procedures and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 12.2.
Section 18. Miscellaneous.
Section 18.1 Successors and Assigns . All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.
Section 18.2 Payments Due on Non-Business Days . Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 7.4 that the notice of any optional redemption specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such redemption), any payment of principal of or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
Section 18.3 Accounting Terms . All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 18.4 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
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prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 18.5 Construction, etc . Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.
For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof.
Section 18.6 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.
Section 18.7 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
Section 18.8 Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial . (a) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(b) The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 18.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 16 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.
(c) Nothing in this Section 18.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.
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(d) The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.
Section 18.9 Immunity . A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each holder of the Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 18.10 Interpretation . All headings used herein are used for convenience only and shall not be used to construe or interpret this Agreement or the Notes. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used herein, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. When a reference herein is made to a party or parties, such reference shall be to a party or parties to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms hereof, herein, hereby, hereto and derivative or similar words in this Agreement refer to this entire Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise, words in this Agreement using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other genders. When a reference is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated. References to dollars or $ are to U.S. dollars. References to days, months or years shall mean calendar days, months or years unless specified otherwise.
Section 18.11 Guaranty . Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, each as a primary obligor and not merely as surety, the full and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Agreement, whether such obligations are absolute or contingent, now existing or subsequently arising, now due or hereafter falling due, monetary or otherwise, as if it were a direct obligor of the Notes. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and performance when due and not of collection. The Purchaser and each holder of Notes acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from, or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 18.11, result in the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor under its guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of the
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capital stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor following which such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, in each case to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company, then such Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released and relieved of any obligations under this Section 18.11, without any further act by any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser and each holder of Notes hereby agrees to execute any agreement or instrument (at the expense of the Company) that the Company reasonably requests in order to evidence such release.
Section 19. Confidential Information . For the purposes of this Section 19, Confidential Information means information delivered to any Non-Affiliate Holder by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by the Non-Affiliate Holder as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to the Non-Affiliate Holder prior to the time of the delivery of such information to such Non-Affiliate Holder by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (other than through disclosure by (x) the Company or any Subsidiary or (y) a Person who was under a duty of confidentiality to the Company), (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by the Non-Affiliate Holder or any person acting on the holders behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to the Non-Affiliate Holder other than through disclosure by (x) the Company or any Subsidiary or (y) a Person who was under a duty of confidentiality to the Company or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to the Non-Affiliate Holder under Section 6.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Non-Affiliate Holder will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such holder in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such holder, provided that each Non-Affiliate Holder may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and Affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes and such Persons are informed of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 19), (ii) its financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 19, (iii) any other Non-Affiliate Holder that is an Institutional Investor, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 19), (v) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, regulation, the rules of an applicable securities exchange or compulsory legal process or upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Non-Affiliate Holder (in which case each such holder agrees, and agrees to direct its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees, financial advisors and other professional advisors, to the extent permitted by law, to inform the Company as promptly as practicable thereof so that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, in each case at the Companys own expense, and/or waive compliance with the terms of this Section 19, it being understood that if such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Company does not waive compliance
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with the provisions hereof, each such holder agrees to furnish only that portion of such information which it is legally required or requested to furnish and to use reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such information) or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent the Non-Affiliate Holder may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under the holders Notes and this Agreement. Each Non-Affiliate Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 19 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any Non-Affiliate Holder of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 19.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you, the Company and, solely with respect to Section 18.11, the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Very truly yours,
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Schedule A
Defined Terms
As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:
Affiliate means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and, with respect to the Company, shall include any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition and in Section 15.4, Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an Affiliate is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.
Agreement means this Note Agreement, dated as of [ ], 2010, by and between the Purchaser, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.
Capital Lease means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.
Change of Control is defined in Section 7.5.
Change of Control Notice is defined in Section 7.5(c).
Competitor means any Person that directly (or indirectly through any Affiliate of such Person) manufactures or distributes life insurance products.
Default means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.
Electronic Delivery is defined in Section 6.1(a).
Environmental Laws means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous Materials.
Event of Default is defined in Section 10.
Exchange Agreement is defined in Section 2.
Form 10-K is defined in Section 6.1(b).
Form 10-Q is defined in Section 6.1(a).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.
Governmental Authority means
(a) the government of
(i) the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or
(ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
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Guaranty means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:
(a) to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;
(b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;
(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or
(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.
In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.
