UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) August 12, 2013

 

 

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33143   04-3106389
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

59 Maiden Lane, 43 rd Floor, New York, New York   10038
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(212) 220-7120

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.133-4 (c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information required by this Item 1.01 is set forth under Item 8.01 below and is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this Item.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information required by this Item 2.03 is set forth under Item 8.01 below and is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this Item.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 15, 2013, AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (the “ Company ”) closed the sale of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.125% notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”) to certain initial purchasers in a private placement.

The sale was consummated pursuant to a purchase agreement, dated August 12, 2013 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and between the Company, on the one hand, and Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule I thereto (the “ Initial Purchasers ”), on the other hand.

The Company issued the Notes under an indenture, dated as of December 21, 2011 (the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture, dated as of August 15, 2013 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee.

The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 6.125% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 15th and August 15th of each year, beginning on February 15, 2014. The Notes will be the Company’s general unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with its other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of its indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes. The Notes will also be effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness and are structurally subordinated to the existing and future indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries (including trade payables). The Notes will mature on August 15, 2023, unless earlier purchased by the Company

The Indenture contains customary covenants, such as reporting of annual and quarterly financial results, and restrictions on certain mergers and consolidations. The Indenture also includes covenants relating to the incurrence of debt if the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio would exceed 0.35 to 1.00, a limitation on liens and a limitation on the disposition of stock of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. The Company will pay additional interest of .50% per year if its consolidated leverage ratio exceeds 0.30 to 1.00 and additional interest of 1.00% per year if its consolidated leverage ratio exceeds 0.35 to 1.00.

The Notes and the Indenture contain customary events of default, including failure to pay principal or interest, breach of covenants, cross-acceleration to other debt in excess of $10 million, unsatisfied final judgments of $15 million or more and bankruptcy events, all subject to terms, including notice and cure periods, set forth in the Indenture. In addition, it is an event of default under the Indenture if the Company has a consolidated leverage ratio in excess of 0.35 to 1.00 for a period of thirty days, unless in connection with an acquisition, in which case the grace period is eighteen months.

The Notes were offered and sold only to qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any relevant state or jurisdiction.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds it will receive from the offering will be approximately $247.26 million, after deducting initial purchaser discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures and/or strategic acquisitions.


The descriptions of the agreements described above are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by the reference to the full text of the respective agreements, which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

On August 12, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated August 15, 2013, by and between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers
4.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2013, by and between the Company and the Trustee
4.2    Form of 6.125% Notes due 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1)
99.1    Pricing Press Release, dated August 12, 2013, announcing the pricing of the Notes


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

(Registrant)

Date August 15, 2013

 

/s/ Stephen Ungar

Stephen Ungar

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 1.1

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

6.125% Senior Notes due 2023

Purchase Agreement

August 12, 2013

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC,

as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

named in Schedule I hereto,

 

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

200 West Street,

New York, New York 10282-2198,

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,

383 Madison Ave.,

New York, NY 10179,

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC,

1585 Broadway,

New York, NY 10036.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Purchasers”) an aggregate of $250,000,000 principal amount of the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Securities”).

 

1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Purchaser that:

 

  (a)

An initial offering memorandum, dated August 9, 2013 (the “Initial Offering Memorandum”), a preliminary offering memorandum, dated August 12, 2013 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and an offering memorandum, dated August 12, 2013 (the “Offering Memorandum”), have been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b)), is hereinafter referred to the “Pricing


  Memorandum”. Any reference to the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and all subsequent documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on or prior to the date of such memorandum and incorporated by reference therein. Any reference to the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, as amended or supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include (i) any documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum and incorporated by reference therein, as the case may be, and prior to such specified date and (ii) any Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 5(f)) furnished by the Company prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities. All documents filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Reports”. The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(a) hereof; the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum and any amendments or supplements thereto and the Exchange Act Reports did not and will not, as of their respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a purchaser through the representatives expressly for use therein;

 

  (b)

For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 5:15 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Memorandum as supplemented by the information set forth in Schedule III hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include 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; and each Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (as defined in Section 6(a)(ii)) listed on Schedule II(b) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Pricing Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include 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; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements made in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package or a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance

 

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  upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through the representatives expressly for use therein;

 

  (c) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Memorandum any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Memorandum; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Memorandum, there has not been any change in the capital stock (excluding the issuance of stock option grants, awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the exercise of any stock options, or the vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units, which in each case are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Change”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Memorandum;

 

  (d) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all material real property and good and marketable title to all material tangible personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries that are material to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ businesses are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such customary exceptions or such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

  (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Memorandum, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each “Material Subsidiary” of the Company listed in Annex III has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;

 

  (f)

Each of the Company’s insurance company subsidiaries (an “Insurance Subsidiary”) is duly organized and licensed as an insurance company in its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, as the case may be (whether inside or outside the United States), and each of the Insurance Subsidiaries is duly licensed or authorized as an insurer in each other jurisdiction (whether inside or outside the United States) where it is required to be so licensed or authorized to conduct its business as set forth in each of the Pricing Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, in each case, with such exceptions,

 

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  individually or in the aggregate, as would not result in a Material Adverse Change; each of the Insurance Subsidiaries is in compliance with the requirements of the insurance laws and regulations of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, as the case may be, and the insurance laws and regulations of other jurisdictions that are applicable to it, and has filed all notices, reports, documents or other information required to be filed thereunder (“Notices”), in each case with such exceptions, individually or in the aggregate, as would not result in a Material Adverse Change; and, except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its Insurance Subsidiaries has received any notification from any insurance regulatory authority to the effect that any additional consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification (“Approval”) from such insurance regulatory authority is needed to be obtained by the Company or its Insurance Subsidiaries in any case where it would be reasonably expected that the failure to obtain such Approval would result in a Material Adverse Change;

 

  (g) Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Insurance Subsidiaries has filed all Notices pursuant to, and has obtained all Approvals required to be obtained under, and has otherwise complied with all requirements of, all applicable insurance laws and regulations in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, in each case with such exceptions, individually or in the aggregate, as would not result in a Material Adverse Change;

 

  (h) The 2012 statutory annual statements of each Insurance Subsidiary and the statutory balance sheets and income statements included in such statutory annual statements together with related schedules and notes have been prepared, in all material respects, in conformity with statutory accounting principles and practices required or permitted by the appropriate insurance regulator of the jurisdiction of organization or incorporation (whether inside or outside the United States) of each such Insurance Subsidiary, and such statutory accounting principles and practices have been applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may otherwise be indicated therein or in the notes thereto, and present fairly, in all material respects, the statutory financial position of such Insurance Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof, and the statutory basis results of operations of such Insurance Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby;

 

  (i) The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Memorandum and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;

 

  (j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

 

  (k)

The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture dated as of December 21, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), together with the supplemental indenture to be dated as of August 15, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) under which they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to you; the Indenture has been duly authorized and when executed and delivered by the

 

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  Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to you;

 

  (l) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (iii) result in the breach or violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or insurance regulatory authority or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, as would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change or prevent the execution or delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Securities; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or insurance regulatory authority or governmental agency or body is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Purchasers;

 

  (m) Neither the Company nor any of its Insurance Subsidiaries is in violation of its respective constitutive documents or By-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, credit agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound which default would result in a Material Adverse Change;

 

  (n) The statements set forth in the Pricing Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes” and, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;

 

  (o)

Other than as set forth in the Pricing Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the

 

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  best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

  (p) When the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) as securities that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system;

 

  (q) The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

  (r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

 

  (s) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its or their behalf has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Act;

 

  (t) Within the preceding six months, neither the Company nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold to any person any Securities, or any securities of the same or a similar class as the Securities, other than Securities offered or sold to the Purchasers hereunder. The Company will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Act) of any Securities or any substantially similar security issued by the Company, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Securities has been completed (as notified to the Company by the representatives), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act;

 

  (u) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting; it is understood that the Company’s management has not conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting for any period after June 30, 2013;

 

  (v) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Memorandum, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

 

  (w)

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material

 

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  information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;

 

  (x) BDO USA LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

 

  (y) The Company and its Insurance Subsidiaries maintain insurance against such losses and risks as is, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries 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 reasonably necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change;

 

  (z) Except as would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (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;

 

  (aa) Neither the Company nor any of its Insurance Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries, acting on behalf of the Company or its Insurance 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 Insurance Subsidiaries and 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;

 

  (bb) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, acting on behalf of the Company, is currently subject to any U.S. 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;

 

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  (cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has (A) timely filed all United States federal, state and local tax returns, information returns, and similar reports that are required to be filed (taking into account valid extensions), and all tax returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (B) paid in full all taxes shown as due thereon and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change, and (C) established on the most recent balance sheet reserves that are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due and payable;

 

  (dd) The Company and each of the subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); there has not been any violation of any provision of ERISA concerning the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries except for such violations which would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change; no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of the subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates would have any liability that would result in a Material Adverse Change; neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has incurred and do not expect to incur liability that would result in a Material Adverse Change, with respect to any employee benefit plan maintained or sponsored by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate, under (A) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (B) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively the “Code”); and each “employee benefit plan” for which the Company and each of its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification that would result in a Material Adverse Change. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 400(b) of ERISA of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member; and

 

  (ee) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.00% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto.

