Document:

Exhibit 10(t)

 

SECRETARIAL CERTIFICATION

OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

TCF FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

July 19, 2010

 

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Following
discussion, and upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the following was
adopted:

 

RE:  Amendment of Director Retirement Plan

 

WHEREAS,
the TCF Financial Corporation  Director
Retirement Plan requires certain amendments to bring it into compliance with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder;

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY

 

RESOLVED,
that Section 1.10 of the Plan is amended in its entirety, to read as
follows:

 

“1.10      ‘Retirement’ shall
occur upon the resignation or removal of the Director as a Director, including
death, disability (as defined for the purposes of Section 409A) or the
expiration of the Director’s term of office without reelection; provided such
event constitutes a ‘separation from service’ as defined for the purposes of Section 409A.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that a new Section 1.12 is added at the end of Article 1 of
the Plan, to read as follows:

 

“1.12      ‘Section 409A’
means section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that an additional sentence is added at the end of Section 3.02
of the Plan, to read as follows:

 

“The
first quarter for which a retirement benefit is payable shall be the calendar
quarter [following the calendar quarter] in which the Director’s Retirement
occurs.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the last sentence of Section 3.03 of the Plan is amended to
read as follows:

 

“Payments
shall be made quarterly for the same period and in the same amount as would
have been made to the Director.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that Section 3.04 of the Plan is deleted and not replaced.

 

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that Section 4.02 of the Plan is amended in its entirety, to
read as follows:

 

“4.02      All benefits under the
Plan shall be paid in quarterly installments, within 15 days after the end of
each calendar quarter.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that Section 7.8 of the Plan is amended in its entirety, to read
as follows:

 

If
any Director is required to incur any expense to enforce the Director’s rights
hereunder, the Company shall reimburse all expenses of such enforcement,
including reasonable attorney’s fees. 
Such reimbursements shall be subject to the following requirements:

 

(a)           the
expenses must be incurred during the Director’s lifetime;

 

(b)           the
amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any taxable year of the
Director shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other
taxable year of the Director;

 

(c)           the
reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made on or before the last day of
the taxable year of the Director following the taxable year in which the expense
was incurred; and

 

(d)           a
Director’s right to reimbursement shall not be subject to liquidation or
exchange for any other benefit.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that a new Section 7.09 is added at the end of Article 7 of
the Plan, to read as follows:

 

“7.09      The provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted as necessary
to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.”

 

FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the foregoing amendments shall not apply to a Director who
retired before January 1, 2005, and who has not accrued any additional
benefits under the Plan since December 31, 2004.

 

 

 

Dated:  July 26, 2010

 

 

(Corporate Seal)

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  /s/
  Gregory J. Pulles

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Gregory
  J. Pulles, SecretaryExhibit 10.01

 

 

 

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

RBC INSURANCE HOLDINGS (USA) INC.,

 

ATHENE HOLDING LTD.,

 

PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

 

AND

 

RBC USA HOLDCO CORPORATION

(solely for purposes of Sections 5.14-5.17 and Articles 7, 8 and 10)

 

 

Dated as of October 22, 2010

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE 1 Definitions and
  Terms

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 1.1

  	
   

  	
  Specific Definitions

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 1.2

  	
   

  	
  Interpretation

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 2 Purchase and Sale

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 2.1

  	
   

  	
  Purchase and Sale

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 2.2

  	
   

  	
  Closing

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 2.3

  	
   

  	
  Purchase Price

  	
   

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 2.4

  	
   

  	
  Pre-Closing Deliverables

  	
   

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 2.5

  	
   

  	
  Payment at Closing

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 2.6

  	
   

  	
  Post-Closing Adjustment

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 2.7

  	
   

  	
  Closing Deliveries

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
  Section 2.8

  	
   

  	
  Post-Closing Deliveries

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
  Section 2.9

  	
   

  	
  No Set-off

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 3 Representations
  and Warranties of Seller

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 3.1

  	
   

  	
  Organization and Authority of Seller

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 3.2

  	
   

  	
  Binding Effect

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 3.3

  	
   

  	
  Organization, Qualification and Authority of the Company

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 3.4

  	
   

  	
  Capital Structure; Ownership of the Shares

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 3.5

  	
   

  	
  Filings and Consents

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 3.6

  	
   

  	
  No Violations

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
  Section 3.7

  	
   

  	
  Financial and Statutory Statements

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 3.8

  	
   

  	
  Absence of Certain Changes or Events

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
  Section 3.9

  	
   

  	
  Litigation and Claims

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
  Section 3.10

  	
   

  	
  Taxes

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 3.11

  	
   

  	
  Employee Benefits

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 3.12

  	
   

  	
  Compliance with Laws; Permits

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 3.13

  	
   

  	
  Property

  	
   

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 3.14

  	
   

  	
  Intellectual Property

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 3.15

  	
   

  	
  Contracts

  	
   

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 3.16

  	
   

  	
  Insurance Matters

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
  Section 3.17

  	
   

  	
  Insurance Producers and Third-Party Administrators

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
  Section 3.18

  	
   

  	
  Environmental Matters

  	
   

  	
  47

  
	
  Section 3.19

  	
   

  	
  Finders’ Fees

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 3.20

  	
   

  	
  Insurance

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 3.21

  	
   

  	
  Indebtedness

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
  Section 3.22

  	
   

  	
  Investment Company

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
  Section 3.23

  	
   

  	
  Company Portfolio Assets

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
  Section 3.24

  	
   

  	
  Insurance Business

  	
   

  	
  49

  

 

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  Section 3.25

  	
   

  	
  Reinsurance and Coinsurance

  	
   

  	
  51

  
	
  Section 3.26

  	
   

  	
  Actuarial Reports

  	
   

  	
  52

  
	
  Section 3.27

  	
   

  	
  Risk-Based Capital

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
  Section 3.28

  	
   

  	
  Labor Matters

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
  Section 3.29

  	
   

  	
  Affiliate Transactions

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
  Section 3.30

  	
   

  	
  Separate Accounts; Regulatory Filings

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
  Section 3.31

  	
   

  	
  Books and Records

  	
   

  	
  55

  
	
  Section 3.32

  	
   

  	
  Internal Controls

  	
   

  	
  55

  
	
  Section 3.33

  	
   

  	
  Shared Assets and Shared Employees

  	
   

  	
  55

  
	
  Section 3.34

  	
   

  	
  Contract List

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
  Section 3.35

  	
   

  	
  No Other Representations or Warranties

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 4 Representations
  and Warranties of Purchaser

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 4.1

  	
   

  	
  Organization and Authority of Purchaser

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
  Section 4.2

  	
   

  	
  Binding Effect

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
  Section 4.3

  	
   

  	
  Filings and Consents

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
  Section 4.4

  	
   

  	
  No Violations

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
  Section 4.5

  	
   

  	
  Finders’ Fees

  	
   

  	
  58

  
	
  Section 4.6

  	
   

  	
  Financial Capability

  	
   

  	
  58

  
	
  Section 4.7

  	
   

  	
  Investigation by Purchaser

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
  Section 4.8

  	
   

  	
  Purchase for Own Account

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
  Section 4.9

  	
   

  	
  Purchaser and Annuity Reinsurer Statutory Statements

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
  Section 4.10

  	
   

  	
  No Impediments

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
  Section 4.11

  	
   

  	
  Annuity Reinsurer

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
  Section 4.12

  	
   

  	
  No Other Representations or Warranties

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 5 Covenants

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 5.1

  	
   

  	
  Confidentiality; Access; Transition Matters

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
  Section 5.2

  	
   

  	
  Conduct of Business

  	
   

  	
  64

  
	
  Section 5.3

  	
   

  	
  Access to, and Maintenance, Transfer and Preservation of,
  Books and Records

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
  Section 5.4

  	
   

  	
  Delivery of Financial Information

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
  Section 5.5

  	
   

  	
  Reasonable Best Efforts; Regulatory Matters; Third Party
  Consents

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
  Section 5.6

  	
   

  	
  Employment, Benefits and Transferring Employees

  	
   

  	
  73

  
	
  Section 5.7

  	
   

  	
  Transaction Agreements

  	
   

  	
  77

  
	
  Section 5.8

  	
   

  	
  Retained Intellectual Property; Seller’s Marks

  	
   

  	
  77

  
	
  Section 5.9

  	
   

  	
  Intercompany Agreements and Accounts

  	
   

  	
  78

  
	
  Section 5.10

  	
   

  	
  Further Assurances

  	
   

  	
  79

  
	
  Section 5.11

  	
   

  	
  Equity Commitment

  	
   

  	
  79

  
	
  Section 5.12

  	
   

  	
  Director and Officer Indemnification; Directors’ and
  Officers’ Insurance

  	
   

  	
  79

  
	
  Section 5.13

  	
   

  	
  Acquisition Proposals

  	
   

