Exhibit 10.1

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Execution version

Share Sale Deed

The PMI Group, Inc.

QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty Limited

QBE Insurance Group Limited

Allens Arthur Robinson

49/F One Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place

Central

Hong Kong

Tel 852 2840 1202

Fax 852 2840 0686

www.aar.com.au

© Copyright Allens Arthur Robinson 2003

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Table of Contents

 

1.    Definitions and Interpretation    1    1.1    Definitions    1    1.2   
Interpretation    9    1.3    Consents or approvals    10    1.4    Method of
payment    10    1.5    Interest on amounts payable    10    1.6    Withholding
Taxes    11    1.7    Exchange rate    11 2.    Sale and purchase of Shares   
11    2.1    Agreement to sell and purchase the Shares    11    2.2    Title and
property    11 3.    Conditions Precedent    11    3.1    Conditions Precedent
   11    3.2    Benefit and waiver of Conditions Precedent    12    3.3   
Reasonable endeavours and co-operation    13    3.4    Notifications    13   
3.5    Reimbursement of transaction costs for investments    14 4.    Purchase
Price    14 5.    Adjustment for Pre-Completion Adjustment Amount    14 6.   
Loss Development Cover and Adjustment to Value of the Note    15 7.   
Adjustment for Pre-Completion Claims    15    7.1    Increase in Prime Rate   
15    7.2    Breach of Vendor’s Warranties    15    7.3    Breach of Vendor’s
obligations    16    7.4    Material Adverse Effect    16    7.5   
Determination of any Pre-Completion Claim    17    7.6    Full and final
settlement    17    7.7    Aggregate Pre-Completion Claims in excess of limit   
18 8.    Transitional Services    18 9.    Completion    19    9.1    Time and
Place    19    9.2    Notice to Vendor    19    9.3    Deliveries by the
Purchaser    20    9.4    Deliveries by the Vendor    20    9.5    Power of
Attorney    21    9.6    Interdependence    22 10.    Conduct of Business
pending Completion    22    10.1    Vendor obligations    22    10.2   
Consultation and consent    24    10.3    Factors relevant to Vendor’s
obligations    24

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   10.4    Access and information    24

11.

   Inter-company Agreements    25

12.

   Transaction Bonuses and COC Payments    25

13.

   Non-competition    26

14.

   Vendor Warranties    27    14.1    Warranties regarding the Vendor and the
Company    27    14.2    Other Warranties excluded    28    14.3    When
Warranties given    28    14.4    Knowledge, belief or awareness as to
Warranties    28    14.5    Disclosures    28    14.6    Separate Warranty    29
   14.7    Purchaser’s acknowledgement    29    14.8    Liabilities indemnity   
29    14.9    Conditions of payment and Claims for breach    29    14.10   
Acknowledgments    32    14.11    Dealing with Warranty breach after Completion
and Third Party Claims    33    14.12    Proceedings in respect of a Claim    34
   14.13    Taxation offset    35    14.14    Restructure or disposal of the
Business    35    14.15    Reduction of Purchase Price    35    14.16   
Adjustment to the Note    35    14.17    Remedies for breach of Warranty    35
   14.18    Control of taxation returns, etc    36    14.19    Tax relief    37
   14.20    Liability where breach    38    14.21    Independent limitations   
38    14.22    Data room CD-ROM    38

15.

   Vendor Marks    39

16.

   Personal Liability    40

17.

   Note Issuer and Purchaser Warranties    40

18.

   Costs and Duty    40

19.

   Communications    40    19.1    Public and other announcements    40    19.2
   Agreement on Communications    41

20.

   Confidentiality    41

21.

   Termination    42    21.1    Termination    42    21.2    Effect of
Termination    42

22.

   Merger    43

23.

   Further Actions    43

24.

   Entire Agreement    43

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25.

   No representation or reliance    43

26.

   Assignment    44

27.

   Amendment and Waiver    44

28.

   Severability of Provisions    44

29.

   Notices    45

30.

   Governing Law and Jurisdiction    45

31.

   Counterparts    46 Schedule 1       Company    Schedule 2       Form of Note
Deed    Schedule 3       Loss Development Cover and Adjustment to Value of the
Note    Schedule 4       Note Issuer and Purchaser Warranties    Schedule 5   
   Vendor Warranties    Schedule 6       Disclosure Material    Schedule 7      
Transitional Services Principles    Schedule 8       Adjustment to Value of the
Note for the Australian Sale Agreement   

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Date   

29 August 2008

Parties   

1.

   The PMI Group, Inc. of 3003 Oak Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94597, United States
of America (the Vendor).

2.

   QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty Limited ABN 26 000 005 881 of Level 2, 82 Pitt Street,
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia (the Purchaser).

3.

   QBE Insurance Group Limited ABN 28 008 485 014 of Level 2, 82 Pitt Street,
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia (the Note Issuer). Recitals   

A

   PMI Mortgage Insurance Asia Limited is a company incorporated in Hong Kong
(the Company).

B

   The Vendor is the registered holder and beneficial owner of all issued shares
in the capital of the Company (the Shares).

C

   The Vendor has agreed to sell the Shares to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
has agreed to purchase the Shares from the Vendor on the terms of this
Agreement.

D

   The Note Issuer will provide the Note Deed as part of the consideration
pursuant to this Agreement.

E

   PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. has also agreed to sell the shares in PMI Mortgage
Insurance Australia (Holdings) Pty Limited ABN 98 087 483 958, a company
registered in the Australian Capital Territory, to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser has agreed to purchase the shares in that company from PMI Mortgage
Insurance Co. on the terms of a share sale agreement dated 14 August 2008 (the
Australian Sale Agreement). The transaction under the Australian Sale Agreement
shall complete on or prior to Completion under this Agreement.

It is agreed as follows.

 

1. Definitions and Interpretation

 

 

 

1.1 Definitions

The following definitions apply unless the context requires otherwise.

Accrued Entitlements means the total amount of accrued but untaken annual leave,
annual leave loading, long service leave, sick leave and any other employee
entitlement calculated in accordance with any of the accrual policies of the
Company or relevant leave legislation applying as at the date of Completion
(whichever results in the greater calculation).

 

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Adviser means, in relation to an entity, a financier, financial adviser,
corporate adviser, accounting adviser, auditor, legal adviser, or technical or
other expert adviser or consultant who provides advisory services in a
professional capacity to the market in general and who has been engaged by that
entity.

Assessment means, in relation to Tax or Duty, any notice of assessment or
amended assessment or other document of any kind issued or served or deemed to
be issued or served by a Taxation Authority which notifies or imposes, or is
deemed to notify or impose, a Liability to pay Tax or Duty.

ASX means ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691) or, as the context requires, the
financial market operated by it.

ASX Listing Rules means the official listing rules of the ASX.

Audit means, in relation to Tax or Duty, any audit, investigation, review,
information request or other enquiry of any kind undertaken by a Taxation
Authority.

Audited HKGAAP 2007 Financial Statements means the statements of income, changes
in equity and cash flows of the Company for the fiscal year ended 31 December
2007 and balance sheet of the Company as at such date, together with the notes
thereto, prepared in accordance with HKGAAP and audited by Ernst & Young as set
out in Schedule 2 of the Disclosure Letter.

Business means the business carried on by the Company as described in
clause 11(e).

Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banks in the city of New York, USA or Sydney, Australia are required to close.

Cash Purchase Price means the sum of US$44,571,227 subject to adjustment under
this Agreement.

Claim means, in relation to a party, a demand, claim, action or Legal Proceeding
made or brought by or against the party, however arising and whether present,
unascertained, immediate, future or contingent.

Communications means all forms of communications, whether written, oral, in
electronic format or otherwise, and whether direct or indirect via agents or
Representatives.

Companies Ordinance means the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32 of the laws of Hong
Kong).

Company Securities means any shares or other equity interests in, or securities
of the Company or any securities, rights or obligations convertible into,
exchangeable for or exercisable to acquire any securities of the Company.

Completion means completion by the parties of the sale and purchase of the
Shares under this Agreement as provided in clause 9.

Completion Date means, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, the
third Business Day after:

 

  (a) where none of clauses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 or 7.7 are triggered, the
Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date; or

 

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  (b) where any of clauses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4 is triggered, the later of the
Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date and the date that all Pre-Completion
Claims are determined in accordance with clause 7.5; or

 

  (c) where clause 7.7 is triggered, the later of the Conditions Precedent
Satisfaction Date and the date agreed between the parties under that clause.

Conditions Precedent has the meaning given in clause 3.

Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date means the date on which all the
Conditions Precedent are satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement.

Confidentiality Agreement means the confidentiality agreement entered into on
15 May 2008 by and between the Vendor, the Note Issuer, the Company, PMI
Mortgage Insurance Australia (Holdings) Pty Limited and PMI Europe Holdings
Limited.

Consent means any consent, approval, clearance, compliance, exemption,
authorization, order, filing, registration or qualification of or with any
person.

Contract means any agreement, contract, lease, note, mortgage, indenture or
license, whether written or oral.

Control (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”)
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the decision making or management policies of a person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or credit arrangement,
as trustee or executor, or otherwise.

Data Room means the electronic data room maintained by IntraLinks, Inc. on
behalf of the Vendor, in which the Purchaser and its Representatives have had
access to information and materials relating to, among other things, the Company
and the Shares.

Data Room CD ROM means the CD ROM confirmed in writing by the Vendor and
Purchaser in accordance with clause 14.22.

Data Room Documentation means:

 

  (a) all documentation contained in the Data Room and provided to the Purchaser
and its officers, employees, agents, advisers and financiers up to and including
7pm (AEST) 26 August 2008 as evidenced by the Data Room CD ROM, or if a Data
Room CD ROM has not been confirmed in accordance with clause 14.22, by accessing
the Data Room; and

 

  (b) any other documents agreed between the Purchaser and the Vendor in writing
as being Data Room Documentation.

Disclosure Letter means the letter executed by the Vendor and delivered to the
Purchaser on or prior to the date of this Agreement in relation to the
Warranties.

Disclosure Material means an item of information, communication or disclosure
contained in the categories of information referred to in Schedule 6.

Duty means any stamp, transaction or registration duty or similar charges
imposed by any Governmental Entity and includes any interest, fine, penalty,
charge or other amount imposed in respect of them, but excludes Tax.

Effective Date means 30 June 2008.

 

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Employee means any current or former employee of the Company.

End Date means the date which is 5 months following the date of execution of
this Agreement or such later date as may be agreed by the parties.

Environment means components of the earth, including:

 

  (a) land, air and water, and

 

  (b) any layer of the atmosphere, and

 

  (c) any organic or inorganic matter and any living organism, and

 

  (d) human-made or modified structures and areas,

and includes interacting natural ecosystems that include components referred to
in paragraphs (a)–(c).

Governmental Entity means any government or representative of a government or
any governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal, regulatory or
judicial body, department, commission, authority, agency, instrumentality, board
or tribunal, whether in Hong Kong or otherwise. It includes the Insurance
Authority and the Hong Kong Companies Registry.

Governmental Order means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
declaration, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any
Governmental Entity.

Guarantees and Capital Support Agreements means:

 

  (a) the Credit Enhancement Guarantee dated 22 May 2006 between PMI Mortgage
Insurance Company Limited, Ireland and The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation
Limited;

 

  (b) the Credit Enhancement Guarantee dated 30 December 2005 between PMI
Mortgage Insurance Company Limited and Hang Seng Insurance Company Limited; and

 

  (c) the Credit Enhancement Guarantee dated 20 October 2005 between PMI
Mortgage Insurance Company Limited and Asia Insurance Company Limited.

HKMC Guarantee means the Credit Enhancement Guarantee dated 22 May 2006 between
PMI Mortgage Insurance Company Limited, Ireland and The Hong Kong Mortgage
Corporation Limited.

HKGAAP means generally accepted accounting standards in Hong Kong, being the
requirements of Hong Kong financial reporting standards, the requirements of the
Companies Ordinance in relation to the preparation and contents of accounts,
and, to the extent that any matter is not covered by them, means generally
accepted accounting principles applied from time to time in Hong Kong for
companies similar to the Company.

Hong Kong means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s
Republic of China.

Income Tax means tax imposed on income, profits or gains (including capital
gains) including profits tax in Hong Kong.

Income Year means a financial year or other period of 12 months in respect of
which Income Tax is payable, or any period in lieu thereof.

Information Memorandum means the Confidential Information Memorandum in relation
to, amongst other things, the Company, dated 9 May 2008.

 

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Insolvency Event in relation to a party, means any of the following:

 

  (a) a petition is presented, or a meeting is convened for the purpose of
considering a resolution or other steps are taken by any person with a view to
the appointment of an administrator (whether out of court or otherwise) or for
the winding up of the party or an administration order or a winding up order is
made against or a provisional liquidator appointed with respect to the party;

 

  (b) an encumbrancer takes possession of, or a trustee or administrative
receiver or similar officer is appointed in respect of, all or any part of the
business or assets of the party, or distress or any form of execution is levied
or enforced upon or sued out against any of those assets and is not discharged
within seven days of being levied, enforced or sued out;

 

  (c) the party is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or the value of its
assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account its
contingent and prospective liabilities, or it suspends or threatens to suspend
making payments with respect to all or any class of its debts;

 

  (d) the party proposes or makes any composition or arrangement or composition
with, or any assignment for the benefit of, its creditors;

 

  (e) anything analogous to any of the events described in paragraphs (a) – (d),
inclusive, occurs under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, including
insurance laws, in which the party conducts business; or

 

  (f) the party ceases to carry on the whole or any material part of its
business and that cessation would be reasonably likely to affect adversely the
party’s ability to observe and perform properly and punctually any of its
obligations under this Agreement.

Insurance Authority means the Hong Kong Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

Insurance Ordinance means Insurance Companies Ordinance (Cap 41 of the laws of
Hong Kong).

Intellectual Property means all trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names,
corporate names, brand names, trade dress, Internet domain names and the
goodwill of any business symbolized thereby (Trademarks), inventions,
discoveries, patents, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how and
copyrights and copyrightable works and all applications and registrations for
any of the foregoing.

Inter-company Agreements means the agreements listed in Schedule 9 of the
Disclosure Letter.

KPMG means KPMG Hong Kong.

Law means any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, ruling, judgment, order,
prudential standard, injunction, decree, declaration, arbitral award,
requirement or permit of a Governmental Entity, which exists and is enforceable.

Legal Proceeding means any foreign or domestic judicial, administrative or
arbitration actions, suits, proceedings (public, private, civil or criminal),
claims, complaints, disputes, investigations, actions or governmental
proceedings.

 

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Liabilities means Claims, Losses, liabilities, costs or expenses of any kind and
however arising, including penalties, fines and interest and including those
which are prospective or contingent and those the amount of which for the time
being is not ascertained or ascertainable.

Loss means any and all losses, Liabilities, Claims, fines, damages, obligations,
payments (including, without limitation, those arising out of any settlement,
judgment or compromise relating to any Legal Proceeding), reasonable costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, interest and penalties with respect
thereto and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any other reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in investigating, preparing, defending, avoiding or settling
any Legal Proceeding), including without limitation any of the foregoing arising
under, out of or in connection with any Legal Proceeding, Governmental Order or
award of any arbitrator of any kind, or any Law or Contract; provided, however,
that such Loss excludes any loss that has been accrued for or reserved against
in the Unaudited Financial Statements (to the extent of such existing reserves).

Loss Development Cover means the arrangements to be put in place pursuant to
clause 6.

Material Adverse Effect means any event, circumstance or matter (or series of
events, circumstances or matters) that would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on:

 

  (a) in the case of the Vendor, the ability of the Vendor to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby; or

 

  (b) in the case of the Company the business, assets, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company;

 

  (c) in the case of the Purchaser, the business, assets, financial condition or
results of operations of the Purchaser, or the ability of the Purchaser to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (d) in the case of the Note Issuer, the business, assets, financial condition
or results of operations of the Note Issuer, or the ability of the Note Issuer
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement,

provided, however, that any such effect resulting or arising from or relating
to:

 

  (i) any change in Law or interpretations thereof post Completion;

 

  (ii) any change in general economic or political conditions (including acts of
war, declared or undeclared, armed hostilities, sabotage and terrorism) that in
each case are not targeted specifically at the Company and do not directly
affect the assets of the Company;

 

  (iii) any change in financial, securities or other market conditions
(including prevailing interest rates) generally;

 

  (iv) any adverse development with respect to the Vendor’s Subsidiaries (other
than the Company) including, without limitation, further downgrades of any of
their insurer financial strength ratings or the failure to re-obtain AA category
ratings from a Rating Agency; or

 

  (v)

any change resulting from or arising out of the announcement of, or actions
taken in accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement,

 

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shall not be considered when determining if a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred or would be reasonably expected to occur unless such matters would be
reasonably expected to have a materially greater adverse effect on the relevant
person referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) above (as the case may be)
than on the participants in the mortgage insurance industry generally in Hong
Kong.

Material Contracts means the contracts listed in Schedule 8 of the Disclosure
Letter.

Net Tangible Assets means US$55,714,034, being the value of net tangible assets
of the Company as at the Effective Date which has been calculated as the
Company’ shareholders’ equity as of that date, minus the Company’ intangible
assets of that date, using USGAAP using an agreed exchange rate of US$1/HK$7.8.

Note means the note with the initial principal outstanding of US$11,142,807,
subject to adjustment under this Agreement, issued under, and evidenced by, the
Note Deed.

Note Deed means the note deed substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2
duly issued by the Note Issuer.

Officer means, in relation to an entity, its directors, officers and employees.

Permitted Security Interest means:

 

  (a) a charge or lien arising in favour of a Governmental Entity by operation
of statute unless there is default in payment of money secured by that charge or
lien;

 

  (b) any mechanics’, workmen’s or other like lien arising in the ordinary
course of business;

 

  (c) any retention of title arrangement undertaken in the ordinary course of
day-to-day trading.

Pre-Completion Claim means a Pre-Completion Prime Rate Increase Claim,
Pre-Completion Warranty Claim, Pre-Completion Performance Claim and
Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim.

Pre-Completion Interest Amount has the meaning given in clause 5.

Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim has the meaning given in clause
7.4(b).

Pre-Completion Performance Claim has the meaning given in clause 7.3(a).

Pre-Completion Prime Rate Increase Claim has the meaning given in clause 7.1(b).

Pre-Completion Warranty Claim has the meaning given in clause 7.2(a).

Prime Rate means the current Hong Kong Dollar best lending rate published by The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited on its website which is in
effect from time to time.

Purchaser Group means the Purchaser and its Related Companies (including the
Company after Completion).