 

3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the several Purchasers propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum and each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Company that:

 

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  (a) It will offer and sell the Securities only to persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” (“QIBs”) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A;

 

  (b) It is an Institutional Accredited Investor within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act;

 

  (c) It will not offer or sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Act; and

 

  (d) It will comply with the selling restrictions set forth in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in the Offering Memorandum.

 

4. (a)

The Securities to be purchased by each Purchaser hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form the will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to the representatives, for the account of each Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to the representatives for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2013 or such other time and date as the representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing.

 

  (b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8(i) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 (the “Closing Location”), and the Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. Such time and date are herein called the “Time of Delivery.”

 

5. The Company agrees with each of the Purchasers:

 

  (a) To prepare the Offering Memorandum in a form approved by you; to make no amendment or any supplement to the Offering Memorandum which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; and to furnish you with copies thereof;

 

  (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to

 

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qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

 

  (c) To furnish the Purchasers with written and electronic copies thereof in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request, and if, at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the date of the Offering Memorandum, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include an 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 when such Offering Memorandum is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Purchaser and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Offering Memorandum or a supplement to the Offering Memorandum, which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

 

  (d) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the Time of Delivery (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing with respect to any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities, without your prior written consent;

 

  (e) Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of two years after the Time of Delivery, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;

 

  (f) At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders from time to time of Securities, to furnish at its expense, upon request, to holders of Securities and prospective purchasers of securities information (the “Additional Issuer Information”) satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Act;

 

  (g) Except for such documents that are publicly available on EDGAR, to furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the date of the Offering Memorandum), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

 

  (h) During the period of one year after the Time of Delivery, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them; and

 

  (i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Pricing Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds”.

 

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6.

 

  (a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (any such offer is hereinafter referred to as a “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document”);

(ii) each Purchaser represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the representatives, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of securities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (any such offer (other than any such term sheets), is hereinafter referred to as a “Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document”); and

(iii) any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the representatives is listed on Schedule II(b) hereto;

 

  7.

The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the issue of the Securities and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and reproduction of the Initial Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Purchasers, this Agreement, the Indenture, a Blue Sky memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys (not to exceed $7,500); (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with, any required reviews by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing certificates for the Securities; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (viii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Purchasers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any

 

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of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

8. The obligations of the Purchasers hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

 

  (a) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, shall have furnished to you their written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

  (b) (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated the Time of Delivery, and (ii) Stephen B. Ungar, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, and on behalf of the Company, Wesco Insurance Company, and Technology Insurance Company, Inc.; McCann Fitzgerald, counsel for AmTrust International Underwriters Limited; Jeremy Cadle, General Counsel of AmTrust International Underwriters Limited; Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, counsel for AmTrust Europe, Ltd.; Jeremy Cadle, General Counsel of AmTrust Europe, Ltd.; and Wakefield Quin, counsel for AmTrust International Insurance Ltd. shall each have furnished to you his or her written opinions (drafts of such opinions are attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated the Time of Delivery ;

 

  (c) On the date of the Offering Memorandum prior to the execution of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, BDO USA LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;

 

  (d) (i)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Memorandum any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Memorandum, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Memorandum there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (excluding the issuance of stock option grants, awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the exercise of any stock options, or the vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units, which in each case are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or long term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Memorandum, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum;

 

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  (e) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities or the Company’s financial strength or claims paying ability by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities or the Company’s financial strength or claims-paying ability;

 

  (f) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on the NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere; if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum; and

 

  (g) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsection (d) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

 

9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Initial Offering Memorandum or any drafts of any portions thereof provided to any third party by or with the consent of the Company, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Company shall 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 an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Initial Offering Memorandum or any drafts of any portions thereof provided to any third party by or with the consent of the Company, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through the representatives expressly for use therein.

 

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  (b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Initial Offering Memorandum or any drafts of any portions thereof provided to any third party by or with the consent of the Company, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Initial Offering Memorandum or any drafts of any portions thereof provided to any third party by or with the consent of the Company, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser through the representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

 

  (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

  (d)

If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in

 

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such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the Offering Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Purchasers on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities purchased by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors exceeds the amount of any damages that such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

  (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Purchaser; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

 

10. (a) 

If any Purchaser shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty six hours after such default by any Purchaser you do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on

 

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such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Offering Memorandum, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Offering Memorandum which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Purchaser” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.

 

  (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Purchaser or Purchaser for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

 

  (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Purchasers to purchase Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Purchasers as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

 

11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Purchasers, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any controlling person of any Purchaser, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

12.

If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof (subject to the last sentence of this Section 12), the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Purchasers through you for all out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Purchasers in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant

 

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to Section 10 by reason of the default by one or more Purchasers, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Purchasers for any out-of-pocket expenses.

 

13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Purchasers, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Purchaser made or given by the representatives. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives at Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10179, Phone: (212) 834-4533, Facsimile: (212) 212-834-6081, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk; and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212) 761-6691, Facsimile: (212) 507-8999, Attention: Investment Banking Division; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Offering Memorandum, Attention: Secretary; provided , however , that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Purchaser at its address set forth in its Purchasers’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

 

14. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the initial purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the initial purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.

 

15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Purchasers, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Purchaser, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Purchaser shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

 

16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

 

17. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Purchasers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Purchaser, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

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18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

19. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.

 

20. The Company and each of the Purchasers 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.

 

21. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

22. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Purchaser is authorized to disclose to any and all persons, the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Purchasers’ imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax treatment” means US federal and state income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us four counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
By:   /s/ Stephen B. Ungar
 

 

  Name: Stephen B. Ungar
  Title: Secretary

 

Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:    /s/ Adam T. Greene
 

 

  Name: Adam T. Greene
  Title: Vice President
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:   /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner
 

 

  Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
  Title: Executive Director
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:   /s/ Yurij Slyz
 

 

  Name: Yurij Slyz
  Title: Executive Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

     Principal
Amount of
Securities to be
Purchased
 
Purchaser   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

   $ 135,000,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     37,500,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     37,500,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     12,500,000   

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     12,500,000   

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     2,500,000   

Wedbush Securities Inc.

     2,500,000   

JMP Securities LLC

     5,000,000   

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     2,500,000   

Sidoti & Company, LLC

     2,500,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 250,000,000   
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

 

(a) Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:

 

(b) Approved Supplemental Disclosure Documents:


SCHEDULE III

Term Sheet


PRICING TERM SHEET

Dated August 12, 2013

A M T RUST F INANCIAL S ERVICES , I NC .

Offering of

$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of

6.125% Senior Notes due 2023

(the “Offering”)

The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Offering and should be read together with the preliminary offering memorandum dated August 12, 2013 relating to the Offering, including the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”). The information in this pricing term sheet supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information contained therein. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

 

Issuer:    AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Title of Securities:    6.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes Offered:            $250,000,000
Maturity Date:    August 15, 2023
Net Proceeds of the Offering after Initial Purchasers’ Discounts but Excluding Offering Expenses:    $247,500,000
Interest Rate:   

6.125 % per annum, accruing from the Settlement Date

The interest rate payable on the Notes is subject to increase under certain circumstances if the Issuer incurs additional indebtedness, as described under “Description of Notes—Interest” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum

Interest Payment Dates:    Each February 15 and August 15, beginning on February 15, 2014
Interest Payment Record Dates:    Each February 1 and August 1, beginning on February 1, 2014
Issue Price:    100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date
Benchmark Treasury:    UST 2.500% due August 2023
Benchmark Treasury Yield:    2.609%
Make-whole Redemption:    At any time at make-whole call price equal to the greater of the principal amount of the Notes and a make-whole premium based on Treasury + 50 bps
Co-Book-Running Managers:   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC


Senior Co-Managers:   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

Wedbush Securities Inc.

Co-Managers:   

JMP Securities LLC

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

Sidoti & Company, LLC

Pricing Date:    August 12, 2013
Trade Date:    August 15, 2013
Settlement Date:    August 15, 2013 (T+3)
CUSIP/ISIN Number:    032359 AD3 / US032359AD39

Initial Purchasers’ Discounts and Commissions:

   The following table shows the issue price, the initial purchasers’ discounts and the proceeds before expenses to the Issuer from the Offering:

 

     Per Note     Total  

Public offering price

     100.00   $ 250,000,000   

Initial purchasers’ discounts

     1.00   $ 2,500,000   

Proceeds, before expenses, to AmTrust Financial
Services, Inc.