Hazardous Material means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.
holder means, with respect to any Note the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 12.1.
Indebtedness with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,
(a) its liabilities for borrowed money;
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(b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);
(c) all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases;
(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);
(e) all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money); and
(f) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.
Initial Period is defined in Section 8.4(a).
Institutional Investor means (a) the Purchaser, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of its Affiliates) more than 20% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding or (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form.
Issuance Date is defined in Section 3.
Lien means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).
Material means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the Notes.
Net Tangible Book Value means, at any date, all amounts that would, on a consolidated basis and in conformity with GAAP, represent total assets (excluding deferred policy acquisition costs), less intangible assets, reduced by our total liabilities.
Non-Affiliate Holders is defined in Section 6.1.
Notes is defined in Section 1.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental Authority.
property or properties means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.
Purchaser is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Refinancing Indebtedness is defined in Section 8.4(a).
Registration Statement is defined in Section 4.
Responsible Officer means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor thereto.
Second Period is defined as Section 8.4(a).
Securities or Security shall have the meaning specified in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.
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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
Senior Financial Officer means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company or persons serving in comparable positions.
Significant Subsidiary shall have the meaning given such term pursuant to Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.
Subsidiary means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a Subsidiary is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.
Subsidiary Guarantor is defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
USA Patriot Act means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent of all of the equity interests (except directors qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Companys other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.
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Exhibit 1
Form of Note
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED WITHOUT A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (AS AMENDED, THE ACT), OR UNDER STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE MAY BE MADE UNLESS (A) REGISTERED OR EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (B) THE CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE NOTE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW ARE SATISFIED.
Primerica, Inc.
5.5% Note Due March [ ], 2015
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For Value Received, the undersigned, Primerica, Inc. (herein called the Company ), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid or redeemed) on March [ ], 2015 (the Maturity Date ), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 5.5% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 15th day of January and July in each year, commencing with the 15 th day of January or July next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on the Maturity Date.
Payments of principal of and interest on this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at 3120 Breckinridge Blvd., Duluth Georgia 30099 or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Agreement referred to below or as provided for in Section 13.2 in the Note Agreement referred to below.
This Note is one of a series of Notes (herein called the Notes ) issued pursuant to the Note Agreement, dated as of March [ ], 2010 (as from time to time amended, the Note Agreement ), between the Company and the Purchaser named therein and entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 19 of the Note Agreement and (ii)
made the representation set forth in Section 5.1 of the Note Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Agreement. The Companys obligations under the Notes are, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors, pursuant to Section 18.11 of the Note Agreement.
This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note is subject to optional redemption, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Agreement, but not otherwise.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price and with the effect provided in the Note Agreement.
This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
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Exhibit 5.1
March 26, 2010
Primerica, Inc.
3120 Breckinridge Blvd.
Duluth, GA 30099
Re: | Primerica, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 |
(File No. 333-162918)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the initial public offering (the IPO) of 18,000,000 shares (the Firm Shares) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), by Citigroup Insurance Holding Corporation (CIHC), a Georgia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (Citigroup), through underwriters (the Underwriters) to be named in an underwriting agreement by and among the Company, CIHC, Citigroup and the Underwriters, substantially in the form filed on the date hereof as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement (as defined below) (the Underwriting Agreement), and the sale of up to 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock (the Option Shares) by CIHC to the Underwriters pursuant to an over-allotment option contained in the Underwriting Agreement. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are collectively referred to herein as the Shares. The Shares are expected to be issued by the Company to CIHC concurrently with the execution of the Underwriting Agreement on the pricing date of the IPO pursuant to an exchange and transfer agreement to be entered into by and between the Company and CIHC shortly prior thereto (the Exchange Agreement).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the registration statement of the Company on Form S-1 (File No. 333-162918) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on November 5, 2009, as modified by Amendment Nos. 1 through 5 thereto filed with the Commission on December 22, 2009, February 5, 2010, March 2, 2010, March 17, 2010 and the date hereof, respectively (as so amended, the Registration Statement); (ii) the form of
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the Underwriting Agreement; (iii) the form of the Exchange Agreement; (iv) the form of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, which has been filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement (the Certificate of Incorporation); (v) the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (the By-laws); (vi) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (vii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares to CIHC, the adoption of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws, and related matters; and (viii) certain resolutions of the stockholders of the Company relating to the adoption of the Certificate of Incorporation and related matters. We also have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.