  	
  80

  
	
  Section 5.14

  	
   

  	
  Non-Compete

  	
   

  	
  81

  
	
  Section 5.15

  	
   

  	
  Non-Solicitation of Business Employees

  	
   

  	
  84

  
	
  Section 5.16

  	
   

  	
  Non-Solicitation of Holders of Insurance Contracts

  	
   

  	
  85

  
	
  Section 5.17

  	
   

  	
  Relief

  	
   

  	
  85

  

 

ii

 

	
  Section 5.18

  	
   

  	
  Notification

  	
   

  	
  85

  
	
  Section 5.19

  	
   

  	
  Insurance

  	
   

  	
  86

  
	
  Section 5.20

  	
   

  	
  Books and Records

  	
   

  	
  86

  
	
  Section 5.21

  	
   

  	
  Reinsurance Transactions

  	
   

  	
  86

  
	
  Section 5.22

  	
   

  	
  Closing Date Share Redemption

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.23

  	
   

  	
  Existing Surplus Note Repayment

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.24

  	
   

  	
  Policyholder Lists

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.25

  	
   

  	
  Announcement to Employees and Producers

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.26

  	
   

  	
  Portfolio Asset Activity

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.27

  	
   

  	
  Bank Accounts

  	
   

  	
  87

  
	
  Section 5.28

  	
   

  	
  Purchaser and Annuity Reinsurer Capital

  	
   

  	
  88

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 6 Conditions to
  Closing

  	
   

  	
  88

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 6.1

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to the Obligations of the Counterparties and
  Seller

  	
   

  	
  88

  
	
  Section 6.2

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to the Obligations of the Counterparties

  	
   

  	
  89

  
	
  Section 6.3

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser

  	
   

  	
  90

  
	
  Section 6.4

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to the Obligations of Seller

  	
   

  	
  90

  
	
  Section 6.5

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to the Obligations of Life Reinsurer

  	
   

  	
  91

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 7 Survival;
  Indemnification

  	
   

  	
  92

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 7.1

  	
   

  	
  Survival

  	
   

  	
  92

  
	
  Section 7.2

  	
   

  	
  Indemnification by Purchaser and Life Reinsurer

  	
   

  	
  93

  
	
  Section 7.3

  	
   

  	
  Indemnification by Seller and USA Holdco

  	
   

  	
  94

  
	
  Section 7.4

  	
   

  	
  Claims

  	
   

  	
  95

  
	
  Section 7.5

  	
   

  	
  Characterization of Indemnification Payments

  	
   

  	
  98

  
	
  Section 7.6

  	
   

  	
  Computation of Losses Subject to Indemnification

  	
   

  	
  98

  
	
  Section 7.7

  	
   

  	
  Remedies

  	
   

  	
  100

  
	
  Section 7.8

  	
   

  	
  No Right of Contribution

  	
   

  	
  100

  
	
  Section 7.9

  	
   

  	
  Representations and Warranties of USA Holdco

  	
   

  	
  100

  
	
  Section 7.10

  	
   

  	
  Representations and Warranties of Life Reinsurer

  	
   

  	
  101

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 8 Tax Matters

  	
   

  	
  103

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 8.1

  	
   

  	
  Tax Indemnity

  	
   

  	
  103

  
	
  Section 8.2

  	
   

  	
  Tax Returns

  	
   

  	
  105

  
	
  Section 8.3

  	
   

  	
  Contest Provisions

  	
   

  	
  105

  
	
  Section 8.4

  	
   

  	
  Assistance and Cooperation

  	
   

  	
  106

  
	
  Section 8.5

  	
   

  	
  Miscellaneous

  	
   

  	
  107

  
	
  Section 8.6

  	
   

  	
  Coordination with Article 7

  	
   

  	
  107

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 9 Termination

  	
   

  	
  107

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 9.1

  	
   

  	
  Termination

  	
   

  	
  107

  
	
  Section 9.2

  	
   

  	
  Effect of Termination

  	
   

  	
  108

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 10 Miscellaneous

  	
   

  	
  109

  

 

iii

 

	
  Section 10.1

  	
   

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
  109

  
	
  Section 10.2

  	
   

  	
  Amendment; Waiver

  	
   

  	
  111

  
	
  Section 10.3

  	
   

  	
  Assignment

  	
   

  	
  111

  
	
  Section 10.4

  	
   

  	
  Entire Agreement; No Other Representations and Warranties

  	
   

  	
  111

  
	
  Section 10.5

  	
   

  	
  Fulfillment of Obligations

  	
   

  	
  112

  
	
  Section 10.6

  	
   

  	
  No Third-Party Beneficiaries

  	
   

  	
  112

  
	
  Section 10.7

  	
   

  	
  Public Disclosure

  	
   

  	
  112

  
	
  Section 10.8

  	
   

  	
  Expenses

  	
   

  	
  112

  
	
  Section 10.9

  	
   

  	
  Schedules

  	
   

  	
  112

  
	
  Section 10.10

  	
   

  	
  GOVERNING LAW

  	
   

  	
  113

  
	
  Section 10.11

  	
   

  	
  Submission to Jurisdiction

  	
   

  	
  113

  
	
  Section 10.12

  	
   

  	
  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  	
   

  	
  113

  
	
  Section 10.13

  	
   

  	
  Counterparts

  	
   

  	
  114

  
	
  Section 10.14

  	
   

  	
  Headings

  	
   

  	
  114

  
	
  Section 10.15

  	
   

  	
  Severability

  	
   

  	
  114

  
	
  Section 10.16

  	
   

  	
  Specific Performance

  	
   

  	
  114

  

 

	
  Annexes

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annex
  A

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Life Business Reinsurance Agreement

  
	
  Annex
  B

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Annuity Business Reinsurance Agreement

  
	
  Annex
  C

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Administrative Services Agreement

  
	
  Annex
  D

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Trademark License Agreement

  
	
  Annex
  E

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Transition Services Agreement

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibits

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A

  	
   

  	
  EB
  Volume Adjustment Amount Calculation

  
	
  Exhibit B

  	
   

  	
  NB
  Volume Adjustment Amount Calculation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedules

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule
  1.1(a)

  	
   

  	
  Agreed
  Accounting Principles

  
	
  Schedule
  1.1(b)

  	
   

  	
  Definition

  
	
  Schedule
  2

  	
   

  	
  Form of
  Capital & Surplus Worksheet

  
	
  Schedule
  6.1(b)

  	
   

  	
  Additional
  Required Governmental Authorizations

  
	
  Schedule
  6.2(d)

  	
   

  	
  Other
  Agreements

  
	
  Schedule
  7.3(a)

  	
   

  	
  Indemnification
  Matters

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Seller’s Disclosure Schedule

  
	
  Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule

  
	
  Life Reinsurer’s Disclosure Schedule

  

 

iv

 

This
Stock Purchase Agreement is dated as of
October 22, 2010, by and among RBC Insurance Holdings (USA) Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Seller”), Athene Holding Ltd., a Bermuda exempted
company (“Purchaser”), Protective Life Insurance Company, a Tennessee
insurance company (“Life Reinsurer”), and, solely for purposes of
Sections 5.14 through Section 5.17 and Articles 7, 8 and 10 of this
Agreement, RBC USA Holdco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“USA Holdco”)
(Seller, Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and USA Holdco, the “Parties” and
each individually, a “Party”). 
Certain terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in Article 1.

 

RECITALS:

 

A.            Seller owns all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of Liberty Life Insurance Company, a South
Carolina insurance company (the “Company”);

 

B.            Seller desires to sell to Purchaser,
and Purchaser desires to purchase from Seller, all of the shares of common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”),
issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein;

 

C.            On the Closing Date and effective
immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company will redeem its issued and
outstanding Existing Surplus Note by paying the Existing Surplus Note Repayment
Amount to Seller in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

D.            On the Closing Date and effective
immediately prior to the Effective Time but after the redemption of the
outstanding Existing Surplus Note, the Company will redeem and cancel the
Redeemed Shares for consideration equal to the Closing Date Share Redemption
Amount, payable to Seller upon the surrender for cancellation of stock
certificates representing the Redeemed Shares, in the form of the Closing Date
Note and, if applicable, the Share Redemption Cash Consideration, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

E.            On the Closing Date and effective
immediately following the Effective Time, the Company will enter into the
Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements;

 

F.             On the Closing Date and effective
immediately following the Effective Time, but after the consummation of the
Reinsurance Transactions, Purchaser shall cause the Company to repay and redeem
the outstanding principal amount of the Closing Date Note by wire transfer of
immediately available funds and Seller shall surrender the Closing Date Note to
the Company for cancellation;

 

G.            Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the
willingness of Seller to enter into this Agreement, the investor named therein
(the “Investor”) and Purchaser have entered into an equity commitment
letter, dated as of the date of this Agreement, a copy of which has been
delivered to Seller (the “Equity Commitment Letter”);

 

H.            Prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the willingness of
Seller to enter into this Agreement, Purchaser has deposited 

 

 

$150,000,000
(the “Escrow Funds”) into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”)
at State Street Bank and Trust Company to satisfy any obligations of Purchaser
and its Affiliates arising out of or resulting from the breach by Purchaser or
its Affiliates of its or their representations, warranties, covenants or other
obligations under this Agreement or the Annuity Business Reinsurance Agreement
(the agreement pursuant to which Purchaser deposited the Escrow Funds, the “Escrow
Agreement”); and

 

I.             In connection with this Agreement,
at the Closing, Purchaser, Life Reinsurer, Seller and the Company and certain
of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, will enter into the other
Transaction Agreements;

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Terms

 

Section 1.1            Specific Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth or referenced below:

 

“Acquisition
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a).