     99.00   $ 247,500,000   

******

This material is confidential and is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities or the Offering and should be read in conjunction with the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Unless they are registered, the Notes may be offered only in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Issuer is offering the Notes in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act. For further details about eligible offerees and resale restrictions, see “Notice to Investors” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification of such securities under the laws of any such jurisdiction.

A copy of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum may be obtained by contacting: Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 866-471-2526, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 212-834-4533, or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 866-718-1649.

ANY LEGENDS, DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH LEGENDS, DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

Exhibit 4.1

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

as Issuer

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

Second Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of August 15, 2013

to the Indenture dated as of

December 21, 2011

 

 

6.125% Notes due 2023


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       Page  

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

  

SECTION 1.01 Scope of Supplemental Indenture

     1   

SECTION 1.02 Definitions

     2   

SECTION 1.03 References to Interest

     10   

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

  

SECTION 2.01 Title and Terms; Payments

     10   

SECTION 2.02 Forms

     11   

SECTION 2.03 Transfer and Exchange; Restrictions on Transfer

     12   

SECTION 2.04 Payments on the Securities

     16   

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTIONS; NO SINKING FUND

  

SECTION 3.01 Redemption

     18   

SECTION 3.02 No Sinking Fund

     18   

ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

  

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest

     18   

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency

     18   

SECTION 4.03 Reports; 144A Information; Additional Interest

     19   

SECTION 4.04 Excess Ratio Debt; First- and Second-Level Additional Interest

     20   

SECTION 4.05 Statements as to Defaults

     21   

SECTION 4.06 First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest Notice

     21   

SECTION 4.07 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness

     21   

SECTION 4.08 Limitation on Liens

     21   

SECTION 4.09 Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Significant Subsidiaries

     22   

 

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ARTICLE 5

REMEDIES

  

SECTION 5.01 General

     22   

SECTION 5.02 Events of Default

     23   

SECTION 5.03 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment

     25   

SECTION 5.04 Waiver of Past Defaults

     26   

SECTION 5.05 Control by Majority

     26   

SECTION 5.06 Limitation on Suits

     27   

SECTION 5.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     27   

SECTION 5.08 Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee

     27   

SECTION 5.09 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

     27   

SECTION 5.10 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     28   

SECTION 5.11 Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     28   

SECTION 5.12 Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     28   

SECTION 5.13 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver

     28   

SECTION 5.14 Priorities

     29   

SECTION 5.15 Undertaking for Costs

     29   

SECTION 5.16 Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

     29   

SECTION 5.17 Notices from the Trustee

     30   

ARTICLE 6

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

  

SECTION 6.01 Inapplicability of Provisions of Base Indenture; Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture; Defeasance

     30   

SECTION 6.02 Satisfaction and Discharge

     30   

SECTION 6.03 Defeasance

     31   

SECTION 6.04 Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee

     31   

SECTION 6.05 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held; Repayment to Company

     32   

SECTION 6.06 Return of Unclaimed Monies

     32   

SECTION 6.07 Reinstatement

     32   

SECTION 6.08 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations

     32   

 

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ARTICLE 7

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  

SECTION 7.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     32   

SECTION 7.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

     33   

SECTION 7.03 Notice of Amendment or Supplement

     34   

ARTICLE 8

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

  

SECTION 8.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

     34   

SECTION 8.02 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms

     34   

SECTION 8.03 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted

     35   

SECTION 8.04 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee

     36   

ARTICLE 9

TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

  

SECTION 9.01 Payment of Tax Additional Amounts

     36   

SECTION 9.02 Exceptions to Payment of Tax Additional Amounts

     36   

SECTION 9.03 Entitlement to Refund or Credit

     37   

SECTION 9.04 References to be Consistent

     37   

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

  

SECTION 10.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns

     38   

SECTION 10.02 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

     38   

SECTION 10.03 No Security Interest Created

     38   

SECTION 10.04 Trust Indenture Act

     38   

SECTION 10.05 Benefits of Supplemental Indenture

     38   

SECTION 10.06 Calculations; Determinations

     38   

SECTION 10.07 Execution in Counterparts

     39   

SECTION 10.08 Notices

     39   

SECTION 10.09 Ratification of Base Indenture

     39   

SECTION 10.10 The Trustee

     39   

SECTION 10.11 No Recourse Against Others

     40   

 

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EXHIBIT   

Exhibit A Form of Security

     A-1   

Exhibit B Form of Restricted Security Legend

     Exhibit B-1   

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of August 15, 2013, between AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”), as trustee under the Indenture, dated as of December 21, 2011, between the Company and the Trustee (as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from time to time, of the Company’s unsecured senior debt Securities, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered as provided in, the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 12.01(m) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture to establish the form and terms of Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company has authorized the creation and issuance under this Supplemental Indenture of its 6.125% Notes due 2023 (the “Securities”), the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and (ii) the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of the Company and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01 Scope of Supplemental Indenture . The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture

 

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shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall govern only the terms of (and only the rights of the Holders and the obligations of the Company with respect to), the Securities, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture (or govern the rights of the Holders or the obligations of the Company with respect to any such other securities) unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Securities, supersede any corresponding provisions in the Base Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, and except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Securities and govern the rights of the Holders of the Securities and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect thereto.

SECTION 1.02 Definitions . For all purposes of the Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the singular; and

(ii) all words, terms and phrases defined in the Base Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the Base Indenture.

Acquired Indebtedness ” means, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries, Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time the other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, otherwise combines with, or becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, the other Person’s merging or consolidating with or into, otherwise combining with, or becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that date of redemption.

Agent Members ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(c) hereof.

AII ” means AmTrust International Insurance Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda.

Applicable Procedures ” of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.

Balance Sheet Date ” means the last day of any annual or quarterly period for which a consolidated statement of financial condition of the Company is required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03(b).

 

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Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, as such instrument may be supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto, including this Supplemental Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture, including, for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any such other supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.

Business Day ” means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or to be closed.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means such obligations of the Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of the Person under GAAP (excluding all obligations under operating leases required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to be classified or accounted for as capital leases). The amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock ” means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, for any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Close of Business ” means, as of any date, 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such date.

Code ” means, solely for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.02, shall include its successors and assigns.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and under customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the average of the five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or, if the

 

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Company obtains fewer than five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio ” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated Total Capitalization.

Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination, the Net Worth of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP after appropriate deduction for any minority interest in Subsidiaries, plus the aggregate principal amount of any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.

Consolidated Total Capitalization ” means, at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the principal amount of all outstanding Consolidated Total Debt and (ii) Consolidated Net Worth at such time.

Consolidated Total Debt ” means, at any date of determination, all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness (including the Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company’s Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis less the sum of the following: (i) the Maiden Debt; (ii) the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Company’s obligations to repurchase securities pursuant to Repurchase Agreements; (iii) the aggregate amount of the Repurchase Liability; (iv) the aggregate amount of guarantees otherwise included in such Indebtedness and (v) the Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit shall not be included in the determination of Consolidated Total Debt to the extent that any letter of credit is undrawn as of the date of determination.

Credit Facility ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2012, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 26, 2013, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as administrative agent, and as may be further amended from time to time.

Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities (so long as the Securities constitute Global Securities), or any successor custodian.

Default ” means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Discharged ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03.

ERISA ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(l) hereof.

 

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ERISA Affiliate ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(l) hereof.

“Event of Default has the meaning, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, specified in Section 5.02 hereof.

“Excess Ratio Debt means First-Level Excess Ratio Debt and/or Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt.

“First-Level Additional Interest has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

“First-Level Excess Ratio Debt has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

First-Level Reduced Ratio Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

“Form of Assignment and Transfer means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A .

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

“Holder means the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Register.

Indebtedness of any Person means, solely for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued; (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such entity; (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business on normal trade terms and not overdue by more than 90 days); (f) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, conditional or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such Person; (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; (i) the redemption price of all redeemable preferred stock of such Person (but not accrued dividends on any preferred stock) but only to the extent that such stock is redeemable at the option of the holder or requires sinking fund or similar payments at any time prior to the maturity date of the Securities; and (j) all guarantees by such Person in respect of the Indebtedness or obligations of other Persons of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above. The Indebtedness of any Person shall

 

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include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationships with such other Person, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

Indenture ” means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, the Base Indenture, as originally executed and as supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto, including this Supplemental Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including, for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any such other supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.

Indenture Documents ” means the Indenture, any securities issued pursuant to the Indenture (including the Securities issued hereunder), the Purchase Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents, reports, financial statements and certificates delivered to, or in favor of, the Trustee and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of the Company, or any employee of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee in connection with the Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. Any reference in any Indenture Document to an Indenture Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and shall refer to such Indenture Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indenture Documents” shall not include the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (or any amendments or supplements thereto) or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendments or supplements thereto) or any document filed with or furnished to the SEC (except for audited or unaudited financial statements included therein), even if any such document is delivered, or deemed to be delivered, to the Trustee.

Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Securities and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, each February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2014.

Investment Policy ” means the investment policy of the Company as in effect from time to time.

Issue Date ” means, with respect to the Securities, August 15, 2013.

Maiden Debt ” means all Indebtedness and other obligations and liabilities of AII to Maiden Insurance under a loan agreement between AII and Maiden Insurance, pursuant to which Maiden Insurance lends funds to AII from time to time for the amount of the obligations of the Company’s U.S., Irish and U.K. insurance companies that AII is obligated to secure, not to exceed an amount equal to Maiden Insurance’s proportionate share of such obligations to the Company’s U.S., Irish and U.K. insurance companies in accordance with certain quota share reinsurance agreements, as described in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the

 

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period ended September 30, 2010, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2010, as such loan agreement and any other documents entered into in connection therewith may be amended from time to time.

Maiden Insurance ” means Maiden Insurance Company, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda and a wholly owned subsidiary of Maiden Holdings, Inc., a Bermuda insurance holding company.

Maturity Date ” means, with respect to any Security and the payment of the principal amount thereof, August 15, 2023.

Multiemployer Plan ” the meaning specified in Section 5.02(l) hereof.

Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination, as to any Person, the sum of its capital stock (including its preferred stock), capital in excess of par or stated value of the shares of its capital stock (including its preferred stock), retained earnings and any other account that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes stockholders’ equity, but excluding all accumulated other comprehensive income.

Non-U.S. Jurisdiction ” means any jurisdiction under which an entity may be organized that is not the United States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

Notice of Default ” has the meaning, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, specified in Section 5.02(e) hereof.

Offering Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum, dated August 12, 2013, relating to the Securities.

Outstanding ” means, with respect to the Securities, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, any Securities authenticated by the Trustee except (i) Securities cancelled by it, (ii) Securities delivered to it for cancellation and (iii)(A) Securities replaced pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Base Indenture, on and after the time such Security is replaced (unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that such Security is held by a bona fide purchaser), (B) any and all Securities, as of the Maturity Date, if the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of the Securities then payable, and (C) any and all Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or other action that is to be made by a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities, only such Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Physical Security ” means any non-Global Security issued pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof that is in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

 

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Plan ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(l) hereof.

Preliminary Offering Memorandum ” means the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated August 12, 2013, relating to the Securities.

Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the initial purchasers purchase the Securities offered by the Offering Memorandum.

Quotation Agent ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

Reduced Ratio Date ” means a First-Level Reduced Ratio Date and/or Second-Level Reduced Ratio Date.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its respective successors, and, four other nationally recognized investment banking firms that are primary dealers of U.S. government securities in New York City. If Goldman, Sachs & Co. ceases to be a primary dealer of U.S. government securities in New York City, the Company will substitute another primary dealer of U.S. government securities.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by each Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day before such date of redemption.

Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the February 1 (whether or not a Business Day) or the August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Repurchase Agreement ” means, as of any date of determination, a repurchase agreement entered into by the Company from time to time pursuant to which the Company shall have sold securities to a third party and has agreed to repurchase such security at a stated date or maturity that is no more than 90 days from the date of determination, disregarding any rollover, renewal or extension (whether automatic or otherwise) or similar provision stated therein; provided , that such repurchase agreement shall have been entered into by the Company solely in connection with the Company’s investment portfolio and in accordance with the Investment Policy.

Repurchase Liability ” means, as of any date of determination, the liability of the Company to purchase securities in the market that are identical to those securities it borrowed and sold pursuant to Repurchase Transactions (it being understood that such liability shall be measured based on the then market value of such security).

Repurchase Transaction ” means a repurchase transaction in which the Company borrows a security and delivers it to a purchaser and at a later date, the Company purchases the identical security in the market to replace the borrowed security; provided , that

 

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such transaction shall have been entered into by the Company solely in connection with the Company’s investment portfolio and in accordance with the Investment Policy.

Resale Restriction Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(e)(2) hereof.

Restricted Security Legend ” means the restricted legend set forth in Exhibit B .

Restricted Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(e)(1) hereof.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any similar successor rule or regulation, as amended from time to time.

Second-Level Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

Second-Level Reduced Ratio Debt ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04 hereof.

Securities ” has the meaning specified in the fourth paragraph of the Recitals of this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture.

Significant Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary, including its Subsidiaries, that meets any of the conditions set forth Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the obligations under the Indenture and that has a maturity date that is no earlier than 91 days following the maturity date of the Securities.

Subsidiary ” means a corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture, trust or other business entity in which the Company and/or one or more of the Company’s other Subsidiaries owns at least 50% of the Voting Stock thereof.

Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a) hereof, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture.

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof, as such instrument may be supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, including, for all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and any such other supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to

 

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be a part of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.

Tax Additional Amounts ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 hereof.

Taxing Jurisdiction ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 hereof.

Term Sheet ” means the final term sheet, dated August 12, 2013, relating to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

U.K. ” means the United Kingdom.

U.S .” means the United States of America.

Voting Stock ” means stock of any class or classes or other ownership interest having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors, managers, trustees or persons with similar functions of the Person in question, provided that, for the purposes of this definition, stock that carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event will not be considered Voting Stock whether or not that event has happened.

Withholding Tax ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 hereof.

SECTION 1.03 References to Interest . Any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security in the Indenture shall be deemed to include First-Level Additional Interest if, in such context, First-Level Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 4.04, and Second-Level Additional Interest if, in such context, Second-Level Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 4.04. Any express mention of the payment of First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest, as applicable, in those provisions hereof in which such express mention is not made.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01 Title and Terms; Payments .

(a) Establishment; Designation . Pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, there is hereby established and authorized a new series of Securities under the Indenture, which series of Securities shall be designated the “6.125% Notes due 2023.”

 

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(b) Initial Issuance . Subject to Section 2.01(c) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may initially be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is limited to $250,000,000.

(c) Further Issues . The Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders, issue additional Securities under the Indenture with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as the Securities initially issued under the Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided , that the Company may issue such additional Securities only if they are part of the same issue as the Securities initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such additional Securities will, for all purposes of the Indenture, including waivers, amendments and offers to purchase, be treated as part of the same series as the Securities initially issued under the Indenture.

(d) Purchases . The Company and its Subsidiaries may from time to time repurchase Securities in open market purchases, in negotiated transactions or otherwise without giving prior notice to or obtaining any consent of the Holders. Any Securities purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the foregoing sentence or otherwise will be retired and will no longer be Outstanding under the Indenture.

(e) Denominations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of the Base Indenture, the Securities will be issued only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 2.02 Forms .

(a) In General . Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, the Securities will be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and may include such insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.

Notwithstanding Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, each Security will bear a Trustee’s certificate of authentication substantially in the form included in Exhibit A hereto. Each Security will also bear a form of assignment and transfer substantially in the form set forth in Attachments 1, 2 and 3 , respectively, to Exhibit A hereto.

Any Security that is a Global Security will bear a legend substantially in the form of the legend set forth in Section 3.03(f) of the Base Indenture and shall also bear the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Global Security” set forth in Annex A to Exhibit A hereto.

The terms and provisions contained in the Securities will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and upon receipt of the Securities, the Holders expressly agree to such terms and provisions hereof and of the Securities and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will govern and control.

 

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(b) Initial and Subsequent Form of Securities . The Company hereby initially appoints The Depository Trust Company as the Depositary for the Securities, which initially shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities without interest coupons (i) registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary, and (ii) delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.

So long as the Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, and except to the extent provided in Section 2.03(b)(A) through (C) hereof, all Securities will be represented by one or more Global Securities.

(c) Global Securities . Each Global Security will represent the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities endorsed thereon and provide that it represents such aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities, which aggregate principal amount may, from time to time, be reduced or increased to reflect transfers, exchanges or purchases by the Company.

Only the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Security for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, may endorse a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities represented thereby, and whenever the Holder of a Global Security delivers instructions to the Trustee to increase or decrease the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities represented by a Global Security in accordance with the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures, the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Security for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, will endorse such Global Security to reflect such increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities represented thereby. None of the Trustee, the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the Company will have any responsibility or bear any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the ownership of any beneficial interest in a Global Security or with respect to maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interest.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and Cede & Co., or such other person designated by the Depositary as its nominee, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of any Holder.

SECTION 2.03 Transfer and Exchange; Restrictions on Transfer .

(a) In General. A written form of transfer substantially in the form of the Form of Assignment and Transfer set forth in Attachment 1 to Exhibit A hereto will be deemed

 

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to be written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar. No transfer of any Security prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date will be registered by the Registrar unless the appropriate box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer set forth in Attachment 1 to Exhibit A has been checked.