Purchaser Group Member means any member of the Purchaser Group.

Purchase Price means US$55,714,034, being the Net Tangible Assets, subject to
adjustment under this Agreement.

Purchaser Warranties means the representations and warranties set out in
Schedule 4.

 

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Rating Agencies means Fitch Ratings Ltd., Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services
and Moody’s Investor Service; and Rating Agency means any of these.

Records, in relation to the Company, means the Disclosure Material and all
original and copy records, documents, books, files, reports, accounts, plans,
correspondence, letters and papers of every description and other material
regardless of their form or medium and whether coming into existence before, on
or after the date of this Agreement, belonging or relating to or used by the
Company in connection with the Business including (without limitation)
certificates of registration, minute books, statutory books and registers, books
of account, Tax returns, title deeds and other documents of title, customer
lists, insured lists, intermediary lists, and price lists, whether written, on
computer disks or tapes or other machine readable form.

Related Company has the meaning given in section 49BA(9) of the Companies
Ordinance.

Representative means, in relation to a party:

 

  (a) a Related Company of the party;

 

  (b) an Officer of the party or any of the party's Related Companies; or

 

  (c) an Adviser to the party or any of the party's Related Companies.

Representatives means in relation to a person or entity, its officers,
employees, agents, advisers or financiers.

SEC Reports means the Vendor's forms, statements, reports and other documents
filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prior to
the date of this Agreement.

Security Interest includes any interest or equity of any person in an asset
(including any right to acquire the asset, an option over or pre-emption right
in respect of the asset) or any mortgage, pledge, lien or charge or any security
or preferential interest or arrangement of any kind or any other right of, or
arrangement with, any creditor to have its claim satisfied in priority to other
creditors with, or from the proceeds of, any asset but it excludes a Permitted
Security Interest.

Shares means all the issued shares in the capital of the Company as set out in
Schedule 1 agreed to be sold under this Agreement and Share means any one of
those shares.

Specified Material Contracts means the Material Contracts listed in Section 1.2
of Schedule 8 of the Disclosure Letter.

Subsidiary has the meaning given in section 2 of the Companies Ordinance.

Tax:

 

  (a) means a tax, levy, impost, fee, deduction, compulsory loan, charge,
withholding or duty of any nature, including, without limitation, any Income
Tax, value added, consumption or goods and services tax, gross receipts,
franchise, withholding, unemployment insurance, social security, sales, use,
excise, real and personal property, municipal, payroll or workers' compensation
tax, or any liability for any of the foregoing (including all fines, additional
tax, interest or penalties) which is assessed, levied, imposed or collected by a
Governmental Entity under the Tax Act or any other statute, ordinance or law, in
Hong Kong or elsewhere;

 

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  (b) includes any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the kind
described in paragraph (a) as a result of being a transferee or successor or a
party to any agreement or any express or implied obligation to indemnify another
person.

 

  (c) excludes Duty.

Tax Act means the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112 of the laws of Hong Kong).

Tax Warranty means a warranty given in paragraphs 33 to 48 inclusive of
Schedule 5.

Taxation Authority means any person or agency authorised by law to impose,
collect or otherwise administer any Tax or Duty.

Tax Return means all returns, certifications, forms, reports or other
information required to be supplied to any Taxation Authority relating to Taxes.

Third-Party Claim means any Claim made by any person other than a party, or a
Related Company of a party, to this Agreement.

Unaudited Financial Statements means the unaudited statements of income of the
Company for the six months ended 30 June 2008 and year ending 31 December 2007,
and the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as at such dates, prepared in
accordance with USGAAP, as set out in Schedule 3 of the Disclosure Letter.

USGAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.

Vendor Group means the Vendor and each other entity that is or has been
connected (for the purpose of any Tax Law) with the Company, other than the
Company.

Vendor Group Member means any member of the Vendor Group.

Vendor Marks means any and all Trademarks owned by the Vendor or any of its
Related Companies including without limitation, (in block letters or otherwise)
“PMI" and "PMI Asia", either alone or in combination with other Trademarks or
words, and all Trademarks and other source indicators similar to any of the
foregoing or embodying any of the foregoing, alone or in combination with other
Trademarks or words.

Vendor Credit Agreement means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as
of 24 October 2006 among the Vendor, the lenders referred to therein, and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended.

Warranties means the representations and warranties contained in Schedules 4 and
5.

 

1.2 Interpretation

Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The
following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise.

 

  (a) The singular includes the plural, and the converse also applies.

 

  (b) A gender includes all genders.

 

  (c) If a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a
corresponding meaning.

 

  (d) A reference to a person includes a corporation, trust, partnership,
unincorporated body or other entity, whether or not it comprises a separate
legal entity.

 

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  (e) A reference to a clause or schedule is a reference to a clause of or a
schedule of this Agreement.

 

  (f) A reference to an agreement or document (including a reference to this
Agreement) is to the agreement or document as amended, supplemented, novated or
replaced except to the extent prohibited by this Agreement or that other
agreement or document.

 

  (g) A reference to writing includes any method of representing or reproducing
words, figures, drawings, or symbols in a visible or tangible form.

 

  (h) A reference to a party to this Agreement or another agreement or document
includes the party's successors, permitted substitutes and permitted assigns
(and, where applicable, the party's legal personal representatives).

 

  (i) A reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a
modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it
and a regulation or statutory instrument issued under it.

 

  (j) A reference to Hong Kong dollars or HK$ is to the currency of Hong Kong
and a reference to US dollars or US$ is to the currency of the United States of
America.

 

  (k) Mentioning anything after includes, including, for example, or similar
expressions, does not limit what else might be included.

 

  (l) Nothing in this Agreement is to be interpreted against a party solely on
the ground that the party put forward this Agreement or any part of it.

 

1.3 Consents or approvals

Except as otherwise expressly set out in this Agreement or the Disclosure
Materials, if the doing of any act, matter or thing under this Agreement is
dependent on the consent or approval of a party or is within the discretion of a
party, the consent or approval may be given or the discretion may be exercised
conditionally or unconditionally or withheld by the party in its absolute
discretion.

 

1.4 Method of payment

 

  (a) All payments required to be made under this Agreement must be tendered at
the recipient’s option by way of direct transfer of immediately available funds
to the bank account(s) nominated in writing by the party to whom the payment is
due.

 

  (b) Any payment tendered under this Agreement after 4.00pm Hong Kong Time as
applicable on any date will be taken to have been made on the next succeeding
Business Day in the location where the funds are, or are to be received (the
deemed payment date) after the date on which payment was tendered, and if the
deemed payment date is after the relevant due date for payment, interest will
accrue under clause 1.5 accordingly unless due to delay or other default of the
other party.

 

1.5 Interest on amounts payable

If a party fails to pay any amount payable by it under or in accordance with
this Agreement (including the Cash Purchase Price or the Note), the party must,
if demand is made, pay simple interest on that amount from the due date for
payment until that amount is paid in full at the rate per

 

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annum which is the sum of the Pre-Completion Interest Rate (as defined in clause
5(c)(ii)), plus an additional margin of 1%, calculated daily. The right to
require payment of interest under this clause is without prejudice to any other
rights the party may have against the other party at law or in equity.

 

1.6 Withholding Taxes

If the Purchaser is required by law to deduct or withhold any amount on account
of Hong Kong withholding tax from any payment, or part of any payment, made to
the Vendor in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchaser shall:

 

  (a) promptly pay the amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxation
Authority; and

 

  (b) within 20 Business Days of the end of the month in which the deduction or
withholding is made, deliver to the Vendor official receipts or other evidence
of payment of that amount.

 

1.7 Exchange rate

For the purposes of clause 7, the US$/HK$ exchange rate shall be taken to be
US$1/HK$7.8.

 

2. Sale and purchase of Shares

 

 

 

2.1 Agreement to sell and purchase the Shares

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this Agreement, the
Vendor agrees to sell and transfer to the Purchaser the Shares, and the
Purchaser agrees to purchase the Shares from the Vendor free and clear of any
Security Interests (in this instance, including free and clear of any Permitted
Security Interest) and together with all rights that attach (or may in the
future attach) to them including, in particular, the right to receive all
dividends and distributions declared, made or paid on or after Completion for
the Purchase Price.

 

2.2 Title and property

Title to and property in the Shares shall:

 

  (a) until Completion, remain solely with the Vendor; and

 

  (b) subject to the provisions of this Agreement, pass to the Purchaser with
effect from Completion.

 

3. Conditions Precedent

 

 

 

3.1 Conditions Precedent

Clause 2.1 will not bind the parties and Completion under clause 9 will not
proceed unless and until the following conditions (the Conditions Precedent) are
satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement.

 

  (a) (Insurance Ordinance approval) - The Insurance Authority confirming in
writing that it has no objection to implementation of the proposed transaction
set out in this Agreement in accordance with its terms under the Insurance
Ordinance, either unconditionally or on terms that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, Note
Issuer or the Purchaser.

 

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  (b) (Third Party Consents) – All third party consents required to be obtained
under the Specified Material Contracts due to a change of control of the Company
as a result of Completion have been obtained either unconditionally or on terms
that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company, the Note Issuer or the Purchaser.

 

  (c) (Investments) – Any securities held in the investment portfolio of the
Company (other than those exempted under Schedule 4 of the Disclosure Letter or
otherwise by the agreement of the Purchaser and Vendor in writing) must be in
cash, cash equivalent (being on deposit with a deposit-taking institution
authorised in Hong Kong for a term of no more than 3 months), short term money
market investments or fixed interest paper with a minimum rating of Aa3 or
better by Moody's Investor Service (or equivalent), with a maturity of up to 12
months in Hong Kong Dollars.

 

  (d) (Credit Agreement) – The Vendor shall have received a written notice,
executed by the Agent and the Required Lenders (in each case, as defined in the
Vendor Credit Agreement), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Vendor, acknowledging compliance with the provisions of Section 7.03 of the
Vendor Credit Agreement with respect to the proposed transaction.

 

  (e) (Australian Sale Agreement) – The transaction under the Australian Sale
Agreement has been completed.

 

  (f) (Replacement of HKMC Guarantee) – The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation
confirms that it is satisfied with the credit status of the Purchaser or other
arrangements proposed, or put in place by, the Purchaser as a replacement of the
HKMC Guarantee, on terms that would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, the Note Issuer or the
Purchaser.

 

3.2 Benefit and waiver of Conditions Precedent

 

  (a) The Conditions Precedent in clauses 3.1(a) and 3.1(e) are for the benefit
of the Vendor and the Purchaser, and any breach or non-fulfilment of any of
those Conditions Precedent may only be waived by both parties giving their
written consent.

 

  (b) The Conditions Precedent in clauses 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 3.1(f) are for the
sole benefit of the Purchaser, and any breach or non-fulfilment of any of those
Conditions Precedent may only be waived by the Purchaser giving its written
consent.

 

  (c) The Condition Precedent in clause 3.1(d) is for the sole benefit of the
Vendor, and any breach or non-fulfilment of that Condition Precedent may only be
waived by the Vendor giving its written consent.

 

  (d) A party entitled to waive the breach or non-fulfilment of a Condition
Precedent pursuant to this clause 3.2 may do so in its absolute discretion.

 

  (e) If a waiver by a party of a Condition Precedent is itself conditional and
the other party accepts the condition, the terms of that condition apply
accordingly. If the other party does not accept a conditional waiver of the
Condition Precedent, the Condition Precedent has not been waived.

 

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  (f) If a party waives the breach or non-fulfilment of a Condition Precedent,
that waiver will not preclude it from suing the other party or parties for any
breach of this Agreement, including a breach that resulted in the non-fulfilment
of the Condition Precedent that was waived.

 

  (g) Waiver of a breach or non-fulfilment in respect of one Condition Precedent
does not constitute:

 

  (i) waiver of breach or non-fulfilment of any other Condition Precedent
resulting from the same event; or

 

  (ii) waiver of breach or non-fulfilment of that Condition Precedent resulting
from any other event.

 

3.3 Reasonable endeavours and co-operation

 

  (a) The Vendor must use its reasonable endeavours to satisfy, or procure the
satisfaction of, the Conditions Precedent in clauses 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 3.1(d);
provided, however, that, with respect to clause 3.1(d), the Vendor shall not be
required, in connection with the acknowledgement referred to in clause 3.1(d) to
agree to make any payment or provide any financial or other accommodation to any
lender under the Vendor Credit Agreement or to any other person (other than
customary reimbursement of reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by
the lenders under the Vendor Credit Agreement in connection with such
acknowledgment), incur any liability or agree to any burdensome condition or to
any modification of the Vendor Credit Agreement adverse to the Vendor.

 

  (b) Each of the Purchaser and the Vendor must use their respective reasonable
endeavours to:

 

  (i) satisfy, or procure the satisfaction of, the Conditions Precedent in
clauses 3.1(a) and 3.1(e); and

 

  (ii) procure that there is no occurrence within the reasonable control of the
Purchaser or the Vendor (as applicable) or their respective Related Companies
that would prevent any Condition Precedent from being satisfied.

 

  (c) The Purchaser must use reasonable endeavours to satisfy, or procure the
satisfaction of, the Condition Precedent in clause 3.1(f) and to do so on terms
that the HKMC Guarantee is released by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Vendor.

 

3.4 Notifications

A party must:

 

  (a) promptly notify the other parties in writing if it becomes aware that any
Condition Precedent has been satisfied;

 

  (b) promptly notify the other parties in writing if it becomes aware that any
Condition Precedent has failed to be satisfied or of any material development of
which it becomes aware that may lead to a Condition Precedent not being
reasonably capable of being satisfied or incapable of being satisfied; and

 

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  (c) after having given or received a notice in accordance with clause
(b) above in relation to a Condition Precedent that it is entitled under clause
3.2 to waive, give notice to the other party as soon as possible (and in any
event no later than 5 Business Days) as to whether or not it waives the breach
or non-fulfilment of the relevant Condition Precedent, specifying that Condition
Precedent.

 

3.5 Reimbursement of transaction costs for investments

If this Agreement is terminated and Completion does not occur, the Purchaser
shall promptly reimburse the Vendor and its Related Companies for 50% of any
reasonable third party transaction costs, including brokerage fees, incurred by
any of them for the purpose of satisfying, procuring or attempting to satisfy or
procure the satisfaction of the Condition Precedent in clause 3.1(c).

 

4. Purchase Price

 

 

 

  (a) The Purchase Price shall be payable by way of the Cash Purchase Price and
the Note in accordance with this Agreement.

 

  (b) The Purchase Price for the Net Tangible Assets in Hong Kong is
US$55,714,034.

 

5. Adjustment for Pre-Completion Adjustment Amount

 

 

 

  (a) The Cash Purchase Price and the initial principal outstanding on the Note
will be increased pro rata by the Pre-Completion Adjustment Amount.

 

  (b) The Pre-Completion Adjustment Amount is equal to the amount of adjustment
that would have been payable at the Pre-Completion Adjustment Rate for the
period beginning on 1 July 2008 and ending on the Completion Date as if:

 

  (i) a sum equal to the Net Tangible Assets were a principal outstanding;

 

  (ii) adjustments were calculated on the daily principal outstanding balance on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each Pre-Completion Adjustment
Period and a year of 360 days (including the first day of the Pre-Completion
Adjustment Period but excluding the last); and

 

  (iii) adjustment which accrues at the end of each Pre-Completion Adjustment
Period is calculated and added to and will form part of the Principal, unless
the last adjustment period is less than six months’ duration. The principal
outstanding will increase accordingly.

 

  (c) For the purposes of this clause 5:

 

  (i) Pre-Completion Adjustment Period means:

 

  (A) in relation to each such period other than the last, the 6 month period
commencing on the date of this Agreement and each 6 month period thereafter;

 

  (B) in relation to the last such period, the period commencing on the first
day of such period and ending on the Completion Date.

 

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  (ii) Pre-Completion Adjustment Rate means 3.7875%.

 

6. Loss Development Cover and Adjustment to Value of the Note

 

 

 

  (a) The parties shall arrange the Loss Development Cover in accordance with
the provisions of Schedule 3.

 

  (b) The parties acknowledge that the Vendor contemplates transferring,
assigning, novating, or sub-participating the Note in accordance with its terms
at an appropriate time in the future to potential investors and that for this
purpose the Vendor requires access to information regarding the Loss Development
Cover in accordance with Schedule 3, and may need to share this information with
potential investors in order to market and otherwise comply with its disclosure
obligations to potential investors but will do so on a confidential basis.

 

7. Adjustment for Pre-Completion Claims

 

 

 

7.1 Increase in Prime Rate

 

  (a) If:

 

  (i) the Prime Rate as at the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date is in
excess of 5.75% per annum (being 0.5% plus the Prime Rate as at the Effective
Date (being 5.25% per annum)) (the Prime Rate Increase); and

 

  (ii) no later than 1 Business Day after the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction
Date, the Purchaser notifies the Vendor in writing that it proposes to make a
Pre-Completion Prime Rate Increase Claim,

the Cash Purchase Price and the initial principal outstanding on the Note will
be reduced, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, pro rata by the amount of
the Pre-Completion Prime Rate Increase Claim, as determined in accordance with
clause 7.5.

 

  (b) Pre-Completion Prime Rate Increase Claim means the diminution in value of
the investment portfolio of the Company between the Effective Date and the
Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date notified by the Purchaser to the Vendor
as being attributable to the Prime Rate Increase.

 

7.2 Breach of Vendor's Warranties

If

 

  (a) any of the Warranties of the Vendor contained in this Agreement is not
true as at the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date and, if Completion had
occurred on that day, the Purchaser would have been entitled to make a Claim for
a breach of Warranty in excess of US$3,750,000 (Pre-Completion Warranty Claim);
and

 

  (b)

no later than 1 Business Day after the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date,
the Purchaser notifies the Vendor in writing that it proposes to make a
Pre-Completion Warranty Claim,

 

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the Cash Purchase Price and the initial principal outstanding on the Note will
be reduced, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, pro rata by the amount of
the Pre-Completion Warranty Claim, as determined in accordance with clause 7.5.

 

7.3 Breach of Vendor's obligations

If:

 

  (a) the Vendor has not duly performed and complied with all its obligations
under this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it at
or before the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date and, if Completion had
occurred on that day, the Purchaser would have been entitled to make a Claim for
a breach of the Vendor's obligations under this Agreement in excess of
US$3,750,000 (Pre-Completion Performance Claim); and

 

  (b) no later than 1 Business Day after the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction
Date, the Purchaser notifies the Vendor in writing that it proposes to make the
Pre-Completion Performance Claim,

the Cash Purchase Price and the initial principal outstanding on the Note will
be reduced, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, pro rata by the amount of
the Pre-Completion Performance Claim, as determined in accordance with clause
7.5.

