SIRIUSPOINT LTD. 2013 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated effective as of February 26, 2021)
SECTION 1.
PURPOSE
The purposes of the SiriusPoint Ltd. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) are to promote the interests of SiriusPoint Ltd. and its shareholders by (i) attracting and retaining executive personnel and other key employees and directors of outstanding ability; (ii) motivating executive personnel and other key employees and directors by means of performance-related incentives, to achieve longer-range performance goals; and (iii) enabling such individuals to participate in the long-term growth and financial success of SiriusPoint Ltd.
The Plan has been amended and restated, effective as of February 26, 2021, to (i) reflect the renaming of the Plan from the Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan to the SiriusPoint Ltd. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 6, 2020, by and among the Company, Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (“Sirius Group”), and Yoga Merger Sub Limited, a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”); and (ii) reserve for issuance under the Plan 11,114,376 Shares that, prior to the consummation of the Merger, were reserved for issuance under the Sirius Group 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which such additional Shares, as permitted by the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, may be issued only in respect of Awards granted to Legacy Sirius Group Employees without further shareholder approval (the “Legacy Sirius Group Shares”).
SECTION 2.
DEFINITIONS
(a)Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
“Adjustment Event” has the meaning given in Section 4(c).
“Affiliate” means, (i) for purposes of Incentive Share Options, any corporation that is a “parent corporation” (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code) or a “subsidiary corporation” (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code) of the Company, and (ii) for all other purposes, with respect to any person, any other person that (directly or indirectly) is controlled by, controlling or under common control with such person.
“Alternative Award” has the meaning given in Section 13(b).
“Applicable Law” means the requirements related to or implicated by the administration of the Plan under Bermuda law, United States federal and state laws, the Code, applicable securities laws, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the shares of Common Stock
are listed or quoted, and the applicable laws of any other foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan, including, in each case, the applicable rules, regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Award” means any Performance Award, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Unit, Option, Share Appreciation Right, Deferred Share Unit, Dividend Equivalent or other Share-Based Award granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan, including an Award combining two or more types in a single grant.
“Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award granted under the Plan.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” with respect to a Participant shall mean (i) the refusal or neglect of the Participant to perform substantially his or her employment-related duties; (ii) the Participant’s personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty; (iii) the Participant’s conviction of or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or any applicable equivalent thereof) to a crime constituting a felony (or a crime or offense of equivalent magnitude in any jurisdiction) or his or her willful violation of any other law, rule, or regulation (other than a traffic violation or other offense or violation outside of the course of employment that in no way adversely affects the Company or any Subsidiary or its reputation or the ability of the Participant to perform his or her employment related duties or to represent the Company or any Subsidiary); (iv) the Participant’s material violation of the Company’s policies or standards or of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty or good faith to the Company; or (v) the material breach by the Participant of any covenant or agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary, or any written policy of the Company or any Subsidiary, not to disclose any information pertaining to the Company or any Subsidiary or not to compete or interfere with the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that with respect to any Participant who is party to an employment agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary that contains a definition of “Cause”, “Cause” shall have the meaning specified in such Participant’s employment agreement.
“Change in Control” shall mean the first to occur of the following:
(i) the acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or other similar transaction) by any person, entity, or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of beneficial ownership of all or substantially all of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, other than any such acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or by the Sponsors, or any affiliates of any of the foregoing;
(ii) the sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer, or other disposition, affiliates of the Company or any Sponsor; or
(iii) within any 24-month period, the persons who were directors of the Company at the beginning of such period (the “Incumbent Directors”) shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any director nominated for election to the Board by a majority of the Incumbent Directors still in office shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purpose of this clause (iii);
in each case, provided that, as to Specified Awards, such event also constitutes a “change in control” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
“Change in Control Price” means the price per Share offered in conjunction with any transaction resulting in a Change in Control. If any part of the offered price is payable other than in cash, or if more than one price per Share is paid in conjunction with such transaction, the Change in Control Price shall be determined in good faith by the Committee as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as the Board shall designate from time to time.
“Company” means SiriusPoint Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company, and any successor thereto.
“Consultant” means consultants and advisors who are natural persons who provide bona fide services to the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than services in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital raising transaction or that promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities).
“Deferred Annual Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Deferred Award” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Deferred Share Unit” means a unit credited to a Participant’s account on the books of the Company under Section 9 that represents the right to receive Shares or cash with a value equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share on settlement of the account.
“Designated Beneficiary” means the beneficiary designated by the Participant, in a manner determined by the Committee, to receive amounts due the Participant in the event of the Participant’s death. In the absence of an effective designation by the Participant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the Participant’s estate.
“Disability” means, unless another definition is incorporated into the applicable Award Agreement, Disability as specified under the Company’s long-term disability insurance policy and any other termination of a Participant’s employment or service under such circumstances that the Committee determines to qualify as a Disability for purposes of this Plan; provided, that if a Participant is a party to an employment or individual severance agreement with an Employer that defines the term “Disability” then, with respect to any Award made to such Participant,
“Disability” shall have the meaning set forth in such agreement; provided, further, that in the case of any Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall have the meaning set forth in Section 409A of the Code.
“Dividend Equivalent” means the right, granted under Section 11 of the Plan, to receive payments in cash or in Shares, based on dividends paid with respect to Shares.
“Effective Date” means August 2, 2013, which was the date following adoption of this Plan by the Board on which this Plan was approved by a majority of the votes cast at a duly constituted meeting of the shareholders of the Company or by a duly effective written consent of the shareholders in lieu thereof.
“Elective Deferred Share Unit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Eligible Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.
“Employee” means any officer or employee of the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Employer (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion).
“Employer” means the Company and any Subsidiary, and, in the discretion of the Committee, may also mean any business organization designated as an Employer; provided that the Company directly or indirectly owns at least 20% of the combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such entity.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Executive Officer” means any “officer” within the meaning of Rule 16(a)-1(f) promulgated under the Act or any Covered Employee.
“Fair Market Value” means,
(i) If the Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, the closing sales price for a Share (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or, if not so reported, such other source as the Committee deems reliable;
(ii) If the Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Shares on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination;
(iii) If the Shares are not listed on an established stock exchange or national market system, its Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Committee pursuant to a reasonable valuation method in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, including without limitation by reliance on an independent appraisal completed within the preceding 12 months.
“Freestanding SAR” means a Share Appreciation Right granted independently of any Options.
“Good Reason” shall have the meaning, if any, set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement. If a Participant’s Award Agreement does not contain a definition of Good Reason, then the terms of the Plan relating to Good Reason shall not be operative with respect to such Participant.
“Incentive Share Option” means an option to purchase Shares granted under Section 7 of the Plan that is designated as an Incentive Share Option that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
“IPO” means the first day as of which (i) sales of Shares are made to the public in the United States pursuant to an underwritten public offering of the Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended that covers (together with prior effective registrations) (A) not less than 25% of the then issued and outstanding Shares, on a fully diluted basis, or (B) Shares that, after the closing of such public offering, will be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or an equivalent internationally recognized securities exchange or quotation system, or (ii) the Committee has determined that the Shares otherwise have become publicly traded for this purpose.
“Legacy Sirius Group Employee” means any Employee who, prior to the consummation of the Merger, was an officer or employee of Sirius Group or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Legacy Sirius Group Shares” has the meaning given in the preamble to this Plan.
“Merger” has the meaning given in the preamble to this Plan.
“New Employer” means, after a Change in Control, a Participant’s employer, or any direct or indirect parent or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of such employer.
“Non-Statutory Share Option” means an option to purchase Shares granted under Section 7 of the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Share Option.
“Non-U.S. Award(s)” has the meaning given in Section 3(f).
“Option” means an Incentive Share Option or a Non-Statutory Share Option.
“Participant” means an Employee, Eligible Director or Consultant who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.
“Performance Award” means an Award of Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Options, Performance Shares, Deferred Shares, Deferred Share Units, Performance Units, SARs, other Equity-Based Awards or other Awards, the grant, exercise, voting or settlement of which is subject (in whole or in part) to the achievement of specified Performance Goals.
“Performance Cycle” means the period of time selected by the Committee during which performance is measured for the purpose of determining the extent to which a Performance Award has been earned or vested.
“Performance Goals” means the objectives established by the Committee for a Performance Cycle pursuant to Section 5(c) for the purpose of determining the extent to which a Performance Award has been earned or vested.
“Performance Share” means a Performance Award that is a contractual right to receive a Share (or the cash equivalent thereof) granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.
“Performance Unit” means a Performance Award that is a dollar denominated unit (or a unit denominated in the Participant’s local currency) granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.
“Permitted Transferees” has the meaning given it in Section 15(b).
“Plan” has the meaning given it in the preamble to this Plan.
“Preexisting Plan” means the Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. Share Incentive Plan.
“Preexisting Plan Award” means an award of share options previously granted to a Participant pursuant to the Preexisting Plan.
“Restriction Period” means the period of time selected by the Committee during which a grant of Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units or Deferred Share Units, as the case may be, is subject to forfeiture and/or restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
“Restricted Shares” means Shares contingently granted to a Participant under Section 6 of the Plan.
“Restricted Share Unit” means a Share denominated unit contingently awarded under Section 6 of the Plan.
“Retirement” means a termination of a Participant’s employment, other than for Cause, on or after the Participant’s attainment of age 65.
“Section 409A of the Code” means Section 409A of the Code and the applicable rules, regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Service” means, with respect to Employees and Consultants, continued employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates or, with respect to Eligible Directors, service on the Board of Directors.
“Service Award” means an Award that vests solely based on the passage of time or continued Service over a fixed period of time.
“Share Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive a payment from the Company in cash and/or Shares equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the exercise date over a specified price fixed by the Committee on the grant date, multiplied by (ii) a stated number of Shares.
“Share-Based Awards” has the meaning given in Section 10(a).
“Shares” means the common shares of the Company, par value US$0.10 per share.
“Sirius Group” has the meaning given in the preamble to this Plan.
“Specified Award” means an Award of non-qualified deferred compensation within the meaning of and that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, and which may include other Awards granted pursuant to the Plan (including, but not limited to, Restricted Share Units and Deferred Awards) that do not otherwise qualify for an exemption from Section 409A of the Code.
“Sponsors” means collectively, Daniel S. Loeb, KEP TP Holdings, L.P., KIA TP Holdings, L.P. and Pine Brook LVR, L.P.
“Subplan” has the meaning given in Section 3(f).
“Subsidiary” means any business entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares entitled to vote, and any other business organization, regardless of form, in which the Company possesses, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined equity interests in such organization.
“Ten Percent Holder” has the meaning given in Section 7(b).
“Termination of Service” means with respect to an Eligible Director, the date upon which such Eligible Director ceases to be a member of the Board, with respect to an Employee, the date the Participant ceases to be an Employee and, with respect to a Consultant, the date the Consultant ceases to provide services to the Company or any Employer, in each case as determined by the Committee; provided, that, with respect to any Specified Award, Termination of Service shall mean “separation from service”, as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the rules, regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Voting Power” when used in the definition of Change in Control shall mean such specified number of the Voting Securities as shall enable the holders thereof to cast such percentage of all the votes which could be cast in an annual election of directors and “Voting Securities” shall mean all securities of a company entitling the holders thereof to vote in an annual election of directors.
(b)Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
SECTION 3.
POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE
(a)Eligibility. Participants in the Plan shall consist of such Employees (including any officer of the Company), Consultants and Eligible Directors as the Committee in its sole discretion may select from time to time.
(b)Power to Grant and Establish Terms of Awards. The Committee shall have the discretionary authority, subject to the terms of the Plan, to determine the Participants, if any, to whom Awards shall be granted, the type or types of Awards to be granted, and the terms and conditions of any and all Awards including, without limitation, the number of Shares subject to an Award, the time or times at which Awards shall be granted, and the terms and conditions of the Awards and the applicable Award Agreements. The Committee may establish different terms and conditions for different types of Awards, for different Participants receiving the same type of Award, and for the same Participant for each type of Award such Participant may receive, whether or not granted at the same or different times.
(c)Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have sole and complete authority and discretion to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the operation of the Plan as it shall from time to time deem advisable, and to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan. The Committee’s decisions (including any failure to make decisions) shall be binding upon all persons, including but not limited to the Company, shareholders, Employers and each Employee, Director, Consultant, Participant, Designated Beneficiary and such person’s heirs, successors or assigns, and shall be given deference in any proceeding with respect thereto.
(d)Delegation by the Committee. The Committee may delegate to the chief executive officer of the Company the power and authority to make Awards to Participants who are not Executive Officers or Covered Employees, pursuant to such conditions and limitations as the Committee may establish. The Committee may also appoint agents (who may be officers or employees of the Company) to assist in the administration of the Plan and may grant authority to such persons to execute agreements, including Award Agreements, or other documents on its behalf. All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, for the engagement of any counsel, consultant or agent, shall be paid by the Company.
(e)Restrictive Covenants and Other Conditions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may condition the grant of any Award under the Plan upon the Participant to whom such Award would be granted agreeing in writing to certain conditions (such as restrictions on the ability to transfer the underlying Shares) or covenants in favor of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates thereof (including, without limitation, covenants not to compete, not to solicit employees and customers and not to disclose confidential information, that may have effect following the Termination of Service and after the Shares subject to the Award have been transferred to the Participant), including, without limitation, the requirement that the Participant disgorge any profit, gain or other benefit received in respect of the Award prior to any breach of any such covenant.
(f)Participants Based Outside the United States. To conform with the provisions of local laws and regulations, or with local compensation practices and policies, in foreign countries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates operate, but subject to the limitations set forth herein regarding the maximum number of shares issuable hereunder and the maximum award to any single Participant, the Committee may (i) modify the terms and conditions of Awards granted to Participants employed outside the United States (“Non-US Awards”), (ii) establish subplans with modified exercise procedures and such other modifications as may be necessary or advisable under the circumstances (“Subplans”), and (iii) take any action which it deems advisable to obtain, comply with or otherwise reflect any necessary governmental regulatory procedures, exemptions or approvals with respect to the Plan. The Committee’s decision to grant Non-US Awards or to establish Subplans is entirely voluntary, and at the complete discretion of the Committee. The Committee may amend, modify or terminate any Subplans at any time, and such amendment, modification or termination may be made without prior notice to the Participants. The Company, Subsidiaries, Affiliates and members of the Committee shall not incur any liability of any kind to any Participant as a result of any change, amendment or termination of any Subplan at any time. The benefits and rights provided under any Subplan or by any Non-US Award (i) are wholly discretionary and, although provided by either the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, do not constitute regular or periodic payments and (ii) are not to be considered part of the Participant’s salary or compensation under the Participant’s employment with the Participant’s local employer for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy or other end of service payments, vacation, bonuses, long-term service awards, indemnification, pension or retirement benefits, or any other payments, benefits or rights of any kind. If a Subplan is terminated, the Committee may direct the payment of Non-US Awards (or direct the deferral of payments whose amount shall be determined) prior to the dates on which payments would otherwise have been made, and, in the Committee’s discretion, such payments may be made in a lump sum or in installments.
SECTION 4.
MAXIMUM AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS
(a)Number. Subject in all cases to the provisions of this Section 4, the maximum number of Shares that are available for issuance under the Plan shall be (i) 21,627,906 Shares in respect of Awards (including Preexisting Plan Awards) which may be granted to any Employee, Eligible Director or Consultant, and (ii) 11,114,376 Legacy Sirius Group Shares in respect of Awards which may be granted solely to Legacy Sirius Group Employees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(b), the maximum number of Shares that may be issued in respect of Incentive Share Options shall not exceed 21,627,906 shares. Shares may be made available from Shares held in treasury or authorized but unissued shares of the Company not reserved for any other purpose.
(b)Canceled, Terminated, or Forfeited Awards, etc. Any Shares subject to an Award (or Preexisting Plan Award) which for any reason expires without having been exercised, is canceled or terminated or otherwise is settled without the issuance of any Shares shall again be available for grant under the Plan; provided, however, that (i) vested Shares that are repurchased after being issued from the Plan (or Preexisting Plan), (ii) Shares otherwise issuable or issued in
respect of, or as part of, any Award (or Preexisting Plan Award) that are repurchased, equal to the amount necessary to cover applicable taxes, (iii) Shares that are tendered to exercise outstanding Options or other Awards (or Preexisting Plan Awards) or to cover applicable taxes and (iv) the Legacy Sirius Group Shares shall not be available for future issuance under the Plan. If a Share Appreciation Right is granted in tandem with an Option so that only one may be exercised with the other being surrendered in such exercise in accordance with Section 8(b), the number of shares subject to the tandem Option and Share Appreciation Right shall only be taken into account once (and not as to both Awards). Shares subject to Awards that are assumed, converted or substituted pursuant to an Adjustment Event will not further reduce the maximum limitation set forth in Section 4(a).
(c)Adjustment in Capitalization. The number and kind of Shares available for issuance under the Plan and the number, class, exercise price, Performance Goals or other terms of any outstanding Award shall be adjusted by the Committee to reflect any extraordinary dividend or distribution, share dividend, bonus issue, share split or share consolidation or any reorganization, recapitalization, business combination, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, spin-off, exchange of shares, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or other similar transaction or event affecting the Shares (any such transaction or event, an “Adjustment Event”) in such manner as it determines in its sole discretion.
(d)Prohibition Against Repricing. From and after an IPO, except to the extent (i) approved in advance by holders of a majority of the shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or (ii) as a result of any Adjustment Event, the Committee shall not have the power or authority to reduce, whether through amendment or otherwise, the exercise price of any outstanding Option or base price of any outstanding Share Appreciation Right or to grant any new Award, or make any cash payment, in substitution for or upon the cancellation of Options or Share Appreciation Rights previously granted.
SECTION 5.
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
(a)Generally. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Participants who shall receive Performance Awards, the number and type of Performance Awards and the number of Shares and/or value of Performance Units or other cash-based Performance Award each Participant receives for each or any Performance Cycle, and the Performance Goals applicable in respect of such Performance Awards. Any adjustments to such Performance Goals shall be approved by the Committee. The Committee shall determine the duration of each Performance Cycle (the duration of Performance Cycles may differ from each other), and there may be more than one Performance Cycle in existence at any one time. Performance Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the kind of Award, the number of Shares and/or value of Awards awarded to the Participant, the Performance Goals applicable thereto, and such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall determine. No Shares will be issued at the time an Award of Performance Shares is made, and the Company shall not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of Performance Shares, Performance Units or other Performance Awards.