 

“Acquisition
Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(c).

 

“Action”
means any civil, criminal, administrative or other claim, action, suit,
litigation, arbitration, investigation, inquiry, hearing, charge, complaint,
demand, notice or other proceeding, in each case, by or before any Governmental
Authority or arbitral body.

 

“Actuarial
Analyses” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.26(a).

 

“Actuarial
Appraisal” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.26(a).

 

“Adjusted
Capital and Surplus” means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to (a) the sum of (1) the capital and surplus of the Company
(as would be reflected in line 38, column 1 in the “Liabilities, Surplus and
Other Funds” section of the Company’s balance sheet in the most recent annual
statutory financial statements filed with the Department) as of such date or,
if the line number is changed in such annual statutory financial statements, on
the line that supersedes line 38 and reflects capital and surplus as of such
date, in each case, calculated in accordance with SAP applied consistently with
its application in connection with the preparation of the Quarterly Statutory
Statement, subject to the Agreed Accounting Principles, and (2) the Asset
Valuation Reserve as of such date minus (b) the
aggregate par value of the outstanding Existing Surplus Note minus (c) the
Admitted Net Deferred Tax Asset as of such date.

 

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“Administrative
Services Agreement” means the Administrative Services Agreement
substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto.

 

“Admitted
Net Deferred Tax Asset” means, as of any date of determination, the
admitted net deferred tax asset of the Company (as would be reflected in line
16.2, column 3 in the “Assets” section of the Company’s balance sheet in the
most recent annual statutory financial statements (page 2) filed with the
Department) as of such date or, if the line number is changed in such annual
statutory financial statements, on the line that supersedes line 16.2 and
reflects admitted net deferred tax asset as of such date, in each case,
calculated in accordance with SAP applied consistently with its application in
connection with the preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement, subject
to the Agreed Accounting Principles.

 

“Affiliate”
means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other Person at
the time at which the determination of affiliation is made.  The term “control” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”),
as applied to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership
interests, by contract or otherwise.  For
the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of Seller until the Effective Time, and an Affiliate
of Purchaser thereafter.

 

“Affiliate
Agreements” means Contracts between the Company, on the one hand, and any
officer, director, employee or consultant of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller
(other than the Company), or any immediate family member of such natural
person, on the other hand.

 

“After-Acquired
Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(b)(8).

 

“Aggregate
After-Acquired Revenues” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(b)(8).

 

“Agreed
Accounting Principles” means the agreed procedures, methodologies and
exceptions set forth in Schedule 1.1(a).

 

“Agreement”
means this Stock Purchase Agreement and all Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules
hereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Ancillary
Agreements” means the Transition Services Agreement, the Trademark License
Agreement, the Assignment Agreements and any other agreement or instrument to
be entered into in order to give effect to the Purchase.

 

“Annual
Statutory Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).

 

“Annuity
Business” means the fixed, payout and indexed annuities business of the
Company.

 

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“Annuity
Business Reinsurance Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b).

 

“Annuity
Reinsurer” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b).

 

“Annuity
Reinsurer Bermuda Statutory Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(b).

 

“Applicable
Rate” means an interest rate equal to three-month LIBOR for dollars that
appears on page LIBOR 01 (or a successor page) of the Reuters Telerate
Screen as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two (2) Business
Days preceding the date the Post-Closing Adjustment becomes due and payable.

 

“Asset
Valuation Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, the asset
valuation reserve of the Company (as would be reflected in line 24.1, column 1
in the “Liabilities, Surplus and Other Funds” section of the Company’s balance
sheet in the most recent annual statutory financial statement filed with the
Department) as of such date or, if the line number is changed in such annual
statutory financial statements, on the line that supersedes line 24.1 and reflects
asset valuation reserve as of such date, in each case, calculated in accordance
with SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with the
preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement, subject to the Agreed
Accounting Principles.

 

“Assigned
Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e).

 

“Assignment
Agreement” means each of (a) the assignment agreement between Seller
or one of its Affiliates (other than the Company) and the Company, effective on
or prior to the Closing Date, pursuant to which (1) the Company assigns
and transfers to Seller or such Affiliate the Excluded Assets and (2) Seller
or such Affiliate assumes the Excluded Liabilities and (b) the assignment
agreement between RBC Insurance Services, Inc. and Purchaser, effective as
of the Closing Date, pursuant to which RBC Insurance Services, Inc. and
Seller and any of its Affiliates, if applicable, assigns to Purchaser its
rights under each Assigned Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement.

 

“Bankruptcy
and Equity Exceptions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

“Benefit
Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

 

“Books
and Records” means all books, ledgers, files, reports, customer lists,
policy information, contracts, administrative and pricing manuals, claims
records, sales records, underwriting records, financial records, compliance
records (including those prepared for or filed with regulators of the Company),
plans and operating records (in whatever form maintained), Tax Returns
(including work papers with respect to the Company), Tax records and all other
records of the Company or relating to the Company or the conduct of the Company
Business, each in the possession or control of Seller, the Company or their
respective Affiliates, whether or not stored in hardcopy form or on electronic,
magnetic, optical or other media; provided, however, that with
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relating
to Seller or its Affiliates that also relate to the Company, the Company
Business or Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company), “Books
and Records” means those excerpts of such Books and Records that relate
primarily to the Company or the Company Business, except for such Books and
Records that relate primarily to any Excluded Liability.

 

“Burdensome
Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(e).

 

“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks
in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.

 

“Business
Employee” means each individual who immediately prior to or as of the
Closing Date is an active employee, independent contractor or director of the
Company whose duties relate primarily to the Company Business, including any
such Person who is absent from employment due to illness, vacation, injury,
military service or other authorized absence (including an employee who is “disabled”
within the meaning of the short-term disability plan currently in place for the
applicable employer or who is on approved leave under the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993).

 

“Change
of Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(c).

 

“Claim
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

 

“Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Closing
Date Note” means the note (surplus note, convertible note or other type of
note) or other payment obligation, to be dated the Closing Date, in a form
mutually acceptable to Seller and Purchaser, to be issued by the Company to
Seller in a principal amount equal to the difference between (i) the
Closing Date Share Redemption Amount and (ii) the Share Redemption Cash
Consideration, if any.

 

“Closing
Date Reinsurance Agreements” means, collectively, the Annuity Business
Reinsurance Agreement and the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

“Closing
Date Share Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

“Closing
Date Share Redemption Amount” means an amount equal to the ceding
commissions payable to the Company on the Closing Date pursuant to the Closing
Date Reinsurance Agreements or, if greater, the maximum amount of funds that
the Department approves for payment by the Company to Seller for the purpose of
redeeming the Redeemed Shares (including by payment of the Closing Date Note).

 

“Closing
Date Transactions” means the (i) the redemption of the Existing
Surplus Note, (ii) the Closing Date Share Redemption (including the
payment of the Share Redemption Cash Consideration, if any), (iii) the
issuance of the Closing Date Note, (iv) the entry into the

 

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Closing
Date Reinsurance Agreements and (v) the repayment, redemption and
cancellation of the Closing Date Note.

 

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“Common
Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Company
Accounting Policies” means the accounting procedures and methodologies of
the Company in effect as of July 31, 2010 with respect to GAAP and June 30,
2010 with respect to SAP.

 

“Company
Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

 

“Company
Business” means the business of the Company, including the Company’s life
and annuity insurance and reinsurance business and the business of marketing,
issuing, underwriting and administering insurance products and services.

 

“Company
Indemnification Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).

 

“Competing
After-Acquired Revenues” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(b)(8).

 

“Competing
Business” has the meaning set forth in 5.14(a).

 

“Condition
Satisfaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Consultation
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(d).

 

“Contract”
means any agreement, contract, instrument, guarantee, undertaking, lease, note,
mortgage, indenture, license or other legally binding commitment or obligation,
whether written or oral.