 

7.4 Material Adverse Effect

 

  (a) If:

 

  (i) a Material Adverse Effect has occurred in relation to the Company between
the date of this Agreement and the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date other
than:

 

  (A) as expressly provided for under this Agreement or as fairly disclosed in
the Disclosure Materials; or

 

  (B) a circumstance, event or matter that would trigger a Pre-Completion Prime
Rate Increase Claim, a Pre-Completion Warranty Claim or a Pre-Completion
Performance Claim; and

 

  (ii) the Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim is in excess of
US$3,750,000; and

 

  (iii) no later than 1 Business Day after the Conditions Precedent Satisfaction
Date, the Purchaser notifies the Vendor in writing that it proposes to make a
Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim,

the Cash Purchase Price and the initial principal outstanding on the Note will
be reduced, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, pro rata by the amount of
the Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim, as determined in accordance
with clause 7.5.

 

  (b) Pre-Completion Material Adverse Effect Claim means the diminution in value
of the net tangible assets of the Company between the Effective Date and the
Conditions Precedent Satisfaction Date attributable to the Material Adverse
Effect.

 

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7.5 Determination of any Pre-Completion Claim

 

  (a) The determination of any Pre-Completion Claim will be subject to agreement
by the parties. In the event a dispute arises concerning the reaching of
agreement by the Vendor and Purchaser as to any Pre-Completion Claim, the Vendor
and the Purchaser will work together, diligently in good faith and acting
reasonably, to investigate and resolve the dispute through the chief executive
officers:

 

  (i) Purchaser – Frank O’Halloran;

 

  (ii) Vendor – Steve Smith;

or in each case, their respective successor or senior executive nominee, as
applicable.

 

  (b) A dispute between the parties as to the amount of a Pre-Completion Claim
which is not resolved following referral to the chief executive officers or
nominees within 10 Business Days of such referral, must be submitted to an
independent expert for determination as follows.

 

  (c) The independent expert will be KPMG or, if KPMG is unable or unwilling to
act, such other expert as the parties may agree, or if such other expert
otherwise agreed by the parties is unable or unwilling to act within 10 Business
Days of notice to them, the expert will be nominated by the President or senior
officer of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants or his
nominee.

 

  (d) The independent expert must have no direct or indirect personal interest
in the outcome of the decision or determination he is requested to make.

 

  (e) The parties must submit the dispute in writing to the independent expert
on or promptly after appointment of the independent expert. The submission shall
state the specific matter to be determined and all other reasonably relevant
matters.

 

  (f) Each party shall direct the independent expert to act expeditiously and to
give reasons for his determination, and shall supply the independent expert with
any information, assistance and co-operation which he may request in connection
with his determination.

 

  (g) Unless the independent expert, in his absolute discretion, determines that
the conduct of any disputing party is such that it should bear all or a greater
proportion, the fees and expenses of the independent expert shall be borne by
the Vendor and Purchaser in equal shares.

 

  (h) The independent expert is an independent expert, not an arbitrator. The
independent expert's decision will be conclusive and final and binding on the
parties except in the case of manifest error.

 

7.6 Full and final settlement

Any adjustment to the Purchase Price for a Pre-Completion Claim under this
clause 7 shall be taken to be full and final settlement of any Claim for breach
of any Warranty by or obligation of the Vendor under this Agreement in respect
of the known matter, circumstance or event to which that Claim relates.

 

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7.7 Aggregate Pre-Completion Claims in excess of limit

 

  (a) If the final aggregate value of all Pre-Completion Claims determined in
accordance with clause 7.5 exceeds US$7,500,000, then within 2 Business Days of
the date that all such Pre-Completion Claims have been determined, either the
Vendor or the Purchaser may by written notice to the other require the other
party to consult in good faith through their respective chief executive officers
or their senior executive nominee with a view to determining whether it
continues to be commercially desirable for the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement to proceed after any terms of this Agreement have been amended,
including a Purchase Price reduction.

 

  (b) If the Vendor and the Purchaser are unable to reach agreement under
sub-paragraph (a) within the Required Consultation Period (as defined below),
either of them may, provided that that party has otherwise fully complied with
its obligations under this clause 7.7, terminate this Agreement by notice in
writing to the other in which case clause 21.1 will have effect.

 

  (c) For the purposes of clause 7.7(b), the Required Consultation Period is 10
Business Days after a party receives a notice under clause 7.7(a).

 

8. Transitional Services

 

 

 

  (a) The Vendor and the Purchaser will work together, diligently in good faith
and acting reasonably (elevating any disagreement through to the parties'
respective chief executive officers), to finalise the transitional services for,
but not limited to, those arrangements detailed in Schedule 7 to be provided by
the Vendor Group to the Company after Completion Date including pricing, and the
extent to which the arrangements in relation to the provision of those services
should be formally documented. If the Vendor and the Purchaser agree that a
formally documented transitional services agreement is required, the parties
will negotiate in good faith and finalise by the Completion Date the terms of
such transitional services agreement in accordance with the principles set out
in Schedule 7.

 

  (b) If the Vendor and the Purchaser are unable to finalise either the
transitional services or transitional services agreement, the Vendor and
Purchaser will resolve the dispute through the chief executive officers:

 

  (i) Purchaser – Frank O’Halloran;

 

  (ii) Vendor – Steve Smith;

or in each case, their respective successor or senior executive nominee, as
applicable.

 

  (c) If such dispute is not resolved following referral to the chief executive
officers or nominees within 10 Business Days of such referral, it must be
submitted to an independent expert for determination as follows.

 

  (d) The independent expert will be KPMG or, if KPMG is unable or unwilling to
act, such other expert as the parties may agree, or if such other expert
otherwise agreed by the parties is unable or unwilling to act within 10 Business
Days of notice to them, the expert will be nominated by the President or senior
officer of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants or his
nominee.

 

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  (e) The independent expert must have no direct or indirect personal interest
in the outcome of the decision or determination he is requested to make.

 

  (f) The parties must submit the dispute in writing to the independent expert
on or promptly after appointment of the independent expert. The submission shall
state the specific matter to be determined and all other reasonably relevant
matters.

 

  (g) Each party shall direct the independent expert to act expeditiously and to
give reasons for his determination, and shall supply the independent expert with
any information, assistance and co-operation which he may request in connection
with his determination.

 

  (h) Unless the independent expert, in his absolute discretion, determines that
the conduct of any disputing party is such that it should bear all or a greater
proportion, the fees and expenses of the independent expert shall be borne by
the Vendor and Purchaser in equal shares.

 

  (i) The independent expert is an independent expert, not an arbitrator. The
independent expert’s decision will be conclusive and final and binding on the
parties except in the case of manifest error.

 

9. Completion

 

 

 

9.1 Time and Place

Completion will take place on the Completion Date at the offices of Allens
Arthur Robinson, 49/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong
Kong, at 10.00am., Hong Kong Time or at such other place, time and date as the
parties may agree.

 

9.2 Notice to Vendor

At least two Business Days before the Completion Date, the Purchaser must give
the Vendor a notice setting out details of:

 

  (a) the persons who will be appointed as the new directors, secretaries and
auditors of the Company from Completion together with original signed consents
to act of such persons and their original signed appointment forms to be filed
with the Hong Kong Companies Registry;

 

  (b) the persons who will be required to resign as directors, secretaries and
auditors of the Company;

 

  (c) the proposed new registered offices of the Company from Completion; and

 

  (d) subject to clause 15, the proposed new name of the Company from
Completion, which must not include the word “PMI” .

 

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9.3 Deliveries by the Purchaser

At Completion, the Purchaser must:

 

  (a) pay the Cash Purchase Price to the Vendor; and

 

  (b) deliver to, or at the direction of, the Vendor a signed counterpart to the
Note Deed.

 

9.4 Deliveries by the Vendor

On or prior to the Completion Date, the Vendor must:

 

  (a) ensure that the following resolutions are duly passed, conditional on and
with effect from Completion, by the board of directors of the Company (whether
by way of meeting or circular resolution in accordance with the Companies
Ordinance and the Company’s memorandum and articles of association):

 

  (i) that such persons as the Purchaser notifies to the Vendor under clause
9.2(a) are appointed as directors of the Company, subject to the receipt of duly
signed consents to act of such persons;

 

  (ii) that such person as the Purchaser notifies to the Vendor under clause
9.2(a) is appointed as the company secretary of the Company, subject to the
receipt of duly signed consent to act of such person;

 

  (iii) noting that such persons as the Purchaser notifies to the Vendor under
clause 9.2 (b) have resigned as directors and company secretary of the Company;

 

  (iv) approving the transfer of the Shares to the Purchaser (subject to the
payment of stamp duty on the instruments of transfer, bought and sold notes ),
the cancellation of the existing share certificates for the Shares and delivery
by the Company to the Purchaser of new share certificates for the Shares in the
name of the Purchaser;

 

  (v) that the registered office of the Company be changed to level 17, Warwick
House West King, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong; and

 

  (vi) that PricewaterhouseCoopers are appointed as the Company’s auditors,
subject to the receipt of their written consent to act;

 

  (b) pass a resolution in accordance with the Companies Ordinance and the
Company’s memorandum and articles of association approving the change of name of
the Company in accordance with clause 9.2(d);

 

  (c) deliver to the Purchaser duly executed forms to be lodged with the Hong
Kong Companies Registry for the change of name of the Company under paragraph
(b) above;

 

  (d) deliver to the Purchaser duly executed instruments of transfer and sold
note in respect of the Shares in favour of the Purchaser together with the share
certificates relating to the Shares;

 

  (e) deliver to, or at the direction of, the Purchaser a signed counterpart to
the Note Deed;

 

  (f) produce to the Purchaser any power of attorney or other authority under
which the transfers of the Shares are executed;

 

  (g)

deliver to the Purchaser a resignation (in the agreed form) from each resigning
officer of the Company as notified by the Purchaser under clause 9.2(b)
acknowledging that he or she has

 

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no Claim against the Company for breach of contract, loss of office, redundancy,
compensation, payment or repayment of loans or otherwise, except for payments
(if any) properly payable to that officer as an Employee of the Company for
accrued salary and Accrued Entitlements up to the Completion Date;

 

  (h) deliver to the Purchaser written notice on the specified form from each
resigning director of the Company as notified by the Purchaser under clause
9.2(b) and from the Company to the Insurance Authority confirming that such
persons have ceased to be directors of the Company;

 

  (i) deliver to the Purchaser written notice on the specified form from the
resigning auditor of the Company as notified by the Purchaser under clause
9.2(b) to the Insurance Authority confirming that such persons have ceased to be
an auditor of the Company;

 

  (j) cause the revocation, with effect from Completion, of all authorities of
Officers of the members of the Vendor Group relating to bank accounts of the
Company;

 

  (k) cause the persons notified in writing by the Purchaser to the Vendor in
writing at least two Business Days before Completion to be appointed as
signatories to the bank accounts of the Company conditional on and with effect
from Completion;

 

  (l) deliver to (or at the direction of) the Purchaser all Records in the
possession or control of the Vendor or any member of the Vendor Group;

 

  (m) if requested by the Purchaser in writing at least two Business Days prior
to Completion, do all other things necessary to transfer the Shares, to complete
any other transaction contemplated by this Deed and to place the Purchaser in
effective control of the Company and the Business;

 

  (n) deliver to, or at the direction of, the Purchaser lists of claims,
premiums, reinsurance proceeds, other receivables and investments together with
the unearned premiums calculation and management accounts as at the month end
prior to Completion in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;

 

  (o) provide any transitional services agreement agreed to under clause 7.7(c)
which has been executed by the Vendor and the Purchaser; and

 

  (p) provide agreements agreed to under clause 11 terminating the participation
of the Company in relation to the Inter-Company Agreements, which have been
executed by the Vendor and the Purchaser.

 

9.5 Power of Attorney

The Vendor appoints the Purchaser to be its attorney from the Completion Date
until the Shares are registered in the name of the Purchaser. Under this power
of attorney, the Purchaser may do in the name of the Vendor and on its behalf
everything necessary or desirable, in the Purchaser’s sole discretion, to:

 

  (a) transfer the Shares;

 

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  (b) exercise any rights, including rights to appoint a proxy or representative
and voting rights, attaching to the Shares;

 

  (c) receive any dividend or other entitlement paid or credited to the Vendor
in respect of the Shares; and

 

  (d) do any other act or thing in respect of the Shares or the Company.

The Vendor declares that all acts and things done by the Purchaser in exercising
powers under this power of attorney will be as good and valid as if they had
been done by the Vendor and agrees to ratify and confirm whatever the Purchaser
does in exercising power under this power of attorney.

The Vendor will ensure that the Purchaser is the sole person (including to the
exclusion of the Vendor) entitled to the rights and powers in clauses 9.5(b),
(c) and (d).

 

9.6 Interdependence

 

  (a) The obligations of the Purchaser and the Vendor under this clause 9 are
interdependent.

 

  (b) Completion will not occur unless all of the obligations of the Purchaser
and the Vendor under this clause 9 are complied with and are fully effective.

 

10. Conduct of Business pending Completion

 

 

 

10.1 Vendor obligations

In this clause 10.1, a reference to “consistent with past practice” is to be
interpreted having regard to the changed circumstances arising from the
transaction contemplated under this Deed and the fact that the Shares will be
sold to the Purchaser at Completion.

From the date of this Deed to the Completion Date, except as expressly disclosed
in this Deed or the Disclosure Materials or consented to by the Purchaser in
writing or as required by Law or any applicable Governmental Entity, the Vendor
must ensure that:

 

  (a) the Business of the Company is conducted only in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice (but subject to the restrictions in this clause
10.1) using its reasonable endeavours to maintain the profitability of the
Company;

 

  (b) the Company will not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or
acquire all or substantially all of the shares or the business or assets of any
other person, firm, association, corporation or business organisation, enter
into any form of joint venture, or agree to do any of the foregoing;

 

  (c) no change is made to the memorandum and articles of association of the
Company;

 

  (d) the Company will not reduce its share capital, or transfer an amount to
its share capital account from any of its other accounts, or allot or issue any
shares or any securities or loan capital convertible into shares, or purchase,
redeem, retire or acquire any such shares or securities, or agree to do so, or
sell or give any option or right to purchase or give any mortgage, charge,
pledge or other form of security or encumbrance over any such shares or
securities or pay or agree to pay any dividend or other distribution on any
Shares;

 

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  (e) the Company will not enter into a capital commitment exceeding
HK$3,000,000 or dispose of or deal with any assets other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and for full market value and
other than Permitted Security Interests;

 

  (f) the Company will not:

 

  (i) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, validly terminate or materially breach any Material Contract;

 

  (ii) cancel or waive any claims having a value in excess of HK$3,000,000 or
settle any litigation or other proceedings before a Governmental Entity for an
amount in excess of such amount;

 

  (iii) create, incur or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money, or
guarantee any obligations of any other person, except for any such indebtedness
not to exceed HK$3,000,000 in the aggregate, any such indebtedness in
replacement of existing indebtedness or any such indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

  (iv) make any material adverse changes or modifications to any underwriting or
claims management policies other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;

 

  (v) settle or commute any claims made on an insurance contract or reinsurance
contract for, in the case of a settlement, any sums in excess of HK$3,000,000
or, in the case of a commutation deal, aggregate sums in excess of HK$3,000,000;

 

  (vi) make any material change in accounting or actuarial practices, methods or
principles, except as required by HKGAAP;

 

  (vii) make any change in the remuneration or emoluments or benefits of
Officers;

 

  (viii) enter into or agree to enter into any contract, involving obligations
or liabilities in excess of HK$3,000,000 or periods in excess of 6 months other
than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (excluding
contracts with the Vendor Group unless required by this Deed); and

 

  (ix) commence Legal Proceedings or threaten to commence Legal Proceedings
against any person other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;

 

  (g) all authorisations and licences required for or in connection with the
Business are maintained in full force and effect;

 

  (h) the Company fully complies with all material laws binding on it or
affecting the Business including Laws in relation to Tax; and

 

  (i) it meets the Company’s liabilities as they fall due including liabilities
under Laws in relation to Tax and make no change to its existing policy or
manner of collection of accounts receivable.

 

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10.2 Consultation and consent

The Vendor must consult with and keep the Purchaser informed in relation to
material decisions about the Company and its management, and must consider any
reasonable suggestions and advice provided by the Purchaser. The Purchaser must
not unreasonably withhold or delay any consent required under this clause 10.

 

10.3 Factors relevant to Vendor’s obligations

In complying with its obligations under clauses 10.1 and 10.4, the Vendor is not
required to do, to omit to do, or to allow to be done anything which would, in
the Vendor’s reasonable opinion:

 

  (a) materially disrupt or adversely impact on the Company or the operation of
any aspect of the businesses of the Company, including disclosing any trade
secrets;

 

  (b) materially breach any obligations (including obligations of
confidentiality) that the Vendor or the Company owes to any third party or under
any applicable Law; or

 

  (c) materially prejudice the likelihood of Completion occurring.

 

10.4 Access and information

 

  (a) Subject to applicable Laws, prior to Completion upon reasonable notice:

 

  (i) the Vendor must promptly provide to the Purchaser and its Representatives
after the date of execution of this Deed any information and documents
reasonably requested by the Purchaser primarily relating to the Company and its
businesses, operations, affairs, properties, books and records that are not
readily available at or through the Company;

 

  (ii) the Vendor must cause the Company to permit the Purchaser and its
Representatives after the date of execution of this Deed to have reasonable
access at reasonable times to the personnel, properties, books and records and,
if consented by the auditors, the auditors of the Company, provided that any
such access may not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of
the Vendor or the Company;

 

  (iii) the Vendor must use reasonable endeavours to arrange access for the
Purchaser to the external and internal actuaries of the Company.

All information provided or obtained pursuant to the foregoing clause 10.4(a)
shall be held by the Purchaser in accordance with and subject to the terms of
the Confidentiality Deed.

 

  (b)

Subject to any applicable Law, from and after Completion upon reasonable notice,
the Purchaser shall provide promptly to the Vendor and its Subsidiaries and its
Subsidiaries’ agents such information and reasonable access at reasonable times
to the personnel, properties, books, records and if consented by the auditors,
the auditors of the Company to the extent reasonably required by the Vendor for
financial reporting and accounting matters, litigation, indebtedness for
borrowed money and regulatory filings and the preparation and filing of any Tax
Returns for any period ending on or before the Completion Date or any taxable
period beginning on or before the Completion Date; provided that any such access
by the Vendor and its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’

 

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agents may not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of the
Purchaser or the Company. All information provided or obtained pursuant to the
foregoing clause 10.4(b) shall be held by the Vendor and its Subsidiaries and
its Subsidiaries’ agents on a confidential basis subject to any disclosure
required by applicable law.