(b)Earned Performance Awards. Performance Awards shall become earned, in whole or in part, based upon the attainment of specified Performance Goals or the occurrence of any event or events, including a Change in Control, as the Committee shall determine, either before, at or after the grant date. In addition to the achievement of the specified Performance Goals, the Committee may, at the grant date, condition payment of Performance Awards on such conditions as the Committee shall specify. The Committee may also require the completion of a minimum period of service (in addition to the achievement of any applicable Performance Goals) as a condition to the vesting of any Performance Award.
(c)Performance Goals. The Committee shall in its discretion establish the Performance Goals that must be satisfied in order for a Participant to receive a Performance Award for a Performance Period or for a Performance Award to be earned or vested. At the discretion of the Committee, the Performance Goals for a Performance Period may be based upon one or more of the following criteria (alone or in combination, whether gross or net, before or after taxes, and/or before or after other adjustments, as determined by the Committee): (a) gross, net or operating income (before or after taxes); (b) earnings before interest and taxes (c) earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization (“EBITDA”); (d) EBITDA excluding charges for share compensation, management fees, restructurings, impairments and/or other specified items (“Adjusted EBITDA”); (e) EBITDA excluding capital expenditures; (f) basic or diluted earnings per share or improvement in basic or diluted earnings per share; (g) revenues (including, but not limited to, total revenues, net revenues or revenue growth); (h) net operating profit; (i) growth in basic or diluted book value; (j) financial return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, investments, investment income generated by underwriting or other operations or on the float from such operations, equity, or revenue) including or excluding negative returns, and with or without compounding; (k) cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment); (1) productivity ratios (including but not limited to measuring liquidity, profitability or leverage); (m) enterprise value; (n) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return, inclusive or exclusive of dividends); (o) expense/cost management targets (including but not limited to improvement in or attainment of expense levels, capital expenditure levels, and/or working capital levels); (p) margins (including, but not limited to, operating margin, underwriting margins, net income margin, cash margin, gross, net or operating profit margins, EBITDA margins, Adjusted EBITDA margins); (q) operating efficiency; (r) market share or market penetration; (s) customer targets (including, but not limited to, customer growth or customer satisfaction); (t) working capital targets or improvements; (u) profit measures (including but not limited to gross profit, net profit, operating profit, investment profit and/or underwriting profit), including or excluding charges for share compensation, fee income, underwriting losses incurred in prior periods, changes in IBNR reserves and/or other specified items; (v) economic value added; (w) balance sheet metrics (including, but not limited to, inventory, inventory turns, receivables turnover, net asset turnover, debt reduction, retained earnings, year-end cash, cash conversion cycle, ratio of debt to equity or to EBITDA); (x) workforce targets (including but not limited to diversity goals, employee engagement or satisfaction, employee retention, and workplace health and safety goals); (y) implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to risk management, research and development, key products or key
projects, lines of business, acquisitions and divestitures and strategic plan development and/or implementation; or (z) comparisons with various stock market indices, peer companies or industry groups or classifications with regard to one more of these criteria. Performance Goals may be established on a Company-wide basis or with respect to one or more business units, divisions, Subsidiaries, or products and may be expressed in absolute terms, or relative or comparative to (i) current internal targets or budgets, (ii) the past performance of the Company (including the performance of one or more Subsidiaries, divisions, or operating units), (iii) the performance of one or more similarly situated companies, (iv) the performance of an index covering multiple companies, or (v) other external measures of the selected performance criteria. Any performance objective may measure performance on an individual basis, as appropriate. The Committee may provide for a threshold level of performance below which no Shares or compensation will be granted or paid in respect of Performance Awards, and a maximum level of performance above which no additional Shares or compensation will be granted or paid in respect of Performance Awards, and it may provide for differing amounts of Shares or compensation to be granted or paid in respect of Performance Awards for different levels of performance. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time Performance Goals for a Performance Cycle are established, to the maximum extent possible, performance criteria shall be determined excluding any or all “unusual or infrequently occurring items” as determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and as identified in the financial statements, notes to the financial statements or management’s discussion and analysis in the annual report, including, without limitation, the charges or costs associated with restructurings of the Company or any Subsidiary, discontinued operations, unusual or infrequently occurring items, capital gains and losses, dividends, Share repurchase, other unusual, infrequently occurring or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effects of accounting changes. The Committee may also adjust the Performance Goals for any Performance Cycle as it deems equitable in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Company, changes in applicable tax laws or accounting principles, or such other factors as the Committee may determine. The Committee may also adjust the Performance Goals for any Performance Cycle as it deems equitable in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Company, changes in applicable tax laws or accounting principles, or such other factors as the Committee may determine (including, without limitation, any adjustments that would result in the Company paying non-deductible compensation to a Participant).
(d)Negative Discretion. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, the Committee shall have the right, in its absolute discretion, (i) to reduce or eliminate the amount otherwise payable to any Participant under Section 5(h) based on individual performance or any other factors that the Committee, in its discretion, shall deem appropriate and (ii) to establish rules or procedures that have the effect of limiting the amount payable to each Participant to an amount that is less than the maximum amount otherwise authorized.
(e)Affirmative Discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, subject to the maximum number of shares available for issuance under Section 4(a) of the Plan, (i) the Committee shall have the right, in its discretion, to grant an Award in cash, in Shares or other Awards or in any combination thereof, to any Participant, in a greater amount than would apply under the applicable Performance Codes, based on individual performance or
any other criteria that the Committee deems appropriate and (ii) in connection with the hiring of any person who is or becomes a Covered Employee, the Committee may provide for a minimum bonus amount or Award payment in any Performance Cycle, regardless of whether performance objectives are attained.
(f)Certification of Attainment of Performance Goals. As soon as practicable after the end of a Performance Cycle and prior to any payment or vesting in respect of such Performance Cycle, the Committee shall certify in writing the number of Performance Shares or other Performance Awards and the number and value of Performance Units which have been earned or vested on the basis of performance in relation to the established Performance Goals.
(g)Payment of Awards. Except as provided otherwise in an Award Agreement, payment or delivery of Shares with respect to earned Performance Awards shall be distributed to the Participant or, if the Participant has died, to the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, as soon as practicable after the expiration of the Performance Cycle and the Committee’s certification under paragraph 5(g) above (and in any event within 2 ½ months after the end of the Performance Cycle), provided that payment or delivery of Shares with respect to earned Performance Awards shall not be distributed to a Participant until any other conditions on payment of such Awards established by the Committee have been satisfied. The Committee shall determine whether earned Performance Awards are distributed in the form of cash, Shares or in a combination thereof, with the value or number of shares payable to be determined based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of the Committee’s certification under paragraph 5(g) above. The Committee shall have the right to impose whatever conditions it deems appropriate with respect to the award or delivery of Shares, including conditioning the vesting of such shares on the performance of additional service.
(h)Newly Eligible Participants. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, the Committee shall be entitled to make such rules, determinations and adjustments as it deems appropriate with respect to any Participant who becomes eligible to receive Performance Awards after the commencement of a Performance Cycle.
SECTION 6.
RESTRICTED SHARES AND RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS
(a)Grant. Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee. The grant date of any Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units under the Plan will be the date on which such Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units are awarded by the Committee, or on such other date as the Committee shall determine. Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify (i) the number of shares of Restricted Shares and/or the number of Restricted Share Units to be granted to each Participant, (ii) the Restriction Period(s) and (iii) such other terms and conditions, including rights to dividends or Dividend Equivalents, not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters. Grants of Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by issuance of certificates representing the shares registered in the name of the Participant or a bookkeeping entry in the Company’s records (or by
such other reasonable method as the Company shall determine from time to time). No Shares will be issued at the time an Award of Restricted Share Units is made and the Company shall not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Awards.
(b)Vesting. Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units granted to Participants under the Plan shall be subject to a Restriction Period. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant, and subject to the Participant’s continued employment with the Company on such date, the Restriction Period shall lapse in accordance with the schedule provided in the Participant’s Award Agreement. In its discretion, the Committee may also establish performance-based vesting conditions with respect to Awards of Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units (in lieu of, or in addition to, time-based vesting) based on one or more of the Performance Goals listed in Section 5(c) or other performance goal.
(c)Settlement of Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units. At the expiration of the Restriction Period for any Restricted Share Awards, the Company shall remove the restrictions applicable to share certificates or the entry in the Company’s register of members evidencing the Restricted Share Awards, and shall, upon request, deliver the share certificates evidencing such Restricted Share Awards to the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative (or otherwise evidence the issuance of such shares free of any restrictions imposed under the Plan). At the expiration of the Restriction Period for any Restricted Share Units, for each such Restricted Share Unit, the Participant shall receive, in the Committee’s discretion, (i) a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share as of such payment date, (ii) one Share or (iii) any combination of cash and Shares.
(d)Restrictions on Transfer. Except as provided herein or in an Award Agreement, Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, charged, hedged or otherwise encumbered during the Restriction Period. Any such attempt by the Participant to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, charge, hedge or encumber Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units without complying with the provisions of the Plan shall be void and of no effect.
SECTION 7.
SHARE OPTIONS
(a)Grant. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Options to purchase Shares to such eligible persons as may be selected by the Committee. Each Option, or portion thereof, that is not an Incentive Share Option shall be a Non-Statutory Share Option. An Incentive Share Option may not be granted to any person who is not an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary (as defined in Section 424 of the Code). Each Incentive Share Option shall be granted within ten years of the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Share Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000 or such higher limit as may be permitted under Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which Options designated as Incentive Share Options are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or any other plan of the Company or any parent or subsidiary as defined in
Section 424 of the Code) exceeds $100,000 or such higher limit established by the Code, such Options shall constitute Non-Statutory Share Options. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of Shares subject to such Option, the exercise price associated with the Option, the time and conditions of exercise of the Option and all other terms and conditions of the Option.
(b)Number of Shares and Purchase Price. The number of Shares subject to an Option and the purchase price per Share purchasable upon exercise of the Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the purchase price per Share purchasable upon exercise of an Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option; provided further, that if an Incentive Share Option shall be granted to any person who, at the time such Option is granted, owns capital shares possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital shares of the Company (or of any parent or subsidiary as defined in Section 424 of the Code) (a “Ten Percent Holder”), the purchase price per Share shall be the price (currently 110% of Fair Market Value) required by the Code in order to constitute an Incentive Share Option.
(c)Exercise Period and Exercisability. The period during which an Option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that no Option shall be exercised later than ten years after its date of grant; and provided further, that if an Incentive Share Option shall be granted to a Ten Percent Holder, such Option shall not be exercised later than five years after its date of grant. The Committee shall determine whether a Share Option shall become exercisable in cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full at any time. The Committee may require that an exercisable Option, or portion thereof, be exercised only with respect to whole Shares.
(d)Method of Exercise. An Option may be exercised (i) by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of Shares to be purchased and by accompanying such notice with a payment therefor in full (or by arranging for such payment to the Company’s satisfaction) and (ii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request. If the Company’s Shares are not listed on an established stock exchange or national market system at the time an Option is exercised, then the optionholder shall pay the exercise price of such Option in cash. If the Company’s Shares are listed on an established stock exchange or national market system at the time an option is exercised, then the optionholder may pay the exercise price of such Option either (A) in cash, (B) by delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the aggregate purchase price payable by reason of such exercise, (C) authorizing the Company to repurchase whole Shares which would otherwise be delivered having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy such obligation, and withhold the proceeds thereof, provided that the Committee determines that such repurchase of shares does not cause the Company to recognize an increased compensation expense under applicable accounting principles, (D) in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom the optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or (E) a combination of (A), (B), (C) and (D), in each case to the extent set forth in the Award Agreement relating to the Option. The Company shall have sole discretion to
disapprove of an election pursuant to any of clauses (B) through (E). Any fraction of a Share which would be required to pay such purchase price shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the optionee. No certificate representing Shares shall be delivered until the full purchase price therefor and any withholding taxes (as determined, pursuant to Section 15(a)), have been paid (or arrangement made for such payment to the Company’s satisfaction).
SECTION 8.
SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS
(a)Grant. Share Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee. Share Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with Options which, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, shall have substantially similar terms and conditions to such Options to the extent applicable, or may be granted on a freestanding basis, not related to any Option (“Freestanding SARs”). The grant date of any Share Appreciation Right under the Plan will be the date on which the Share Appreciation Right is awarded by the Committee or such other future date as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. No Share Appreciation Right shall be exercisable on or after the tenth anniversary of its grant date. Share Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, whether as part of the Award Agreement governing the terms of the Options, if any, to which such Share Appreciation Right relates or pursuant to a separate Award Agreement with respect to Freestanding SARs, in each case containing such provisions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.
(b)Exercise Period and Exercisability. The period during which a Share Appreciation Right may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that no Share Appreciation Right shall be exercised later than ten years after its date of grant. The Committee shall determine whether a Share Appreciation Right shall become exercisable in cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full at any time. Share Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with an Option shall become exercisable on the same date or dates as the Options with which such Share Appreciation Rights are associated become exercisable. Share Appreciation Rights that are granted in tandem with an Option may only be exercised upon the surrender of the right to exercise such Option for an equivalent number of Shares, and may be exercised only with respect to the Shares for which the related Option is then exercisable.
(c)Settlement. Subject to Section 13, upon exercise of a Share Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in the form, determined by the Committee, of cash or Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such cash amount, or a combination of Shares and cash having an aggregate value equal to such amount, determined by multiplying:
(i)any increase in the Fair Market Value of one Share on the exercise date over the price fixed by the Committee on the grant date of such Share Appreciation Right, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the grant date of such Share Appreciation Right, by
(ii)the number of Shares with respect to which the Share Appreciation Right is exercised;
provided, however, that on the grant date, the Committee may establish, in its sole discretion, a maximum amount per share which will be payable upon exercise of a Share Appreciation Right.
SECTION 9.
DEFERRED SHARE UNITS
(a)Grant. Freestanding Deferred Share Units may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee without regard to any election by the Participant to defer receipt of any compensation or bonus amount payable to him. The grant date of any freestanding Deferred Share Unit under the Plan will be the date on which such freestanding Deferred Share Unit is awarded by the Committee or on such other future date as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. In addition, on fixed dates established by the Committee and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, the Committee may permit a Participant to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of his or her annual compensation and/or annual incentive bonus (“Deferred Annual Amount”) payable by the Company or a Subsidiary and any other Award (“Deferred Award”) and receive in lieu thereof an Award of elective Deferred Share Units (“Elective Deferred Share Units”) equal to, in the case of a Deferred Annual Amount, the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing (i) the amount of the Deferred Annual Amount, by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of payment of such compensation and/or annual bonus or, in the case of a Deferred Award under the Plan, the number of Shares subject to the Deferred Award. Each Award of Deferred Share Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify (x) the number of Shares to which the Deferred Share Units pertain, (y) the time and form of payment of the Deferred Share Units and (z) such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters and such provisions as may be required pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. Upon the grant of Deferred Share Units pursuant to the Plan, the Company shall establish a notional account for the Participant and will record in such account the number of Deferred Share Units awarded to the Participant. No Shares will be issued to the Participant at the time an award of Deferred Share Units is granted. Deferred Share Units may become payable on a Change in Control, Termination of Service or on a specified date or dates set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Deferred Share Units.
(b)Rights as a Shareholder. The Committee shall determine whether and to what extent Dividend Equivalents will be credited to the account of, or paid currently to, a Participant receiving an Award of Deferred Share Units. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee at or after the grant date, (i) any cash dividends or distributions credited to the Participant’s account shall be deemed to have been invested in additional Deferred Share Units on the record date established for the related dividend or distribution in an amount equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing (A) the value of such dividend or distribution on the record date by (B) the Fair Market Value of one Share on such date, and such additional Deferred Share Unit shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable in respect
of the Deferred Share Unit with respect to which such dividends or distributions were payable, and (ii) if any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares or other securities, such shares and other securities shall be subject to the same vesting, performance and other restrictions as apply to the Deferred Share Unit with respect to which they were paid. A Participant shall not have any rights as a shareholder in respect of Deferred Share Units awarded pursuant to the Plan (including, without limitation, the right to vote on any matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders) until such time as the Shares attributable to such Deferred Share Units have been issued to such Participant or his beneficiary.
(c)Vesting. Unless the Committee provides otherwise at or after the grant date, the portion of each Award of Deferred Share Units that consists of freestanding Deferred Share Units, together with any Dividend Equivalents credited with respect thereto, will be subject to a Restriction Period. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, and subject to the Participant’s continued Service with his or her Employer on such date, the Restriction Period with respect to Deferred Share Units shall lapse as provided in the Participant’s Award Agreement. In its discretion, the Committee may establish performance-based vesting conditions with respect to Awards of Deferred Share Units (in lieu of, or in addition to, time-based vesting) based on one more of the Performance Goals listed in Section 5(c) or other performance goal. The portion of each Award of Deferred Share Units that consists of Elective Deferred Share Units, together with any Dividend Equivalents credited with respect thereto, need not be subject to any Restriction Period and may be non-forfeitable.
(d)Further Deferral Elections. A Participant may elect to further defer receipt of Shares issuable in respect of Deferred Share Units or other Award (or an installment of an Award) for a specified period or until a specified event, subject in each case to the Committee’s approval and to such terms as are determined by the Committee, all in its sole discretion. Subject to any exceptions adopted by the Committee, such election must generally be made at least 12 months before the prior settlement date of such Deferred Share Units (or any such installment thereof) whether pursuant to this Section 9 or Section 13 and must defer settlement for at least five years. A further deferral opportunity is not required to be made available to all Participants, and different terms and conditions may apply with respect to the further deferral opportunities made available to different Participants.
(e)Settlement. Subject to this Section 9 and Section 13, upon the date specified in the Award Agreement evidencing the Deferred Share Units for each such Deferred Share Unit the Participant shall receive, in the Committee’s discretion, (i) a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share as of such payment date, (ii) one Share or (iii) any combination of cash and Shares.
SECTION 10.