At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been purchased, cancelled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, such Global Security shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Security. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Security is purchased, cancelled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Security, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Security, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

(b) Global Securities . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture, every transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the provisions of the Indenture, and each Global Security may be transferred only as a whole and only (A) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (B) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or (C) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(c) Holders Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any interest (subject to Section 3.08 of the Base Indenture) on such Security at the Maturity Date and for all other purposes whatsoever for distribution of notices to such Holders or solicitations of their consent, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture:

(1) Each Global Security will be exchanged for Physical Securities if the Depositary delivers notice to the Company that the Depositary is unwilling, unable or no longer permitted under applicable law to continue to act as Depositary, and, in each case, the Company promptly delivers a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving notice from the Depositary.

(2) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may exchange such beneficial interest for Physical Securities by delivering a written request to the Registrar.

 

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(3) If the Company notifies the Trustee that it wishes to terminate and exchange all or part of a Global Security for Physical Securities and the beneficial owners of the majority of the principal amount of such Global Security (or portion thereof) to be exchanged consent to such exchange, the Company may exchange all beneficial interests in such Global Security (or portion thereof) for Physical Securities by delivering a written request to the Registrar.

In the case of an exchange for Physical Securities under clause (1) above:

(A) each Global Security will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(B) the Trustee will cause each Global Security to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures; and

(C) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver, for each beneficial interest in each Global Security so exchanged, an aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary specifies, and bearing any legends that such Physical Securities are required to bear under this Indenture.

In the case of an exchange for Physical Securities under clause (2) above:

(A) the Registrar will deliver notice of such request to the Company and the Trustee, which notice will identify the owner of the beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Security, in each case if and as such information is provided to the Registrar by the Depositary;

(B) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to such owner, for the beneficial interest so exchanged by such owner, Physical Securities registered in such owner’s name having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and bearing any legends that such Physical Securities are required to bear under this Indenture; and

(C) the Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of such Global Security to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Security are so exchanged, such Global Security will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Security to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

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(A) the Company will deliver notice of such request to the Registrar and the Trustee, which notice will identify each owner of a beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of each such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Security;

(B) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to each such beneficial owner, Physical Securities registered in such beneficial owner’s name having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of its exchanged beneficial interest and bearing any legends that such Physical Securities are required to bear under this Indenture and any applicable law; and

(C) the Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of each relevant Global Security to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interests so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Security are so exchanged, such Global Security will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Security to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

In each of the cases described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above, the Company may rely on the Depositary to provide all names of beneficial owners and their respective principal amounts beneficially owned and may issue Physical Securities registered in the names and amounts so provided by the Depositary.

(d) Physical Securities . Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 2.03(a) hereof, Physical Securities may be transferred or exchanged in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture.

(e) Restrictions on Transfer .

(1) Every Security (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) that bears, or is required under this Section 2.03 to bear, the Restricted Security Legend (the “ Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.03 (including those set forth in the Restricted Security Legend), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company following receipt of legal advice satisfactory to the Company, in its sole discretion, supporting the permissibility of the waiver of such transfer restrictions, and the Holder of each such Security by such Holder’s or shareholder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.03, the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein.

(2) Until the date that is one year after the date of the original issuance of the Securities or such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws (such applicable date, the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”), each certificate evidencing a Security shall

 

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bear the Restricted Security Legend, unless such Restricted Security has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or sold pursuant to Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing as set forth above, with written notice thereof to the Trustee.

(3) Any Securities as to which the conditions for the removal of the Restricted Security Legend set forth thereon have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Securities, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount which shall not bear the Restricted Security Legend. The Company shall cause the removal of the legends required by Section 2.03(e)(2) from any Restricted Security promptly following the Resale Restriction Termination Date by: (i) instructing the Trustee in writing to remove such legends from such Restricted Security; (ii) providing to the Trustee and the Depositary written notice to change the CUSIP number for the Restricted Securities to the applicable unrestricted CUSIP number; and (iii) complying with any Applicable Procedures for delegending such Restricted Security for a Security not bearing the applicable Restricted Security Legend; whereupon any legends otherwise required by Section 2.03(e)(2) shall be deemed removed from such Restricted Securities without any further action on the part of the Holders.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 2.03 to the contrary, in the event Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) is amended to change the one-year period under Rule 144 (or the corresponding period under any successor rule), from and after receipt by the Trustee of the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for in this Section 2.03(e)(4), (i) each reference in Section 2.03(e) to “one year” and in the restrictive Restricted Security Legend shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed period, provided that such changes shall not become effective if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would otherwise cause a violation of, the then-applicable federal securities laws. The provisions of this Section 2.03(e)(4) will not be effective until such time as an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate, in each case, specifying the occurrence of the amendment or change to Rule 144 (or any successor rule) and the satisfaction of the conditions to modification of the related holding period for the Securities in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.03(e)(4), have been received by the Trustee hereunder. This Section 2.03(e)(4) shall apply to successive amendments to Rule 144 (or any successor rule) changing the holding period thereunder.

(5) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

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(a) In General . Each Security will accrue interest at a rate equal to 6.125% per annum from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, the Issue Date. Interest on a Security will cease to accrue upon the earlier of the Maturity Date and, subject to the provisions of Article 3 hereof, any date of redemption of such Security. Interest on any Security will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning February 15, 2014, to the Holder of such Security as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. As provided in Section 3.10 of the Base Indenture, interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall be obligated to pay Holders First-Level Additional Interest and Second-Level Additional Interest under the circumstances set forth in Section 4.04 hereof.

The Securities will mature on the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date, each Holder of a then-Outstanding Security will be entitled on such date to receive $1,000 in cash for each $1,000 in principal amount of then-Outstanding Securities held, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date on such then-Outstanding Securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the Maturity Date or earlier date of redemption or any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the required payment will be made on the immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no additional interest will accrue and no default shall occur on account of such delay.

(b) Method of Payment . The Company shall pay the principal of, any Physical Security to the Holder of such Security in cash at the designated office of the Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York, prior to 10:00 a.m. on the relevant payment or settlement date, as the case may be. The Company shall pay any interest on any Physical Security to the Holder of such Security (i) if such Holder holds $2,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Securities, by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address, and (ii) if such Holder holds more than $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities, (A) by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address or, (B) if such Holder delivers to the Registrar a written request that the Company make such payments by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, for each interest payment corresponding to each Regular Record Date occurring during the period beginning on the date on which such Holder delivered such request and ending on the date, if any, on which such Holder delivers to the Registrar a written instruction to the contrary, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder.

The Company will pay the principal of, and interest on, any Global Security to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the relevant payment date in accordance with Applicable Procedures.

(c) Defaulted Payments . The Company shall pay any interest on the Securities that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, in accordance with Section 3.08 of the Base Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTIONS; NO SINKING FUND

SECTION 3.01 Redemption . The Company may, at its option and in accordance with the terms of Article IV of the Base Indenture, at any time and from time-to-time, redeem all or any portion of the Securities for cash and at a redemption price (which shall be calculated by the Company) equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the redemption date plus the greater of: (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points.

SECTION 3.02 No Sinking Fund . Article V of the Base Indenture shall not apply with respect to the Securities.

ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. This Section 4.01 shall replace Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on each of the Securities at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Securities. The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, or accrued and unpaid interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action, provided that, if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . This Section 4.02 replaces Section 6.02 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office of the Paying Agent, and an office of the Registrar where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

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purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The term “Paying Agent” includes any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Registrar, Custodian, Transfer Agent and the Corporate Trust Office, which shall be in the continental United States, shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

With respect to any Global Security, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be the Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for registration of transfer; provided , however , that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.03 Reports; 144A Information; Additional Interest .

(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any Holder or beneficial holder of Securities which continue to be Restricted Securities and any prospective purchaser of Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial holder, the information, if any, required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon the request of any such Holder or beneficial holder of the Securities, until such time as such securities are no longer “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144, assuming such Securities have not been owned or beneficially owned by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.

(b) This Section 4.03(b) replaces Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

The Company will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it has filed the same with the SEC, pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports, if any, that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and to otherwise comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided that if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the Company will file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in those rules and regulations.

 

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Any such report, information or document that the Company files with the SEC through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee for the purposes of this Section 4.03 at the time of such filing through the EDGAR system (or such successor thereto).