 

“Copied
Books and Records” means copies of Books and Records (or portions thereof)
that are not Excluded Books and Records and that Seller or its Affiliates
reasonably determine are (i) required to be retained by Seller or any such
Affiliate (other than the Company) under applicable Law or any Governmental
Order, (ii) reasonably related to any Excluded Liabilities or to any
matter set forth on Schedule 7.3(a) or (iii) reasonably necessary to
be retained by Seller or any such Affiliate for financial disclosure or reporting
purposes.

 

“Counterparty”
means either Life Reinsurer or Purchaser and “Counterparties” means both Life
Reinsurer and Purchaser.

 

“CPA
Firm” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(d).

 

“Current
Employees” means all current employees of the Company as of the Closing
Date.

 

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“Department”
means the South Carolina Department of Insurance.

 

“Disclosure
Schedule” means Seller’s Disclosure Schedule or Purchaser’s Disclosure
Schedule and “Disclosure Schedules” means, collectively, Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule and Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

“EB
Volume Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

“Effective
Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

 

“Employees”
means all Current Employees and Former Employees.

 

“Encumbrances”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, security interest,
encumbrance, claim, lien or charge of any kind, in each case other than as
arising under or imposed by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

 

“Environmental
Law” means any Law relating to pollution or protection of the environment,
including the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.

 

“Equity
Commitment Letter” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“ERISA”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

 

“ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that
together with the Company would be deemed a “single employer” pursuant to Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

“ERISA
Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(c).

 

“Escrow
Account” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Escrow
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Escrow
Funds” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Estimated
Adjusted Capital and Surplus” means the Company’s Adjusted Capital and
Surplus as derived from the Estimated Balance Sheet.

 

“Estimated
Balance Sheet” means the balance sheet of the Company prepared by Seller
which shall (a) reflect Seller’s good faith estimate of the items set
forth on a statutory balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date,
prepared without giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions and (b) be
prepared by Seller in accordance with SAP applied consistently with its
application in connection with the preparation of the Quarterly Statutory
Statement.

 

“Estimated
EB Volume Adjustment Amount” means the EB Volume Adjustment Amount as set
forth on the Estimated EB Volume Adjustment Schedule.

 

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“Estimated
EB Volume Adjustment Schedule” means a schedule prepared by Seller which
shall (a) reflect Seller’s good faith estimate of the items set forth in Exhibit A
hereto, including the EB Volume Adjustment Amount as of December 31, 2010
and (b) be prepared by Seller in accordance with and based upon (1) figures
reflected in the Company’s Books and Records as of the date of determination
and (2) SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with
the preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement.

 

“Estimated
NB Volume Adjustment Amount” means the NB Volume Adjustment Amount as set
forth on the Estimated NB Volume Adjustment Schedule.

 

“Estimated
NB Volume Adjustment Schedule” means a schedule prepared by Seller which
shall (a) reflect Seller’s good faith estimate of the items set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the NB Volume Adjustment Amount as of December 31, 2010
and (b) be prepared by Seller in accordance with and based upon (1) figures
reflected in the Company’s Books and Records as of the date of determination
and (2) SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with
the preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement.

 

“Estimated
Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

“Excluded
Assets” means all assets of the Company that are related to the funding of
non-qualified or change of control employee benefits (including the assets held
in BMA Rabbi Trust — Account Number P50166001).

 

“Excluded
Books and Records” means (i) any Books and Records that relate to any
internal corporate proceedings of Seller or its Affiliates (other than the
internal corporate proceedings of the Company), including minute books,
shareholder consents, consolidated financial reports, documents and other
materials reflecting or relating to internal approval processes of Seller or
its Affiliates (other than the Company), (ii) any financial records
(including general ledgers) or Tax Returns of Seller or its Affiliates (other
than those of or relating to the Company) and (iii) any Books and Records
that are stored electronically and are inextricably commingled with the books
and records of Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Company).

 

“Excluded
Liabilities” means Losses incurred by the Company arising from or related
to (a) the Benefit Plans and (b) claims by Current Employees and
Former Employees arising from their employment relationship with the Company
(including discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, unfair labor
practices, immigration or occupational safety) arising out of actions or
inactions prior to the Effective Time. 
For the avoidance of doubt, liabilities listed on Section 1.1(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, and any Losses related thereto shall not
constitute Excluded Liabilities.

 

“Excluded
Taxes” means (i) Taxes reflected as a liability in the calculation of
Final Adjusted Capital and Surplus, and (ii) the amount of Taxes imposed
on the Company from a reduction in the Company’s policyholder surplus account
as a result of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

 

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“Existing
Surplus Note Repayment Amount” means $31,000,000, together with accrued but
unpaid interest due thereon through the date on which the Existing Surplus Note
is repaid.

 

“Existing
Surplus Note” means the fully subordinated surplus note, dated April 30,
2003 between the Company and Seller in an aggregate principal amount of $31,000,000.

 

“Final
Adjusted Capital and Surplus” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
EB Volume Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
EB Volume Adjustment Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
NB Volume Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
NB Volume Adjustment Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Final
Purchase Price Adjustment Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e).

 

“Form of
Capital and Surplus Worksheet” means the Form of Capital and Surplus
Worksheet set forth on Schedule 2.

 

“Former
Employee” means any individual who formerly was employed by the Company or
any of its predecessors at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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

 

“GAAP
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).

 

“Governmental
Authority” means any U.S. or foreign federal, state, local, municipal,
county or other governmental, quasi-governmental, administrative, regulatory or
self-regulatory authority or organization, body, agency, court, tribunal,
commission or other similar entity, including any branch, department or
official thereof.

 

“Governmental
Authorizations” means all licenses, permits, certificates and other
authorizations and approvals of or by a Governmental Authority required (a) with
respect to any Party, to perform its respective obligations hereunder and under
the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, and (b) with
respect to the Company, to carry on its business substantially as currently
conducted under applicable Law and to perform its obligations hereunder and
under the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party.

 

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“Governmental
Order” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, declaration, decree,
stipulation, determination, award or agreement entered by or with any
Governmental Authority.

 

“Hazardous
Materials” means (a) petroleum and petroleum-derived substances,
radioactive materials, asbestos, toxic molds or polychlorinated biphenyls, and (b) any
pollutant, contaminant, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, toxic substance,
waste, additive, chemical, material, or substance or other compound element,
material or substance in any form whatsoever (including products) defined or
regulated as such or for which liability or standards of care are imposed under
any Environmental Law.

 

“HSR
Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

 

“IAS
Contract” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.1(b).

 

“Indemnified
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).

 

“Indemnifying
Party” means the Party liable for indemnification pursuant to Article 7
hereof.

 

“Initial
Adjusted Capital and Surplus” means $ 238,359,557.

 

“Insurance
Contract” means any Contract or policy of insurance or reinsurance, binder,
slip, endorsement or certificate, and forms with respect thereto, including any
life, health, accident and disability insurance policy, variable, fixed,
indexed or payout annuity, guaranteed investment contract and any other
insurance policy or insurance or annuity contract or certificate, in each case
issued or assumed by the Company.

 

“Intellectual
Property” means (a) patents and patent applications; (b) trademarks,
trademark registrations, trademark applications, trade names, service names,
service marks and Internet domain name registrations (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights,
whether or not registered, and registrations and applications for registration
thereof; (d) confidential proprietary information, including trade
secrets, processes, methods, formulae, algorithms and know-how; and (e) rights
in Software.

 

“Intercompany
Agreements” means any Contract between the Company, on the one hand, and
Seller or any Affiliate of Seller (other than the Company), on the other hand.

 

“Intercompany
Obligation” means any loan, note, advance, receivable, payable or other
obligation between Seller or any Affiliate of Seller (other than the Company),
on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand.

 

“IRS”
means the Internal Revenue Service.

 

“Investor”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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“Knowledge
of Life Reinsurer” or “Life Reinsurer’s Knowledge” means the actual
knowledge after reasonable inquiry as of the date of this Agreement of any of
the individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of Life Reinsurer’s
Disclosure Schedule.

 

“Knowledge
of Purchaser” or “Purchaser’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge
after reasonable inquiry as of the date of this Agreement of any of the
individuals set forth on Section 1.1(a) of Purchaser’s Disclosure
Schedule.

 

“Knowledge
of Seller” or “Seller’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge after
reasonable inquiry as of the date of this Agreement of any of the individuals
set forth on Section 1.1(b) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

“Law”
means any U.S. or foreign federal, regional, state or local law, statute,
ordinance, directive, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, injunction or
other legally binding obligation imposed by a Governmental Authority.

 

“Leased
Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

“Liability”
means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness, liability, claim
(including unasserted claims whether known or unknown), loss, damage,
deficiency, obligation or responsibility, fixed or unfixed, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise.

 

“Life
Business Reinsurance Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b).

 

“Life
Reinsurer” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

“Life
Reinsurer’s Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule delivered by
Life Reinsurer to Seller on the date of this Agreement.

 

“Life
Reinsurer’s FSA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(g).