OTHER SHARE-BASED AWARDS
(a)Generally. The Committee is authorized to make Awards of other types of equity-based or equity-related awards (“Share-Based Awards”) not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. All Share -Based Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Share -
Based Awards may be granted as an inducement to enter the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or in satisfaction of any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to an officer or other key employee, whether pursuant to this Plan or otherwise, that would otherwise have been payable in cash or in respect of any other obligation of the Company. Such Share-Based Awards may entail the transfer of actual Shares, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States. The terms of any other Share-Based Award need not be uniform in application to all (or any class of) Participants, and each other Share -Based award granted to any Participant (whether or not at the same time) may have different terms.
SECTION 11.
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS
(a)Generally. Dividend Equivalents may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents may be granted in tandem with other Awards, in addition to other Awards, or freestanding and unrelated to other Awards. The grant date of any Dividend Equivalents under the Plan will be the date on which the Dividend Equivalent is awarded by the Committee, or such other date as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Dividend Equivalents may be paid in cash or in Shares or any compensation thereof as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Dividend Equivalents shall be evidenced in writing, whether as part of the Award Agreement governing the terms of the Award, if any, to which such Dividend Equivalent relates, or pursuant to a separate Award Agreement with respect to freestanding Dividend Equivalents, in each case, containing such provisions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.
SECTION 12.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE AND FORFEITURE
(a)Termination for Cause. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the grant date and set forth in the Award Agreement covering the Award (or otherwise in writing), or determined thereafter in a manner more favorable to the Participant, if a Participant’s employment or service terminates for Cause, all Options and SARs, whether vested or unvested, and all other Awards that are unvested or unexercisable or otherwise unpaid (or were unvested or unexercisable or unpaid at the time of occurrence of Cause) shall be immediately forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Participant’s termination of service.
(b)Termination Due to Death or Disability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the grant date and set forth in the Award Agreement covering the Award (or otherwise in writing), or determined thereafter in a manner more favorable to the Participant, if a Participant’s employment or service terminates due to the death or Disability of the Participant:
(i)All Service Awards that are unvested or unexercisable that would have become vested at any time prior to the first anniversary of the Participant’s Termination
of Service, had the Participant continued to be employed by the Company through such date, shall immediately become vested and exercisable as of the date of termination;
(ii)Performance Awards that are unvested or unexercisable shall, subject to the achievement of the applicable Performance Goals, be deemed vested and/or exercisable to the extent of the number of Performance Awards that would have vested and/or become exercisable had the Participant’s Service continued until the first anniversary of the Participant’s Termination of Service;
(iii)All Options and SARs that are vested shall remain outstanding until (y) the one year anniversary of the Participant’s termination of employment or (z) the Award’s normal expiration date, whichever is earlier, after which date any unexercised Options and SARs shall immediately terminate;
(iv)All Awards other than Options and SARs that are vested shall be treated as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement (or in any more favorable manner determined by the Committee); and
(v)All Awards that are unvested or unexercisable (and do not become vested pursuant to Section 12(b) (ii or (ii))) shall immediately terminate as of the date of the Participant’s Termination of Service.
(c)Termination for Any Other Reason. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the grant date and set forth in the Award Agreement covering the Award (or otherwise in writing), or determined thereafter in a manner more favorable to the Participant, if a Participant’s employment or service terminates for any reason other than Cause or due to the death or Disability of the Participant:
(i)All Awards that are unvested or unexercisable shall be immediately be forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Participant’s Termination of Service;
(ii)All Options and SARs that are vested shall remain outstanding until (x) in the case of Retirement, the one year anniversary of the date of the Participant’s Termination of Service, (y) the three-month anniversary of the effective date of the Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason other than Retirement or (z) the Award’s normal expiration date, whichever is earlier, after which any unexercised Options and SARs shall immediately terminate; and
(iii)All Awards other than Options and SARs that are vested shall be treated as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement (or in any more favorable manner determined by the Committee).
(d)Termination in Connection with a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12, Section 13 shall determine the treatment of Awards upon a Change in Control.
(e)Forfeiture, Cancellation and “Clawback” of Awards. The Participant shall forfeit and disgorge to the Company any Awards granted or vested and any gains earned or accrued due to the exercise of Options or SARs or the sale of any Shares or the settlement of any Award to the extent required by Applicable Law or regulations in effect on or after the Effective Date, including Section 304 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 10D of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee shall have full authority to implement any policies and procedures necessary to comply with Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any rules promulgated thereunder. The implementation of policies and procedures pursuant to this Section 12(e) and any modification of the same shall not be subject to any restrictions on amendment or modification of Awards. Awards granted under this Plan (and gains earned or accrued in connection with Awards) shall also be subject to such generally applicable policies as to forfeiture and recoupment (including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of material financial or accounting errors, financial or other misconduct or Competitive Activity) as may be adopted by the Administrator or the Board from time to time and communicated to Participants. Any such policies may (in the discretion of the Administrator or the Board) be applied to outstanding Awards at the time of adoption of such policies, or on a prospective basis only.
SECTION 13.
CHANGE IN CONTROL
(a)Accelerated Vesting and Payment.
(i)In General. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, (i) all Options and Share Appreciation Rights shall become immediately exercisable, (ii) the Restriction Period on all Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units and Deferred Share Units shall lapse immediately prior to such Change in Control and (iii) Shares underlying Awards of Restricted Share Units and Deferred Share Units shall be issued to each Participant then holding such Award immediately prior to such Change in Control; provided, that, at the discretion of the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control), each such Option, Share Appreciation Right, Restricted Share Unit and/or Deferred Share Unit may be canceled in exchange for an amount equal to the product of (A)(I) in the case of Options and Share Appreciation Rights, the excess, if any, of the product of the Change in Control Price over the exercise price for such Award, and (II) in the case of other such Awards, the Change in Control Price multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Shares covered by such Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, instead terminate any outstanding Options or Share Appreciation Rights if either (x) the Company provides holders of such Options and Share Appreciation Rights with reasonable advance notice to exercise their outstanding and unexercised Options and Share Appreciation Rights or (y) the Committee reasonably determines that the Change in Control Price is equal to or less than the exercise price for such Options or Share Appreciation Rights.
(ii)Performance Awards. Performance Awards that are outstanding in the event of a Change in Control shall be treated as provided in the individual Award Agreement governing such Performance Awards.
(b)Timing of Payments. Payment of any amounts calculated in accordance with Section (i) shall be made in cash or, if determined by the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control), in common shares of the New Employer having an aggregate fair market value equal to such amount and shall be payable in full, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 30 days, following the Change in Control. For purposes hereof, the fair market value of one common share of the New Employer shall be determined by the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction constituting the Change in Control), in good faith.
(c)Termination Without Cause Prior to a Change in Control. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the time of grant, any Participant whose employment or service is terminated without Cause within three (3) months prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control shall be treated, solely for the purposes of this Plan (including, without limitation, this Section 13) as continuing in the Company’s employment or service until the occurrence of such Change in Control, and to have been terminated immediately thereafter.
(d)Waiver of Benefits. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any of the payments and benefits provided for under this Plan, any Award Agreement, or any other agreement or arrangement between the Company or any Subsidiary and a Participant (collectively, the “Payments”) would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, such Participant shall be entitled to waive any or all of such Payments to the extent necessary to avoid the application of the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
SECTION 14.
EFFECTIVE DATE, AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION,
AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan shall be effective on the Effective Date, and shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to this Section 14, until the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. The Board or the Committee may at any time in its sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever, terminate or suspend the Plan, and from time to time, subject to obtaining any regulatory approval, including that of a stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed, if applicable, may amend or modify the Plan; provided that without the approval by a majority of the votes cast at a duly constituted meeting of shareholders of the Company, no amendment or modification to the Plan may (i) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (ii) except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4(c), increase the number of Shares subject to the Plan, (iii) modify the class of persons eligible for participation in the Plan, (iv) allow Options or Share Appreciation Rights to be issued with an exercise price or reference price below Fair Market Value on the date of grant (v) extend the term of any Award granted under the Plan beyond its original expiry date or (vi) materially modify the Plan in any other way that would require shareholder approval under any regulatory requirement that the Committee
determines to be applicable, including, without limitation, the rules of any exchange on which the Shares are then listed. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, neither the Board nor the Committee may, without the consent of the affected Participant, amend, modify or terminate the Plan in any manner that would adversely affect any Award theretofore granted under the Plan or result in the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A of the Code.
SECTION 15.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a)Withholding. The Employer shall have the right to deduct from all amounts paid to a Participant in cash (whether under this Plan or otherwise) any amount of taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of Awards under this Plan as may be necessary in the opinion of the Employer to satisfy tax withholding required under the laws of any country, state, province, city or other jurisdiction, including but not limited to income taxes, capital gains taxes, transfer taxes, and social security contributions that are required by law to be withheld. In the case of payments of Awards in the form of Shares, at the Committee’s discretion, the Participant shall be required to either pay to the Employer the amount of any taxes required to be withheld with respect to such Shares or, in lieu thereof, the Employer shall have the right to retain and repurchase from the Participant (or the Participant may be offered the opportunity to elect to tender for repurchase by the Company) the number of Shares whose Fair Market Value equals such amount required to be withheld and withhold the proceeds of such sale; and provided, further, that with respect to any Specified Award, in no event shall Shares or other amounts receivable under a Specified Award be repurchased pursuant to this Section 15(a) (other than upon or immediately prior to settlement in accordance with the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement) other than to pay taxes imposed under the U.S. Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and any associated U.S. federal withholding tax imposed under Section 3401 of the Code and in no event shall the value of such Shares or other amounts receivable under a Specified Award (other than upon or immediately prior to settlement) exceed the amount of the tax imposed under FICA and any associated U.S. federal withholding tax imposed under Section 3401 of the Code. The Participant shall be responsible for all withholding taxes and other tax consequences of any Award granted under this Plan.
(b)Nontransferability of Awards. Except as provided herein or in an Award Agreement, no Award may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered except by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided that the Committee may permit (on such terms and conditions as it shall establish) a Participant to transfer an Award for no consideration to the Participant’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests (“Permitted Transferees”). A Participant may not enter into any transaction which hedges or otherwise transfers the risk of price movements with regard to the Shares subject to any unvested or
unearned Award. No amendment to the Plan or to any Award shall permit transfers other than in accordance with the preceding sentence. Any attempt by a Participant to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, charge, hedge or encumber an Award without complying with the provisions of the Plan shall be void and of no effect. Except to the extent required by law, no right or interest of any Participant shall be subject to any lien, obligation or liability of the Participant. All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by such Participant or, if applicable, his or her Permitted Transferee(s). The rights of a Permitted Transferee shall be limited to the rights conveyed to such Permitted Transferee, who shall be subject to and bound by the terms of the agreement or agreements between the Participant and the Company.
(c)No Limitation on Compensation. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its Employees, in cash or property, in a manner which is not expressly authorized under the Plan.
(d)No Right to Employment. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Employer. The grant of an Award hereunder, and any future grant of Awards under the Plan is entirely voluntary, and at the complete discretion of the Company. Neither the grant of an Award nor any future grant of Awards by the Company shall be deemed to create any obligation to grant any further Awards, whether or not such a reservation is explicitly stated at the time of such a grant. The Plan shall not be deemed to constitute, and shall not be construed by the Participant to constitute, part of the terms and conditions of employment and participation in the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute, and shall not be deemed by the Participant to constitute, an employment or labor relationship of any kind with the Company. The Employer expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss a Participant free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, except as provided herein and in any agreement entered into with respect to an Award. The Company expressly reserves the right to require, as a condition of participation in the Plan, that Award recipients agree and acknowledge the above in writing. Further, the Company expressly reserves the right to require Award recipients, as a condition of participation, to consent in writing to the collection, transfer from the Employer to the Company and third parties, storage and use of personal data for purposes of administering the Plan.
(e)No Rights as Shareholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award contained in the Plan and in the Award Agreement, no Participant, Permitted Transferee or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed under the Plan until he or she has become the holder thereof
(f)Construction of the Plan. The validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan and of its rules and regulations, and rights relating to the Plan, shall be determined solely in accordance with the laws of Bermuda (without reference to the principles of conflicts of law or choice of law that might otherwise refer the construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction).
(g)Rules of Construction. Whenever the context so requires, the use of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and vice versa, and the use of the singular shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa. That this plan was drafted by the Company shall not be taken into account in interpreting or construing any provision of this Plan.
(h)Compliance with Legal and Exchange Requirements. The Plan, the granting and exercising of Awards thereunder, and any obligations of the Company under the Plan, shall be subject to all applicable federal, state, and foreign country laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required, and to any rules or regulations of any exchange on which the Shares are listed. The Company, in its discretion, may postpone the granting and exercising of Awards, the issuance or delivery of Shares under any Award or any other action permitted under the Plan to permit the Company, with reasonable diligence, to complete such stock exchange listing or registration or qualification of such Shares or other required action under any federal, state or foreign country law, rule, or regulation and may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Shares in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. The Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any provision of the Plan to recognize the exercise of any Award or to otherwise sell or issue Shares in violation of any such laws, rules, or regulations, and any postponement of the exercise or settlement of any Award under this provision shall not extend the term of such Awards. Neither the Company nor its directors or officers shall have any obligation or liability to a Participant with respect to any Award (or Shares issuable thereunder) that shall lapse because of such postponement.
(i)Deferrals. Subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may postpone the exercising of Awards, the issuance or delivery of Shares under, or the payment of cash in respect of, any Award or any action permitted under the Plan, upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time. Subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, a Participant may electively defer receipt of the Shares or cash otherwise payable in respect of any Award (including, without limitation, any Shares issuable upon the exercise of an Option other than an Incentive Share Option) upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time.
(j)Limitation on Liability; Indemnification. No member of the Board or Committee, and none of the chief executive officer or any other delegate or agent of the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in connection with the Plan in good faith, and each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board or Committee, the chief executive officer and each delegate or agent of the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be made a party or in which he or she may be involved in by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan to the full extent permitted by law, except as otherwise provided in the Company’s Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws, and under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that may be in effect from time to time. The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive and shall be independent of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Memorandum of Association or Bye-laws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise.
(k)Amendment of Award. In the event that the Committee shall determine that such action would, taking into account such factors as it deems relevant, be beneficial to the Company, the Committee may affirmatively act to amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award at any time prior to payment or exercise in any manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, including without limitation, change the date or dates as of which (A) an Option or Share Appreciation Right becomes exercisable, (B) a Performance Share or Performance Unit is deemed earned, or (C) Restricted Share, Restricted Share Units, Deferred Share Units and other Share -Based Awards becomes nonforfeitable, except that no outstanding Option may be amended or otherwise modified or exchanged (other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 4(c)) in a manner that would have the effect of reducing its original exercise price or otherwise constitute repricing. Any such action by the Committee shall be subject to the Participant’s consent if the Committee determines that such action would adversely affect the Participant’s rights under such Award, whether in whole or in part. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability or vesting or lapse of any Restriction Period with respect to all or any portion of any outstanding Award at any time. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may not, without the consent of the affected Participant, amend, modify or terminate an outstanding Award or exercise any discretion in any manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A of the Code.
(l)409A Compliance. The Plan is intended to be administered in a manner consistent with the requirements, where applicable, of Section 409A of the Code. Where reasonably possible and practicable, the Plan shall be administered in a manner to avoid the imposition on Participants of immediate tax recognition and additional taxes pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. In the case of any Specified Award that may be treated as payable in the form of “a series of installment payments,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii), a Participant’s or Designated Beneficiary’s right to receive such payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments for purposes of such Treasury Regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Committee, nor any of the Company’s directors, officers or employees shall have any liability to any person in the event Section 409A of the Code applies to any such Award in a manner that results in adverse tax consequences for the Participant or any of his beneficiaries or transferees. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Board or the Committee may unilaterally amend, modify or terminate the Plan or any outstanding Award, including but not limited to changing the form of Award or the exercise price of any Option or SAR, if the Board or Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such amendment, modification or termination is necessary or advisable to comply with applicable U.S. law, as a result of changes in law or regulation or to avoid the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A of the Code.
(m)Certain Provisions Applicable to Specified Employees. Notwithstanding the terms of this Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of Participant’s Termination of Service he or she is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any payment of any “nonqualified deferred compensation” amounts (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and after taking into account all exclusions applicable to such payments under Section 409A of the Code) required to be made to the Participant upon or as a result of the Termination of Service (as defined in Section 409A) shall be delayed until after the six-month anniversary of the Termination of Service to the extent necessary to comply with and avoid the imposition of taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Any such payments to which he or she would otherwise be entitled during the first six months following his or her Termination of Service will be accumulated and paid without interest on the first payroll date after the six-month anniversary of the Termination of Service (unless another Section 409A-compliant payment date applies) or within thirty days thereafter. These provisions will only apply if and to the extent required to avoid the imposition of taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
(n)No Impact on Benefits. Except as may otherwise be specifically stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participant’s right under any such plan, policy or program.
(o)No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed (a) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge, amalgamate or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets or (b) to limit the right or power of the Company, or any Subsidiary, to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.
(p)Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of this Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of this Plan.