In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of documents executed or to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.
Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Delaware corporate law, and we do not express any opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinion stated herein.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that when (i) the Certificate of Incorporation has been filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and become effective under Delaware law, (ii) the Exchange Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and CIHC, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto, (iv) one or more certificates representing the Shares in the form of the specimen certificate examined by us have been manually signed by an authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar, and (v) such certificates have been delivered to and paid for by CIHC pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Shares will have been duly authorized and validly issued, and will be fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
Exhibit 10.48
FORM OF
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
FORM OF
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the Agreement ) is made and entered into as of March , 2010 between PRIMERICA, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and [name] ( Indemnitee ).
BACKGROUND
Highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as directors and/or officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation.
The Board of Directors of the Company (the Board ) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the corporation or business enterprise itself. The Bylaws of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ( DGCL ). The Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and contemplate that agreements may be entered into between the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification.
The uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons. The Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Companys stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future.
The Board has determined that it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified.
This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto and the DGCL, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
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Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Companys Bylaws, the DGCL and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer and/or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified.
In consideration of Indemnitees agreement to serve as an officer and director of the Company from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Indemnity of Indemnitee . The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Law. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof:
(a) Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company . Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of his Corporate Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitees conduct was unlawful. Pursuant to this Section 1(a) , Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him, or on his behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein.
(b) Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company . Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of his Corporate Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(b) , Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee, or on the Indemnitees behalf, in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if the Law so requires, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.
(c) Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by Law, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
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2. Additional Indemnity . In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 , the Company shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), including all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive wrongdoing of Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the Companys obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 ) to be unlawful.
3. Contribution .
(a) Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.
(b) Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to Law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which the Law may require to be considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.
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(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.
(d) To the fullest extent permissible under Law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
4. Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness, or is made (or asked to) respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith, without any determination pursuant to Section 6 .
5. Advancement of Expenses . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitees Corporate Status within [ thirty (30) ] days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements must reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and must include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free.
6. Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification . It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the Law, including the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company.
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(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6(a) , a determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following three methods, which shall be at the election of the Board: (1) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee. For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change of Control, the determination of entitlement to indemnification will in all events be made by Independent Counsel (unless the Indemnitee requests in writing that the determination be made by the Board as contemplated above).
(c) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) , the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c) . The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board. Indemnitee may, within 10 days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of Independent Counsel as defined in Section 14 , and the objection shall set forth the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) , no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Indemnitee to the Companys selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) . The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) , and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c) , regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed.
(d) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by
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the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(e) Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitees action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers, employees, agents or representatives of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
(f) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation and/or information relating thereto.
(g) Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any Independent Counsel, member of the Board or stockholder of the Company shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination regarding the Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitees request for indemnification, including his cooperation with the person, persons or entity making such determination, shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification), and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(h) The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. If any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including
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settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
(i) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
7. Remedies of Indemnitee .
(a) If (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 , (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, or (iv) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6 , Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitees entitlement to such indemnification. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitees right to seek any such adjudication.
(b) If a determination has been made pursuant to Section 6(b) that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b) .
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 , absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) If Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7 , seeks a judicial adjudication of his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, the Company shall pay on his behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 14 ) actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.
(e) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the
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Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by Law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
8. Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Subrogation .
(a) The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors or otherwise, of the Company. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) If any payment is made under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(c) The Companys obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses under this Agreement to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
9. Insurance .
(a) The Company shall, from time to time, use good faith, commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of insurance,
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including broad form individual non-indemnifiable loss coverage (with difference-in-condition feature), with reputable insurance companies providing the officers and directors of the Company with coverage for losses from wrongful acts, or to ensure the Companys performance of its indemnification and advancement of Expenses obligations under this Agreement. If the Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance, the Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such manner as to provide the Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Companys officers or directors. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. If the Company does not maintain insurance as contemplate under this Section 8(b), then it will provide prompt written notice of such fact to the Indemnitee.
(b) In the event of a Change in Control, the Company shall obtain and maintain in effect for a period of six (6) years from the effective date of the Change in Control (either through the Companys then-existing insurance programs and/or through the purchase of additional insurance policies), the insurance coverage provided by the Companys then current directors and officers liability insurance and broad form individual non-indemnifiable loss (with difference-in-condition feature) policies, in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, covering the Indemnitee [on terms of coverage and in amounts no less favorable to the Indemnitee than those of the policies in effect as of , 2010] or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage.