 

  (c) The Purchaser shall retain, and cause the Company to retain, all books and
records for any period prior to the Completion for a period at least in
accordance with applicable laws.

 

  (d) Prior to Completion, the Vendor shall use it reasonable endeavours to
procure that the principal contact for the key customer and supplier
arrangements in relation to the Business are introduced to the Purchaser for the
purpose of facilitating an orderly handover of the Business.

 

11. Inter-company Agreements

 

 

 

  (a) Effective as of the Completion Date, all Inter-company Agreements will be
terminated to the extent that they relate to arrangements in relation to the
Company.

 

  (b) The Vendor will procure that all net Liabilities under the Inter-company
Agreements, regardless of whether such net Liabilities arise before or after
Completion will be paid to the relevant party at or prior to Completion and will
provide the Purchaser with a list of the Liabilities and on Completion will
provide a list of the net amounts paid.

 

  (c) The Purchaser agrees that from the date of this Deed it must cooperate
with the Vendor to effect such terminations, including, without limitation,
taking all reasonable actions to implement capital support, reinsurance or other
arrangements in order to permit such terminations effective as of the Completion
Date.

 

  (d) From and after the Completion Date, the Purchaser shall indemnify and save
and hold harmless the Vendor, its Related Companies and its and their respective
Officers from and against any Loss or Liability suffered by any such person
under or as a result of any call on the Guarantees and Capital Support
Agreements.

 

  (e) The Company has only provided residential mortgage reinsurance and
retrocession permitted by Insurance Authority under its licence conditions, to
financial institutions solely in relation to Hong Kong mortgage risks. The
Vendor shall indemnify and save and hold harmless the Purchaser, its Related
Companies and its and their respective Officers from and against any Loss or
Liability suffered by any such person arising from or in relation to the Company
carrying on any business prior to Completion other than as described above.

 

  (f) The Vendor and the Purchaser will work together, diligently in good faith
and acting reasonably (elevating any disagreement through to the parties’
respective chief executive officers), to finalise contracts terminating the
Inter-Company Agreements by Completion.

 

12. Transaction Bonuses and COC Payments

 

 

 

  (a) Effective as of Completion, the Vendor shall reimburse the Purchaser for
any bonuses paid by the Company to Employees of the Company as a result of the
proposed transaction set out in this Deed and which are paid pursuant to
arrangements confirmed or approved by the Vendor prior to the Completion Date;

 

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  (b) All the Employees to whom the arrangements referred to in paragraph
(a) above apply have been notified in writing by the Vendor to the Purchaser;

 

  (c) The Vendor has not made any arrangements involving the Company paying any
person as a result of that person’s employment with the Company being terminated
on or after Completion in connection with a change in control. The Vendor shall
indemnify the Purchaser, its Related Companies and its and their respective
Officers from and against any Loss or Liability suffered by and any such person
arising from or in relation to such arrangements

 

13. Non-competition

 

 

 

  (a) The Vendor undertakes to the Purchaser and the Company (with the Purchaser
accepting the benefit of that undertaking on its own behalf and on behalf of the
Company) that it shall not, and shall procure that its Related Companies (other
than the Company) shall not in Hong Kong , for a period of 3 years after the
Completion Date, whether on their own behalf or with or on behalf of any person,
and whether directly or indirectly through any person:

 

  (i) compete with the Business of the Company including insuring any form of
mortgage insurance policies, reinsuring any fronting arrangement that provides
mortgage insurance policies or own, acquire, manage, operate, control or
participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any person
which engages in the business of writing any form of mortgage insurance
policies;

 

  (ii) approach, canvass or contact any person with a view to enticing away from
the Company a client of the Business with whom the Company had dealt at any time
in the 12 month period ending on the Completion Date or soliciting or procuring
from such a client transactions which otherwise would be or would be likely to
be provided to the Company in connection with the conduct of the Business;

 

  (iii) approach, canvass or contact any employee or contractor in the Business
with a view to inducing that person to leave his or her employment or contract;
or

 

  (iv) approach, canvass or contact any intermediary or supplier with a view to
inducing that person to either cease or reduce its relationships with the
Company.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):

 

  (i) the Vendor and its Related Companies may, without violating clause 13(a)
own an investment in shares amounting to not more than 5% of the issued capital
of a corporation which engages in a business of writing mortgage insurance
policies, if such shares are securities traded on an established securities
exchange; and

 

  (ii) the restrictions contained in clause 13(a) shall not apply following any
change of control transaction in which:

 

  (A) the Vendor or any of its Related Companies owning all or substantially all
of the combined assets of the Vendor and its Related Companies is acquired,
directly or indirectly, by a Third-Party US MI, or

 

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  (B) the Vendor or any of its Related Companies owning all or substantially all
of the combined assets of the Vendor and its Related Companies is merged or
otherwise combined with a Third-Party US MI, unless the primary effect of such
merger is to circumvent clause 13(a).

 

  (c) Each of the obligations set out in this clause 13 is severable and
independent so that if:

 

  (i) any of the restrictions contained in this clause are judged to be
unenforceable by a court because they go beyond what is reasonable to protect
the Business; and

 

  (ii) those restrictions would be judged reasonable by that court if the extent
of the restrictions (including the time periods or geographical areas) were
reduced,

then those restrictions will be reduced to the minimum extent required by that
court to make them enforceable.

 

  (d) The undertakings in this clause 13 apply to time periods of 3, 2 and 1
year respectively after the Completion Date.

 

  (e) The Vendor acknowledges that:

 

  (i) all the prohibitions and restrictions in this clause are reasonable in the
circumstances and necessary to protect the Business;

 

  (ii) any failure to comply would diminish the value of the Business;

 

  (iii) damages may not be an adequate remedy if a person breaches this clause;

 

  (iv) the Purchaser may apply for injunctive relief if:

 

  (A) a person breaches or threatens to breach this clause; or

 

  (B) it believes a person referred to in this clause is likely to breach this
clause; and

 

  (v) it has received legal advice on this clause.

 

  (f) For the purposes of this clause, Third-Party US MI has the meaning given
in Schedule 5 of the Disclosure Letter.

 

14. Vendor Warranties

 

 

 

14.1 Warranties regarding the Vendor and the Company

 

  (a) The Vendor hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that each of
the statements made in Schedule 5 is correct as at the date that the Warranty is
given. The Vendor acknowledges that the Purchaser has entered into this Deed
upon reliance on the Vendor’s Warranties.

 

  (b) The parties acknowledge that, as the Purchaser is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Note Issuer, where the Purchaser makes a Claim in relation to
a breach of a Vendor’s Warranty, that Claim may be satisfied by the Note Issuer
recovering the amount of that Claim by way of the adjustment to the Note in
accordance with clause 14.16.

 

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14.2 Other Warranties excluded

Except as expressly set out in this Deed, all terms, conditions, warranties and
statements, (whether express, implied, written, oral, collateral, statutory or
otherwise) are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by Law and, to the
extent they cannot be excluded, the Vendor disclaims all Liability in relation
to them to the maximum extent permitted by Law.

 

14.3 When Warranties given

Each of the Warranties given under clause 14.1 is given as at the date of this
Deed and as at the time immediately before Completion.

 

14.4 Knowledge, belief or awareness as to Warranties

 

  (a) If a Warranty in Schedule 5 is marked with a hash mark (“#”), the Warranty
is made by the Vendor only on the basis of its knowledge, belief or awareness.
For the purposes of this Deed, the Vendor’s knowledge, belief or awareness is
limited to such knowledge, belief or awareness of the persons, specified in
Schedule 6 of the Disclosure Letter, having made reasonable enquiries.

 

  (b) The knowledge, belief or awareness of any person other than the persons
specified in Schedule 6 of the Disclosure Letter will not be imputed to the
Vendor.

 

  (c) Without limiting clause 16, none of the persons specified in Schedule 6 of
the Disclosure Letter will bear any personal liability in respect of the
Warranties or otherwise under this Deed.

 

14.5 Disclosures

The Purchaser cannot make a Claim against the Vendor for breach of any Warranty
in respect of any fact, matter or circumstance:

 

  (a) expressly provided for in this Deed;

 

  (b) fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Material;

 

  (c) relating to any Liability in respect of which there is an accrual,
allowance, provision or reserve for that Liability specifically, or for
Liabilities generally of that type or nature, in the Unaudited Financial
Statements (to the extent of such existing accrual, allowance, provision or
reserve);

 

  (d) within the knowledge, belief or awareness of the Purchaser. For the
purposes of this Deed, the Purchaser’s and Note Issuer’s knowledge, belief or
awareness is limited to such knowledge, belief or awareness of the persons,
specified in Schedule 7 of the Disclosure Letter, their having made reasonable
enquiries in respect of the Disclosure Materials; or

 

  (e) as a result of any change in Law after Completion.

 

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14.6 Separate Warranty

Each of the Warranties in Schedule 5 is to be treated as a separate
representation and warranty. The interpretation of any statement made may not be
restricted by reference to or inference from any other statement.

 

14.7 Purchaser’s acknowledgement

Without limiting the generality of clauses 14.3 and 14.10, the Purchaser
acknowledges that:

 

  (a) the tender sale process leading to the execution of this Deed was
conducted on the basis that the participants, including the Purchaser, were
required to rely on their own enquiries and investigations during that process,
and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to make and has made such enquiries
and investigations in relation to all matters material to it as it requires;

 

  (b) neither the Vendor nor any of its Representatives has made or makes any
representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any disclosures
regarding the Company or information except as expressly set out in this Deed;

 

  (c) the disclosures regarding the Company may include projections, forward
looking statements or estimates (Forward Looking Information) and the Purchaser
accepts that there is no warranty whatsoever that any Forward Looking
Information will be realised and no obligation to update any Forward Looking
Information;

 

  (d) none of the Warranties nor any other provision of this Deed shall be
construed as a representation or warranty as to any judgment based on actuarial
principles, practices or analyses by whomsoever made or as to the future
fulfilment of any assumption except as expressly set out in this Deed;

 

  (e) neither the Vendor nor any of its Representatives makes any representation
or warranty as to the adequacy of the amount of the reserves of the Company,
except as expressly set out in this Deed; and

 

  (f) based on the Disclosure Material and the express terms of this Deed, it
has formed its own view, with the benefit of its own due diligence and the
advice of its own Advisers, of the extent of:

 

  (i) the contractual insurance or reinsurance rights or commitments of the
Company;

 

  (ii) contingent liabilities relating to insurance liabilities; and

 

  (iii) claims under policies of insurance issued or assumed before Completion.

 

14.8 Liabilities indemnity

Subject to this clause 14, the Vendor must indemnify the Purchaser against all
Loss which is incurred by the Purchaser as a result of a breach of any of the
Warranties contained in this Deed. The parties agree that the measure of the
Purchaser’s Loss may, by way of example, be the reduction in value of the Shares
caused by the breach of the Warranty.

 

14.9 Conditions of payment and Claims for breach

Despite any other provision of this Deed, each of the following applies in
respect of this Deed.

 

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  (a) (Notice of Claims)

 

  (i) The Vendor is not liable to make any payment (whether by way of damages or
otherwise) for breach of any Warranty unless a Claim is made in writing by the
Purchaser against the Vendor (setting out the known details such as details of
the fact, circumstance or matter giving rise to the breach, the nature of the
breach and the Purchaser’s calculation of the Loss suffered) and, in any event,
on or before:

 

  (A) 1 April 2010; or

 

  (B) in the case of a Claim in connection with a Tax Warranty, on or before the
date that is six years after the Completion Date.

The Purchaser will make a written Claim for a breach of Warranty as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Purchaser becomes aware of the fact,
circumstance or matter on which the Claim is based.

 

  (ii) The Purchaser must also, on an on-going basis, keep the Vendor informed
of all material developments.

 

  (b) (Maximum Liability) The maximum aggregate amount that the Purchaser may
recover from the Vendor for a breach of Warranty (whether by way of damages or
otherwise) must never exceed US$10,000,000, except in the case of the Warranties
in items 3 to 22 (excluding 14) of Schedule 5 (the Title Warranties) in which
case there is no limit on the maximum aggregate amount that the Purchaser may
recover from the Vendor.

 

  (c) (Thresholds) The Vendor is not liable to make any payment (whether by way
of damages or otherwise) for any breach of any Warranty if the amount finally
adjudicated or agreed against the Vendor in respect of a single breach or a
series of breaches relating to the same or substantially similar facts, matters
or circumstances is less than US$100,000 and:

 

  (i) in respect of any breaches of Tax Warranties, until the total of all
amounts finally adjudicated or agreed against the Vendor in respect of breaches
of Tax Warranties exceeds US$375,000; and

 

  (ii) in respect of any breaches of Warranties (other than Tax Warranties),
until the total of all amounts finally adjudicated or agreed against the Vendor
in respect of breaches of such Warranties exceeds US$1,750,000,

 

  (iii) in either of which event the Purchaser may claim the whole amount.

 

  (d) (Actions of the Purchaser) The Vendor’s Liability in respect of any breach
of any Warranty will be reduced or extinguished (as the case may be) to the
extent that the breach has arisen as a result of any act or omission after
Completion by or on behalf of the Purchaser Group.

 

  (e) (Actions of the Vendor) The Vendor’s Liability in respect of any breach of
any Warranty will be reduced or extinguished (as the case may be) to the extent
that the breach has arisen as a result of any act or omission by or on behalf of
the Vendor where the Purchaser has expressly requested or consented in writing
to that act or omission under clause 10.

 

  (f)

(Credit) If after the Vendor has made any payment to the Purchaser for any
breach of any Warranty, a member of the Purchaser Group receives any benefit or
credit by reason of

 

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matters to which the breach relates then the Purchaser must immediately repay to
the Vendor a sum corresponding to the amount of the payment or (if less) the
amount of the benefit or credit to the extent that such amount would represent a
gain to the Purchaser in excess of the Loss suffered as a result of the breach
of the Warranty.

 

  (g) (No multiple Claims) The Vendor is not liable to make any payment (whether
by way of payment of damages or otherwise), for any breach of any Warranty to
the extent that a Purchaser Group Member recovers, or is compensated for
Liability arising out of that breach of Warranty, under the Loss Development
Cover or pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this Deed. This
clause does not prevent the Purchaser Group Member entitled to make a Claim
under an agreement entered into pursuant to this Deed from commencing that
Claim. However, if for any reason more than one amount is paid in respect of the
same Liability, the Purchaser must ensure that the additional amount is
immediately repaid to the Vendor.

 

  (h) (General limitations) The Vendor is not liable to make any payment
(whether by way of payment of damages or otherwise), for any breach of any
Warranty to the extent that any Liability:

 

  (i) (contingent liability) is contingent, prospective, not ascertained or
ascertainable, unless and until such liability becomes an actual liability and
is due and payable;

 

  (ii) (breach of Law or contract) could only have been avoided by the Vendor
breaching its obligations at Law or under this Deed or an agreement entered into
pursuant to this Deed;

 

  (iii) (change in law or interpretation) arises from:

 

  (A) any legislation not in force at the Completion Date including legislation
which takes effect retrospectively;

 

  (B) a change in the judicial interpretation of the Law in any jurisdiction
after the Completion Date; or

 

  (C) a change in the administrative practice of, or interpretation of the Law
by, any Governmental Entity after the Completion Date including any change which
takes effect retrospectively.

 

  (iv) (change in accounting policy) would not have arisen but for a change
after Completion in any accounting policy or practice of the Company that
applied before Completion unless the change is necessary to ensure that those
accounting policies or practices comply with HKGAAP as at the date of Completion
in relation to a business of the type carried on by the Company;

 

  (v) (change of Business) arises out of the cessation or alteration of the
Business after Completion;

 

  (vi) (remediable loss) is remediable, provided it is remedied to the
satisfaction of the Purchaser, acting reasonably, within 30 Business Days after
the Vendor receives written notice of the Claim in accordance with
clause 14.9(a); or

 

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  (vii) (failure to mitigate) arises as a consequence of the Purchaser Group
failing to take reasonable steps to mitigate the relevant Loss the cost of which
steps will be indemnified by the Vendor.

 

14.10 Acknowledgments

The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that:

 

  (a) except as expressly set out in this Deed, neither the Vendor, the Vendor’s
Representatives nor any other person acting on behalf of or associated with the
Vendor has made any representation, given any advice or given any warranty or
undertaking, promise or forecast of any kind in relation to the Shares, the
Company, the Disclosure Material or this Deed;

 

  (b) without limiting paragraph (a), no representation, no advice, no warranty,
no undertaking, no promise and no forecast is given in relation to:

 

  (i) any economic, fiscal or other interpretations or evaluations by the Vendor
or any person acting on behalf of or associated with the Vendor or any other
person;

 

  (ii) future matters, including future or forecast costs, prices, revenues or
profits;

 

  (iii) the principles to be applied by the Insurance Authority or their
successor(s) or any other Governmental Entities with respect to the regulation
or rating of the lenders mortgage insurance industry and, in particular, matters
affecting capital requirements, revenue, prices and charges and service levels;

 

  (iv) the regulation of the lenders mortgage insurance industry (including any
act or omission by the Insurance Authority or any other Governmental Entity) or
the relationship of other industry regulation to the lenders mortgage insurance
industry; or

 

  (v) the result of any reviews by the Insurance Authority or any other
Governmental Entity or any policies or procedures which they adopt.

 

  (c) without limiting paragraphs (a) or (b), and except for the statements made
in this Deed, no statement or representation:

 

  (i) has induced or influenced the Purchaser to enter into this Deed or agree
to any or all of its terms;

 

  (ii) has been relied on in any way as being accurate by the Purchaser;

 

  (iii) has been warranted to the Purchaser as being true; or

 

  (iv) has been taken into account by the Purchaser as being important to the
Purchaser’s decision to enter into this Deed or agree to any or all of its
terms; and

 

  (d) it has competently and diligently carried out reasonable investigations
and has examined and acquainted itself concerning:

 

  (i) the contents of the Disclosure Material;

 

  (ii) all written information which has been fairly disclosed by the Vendor;
and

 

  (iii) all amounts payable by the parties under this Deed.