LOSS PORTFOLIO TRANSFER
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
by and among
SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY
SIRIUSPOINT BERMUDA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
and
PALLAS REINSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
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ARTICLES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE
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1
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BACKGROUND
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1
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2
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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3
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LPT COVERAGE; ADMINISTRATION OF REINSURED LIABILITIES
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12
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4
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REPORTS AND REVIEW
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13
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5
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TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT
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14
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6
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CONSIDERATION AND RECONCILIATION
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16
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7
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COLLATERAL AND PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT
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18
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8
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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25
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9
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NOTIFICATION
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29
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10
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INDEMNIFICATION
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29
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11
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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33
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12
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ACCESS TO RECORDS
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34
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13
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NOTICES
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35
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14
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MISCELLANEOUS
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36
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15
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DISCLAIMERS
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40
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16
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ARBITRATION
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41
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17
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EXPEDITED DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENT ACTUARIAL FIRM
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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42
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GOVERNING LAW
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42
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INSOLVENCY
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SERVICE OF SUIT
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44
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ATTACHMENTS
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SCHEDULE A
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN QUARTERLY STATEMENTS
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47
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SCHEDULE B
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INITIAL RECONCILIATION STATEMENT
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48
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SCHEDULE C
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INVESTMENT GUIDELINES
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49
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SCHEDULE D
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FUNDS WITHHELD ACCOUNT
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF SERVICES AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF TRUST AGREEMENTS
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EXHIBIT C
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SUBJECT BUSINESS
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EXHIBIT D
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MATERIALS REINSURED CONTRACTS
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EXHIBIT E
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LIST OF EMPLOYEES
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EXHIBIT F
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EXCLUSION FROM COLLECTED THIRD PARTY REINSURANCE
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EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF SECURITY AND CONTROL AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT H
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PREMIUM INCREASE CALCULATION
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LOSS PORTFOLIO TRANSFER
REINSURANCE AGREEMENT
(hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”)
by and among
SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY
(hereinafter referred to as “SiriusPoint America”),
SIRIUSPOINT BERMUDA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
(hereinafter referred to as “SiriusPoint Bermuda”, and together with SiriusPoint America, the “Company”),
and
PALLAS REINSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
(a Bermuda exempted company registered as a Class 3A insurer under the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978, as amended, and its related regulations and as a segregated accounts company under the Bermuda Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2000, as amended, and hereinafter referred to as the “Reinsurer”)
(the Company and the Reinsurer are each referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”)
ARTICLE 1 - BACKGROUND
A.The Company and the Reinsurer entered into that certain Master Agreement dated July 30, 2021 (the “Master Agreement”).
B.The Company and the Reinsurer shall enter into this Agreement, whereby the Company shall cede to the Reinsurer, and the Reinsurer shall assume from the Company, the Reinsured Liabilities of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
C.The Reinsurer shall provide the Services to the Company and shall have authority and responsibility for the handling and administration of claims arising under the Subject Business pursuant to the Services Agreement being entered into as of the date hereof between the Company and the Reinsurer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Services Agreement”).
D.The Reinsurer shall establish and maintain collateral as follows for its obligations to the Company under this Agreement:
1.SiriusPoint America, the Reinsurer, and The Bank of New York Mellon as the trustee (the “Trustee”) shall enter into a trust agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Reg 114 Trust Agreement”; and the trust account established and maintained under Reg 114 Trust Agreement, the “Reg 114 Trust Account”), pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold assets as security for the
satisfaction of the obligations of the Reinsurer to SiriusPoint America under this Agreement.
2.The Company, the Reinsurer, and the Trustee shall enter into a trust agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement”; and the trust account established and maintained under Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement, the “Non-Reg 114 Trust Account”), pursuant to which Trustee shall hold assets as security for the satisfaction of the obligations of the Reinsurer to the Company under this Agreement.
3.The Company, the Reinsurer, and The Bank of New York Mellon shall enter into that certain security and account control agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Security and Control Agreement”), pursuant to which a first priority security interest shall be granted in favor of the Company in the Administrative Account and all assets credited thereto.
4.The Funds Withheld Account shall serve as collateral in addition to the Funded Accounts (as defined herein).
ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement:
“Administrative Account” has the meaning given to it in the Services Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, in relation to any Party, any Person under the control of or under common control with the Party.
“Aggregate Limit” means the sum of $645,000,000 USD, less UNL payments made by the Company on or after the Valuation Date and prior to the Effective Date in respect of the Subject Business.
“Aggregate Limit Exhaustion Corridor” means, as of any date during the term of this Agreement, when the remaining Aggregate Limit is $50,000,000 or less, after taking into account the aggregate amount of UNL paid or payable by the Reinsurer hereunder on an incurred basis to such date.
“Applicable Law(s)” means any domestic or foreign, federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance or code, or any written rules, regulations or administrative interpretations issued by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any of the foregoing, in each case applicable to any Party, and any order of a court of competent jurisdiction applicable to the Parties.
“Backstop” has the meaning given to it in the Miscellaneous Article.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City or Bermuda are required or authorized by law to be closed. Wherever a time limit in the Agreement references Business Days, the Parties
may mutually agree in writing to alter the number of Business Days. Any such mutual agreement is only applicable to the one issue or circumstance addressed and is not meant to apply broadly to the Agreement nor to all instances regarding the same issue, unless explicitly also agreed in writing.
“Cause” has the meaning given to it in the Services Agreement.
“Closing” has the meaning given to it in the Master Agreement.
“Collected Third-party Reinsurance” means all reinsurance recoverables actually collected in cash with respect to the Subject Business, net of any collection costs; provided that “Collected Third-party Reinsurance” shall not include reinsurance recoveries accrued or booked prior to the Valuation Date and therefore not reflected in the Net Subject Reserves as at the Valuation Date whether or not such recoveries are collected after the Valuation Date, including, but not limited to, the reinsurance recoveries described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
“Commutation Amount” has the meaning given to it in the Term of this Agreement Article.
“Commutation Effective Time” has the meaning given to it in the Term of this Agreement Article.
“Commutation Events” has the meaning given to it in the Term of this Agreement Article.
“Commutation Settlement Statement” has the meaning given to it in the Term of this Agreement Article.
“Company Authorized Representative” means Dan Malloy, or any other Person appointed by the Company to that role from time to time as notified in writing to the Reinsurer.
“Company Indemnified Person(s)” has the meaning given to it in the Indemnification Article.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning given to it in the Confidentiality Article.
“Declaratory Judgment Expenses” means all attorneys’ fees, expenses and other litigation costs attributable to coverage analysis or declaratory judgment actions or other coverage dispute resolution procedures brought to determine defense and/or indemnification or payment obligations for any Reinsured Liabilities, whether or not a loss has been paid, that are allocable to specific Policies or claims with respect to the Subject Business and ceded to this Agreement. Declaratory Judgment Expenses shall be deemed to have been incurred on the date of the actual or alleged loss giving rise to the action.
“Deductible” has the meaning given to it in the Indemnification Article.
“Dispute Notice” has the meaning given to it in Article 7 of this Agreement.
“Disputed Item” has the meaning given to it in Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Effective Date” means the actual date and time on which the Closing occurs.
“Expedited Dispute Resolution Expiration Period” has the meaning given to it in the Expedited Dispute Resolution and Independent Actuarial Firm Dispute Resolution Article.
“Extra Contractual Obligations” (“ECO”) means liabilities which arise from the handling of the Subject Business as a result of:
1. Actual or alleged breach of contract, negligence, fraud, bad faith in the handling of the Subject Business or the failure to settle within the limits of the Policies of the Subject Business or rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in a trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation or prosecution of an appeal consequent upon such action; and/or
2. Compensatory, consequential, exemplary, punitive damages or fines on a particular claim, or similar extra contractual damages which are awarded against the Company arising because of but not limited to the failure by the Reinsurer or the Company (as applicable) to settle within the limits of the Policies of the Subject Business.
Any ECO shall be deemed to have occurred on the same date as the loss covered or alleged to be covered under the Subject Business.
“Final Reconciliation Statement” has the meaning given to it in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Final Reinsurance Premium” means the final reinsurance premium to be paid by the Company to the Reinsurer in accordance with the Consideration and Reconciliation, Article.
“Funded Accounts” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Funds Withheld Account” means the amount retained by SiriusPoint America from the reinsurance premium payable to the Reinsurer under this Agreement, which is currently withheld by the ceding company reinsured by SiriusPoint America as a notional account under the reinsurance contract(s) identified on Schedule D.
“Gen and Prod Liab PR Premium Refund” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Governmental Authority” means any government, political subdivision, court, arbitrator, arbitration panel, mediator, mediation panel, board, commission, regulatory or administrative agency or other instrumentality thereof, whether federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or foreign and including any regulatory authority which may be partly or wholly autonomous.
“Gross Subject Reserves” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Independent Actuarial Firm” means a nationally recognized independent actuarial firm mutually agreed between the Parties in writing.
“Indemnified Person” means a Company Indemnified Person or a Reinsurer Indemnified Person, as the case may be.
“Indemnifying Person” means the Company or the Reinsurer, as applicable, when providing indemnification in accordance with the Indemnification Article.
“Interim Reconciliation Statement” has the meaning given to it in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Initial Reconciliation Statement” means an estimated reconciliation statement as of the month preceding the Effective Date, or as of such date as may be agreed in writing by the Parties, substantially in the form contained in Schedule B attached hereto and provided by the Company to the Reinsurer ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date (or such other period as may be agreed in writing by the Parties) in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Master Agreement.
“Initial Reinsurance Premium” has the meaning given to it in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Knowledge” means, as it relates to any fact or other matter, the actual knowledge of the employees of the Company or the Reinsurer, as applicable, set forth on Exhibit E attached hereto, after reasonable inquiry and due diligence of such fact or matter or as reasonably obtained in the ordinary course performance of each such employee’s duties at the Company or the Reinsurer, as applicable.
“Loss Adjustment Expense(s)” (“LAE”) means costs and expenses paid or payable on or after the Valuation Date in connection with any investigation, appraisal, adjustment, settlement, litigation, defense or appeal that is allocable to claims with respect to the Subject Business, including the following:
1. Court costs;
2. Costs of supersedeas and appeal bonds;
3. Monitoring counsel expenses;
4. External defense costs for the adjustment, appraisal, defense, resistance, investigation, audit, negotiation, settlement, payment or appeal, including arbitration, mediation, or other dispute resolution costs, attorneys’ fees, expenses and pre- and post-judgment interest;
5. Legal expenses and costs incurred in connection with coverage questions and legal actions connected thereto, including Declaratory Judgment Expenses;
6. Expenses associated with obtaining subrogation, salvage and recoveries; and
7. Fees and expenses incurred for claims handling services by third-party administrators including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fees and expenses paid to Golden State Claims Adjusters, LLC on or after the Valuation Date pursuant to the Claims Administration Agreement between SiriusPoint America, Golden State Claims Adjusters, LLC and Pacific Re, Inc. dated January 23, 2020.
LAE does not include Retained ULAE or ULAE.
“Loss in Excess of Policy Limits” (“XPL”) means any loss in excess of the limit of the Policies with respect to the Subject Business, such loss in excess of the limit having been incurred because of failure to settle within the limits of the Policies to the Subject Business or by reason of alleged or actual negligence, fraud or bad faith in rejecting an offer of settlement or in the preparation of the defense or in the trial of any action against its insured or reinsured or in the preparation of an appeal consequent upon such action. Any XPL shall be deemed to have occurred on the same date as the loss covered or alleged to be covered under the Subject Business.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning given to it in the Background Article.
“Market Value” has the meaning given to it in the Trust Agreements.
“Market Value Dispute Valuation Firm” means one of Bank of America, N.A., Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc., and Credit Suisse Group AG, or successors of any of the foregoing, including any affiliates or subsidiaries thereof.
“Material Reinsured Contract” means those insurance policies or contracts identified in Exhibit D.
“Minimum Collateral Requirement” means the sum of SAIC Minimum Collateral Requirement plus SBIC Minimum Collateral Requirement.
“NAMIC” means the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
“NAMIC Recoverables” means reimbursement of defense or indemnity cost and expense incurred on ECO claims that initially were paid out-of-pocket and later reimbursed by NAMIC pursuant to the insurance policies it issued to PCIC for ECO liability.
“Net Subject Reserves” means the Company’s reserves in respect of the UNL hereunder, including incurred but not reported UNL; reserves for UNL paid but not recovered from the Reinsurer; and reserves for UNL reported and outstanding.
“Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral” means cash (United States legal tender), certificates of deposit (issued by a United States bank and payable in United States legal tender), investments of the types permitted by the Applicable Laws of New York for domestic insurers, or any combinations of the above; provided, that such investments are issued by an institution that is not the parent, subsidiary, or other Affiliate of the Company or the Reinsurer and such investments comply with the Non-Reg 114 Investment Guidelines.
“Non-Reg 114 Investment Guidelines” means the investment guidelines for the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account attached hereto as Schedule C2.
“Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement” means, at the quarter-end (or portion thereof) after the Effective Date and quarterly thereafter, an amount adjusted at the beginning of each quarter to equal the sum of (i) eighteen percent (18%) multiplied by the SAIC Net Subject Reserves as of the most recent quarter’s end; plus (ii) one hundred twenty percent (120%) multiplied by the SBIC Net Subject Reserves as of the most recent quarter’s end.
“Non-Reg 114 Trust Account” has the meaning given to in the Background Article.
“Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement” has the meaning given to in the Background Article.
“Notice” has the meaning given to it in the Notices Article.
“Notice of Disagreement” has the meaning given to it in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Paid Gross UNL” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“PCIC” means Preferred Contractors Insurance Company Risk Retention Group, LLC.
“PCIC Premium Refund” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Permits” has the name given to it in the Representations and Warranties Article.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority, or other entity.
“Policies” means insurance and reinsurance contracts, policies, certificates, binders, slips, covers or other agreements of insurance or reinsurance, including supplements, riders, and endorsements issued or written in connection therewith and extensions thereto written, assumed, issued or reinsured by the Company.
“Premium Adjustment” means either Premium Increase or Premium Refund.
“Premium Increase” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Premium Refund” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Reg 114 Eligible Collateral” means cash (United States legal tender), certificates of deposit (issued by a United States bank and payable in United States legal tender), investments of the types permitted by the Applicable Laws of New York for domestic insurers, or any combinations of the above; provided, that such investments are issued by an institution that is not the parent, subsidiary, or other Affiliate of the Company or the Reinsurer and such investments comply with the Reg 114 Investment Guidelines.
“Reg 114 Investment Guidelines” means the investment guidelines for the Reg 114 Trust Account attached hereto as Schedule C1.
“Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement” means, at the quarter-end (or portion thereof) after the Effective Date and quarterly thereafter, an amount adjusted at the beginning of each quarter to equal to one hundred two percent (102%) multiplied by the SAIC Net Subject Reserves as of the most recent quarter’s end.
“Reg 114 Trust Agreement” has the meaning given to in the Background Article.
“Reg 114 Trust Account” has the meaning given to in the Background Article.
“Reinsured Liabilities” means, the sum of all UNL and ULAE incurred, awarded, payable, paid or assessed on or after the Valuation Date in respect of the Subject Business and any unearned premium associated therewith.
For the avoidance of doubt:
1.The Reinsurer takes responsibility for ULAE with respect to Reinsured Liabilities from the Effective Date.
2.The Company is responsible for Retained ULAE.
“Reinsurer Authorized Representative” means Daniel W. Gerber, Esq., Gerber Ciano Kelly Brady LLP, 228 Park Avenue South, Suite 97572, New York, NY 10003-1502, (T) 01.646.650.5155; email: dgerber@gerberciano.com, or any other Person appointed by the Reinsurer to that role from time to time as notified in writing to the Company.
“Reinsurer Indemnified Person(s)” has the meaning given to it in the Indemnification Article.
“Resolution Period” has the meaning given to it in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Retained ECO/XPL” means ECO or XPL (a) attributable to the conduct of the Company before the Effective Date or (b) attributable to the conduct of the Company after the Effective Date only where such ECO or XPL arises due to any actions or omissions of the Company not authorized, instructed or ratified by the Reinsurer. Retained ECO/XPL is expressly not reinsured by Reinsurer. After the Effective Date, ECO or XPL attributable to the conduct or instruction of or authorization or ratification by Reinsurer is not Retained ECO/XPL, and is reinsured by the Reinsurer.
“Retained ULAE” means those costs and expenses incurred by the Company that are associated with the Subject Business. The Reinsurer takes responsibility for its ULAE from the Effective Date, and the ULAE of the Reinsurer is not in any way to be included in the Retained ULAE. The Administrative Charge (as defined in the Services Agreement) shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Services Agreement.
“SAIC Minimum Collateral Requirement” means one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the SAIC Net Subject Reserves.
“SAIC Net Subject Reserves” means SiriusPoint America’s Net Subject Reserves.
“SBIC Minimum Collateral Requirement” means one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the SBIC Net Subject Reserves.
“SBIC Net Subject Reserves” means SiriusPoint Bermuda’s Net Subject Reserves.
“Security and Control Agreement” has the meaning given to it in the Background Article.
“Senior Executive” has the meaning given to it in the Expedited Dispute Resolution Article.
“Services” has the meaning given to it in the Services Agreement.
“Services Agreement” has the meaning given to it in the Background Article.
“Sirius Indemnified Persons” has the meaning given to it in Article 10.
“Solvency Reports” has the meaning given to it in the Representations and Warranties Article.
“Statement” means the report prepared in accordance with paragraph A of the Reports and Review Article.
“Subject Business” means:
(1) the “reserving classes” identified on Exhibit C attached hereto as comprised on the Effective Date;
(2) all liabilities arising after Effective Date under asbestos & environmental exposures on any Policies underwritten before 2011 not included within the “reserving classes” identified on Exhibit C, subject to an aggregate sub-limit of $2,500,000 (within the Aggregate Limit) for such asbestos & environmental exposures (provided, however, that the foregoing aggregate sub-limit shall in no way apply to any asbestos & environmental exposures included within the “reserving classes” identified on Exhibit C); and
(3) the Policies listed in the ‘SYSTEM DATA BY TREATY 4Q20_Addm’ sheet within the Excel spreadsheet entitled ‘Runoff and Other list of Treates 4Q20 with rec w Addendum_To SEND.xlsx’, provided by Neal Wasserman to Connie Tregidga and Chris Riseborough at 16.51 EST on 10 August 2021, subject to an aggregate sub-limit of $37,500,000 (within the Aggregate Limit) for such exposures (provided, however, that the foregoing aggregate sub-limit shall in no way apply to any exposures included within paragraphs (1) and (2) above for the definition of “Subject Business”). The Parties shall exchange a PDF of the Excel file referenced herein on the Effective Date via email.
For the avoidance of doubt, any:
1. commuted Policies; and
2. liabilities or exposures that have been notified to the Company before the Effective Date (whether as a loss reserve, precautionary advice or any other advice or notification) and not included within the paragraphs (1) and (3) above “;
are excluded from the Subject Business; and any unused portion of the sub-limits under paragraphs (2) and/or (3) above shall remain available as part of the Aggregate Limit for exposures that constitute the Subject Business.
“Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables” means all subrogation and salvage recoverables actually collected in cash by the Reinsurer on behalf of the Company under the terms of the Services Agreement with respect to the Subject Business, net of any collection costs; provided that “Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables” shall not include subrogation and salvage recoveries accrued or booked prior to the Valuation Date, and therefore, not reflected in the Net Subject Reserves as at the Valuation Date. “Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables” includes any Workers Compensation second injury fund and NAMIC Recoverables.