(c) The Company further agrees that all of the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect regardless of whether liability or other insurance coverage is at any time obtained or retained by the Company; except that any payments made to, or on behalf of, the Indemnitee under an insurance policy shall reduce the obligations of the Company hereunder.
10. Exception to Right of Indemnification . Except as provided in Section 16, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or
(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
(c) in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.
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11. Duration of Agreement . The provisions of this Agreement shall be retroactive to cover acts and omissions or alleged acts or omissions which have taken place prior to the date of this Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement will continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee is or becomes subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 7 ) by reason of his Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any Proceeding is commenced or liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. The Company must require any successor or assignee (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries, to enter into a written agreement in form reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, in which such successor expressly assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession or assignment had occurred.
12. Security . To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Companys obligations under this Agreement through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
13. Enforcement .
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it under this Agreement in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or director of the Company.
(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. However, if the Indemnitee is a third party beneficiary of any agreement entered into by the Company in connection with a Change in Control (a Transaction Agreement), this Agreement shall in no way limit any additional protections afforded to the Indemnitee as a third party beneficiary pursuant to the terms of such Transaction Agreement.
14. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(b) A Change of Control shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities;
(ii) Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(iii) or (b)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a least a majority of the members of the Board;
(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity; and
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets.
(c) Corporate Status describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the request of the Company. It is expressly understood and agreed that, from all times after [the beginning of calendar year 1999], the Indemnitee has served as an officer, director, and/or employee of [Primerica Life Insurance Company] and its operating entities, including [ List relevant Primerica entities ] (collectively, the Primerica Companies), and that
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the indemnification and other rights provided for under this Agreement will apply to any Proceeding arising out of Indemnitees service as an officer, director, employee and/or agent of any of the Primerica Companies prior to, on or after the date of this Agreement.
(d) DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(e) Disinterested Director means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(f) Enterprise means the Company and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(g) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(h) Expenses will include all 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 prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses also will include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(i) Independent Counsel means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Counsel will not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitees rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. In all cases, Independent Counsel will be selected by the Board, subject to the objection procedures in Section 6(c).
(j) Law means applicable laws, rules, and regulations, as they may be amended from time and time and are then in effect.
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(k) Person has the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, and (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company.
(l) Proceeding includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was an officer or director of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as an officer or director of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other Enterprise; in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 to enforce his rights under this Agreement.
15. Spousal Indemnification . The Company will indemnify the Indemnitees spouse to whom the Indemnitee is legally married at any time the Indemnitee is covered under the indemnification provided in this Agreement (even if Indemnitee did not remain married to her during the entire period of coverage) against Proceeding for the same period, to the same extent and subject to the same standards, limitations, obligations and conditions under which the Indemnitee is provided indemnification under this Agreement, if the Indemnitees spouse (or former spouse) becomes involved in a Proceeding by reason of his or her status as Indemnitees spouse, including any Proceeding that seeks damages recoverable from marital community property, jointly-owned property or property purported to have been transferred from the Indemnitee to his/her spouse (or former spouse). The Indemnitees spouse or former spouse also shall be entitled to advancement of Expenses to the same extent that Indemnitee is entitled to advancement of Expenses under this Agreement. The Company may maintain insurance to cover its obligation under this Agreement with respect to Indemnitees spouse (or former spouse) or set aside assets in a trust or escrow fund for that purpose.
16. Attorneys Fees and Other Expenses to Enforce Agreement . If the Indemnitee is subject to or intervenes in any proceeding in which the validity or enforceability of this Agreement is at issue or seeks an adjudication or award in arbitration to enforce the Indemnitees rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement the Indemnitee, if he prevails in whole or in part in such action, shall be entitled to recover from the Company and shall be indemnified by the Company against any actual expenses for attorneys fees and disbursements reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee.
17. Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement will in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. If any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.
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18. Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
19. Notice By Indemnitee . Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered under this Agreement. The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.
20. Notices . All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent:
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21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
22. Headings; Interpretation . The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. All Section references are to the corresponding Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. As used in this Agreement, the term including means including, without limitation in each instance.
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23. Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or any other court in Delaware that has jurisdiction over the matter) (the Delaware Court ), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably [name] [address] as its agent in the State of Delaware as such partys agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
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