 

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14.11 Dealing with Warranty breach after Completion and Third Party Claims

 

  (a) If the Purchaser becomes aware after Completion of any fact, circumstance
or matter which constitutes or would (whether alone or with any other fact,
circumstance or matter) constitute a breach of any Warranty, including (without
limitation) a Claim against a member of the Purchaser Group which, if satisfied,
would result in a breach of any Warranty, the Purchaser must do each of the
following:

 

  (i) promptly give the Vendor details of the fact, circumstance or matter known
to the Purchaser giving rise to the breach, the nature of the breach and the
Purchaser’s calculation of the Loss suffered and any further related information
of which the Purchaser becomes aware;

 

  (ii) not make, and ensure each Purchaser Group Member does not make, any
admission of liability, agreement or compromise with any person in relation to
the fact, circumstance or matter without first consulting with and obtaining the
approval of the Vendor (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

 

  (iii) give, and ensure that each Purchaser Group Member gives, the Vendor and
its Advisers reasonable access to:

 

  (A) the personnel and premises of the Purchaser Group; and

 

  (B) relevant chattels, accounts, documents and records within the possession,
custody or power of the Purchaser Group,

to enable the Vendor and its Advisers to examine the personnel, premises,
chattels, accounts, documents and records and to take copies or photographs of
them at the Vendor’s expense on a confidential basis; and

 

  (iv) subject to paragraph (b) and (c), at the Vendor’s expense, take, and
ensure each Purchaser Group Member takes, all action in good faith and with due
diligence that the Vendor (acting reasonably, having regard to maintaining the
good reputation of the Purchaser and in consultation with the Purchaser) directs
to avoid, remedy or mitigate the breach, including legal proceedings and
disputing, defending, appealing or compromising the Claim and any adjudication
of it.

 

  (b) If any Third-Party Claim is brought against any Purchaser Group Member in
respect of which any Purchaser Group Member seeks or may seek to bring any Claim
against the Vendor or any of its Related Companies:

 

  (i) The Vendor at its expense will be entitled to participate in the defence
against the Third-Party Claim with counsel selected by the Vendor and reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser.

 

  (ii) If the Vendor elects to assume the defence of a Third-Party Claim, no
Vendor Group Member will be liable to any Purchaser Group Member for legal
expenses subsequently incurred by any Purchaser Group Member in connection with
the defence of the Third-Party Claim, unless the Third-Party Claim involves
potential conflicts of interest, in which case the Purchaser must promptly
advise the Vendor of the cause of such conflicts of interest before any
Purchaser Group Member incurs any such subsequent legal expenses.

 

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  (iii) If the Vendor assumes the defence of a Third-Party Claim, the Purchaser
Group Member(s) against which the Third-Party Claim was brought will have the
right to participate in such defence and to employ counsel, at its or their own
expense, separate from the counsel employed by the Vendor, it being understood
that the Vendor will control such defence, acting reasonably, including having
regard to maintaining the good reputation of the Purchaser, and in consultation
with the Purchaser.

 

  (iv) If the Vendor chooses to defend any Third-Party Claim, all the parties to
this Deed agree to cooperate in the defence and such cooperation will include
the retention and (upon the Vendor’s request) the provision to the Vendor of
records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third-Party Claim
on a confidential basis, and use reasonable efforts to make Employees available
on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation
of any material provided hereunder.

 

  (v) Whether or not the Vendor shall have assumed the defence of a Third-Party
Claim, in any such Claim, the Purchaser shall not admit any liability with
respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Third-Party Claim without
the Vendor’s prior written consent, after reasonable consultation (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

  (vi) The Vendor may pay, settle or compromise a Third-Party Claim with the
written consent of any Purchaser Group Member, so long as such settlement:

 

  (A) includes an unconditional release of the Purchaser Group Member from all
liability in respect of such Third-Party Claim;

 

  (B) does not subject the Purchaser Group Member to any injunctive relief or
other equitable remedy;

 

  (C) does not include a statement or admission of fault, culpability or failure
to act by or on behalf of any Purchaser Group Member; and

 

  (D) does not unreasonably interfere with the Business.

 

  (c) For the avoidance of any doubt, any Claim relating to any Tax or Duty will
be governed solely by clause 14.18.

 

  (d) The Vendor must indemnify the Purchaser Group against its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Vendor under this
clause 14.11. The Purchaser acts as agent for the benefit of this indemnity
relating to the other Purchaser Group Members and is entitled to enforce this
indemnity on their behalf.

 

14.12 Proceedings in respect of a Claim

Unless the Vendor otherwise agrees, any Claim by the Purchaser against the
Vendor for any breach of any Warranty will be taken to be waived or withdrawn
and will be barred and unenforceable (if such Claim has not been previously
satisfied, settled or withdrawn) unless legal proceedings in

 

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respect of the Claim have been issued and served on the Vendor within 18 months
of the service of the notice of such Claim on the Vendor and for this purpose
legal proceedings will not be deemed to have been commenced unless they have
been properly issued and validly served upon the Vendor.

 

14.13 Taxation offset

In calculating the Liability of the Vendor for any breach of any Warranty ,
account must be taken of the amount by which any Tax or Duty for which the
Purchaser or the Company is reduced or extinguished as a result of the matter
giving rise to such Liability.

 

14.14 Restructure or disposal of the Business

The Vendor is not liable to the Purchaser (or any person deriving title from the
Purchaser) for any breach of Warranty:

 

  (a) if the Company has ceased to be a Subsidiary of the Purchaser or its
Related Companies;

 

  (b) if a majority of the Business, or the operating assets of the Company in
respect of which the Claim arises, has or have ceased to be owned and controlled
by the Purchaser or its Related Companies; or

 

  (c) to the extent that the breach would not have arisen but for any
restructure of the Company after Completion.

 

14.15 Reduction of Purchase Price

Any monetary compensation received by the Purchaser Group as a result of any
breach by the Vendor of any Warranty will be in reduction and refund of the
Purchase Price.

 

14.16 Adjustment to the Note

 

  (a) If any Claim for a breach by the Vendor of any Warranty is agreed by the
Vendor and the Purchaser or finally adjudicated by a competent court and not
appealable and such Claim has not been paid in full by the Vendor by 1 April
2010, then on the following Business Day, the value of the Note (principal and
interest) will be reduced by an amount equal to the amount unpaid in respect of
the Claim and the Claim shall be taken to be paid in full and the Vendor
released from any Liability to the Purchaser or the Note Issuer in respect of
the Claim.

 

  (b) By 1 March 2010, the parties shall meet to discuss in good faith whether
the time period under clause 14.9(a)(i)(B) for Claims in connection with Tax
Warranties may be abridged. If agreement cannot be reached, the Purchaser may
require that the Vendor provide a letter of credit or some other collateral to a
value of up to US$1,500,000 in a form satisfactory to the Vendor and the
Purchaser to secure payment of any Claim for breach of the Vendor’s Warranty for
the time period then remaining within which the Purchaser may be entitled to
make a Claim in connection with a Tax Warranty under clause 14.9(a)(i)(B).

 

14.17 Remedies for breach of Warranty

The Purchaser acknowledges that its sole remedy for a breach of a Warranty is as
set out in clause 14.8.

 

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14.18 Control of taxation returns, etc

 

  (a) The Vendor must at its own cost and expense have the sole conduct and
control of:

 

  (i) the preparation and filing of all Income Tax returns of the Company for
Income Years ending on or before the Effective Date (pre-Effective Date
returns);

 

  (ii) the preparation and filing of all Income Tax returns of the Company for
Income Years commencing before but ending on or after the Effective Date
(straddle returns), to the extent such straddle returns relate to income,
profits or gains derived, or transactions occurring, before the Effective Date;

 

  (iii) the preparation and filing of all other Tax or Duty returns of the
Company to the extent they relate to any act, matter or transaction occurring
before the Effective Date (other relevant returns).

 

  (b) The Purchaser must procure that the Company to the extent as the Vendor
may reasonably require in each case furnishes all information, executes all
documents, gives or makes all notices, consents, claims, elections, selections
and declarations makes available (and permits the Vendor to take copies of at
the Vendor’s expense) all books and records of the Company, gives reasonable
access to all relevant employees and officers of the Company, and otherwise
provides all such assistance as the Vendor may reasonably require in relation to
the preparation and filing of pre-Effective Date returns, straddle returns and
other relevant returns, in each case on a confidential basis.

 

  (c) The Purchaser must procure that the Company does not, without the prior
consent of the Vendor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed):

 

  (i) file any pre-Effective Date return, straddle return or other relevant
return with any Taxation Authority;

 

  (ii) amend, or request or permit the amendment of, or make or lodge any
objection or appeal in relation to, any pre-Effective Date return, straddle
return or other relevant return;

 

  (iii) apply to any Taxation Authority for any binding or non-binding opinion,
ruling or other determination in relation to any act, matter or transaction
covered by a pre-Effective Date return, straddle return or other relevant
return, or to any act, matter or transaction occurring before the Effective
Date; or

 

  (iv) furnish to any Taxation Authority any information (in writing or
otherwise) in relation to any pre-Effective Date return, straddle return or
other relevant return, or to any act, matter or transaction occurring before the
Effective Date unless required by Law.

 

  (d) If any Taxation Authority undertakes an Audit of the Company, or issues an
Assessment to the Company, which relates to any pre-Effective Date return,
straddle return or other relevant return, or to any act, matter or transaction
occurring before the Effective Date (Warranty Items):

 

  (i)

the Purchaser must as soon as reasonably practicable give the Vendor written
notice of the Audit or Assessment (together with copies of all documents
received

 

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from the Taxation Authority) and provide full written details (to the extent to
which the Purchaser has such details) of the Audit or Assessment to the extent
it relates to Warranty Items;

 

  (ii) the Vendor at its own cost and expense shall have the sole conduct and
control of all action taken by the Company in respect of the Audit or Assessment
to the extent it relates to Warranty Items. The Vendor will act reasonably,
having regard to the good reputation of the Purchaser and in consultation with
the Purchaser;

 

  (iii) the Purchaser must procure that the Company furnishes all assistance the
Vendor may reasonably require in relation to action taken in respect of the
Audit or Assessment to the extent it relates to Warranty Items; and

 

  (iv) the Purchaser must procure that the Vendor is authorised to take such
action on behalf of and in the name of the Company as the Vendor may reasonably
require, having regard to the good reputation of the Purchaser and in
consultation with the Purchaser in respect of the Audit or Assessment to the
extent it relates to Warranty Items, including without limitation responding (in
writing or otherwise) to any audit enquiry from any Taxation Authority,
attending and conducting interviews, meetings, discussions and negotiations with
any Taxation Authority, negotiating and concluding compromises, agreements and
settlements with any Taxation Authority, lodging requests for rulings, opinions
or determinations with any Taxation Authority and lodging or instituting
objections, applications, appeals and other litigation with any Taxation
Authority, tribunal or court.

 

  (e) The Purchaser must procure that the Company uses any deduction, rebate,
credit, allowance, rollover, refund or other relief of any kind in respect of
Tax or Duty for which there is a reasonably arguable position to reduce, limit,
defer or otherwise mitigate a Liability to Tax or Duty which otherwise would or
may give rise to a breach of a Tax Warranty. In this clause in relation to
Income Tax, relief includes, without limitation, relief available from use of
its current or prior year losses up to the Effective Date.

 

  (f) The Vendor must indemnify the Purchaser Group against its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Vendor under this
clause 14.18. The Purchaser acts as agent for the benefit of this indemnity
relating to the other Purchaser Group Members and is entitled to enforce the
indemnity on their behalf.

 

  (g) Nothing in this clause 14.18 will be taken to limit the Purchaser’s or the
Vendor’s obligations under other provisions of this Deed.

 

14.19 Tax relief

The Purchaser must pay to the Vendor an amount equal to any credit, refund,
rebate, reimbursement or other form of relief allowed by or received from a
Taxation Authority in respect of:

 

  (a) any Tax or Duty paid by the Company before the Effective Date or provided
for in the Unaudited Financial Statements except to the extent that the credit,
refund, rebate, reimbursement or other form of relief is already provided for
(to the extent such provision exists); or

 

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  (b) any Tax or Duty paid by the Company after Completion to the extent the
Purchaser has received an amount under a Tax Warranty for such Tax or Duty, in
which case, account must be taken of the amount by which the Purchaser was
subject to Tax or Duty in respect of the amount received under a Tax Warranty.

Any amount paid by the Purchaser to the Vendor under this clause 14.19 will be
in addition to and an increase in the Purchase Price.

 

14.20 Liability where breach

Without limiting the operation of any other provision of this Deed, the Vendor’s
Liability in respect of any breach of any Warranty will be reduced or
extinguished to the extent the Vendor’s position is prejudiced or compromised by
any breach by the Purchaser of any provision of this Deed.

 

14.21 Independent limitations

Each qualification and limitation in this clause 14 is to be construed
independently of the others and is not limited by any other qualification or
limitation.

 

14.22 Data room CD-ROM

 

  (a) The Data Room has been electronically frozen with effect from 7pm (AEST)
26 August 2008. The Vendor warrants and undertakes that no documents or other
information have been or will be added to the Data Room after that time and
agrees that no such documents or other information will be treated as fairly
disclosed for the purposes of this Deed unless the relevant documents or
information have been expressly agreed in writing between the Purchaser and the
Vendor as being Data Room Documentation, as contemplated by paragraph (b) of the
definition of Data Room Documentation.

 

  (b) Within 5 Business Days after the execution of this Deed, the Vendor shall
deliver to the Purchaser a CD ROM which the Vendor believes in good faith
contains all the information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room.

 

  (c) Within 15 Business Days after receipt of the CD ROM, the Purchaser shall
confirm in writing to the Vendor whether it believes the CD-ROM contains all the
information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room or, if not, what
documents should be included or excluded from the CD ROM so that it will contain
all the information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room. If no
notice is received by the Vendor within this time period, the CD ROM is taken to
be confirmed in writing by the Purchaser and the Vendor to contain all the
information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room.

 

  (d) The parties shall work together in good faith to ensure that the CD ROM
contains all the information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room.

 

  (e) Once the CD-ROM is confirmed in writing by the Vendor and the Purchaser to
contain all the information made available to the Purchaser in the Data Room,
the CD ROM shall be taken to be the Data Room CD ROM for the purposes of this
Deed and a copy of it shall be kept by each of the Purchaser and the Vendor.

 

  (f)

Following 7pm (AEST) 26 August 2008, no documents can be included or removed
from the Data Room without the written consent of all the parties. The Data Room
must be kept

 

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open and accessible to the Vendor and Purchaser until the earlier of the Data
Room CD ROM being confirmed in accordance with this clause and 36 months after
the date of this Deed.

 

15. Vendor Marks

 

 

 

  (a) As promptly as practicable and without unreasonable expenses but in no
event later than thirteen months after the Completion Date, the Purchaser shall,
subject to the rest of this clause 15, completely and permanently cease and
shall cause the Company to cease any and all use of any Vendor Marks.

 

  (b) Purchaser acknowledges that, as between the parties, all Vendor Marks are
owned by and shall remain owned by the Vendor, and the Purchaser or the Company
shall not obtain any right, title or interest in, or to, any Vendor Marks other
than as specifically granted in this clause 15.

 

  (c) The Purchaser agrees not to, and must cause the Company not to, directly
or indirectly, attack, contest, question or in any manner impugn the value,
validity and/or enforceability of the Vendor Marks or the Vendor’s or its
Related Companies’s rights in and with respect to the Vendor Marks, including
without limitation, in any action in which enforcement of a provision of this
Deed is sought.

 

  (d) The Purchaser agrees not to, and must cause the Company not to, willingly
become a party adverse to the Vendor or any of its Related Companies in any
Legal Proceeding in which a third party contests the value, validity and/or
enforceability of the Vendor Marks or the Vendor’s or a Related Company’s rights
therein.

 

  (e) Neither the Purchaser nor the Company shall at any time adopt, use,
reserve, register or attempt to register (or allow others to do the same) any
Trademark confusingly similar to any Vendor Mark.

 

  (f) The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither it nor the Company or
any of its Related Companies shall acquire any goodwill, rights or benefits
arising from its or their use of Vendor Marks in accordance with clause 15 and
that all such goodwill, rights and benefits shall accrue exclusively to the
Vendor.

 

  (g) Following the Completion, the Purchaser must not, and must not permit the
Company to, do business as, or in any way represent or imply that it or the
Company is, or otherwise hold itself or the Company out as being or affiliated
with the Vendor or any Related Companies thereof.

 

  (h) As soon as practicable after the Completion Date and in any event not
later than 180 days thereafter, the Vendor will make all filings with any
office, agency or body necessary to effect the termination of any use of any
Vendor Marks from the businesses of the Company.

 

  (i) The Vendor acknowledges for the purposes of a claim under a policy
together with other dealings with Governmental Entities, insureds and suppliers,
the Purchaser and the Company may refer to the Vendor Marks in the context of
their prior involvement in the Business pre Completion.

 

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16. Personal Liability

 

 

Each party agrees that:

 

  (a) no Officer or any member of its corporate group will bear any Liability to
the other party or any of its Related Companies in respect of this Deed or the
proposed transaction set out in this Deed, other than for an act of fraud by
that person; and

 

  (b) no existing or former Officer of any member of its corporate group, and no
Adviser of any member of the group advising in its capacity as such in relation
to the proposed transaction set out in this Deed, will be liable to the other
party or any of its Related Companies (including after Completion the Company)
in respect of any act, matter or thing which occurred before, at or after
Completion, other than an act of fraud by that person; and

 

  (c) for the avoidance of doubt, clause 16 includes the Company; and

 

  (d) the persons referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) are entitled to the
benefit of this clause 16 and the Purchaser or the Vendor (as the case may be)
holds such benefit as agent for those persons and is entitled to enforce this
clause 16 on behalf of those persons.

 

17. Note Issuer and Purchaser Warranties

 

 

The Note Issuer and the Purchaser each represents and warrants to the Vendor
that, as at the date of this Deed and the Completion Date, each of the
statements made in Schedule 4 is correct.

 

18. Costs and Duty

 

 

 

  (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Deed, each party must
bear its own expenses, costs and fees arising out of or in connection with the
negotiation, preparation and execution of this Deed (including any fees paid or
payable to its Advisers).

 

  (b) The Purchaser and the Vendor must pay all duty (including stamp duty,
fines, penalties and interest) that may be payable on or in connection with this
Deed, any transaction evidenced by this Deed and any instrument or transaction
entered into under this Deed in equal shares, unless due to delay or other
default of the other party or its Related Companies.

 

19. Communications

 

 

 

19.1 Public and other announcements

 

  (a) The initial public announcements of the transaction contemplated under
this Deed will be agreed between the parties in writing.

 

  (b) Subject to paragraph (c), each party must consult with the other party
prior to making any other public announcement in connection with the proposed
transaction set out in this Deed.