 

“Life
Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality and
Nondisclosure Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2010, between RBC Insurance
Services, Inc. and Protective Life Corporation.

 

“Life
Reinsurer Specified Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Losses”
means any damages, claims, losses, liabilities, charges, actions, suits,
proceedings, deficiencies, Taxes, interest, penalties, and reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses).

 

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“Material
Adverse Effect” means:

 

(a)           with respect to the Company, any
effect, event, condition or change that

 

(1)           has a material
adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, operations, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, excluding
the impact of (A) changes in insurance Laws and other Laws of general
applicability or changes in the interpretation thereof by Governmental
Authorities, except to the extent any such change has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a disproportional adverse effect on the Company compared to
similar companies in the life insurance or annuity industries, (B) changes
in GAAP or SAP or interpretations thereof, except to the extent any such change
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportional adverse
effect on the Company compared to similar companies in the life insurance or
annuity industries, (C) changes generally affecting the life insurance or
annuity industries, including changes in economic or market conditions and
changes in prevailing interest rates, currency exchange rates or price levels
or trading volumes in the U.S. or foreign securities markets, except to the
extent any such change has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
disproportional adverse effect on the Company compared to similar companies in
the life insurance or annuity industries, (D) changes in global or
national political conditions (including the outbreak or escalation of war or
acts of terrorism) or due to natural disasters, (E) the effects of the
actions or omissions expressly contemplated by this Agreement or that are taken
with the prior consent of Purchaser in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, (F) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, (G) adverse changes resulting
from, or having the same effect as, plans of Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or their
respective Affiliates that have been disclosed to the public or to employees,
suppliers or customers of the Company, in each case with respect to restructuring,
integrating or operating the Company following the Closing (including, in the
case of (E), (F), (G), any change, or announcement of a potential change, in
the credit rating of the Company, and the consequences of the exercise by any
counterparty of contractual rights triggered thereby; provided, however,
that the facts and circumstances underlying any such change or announcement
may, except as may be provided in any other subsection of this definition, be
considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred) and (H) any
failure, in and of itself, by the Company to meet any internal or published
projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided, however,
that the facts and circumstances underlying any such failure may, except as may
be provided in any other subsection of this definition, be considered in
determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred); or

 

(2)           would materially
impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Agreements;

 

(b)           with respect to Seller or USA Holdco,
as applicable, any effect, event, condition or change that would materially
impair the ability of Seller, USA Holdco or any of their respective Affiliates,
as applicable, to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or
the Ancillary Agreements; and

 

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(c)           with respect to Purchaser or Life
Reinsurer, as applicable, any effect, event, condition or change that would
materially impair the ability of Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, or any of their
respective Affiliates, as applicable, to perform their respective obligations
under the Transaction Agreements.

 

“Material
Contract” means any Contract to which the Company is a party or by or to which
the Company or any of its assets is bound or subject (other than Insurance
Contracts, Reinsurance Agreements, Benefit Plans and Producer Agreements
(except as set forth in paragraph (f) below)) and which:

 

(a)           requires or is
reasonably likely to require payments in aggregate to or from the Company or
the delivery or receipt by the Company of goods or services with a fair market
value in excess of $250,000 in any twelve-month period or $500,000 throughout
the term of such Contract, and is not terminable by the Company upon sixty (60)
days or shorter notice without penalty or premium;

 

(b)           restricts or limits
the Company’s ability to freely engage in any line or type of business in any
particular geographic area or any particular medium, or provides for “exclusivity”
or any similar requirement in favor of any Person other than the Company;

 

(c)           relates to the
acquisition or disposition by the Company of any company, division or other
enterprise, assets or business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of
assets or otherwise), to the extent any continuing obligations of the Company
thereunder remain in effect, and other than Portfolio Asset transactions in the
ordinary course in accordance with the Company’s written investment policies in
effect on the date of this Agreement;

 

(d)           provides for the
incurrence of indebtedness for borrowed money by the Company, or the lending of
money by the Company, in each case, in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate;

 

(e)           provides for the
imposition of any material Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on
any assets of the Company;

 

(f)            is a Contract
between the Company, on the one hand, and a Producer organization, on the other
hand, responsible (a) in the case of annuities for at least $20,000,000 in
deposits during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 or the twelve (12)
month period preceding the date of this Agreement or (b) in the case of
life insurance for at least $1,000,000 in new sales (measured by annualized
premiums) during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 or the twelve
(12) month period preceding the date of this Agreement;

 

(g)           is a partnership,
joint venture or limited liability company agreement;

 

(h)           is an
indemnification agreement pursuant to which a claim against the Company is
pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, or a reasonable factual

 

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basis
for any such claim exists, in each case if Seller has determined that such
claim or claims is or are reasonably likely to exceed $250,000 in the
aggregate;

 

(i)            is an Intercompany
Agreement that will not be terminated at or prior to Closing;

 

(j)            is an Affiliate
Agreement that will not be terminated at or prior to Closing;

 

(k)           grants a right of
first refusal or first offer or similar right;

 

(l)            contains guarantees
or keep-wells made or supported by the Company;

 

(m)          provides for a
preferred or “most favored nations” status for any party thereto;

 

(n)           evidences or
implements any interest rate, derivatives or hedging transaction;

 

(o)           is a Contract listed
in Section 3.14(a)(4) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule; or

 

(p)           other than the
Contracts listed above, provides for the outsourcing or delegation by the
Company of material elements of its underwriting, claims, policy administration
or investment management functions.

 

“McCamish
Agreements” means, collectively, (i) that certain Master
Administration Agreement, dated November 13, 2006, between McCamish
Systems, L.L.C. and the Company and (ii) that certain Consulting Services
Agreement dated March 24, 2006 between McCamish Systems, L.L.C. and the
Company.

 

“NB
Volume Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit B.

 

“New
York Court” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.11.

 

“Non-Compete
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(a).

 

“Notice
of Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c).

 

“Notice
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

 

“Ordinary
Course Liabilities” means Liabilities incurred by the Company from time to
time in the ordinary course of business under and in accordance with the terms
of the Insurance Contracts; provided, however, that “Ordinary
Course Liabilities” shall not include any Liabilities incurred by the Company
due to bad faith claims under the Insurance Contracts, claims under the
Insurance Contracts that are not within applicable policy limits or any other
claims under the Insurance Contracts that are not within the express terms of
the Insurance Contracts or are extra-contractual obligations.

 

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“Owned
Intellectual Property” means the Intellectual Property owned by the Company
(solely or jointly with any Person).

 

“Owned
Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

“Party”
or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

“Pension
Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(c).

 

“Permits”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(b).

 

“Permitted
Encumbrances” means the following Encumbrances:  (a) any Encumbrances disclosed in the
Statutory Statements; (b) Encumbrances for Taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or payable or that are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been established (if required pursuant to SAP); (c) materialmen’s,
mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Encumbrances and other like
Encumbrances arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of Law for
amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith or pursuant to
original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with
third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business that would not
reasonably be expected to materially impair or detract from the value and use
of such property and assets; (d) all deposits that have been made in the
ordinary course of business with any Governmental Authorities in connection
with a governmental authorization, registration, filing, license, permit or
approval; (e) landlords’ Encumbrances under leases arising by operation of Law
for amounts not yet due; or (f) all exceptions to any title insurance coverage
that (1) customarily or of necessity are not or cannot be removed (such as
rights or instruments that are recorded against the applicable real property or
any part thereof), (2) would be shown by a current title report or other
similar report or listing, (3) may be shown by a current survey or physical
inspection, (4) are zoning, building, subdivision, land use, environmental
regulations or other similar requirements or restrictions or (5) are matters
that are the obligations of tenants, subtenants or other occupants of any
portion of any real property owned by the Company under any lease, sublease,
license or other occupancy agreement, in each case to the extent such
exceptions to title insurance coverage would not reasonably be expected
materially to impair or detract from the value or use of the applicable
properties and assets.

 

“Person”
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited
liability company, a trust or other entity or organization.

 

“Personally
Identifiable Information” means:  (i)
any information that identifies or can be used to identify an individual, such
as first and last name, social security number or other government issued
number or identifier, date of birth, home or other physical address, e-mail
address or other online contact information, telephone number, biometric data,
mother’s maiden name, or other personally identifiable information; (ii) any “non-public
personal information” as that term is defined in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
found at 15 USC Subchapter 1, § 6809(4); and (iii) “protected health
information” as defined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act found at 45 CFR §160.103.

 

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“Portfolio
Assets” means any portfolio assets beneficially owned (within the meaning
of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the Company for investment purposes,
including bonds, notes, debentures, mortgage loans, real estate and all other
instruments of indebtedness, stocks, partnership or joint venture interests and
all other equity interests, certificates issued by or interests in trusts,
derivatives and all other assets acquired for investment purposes.

 

“Post-Closing
Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(g).