Delivery of any such reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

SECTION 4.04 Excess Ratio Debt; First- and Second-Level Additional Interest . If the Company incurs Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) or any of its Subsidiaries incur any Indebtedness (in each case, including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the Balance Sheet Date immediately preceding the incurrence would have been greater than (x) 0.30 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 0.35 to 1.00 (such Indebtedness, “ First-Level Excess Ratio Debt ”) or (y) 0.35 to 1.00 (such Indebtedness, “ Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt ”), in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds of the incurrence and all other incurrences of Indebtedness since that Balance Sheet Date) as if such additional Indebtedness and all other Indebtedness incurred since that Balance Sheet Date had been incurred and the proceeds therefrom applied as of that Balance Sheet Date, the interest rate applicable to the Securities will increase by: (i) 0.50% per year (the “ First-Level Additional Interest ”) in the case of an incurrence of First-Level Excess Ratio Date from and including the date of incurrence to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date (or date of earlier repurchase or redemption in accordance with Section 3.01(a) hereof) and the next Balance Sheet Date as of which the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 0.30 to 1.00 (the “ First-Level Reduced Ratio Date ”); and (ii) an additional 1.00% per year (for an aggregate increase of 1.50% per year) (the “ Second-Level Additional Interest ”) in the case of an incurrence of Second-Level Excess Ratio Date from and including the date of incurrence to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date (or date of earlier repurchase or redemption in accordance with Section 3.01(a) hereof) and the next Balance Sheet Date as of which the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 0.35 to 1.00 (the “ Second-Level Reduced Ratio Date ”). If, subsequent to any First-Level Reduced Ratio Date, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incur First-Level Excess Ratio Debt or subsequent to any Second-Level Reduced Ratio Date the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incur Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt, the interest rate applicable to the Securities will increase in accordance with the preceding sentence. Any increase in the per-annum interest rate on the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.04 will not be cumulative. The interest rate on the Securities will not increase pursuant to this Section 4.04 if, at the time of incurring First-Level Excess Ratio Debt or Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt, the interest rate on the Securities then in effect has already been increased pursuant to this Section 4.04 on account of a previous incurrence of First-Level Excess Ratio Debt or Second-Level Excess Ratio Debt, respectively. In no event shall the Trustee be charged with monitoring any incurrence of Excess Ratio Debt or calculating First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest.

 

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SECTION 4.05 Statements as to Defaults . In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. Such Officer’s Certificate shall also comply with any additional requirements set forth in Section 6.05 of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 4.06 First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest Notice . If First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof, within fifteen days of making such determination, but in any event, no later than the applicable Record Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, on which the Trustee may conclusively rely, stating (a) the amount of such First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest that is payable (b) the date on which such interest is payable and (c) the dates for which the increased interest rates shall apply. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest, as applicable, is payable. If the Company has paid First-Level Additional Interest or Second-Level Additional Interest, as applicable, directly to the Persons entitled to them, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

SECTION 4.07 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for, contingently or otherwise, any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness and Subordinated Indebtedness of its Subsidiaries but excluding Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company). The limitation set forth in the preceding sentence shall not prohibit any incurrence of Indebtedness if (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the Balance Sheet Date immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been no greater than 0.35 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) as if such additional Indebtedness and all other Indebtedness incurred since that Balance Sheet Date had been incurred and the proceeds therefrom applied as of that Balance Sheet Date.

SECTION 4.08 Limitation on Liens . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur, issue, assume or guaranty any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is secured by a pledge of, lien on, or security interest in any shares of Voting Stock of any Significant Subsidiary, whether such Voting Stock is now owned or is acquired at a later time, without providing that the Securities (together with, if the Company determines, any other Indebtedness or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary ranking equally with or senior to the Securities and then existing or thereafter created) are secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness. The limitation set forth in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (i) an aggregate principal amount of fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets, (ii) Indebtedness secured by a pledge of, lien on or security interest in, any shares of Voting Stock of any Person if such pledge, lien or security interest is made or granted prior to or at the

 

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time such Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary, (iii) liens or security interests securing Indebtedness of a Significant Subsidiary to the Company or another Significant Subsidiary or (iv) the extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any lien or security interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) but only if the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by the liens or security interests immediately prior to the extension, renewal or replacement is not increased and the lien or security interest is not extended to other property.

SECTION 4.09 Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Significant Subsidiaries . The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Significant Subsidiary) except for: (i) a sale, transfer or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Significant Subsidiary) to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) a sale, transfer or disposition of Capital Stock if required by any law, regulation or order of any applicable governmental or insurance regulatory authority; or (iii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Significant Subsidiary) held by the Company and its Subsidiaries for at least fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors acting in good faith), and, in any such case, after giving effect to the use of proceeds therefrom, the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, would continue to be principally engaged in the insurance businesses; provided , that, the exceptions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4.11 shall not permit any amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease of the Company’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety that is prohibited by Article 8.

ARTICLE 5

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01 General . The Event of Default provisions set forth in this Article 5 shall, with respect to the Securities, supersede the entirety of Article VII of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article VII thereof and the provisions relating to Events of Default therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Securities, be deemed to be references to this Article 5 and the Events of Default provisions set forth in this Article 5, respectively. Accordingly, and without limitation:

(a) the references to Sections 7.01(f) and (g) in Section 10.01(a) of the Base Indenture are, with respect to the Securities, hereby deemed replaced by references to Sections 5.02(j) and (k) hereof;

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(c) the references to Section 7.06 in Sections 10.02(b)(iii) of the Base Indenture are, with respect to the Securities, hereby deemed replaced by a reference to Section 5.06 hereof.

SECTION 5.02 Events of Default . Each of the following events (and only the following events) shall be an “ Event of Default ” wherever used with respect to the Securities:

(a) default in any payment of interest on any Security when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of three (3) Business Days;

(b) default in payment of principal or premium, if any, on the Securities when due, regardless of whether such payment became due because of maturity, redemption, acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to cause its Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be no greater than 0.35 to 1.00 for thirty (30) days after the incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.07, provided , that in the event the use of proceeds of such Indebtedness is an acquisition (whether by merger, consolidation, share or asset acquisition or an acquisition of renewal rights or similar transaction) by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or such Indebtedness is Acquired Indebtedness, the period of grace shall be until the eighteen-month anniversary of such incurrence;

(d) failure by the Company to cause its Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be no greater than 0.40 to 1.00 for thirty (30) days after the incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.07;

(e) failure by the Company for thirty (30) days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding (a copy of which notice, if given by Holders, must also to be given to the Trustee) has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Securities or this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.02 specifically provided for or that is not applicable to the Securities), which notice shall state that it is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder;

(f) failure by the Company to pay beyond any applicable grace period, or the acceleration of, indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount greater than $10,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time);

(g) failure by the Company to pay beyond any applicable grace period, or the acceleration of, Indebtedness of the Company under the Credit Facility (or any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof);

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Company’s ability to make any payment when due on the Securities when made or deemed made;

(i) the failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction in excess of $15,000,000, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of thirty (30) calendar days;

(j) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking the liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of the Company’s, or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company’s, property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of, or taking possession by, any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days; or

(l) if (i) any “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of the United States Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), and subject to Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA (each, a “ Plan ”), of the Company shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan of the Company shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA Section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified either the Company or any entity that would be treated as a single employer with the Company for purposes of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA (each, an “ ERISA Affiliate ”) that a Plan of the Company may become subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans (other than multiemployer plans, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA (“ Multiemployer Plans ”)) determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $50,000,000, (iv) either the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of Sections 4971-4980I of the Code, (v) either the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) either the Company or any ERISA Affiliate establishes or amends any employee welfare

 

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benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of either the Company or any ERISA Affiliate thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in or affecting the business management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Under no circumstances whatsoever and at no time (whether prior or subsequent to a Default or Event of Default) shall the Trustee be responsible for monitoring or charged with determining any of the foregoing, all such being the sole responsibility of the Company.

SECTION 5.03 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment .

(a) If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.02(j) or Section 5.02(k) with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company)), unless the principal of all of the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Securities to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.02(j) or Section 5.02(k) with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Securities will become automatically due and payable. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be due and payable immediately.

(b) The provisions of Section 5.03(a), however, are subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided:

(1) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, upon all Securities and the principal of all Securities that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, if any (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law), and on such principal, at the rate borne by the Securities at such time) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01(a) of the Base Indenture;

 

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(2) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and

(3) any and all Events of Defaults under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Securities (including on overdue installments) that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof,

then, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Securities (other than the breach of any provision of this Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each affected Holder) and rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration resulting from such Defaults or Event of Defaults (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the breach of any provision of this Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each affected Holder) and their consequences and such Default (other than a Default relating to the breach of any provision of this Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each affected Holder) shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; provided , that no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 5.04 Waiver of Past Defaults . If an Event of Default or a Default, other than (a) an uncured Event of Default described in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) hereof or (b) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 7.02 hereof cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder, occurs, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities may waive such Event of Default or Default and all of its consequences hereunder. Any such consent or waiver may, but is not required to, be obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities, or similar transaction. Whenever any Event of Default is so waived, it will cease to exist, and whenever any Default is so waived, it will be deemed cured, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to have occurred. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

SECTION 5.05 Control by Majority . At any time, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or for exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to the Trustee’s duties under Articles 6 and 10 of the Base Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, that the Trustee determines to be unduly prejudicial to the rights of a Holder or to the Trustee, or that would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s instituting such proceeding as the Trustee. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

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SECTION 5.06 Limitation on Suits . Subject to Section 5.08 hereof, no Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

(a) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities deliver to the Trustee a written request that the Trustee pursue a remedy with respect to such Event of Default;

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or other expense of compliance with such written request;

(d) the Trustee has not complied with such written request within sixty (60) days after receipt of such written request and offer of indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then-Outstanding Securities did not deliver to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder, it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether any usage of this Indenture by a Holder is unduly prejudicial to such other Holders.