 

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  (c) Where a party is required by applicable law, the ASX Listing Rules or any
other applicable stock exchange regulation or listing standards to make any
public announcement or make any public disclosure relating to matters the
subject of this Deed, it may do so only after it has given the other party as
much notice as is reasonably practicable in the context of any deadlines imposed
by Law or a Governmental Entity or such stock exchange and has consulted with
the other party as to the content of that announcement or disclosure.

 

  (d) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable Law, the Purchaser and the
Vendor must consent to any written material communication to employees of the
Company in connection with the proposed transaction set out in this Deed. The
Purchaser and the Vendor must not unreasonably withhold or delay any consent
required under this clause.

 

19.2 Agreement on Communications

Subject to the following conditions, each party agrees that the other may
discuss the transaction contemplated under this Deed with applicable Rating
Agencies and Governmental Entities.

Except in relation to Communications regulated by clause 19.1 and to the extent
permitted by applicable Law:

 

  (a) Each party will discuss in advance the timing of meetings with such
entities, as well as with relevant financiers, and the information or documents
to be provided to such entities.

 

  (b) Each party will provide the other with the opportunity to be present at
meetings with applicable Rating Agencies and Governmental Entities (or other
material Communications with such entities) in relation to the transaction
contemplated under this Deed, but notwithstanding the provisions of this clause
19.2(b), each party acknowledges that the other party will, as reasonably
required, meet with such entities without the other party present to the extent
that the issues involved only affect that party.

 

  (c) Either party will take reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality of
information provided to any such entities.

 

20. Confidentiality

 

 

 

  (a) Other than clause 19.1, nothing in this Deed affects the terms of the
Confidentiality Agreement except that in the event of inconsistency this Deed
takes precedence to the extent of the inconsistency.

 

  (b) Prior to Completion, the Vendor must protect the Confidential Information
and must ensure that its Related Companies, its Officers and Advisers and the
Officers and Advisers of its Related Companies do not use or disclose the
Confidential Information, except for the benefit of the Company in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or as necessary for the Vendor
to perform its obligations or to enforce its rights under this Deed or as
permitted under this Deed or as required by law. The Purchaser acknowledges that
the Vendor has entered into confidentiality agreements with other potential
bidders of the Shares and if the Vendor enforces those agreements to prevent the
use or disclosure of Confidential Information by the other potential bidders,
the disclosure by the Vendor of the Confidential Information to those potential
bidders will not constitute a breach of this clause.

 

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  (c) After Completion, the Vendor must protect the Confidential Information and
must ensure that its Related Companies, its Officers and Advisers and the
Officers and Advisers of its Related Companies do not use or disclose the
Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Purchaser,
except as necessary to perform the Vendor's obligations or enforce its rights
under this Deed or as required by law.

 

  (d) In this clause, "Confidential Information" means the information of the
Company, including all knowledge of secret processes, technical know how,
techniques, discoveries, ideas, research, practices, systems, models, trade
secrets, special purpose computer programs, information in the Records and other
data subsisting in or relating to the Business other than information that is
already in the public domain or to enforce the extent it enters the public
domain otherwise than through a breach of confidentiality.

 

21. Termination

 

 

 

21.1 Termination

This Deed may be terminated at any time prior to the Completion Date as follows:

 

  (a) by mutual written consent of the Vendor and the Purchaser;

 

  (b) by the Vendor or the Purchaser, by written notice to the other, if
Completion has not occurred by the End Date, unless such date is extended by the
mutual written consent of the Vendor and the Purchaser; provided, that no party
may terminate this Deed pursuant to this clause 21.1(b) if that party has
breached its obligations under this Deed in a manner that shall have proximately
contributed to the failure of Completion to occur by the End Date;

 

  (c) by either the Vendor or the Purchaser, by written notice to the other, if:

 

  (i) a Governmental Order has been issued by a Governmental Entity permanently
restraining, or otherwise prohibiting, Completion, and such Governmental Order
shall have become final and non-appealable; or

 

  (ii) any Law has been enacted by any Governmental Entity which prohibits the
consummation of Completion; or

 

  (d) in accordance with clause 7.7.

 

21.2 Effect of Termination

 

  (a) In the event of the termination of this Deed pursuant to the provisions of
clause 21.1, this Deed shall become void and have no effect, without any
Liability to any person, in connection with this Deed or the transactions
contemplated by it, including any party hereto, or any of its Officers' agents,
legal and financial advisors, representatives, stockholders or Related
Companies; provided, however, that the agreements contained in the
Confidentiality Agreement, clause 3.5, clause 18, clause 20, and this
clause 21.1 shall survive the termination of this Deed; and provided, further,
that except as otherwise provided herein, no such termination shall relieve any
party to this Deed of any Liability or damages resulting from any wilful or
intentional breach of this Deed prior to the time of such termination.

 

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  (b) In the event of the termination of this Deed pursuant to the provisions of
clause 21.1:

 

  (i) the Purchaser shall return to the Vendor all documents and other materials
received from the Vendor, the Company, their Related Companies or their agents
(including all copies of or materials except board papers or minutes of the
Purchaser Group developed from any such documents or other materials) relating
to the proposed transaction set out in this Deed, whether obtained before or
after the execution of this Deed; and

 

  (ii) all confidential information received by the Purchaser with respect to
the Company and its Related Companies shall be treated in accordance with the
Confidentiality Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding the termination of this Deed.

 

22. Merger

 

 

The rights and obligations of the parties, including under clause 7, will not
merge on the completion of any transaction contemplated by this Deed. They will
survive the execution and delivery of any assignment or other document entered
into for the purpose of implementing any such transaction.

 

23. Further Actions

 

 

Each party shall execute and deliver such certificates and other documents and
take such other actions as may reasonably be required pursuant to this Deed
(including without limitation the actions pursuant to clause 6) or as requested
by the other party in order to carry out the provisions of this Deed and
consummate and make effective the proposed transaction set out in this Deed.

 

24. Entire Agreement

 

 

This Deed (including the Schedules referenced in this Deed or delivered under
it), the Disclosure Letter and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof
and set out the only conduct relied on by the parties and supersede all earlier
conduct and prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between
the parties in connection with such subject matter.

 

25. No representation or reliance

 

 

 

  (a) Each party acknowledges that no party (nor any person acting on its
behalf) has made any representation, warranty or other inducement to it to enter
into this Deed, except for representations, warranties or inducements expressly
set out in this Deed, including clause 14 and the Warranties.

 

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  (b) Each party acknowledges and confirms that it does not enter into this Deed
in reliance on any representation or other inducement by or on behalf of any
other party, except for any representation or inducement expressly set out in
this Deed.

 

26. Assignment

 

 

 

  (a) Subject to paragraph (b), neither party may assign, sub-contract, charge,
encumber or otherwise deal with any rights and obligations under this Deed, or
attempt or purport to do so, without the prior written consent of any other
party.

 

  (b) Any attempt by a party to assign or otherwise deal with its rights under
this Deed without the consent of any other party shall be void and of no effect,
except that the Purchaser may assign its rights under this Deed to any
Subsidiary of the Note Issuer including QBE Lenders' Mortgage Insurance Limited
(formerly PMI Mortgage Insurance Ltd), provided that no such assignment shall
relieve the Purchaser of its obligations under this Deed .

 

  (c) Other than as provided for in this Deed, this Deed shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding on and enforceable against, the successors and
permitted assigns of the respective parties to it. Nothing in this Deed,
expressed or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any
person other than the parties and the successors and assigns permitted by this
clause any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Deed except as
expressly stated herein.

 

27. Amendment and Waiver

 

 

 

  (a) No amendment, modification or discharge of this Deed, and no waiver under
this Deed, shall be valid or binding unless in writing and duly executed by the
party against whom enforcement of the amendment, modification, discharge or
waiver is sought.

 

  (b) Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to the
specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way impair the rights
of the party granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time. The
waiver by any of the parties of a breach of or a default under any of the
provisions of this Deed or to exercise any right or privilege under it, shall
not be construed as a waiver of any other breach or default of a similar nature,
or as a waiver of any of such provisions, rights or privileges under this Deed.
The rights and remedies provided in this Deed are cumulative and none is
exclusive of any other, or of any rights or remedies that any party may
otherwise have at law or in equity.

 

  (c) No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising any right, power or
remedy under this Deed operates as a waiver.

 

28. Severability of Provisions

 

 

Any provision of this Deed that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction is ineffective as to that jurisdiction to the extent of the
prohibition or unenforceability. That does not invalidate the remaining
provisions of this Deed nor affect the validity or enforceability of that
provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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29. Notices

 

 

Any notice, demand, consent or other communication (a Notice) given or made
under this Deed:

 

  (a) must be in writing and signed by the sender or a person duly authorised by
the sender;

 

  (b) must be addressed to the intended recipient at the address or fax number
below or the address or fax number last notified by the intended recipient to
the sender after the date of this Deed:

 

(i)       to the Vendor:

  

The PMI Group, Inc.

3003 Oak Road

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

United States of America

Attention: General Counsel

Fax No: +1-925-658-6175

(ii)      to either the Note Issuer or the Purchaser:

  

QBE Insurance Group Limited

Level 2, 82 Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

Attention: Company Secretary

Fax No: +61 2 9231 6104

 

  (c) subject to paragraph (d), is deemed to be received:

 

  (i) if personally delivered, when delivered to the addressee;

 

  (ii) if sent by certified or registered mail, on the earlier of the date of
receipt and the seventh business day after the mailing thereof;

 

  (iii) if sent by air mail or delivery, on the day delivered; or

 

  (iv) if sent by fax, on the day on which such fax was sent, provided that a
copy is also sent by certified or registered mail;

 

  (d) if either delivery or sending occurs on a day which is not a business day
in the place to which the Notice is sent or is later than 4pm at that place, it
will be taken to have been duly given or made at the commencement of business on
the next business day in that place.

 

30. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

 

 

  (a) This Deed is governed by the laws of Hong Kong.

 

  (b) Each party irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

  (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong in
connection with any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Deed;

 

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  (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
defence or objection based on absence of jurisdiction or inconvenient forum; and

 

  (iii) consents to service of process in the manner provided for Notices in
clause 29, provided that nothing in this Deed will affect the right of any party
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

  (c) The Vendor appoints ALG Services Limited, a company registered in Hong
Kong, as its agent for service.

 

31. Counterparts

 

 

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

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Schedule 1

Company

 

 

PMI Mortgage Insurance Asia Limited

 

No of shares
on issue

  

Class of shares

  

Fully paid?

  

Shares held by

(immediately prior to

Completion)

132,000,001    Ordinary    Yes    The PMI Group, Inc.

 

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Schedule 2

Form of Note Deed

 

 

 

Date

   

Parties

    1.   QBE Insurance Group Limited of Level 2, 82 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW,
2000, Australia (the Note Issuer). 2.   The PMI Group, Inc. of 3003 Oak Road,
Walnut Creek, CA 94597, United States (the Noteholder).

Recitals

    A   The Note Issuer, QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty Limited (the Purchaser) and the
Noteholder are parties to a Share Sale Agreement dated [*] 2008, pursuant to
which the Purchaser has agreed to purchase all of the shares in PMI Mortgage
Insurance Asia Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (the Share Sale
Agreement). B   Pursuant to the Share Sale Agreement, the Note Issuer agrees to
issue the Note (as defined below) to the Noteholder in relation to that part of
the purchase price payable by the Purchaser under the Share Sale Agreement, on
the following terms and conditions.

It is agreed as follows.

 

1. Definitions and Interpretation

 

 

 

1.1 Definitions

The following definitions apply unless the context requires otherwise:

Adjustment Amount means an amount payable by the Note Issuer calculated in
accordance with clause 5.1.

Adjustment Factor means 3.7875%.

Adjustment Time means:

 

  (a) in relation to each such period other than the last, the 6 month period
commencing on the date of this Deed and each 6 month period thereafter;

 

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  (b) in relation to the last such period, the period commencing on the first
day of such period and ending on the Repayment Date.

Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banks in the city of New York, USA or Sydney, Australia are required to close.

Governmental Entity means any government or representative of a government or
any governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal, regulatory or
judicial body, department, commission, authority, agency, instrumentality, board
or tribunal, whether federal, state, territorial or local and whether Australian
or foreign. It includes the Australian Securities and Investments Commission,
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities Exchange (and any other
securities exchange).

GST has the meaning given by the GST Law.

GST Law has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax)
Act 1999 (Cth), or, if that Act does not exist means any Act imposing or
relating to the imposition or administration of a goods and services tax in
Australia and any regulation made under that Act.

Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic
of China.

Insolvency Event in relation to a party, means any of the following:

 

  (a) a petition is presented, or a meeting is convened for the purpose of
considering a resolution or other steps are taken by any person with a view to
the appointment of an administrator (whether out of court or otherwise) against
or for the winding up of the other party or an administration order or a winding
up order is made against or a provisional liquidator appointed with respect to
the other party;

 

  (b) an encumbrancer takes possession of, or a trustee or administrative
receiver or similar officer is appointed in respect of, all or any part of the
business or assets of the other party, or distress or any form of execution is
levied or enforced upon or sued out against any of those assets and is not
discharged within seven days of being levied, enforced or sued out;

 

  (c) the other party is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or the value
of its assets is less than the amount of its liabilities, taking into account
its contingent and prospective liabilities, or it suspends or threatens to
suspend making payments with respect to all or any class of its debts;

 

  (d) the other party proposes or makes any composition or arrangement or
composition with, or any assignment for the benefit of, its creditors;

 

  (e) anything analogous to any of the events described in paragraphs (a) – (d),
inclusive, occurs under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction including
insurance laws; or

 

  (f) the other party ceases to carry on the whole or any material part of its
business and that cessation, in the reasonable opinion of the first party, would
be reasonably likely to affect adversely the other party's ability to observe
and perform properly and punctually any of its obligations under this Deed.

Issue Date means the date of this Deed.

Note means the debt obligation of the Note Issuer representing the right of the
Noteholder to receive the Principal under the terms and conditions of, and as
evidenced by, this Deed.

 

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Principal means the amount specified in clause 2, as adjusted in accordance with
clauses 5.1 and 7.

Repayment Date means:

 

  (a) the date elected by the Note Issuer for repayment of the Principal under
clause 6.2; and

 

  (b) the date on which the Principal must be repaid under clause 12; and

 

  (c) the expiry of the Term.

Tax includes any tax, levy, impost, deduction, charge, rate, duty, GST or
withholding which is levied or imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia or any
political subdivision or taxing authority in it, and any related interest,
penalty, charge, fee or other amount.

Term has the meaning given to that term in clause 3.

 

1.2 Interpretation

Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The
following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise.

 

  (a) The singular includes the plural and conversely.

 

  (b) A gender includes all genders.

 

  (c) If a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a
corresponding meaning.

 

  (d) A reference to a person, corporation, trust, partnership, unincorporated
body or other entity includes any of them.

 

  (e) A reference to a clause or schedule is a reference to a clause of, or a
schedule to, this Deed.

 

  (f) A reference to an agreement or document (including a reference to this
Deed) is to the agreement or document as amended, varied, supplemented, novated
or replaced, except to the extent prohibited by this Deed or that other
agreement or document.

 

  (g) A reference to a party to this Deed or another agreement or document
includes the party’s successors and permitted substitutes and permitted assigns
(and, where applicable, the party’s legal personal representatives).

 

  (h) A reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a
modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it
and a regulation or statutory instrument issued under it.

 

  (i) A reference to dollars or $ or US$ is to United States currency.

 

  (j) A reference to conduct includes an omission, statement or undertaking,
whether or not in writing.

 

  (k) Mentioning anything after includes, including, for example, or similar
expression does not limit what else might be included.

 

2. Creation of Note

 

 

By this Deed, the Note Issuer creates the Note on the date of this Deed in
favour of the Noteholder with an initial principal amount outstanding on the
date of this Deed of US$[*]. The principal outstanding and Adjustment Amount
payable under the Note may be adjusted in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Deed and the Share Sale Agreement.

 

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3. Term

 

 

The Note will continue on the following terms during the period until its
redemption in full on 30 September 2011 (the Term), subject to the terms and
conditions of this Deed.

 

4. Purpose

 

 

The purpose of the Note is to satisfy the relevant part of the purchase price
payable by the Purchaser under the Share Sale Agreement.

 

5. Adjustment Amount

 

 

 

5.1 Calculation of Adjustment Amount

 

  (a) The Note Issuer shall pay an Adjustment Amount which represents an
allowance for time value of money of the Principal at the Adjustment Factor
calculated in accordance with clause 5.1(b).

 

  (b) The Adjustment Amount shall be calculated on the Repayment Date on the
daily Principal balance outstanding on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in each Adjustment Time and a year of 360 days (including the first day
of the Adjustment Time but excluding the last).

 

  (c) The Adjustment Amount which is payable on a Repayment Date will be
calculated on the basis of each Adjustment Time, then added to and will form
part of the Principal except where that Adjustment Time is less than six months.
The Principal will increase accordingly.

 

5.2 Overdue Payments

The Adjustment Amount on overdue amounts shall accrue from the due date up to
but excluding the date of actual payment, before and (as a separate and
independent obligation) after judgment at the Adjustment Factor above plus
1% per annum unless otherwise agreed between the parties. The basis of
calculation of the Adjustment Amount as set out in clause 5.1 will also apply to
any calculation under this clause.

 

6. Payment Obligations

 

 

 

6.1 Repayment at end of Term

Subject to clause 6.2 and clause 12, the Note Issuer must repay the Principal
and any Adjustment Amount on the Repayment Date.

 

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6.2 Voluntary prepayment

The Note Issuer may only prepay all or some of the Principal with prior written
notice to the Noteholder.

 

6.3 Method of payment

The Note Issuer must make all payments to the account specified in writing by
the Noteholder. Payments must be in cleared funds and free of any set-off or
deduction, except for taxes where required by law or adjustment to Principal and
Adjustment Amount in accordance with clause 7 of this Deed.

 

7. Adjustments to Principal and Adjustment Amount

 

 

The parties agree that:

 

  (a) to the extent there are losses which exceed the Performance Metric as
defined in the Share Sale Agreement, then the Principal and Adjustment Amount
will be reduced to the extent and in accordance with the mechanism provided for
in Schedule 3 of the Share Sale Agreement;

 

  (b) to the extent the Noteholder either agrees or is required to satisfy any
claims for any breach of Warranties under the Share Sale Agreement, then the
Principal and Adjustment Amount will be reduced to the extent and in accordance
with the mechanism provided for in clauses 14.1(b) and 14.16 of the Share Sale
Agreement; and

 

  (c) to the extent that there is a Note Shortfall as defined in the Share Sale
Agreement, then the Principal and Adjustment Amount will be reduced to the
extent and in accordance with the mechanism provided for in Schedule 8 of the
Share Sale Agreement.