 

“Post-Closing
Tax Period” means any Tax period beginning after the Effective Time; and,
with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax period beginning
after the Effective Time.

 

“Pre-Closing
Confidentiality Agreement” means those agreements by and between Seller or
any of its Affiliates (including the Company), on the one hand, and Persons
expressing an interest in acquiring an ownership interest (whether by merger, sale
or purchase of capital stock, sale or purchase of assets, reinsurance or
otherwise) in the capital stock or assets of Seller or the Company, on the
other hand, with respect to the confidentiality of information about the
Company.

 

“Pre-Closing
Tax Period” means any Tax period ending at or before the Effective Time;
and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax period ending
at the Effective Time.

 

“Preliminary
Final Adjusted Capital and Surplus” means the Company’s Adjusted Capital and
Surplus as derived from the Preliminary Final Balance Sheet.

 

“Preliminary
Final Balance Sheet” means the balance sheet of the Company, which shall
(a) reflect Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the actual values set forth
on the Estimated Balance Sheet, prepared without taking into account the
Closing Date Transactions and (b) be prepared by Purchaser in accordance with
SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with the
preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement.

 

“Preliminary
Final EB Volume Adjustment Amount” means the EB Volume Adjustment Amount as
set forth on the Preliminary Final EB Volume Adjustment Schedule.

 

“Preliminary
Final EB Volume Adjustment Schedule” means a schedule prepared by Purchaser
which shall (a) reflect Purchaser’s calculation of the items set forth in Exhibit
A hereto, including the EB Volume Adjustment Amount as of December 31, 2010
and (b) be prepared by Purchaser in accordance with and based upon (1) figures
reflected in the Company’s Books and Records as of the date of determination
and (2) SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with the
preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement.

 

“Preliminary
Final NB Volume Adjustment Amount” means the NB Volume Adjustment Amount as
set forth on the Preliminary Final NB Volume Adjustment Schedule.

 

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“Preliminary
Final NB Volume Adjustment Schedule” means a schedule prepared by Purchaser
which shall (a) reflect Purchaser’s calculation of the items set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the NB Volume Adjustment Amount as of December 31, 2010
and (b) be prepared by Purchaser in accordance with and based upon (1) figures
reflected in the Company’s Books and Records as of the date of determination
and (2) SAP applied consistently with its application in connection with the
preparation of the Quarterly Statutory Statement.

 

“Producer
Agreements” means Contracts between the Company and any agent, broker or
distributor in respect of the marketing, selling, servicing or issuing of
insurance business by the agent, broker or producer of the Company.

 

“Producers”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17(a).

 

“Purchase”
means the purchase by Purchaser of the Shares.

 

“Purchase
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

“Purchase
Price Adjustment Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(3).

 

“Purchaser”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

“Purchaser
Bermuda Statutory Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a)(2).

 

“Purchaser
Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality and Nondisclosure
Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2010 between RBC Insurance Services, Inc.,
Apollo Global Management LLC, Purchaser and Annuity Reinsurer.

 

“Purchaser
Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).

 

“Purchaser
Specified Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Purchaser’s
Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to Article
4.

 

“Quarterly
Statutory Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).

 

“RBC”
means Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank.

 

“RBC
Severance Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

 

“Real
Property Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

“Redeemed
Shares” means that number of shares equal to the product of the number of
shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date Share
Redemption multiplied by the quotient of the Closing Date Share Redemption
Amount divided by $628,100,000.

 

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“Registered
Intellectual Property” means all Owned Intellectual Property that is
currently registered, filed or issued under the authority of any Governmental
Authority (or, in the case of an Internet domain name, with an Internet domain
name registrar), or for which a pending application to register has been filed
with any Governmental Authority.

 

“Registered
Separate Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.30(a).

 

“Regulatory
Approvals” means the consents, approvals, waivers, authorizations, notices
and filings referred to in Section 3.5(a), Section 4.3(a) or Schedule 6.1(b).

 

“Regulatory
Asset Adequacy Issues Summary” means each regulatory asset adequacy issues
summary in respect of the Company delivered to the Department for the years
ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, including all amendments, supplements,
errata and annexes thereto.

 

“Reinsurance
Agreements” means any reinsurance or retrocessional treaty or agreement,
including facultative certificates, other than the Closing Date Reinsurance
Agreements, to which the Company is a party or under which it has any existing
rights, obligations or liabilities and which (a) is in force as of the date of
this Agreement or (b) is terminated or expired as of the date of this Agreement
but under which the Company may continue to receive benefits or have
obligations.

 

“Reinsurance
Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by the Closing Date
Reinsurance Agreements.

 

“Representatives”
means, with respect to any Person, the directors, officers, employees,
partners, agents, contractors or advisors (including attorneys, accountants,
consultants, bankers and financial advisors) of such Person.

 

“Resolution
Process” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(e).

 

“Restricted
Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(a).

 

“Restricted
Products” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(a).

 

“Review
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c).

 

“SAP”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).

 

“SCDOI”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22(a).

 

“SEC”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.30(b).

 

“SEC
Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.30(b).

 

“Securities
Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a).

 

“Seller”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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“Seller
Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).

 

“Seller
Specified Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Seller’s
401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(c).

 

“Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
Article 3.

 

“Seller’s
FSA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(g).

 

“Seller’s
Group” means any “affiliated group” (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the
Code without regard to the limitations contained in Section 1504(b)) that, at
any time on or before the Closing Date, includes or has included Seller or any
predecessor of or successor to Seller, or any other group of corporations that,
at any time on or before the Closing Date, files or has filed Tax Returns on a
combined, consolidated or unitary basis with Seller or any predecessor of or
successor to Seller.

 

“Seller’s
Marks” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b).

 

“Seller’s
Objection” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c).

 

“Separate
Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.30(a).

 

“Share
Redemption Cash Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.22(a).

 

“Shares”
means all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of or other
equity or voting interest in the Company.

 

“Software”
means (a) computer programs, including software implementation of algorithms,
models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable
form or other form, (b) databases, including any and all data and collections
of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (c) all documentation
including user manuals and other training documentation relating to any of the
foregoing.

 

“Statutory
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).

 

“Straddle
Period” means any taxable year or period beginning on or before and ending
after the Effective Time.

 

“Subsidiary”
means with respect to any entity, any other entity as to which it owns, directly
or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the outstanding stock or
other equity interests, the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for
the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.

 

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“Tax”
or “Taxes” means all federal, state, local and foreign net or gross
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, premium, license, environmental
(including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs duty, escheat
payments, capital stock, alternative or add-on minimum, severances, stamp,
transfer, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, ad
valorem, property, withholding, excise, retaliatory, occupation, production,
value added, windfall, occupancy and other taxes, charges, fees, levies, duties
or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties
and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect
of such penalties and additions imposed by any Governmental Authority and any
liability for any of the foregoing as transferee.

 

“Tax
Attribute” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(m).

 

“Tax
Contest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(d).

 

“Tax
Returns” means all reports and returns relating to or required to be filed
in connection with any Tax, including any information return, claim for refund,
amended return or declaration of estimated Tax.

 

“Tax
Sharing Agreements” means all existing agreements or arrangements (whether
or not written) binding the Company that provide for the allocation,
apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax liability or benefit.

 

“Taxing
Authority” means the IRS and any other Governmental Authority responsible
for the administration and/or collection of any Tax.

 

“Third
Party” means any Person other than the Company, Purchaser, Life Reinsurer,
Seller, USA Holdco or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

“Third-Party
Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

 

“Towers
Watson” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.26(a).

 

“Trademark
License Agreement” means the Trademark License Agreement substantially in
the form of Annex D attached hereto.

 

“Transaction
Agreements” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements,
the Administrative Services Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Escrow
Agreement, the Closing Date Note and the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements.

 

“Transferred
Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

“Transferring
Employees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

 

“Transition
Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement substantially
in the form of Annex E attached hereto.

 

“Treasury
Regulations” means the regulations prescribed under the Code.

 

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“Unresolved
Items” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(d).

 

“USA
Holdco” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

“USA
Holdco Specified Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.1(a).

 

“WARN
Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

 

Section 1.2             Interpretation.

 

(a)           As used in this Agreement, unless the
express context otherwise requires, references:

 

(1)           to
the Preamble or to the Recitals, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules are
to the Preamble or a Recital or Section of, or an Annex, Exhibit or Schedule
to, this Agreement;

 

(2)           to
any Contract (including this Agreement) or organizational document are to the
Contract or organizational document as amended, modified, supplemented or
replaced from time to time;

 

(3)           to
any statute or regulation are to the statute or regulation as amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of
statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and
to any section of any statute or regulation include any successor to the
section;

 

(4)           to
any Governmental Authority include any successor to the Governmental Authority
and to any Affiliate include any successor to the Affiliate;

 

(5)           to
any copy of any Contract or other document are to a correct and complete copy;
and

 

(6)           to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are to each transaction
contemplated by or provided for in this Agreement and any Contracts entered
into in connection with this Agreement.