SECTION 5.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, and interest on, its Securities, on or after the respective due date, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and will not be subject to the requirements of Section 5.06 hereof.

SECTION 5.08 Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.02(a) or 5.02(b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of or interest on, the Securities, as the case may be, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, as well as any other amounts that may be due under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 5.09 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities . All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,

 

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disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 5.10 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, will be entitled to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and is paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or to accept or to adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 5.11 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 5.12 Rights and Remedies Cumulative . Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 3.07 of the Base Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder 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 appropriate right or remedy.

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acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.14 Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 5, it will pay out the money in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 10.01(a) of the Base Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

SECOND: to the Holders, for any amounts due and unpaid on the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Security, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Securities; and

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or to such other party as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 5.14. If the Trustee so fixes a record date and a payment date, at least fifteen (15) days prior to such record date, the Company will deliver to each Holder and the Trustee a written notice, which notice will state such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment.

SECTION 5.15 Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder, by such Holder’s acceptance of a Security, shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided , however , that the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Security on or after the due date expressed or provided for in this Indenture.

SECTION 5.16 Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . The Company covenants that, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not,

 

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by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will instead suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

SECTION 5.17 Notices from the Trustee . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base Indenture, including Section 10.03 thereof, whenever a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must deliver notice of such Default to the Holders within ninety (90) days after the date on which such Default first occurred. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

ARTICLE 6

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

SECTION 6.01 Inapplicability of Provisions of Base Indenture; Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture; Defeasance . The satisfaction and discharge and defeasance provisions set forth in this Article 6 shall, with respect to the Securities, supersede the entirety of Article XI of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article XI thereof and the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge or defeasance therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Securities, be deemed to be references to this Article 6 and the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance provisions set forth in this Article 6, respectively.

SECTION 6.02 Satisfaction and Discharge . When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date, or otherwise) and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as applicable, an amount of cash sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Securities (other than any Securities that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights hereunder of Holders to receive all amounts owing upon the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (ii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; the Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, including the fees and expenses of its counsel, and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter

 

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reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

SECTION 6.03 Defeasance . At the Company’s option, either (a) it shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to the Securities or (b) it shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 4.04, Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09 or Section 8.01 hereof at any time after the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The Company shall have deposited irrevocably with the Trustee (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one (1) day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized registered public accounting firm) to pay and discharge each installment of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Securities on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due;

(b) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds and the grant of any related liens to be applied to such deposit); and

(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option pursuant to this Section 6.03 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised and, in the case of the Securities being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service.

Discharged ” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the Securities and to have satisfied all the obligations under the Indenture, except (A) the rights of Holders to receive, from the trust fund, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to transfer and exchange of the Securities set forth in Section 2.03 hereof and Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 6.02 and 11.06 of the Base Indenture and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture.

SECTION 6.04 Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee . Subject to Section 6.05 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 or Section 6.03 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities for the payment, settlement or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums or amounts due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any.

 

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SECTION 6.05 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held; Repayment to Company . Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all monies then held by any Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company (or to its designee) upon Company Order any excess moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time. The provisions of Section 6.06 hereof shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article 6 that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 6.03.

SECTION 6.06 Return of Unclaimed Monies . Subject to the requirements of applicable law, any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of the Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest, if any, on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee on demand, and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease with respect to such monies; and the Holder shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment or delivery that such Holder may be entitled to collect unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

SECTION 6.07 Reinstatement . If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 6.04 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 6.02 or Section 6.03 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 6.04; provided , however , that if the Company makes any payment of interest on, principal of or payment or delivery in respect of any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

SECTION 6.08 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal or interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

ARTICLE 7

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 7.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture shall not apply with respect to the Securities, and this Section 7.01 shall replace Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

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indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Securities, including to eliminate any conflict with the Trust Indenture Act;

(b) conform the terms of this Indenture or the Securities to the description thereof in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented by the Term Sheet related to the offering of the Securities;

(c) to evidence the succession by a Successor Company and to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture;

(d) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities;

(e) to secure the Securities;

(f) to add to the Company’s covenants such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the Holders (or any other holders) or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company by the Indenture;

(g) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder (other than a Holder that consents to such change) in any material respect;

(h) to provide for a successor Trustee;

(i) to comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; or

(j) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 7.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders . Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture shall not apply with respect to the Securities, and this Section 7.02 shall replace Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental indenture (with such consents to be determined on a series by series basis), including without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities and by act of these Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

 

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(a) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities Outstanding necessary to waive any past Default or Event of Default;

(b) reduce the rate of interest on any Security or change the time for payment of interest on any Security;

(c) reduce the principal of any Security or change the Maturity Date;

(d) change the place or currency of payment on any Security;

(e) impair the right of any Holder of Securities to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, if any, its Securities or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, with respect to such Holder’s Securities; or

(f) make any change to the provisions of this Article 7 or in the waiver provisions of the Indenture that requires each Holder’s consent to modify, amend or waive.

It shall not be necessary for any act or consent of Holders under this Section 7.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such act or consent shall approve the substance thereof. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.

SECTION 7.03 Notice of Amendment or Supplement . After an amendment or supplement under this Article 7 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, shall not impair or affect the validity of the amendment or supplement.

ARTICLE 8

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

SECTION 8.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets . The successor company provisions set forth in this Article 8 shall, with respect to the Securities, supersede the entirety of Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Section 6.04 thereof and the successor company provisions therein shall, with respect to the Securities, be deemed to be references to this Article 8 and the successor company provisions set forth in this Article 8, respectively.

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with or into or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person, unless:

(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “ Successor Company ”), if not the Company, shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture as applicable to the Securities; and

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture with respect to the Securities; and

Upon any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture.

At the election of the Company, a conveyance, transfer or lease of properties and assets substantially as an entirety to one or more Subsidiaries of the Company may be deemed not to be a conveyance, transfer or lease to a Person other than the Company, and in the event of such election, such conveyance, transfer or lease shall not be subject to this Section 8.02. Notice of any such election shall be sent to the Trustee promptly following the consummation of any such conveyance, transfer or lease of properties and assets to one or more Subsidiaries, specifying that such transaction does not constitute a conveyance, transfer or lease to a Person other than the Company in accordance with this Section 8.02.

SECTION 8.03 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted . In case of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, accrued and unpaid First-Level Additional Interest, if any, and accrued and unpaid Second-Level Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Securities, and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company under this Indenture, such Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the

 

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execution hereof. In the event of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 8 may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Securities and from its obligations under this Indenture.

In case of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

SECTION 8.04 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee . In the case of any such amalgamation, merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 8.

ARTICLE 9

TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

SECTION 9.01 Payment of Tax Additional Amounts . The Company shall pay any amounts due with respect to the Securities without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges (each, a “ Withholding Tax ”) imposed by or for the account of any Non-U.S. Jurisdiction in which the Company is resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or taxing authority of such jurisdiction (the “ Taxing Jurisdiction ”) as a result of any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, or other transaction permitted by Section 8.01 hereof and conducted in accordance with Article 8 hereof, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If such deduction or withholding is at any time required, the Company will (subject to compliance by such Holder with any relevant administrative requirements) pay each Holder additional amounts (“ Tax Additional Amounts ”) as will result in such Holder’s receipt of such amounts as it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required. If the Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company to deduct or withhold any Withholding Tax, the Company will (subject to compliance by a Holder with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such Tax Additional Amounts in respect of any principal amount (and premium, if any), or interest payable at the Maturity Date or any earlier date of redemption, on any Interest Payment Date, or otherwise, as applicable, as may be necessary so that the net amounts paid to the Holder or the Trustee after such deduction or withholding will equal the principal amount, or interest on the Securities.

SECTION 9.02 Exceptions to Payment of Tax Additional Amounts . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to pay Tax Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof in the following instances:

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such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of the Securities or the collection of principal amount and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture or the enforcement of the Securities or (2) where presentation is required, the Security was presented more than ten (10) days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;

(b) any Withholding Tax attributable to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;

(c) any Withholding Tax attributable to any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount and interest (if any);

(d) any Withholding Tax which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if this compliance is required by statute, treaty or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Withholding Tax;

(e) to the extent a Holder is entitled to a refund or credit in such Taxing Jurisdiction of amounts required to be withheld by such Taxing Jurisdiction; or

(f) any combination of the instances described in (a) through (e).