“Systems” means all computer hardware (including network and telecommunications equipment) and software (including associated preparatory materials, user manuals and other related documentation) owned, used, leased or licensed by the Company.
“Third Party Rights” has the meaning given to it in Article 8.
“Third-party Reinsurance” means those contracts of reinsurance pursuant to which the Company has reinsured any portion of the Subject Business.
“Third-party Reinsurance Recovery” has the meaning given to it in the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article.
“Third-party Reinsurance Reserves” has the meaning given to it in Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article
“Transaction Agreements” means collectively the Master Agreement, the Trust Agreements, the Services Agreement, the Security and Control Agreement, and this Agreement.
“Transition Date” has the meaning given to it in the Services Agreement.
“Trust Accounts” means the Reg 114 Trust Account and the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account, collectively.
“Trust Agreements” means the Reg 114 Trust Agreement and the Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement, collectively.
“Trustee” has the meaning given to in the Background Article.
“Ultimate Net Loss” (“UNL”) means all amounts paid or payable in respect of the Subject Business after the Valuation Date, being the following:
1.Losses, LAE, ECO and XPL with respect to the Subject Business; less
2. Collected premium on assumed reinsurance Policies of the Subject Business but excluding any reinstatement premiums under any such Policies accrued by the Company prior to the Valuation Date, it being understood by the Parties that such reinstatement premiums shall be for the benefit of the Company; less
3. Collected Third-party Reinsurance; less
4. other recoverables, Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables, and any other recoverables with respect to the Subject Business, but only to the extent actually recovered and paid to the Reinsurer.
For the avoidance of doubt, UNL shall exclude any Retained ECO/XPL and any commissions under the Subject Business including but not limited to any profit sharing for the Subject Business under arrangements entered into by the Company prior to the Effective Date, except profit sharing, if any, due the ceding company under the PCIC LPT which shall be included in the UNL.
Nothing in the foregoing shall be construed as implying that amounts are not recoverable hereunder by the Company until a final determination of UNL.
“Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses” (“ULAE”) means those costs and expenses associated with the Reinsurer’s service and management of the Subject Business and that are not LAE such as, for example, personnel costs, overhead, or similar internal costs. For the avoidance of doubt, whether or not the Company or the Reinsurer reflect an expense as an ULAE on their financial statements or other books and records shall not affect whether such expense qualifies as ULAE for purposes of this Agreement.
“Unresolved Items” has the meaning given to it in Consideration and Reconciliation Article.
“Valuation Date” means January 1, 2021. This is the date that the Parties designate as the start of valuations and calculations as set out further herein.
For all purposes of this Agreement, whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.
ARTICLE 3 - LPT COVERAGE; ADMINISTRATION OF REINSURED LIABILITIES
A. Subject to the Initial Reinsurance Premium being paid by the Company to the Reinsurer in accordance with the Initial Reconciliation Statement, the Company hereby cedes, and the Reinsurer hereby accepts and agrees to reinsure, one hundred percent (100%) of all UNL on or after the Valuation Date; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of UNL paid by the Reinsurer hereunder exceed the Aggregate Limit.
The Reinsurer’s liabilities under this Agreement are calculated as set forth herein on and after the Valuation Date (unless otherwise specified), shall commence on the Effective Date, and shall be subject in all respects to the same terms, conditions, interpretations, waivers, modifications, alterations, and cancellations as the Subject Business. The Reinsurer shall be bound, without limitation, by all payments and settlements entered into by or on behalf of the Company or the Reinsurer, as applicable, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement.
B. The Reinsurer shall be liable for ECO, XPL and ULAE, including any LAE associated with ECO and XPL. The Company shall be liable for Retained ECO/XPL and Retained ULAE. The Reinsurer shall be liable for its ULAE from the Effective Date.
C. Beginning on the Transition Date and in accordance with the Services Agreement, the Company grants to the Reinsurer the authority and responsibility for the handling and administration of claims and Third-party Reinsurance applicable to the Reinsured Liabilities, subject to the Company’s notice, approval, and other rights specified in the Services Agreement and in this Agreement.
D. [Intentionally omitted.]
E. Beginning on the Transition Date, or forty-five (45) days after the Effective date, whichever shall come first, and in accordance with the Services Agreement, the Reinsurer shall be responsible for pursuing all claims for salvage or subrogation allocable to specific Policies and claims with respect to the Subject Business and ceded to this
Agreement. From the Effective Date until forty-five (45) days thereafter or the Transition Date, whichever comes first, the Parties agree to work cooperatively in claims oversight. The Parties will establish a joint claims committee to discuss any claims with reserves raised or set at $100,000 USD and the Reinsurer shall have the right to control in claims settlements which exceed a $100,000 USD threshold.
F. All Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables (i.e., reimbursement obtained or recovery made by or on behalf of the Company, less the actual cost of obtaining such reimbursement or making such recovery) on account of claims and settlements received after the Transition Date involving reinsurance hereunder, regardless of when such claims and liabilities arose, after such salvage and subrogation is first applied to any insurers or reinsurers under any Collected Third-party Reinsurance in accordance with the applicable terms of such Third-party Reinsurance and Applicable Law, shall reduce the amount of UNL and shall be payable to the Parties as set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables, NAMIC Recoverables, and any other recoverables with respect to the Subject Business, but only to the extent actually recovered and paid to the Reinsurer, shall be credited to the Reinsurer.
G. Commutation of Assumed and Third-party Reinsurance:
Any commutation of assumed reinsurance and Third-party Reinsurance is subject to the control and discretion of the Reinsurer; provided, however, that once the Aggregate Limit Exhaustion Corridor has been reached on an incurred basis, the Reinsurer shall only enter into any such commutation after obtaining the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. Any commutation of Third-party Reinsurance will be done in accordance with the provisions of the Services Agreement. The Reinsurer will provide reasonable Notice to the Company in advance of any commutation of Third-party Reinsurance pursuant to this paragraph.
H. Respective Responsibilities for payables and receivables.
Any payable or receivable that is not within the Net Subject Reserves on the Valuation Date is for the Company’s account. Any payable or receivable that is within the Net Subject Reserves on the Valuation Date is for the Reinsurer’s account.
ARTICLE 4 - REPORTS AND REVIEW
A. Within thirty (30) days of the end of each quarter after the Effective Date (or part thereof as respects the first quarter), the Company, or the Reinsurer after the Transition Date, shall prepare a statement (“Statement”) which shall be sent to the other Party. The Statement shall be mutually agreed between the Parties and shall include or be provided together with the information set out in Schedule A of this Agreement.
B. If the Statement reflects a payment owed to the Company, the Company may withdraw such amount from the applicable Funded Accounts to reimburse itself. If the balance of the applicable Funded Accounts is insufficient, the Reinsurer shall make such payment to the Company within fifteen (15) Business Days following the date of delivery of the Statement. If the Statement reflects a payment owed to the Reinsurer, any such payment
shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days following the date of delivery of the Statement, by the Company depositing such amount into the Trust Accounts to reimburse the Reinsurer.
C. Either Party shall notify the other Party as soon as reasonably practicable in writing if it becomes aware of any material error in the Statement and promptly issue a revised Statement correcting it. Any unresolved dispute between the Parties with respect to an error so notified pursuant to this Article 4(C) shall be submitted to the Independent Actuarial Firm for resolution in accordance with Article 17(B).
ARTICLE 5 - TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT
A. This Agreement is effective at 12:01 a.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and shall remain in force until the earliest of:
1. The date on which all Reinsured Liabilities expire or are extinguished in accordance with the terms and conditions as well as the Applicable Law that apply to the Subject Business;
2. The date on which the Aggregate Limit hereunder is exhausted; or
3. The effective date of commutation of this Agreement in accordance with Article 5(B).
B. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written Notice to the Reinsurer, to commute the Subject Business upon the occurrence of any of the following (“Commutation Events”):
1. at any time with the agreement of the Reinsurer;
2. as may be required by the Company as provided in paragraph K of the Collateral and Premium Adjustment Article;
3. upon any material breach of the terms, conditions, provisions, representations or warranties of this Agreement or the Services Agreement by the Reinsurer, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days following the Company’s written Notice to the Reinsurer of such breach, which Notice shall in reasonable detail describe the nature of such breach, or, if such breach shall not be reasonably susceptible to cure within such thirty (30) day period, such additional reasonable time as necessary to cure such breach not exceeding an additional thirty (30) days (unless agreed between the Parties otherwise in writing);
4. if the Reinsurer becomes insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes the subject of any voluntary or involuntary supervision, conservation, rehabilitation, liquidation or other similar proceeding;
5. if the Reinsurer becomes merged with, acquired by or relinquishes control of itself to any other non-affiliated company, corporation or individual (for the avoidance of doubt, the Parties do not intend that this applies to the existing shareholders of the Reinsurer’s parent company as of the Effective Date);
6. if the Reinsurer has its authority to transact any relevant classes of reinsurance or insurance withdrawn or suspended;
7. if any applicable statutory regulations restrict or prohibit the Reinsurer’s performance of any or all of its material obligations under this Agreement, or
8. following any termination of the Service Agreement for Cause.
Any Notice of commutation provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 5(B) shall state the effective date and time of the commutation (the “Commutation Effective Time”). In the event this Agreement is commuted, the Company shall prepare a settlement statement (the “Commutation Settlement Statement”) setting forth the settlement amount for the commutation (the “Commutation Amount”) within thirty (30) Business Days of the Commutation Effective Time. Within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by the Reinsurer of the Commutation Settlement Statement, the Reinsurer may elect to dispute the calculation of the Commutation Amount. If the Reinsurer does not elect to dispute the calculation of the Commutation Amount set forth in the Commutation Settlement Statement, the Commutation Amount shall be final and binding on the Parties. In the event that the Reinsurer elects to dispute the calculation of the Commutation Amount set forth in the Commutation Settlement Statement, the Parties shall retain the Independent Actuarial Firm to review such calculation within fifteen (15) Business Days of any Notice of intent to dispute the Commutation Amount. The Parties shall direct such Independent Actuarial Firm to review the calculation of the Commutation Amount in the Commutation Settlement Statement, and based on such review, to confirm its agreement with the Commutation Settlement Statement or to provide any proposed changes to the Commutation Settlement Statement and the Commutation Amount set forth therein to the Parties no later than thirty (30) Business Days from its receipt of the Commutation Settlement Statement and all information necessary to complete such review as determined by the Independent Actuarial Firm. Each Party shall provide its proposed Commutation Amount to the Independent Actuarial Firm. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Independent Actuarial Firm such work papers, books, records and documents and other information pertaining to the Commutation Amount as the Independent Actuarial Firm may request. Any such determination of the Independent Actuarial Firm, which shall include the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the Commutation Amount, shall be considered final and binding on the Parties. The Party whose proposed Commutation Amount is closer to the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the Commutation Amount has no responsibility for the costs and expenses of the Independent Actuarial Firm. All costs and expenses of the Independent Actuarial Firm shall be borne by the Party whose Proposed Commutation Amount has greater difference from the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the Commutation Amount.
C. In the event this Agreement is commuted in accordance with paragraph B above, the Company shall withdraw cash from the Funded Accounts equal to the Commutation Amount, and, to the extent the Commutation Amount exceeds the balance therein, the Reinsurer shall pay any shortfall directly to the Company within thirty (30) Business Days of its receipt of the Commutation Settlement Statement or the final review report from the Independent Actuarial Firm, whichever date is later. After the effective date of
any such commutation, the outstanding liabilities for the Subject Business shall be transferred back to the Company or as otherwise mutually agreed, and the Services Agreement shall be terminated (unless already previously terminated for Cause).
D. Following a commutation pursuant to this Article, including the payment of any valid amounts due under such commutation, both the Company and the Reinsurer will be fully and finally released from all rights and obligations under this Agreement, other than any payment obligations due hereunder prior to the commutation date but still unpaid on such date.
E. For so long as this Agreement remains in effect, the Parties agree that (1) upon any termination of the Services Agreement other than termination for Cause, the Company and the Reinsurer shall each be liable for half of all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transition to, and use and activities of, all providers reasonably necessary to replace Services under the Services Agreement; and (2) upon any termination of the Services Agreement for Cause, the Reinsurer shall be solely liable for all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transition to, and use and activities of, all providers reasonably necessary to replace the Services provided under the Service Agreement, and in the case of both of the foregoing clauses (1) and (2), the Reinsurer shall, at the election of the Company, reimburse the Company and its respective Affiliates, no less frequently than monthly for such costs, fees and expenses (or, in the case of clause (1), the Reinsurer’s proportionate share of such costs, fees and expenses) or pay the replacement service providers directly, at such intervals as are required by such service providers, for such costs, fees and expenses; provided, that the Reinsurer shall only be liable for such costs, fees and expenses to the extent it has consented to the use of such replacement service provider (such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
ARTICLE 6 - CONSIDERATION AND RECONCILIATION
A. As consideration for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, the Company shall pay to the Reinsurer in accordance with Section 6(E) below an amount equal to the following (the “Initial Reinsurance Premium”):
1. $442,360,000 USD; less
2. the amount of the Funds Withheld Account; less
3. UNL payments made by the Company on or after the Valuation Date and prior to the Effective Date.
The Initial Reinsurance Premium shall be set forth in the Initial Reconciliation Statement, which shall reconcile the balances owed between the Company and the Reinsurer as of the Effective Date and set forth the aggregate net payment due to the Reinsurer, which amount will be deposited in the Trust Accounts directly by the Company on the Effective Date.
B. The Final Reinsurance Premium shall be determined in accordance with the mutual agreement of the Final Reconciliation Statement following the procedure set forth in
paragraphs C and D below and any return or additional amounts due either Party shall be paid in accordance with paragraph E below within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Final Reconciliation Statement is agreed.
C. The Company and the Reinsurer will follow the following procedure in achieving fully and finally reconciled amounts of these balances: Within thirty (30) Business Days following the Effective Date, the Company will provide to the Reinsurer a reconciliation statement substantially in the form contained in Schedule B attached hereto (the “Interim Reconciliation Statement”) setting forth the adjusted aggregate net payment calculated as of the Effective Date.
D. After the receipt by the Reinsurer of the Interim Reconciliation Statement and until such time as the Final Reconciliation Statement is final and binding on the Parties, the Reinsurer and the Reinsurer Authorized Representative will have, upon prior written Notice, reasonable electronic access during normal business hours to the working papers of the Company and the Company Authorized Representative relating to the Interim Reconciliation Statement and the calculations set forth thereon.
E. Final Reconciliation Statement. A final reconciliation statement substantially in the form contained in Schedule B attached hereto (the “Final Reconciliation Statement”) shall be determined in accordance with the following process:
1. The Reinsurer will have the right to review the Interim Reconciliation Statement and comment thereon for a period of forty-five (45) Business Days after receipt thereof. The Parties may mutually agree prior to such forty-five (45) Business Days that the Interim Reconciliation Statement is adopted as the Final Reconciliation Statement or may mutually agree to changes to be incorporated into the Interim Reconciliation in which case the resulting amended Interim Reconciliation Statement shall be adopted as the Final Reconciliation Statement.
2. In the event the Reinsurer disputes the Interim Reconciliation Statement within the forty-five (45) Business Day review period, the Reinsurer shall deliver a notice of disagreement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) to the Company which specifies in reasonable detail each item that the Reinsurer in good faith disputes (each, a “Disputed Item”) and the amount in dispute for each such Disputed Item. If the Reinsurer does not deliver a Notice of Disagreement within such forty-five (45) Business Day review period, the Interim Reconciliation Statement shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and the Reinsurer, and shall be deemed to be the Final Reconciliation Statement.
F. If a Notice of Disagreement is timely delivered pursuant to Section 7(E), the Company and the Reinsurer shall, during the fifteen (15) days following the receipt of such Notice of Disagreement (the “Resolution Period”), use their commercially reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the Disputed Items. If, by the end of the Resolution Period, the Company and the Reinsurer are unable to reach such agreement with respect to all of the Disputed Items, they shall promptly thereafter engage and submit the unresolved Disputed Items (the “Unresolved Items”) to the Independent Actuarial Firm in accordance with Article 17(B) of this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the allocation of costs and expenses under Article 17(B), the fees,
expenses and costs of the Independent Actuarial Firm incurred in rendering any determination pursuant to this Section shall be split equally between the Company and the Reinsurer. The Independent Actuarial Firm shall determine each of the Unresolved Items, and giving effect to such determination, calculate the adjusted aggregate net payment as of the Effective Date. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Independent Actuarial Firm such work papers, books, records and documents and other information pertaining to the Unresolved Items as the Independent Actuarial Firm may request. The determination of the Independent Actuarial Firm shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and the Reinsurer. Judgment may be entered upon the determination by the Independent Actuarial Firm in accordance with Article 17.
G. For any payments due under the Interim Reconciliation Statement or the Final Reconciliation Statement, subject to any offset provisions in this Agreement, (1) the Company shall transfer any amounts due to the Reinsurer by depositing Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Reg 114 Trust Account and/or Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account, respectively; and (2) the Company shall transfer any amounts due to the Company by withdrawing Reg 114 Eligible Collateral from the Reg 114 Trust Account and/or Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral from the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account, respectively.
ARTICLE 7 - COLLATERAL AND PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT
A.The Reinsurer shall establish and maintain, at all times during the Term of this Agreement, collateral for its obligations to the Company under this Agreement as follows and in accordance with the terms of this Article and the terms of the Trust Agreements or the Security and Control Agreement as applicable:
1.SiriusPoint America, the Reinsurer and the Trustee shall enter into the Reg 114 Trust Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date, pursuant to which the Reinsurer shall establish and maintain the Reg 114 Trust Account and the Trustee shall hold assets deposited into the Reg 114 Trust Account as security for the satisfaction of the obligations of the Reinsurer to SiriusPoint America under this Agreement. On the Effective Date, the Reinsurer shall deposit Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Reg 114 Trust Account in accordance with paragraph C of this Article, and thereafter the Reinsurer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement maintain Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Reg 114 Trust Account at or above the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement. Among the other provisions more specifically set forth in the Reg 114 Trust Agreement, the Parties agree that as respects the Reg 114 Trust Account, upon the written direction from the Company, the Reinsurer will execute assignments, endorsements in blank, or transfer legal title to the Trustee of all shares, obligations or any other assets requiring assignments, in order that the Company, or the Trustee upon the direction of the Company, may whenever necessary negotiate any such assets without consent or signature from the Reinsurer or any other entity.