 

(b)           Whenever the words “include”, “includes”
or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed
by the words “without limitation”.  Any
singular term in this Agreement will be deemed to include the plural, and any
plural term the singular.  All pronouns
and variations of pronouns will be deemed to refer to the feminine, masculine
or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person referred to may
require.

 

(c)           The terms “dollars” and “$”
mean U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

 

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(d)           It is the intention of the Parties
that this Agreement not be construed more strictly with regard to one Party
than with regard to any other Party.

 

ARTICLE 2

Purchase and Sale

 

Section 2.1             Purchase and Sale.

 

(a)           Closing Date Share Redemption.  On the Closing Date, effective immediately
prior to the Effective Time but after the payment of the Existing Surplus Note
Repayment Amount, (i) Seller shall surrender to the Company for cancellation,
stock certificates representing the Redeemed Shares and (ii) the Company shall
(A) redeem and cancel the Redeemed Shares and (B) pay the Share Redemption Cash
Consideration, if any, to Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account designated by Seller pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(i), and
(C) execute, issue and deliver to Seller the Closing Date Note in an
outstanding principal amount equal to the difference between (i) the Closing
Date Share Redemption Amount and (ii) the Share Redemption Cash Consideration,
if any, in respect of such Redeemed Shares (such transaction, the “Closing
Date Share Redemption”).

 

(b)           Transferred Shares.  On the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing and after giving effect to the Closing
Date Share Redemption, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey or deliver,
or cause to be sold, transferred, assigned or delivered to Purchaser, and
Purchaser shall purchase and accept from Seller, all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of or other equity or voting interest in
the Company as of the Effective Time (in the aggregate, the “Transferred
Shares”), free and clear of any and all Encumbrances, for the consideration
specified in this Article 2.

 

(c)           Closing Date Note Redemption.  On the Closing Date, effective immediately
following the Effective Time but after the consummation of the Reinsurance
Transactions, Purchaser shall cause the Company to repay and redeem the issued
and outstanding Closing Date Note by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account designated by Seller pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(i) of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Closing Date Note, and
Seller shall surrender the Closing Date Note to the Company for cancellation.

 

Section 2.2             Closing.  The closing of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York at 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on the later of (a) the first Business Day of January
2011 and (b) the first Business Day of the month following the month during
which the last of the conditions in Article 6 (other than conditions that by
their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver at or prior to the Closing of all such conditions) has been satisfied
or waived in accordance with this Agreement (the “Condition Satisfaction”)
or, if the Condition Satisfaction occurs less than three (3) Business Days
prior to the first Business Day of any month, on the first Business Day of the
immediately succeeding

 

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month,
or at such other time and place as the Parties hereto may mutually agree; it
being  understood that, if the Condition Satisfaction occurs at
any time in April 2011, the Closing shall occur on April 29, 2011.  The date on which the Closing occurs is
referred to herein as the “Closing Date”. 
Upon occurrence of the Closing, the purchase and sale of the Transferred
Shares described in Section 2.1(b) shall be deemed to have become effective at
12:01 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”),
the payment of the Existing Surplus Note Repayment Amount shall be deemed to
have become effective at 12:00:30 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing
Date, the Closing Date Share Redemption shall be deemed to have become
effective at 12:00:45 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date and the
Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements shall be deemed to have become effective
immediately following the Effective Time; it  being  understood
that, if the Closing Date is April 29, 2011, the Parties shall jointly
determine the effective times of the purchase and sale of the Transferred
Shares, the payment of the Existing Surplus Note Repayment Amount and the
Closing Date Share Redemption, provided that Seller shall receive the
Existing Surplus Note Repayment Amount, the Estimated Purchase Price, the Share
Redemption Cash Consideration (if any) and the repayment of the Closing Date
Note in immediately available funds on the Closing Date and that the Closing
Date Reinsurance Agreements shall be deemed to have become effective at 11:59
P.M. on the Closing Date.

 

Section 2.3             Purchase Price.  The purchase price for the Transferred Shares
shall be an amount equal to (a) $628,100,000, minus
(b) the Closing Date Share Redemption Amount, plus
(c) the Estimated EB Volume Adjustment Amount, if any, minus (d) the Estimated NB Volume Adjustment Amount, if any,
(e) (1) plus the excess, if any, of the
Estimated Adjusted Capital and Surplus over the Initial Adjusted Capital and
Surplus, or (2) minus the excess, if any, of the
Initial Adjusted Capital and Surplus over the Estimated Adjusted Capital and
Surplus (such total amount, the “Estimated Purchase Price”).  The Estimated Purchase Price, as adjusted
pursuant to Section 2.6, is hereinafter referred to as the “Purchase Price.”

 

Section 2.4             Pre-Closing Deliverables.

 

(a)           Not less than ten (10) Business Days
prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Seller shall (i) deliver to Purchaser
instructions designating the account into which the Estimated Purchase Price,
the Share Redemption Cash Consideration, if any, and the repayment of the
Closing Date Note shall be deposited by wire transfer on the Closing Date and
(ii) prepare, or cause to be prepared (in good faith and in accordance with
this Agreement), and deliver to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer:

 

(1)           the
Estimated Balance Sheet;

 

(2)           the
Estimated EB Volume Adjustment Schedule and the Estimated NB Volume Adjustment
Schedule; and

 

(3)           a
statement setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of (A) the Estimated
Adjusted Capital and Surplus of the Company, as derived from the Estimated
Balance Sheet in accordance with the Form of Capital and Surplus Worksheet, (B)
the Estimated EB Volume Adjustment Amount as set forth on the Estimated EB
Volume

 

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Adjustment
Schedule and (C) the Estimated NB Volume Adjustment Amount as set forth on the
Estimated NB Volume Adjustment Schedule.

 

(b)           Not less than ten (10) Business Days
prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Seller a request for the resignation of certain directors and
officers of the Company.

 

(c)           Seller shall have delivered to
Purchaser the list of bank names and other information required in accordance
with Section 5.27.

 

Section 2.5             Payment at Closing.  At the Closing, Purchaser shall pay to Seller
the Estimated Purchase Price and the Company shall pay to Seller the Share
Redemption Cash Consideration, if any, in each case by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account designated by Seller pursuant to
Section 2.4(a)(i).

 

Section 2.6             Post-Closing Adjustment.

 

(a)           As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall
prepare, or cause to be prepared (in good faith and in accordance with this
Agreement), and deliver to Seller and Life Reinsurer:

 

(1)           the
Preliminary Final Balance Sheet;

 

(2)           the
Preliminary Final EB Volume Adjustment Schedule and the Preliminary Final NB
Volume Adjustment Schedule; and

 

(3)           a
statement setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of (A) the
Preliminary Final Adjusted Capital and Surplus of the Company, as derived from
the Preliminary Final Balance Sheet in accordance with the Form of Capital and
Surplus Worksheet, (B) the Preliminary Final EB Volume Adjustment Amount as set
forth on the Preliminary Final EB Volume Adjustment Schedule and (C) the
Preliminary Final NB Volume Adjustment Amount as set forth on the Preliminary
Final NB Volume Adjustment Schedule (collectively with the materials described
in Section 2.6(a)(1), (2) and (3), the “Purchase Price Adjustment Materials”).

 

(b)           In connection with Purchaser’s
preparation of the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials, to the extent that
Purchaser does not have all relevant information in its possession, Seller
shall provide to Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and their respective Representatives
full access to the books and records of Seller and to any other information,
including work papers of its accountants (subject to execution by Purchaser,
Life Reinsurer and/or their respective Representatives, as applicable, of a
customary hold-harmless agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to such accountants), and to any employees during regular business hours and on
reasonable advance notice, in each case, to the extent reasonably necessary for
Purchaser’s preparation of the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials.

 

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(c)           Within thirty (30) days following its
receipt of the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials from Purchaser (the “Review
Period”), Seller shall either (1) notify Purchaser and Life Reinsurer
in writing of its agreement with the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and
the calculations set forth therein (“Notice of Agreement”); or (2) if
Seller determines that any of the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials or the
calculations reflected therein have not been prepared on the basis set forth in
Section 2.6(a) or contains or reflects mathematical errors, inform
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer in writing of its objection (the “Seller’s
Objection”), which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail a
description of the basis of the Seller’s Objection and the adjustments to such
Purchase Price Adjustment Materials or the calculations reflected therein that
Seller requests be made.  Purchaser
shall, following the Closing Date through the date that the Purchase Price
Adjustment Materials become the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Materials in
accordance with the penultimate sentence of Section 2.6(e), take all
actions necessary or desirable to maintain and preserve all accounting books,
records, policies and procedures on which the Purchase Price Adjustment
Materials are based or on which the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Materials
are to be based so as not to impede or delay the determination of the Purchase
Price Adjustment Materials or the preparation of the Seller’s Objection or the
Final Purchase Price Adjustment Materials in the manner and utilizing the
methods permitted by this Agreement. 
Upon receipt by Purchaser and Life Reinsurer of a Notice of Agreement
from Seller or if no Seller’s Objection is received by Purchaser and Life
Reinsurer prior to the expiration of the Review Period, the Purchase Price
Adjustment Materials, Purchaser’s calculation of the Preliminary Final Adjusted
Capital and Surplus, the Preliminary Final EB Volume Adjustment Amount and the
Preliminary Final NB Volume Adjustment Amount shall be deemed to have been
accepted by Seller and will become final and binding upon the Parties in
accordance with the penultimate sentence of Section 2.6(e).