SECTION 9.03 Entitlement to Refund or Credit . With respect to Section 9.02(e), in the absence of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Company may conclusively presume that a Holder of a Security is entitled to a refund or credit of all amounts required to be withheld if the relevant local laws provide a Holder with the ability to file or otherwise claim such refund or credit. The Company shall not be required to pay any Tax Additional Amounts to any Holder of a Security who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.

SECTION 9.04 References to be Consistent . Whenever with respect to the Securities there is mentioned in the Indenture or in any Global Security or Physical Security, in any context, payment of principal (and premium, if any) interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security at the Maturity Date, any Interest Payment Date or otherwise, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Tax Additional Amounts described in this Article 9 to the extent that, in such context, Tax Additional Amounts were or would be payable by the Company in respect thereof.

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any payment which it makes hereunder or under the Notes for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or charges if and to the extent so required by any applicable law and any current or future regulations or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto or by virtue of the relevant Holder failing to satisfy any certification or other requirements in respect of the Notes, in which event the Paying Agent shall make such payment after such withholding or deduction has been made and shall account to the relevant authorities for the amount so withheld or deducted and shall have no obligation to gross up any payment hereunder or pay any additional amount as a result of such withholding tax.

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns . Notwithstanding Section 14.10 of the Base Indenture, all agreements of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, and the Paying Agent in this Indenture and the Securities will bind their respective successors.

SECTION 10.02 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of such State. Each party hereto and each Holder by acceptance thereof, hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture.

SECTION 10.03 No Security Interest Created . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.04 Trust Indenture Act . If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 10.05 Benefits of Supplemental Indenture . Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent, any Registrar or their successors hereunder or the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 10.06 Calculations; Determinations . The Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Securities. None of the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent (in each case if different from the Company) shall have any responsibility for making such calculations, for determining amounts to be paid or for monitoring

 

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the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Excess Ratio Debt, First-Level Additional Interest, Second-Level Additional Interest or with making any determinations as to whether the interest rates on the Securities should be adjusted in accordance with Section 4.04 and Section 4.06 hereof, nor shall they be charged with any knowledge of or have any duties to monitor any measurement period. These calculations include, but are not limited to accrued interest payable on the Securities. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company. All determinations as to whether the Company has incurred Excess Ratio Debt or whether a Reduced Ratio Date has occurred will be made by the Company and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee within fifteen (15) days of the Company’s making any such determination, but in no event later than the applicable Record Date, as provided in Section 4.04 and Section 4.06.

SECTION 10.07 Execution in Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 10.08 Notices . The Company or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the manner provided in Section 14.03 of the Base Indenture, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 14.03 and 14.04 of the Base Indenture, whenever the Company is required to deliver notice to the Holders, the Company will, by the date it is required to deliver such notice to the Holders, deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar. Each notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid to the address most recently sent by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be, to the Company.

SECTION 10.09 Ratification of Base Indenture . The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein provided. For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Company and each Holder of Securities, by its acceptance of such Securities, acknowledges and agrees that all of the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Trustee under the Base Indenture are deemed to be incorporated herein, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee hereunder, in each of its capacities hereunder as if set forth herein in full.

SECTION 10.10 The Trustee . The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Securities and of this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as set forth in full herein.

 

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SECTION 10.11 No Recourse Against Others . No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, the Indenture or any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:   /s/ Harry Schlachter
  Name: Harry Schlachter
  Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

Attest:
/s/ Stephen Ungar
Name: Stephen Unger
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

By:   /s/ Lawrence M. Kusch
Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
Title: Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[ For Global Securities, include the following legend :

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

No.:    [     ]
CUSIP:    [ 032359 AD3 ]
ISIN:    [ US032359AD39 ]

Principal Amount $[            ]

[as revised by the Schedule of Increases

and Decreases in the Global Security attached hereto] 1

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

6.125% Notes due 2023

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [ ] [ include “ Cede & Co. for Global Security ] or registered assigns, the principal amount of $ [ ] on August 15, 2023 (the “ Maturity Date ”) and to pay interest hereon as set forth in the Indenture in the manner, at the rates and to the Persons set forth therein.

Interest Payment Dates:           February 15 and August 15.

Regular Record Dates:             February 1 and August 1.

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.

 

1   Include for Global Securities only.

 

Exhibit A-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by two of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Attest:
   

[Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication Follows]

 

Exhibit A-2


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

Exhibit A-3


[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

6.125% Notes due 2023

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued under an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2011 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”), and as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2013 (herein called the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., herein called the “ Trustee ”, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Security is subject to redemption at the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 3.01(a) of the Supplemental Indenture.

This Security is not subject to the benefit of a sinking fund.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the principal amount of this Security to the Holder that surrenders this Security to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of this Security. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Any references in this Security to principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to the Security at the Maturity Date, any Interest Payment Date or otherwise, shall be deemed to include payment of Tax Additional Amounts, as applicable.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder

 

Exhibit A-4


shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Security, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on, this Security at the time, place and rate, and in the coin and currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

All defined terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. If any provision of this Security limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture shall control.

 

Exhibit A-5


ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full

 

TEN COM - as tenants in common   

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT

(Cust)

   Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties   

 

(Minor)

  

JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of

Survivorship and not as tenants in

common

   Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                       (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

Exhibit A-6


ANNEX A

[Include for Global Security]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL SECURITY

Initial principal amount of Global Security:

 

Date

   Amount of Increase
in principal
amount of Global
Security
   Amount of
Decrease in
principal amount
of Global Security
   Principal amount
of Global  Security
after Increase or
Decrease
   Notation by
Registrar or
Security Custodian

 

A-1


ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

For value received hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Security, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

In connection with any transfer of the within Security occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Security, the undersigned confirms that such Security is being transferred:

¨ To AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or

¨ Pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

¨ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

¨ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

and unless the Securities has been transferred to AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are not being transferred to an “affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

   

Signature(s)

 

Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution

which is a member of one of the following

recognized signature Guarantee Programs:

 

(i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion

Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock

Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The

Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or

(iv) another guarantee

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee shall refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof.

 

Attachment 1-1


EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF RESTRICTED SECURITY LEGEND]

THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES AND (Y) 90 DAYS AFTER IT CEASES TO BE AN AFFILIATE (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), OFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE), OR (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES 2(A), 2(B) AND 2(D) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE) PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144 SUCH THAT THE SECURITY IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A “RESTRICTED SECURITY” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION). THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION

 

Exhibit B-1


REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION.

 

Exhibit B-2

Exhibit 99.1

AmTrust Announces Pricing of Private Offering of $250 Million Principal Amount of Senior Notes

NEW YORK, August 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFSI) (the “Company”) today announced that it has agreed to sell $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% senior notes due 2023 (the “senior notes”) to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The offering is expected to close on August 15, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

The senior notes will be the senior, unsecured obligations of AmTrust and will bear interest at a rate of 6.125% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on August 15 and February 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2014. The senior notes will mature on August 15, 2023.

AmTrust estimates that the net proceeds it will receive from the offering will be approximately $247.3 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by AmTrust. AmTrust intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures and/or strategic acquisitions.

The senior notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., headquartered in New York City, is a multinational insurance holding company, which, through its insurance carriers, offers specialty property and casualty insurance products, including workers’ compensation, commercial automobile and general liability; extended service and warranty coverage. For more information about AmTrust, call AmTrust toll-free at 866.203.3037.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that actual developments will be those anticipated by the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements as a result of significant risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, non-receipt of expected payments from insureds or reinsurers, changes in interest rates, a downgrade in the financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries, the effect of the performance of financial markets on our investment


portfolio, our estimates of the fair value of our life settlement contracts, development of claims and the effect on loss reserves, accuracy in projecting loss reserves, the cost and availability of reinsurance coverage, the effects of emerging claim and coverage issues, changes in the demand for our products, our degree of success in integrating acquired businesses, the effect of general economic conditions, state and federal legislation, regulations and regulatory investigations into industry practices, risks associated with conducting business outside the United States, developments relating to existing agreements, disruptions to our business relationships with Maiden Holdings, Ltd., National General Holdings Corp., or third party agencies and warranty administrators, breaches in data security or other disruptions with our technology, heightened competition, changes in pricing environments, and changes in asset valuations. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements except as may be required by law. Additional information about these risks and uncertainties, as well as others that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

AFSI-F

 

CONTACT:  

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

 

Investor Relations

Elizabeth Malone CFA

beth.malone@amtrustgroup.com

646.458.7924

 

Hilly Gross

hilly.gross@amtrustgroup.com

646.458.7925