2.The Company, the Reinsurer and the Trustee shall enter into the Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date, pursuant to which the Reinsurer shall establish and maintain the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account and the Trustee shall hold assets deposited into the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account as security for the satisfaction of the obligations of the Reinsurer to the Company under this Agreement. On the Effective Date, the Reinsurer shall deposit Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account in accordance with paragraph C of this Article, and thereafter the Reinsurer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement maintain Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account at or above an amount equal to the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement.
3.The Company, the Reinsurer, and Trustee shall enter into the Security and Control Agreement, pursuant to which a first priority security interest shall be granted in favor of the Company in the Administrative Account and all assets credited thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Minimum Collateral Requirement shall not exceed the sum of the Aggregate Limit less paid UNL.
In addition, SiriusPoint America shall establish the Funds Withheld Account in connection with this Agreement on its books and records. The Funds Withheld Account shall serve as partial collateral for the payment of the Reinsured Liabilities by the Reinsurer under this Agreement. The Funds Withheld Account shall be clearly designated as a segregated account on the books, records and information Systems of SiriusPoint America. The Funds Withheld Account assets represent a portion of the Final Reinsurance Premium payable by the Company to the Reinsurer. The Company will indemnify and hold the Reinsurer harmless to the extent of unavailability of the Funds Withheld Account for the Reinsurance Premium or Collateral.
B. The Parties intend that the Company will receive full statutory credit for reinsurance provided under this Agreement. The Parties agree to use best efforts to ensure that such credit will remain available to the Company. In the event any of the provisions of this Agreement conflict with or otherwise fail to satisfy the requirements of the appropriate credit for reinsurance statute or regulation, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to conform to the Applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that the Company or a Governmental Authority determines that terms of this Agreement or the Trust Agreements are insufficient to permit the Company to take full credit on its statutory financial statements for the reinsurance provided by this Agreement or to comply with the Applicable Laws, the Reinsurer agrees to undertake such action that is acceptable to the Company and such Governmental Authority as is required for the Company to obtain full credit on its statutory financial statements. Subject to and in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Master Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, consider and agree to a request from the Reinsurer to restructure collateral.
C. On the Effective Date, the Reinsurer will deposit initial collateral into the Trust Accounts equal to the calculation below:
1. The Company’s held reserves on the Subject Business as of December 31, 2020 in the amount of $403,284,000 less UNL payments made by the Company on or after the Valuation Date and prior to the Effective Date; multiplied by
2. one hundred twenty percent (120%); less
3. The Initial Reinsurance Premium as calculated in the Consideration and Reconciliation Article deposited by the Company into the Trust Accounts on the Effective Date.
The allocation of the deposit of the initial collateral between the Reg 114 Trust Account and the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account shall be specified in the Initial Reconciliation Statement.
D. On or before the Transition Date, the Reinsurer will establish the Administrative Account and deposit therein cash (United States legal tender) in the amount set forth in the Initial Reconciliation Statement. The Administrative Account together with the Trust Accounts and Funds Withheld Account shall be referred to herein as the “Funded Accounts.” The amounts deposited in the Administrative Account accordance with this paragraph D shall be part of the collateral amount set forth in paragraph A above, and not in addition to such amount, and shall be transferred from the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account on or before the Transition Date as specified in the Initial Reconciliation Statement.
E. Premium Adjustment
The Company and the Reinsurer will follow the procedure set forth below in calculating whether a Premium Adjustment (either a Premium Increase or Premium Refund, as defined below) is due based on the Premium Adjustment Statement the Reinsurer provides to the Company showing calculations of the amounts set forth below as of September 30, 2026 (or a date otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing). The Reinsurer shall deliver the Premium Adjustment Statement (including the information set forth in Exhibit H for the Premium Increase calculation) to the Company no later than November 15, 2026 (or a date otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing).
1.Where, in relation to the ‘Asbestos Fac’ reserving cohort, the (x) Third-party Reinsurance Reserves plus Collected Third-party Reinsurance (that amount in dollars being the “Third-party Reinsurance Recovery”), as a percentage of (y) the Gross Subject Reserves plus Paid Gross UNL is less than 34.63%, the Company will pay the Reinsurer the difference between:
a.34.63% of the Gross Subject Reserves plus Paid Gross UNL in (y) above; and
b.the Third-party Reinsurance Recovery,
capped at $7,000,000 USD (the “Premium Increase”), provided that no Premium Increase shall be due if the Gross ‘Asbestos Fac’ Subject Reserves plus Paid Gross UNL as of 30 September 2026 is greater than $138,000,000.
2. In relation to the ‘PCIC’ reserving cohort, if the UNL for the ‘PCIC’ reserving cohort as of September 30, 2026 (or a date otherwise mutually agreed by the
Parties in writing) is less than $54,788,000, then the Reinsurer will pay the Company a “PCIC Premium Refund” in an amount equal to 75% of the difference between (a) the UNL as of September 30, 2026 for the ‘PCIC’ cohort, and (b) $54,788,000; provided that the no PCIC Premium Refund will be payable to the Company should the UNL for the ‘PCIC’ reserving cohort be greater than $54,788,000.
3. In relation to the ‘Gen and Prod Liab PR’ reserving cohort, if the UNL as of September 30, 2026 (or a date otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing) for the ‘Gen and Prod Liab PR’ reserving cohort is less than $16,361,000, then the Reinsurer will pay the Company a “Gen and Prod Liab PR Premium Refund” (and along with PCIC Premium Refund, the “Premium Refund”) an amount equal to 75% of the difference between (a) the UNL as of September 30, 2026 for the ‘Gen and Prod Liab PR’ cohort, and (b) $16,361,000; provided that the no Gen and Prod Liab PR Premium Refund will be payable to the Company should the UNL for the ‘Gen and Prod Liab PR’ reserving cohort be greater than $16,361,000.
For the purposes of the calculations in 1, 2 and 3 above, Paid Gross UNL and UNL shall not include fees and expenses incurred for claims handling services by third-party administrators.
If the Company disputes anything contained in the Premium Adjustment Statement within thirty (30) Business Days following receipt by the Company of the Premium Adjustment Statement, the Company and the Reinsurer shall instruct the Independent Actuarial Firm to review the dispute and provide its calculation of the disputed Premium Adjustment in accordance with Article 17(B).
Any Premium Refund amounts due to the Company from the Reinsurer shall be paid no later than the earlier of (x) thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Premium Adjustment Statement by the Reinsurer to the Company or (y) if the Company disputes any amount or calculation shown on the Premium Adjustment Statement, thirty (30) days after the issuance of the final decision of the Independent Actuarial Firm in accordance with Article 17(B).
In relation to this Paragraph E, 1 for the ‘Asbestos Fac’ reserving cohort:
“Paid Gross UNL” means the losses, LAE, ECO and XPL paid after the Valuation Date in respect of the applicable Subject Business.
“Gross Subject Reserves” means the losses, LAE, ECO and XPL reserves in respect of the applicable Subject Business.
“Third-party Reinsurance Reserves” means the reserves in respect of the applicable Third-party Reinsurance.
For the avoidance of doubt, Paid Gross UNL and Gross Subject Reserves shall be calculated before the application of any Third-party Reinsurance.
F. For any payments due under Article 7(E), subject to any offset provisions in this Agreement, (1) the Company shall transfer any amounts due to the Reinsurer by depositing Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Reg 114 Trust Account and/or Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account, respectively; and (2) the Company shall transfer any amounts due to the Company by withdrawing Reg 114 Eligible Collateral from the Reg 114 Trust Account and/or Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral from the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account, respectively.
G. Quarterly, during the term of this Agreement, the Company and the Reinsurer shall jointly instruct the Trustee of the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account in writing to transfer funds to the Administrative Account in accordance with the provisions of the Services Agreement, unless otherwise mutually agreed and acknowledged in writing between the Company and the Reinsurer. In addition, the Company and the Reinsurer shall jointly instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer additional amounts from the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account to the Administrative Account from time to time to provide interim funding due to shortfalls in the Administrative Account within three (3) Business Days upon receipt of any reasonable request from either Party. To the extent that the Trust Accounts are exhausted, then the Reinsurer shall fund the Administrative Account directly. Prior to the Transition Date, to the extent not already paid by the Reinsurer, the Company may withdraw amounts from the Trust Accounts mutually agreed and confirmed in writing to reimburse itself for amounts due to it as a result of any payments or funding with respect to the Net Subject Reserves.
H. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the quarter (or portion thereof) ending after the Effective Date, the Reinsurer will determine the Net Subject Reserves, the SAIC Minimum Collateral Requirement, the SBIC Minimum Collateral Requirement, the total Minimum Collateral Requirement, the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement and the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement for the subsequent quarter and provide written Notice thereof to the Company. It is understood and agreed that at all times the Net Subject Reserves will be determined by the Reinsurer in accordance with standard accounting and actuarial practices consistently applied for reserving and the preparation of quarterly and annual statutory financial statements, subject to right of inspection by the Company. Upon such review by the Company, the Company has the right to request an adjustment to such Net Subject Reserves.
I. No more frequently than bi-annually, the Company may require that the Parties retain the Independent Actuarial Firm to evaluate the calculation of the Net Subject Reserves, the SAIC Minimum Collateral Requirement, the SBIC Minimum Collateral Requirement, the total Minimum Collateral Requirement, the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement and/or the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement by the Reinsurer in accordance with paragraph H above. The cost of such Independent Actuarial Firm shall be shared equally between the Parties. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Independent Actuarial Firm such work papers, books, records and documents and other information pertaining to the disputed amounts as the Independent
Actuarial Firm may request. Any resulting determination of the Independent Actuarial Firm, which shall include the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the disputed amounts, shall be considered final and binding on the Parties.
J. Deposits and Withdrawals.
1. If the Market Value of the Reg 114 Eligible Collateral held in the Reg 114 Trust Account is less than the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement, the Reinsurer shall deposit into the Reg 114 Trust Account additional Reg 114 Eligible Collateral with a Market Value equal to such deficiency within fifteen (15) Business Days of its calculation of the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement or the determination of such amount by the Independent Actuarial Firm in accordance with Paragraph I above. If the Market Value of the Reg 114 Eligible Collateral held in the Reg 114 Trust Account is in excess of the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement, so long as the Reinsurer is not in default of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, the Reinsurer may request such excess funds be returned to the Reinsurer within fifteen (15) Business Days as set forth in the Reg 114 Trust Agreement, subject to the Reinsurer’s obligation to maintain at all times in the Reg 114 Trust Account the Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement.
2. If the Market Value of the Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral held in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account is less than the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement, the Reinsurer shall deposit into the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account additional Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral with a Market Value equal to such deficiency within fifteen (15) Business Days of its calculation of the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement or the determination of such amount by the Independent Actuarial Firm in accordance with paragraph I above. If the Market Value of the Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral held in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account is in excess of the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement, so long as the Reinsurer is not in default of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, the Reinsurer may request such excess funds be returned to the Reinsurer within fifteen (15) Business Days as set forth in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Agreement, subject to the Reinsurer’s obligation to maintain at all times in the Non-Reg 114 Trust Account the Non-Reg 114 Minimum Collateral Requirement.
3. (A) The Company shall notify the Reinsurer in writing of any dispute concerning the calculation of the Market Value of the assets (the “Dispute Notice”) held in the Trust Accounts. In the event of such a dispute:
(i) The Parties’ respective chief financial offers shall first confer to resolve the dispute in good faith;
(ii) If the action set forth in (i) above does not resolve the dispute within ten (10) Business Days of the Dispute Notice, then the Parties’ respective chief executive offers shall confer to resolve the dispute in good faith; and
(iii) If the actions set forth in (i) and (ii) above do not resolve the dispute within twenty (20) Business Days of the Dispute Notice, then the Parties shall submit the dispute to (x) a Market Value Dispute Valuation Firm (as mutually agreed in writing between the Parties), or (y) another such third-party internationally recognized asset management firm with prior experience in valuing the types of assets held in the Trust Accounts as mutually agreed between the Parties.
(iv) The Parties shall direct such firm selected in accordance with clause (iii) above to provide its calculation of the Market Value of the Trust Assets (or the relevant assets, as may be the case) no later than thirty (30) days from its receipt of the request from the Parties. The Parties agree that the resulting determination of such firm shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties shall share the costs and expenses of the Market Value Dispute Valuation Firm
(B) In the case that (i) the Company has delivered a Dispute Notice and the Parties have not achieved resolution (as provided in paragraph (A) above) and (ii) a quarterly collateral adjustment is due pursuant to Article 7, paragraph H, then solely until final resolution of the Dispute Notice (pursuant to the process provided in paragraph (A) above), the quarterly collateral adjustment to Market Value for the disputed assets shall be made in accordance with the valuation of the collateral as determined by a Market Value Dispute Valuation Firm as selected by the Company in its sole discretion. The Company shall pay the costs and expenses of any Market Value Dispute Valuation Firm (or other such third-party valuation firm) incurred solely in connection with the provisions of this paragraph (B).
(C) The terms of this paragraph 3 apply separately to each such Dispute Notice delivered, and must be satisfied separately and independently in each separate instance unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing.
K. In the event:
1. The Reinsurer fails to deposit and maintain the required collateral in accordance with this Article within the timeframes specified; or
2. The Reinsurer is in material breach of this Agreement or the Services Agreement (other than as a result of any act or omission by the Company, except for any act or omission that is directed or ratified by the Reinsurer); or
3. The Reinsurer has become merged with, been acquired by or relinquished control of itself to any other non-affiliated company, corporation or individual. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties do not intend that this applies to the existing shareholders of the Reinsurer’s parent company as of the Effective Date; or
4. The Reinsurer has its authority to transact any classes of reinsurance or insurance withdrawn or suspended; or
5. Any applicable statutory regulations restrict or prohibit the Reinsurer’s performance of any or all of its material obligations under this Agreement,
the Company, in addition to any other remedies it has under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, may provide Notice to the Reinsurer of such default and may, if the Reinsurer fails to cure such default within twenty (20) Business Days from receipt of the Notice of default, in the Company’s reasonable discretion:
1. Withdraw all collateral deposited in the Funded Accounts (including any interest gained thereupon) whereupon all rights, title and interest in such collateral will be conveyed to the sole custody and control of the Company to cover liabilities related to the Subject Business, and whereby the Reinsurer’s continuing obligations with respect to the Subject Business ceases and the Company will resume all responsibility for managing the Subject Business. Any excess funds upon settlement of all Net Subject Reserves shall be returned to the Reinsurer; and/or
2. Opt to either:
a. Commute this Agreement pursuant to the Term of this Agreement Article; or
b. Keep this Agreement in force, withholding the amounts in the Funded Accounts. Any excess funds upon settlement of all Net Subject Reserves shall be returned to the Reinsurer.
ARTICLE 8 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
A. As of the Effective Date, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Reinsurer as follows:
1. SiriusPoint America and SiriusPoint Bermuda are duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York and Bermuda, respectively, and have the requisite corporate power and authority to: (a) enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by, and carry out their obligations under, this Agreement; and (b) execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements, perform their obligations under the Transaction Agreements and consummate the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements.
2. The transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements have been or will be duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company prior to the Effective Date according to governing bylaws and Applicable Law. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Reinsurer, the Transaction Agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except to the extent such enforceability may be subject to, and limited by,
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered a proceeding at law or in equity). The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not: (a) conflict with, be prohibited by, or require any approval that has not already been obtained under, any of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Company; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, be prohibited by, require any consent or other action under, or give rise to a right of termination, amendment or acceleration under, of any material contract or instrument to which the Company is a party, except as set forth on Exhibit D; or (c) contravene any requirements of law applicable to the Company in any material respect.
3. To the Company’s Knowledge, as of the Effective Date, consistent with past practice, the Company has paid all undisputed claims and undisputed loss with respect to the Subject Business since the Valuation Date in the ordinary course of business, without regard to the reinsurance effected hereunder or as to unduly apportion loss to the Reinsurer.
4. To the Company’s Knowledge, all relevant information relating to the Subject Business and Third-party Reinsurance was provided to the Reinsurer and no relevant information provided in response to requests made by the Reinsurer has been withheld or misstated in any way. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company is not in possession of relevant information which renders the information provided to the Reinsurer inaccurate or misleading.
5. The Company has all material licenses, certificates of authority or other similar certificates, registrations, franchises, permits, approvals or other similar authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Permits”) necessary to conduct the Subject Business as currently conducted. All Permits that are material to the conduct of the Subject Business are valid and in full force and effect. The Company is not subject to any pending action or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any threatened action that seeks the revocation, suspension, termination, modification or impairment of any Permit that is material to the conduct of the Subject Business.
6. To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no other contracts between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any other Person, on the other hand, that would reasonably be expected to increase, reduce, limit, mitigate or otherwise affect any actual or potential loss to the Parties under the Reinsured Liabilities.
7. To the Company’s Knowledge, the records pertaining to the Subject Business which have been or will be furnished to the Reinsurer by the Company are and will be the true, correct and complete records in the possession of the Company, subject to the Company’s record retention policy, pertaining to the Subject
Business in all material respects and fairly present the condition of the Subject Business.
8. To the Company’s Knowledge, and except as previously disclosed to the Reinsurer, with respect to Third-party Reinsurance and any material third-party contracts with respect to the Subject Business, (a) all Third-party Reinsurance is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, and is enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with its terms; (b) no party to any Third-party Reinsurance is in material default or material breach or has failed to perform any material obligation thereunder, and there does not exist any event, condition or omission that would constitute such a material breach or material default (whether by lapse of time or notice or both); (c) the Company has not received from or given notice to any party to any Third-party Reinsurance of any dispute or default with respect thereto or notice of termination, recapture, rescission or acceleration; (d) no reinsurer under any Third-party Reinsurance agreement has sought to deny or limit coverage under any Third-party Reinsurance; (e) there are no pending threatened actions, suits, arbitrations, mediations or other proceedings with respect to any Third-party Reinsurance agreement; (f) no party to any Third-party Reinsurance has given written notice that remains in effect (1) of cancellation, termination (provisional or otherwise) or recapture in respect of any Third-party Reinsurance; (2) that any amount of reinsurance ceded or assumed by it will be uncollectible or otherwise defaulted upon or (3) that there is a dispute that is unresolved with respect to any material amounts recoverable or payable pursuant thereto; (g) no party to any Third-party Reinsurance (1) is a party, or subject, to an insolvency proceeding or (2) if financially impaired to the extent that a default thereunder is reasonably anticipated; and (h) there are no uncollectible Third-party Reinsurance recoverables, and there does not exist any event, condition or omission that would result in any reinsurance recoverable becoming uncollectible.
9. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the Effective Date, the Company has timely processed all claims, recorded notifications and precautionaries relating to the Subject Business in accord with customary and ordinary practices of the Company.
10. Certain of the Reinsured Liabilities arise under or out of contracts or other agreements relating to the Subject Business, including but not limited to administration agreements relating to the Subject Business, which contain notice, consent, or other requirements inuring to the benefit of third parties (collectively, “Third Party Rights”) which could potentially impact the ability of SiriusPoint to (i) cede portions of the Subject Business to Pallas Re, and/or (ii) assign rights under such contracts or related agreements to Pallas Re, and/or (iii) fulfill all of its obligations under the Transaction Agreements. Pallas Re acknowledges that, prior to the date of this Agreement, SiriusPoint has made available to Pallas Re examples of such Third Party Rights. To the Knowledge of SiriusPoint, no
Material Reinsured Contract contains any such Third Party Rights; provided, that if any Material Reinsured Contract does contain Third Party Rights, SiriusPoint will, or will cause its Affiliates to, undertake commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy its or their relevant obligations with respect to such Third Party Rights under any affected Material Reinsured Contract promptly.
B. As of the Effective Date, the Reinsurer represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
1. The Reinsurer is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Bermuda and has the requisite corporate power and authority to (a) own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted, (b) enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by, and carry out its obligations under, this Agreement; and (c) execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements, perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements and consummate the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements. The Reinsurer is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of its owned, operated or leased assets or properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification and good standing necessary.
2. The execution and delivery by the Reinsurer of the Transaction Agreements, the performance by the Reinsurer of its obligations under the Transaction Agreements and the consummation by the Reinsurer, as applicable, of the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, have been or will be duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Reinsurer prior to the Effective Date. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, the Transaction Agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Reinsurer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except to the extent such enforceability may be subject to, and limited by, applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered a proceeding at law or in equity). The execution, delivery and performance by the Reinsurer of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not: (a) conflict with, be prohibited by, or require any approval that has not already been obtained under any of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Reinsurer; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, be prohibited by, require any consent or other action under, or give rise to a right of termination, amendment or acceleration under, of any material contract or instrument to which the Reinsurer is a party, or (c) contravene any requirements of law applicable to the Reinsurer in any material respect.
3. No consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or Notice to, any Governmental Authority is required to be made by or with respect to the Reinsurer in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Agreements by the Reinsurer or the consummation by the Reinsurer of any of the transactions contemplated hereunder, other than such consent, approval, or authorization from any Governmental Authority that has already been obtained by the Reinsurer or any declaration, filing with or Notice to any Governmental Authority that has already been made by the Reinsurer.
4. The Reinsurer will have good and marketable title, free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances to all Reg 114 Eligible Collateral and Non-Reg 114 Eligible Collateral immediately prior to the deposit thereof into the Trust Account.
5. Prior to the Effective Date hereof, the Reinsurer has made such due inquiry into the Subject Business and the Net Subject Reserves, as the Reinsurer deems appropriate in its independent judgment and, based on representations made by and materials presented by the Company, believes it has received adequate information in order to enter into the transactions contemplated under the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements.
6. The Reinsurer has previously delivered to the Company copies of the solvency reports relating to the calculation of the Commercial Insurer Solvency Self-Assessment (“CISSA”) and Bermuda Solvency Capital Requirement (“BSCR”) of Pallas Re (the CISSA and BSCR of Pallas Re, the “Solvency Reports”). The Solvency Reports delivered to the Company were prepared pursuant to the Applicable Laws of Bermuda and fairly represents the view of the financial position of the Reinsurer as at the dates, and the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Reinsurer for the periods, in respect of which they have been prepared. Since the dates of the last Solvency Reports, there has been no change to the information set out therein (nor any development or event involving a prospective change of which the Reinsurer is, or might reasonably be expected to be, aware) which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or other), prospects, results of operations or general affairs of the Reinsurer.
7. There shall have been no change in the information set out in the certificate of compliance from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to be provided by the Reinsurer to the Company in relation to the Reinsurer, since the date on which such certificate was issued, and the Reinsurer is not aware of anything that is or might become prejudicial to maintaining full compliance with the requirements of the Bermuda Monetary Authority described therein.
8. The Reinsurer is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts or could not be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent, and the Reinsurer will not become so as a consequence of entering into the Transaction Agreements and/or performing the transactions contemplated thereby; has not taken any action, nor, to the Reinsurer’s knowledge and belief, have any steps been taken or legal proceedings been commenced or threatened against it, for its winding-up, dissolution or re-organization, for the enforcement of any security over its assets or for the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, bankruptcy trustee or similar officer in respect of it, in respect of any of its assets or any
equivalent process applicable to it; and has not proposed or entered into any arrangement or composition with its creditors or any class thereof.
9. The Reinsurer is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, its memorandum of association and Bye-laws or other organizational documents and all material permits and licenses issued to the Reinsurer by any Governmental Authority, except for any non-compliance which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Reinsurer to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or perform its obligations thereunder.
ARTICLE 9 – NOTIFICATION
The Company shall promptly notify the Reinsurer (or any other person, as directed by Reinsurer, including its Affiliates or any third-party administrator engaged by the Reinsurer) of any claims and forward all written communication received by it with respect thereto.
ARTICLE 10 – INDEMNIFICATION
A.Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
1.The representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing solely for purposes of this Article 10 and shall terminate and expire on the second (2nd) anniversary of the Transition Date; provided that the representations and warranties made by the Company in paragraphs A(1) and A(2) of Article 8 other than (b) of paragraph A(2) of Article 8 and by the Reinsurer in paragraphs B(1) and B(2) of Article 8 other than (b) of paragraph B(2) of Article 8 shall survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. Any claim for indemnification in respect of any representation or warranty that is not asserted by notice given as required herein prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period specified in this Article 10 shall not be valid and any right to indemnification is hereby irrevocably waived after the expiration of such period of survival. Any claim properly made for an Indemnifiable Loss in respect of such a breach asserted within such period of survival as herein provided will be timely made for purposes hereof.
2.To the extent that it is to be performed after the Closing, each covenant in this Agreement will, for purposes of this Article 10, survive and remain in effect in accordance with its terms plus a period of six (6) months thereafter, after which no claim for indemnification with respect thereto may be brought hereunder. All covenants in this Agreement that by their terms are required to be fully performed prior to the Closing will not survive the Closing, after which time no claim for indemnification with respect thereto may be brought hereunder.
B.The Reinsurer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless, the Company and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and permitted assigns (“Sirius Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all disputes, demands,
claims, actions, damages or other liability actually incurred by a Sirius Indemnified Person to the extent arising from or relating to:
(1) any breach of any representation or warranty of the Reinsurer made in Article 8 of this Agreement;
(2) any breach or nonfulfillment of any agreement or covenant of the Reinsurer under this Agreement;
(3) Third Party Reinsurance and Subrogation and Salvage Recoverables that were accrued or booked prior to the Valuation Date and therefore not reflected in the Net Subject Reserves as at the Valuation Date; or
(4) any successful enforcement of this indemnity;
provided, in any case, the foregoing shall not apply to the extent such damages arose out of or relate to (a) actions, errors or omissions of any Sirius Indemnified Person or (b) the gross negligence, fraud, or intentional misconduct of any Sirius Indemnified Person.
Consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, treble or similar damages are wholly outside the scope of this indemnification provision except when such damages are awarded to a third-party (that is not a Sirius Indemnified Person) against a Sirius Indemnified Person.
C.The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Reinsurer and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and permitted assigns (“Reinsurer Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all disputes, demands, claims, actions, damages or other liability actually incurred by a Reinsurer Indemnified Person to the extent arising from or relating to:
(1) any Retained ECO/XPL;
(2) any breach of any representation or warranty of the Company made in Article 8 of this Agreement;
(3) any breach or nonfulfillment of any agreement or covenant of the Company under this Agreement;
(4) Any payable or receivable that is not within the Net Subject Reserves on the Valuation Date is for the Company’s account (provided, however, that any payable or receivable that is within the Net Subject Reserves on the Valuation Date is for the Reinsurer’s account); or
(4) any successful enforcement of this indemnity;
provided, in any case, the foregoing shall not apply to the extent such damages arose out of or relate to (a) actions, errors or omissions of any Reinsurer Indemnified Person or (b) the gross negligence, fraud or intentional misconduct of any Reinsurer Indemnified Person.
Consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, treble or similar damages are wholly outside the scope of this indemnification provision except when such damages are awarded to a third-party (that is not a Reinsurer Indemnified Person) against a Reinsurer Indemnified Person.
D.Certain Limitations.
1.An Indemnifying Person shall not be obligated to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Person under paragraph B or C of this Article with respect to any claim, unless and until the aggregate amount of all indemnifiable losses sought from such Indemnifying Person under paragraph B or C of this Article, as applicable (the “Indemnifiable Losses”) by all Indemnified Persons exceeds USD 1 million (the “Deductible”), at which point the Indemnifying Person shall be liable to all the Indemnified Persons for the value of all Indemnifiable Losses, that is in excess of the Deductible, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 10; provided that the maximum aggregate liability of an Indemnifying Person to all the Indemnified Persons for any or all Indemnifiable Losses under this Agreement shall not exceed USD 7 million.
2.An Indemnified Person shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article 10 for Indemnifiable Losses to the extent (i) such Indemnified Person could have, with commercially reasonable efforts, mitigated or prevented such Indemnifiable Losses upon and after becoming aware of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in any Indemnifiable Losses that are indemnifiable hereunder, or (ii) such Indemnifiable Losses result from or are magnified by the action or inaction of such Indemnified Person after the Closing. In the event an Indemnified Person fails to use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate or prevent Indemnifiable Losses as provided herein, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Indemnifying Person shall not be required to indemnify the Indemnified Person for that portion of Indemnifiable Losses that could reasonably have been expected to have been avoided if the Indemnified Person had taken such commercially reasonable efforts.
3.No Reinsurer Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification with respect to any particular Indemnifiable Loss to the extent the related damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, costs, or expenses were reflected or provided for or reserved against in the calculation of the Initial Reinsurance Premium and the Net Subject Reserves at the Closing.
4.Any liability for indemnification under this Agreement shall be determined without duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts giving rise to such liability constituting a breach of more than one representation, warranty, covenant or agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no party shall be entitled to claim indemnification with respect to the same underlying subject matter more than once. No breach of any representation or warranty shall be a basis
for indemnification pursuant to this Article 10 by a Party if the breach or the facts giving rise to such breach was disclosed or otherwise known to such Party prior to (i) the date hereof or (ii) if such representation or warranty is made as of any particular future date, such date.
5.The Parties acknowledge and agree that their sole and exclusive remedy following the Closing at law or equity with respect to any alleged breach of any representation or warranty of the other Party made in this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements, in each case regardless of the legal theory under which such liability or obligation may be sought to be imposed, whether sounding in contract or in tort, whether at law or in equity, or otherwise, shall be pursuant to the provisions set forth in this Article 10.
6.Upon making any payment for an Indemnified Loss, the Indemnifying Person will, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to all rights of Indemnified Person against any third Person in respect of the Indemnifiable Loss to which the payment related.
7.For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Article is intended to alter the obligations of the Reinsurer to reinsure the Subject Business in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
E.Promptly after an Indemnified Person entitled to seek indemnification under this Article 10 receives service of notice of any claim or service of process by any third person in any matter in respect of which indemnity may be sought from the applicable Indemnifying Person, the Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Person of the receipt thereof. The Indemnifying Person shall have the right to participate in or assume, each at its own expense, the defense of any such claim or process or settlement thereof. After notice from the Indemnifying Person of its election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expense in connection with such defense. Such defense shall be conducted expeditiously (but with due regard for obtaining the most favorable outcome reasonably likely under the circumstances taking into account costs and expenditures) and the Indemnified Person shall be advised promptly of all developments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any matter that is the subject of any such claim and as to which the Indemnified Person fails to give the Indemnifying Person such notice as aforesaid, and such failure adversely affects the ability of the Indemnifying Person to defend such claim or materially increases the amount of damages that the Indemnifying Person is obligated to pay under this Agreement, the amount of damages that the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to receive shall be reduced to an amount that the Indemnified Person would have been entitled to receive had such notice been timely given. No settlement of any such claim as to which the Indemnifying Person has not elected to assume the defense thereof shall be made without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In addition, the Indemnifying Person shall not settle any claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person if such settlement would result in (a) injunctive or other nonmonetary relief against the Indemnified Person or any of its Affiliates, including the imposition of a
consent order, injunction or decree that would restrict the future activity or conduct of the Indemnified Person or any of its Affiliates, (b) a finding or admission of a violation of Applicable Law or violation of the rights of any Person by the Indemnified Person or any of its Affiliates or (c) any monetary liability of the Indemnified Person that will not promptly be paid or reimbursed by the Indemnifying Person.
ARTICLE 11 - CONFIDENTIALITY
A. The Reinsurer and Company hereby acknowledges that the terms and conditions of this Agreement, any materials provided in the course of audit or inspection and any documents, information and data provided by one Party to it by the other, whether directly or through an authorized agent, in connection with the placement and execution of this Agreement or after the Effective Date, and any submission or other materials related to any renewal hereof (hereinafter referred to as “Confidential Information”) are proprietary and confidential to the Company. Confidential Information shall not include documents, information or data that either Party can show:
1. Is, or comes to be, public domain other than by any act of the Recipient in violation of the terms of this Agreement; or
2. Have been rightfully received from third parties lawfully possessing such information not by virtue of any confidential relationship with Disclosing party; or
3. Is received from a third party not bound and not in breach of confidentiality obligations; or
3. Were known by the other Party prior to the placement of this Agreement without an obligation of confidentiality.
B. Absent the written consent of the other Party, neither the Company, nor the Reinsurer shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any third parties, except:
1. When required by retrocessionaires as respects the business ceded to this Agreement;
2. When required by regulators performing an audit of the Company’s or Reinsurer’s records and/or financial condition;
3. When required by external auditors performing an audit of the Company’s or Reinsurer’s records in the normal course of business; or
4. When required by attorneys, courts or arbitrators in connection with an actual or potential dispute hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to disclosure of Confidential Information to any third party under this paragraph B, the Reinsurer and Company shall advise such third party that it shall be bound by the obligations and provisions of this Article.
C. Further, the Company and Reinsurer agree not to use any Confidential Information for any purpose not related to the performance of its obligations or enforcement of its rights under this Agreement.
D. Notwithstanding the above, in the event the Reinsurer or Company is required by court order, other legal process or any Governmental Authority to release or disclose any or all of the Confidential Information, the Parties agree to provide each other with written Notice of same at least ten (10) days prior to such release or disclosure, unless otherwise prohibited by law, and to use its best efforts to assist each other in maintaining the confidentiality provided for in this Article. The Company and Reinsurer will take all reasonable measures to obtain confidentiality agreements with third parties and protective orders, while not prejudicing one another’s substantive interests.
E. The provisions of this Article shall extend to the officers, directors and employees of the Reinsurer, Company and their Affiliates, and shall be binding upon their successors and assigns.
ARTICLE 12 - ACCESS TO RECORDS
A. The Reinsurer or its duly appointed representative shall have access to the books and records of the Company on matters relating to the Subject Business upon reasonable advance written Notice to the Company and at reasonable times during the regular business hours of the Company, at the location where such books and records are maintained in the ordinary course of business, for the purpose of obtaining information concerning this Agreement or the subject matter thereof. It is understood that reasonable advance written Notice shall not be less than five (5) Business Days. The Reinsurer may make copies of records of the Company related to this Agreement, but at the Reinsurer’s sole expense.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to provide such access to any books and records or other information if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that doing so would violate Applicable Law or a contract, agreement or obligation of confidentiality owing to a third party (other than any claims administrator for the Subject Business), jeopardize the protection of an attorney-client privilege, or expose the Company to liability for disclosure of sensitive or personal information.
ARTICLE 13 - NOTICES
A. A notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement (a “Notice”) shall be:
1. In writing;
2. In the English language; and
3. Either:
a. Delivered personally or sent by first class post pre-paid recorded delivery (and air mail if overseas) or by courier using an internationally recognized courier company;
b. By fax and email to the Party due to receive the Notice to the address set out in paragraph C below; or,
c. To an alternative address, Person or email specified by that Party under the same manner set forth in subparts A(3)(a) and A(3)(b) of this Article.
B. Unless there is evidence that it was received earlier, a Notice is deemed given if:
1. Delivered personally or by courier, when left at the address referred to in paragraph C below or, where left other than on a Business Day or outside normal business hours, on the next Business Day;
2. Sent by mail, except air mail, three (3) Business Days after posting it;
3. Sent by air mail, six (6) Business Days after posting it; and
4. Sent by email, transmitted other than on a Business Day or outside normal business hours, on the next Business Day.
C. The addresses referred to in this Article are:
If to the Company:
140 Broadway #32nd,
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Robert Kuehn, Esq.
Email: Robert.Kuehn@siriuspt.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute Notice) to:
Clyde & Co US LLP
405 Lexington Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10174
Attention: Vikram Sidhu
Email: vikram.sidhu@clydeco.us
If to the Reinsurer:
Pallas Reinsurance Company LTD.
C/O Compass Administration Services Ltd
Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue,
Hamilton HM11, Bermuda
Attention: Anson Aguiar
Email: anson.aguiar@compre-group.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute Notice) to:
Daniel W. Gerber, Esq.