 

8. Taxation

 

 

 

8.1 Payments made free and clear

Payments in respect of the Note are subject in all cases to applicable
provisions of fiscal and other laws and regulations. All payments under the Note
must be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, or by reference to,
any present or future taxes of any Governmental Entity of any jurisdiction or
any political subdivision or taxing authority in it unless required by law.

 

8.2 Additional payments

If the Note Issuer is obliged to make a deduction in respect of Tax from any
payment in respect of this Deed:

 

  (a) it shall promptly pay the amount deducted to the appropriate Governmental
Entity; and

 

  (b) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the deduction is made, it
shall deliver to the Noteholder, for collection, official receipts or other
evidence of payment of that amount.

 

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9. Representations and Warranties

 

 

Each party makes the following representations and warranties to the other party
as at the date of this Deed as follows:

 

  (a) (Incorporation) It is duly incorporated and validly existing under the
laws of its place of incorporation, with full power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted.

 

  (b) (Power of authority) It has the power and authority to execute and
exchange this Deed and perform and observe all its terms. This Deed has been
duly executed by it and is a legal, valid and binding Deed of it enforceable
against it.

 

  (c) (Solvency) No step has been taken in relation to it to wind it up, appoint
a controller or administrator, seize or take possession of any of its assets or
make an arrangement, compromise or composition with any of its creditors. It is
able to pay all its debts as and when they become due and payable.

 

10. Notices

 

 

Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, any notice, demand, consent or
other communication (a Notice) given or made under this Deed:

 

  (a) must be in writing and signed by a person duly authorised by the sender;

 

  (b) must either be delivered to the intended recipient by prepaid post (if
posted to an address in another country, by registered airmail) or by hand or
fax to the address or fax number below or the address or fax number last
notified by the intended recipient to the sender:

 

  (i)   to Noteholder:    3003 Oak Road        Walnut Creek, CA 94597       
United States        Attention: General Counsel        Fax No: +1-925-658-6175  
(ii)   to the Note Issuer:   

Level 2, 82 Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

       Attention: Company Secretary        Fax No: +61 2 9231 6104

 

  (c) will be taken to be duly given or made:

 

  (i) in the case of delivery in person, when delivered;

 

  (ii) in the case of delivery by post two business days after the date of
posting (if posted to an address in the same country) or seven business days
after the date of posting (if posted to an address in another country); and

 

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  (iii) in the case of fax, on receipt by the sender of a transmission control
report from the despatching machine showing the relevant number of pages and the
correct destination fax machine number or name of recipient and indicating that
the transmission has been made without error,

but if the result is that a Notice would be taken to be given or made on a day
which is not a business day in the place to which the Notice is sent or is later
than 4pm (local time) it will be taken to have been duly given or made at the
commencement of business on the next business day in that place.

 

11. Conditions

 

 

The Note is being issued on the condition that the liability of the Note Issuer
under this Deed ranks and will rank at least equally and ratably (pari passu) in
point and security with all its other respective unsecured and unsubordinated
liabilities (both actual and contingent) other than liabilities mandatorily
preferred by law.

 

12. Events of Default

 

 

The Note may be cancelled at any time by the Noteholder if:

 

  (a) the Note Issuer fails to pay any amount when due under this Deed and that
amount remains unpaid for a period of five Business Days from the date of notice
of that non-payment by the Noteholder to the Note Issuer;

 

  (b) the Note Issuer fails duly to perform any of its other obligations under
this Deed within 20 Business Days of the Noteholder notifying the Note Issuer of
such failure or is otherwise in breach of any representation or warranty which
it has given under this Deed;

 

  (c) the Note Issuer ceases to be a member or comprise members of the QBE
Group; or

 

  (d) an Insolvency Event occurs in respect of the Note Issuer,

whereupon, all monies owing under this Deed shall be deemed to be due and
payable and the Note Issuer shall immediately repay all monies owing to the
Noteholder under the Note.

 

13. Entire Agreement

 

 

This Deed and the Share Sale Agreement contain the entire agreement of the
parties with respect to the Note. They set out the only conduct relied on by the
parties and supersede all earlier conduct by the parties with respect to the
Note.

 

14. Amendment

 

 

This Deed may be amended only by another Deed executed by all parties.

 

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15. Assignment

 

 

 

  (a) The Note Issuer may only assign or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under this Deed with the prior written consent of the Noteholder.

 

  (b) The Noteholder may transfer, assign, novate, sub-participate or otherwise
deal with all or any of its rights or obligations under this Deed for any reason
at any time.

 

16. Set-off

 

 

 

  (a) If the Note Issuer is in default of its obligations under this Deed, the
Note Issuer authorises the Noteholder to apply any amounts payable by the
Noteholder to the Note Issuer in or towards satisfaction of the amount
(including Principal) payable by the Note Issuer to the Noteholder.

 

  (b) If the circumstances contemplated by clauses 7(a) and 7(b) of this Deed
both occur, at the Note Issuer’s option, it may choose to apply the adjustment
under clause 7 in full or in part, first under clause 7(a) and secondly under
clause 7(b).

 

17. Further actions

 

 

Each party shall execute and deliver such certificates and other documents and
take such other actions as may reasonably be required pursuant to this Deed or
as requested by the other party in order to carry out the provisions of this
Deed.

 

18. Counterparts

 

 

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts. All counterparts taken
together will be taken to constitute one Deed.

 

19. Confidentiality

 

 

 

  (a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, each party must keep the terms of this
Deed confidential.

 

  (b) A party may make any disclosures in relation to this Deed as it thinks
necessary to:

 

  (i) its professional advisers, insurers, bankers, financial advisers and
financiers, if those persons undertake to keep information disclosed
confidential;

 

  (ii) comply with any applicable law or requirement of any Governmental Entity;
or

 

  (iii) any of its directors or employees to whom it is necessary to disclose
the information if that person undertakes to keep the information confidential.

 

20. Governing Law

 

 

This Deed is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. The parties
submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of courts exercising jurisdiction
there.

 

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Executed and delivered as a Deed

NOTE ISSUER

 

Executed as a deed in accordance with

section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by

QBE Insurance Group Limited:

   

 

   

 

Director Signature     Director/Secretary Signature

 

Print Name

   

 

Print Name

NOTEHOLDER

 

Executed as a deed by The PMI Group, Inc.:    

 

   

 

Director Signature     Director/Secretary Signature

 

   

 

Print Name     Print Name

 

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Schedule 3

Loss Development Cover and Adjustment to Value of the Note

 

 

 

1. Loss development cover (LDC) will be arranged in accordance with the
limitations, terms and conditions as set out below in respect of losses in
excess of the Performance Metric.

 

2. The LDC will comprise a reduction in the amount payable under the Note in the
circumstances identified in paragraph 6 below.

 

3. The determination of the Actual Insurance Loss Percentage for the purposes of
settlement under the LDC will be subject to agreement by the parties. In the
event a dispute arises concerning the reaching of agreement by the Vendor and
Purchaser as to the Actual Insurance Loss Percentage, the Vendor and the
Purchaser will work together, diligently in good faith and acting reasonably, to
investigate and resolve the dispute through senior representatives of the
respective parties within one calendar month. If the dispute cannot be resolved,
it will be referred to the following chief executive officers for good faith
resolution within a further calendar month after referral.

 

  •  

Purchaser – Frank O’Halloran

 

  •  

Vendor – Steve Smith;

or in each case, their respective successor or senior executive nominee, as
applicable.

 

4. A dispute between the parties as to the amount of the Actual Insurance Loss
Percentage which is not resolved following referral to the chief executive
officers or nominees, and any other dispute concerning the calculation and
determination of the Actual Insurance Loss Percentage which the parties agree
should be so submitted, must be submitted to an independent expert actuary for
determination as follows.

The independent expert actuary will be KPMG, or if they are unable or unwilling
to act within 14 days of notice to them, nominated by the President or senior
officer of the Institute of Actuaries or his nominee.

The independent expert actuary must have no direct or indirect personal interest
in the outcome of the decision or determination it is requested to make.

The parties must submit the dispute in writing to the independent expert actuary
on or promptly after appointment of the independent expert actuary. The
submission shall state the specific matter to be determined and all other
reasonably relevant matters.

Each party shall direct the independent expert actuary to act expeditiously and
to give reasons for his determination, and shall supply the independent expert
actuary with any information, assistance and co-operation which it may request
in connection with its determination.

Unless the independent expert actuary, in its absolute discretion, determines
that the conduct of any disputing party is such that it should bear all or a
greater proportion, the fees and expenses of the independent expert actuary
shall be borne by the Vendor and Purchaser in equal shares.

 

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The independent expert actuary is an independent expert, not an arbitrator. The
independent expert actuary’s decision will be conclusive and final and binding
on the parties except in the case of manifest error.

 

5. Any agreement or determination of the Actual Insurance Loss Percentage is to
be reached or made, as applicable, on the basis that loss reserving
methodologies (including loss reserving at the best estimate) and claim
settlement practices are consistent with the USGAAP principles used to prepare
the Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

6. If the amount calculated by applying the Actual Insurance Loss Percentage to
the unearned premium reserve of US$21,872,478 at 30 June 2008 exceeds the
Performance Metric of US$10,936,239 the value of the Note (principal and
interest) will be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such excess.

 

7. The Purchaser will provide the Vendor with such information as the Vendor may
reasonably request in connection with the Vendor’s financial, regulatory and tax
reporting obligations on a confidential basis (subject to any disclosures
required to be made by applicable law) in relation to the LDC and acknowledges
that the Vendor may share such information with potential investors as
contemplated by clause 6(b) of the Agreement.

 

8. In this Schedule 3:

Actual Insurance Loss Percentage means the percentage which is agreed by the
Vendor and Purchaser or otherwise determined in accordance with paragraph 4 of
this Schedule 3 and (whether so agreed or determined), having regard to the
bases and principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Schedule 3, calculated from
the formula below using the following factors:

X – claims paid during the three year period commencing on 30 June 2008 and
ending on 30 June 2011 with respect to the Relevant Policies

Y – the difference (which may be positive or negative) between the loss reserve
balance with respect to the Relevant Policies as of 30 June 2011, minus the loss
reserve balance on such policies as of 30 June 2008

Z – the projected ultimate unpaid losses with respect to the Relevant Policies
at 30 June 2011 (including for the avoidance of doubt the loss reserve balance
with respect to the Relevant Policies as at 30 June 2011) if any, to the extent
exceeding the loss reserve balance as at 30 June 2011 with respect to the
Relevant Policies remaining in force at that date

A – US$21,872,478 being the unearned premium reserve as at 30 June 2008 with
respect to the Relevant Policies.

The formula is:

 

X+Y+Z

 

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A

Performance Metric means a loss ratio of 50% of the unearned premium reserve
agreed by the Vendor and the Purchaser applicable to the Relevant Policies as at
30 June 2008 being US$10,936,239.

Relevant Policies means policies issued by the Company and in force as at
30 June 2008.

 

9. For the purposes of calculating X, Y, Z and the Performance Metric, the
HK$/US$ exchange rate shall be taken to be HK$7.8/US$1.

 

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Schedule 4

Note Issuer and Purchaser Warranties

 

 

In this Schedule, “Entity” means either the Note Issuer or the Purchaser

 

1. The Entity is duly incorporated and validly exists under the law of its place
of incorporation.

 

2. The Entity is not insolvent, no receiver has been appointed over any part of
its assets, no such appointment has been threatened and it is not subject to any
Insolvency Event.

 

3. Subject to clause 14.5(d), there are no facts, matters or circumstances which
give any person the right to apply to liquidate or wind up the Entity.

 

4. The Entity is not in liquidation and no proceedings have been brought or
threatened for the purpose of winding up the Entity.

 

5. The execution and delivery of this Deed has been properly authorised by all
necessary corporate action of the Entity.

 

6. The Entity has full corporate power and lawful authority to execute and
deliver this Deed and to consummate and perform or cause to be performed its
obligations under this Deed and each transaction contemplated by this Deed to be
performed by it.

 

7. This Deed constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Entity
enforceable in accordance with its terms by appropriate legal remedy.

 

8. The execution, delivery and performance by the Entity of this Deed and each
transaction contemplated by this Deed does not or will not (with or without the
lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) contravene, conflict with or result
in a breach of or default under:

 

  (a) any provision of the constitution of the Entity;

 

  (b) any material term or provision of any security arrangement, undertaking,
agreement or deed; or

 

  (c) any writ, order or injunction, judgment, law, rule or regulation to which
it is a party or is subject or by which it is bound.

 

9. There are no Legal Proceedings pending or subject to 14.5(d) threatened
against the Entity which question the validity of this Deed or which would
reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the
ability of the Entity to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Deed.

 

10. The Purchaser has available to it and will have available to it at the
Completion Date all funds necessary for the payment to the Vendor of the Cash
Purchase Price.

 

11. The Entity has no Liability to pay any brokerage or finder’s commission, fee
or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Deed.

 

12. The Entity has no knowledge in accordance with clause 14.5(d) of any matter
that is inconsistent with the Vendor’s Warranties.

 

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Schedule 5

Vendor Warranties

 

 

In this Schedule:

 

(a) a reference to "consistent with past practice" is to be interpreted having
regard to the changed circumstances arising from the transaction contemplated
under this Deed and the fact that the Shares will be sold to the Purchaser at
Completion;

 

(b) Adverse NTA Effect means a diminution in the net tangible assets of the
Company exceeding US$100,000; and

 

(c) each Warranty is given subject to the terms of this Deed, including the
Disclosure Materials in accordance with clause 14.5.

Information

 

1. All information set out in the Schedules to this Deed and the Disclosure
Materials was prepared in good faith, is true and accurate, and is not
misleading or deceptive in any material particular, whether by inclusion of
misleading information or omission of material information or both, including:

 

  (a) Schedule 1 – Shares;

 

  (b) Schedule 8 of the Disclosure Letter – Material Contracts;

 

  (c) Schedule 9 of the Disclosure Letter – Inter-company Agreements;

 

  (d) Schedule 10 of the Disclosure Letter – Real Property;

 

  (e) Schedule 11 of the Disclosure Letter – Intellectual Property; and

 

  (f) Schedule 12 of the Disclosure Letter – Bank Accounts.

 

2. All individual outstanding capital expenditure commitments in excess of
HK$2,000,000 which are binding on the Company as at the date of this Deed have
been fairly disclosed to the Purchaser in the Data Room Documentation.

Corporate Status

 

3. The Vendor is duly incorporated and validly exists under the law of its place
of incorporation.

 

4. The Vendor is not insolvent, no receiver has been appointed over any part of
its assets, no such appointment has been threatened and it is not subject to any
Insolvency Event.

 

5. There are no facts, matters or circumstances which give any person the right
to apply to liquidate or wind up the Vendor.#

 

6. The Vendor is not in liquidation and no proceedings have been brought or
threatened for the purpose of winding up the Vendor.

 

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7. The execution and delivery of this Deed has been properly authorised by all
necessary corporate action of the Vendor.

 

8. The Vendor has full corporate power and lawful authority to execute and
deliver this Deed and to consummate and perform or cause to be performed its
obligations under this Deed and each transaction contemplated by this Deed to be
performed by it.

 

9. This Deed constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Vendor
enforceable in accordance with its terms by appropriate legal remedy.

 

10. The execution, delivery and performance by the Vendor of this Deed and each
transaction contemplated by this Deed does not or will not (with or without the
lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) contravene, conflict with or result
in a breach of or default under:

 

  (a) any provision of the constitution of the Vendor;

 

  (b) any material term or provision of any security arrangement, undertaking,
agreement or deed; or

 

  (c) any writ, order or injunction, judgment, law, rule or regulation to which
it is a party or is subject or by which it is bound.

 

11. There are no Legal Proceedings pending or subject to # threatened against
the Vendor which question the validity of this Deed or which would reasonably be
expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the
Vendor to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Deed.

Company

 

12. The Company is duly incorporated and validly exists under the law of its
place of incorporation.

 

13. The shareholding in the Company is accurately described in Schedule 1.

 

14. The Company:

 

  (a) has full corporate power to own its respective properties, assets and
business and to carry on its respective business as now conducted;

 

  (b) has done everything necessary to do business lawfully in all jurisdictions
in which its respective business is now carried on, except in relation to any
act or omission which would not, individually, be reasonably expected to have an
Adverse NTA Effect; and

 

  (c) each asset of or represented as belonging to the Company as fairly
disclosed in the Disclosure Material is legally and beneficially owned by the
Company, free of any Security Interest, except for:

 

  (i) any Permitted Security Interest;

 

  (ii) any asset subject to hire purchase, lease or rental agreements which if
not fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials is on normal commercial terms;
or

 

  (iii) any such asset which would not individually be expected to have an
Adverse NTA Effect.

 

15. There are no facts, matters or circumstances which give any person the right
to apply to liquidate or wind up the Company. #

 

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16. The Company has not entered into an arrangement, compromise or composition
with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or a class of them which is
in effect or is otherwise subject to an Insolvency Event.

Shares

 

17. The Vendor is the sole registered holder and beneficial owner of the Shares
as set out in Schedule 1.

 

18. The Vendor has full corporate power and lawful authority to own the Shares.

 

19. The Shares comprise the whole of the issued share capital of the Company,
were validly issued and are fully paid.

 

20. There are no Security Interests over or affecting the Shares.

 

21. There is no restriction on the sale or transfer of the Shares to the
Purchaser except for the consent of the directors of the Company to the
registration of the transfers of the Shares.

 

22. Neither the Vendor nor the Company is a party to any shareholder agreements,
voting trusts or other arrangements or understanding relating to the voting,
purchase, redemption or acquisition of the Shares or Company Securities.

Insurance regulation

 

23. The Company is presently compliant with applicable regulatory requirements,
except where the failure to comply would not, individually, be reasonably
expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

Financial Statements

 

24. The Audited HKGAAP 2007 Financial Statements:

 

  (a) have been prepared in accordance with HKGAAP applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved;

 

  (b) present fairly the financial position of the Company as at the dates
thereof and the results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows of the
Company for the periods then ended in accordance with HKGAAP; and

 

  (c) accurately reflect the books of account and other financial records of the
Company; and

 

  (d) contain proper and adequate provision for and full disclosure of all
liabilities of the Company of whatever description and however arising, whether
present, actual, unascertained, immediate, prospective, future or contingent in
accordance with HKGAAP.