Gerber Ciano Kelly Brady LLP,
228 Park Avenue South, Suite 97572
New York, NY 10003-1502
Email: dgerber@gerberciano.com
ARTICLE 14 - MISCELLANEOUS
A. Amendments
1. This Agreement may be amended only by mutual consent of the Parties expressed in a written addendum executed by the Parties with the same formalities as this Agreement, and such addendum shall be deemed to be an integral part of this Agreement and binding on the Parties accordingly. The amendment shall include any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement howsoever effected.
2. Unless expressly agreed, no variation shall constitute a general waiver of any provisions of this Agreement, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to this Agreement which have already accrued up to the date of variation, and the rights and obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so varied.
B. Costs
Each of the Parties shall pay its own costs incurred in connection with the negotiation and entering into of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed or unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.
C. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by each Party on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered is an original and all of which together evidence the same Agreement. Delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement by email attachment or telecopy shall be an effective mode of delivery.
D. Currency
The sign “$” in this Agreement refers to United States of America dollars, and all payments will be made in that currency.
E. Entire Agreement
This Agreement and the Transaction Agreements represent the entire agreement between the Company and the Reinsurer with respect to business covered hereunder. There are no understandings between the Parties other than as expressed in this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. All prior agreements, understandings and representations made by the Company and the Reinsurer, whether oral or written, are superseded by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. Any change or modification to this Agreement will be documented by an amendment of this Agreement, signed by the parties to this Agreement.
F. Errors and Omissions
Any inadvertent delay, omission, or error does not relieve either Party hereto from any liability, which attaches to it hereunder if such delay, omission or error had not been made, provided such omission or error is rectified immediately upon discovery.
H. Further Assurances
Each of the Parties shall at any time (and from time to time on being reasonably required by the other Party), execute or procure all acts, deeds, documents and things reasonably necessary and within its power to give effect to the terms of this Agreement and to allow for the effective management by the Reinsurer of claims under the Subject Business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall at the request and at the expense of the Reinsurer take all such steps as are reasonably required in connection with an application to any body with appropriate jurisdiction to permit the Reinsurer to exercise full claims control over the Subject Business (including on behalf of any relevant co-insurer). Each Party will provide all access to non-privileged records and personnel necessary to defend and claims related to ECO/XPL and in relation to any inquiry by a regulatory body.
I. Severability
1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be rendered illegal or unenforceable by the laws, regulations or public policy of any jurisdiction, such provision shall be considered void in such jurisdiction, but this shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
2. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to agree to such provision so that it will comply with the laws, regulations and public policy of the jurisdiction in which it was rendered illegal and unenforceable in order to effectuate the Parties’ original intent.
J. No Waiver
The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by Applicable Law does not impair or constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or an impairment of or a waiver of other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by this Agreement or by Applicable Law presents further exercise of the right or remedy, or the exercise, of another right or remedy.
K. Offset
The Company or the Reinsurer have and may exercise, at any time and from time to time, the right to offset any balance or balances, whether on account of premiums or on account of losses or otherwise, due from one Party to the other Party hereto, under the terms and within the subject matter of the Transaction Agreements. In the event of an insolvency of a Party hereto, offset shall only be allowed in accordance with the provisions of any Applicable Law governing offset entitlements. In the event of
insolvency of the Company, to the extent any jurisdiction allows the statutory right of offset to the Reinsurer, then this right is reserved by the Reinsurer.
L. Parties to this Agreement
The Parties shall not assign, novate, transfer, declare a trust or in any other way alienate any other rights under this Agreement, whether in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other Party. This Agreement shall be binding upon all successors, assignees, transferees and legal representatives of the Parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations under this Agreement may be novated, assigned, charged or otherwise transferred or disposed of by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party.
M. Rights and Remedies
No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or operate or be construed as a waiver or variation of it or preclude its exercise at any subsequent time and no single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall preclude any further exercise of it or the exercise of any other remedy.
N. Third Party Rights
Nothing will in any manner create any obligations or establish any rights against the Reinsurer in favor of any third parties or any Persons not parties to this Agreement except as previously provided otherwise herein.
O. Taxes
Any Federal Excise Tax applicable as relates to this transaction and agreement (as imposed under Section 4371 of the Internal Revenue Code) to the extent subject to the Federal Excise Tax will be borne by the Company.
P. Collection and Assignment of Rights
1. To the extent there is any change in law or regulation which requires the Reinsurer to pay loss for the Subject Business, and to the extent that any reimbursement fund (“Backstop”) is created to reimburse for loss paid, then the Company assigns all rights and recoveries to the Reinsurer for recoupment and reimbursement from the Backstop to the Reinsurer solely related to loss paid under the Subject Business.
2. The Company shall, if requested by the Reinsurer, reasonably aid the Reinsurer, at the Reinsurer’s expense, in collection of all amounts due in respect of the Reinsured Liabilities. The collectability of such amounts shall be the ultimate responsibility of the Reinsurer and shall be at the risk and for the account of the Reinsurer in the event such amounts are not collected until such time as the Reinsurer shall have paid to the Company under this Agreement an amount equal to the Aggregate Limit.
3. Subject to the terms and conditions of its agreements with any third party service providers and the rights of any such service providers contained therein (or in related agreements), the Company shall assign and transfer any such agreements relating to the Subject Business and its rights thereunder to the Reinsurer.
Q. Non-Recourse
This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, manager, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney or other Representative of any party hereto or of any Affiliate of any party hereto, or any of their successors or permitted assigns, shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Agreement or for any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based on, in respect of or by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby.
R. Headings and Schedules
Headings used herein are not a part of this Agreement and shall not affect the terms hereof. The attached Schedules are a part of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 15 – DISCLAIMERS
A.The Reinsurer acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any representative of any of them, makes or has made, and the Reinsurer has not relied on, any inducement, promise, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Person has made any representation or warranty to the Reinsurer with respect to the Subject Business or any other matter, including with respect to (i) the probable success or profitability of the Subject Business after the Effective Date, or (ii) any information, documents, or material made available to the Reinsurer, its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives in any “data rooms,” information memoranda, management presentations, electronic mails, or in any other form or forum in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any estimation, valuation, appraisal, projection, or forecast. With respect to any such estimation, valuation, appraisal, projection, or forecast (including any confidential information memoranda prepared by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), the Reinsurer acknowledges that: (i) there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such estimations, valuations, appraisals, projections, and forecasts; (ii) it is familiar with such uncertainties; (iii) it is not acting and has not acted in reliance on any such estimation valuation, appraisal, projection, or forecast delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Reinsurer, its Affiliates or their respective representatives; (iv) such estimations, valuations, appraisals, projections, and forecasts are not and shall not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Company or any of its Affiliates; and (v) it shall have
no claim against any Person with respect to any such valuation, appraisal, projection, or forecast.
B.Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company makes no express or implied representation or warranty hereby or otherwise under this Agreement as to the future experience, success or profitability of the Subject Business, whether or not conducted in a manner similar to the manner in which such business was conducted prior to the Effective Date, that the reserves held by or on behalf of the Subject Business or the assets supporting such reserves have been or will be adequate or sufficient for the purposes for which they were established, that the reinsurance recoverables taken into account in determining the amount of such reserves will be collectible, or whether such reserves were calculated, established, or determined in accordance with any actuarial, statutory, or other standard, or concerning any financial statement “line item” or asset, liability, or equity amount that would be affected by any of the foregoing.
C.The Reinsurer further acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has made its own inquiry and investigation into and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning the Subject Business, (ii) has been provided access to such information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to form such independent judgment, (iii) has had such time as it deems necessary and appropriate to fully and completely review and analyze such information, documents, and other materials, and (iv) has been provided an opportunity to ask questions of the Company with respect to such information, documents, and other materials and has received answers to such questions.
ARTICLE 16 - ARBITRATION
A. Any dispute arising out of the interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, including the formation and validity thereof, shall be submitted for decision to a panel of three arbitrators. Notice requesting arbitration shall be in writing and sent certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
B. Upon service of notice of arbitration, each Party will follow the procedures set out in the Expedited Dispute Resolution Article of this Agreement.
C. Upon expiration of the Expedited Dispute Resolution Expiration Period set forth in the Expedited Dispute Resolution Article of this Agreement, one arbitrator shall be chosen by each Party and the two arbitrators shall then choose an impartial third arbitrator who shall preside at the hearing. If either Party fails to appoint its arbitrator within thirty (30) days after service of notice to do so by the other Party (as set forth in the Notice Article), the latter, after ten (10) days’ prior Notice as set forth in the Notices Article, may appoint the second arbitrator.
D. If the two arbitrators do not agree on a third arbitrator within thirty (30) days of their appointment, the third arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with the procedures for selecting the third arbitrator in force on the date the arbitration is demanded, established by the AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society - U.S. (ARIAS). The arbitrators shall be Persons knowledgeable about insurance and reinsurance who have no Personal or financial interest in the result of the arbitration. If a member of the panel
dies, becomes disabled or is otherwise unwilling or unable to serve, a substitute shall be selected in the same manner as the departing member was chosen and the arbitration shall continue.
E. Within thirty (30) days after all arbitrators have been appointed, the panel shall meet and determine timely periods for briefs, discovery procedures, and schedules of hearings.
F. The panel shall be relieved of all judicial formality and shall not be bound by the strict rules of procedure and evidence. The arbitrators shall interpret this agreement as an honorable engagement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the arbitrators may at their discretion consider underwriting and placement information provided by the Company to the Reinsurer, as well as any correspondence exchanged by the Parties that is related to this Agreement, and any other information it deems relevant. The arbitration shall take place in New York, or at such other place as the Parties shall agree. The decision of any two arbitrators shall be in writing and shall be final and binding. The panel is empowered to grant relief as it may deem appropriate; however, in no event will the panel be authorized to award punitive damages.
G. The panel shall interpret this Agreement as an honorable engagement rather than as merely a legal obligation and shall make its decision considering the custom and practice of the applicable insurance and reinsurance business as promptly as possible after the hearings. Judgment upon an award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
H. Each Party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator and shall jointly bear with the other Party the cost of the third arbitrator. The remaining costs of the arbitration shall be allocated by the panel. The panel may, at its discretion, award such further costs and expenses as it considers appropriate, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, to the extent permitted by law.
ARTICLE 17 – EXPEDITED DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENT ACTUARIAL FIRM DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A. Prior to the commencement of arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Article, the Parties will utilize an expedited dispute resolution process involving one senior executive from the Company and one senior executive from the Reinsurer (each, a “Senior Executive”). The Party serving notice of arbitration shall identify its Senior Executive in its notice and direct contact information for the executive, including phone and email. Upon receipt of notice, the other Party shall immediately designate its Senior Executive, who shall contact the other Senior Executive as soon as reasonably possible. The Senior Executives must in good faith arrange a time period to confer. If such Senior Executives are unable to resolve the dispute within ten (10) Business Days of the service of notice of arbitration (“Expedited Dispute Resolution Expiration Period”), either Party may seek to resolve the dispute in accordance with the Arbitration Article. The Parties may mutually agree in writing to extend the Expedited Dispute Resolution Expiration Period.
B. The Parties shall utilize the following dispute resolution where specifically provided for in this Agreement. The Parties shall retain the Independent Actuarial Firm to review the
dispute within fifteen (15) Business Days of any notice of intent to dispute from either Party. The Parties shall direct such Independent Actuarial Firm to review the calculation of the disputed amount, and based on such review, to provide its calculation of the disputed amount no later than thirty (30) Business Days from its receipt of the request from the Parties and all information necessary to complete such review as determined by the Independent Actuarial Firm. Each Party shall provide its proposed calculation of the disputed amount to the Independent Actuarial Firm. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Independent Actuarial Firm such work papers, books, records and documents and other information pertaining to the disputed amount as the Independent Actuarial Firm may request. Any resulting determination of the Independent Actuarial Firm, which shall include the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the disputed amount, shall be considered final and binding on the Parties. The Party whose proposed calculation of the disputed amount is closer to the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the disputed amount shall have no responsibility for the costs and expenses of the Independent Actuarial Firm. All costs and expenses of the Independent Actuarial Firm shall be borne by the Party whose proposed calculation of the disputed amount has greater difference from the Independent Actuarial Firm’s determination of the disputed amount.
ARTICLE 18 – GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement, and any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, will be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of New York without regard to its rules with respect to the conflicts of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as to rules regarding credit for reinsurance, the rules of all applicable states or other jurisdictions will pertain thereto.
ARTICLE 19 – INSOLVENCY
A. If more than one reinsured company is referenced within the definition of “Company” in the Preamble to this Agreement, this Article shall apply severally to each such company. Further, this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state shall apply in the event of the insolvency of any company covered hereunder. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Article and the laws of the domiciliary state of any company covered hereunder, that domiciliary state’s laws shall prevail.
B. In the event of the insolvency of the Company, this reinsurance (or the portion of any risk or obligation assumed by the Reinsurer, if required by Applicable Law) shall be payable directly to the Company, or to its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor, either: (1) on the basis of the liability of the Company, or (2) on the basis of claims filed and allowed in the liquidation proceeding, whichever may be required by applicable statute, without diminution because of the insolvency of the Company or because the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor of the Company has failed to pay all or a portion of any claim. It is agreed, however, that the liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor of the Company shall give written notice to the Reinsurer of the pendency of a claim against the Company indicating the Policy reinsured, which claim would involve a possible liability on the part of the Reinsurer
within a reasonable time after such claim is filed in the conservation or liquidation proceeding or in the receivership, and that during the pendency of such claim, the Reinsurer may investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in the proceeding where such claim is to be adjudicated any defense or defenses that it may deem available to the Company or its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor. The expense thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be chargeable, subject to the approval of the court, against the Company as part of the expense of conservation or liquidation to the extent of a pro rata share of the benefit that may accrue to the Company solely as a result of the defense undertaken by the Reinsurer.
C. As to all reinsurance made, ceded, renewed or otherwise becoming effective under this Agreement, the reinsurance shall be payable as set forth above by the Reinsurer to the Company or to its liquidator, receiver, conservator or statutory successor, (except as provided by Section 4118(a)(1)(A) of the New York Insurance Law, provided the conditions of 1114(c) of such law have been met, if New York law applies) or except (1) where the Agreement specifically provides another payee in the event of the insolvency of the Company, or (2) where the Reinsurer, with the consent of the direct insured or insureds, has assumed such Policy obligations of the Company as direct obligations of the Reinsurer to the payees under such Policies and in substitution for the obligations of the Company to such payees. Then, and in that event only, the Company, with the prior approval of the certificate of assumption on New York risks by the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State of New York, or with the prior approval of such other regulatory authority as may be applicable, is entirely released from its obligation and the Reinsurer shall pay any loss directly to payees under such Policy.
D. To the extent allowed by Applicable Law, where Policies of the Subject Business:
(1) permitted original insurers or policyholders to sue the Company directly; and
(2) required the Company to assign the same right to any reinsurer or retrocessionaires upon any assignment by the Company:
The Reinsurer assumes the same rights and obligations of the Company, but no greater obligations than those set forth in the Policies of the Subject Business. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect the Loss Portfolio Transfer Reinsurance Agreement dated October 31, 2014 by and between Transamerica Casualty Insurance Company and White Shoals Reinsurance, Ltd. (now SiriusPoint Bermuda) (the “Transamerica LPT Agreement”), the Reinsurer and Company hereby agree that in the event of commencement of any insolvency, conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding against SiriusPoint Bermuda, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Reinsurer shall pay directly to Transamerica Casualty Insurance Company amounts due and payable under the Transamerica LPT Agreement.
E. Subject only to the exception expressly specified in paragraph D.:
(1) Third parties and any third-party beneficiaries, actual or alleged, who are not in privity with the Reinsurer have no right nor standing to sue the Reinsurer; and
(2) No part of this Agreement conveys any right for original insured or policyholder to the Policies of the Subject Business to sue the Reinsurer directly.
ARTICLE 20 - SERVICE OF SUIT
A. This Article shall not be read to conflict with or override the obligations of the Parties to arbitrate their disputes as provided for in Article 16. This Article is intended as an aid to compelling arbitration or enforcing such arbitration or arbitral award, not as an alternative to Article 16 for resolving disputes arising out of this Agreement.
B. In the event of the failure of the Reinsurer to perform its obligations hereunder, the Reinsurer, at the request of the Company, shall submit to the jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States. Nothing in this Article constitutes or should be understood to constitute a waiver of the Reinsurer’s rights to commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, to remove an action to a United States District Court, or to seek a transfer of a case to another court as permitted by the laws of the United States or of any state in the United States. The Reinsurer, once the appropriate court is selected, whether such court is the one originally chosen by the Company and accepted by the Reinsurer or is determined by removal, transfer, or otherwise, as provided for above, shall comply with all requirements necessary to give said court jurisdiction and, in any suit instituted against the Reinsurer upon this Agreement, shall abide by the final decision of such court or of any appellate court in the event of an appeal.
C. Service of process in such suit may be made upon Gerber Ciano Kelly Brady, LLP, 228 Park Avenue South, Suite 97572, New York, NY 10003-1502, which is authorized and directed to accept service of process on behalf of the Reinsurer in any such suit.
D. Further, pursuant to any statute of any state, territory or district of the United States that makes provision therefor, the Reinsurer hereby designates the Superintendent, Commissioner or Director of Insurance, or other officer specified for that purpose in the statute, or his successor or successors in office, as its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served any lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the Company or any beneficiary hereunder arising out of this Agreement, and hereby designates the above-named as the Person to whom the said officer is authorized to mail such process or a true copy thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives:
SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert R. Kuehn October 29, 2021
_______________________________________ ______________________
Printed Name: Robert R. Kuehn_______________ Date
Title: _President and General Counsel___________
SIRIUSPOINT BERMUDA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
By: /s/ Nicholas J.D. Campbell October 29, 2021
_______________________________________ ______________________
Printed Name: Nicholas J.D. Campbell___________ Date
Title: Chief Executive Officer___________________
PALLAS REINSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
By: /s/ Anson Aguiar October 29, 2021
_______________________________________ ______________________
Printed Name: Anson Aguiar___________________ Date
Title: Director_______________________________
By: /s/ Will Bridger October 29, 2021
_______________________________________ ______________________
Printed Name: Will Bridger____________________ Date
Title: Director_______________________________