 

25. The Unaudited Financial Statements:

 

  (a) have been prepared in accordance with USGAAP applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved;

 

  (b) present fairly the financial position of the Company as at the dates
thereof and the statement of income and balance sheet of the Company for the
periods then ended in accordance with USGAAP; and

 

  (c) accurately reflect the books of account and other financial records of the
Company; and

 

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  (d) contain proper and adequate provision for and full disclosure of all
liabilities of the Company of whatever description and however arising, whether
present, actual, unascertained, immediate, prospective, future or contingent in
accordance with USGAAP.

 

26. The management accounts provided under clause 9.4 have been prepared on a
consistent basis with the Unaudited Financial Statements except for changes in
USGAAP since the date of such statements.

Absence of material changes

 

27. Since the Effective Date to the date of this Deed, other than in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Deed and otherwise as fairly
disclosed to the Purchaser in the Disclosure Material:

 

  (a) the Company has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and since the date of this Deed in
accordance with clause 10 of this Deed;

 

  (b) other than changes to the general economic environment in which the
Company operates, there has been no change, development or effect or combination
of changes, developments or effects that, individually, which have had or would
be reasonably expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

 

28. Since the Effective Date to the date of this Deed, the Company has not
(except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as
required by Law or as fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials):

 

  (a) incurred any Liabilities;

 

  (b) acquired or disposed of or dealt with any assets, nor has it entered into
any form of agreement to acquire or dispose of any assets other than in relation
to the investment portfolio as contemplated by clause 3.1(c) of this Deed;

 

  (c) borrowed money;

 

  (d) granted any Security Interest;

 

  (e) paid or agreed to pay any retiring allowance, mandatory provident fund or
similar benefit to any of its Officers other than as fairly disclosed in the
Disclosure Materials;

 

  (f) not entered into or altered any contract of service with any Officers or
increased or agreed to increase the compensation payable to any of its Officers
other than as fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials;

 

  (g) implemented any new accounting or actuarial principle; or

 

  (h) made any loans (other than amounts for reasonable expenses) or paid
bonuses to its Officers or agreed to do so;

that, individually, have had or would be reasonably expected to have an Adverse
NTA Effect. Since the date of this Deed, the Company will have complied with
clause 14 of this Deed. #

 

29. Since the Effective Date to the date of this Deed, other than as agreed to
by the Purchaser in writing, the Company has not declared, set aside, paid or
agreed to pay any dividends or distributions on, or made any other distributions
in respect of, any Company Securities.

 

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30. Since the date of this Deed, other than as agreed to by the Purchaser in
writing, no resolutions have been passed by the members or directors of the
Company except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
or necessary to give effect to this Deed.

Compliance with Laws

 

31. The business of the Company is in compliance with all applicable Laws
(including privacy, occupational health and safety, annual leave, long service
leave, equal opportunity, anti-discrimination, mandatory provident fund, workers
compensation and industrial laws), except where the failure to comply would not,
individually be reasonably expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect. #

 

32. The Company possesses all Governmental Entity permits, licences,
certificates, variances, exemptions, exceptions, orders and other
authorizations, consents, clearances and approvals necessary to conduct its
business as presently conducted, except where the failure to hold such permits
would not individually be reasonably expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect, and
all such permits are in full force and effect.

Taxation

 

33. All Taxes and Duties due and payable by the Company in respect of periods
ending on or before the date of this Deed have been paid by the due date or
provided for in accordance with Warranty 47.

 

34. All Tax and Duty returns required by law (including, but not limited to, all
laws imposing or relating to salaries tax, profits tax, property tax, sales tax,
government rates, stamp and customs duty) to be lodged or filed in respect of
periods ending before the Completion Date have been, or will be, duly lodged or
filed.

 

35. The Company has deducted all Tax required to be deducted from any payments
made by it prior to the Completion Date and has remitted that Tax to the
relevant Taxation Authority in accordance with the relevant law.

 

36. The Company maintains and has retained for the period required by law all
records that it is required to maintain under any law relating to Taxes or
Duties.

 

37. No Tax or Duty return contains a statement that is false or misleading in
any material particular or omits to refer to any matter which is required to be
included or without which the statement is false or misleading.

 

38. There is no current dispute between the Company and Hong Kong Commissioner
of Inland Revenue or any other Taxation Authority in respect of any Tax or Duty
nor subject to # are there any facts, matters or circumstances which are likely
to give rise to a dispute.

 

39. The Company has not entered into to any transaction which contravenes the
anti-avoidance or transfer pricing provisions of any Law on Tax or Duty.

 

40. The Company has not made any objection or requested any amended assessment
in relation to its lodged, filed or submitted Tax and Duty returns.

 

41. Any transaction that the Company has entered into in reliance on any ruling
from a Taxation Authority has been implemented in the manner disclosed in the
application for the ruling.

 

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42. The Company has not acted or failed to act in any way which has or is likely
to alter, prejudice or infringe any ruling.

 

43. All documents required to be created by the Company under a law relating to
Duty have been created and have had Duty paid in full in accordance with all
applicable laws.

 

44. All documents which are liable to Duty, or necessary to establish the title
of the Company to an asset, have had Duty paid in full in accordance with all
applicable laws.

 

45. No event has occurred (excluding the transfer of the Shares under this Deed)
which has prevented or is likely to prevent the Company from obtaining the
benefit of any future income tax benefit provided for in the Unaudited Financial
Statements.

 

46. No debt owed by the Company has been forgiven which would contravene the Tax
Act.

 

47. The Unaudited Financial Statements fully provide for all Tax or Duty which
the Company is liable to pay in respect of profits made in the period up to and
including the Effective Date.

 

48. After the Effective Date, the only Tax or Duty liabilities of the Company
that arise up to and including the Completion Date are or will be liabilities in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

Agreements with Governmental Entities

 

49. The Company is not subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or
enforcement action issued by any Governmental Entity that currently restricts
the conduct of the Business. The Company is not subject to any written
agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, any
Governmental Entity that currently restricts the conduct of the Business in a
way that would reasonably be expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

Litigation

 

50. Other than insurance claims in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with past practice, there are no Legal Proceedings including by Employees or
pending or subject to # threatened in writing by or against the Company that,
individually, if determined adversely to a Company, would be reasonably expected
to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

Real Property

 

51. Schedule 10 of the Disclosure Letter lists the only real property lease to
which the Company is a party or is bound (the Lease). The Company does not own
freehold property.

 

52. The Lease is enforceable against, subject to #, the lessor which is party
thereto in accordance with its terms, in each case except as limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally. The Company is not in default and has not been
given written notice that it is in default, and the lessor is not in default and
has not been given written notice that it is in default under the Lease.

Intellectual Property

 

53. The Company has no registered Intellectual Property.

 

54. Except as, individually, would not be reasonably expected to have an Adverse
NTA Effect:

 

  (a) the Company has the right to use all Intellectual Property necessary to
its business as currently conducted; and

 

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  (b) the Company is not infringing or otherwise violating the Intellectual
Property rights of any third party and subject to # no third party is infringing
or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property right owned by the Company.

 

55. Each of the licences under which the Company uses any Intellectual Property
rights is enforceable against the Company and subject to # the licensor, in each
case except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The Company is not in
default, and subject to # the licensor is not in default under each software
licence agreement.

Material Contracts

 

56. Complete and correct copies of all terms of Material Contracts are contained
in the Disclosure Material. There are no change of control or non-competition
obligations which are binding on the Company under the Material Contracts other
than as set out in those documents. Each Material Contract is enforceable
against the Company that is a party to it and subject to # the other party to
the Material Contract, in each case except as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally.

 

57. The Company is not in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material
Contract, such as would reasonably be expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect,
nor is the other party in breach or violation of, or default under a Material
Contract, such as would reasonably be expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

 

58. The Company has not received, prior to the date of this Deed, a written
notice from any customer intending to terminate a Material Contract, nor subject
to # are there any facts, matters or circumstances which give such a customer a
valid right to do so.

 

59. Since the Effective Date, the Company has not received notice that a
counterparty to a Material Contract intends to:

 

  (a) significantly reduce the amount of the business which it provides to the
Company under a Material Contract; or

 

  (b) require the Company to participate in any tender process in order to
obtain business from the counterparty.

Environmental matters

 

60. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably
expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect, the Company is in compliance with all
Laws concerning the Environment as applicable to the operation of their
business.

Brokerage

 

61. The Company has no Liability to pay any brokerage or finder’s commission,
fee or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Deed.

 

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Employees

 

62. All changes in the remuneration or emoluments or benefits of Officers from
the Effective Date to the date of this Deed have been fairly disclosed in the
Disclosure Materials,

 

63. The Company does not act as trustee, administrator, investment manager or
life insurer of a defined benefits fund or an accumulation fund in respect of
its Employees.

 

64. All material terms of the arrangements (including bonus arrangements) for
each Employee are set out in the Disclosure Material.

 

65. No Claim has been made and not settled, nor subject to # is the Vendor aware
of any potential ongoing or outstanding Claim, by or on behalf of any Employee
or contractor against the Company, including for discrimination, sexual
harassment or wrongful termination.

 

66. There is no outstanding matter (including under any award or other
instrument made or approved under Law) which is likely to lead to industrial
action by Employees or any industrial organisation of employees and which may
disrupt the Business. #

 

67. There are no contracts, arrangements or understandings with contractors of
the Company who are engaged to provide key strategic or operational services,
other than as fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.

Privacy

 

68. No grounds exist for an individual to claim compensation, from the Company
for a breach of privacy law applicable in Hong Kong which is currently
outstanding. #

 

69. No outstanding notice has been received by the Company from a Governmental
Entity alleging a breach of privacy law applicable in Hong Kong. #

Computer Systems

 

70. All the material computers and material computer systems used by the
Company:

 

  (a) are, having regard to fair wear and tear and their age, in operating order
and are fulfilling the purposes for which they were acquired in an efficient
manner without material downtime or errors;

 

  (b) are owned or leased, under the control of the Company, are located in its
premises and are not shared with or accessible by any other person as fairly
disclosed in the Disclosure Materials; and

 

  (c) comprise all of the software, hardware and services reasonably necessary
to operate the business of the Company from the Completion Date to the extent
that these are not provided by The PMI Group Inc. and its other Related
Companies as fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.

Insurance

 

71. All material details of the insurance policies providing cover to the
Company in respect of the operational risks of the Business (which for the
avoidance of doubt excludes any insurance policies issued or arranged by the
Company for or on behalf of any other parties) have been included in the
Disclosure Material.

 

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72. There are no outstanding claims under the policies referred to in
Warranty 71 nor subject to # are there any facts, matters or circumstances which
give rise to a claim under those policies.

 

73. All premiums which have become due and payable in respect of the insurances
referred to in Warranty 71 will have been paid before the Completion Date.

 

74. Nothing has been done or omitted to be done which would make any current
insurance contract void or voidable or which would permit an insurer to or
refuse or reduce a claim. #

Records

 

75. The Records contain all documents reasonably necessary to operate the
business of the Company from the Completion Date consistent with past practice,
including statutory corporate records and fundamental accounting and management
records and operational manuals (Key Documents).

 

76. The Key Documents created by the Company since 28 June 2006 do not contain
inaccuracies which would reasonably be expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect,
and to the extent necessary, have been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the Companies Ordinance.#

Guarantees and Indemnities

 

77. There are no guarantees securing debt obligations (whether secured or
unsecured) given by the Company under which obligations or liabilities are still
outstanding, other than as established in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice.

Loans by and debts due to the Company

 

78. Each receivable (including those due from trade debtors) shown as an asset
of the Company in the Unaudited Financial Statements is a valid and subsisting
debt and will realise the nominal amount of the debt (and all interest and other
charges payable) in accordance with its terms fairly disclosed in the Disclosure
Materials (less, in respect of the total of those receivables, the total of any
bad or doubtful debts included in the Unaudited Financial Statements in respect
of debts other than receivables owing from trade debtors).

 

79. No receivable in excess of HK$37,500 shown as an asset of the Company owed
to the Company has been written down or written off since the Effective Date.

General

 

80. The Company has:

 

  (a) no members other than the Vendor; and

 

  (b) no interest in the share capital of any other corporation except
investments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

81. The Company:

 

  (a) does not engage in coinsurance;

 

  (b) does not carry on business in partnership with any other person;

 

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  (c) is not a member of any unincorporated body, undertaking or association
(other than a trade or industry association); and

 

  (d) does not hold any share or security (other than a share or security in a
trade or industry association) which is not fully paid up.

 

82. The Company does not trade under any name other than its corporate name in
English and Chinese.

 

83. All foreign currency transactions to which the Company is party to are
fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.

 

84. No agreement is under negotiation which, if finalised, would qualify as an
agreement that is material to the Business and which has not been fairly
disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.

 

85. There are no unsatisfied judgements or awards against the Company.

 

86. Subject to transitional arrangements in clause 8 of this Deed, no
Intellectual Property rights material to the operation of the Business may be
terminated or subjected to terms less favourable to the Company by reason of the
change in ownership or control of the Company.

 

87. There is no fact, matter or circumstance which is likely to prejudice the
continuance or renewal, or result in the revocation or variation in any respect,
of any statutory licence which would reasonably be expected to have an Adverse
NTA Effect. #

 

88. Neither the Vendor nor the Company has received any written notice that any
statutory licence will be revoked, suspended, modified or will not be renewed
other than in respect of modifications which have been implemented.

 

89. Subject to transitional arrangements in clause 8 of this Deed, the Company
is not dependent on any asset owned, licensed or leased by any member of the
Vendor Group in order to carry on the Business other than those owned, licensed
or leased by the Company.

 

90. Subject to transitional arrangements agreed in accordance with clause 8, the
Company will on Completion have no outstanding contract, arrangement or
understanding with any member of the Vendor Group which would reasonably be
expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

 

91. All returns or other documents which the Company is required to lodge with
the Insurance Authority and under the Companies Ordinance have been lodged and
are accurate except where the failure to lodge or the inaccuracy would not
reasonably be expected to have an Adverse NTA Effect.

 

92. Neither the Company nor any Officer of the Company has been prosecuted for
any criminal or other unlawful acts connected with the Company.

 

93. Subject to #, no Officer of the Company has made or received any Illegal
Payment in connection with the Company. For the purposes of this Warranty, the
expression “Illegal Payment” includes:

 

  (a) commercial bribes or kickbacks paid to any person, including the officials
of any Governmental Entity, either directly or through a third party or

 

  (b) any advantage deemed illegal under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance
(Cap. 201 of the laws of Hong Kong).

 

94. The Company does not carry on any regulated activity within the meaning of
the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the laws of Hong Kong).

 

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95. The Company is and has always been resident for Tax purposes in Hong Kong
(and no where else).

 

96. The Company has not been subject to any audit, investigation, discovery or
access order conducted by any Taxation Authority at the Company’s premises and
subject to # there are no circumstances existing which make it more likely that
an audit, investigation, discovery or access order will be made than would
otherwise be the case in the ordinary course. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Warranty excludes any audit, investigation, discovery or access order conducted
internally by any Taxation Authority in respect of the Company.

 

97. The Company has exclusive possession of its premises and has not granted or
agreed to grant any licences in respect of the whole or any part of those
premises.

 

98. Subject to #, there is no reason why the Company’s lease should not be
renewed on its expiry or a fresh lease granted on terms materially no less
favourable to the Company (save as regards commercial increases in rent).

 

99. The Company does not have any continuing liability in respect of any other
real property formerly owned or occupied by the Company either as original
contracting party or by virtue of any direct covenant having been given on a
sale or assignment to the Company or as a guarantor of the obligations of any
other person in relation to such property.

 

100. There is in force no power of attorney given by the Company, nor any other
authority (express or implied) given by the Company to any person, to enter into
any contract other than any authority of Officers to enter into contracts in the
normal course of their duties.

 

101. No Employee has given or received notice terminating his employment and
Completion under this Deed will not give the Employee any additional entitlement
to terminate his employment nor trigger any entitlement to a severance payment.

 

102. The Company has or had no branch, place of business or substantial assets
outside Hong Kong (other than investments held with offshore depositaries or
custodians) or any permanent establishment in any country outside Hong Kong.

 

103. None of the Shares was or represents assets which were the subject of a
transfer at an undervalue (within the meaning of section 49 of the Bankruptcy
Ordinance) since 2006.

 

104. The Company has not at any time directly or indirectly provided financial
assistance for the purpose of the acquisition of shares in the Company or in any
holding company of the Company or for the purpose of reducing or discharging any
liability incurred in such acquisition, whether pursuant to section 47E of the
Companies Ordinance or otherwise.

 

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Schedule 6

Disclosure Material

 

 

 

1. The Disclosure Letter.

 

2. The Data Room Documentation.

 

3. All other information and data provided or communicated in writing to the
Purchaser or its Related Companies, or any of their respective Representatives
by the Company, the Vendor, their Related Companies or Representatives, before
the date of this Deed regarding the transaction contemplated by this Deed.

 

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Schedule 7

Transitional Services Principles

 

 

 

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Schedule 8

Adjustment to Value of the Note for the Australian Sale Agreement

 

 

 

1. Subject to paragraph 2 below, if the value of the Australian Note has been
reduced to nil, the Note Issuer is entitled to reduce the value of the Note
(principal and any adjustment amount) by an amount equal to the Note Shortfall.

 

2. The Purchaser shall not make a claim under the Reinsurance Cover in respect
of any portion of the Note Shortfall which has been applied as a reduction to
the Note in accordance with this Schedule.

 

3. In this Schedule 8:

Australian Note means the note deed dated on or about 14 August 2008 between the
Note Issuer and PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.

Reinsurance Cover has the meaning given in paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 of the
Australian Sale Agreement.

Note Shortfall means any excess described in paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 of the
Australian Sale Agreement for which:

 

  (a) the Note Issuer has not made a reduction under the Australian Note;

 

  (b) the Purchaser has not made a claim under the Reinsurance Cover; and

 

  (c) the Note Issuer has not made a reduction under the Note in accordance with
this Schedule.

 

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Signed sealed and delivered as a deed

Signed sealed and delivered by The PMI

Group, Inc.:

 

/s/ L. Stephen Smith

   

/s/ Andrew Cameron

Director Signature     Secretary Signature

L. Stephen Smith

   

Andrew Cameron

Print Name     Print Name

Executed as a deed in accordance with

section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by

QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty Limited:

   

/s/ Frank O’Halloran

   

/s/ Duncan Ramsay

Director Signature     Director/Secretary Signature

Frank O’Halloran

   

Duncan Ramsay

Print Name     Print Name

Executed as a deed in accordance with

section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by

QBE Insurance Group Limited:

   

/s/ Frank O’Halloran

   

/s/ Duncan Ramsay

Director Signature     Director/Secretary Signature

Frank O’Halloran

   

Duncan Ramsay

Print Name     Print Name