 

(d)           If Seller timely delivers a Seller’s
Objection to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall
have thirty (30) days from the date of such delivery to review and respond to
Seller’s Objection (the “Consultation Period”).  The Parties shall use reasonable, good faith
efforts to resolve any disagreements that they may have with respect to the
matters set forth in the Seller’s Objection. 
If the Parties are unable to resolve all of their disagreements with
respect to the matters set forth in the Seller’s Objection within ten (10) Business
Days following the expiration of the Consultation Period, then the Parties
shall submit all matters that remain in dispute with respect to the Seller’s
Objection (along with a copy of the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and
Purchaser’s calculation of the amounts set forth therein, marked to indicate those
line items that are still in dispute) to Ernst & Young, LLP, or
another internationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants with appropriate actuarial expertise as to which the Parties
mutually agree (the “CPA Firm”), which shall, acting as an expert and
not as an arbitrator, make a final determination, on the basis of the standard
set forth in Section 2.6(a) hereof, and only with respect to any
remaining differences submitted to the CPA Firm, in accordance with this Section 2.6(d),
of the appropriate amount of each line item in the Purchase Price Adjustment
Materials and Purchaser’s calculation of the amounts set forth therein as to
which the Parties disagree (such items that remain in dispute, the “Unresolved
Items”).

 

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(e)           The Parties shall instruct the CPA
Firm to deliver its written determination to Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and
Seller no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the Unresolved Items are
referred to the CPA Firm.  The CPA Firm’s
determination shall include a certification that it reached such determination
in accordance with this Section 2.6(e) and shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Parties, absent clear and manifest error.  With respect to each Unresolved Item, the CPA
Firm’s determination, if not in accordance with the position of either Seller
or Purchaser, shall not be more favorable to Seller than the amounts advocated
by Seller in the Seller’s Objection or more favorable to Purchaser than the amounts
advocated by Purchaser in the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials or Purchaser’s
calculations of the amounts set forth therein with respect to such disputed
line item and/or calculation.  For the
avoidance of doubt, (1) the CPA Firm’s review of the Purchase Price
Adjustment Materials and Purchaser’s calculation of the amounts set forth
therein shall be limited to a determination of whether such documents and
calculations were prepared in accordance with Section 2.6(a), and (2) the
CPA Firm shall not review any line items or make any determination with respect
to any matters other than the Unresolved Items that were referred to the CPA
Firm for resolution pursuant to this Section 2.6(e).  The Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and
the determination of the amounts set forth therein that are final and binding
on the Parties, as determined either through (A) Seller’s delivery of a
Notice of Agreement pursuant to Section 2.6(c), (B) Seller’s failure
to deliver Seller’s Objection prior to expiration of the Review Period pursuant
to Section 2.6(c), (C) agreement by the Parties during the
Consultation Period or (D) the determination of the CPA Firm pursuant to
this Section 2.6(e) are referred to herein as the “Final Purchase
Price Adjustment Materials”, “Final Balance Sheet”, “Final
Adjusted Capital and Surplus”, “Final EB Volume Adjustment Schedule”,
“Final EB Volume Adjustment Amount”, “Final NB Volume Adjustment
Schedule” and “Final NB Volume Adjustment Amount”, as the case may
be.  For the avoidance of doubt and
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties
acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing, the resolution process
set forth in this Section 2.6 shall be the sole remedy of the Parties with
respect to all matters and calculations expressly included in the Purchase
Price Adjustment Materials and the Final Balance Sheet and that such resolution
process forecloses any right of the Parties to indemnification pursuant to Article 7
with respect to such matters; provided, however, that the facts
and circumstances underlying the matters determined in the resolution process
may be considered in determining whether any breach of a representation or
warranty made hereunder has occurred; provided, further, that any
resulting indemnification claim made under Article 7 shall not result in a
duplication of recoveries.

 

(f)            The Parties agree that judgment may
be entered upon the CPA Firm’s determination in any court having jurisdiction
over Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be. 
The fees and disbursements of the CPA Firm shall be paid by the Parties
in proportion to those matters submitted to the CPA Firm that are resolved
against that Party, as such fees and disbursements are allocated by the CPA
Firm in accordance with this Section 2.6 at the time of the CPA Firm’s
determination.  At any time following
delivery of any Purchase Price Adjustment Materials, Purchaser shall, and shall
cause the Company to, provide to Seller and its Representatives full access to
the Books and Records of the Company and to any other information, including
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accountants (subject to
execution by Seller and/or its Representatives, as applicable, of a customary
hold-harmless agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such
accountants), and to any employees during regular business hours and on
reasonable advance notice, to the extent necessary for Seller to review the
Purchase Price Adjustment Materials or Purchaser’s calculation of the amounts
set forth therein, to prepare Seller’s Objection or to prepare materials for
presentation to the CPA Firm.  The
Parties shall make readily available to the CPA Firm, during regular business
hours and on reasonable advance notice, interviews with such employees, and all
relevant information, books and records and any work papers of their respective
accountants (in each case, subject to execution by the CPA Firm of a customary
hold-harmless agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such
accountants) relating to the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and any
Unresolved Items and all other items reasonably required by the CPA Firm to
fulfill its obligations under Section 2.6(e).  In acting under this Agreement, the CPA Firm
will be entitled to the privileges and immunities of an arbitrator.

 

(g)           The “Post-Closing Adjustment”
shall be the amount equal to (1) (x) the Final Adjusted Capital and
Surplus minus (y) the Estimated Adjusted
Capital and Surplus plus (2) (x) the
Final EB Volume Adjustment Amount minus (y) the
Estimated EB Volume Adjustment Amount minus (3) (x) the
Final NB Volume Adjustment Amount minus (y) the
Estimated NB Volume Adjustment Amount. 
If the Post-Closing Adjustment is a positive amount, then Purchaser
shall pay in cash to Seller the amount in United States dollars equal to the
Post-Closing Adjustment.  If the
Post-Closing Adjustment is a negative amount, then Seller shall pay in cash to
Purchaser the amount in United States dollars equal to the absolute value of
the Post-Closing Adjustment.  Any such
payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account designated by Seller or Purchaser (as applicable) within two (2) Business
Days after the Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and the amounts calculated
therein become the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Materials and final and
binding calculations of such amounts, respectively, in accordance with this Section 2.6,
together with an amount of interest on such payment at the Applicable Rate
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days
elapsed, accrued from the Closing Date until, but not including, the date of
payment.  Any payment made pursuant to
this Section 2.6 shall be treated for all tax purposes as an adjustment to
the Purchase Price.

 

Section 2.7             Closing Deliveries.  At the Closing, in addition to the payment by
Purchaser of the Estimated Purchase Price and the payment by the Company of the
Share Redemption Cash Consideration, if any, in each case pursuant to Section 2.5,

 

(a)           Purchaser shall deliver or cause to
be delivered:

 

(1)           to
Seller, a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other duly
authorized officer of Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, as to the resolutions
duly and validly adopted by the Board of Directors of Purchaser evidencing its
authorization of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Agreements to which Purchaser is a party;

 

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(2)           to
Seller, the certificates referenced in Sections 6.4(a)(1) and (b)(1); and

 

(3)           to
Seller and Life Reinsurer, counterparts of each of the Transaction Agreements
(other than the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements) to which Purchaser and/or
its Affiliates (other than the Company) is a party, duly executed by Purchaser
and/or such Affiliates of Purchaser (other than the Company).

 

(b)           Seller shall deliver or cause to be
delivered:

 

(1)           to
Purchaser, a certificate or certificates evidencing all of the Transferred
Shares, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in
blank, in proper form for transfer on the stock transfer books of the Company
and with any requisite stock transfer Tax stamps properly affixed thereto;

 

(2)           to
Purchaser, a certificate or certificates evidencing the cancellation of all of
the Redeemed Shares;

 

(3)           to
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant
Secretary or other duly authorized officer of Seller, dated the Closing Date,
as to the resolutions duly and validly adopted by the Board of Directors of
Seller evidencing its authorization of the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which Seller is a
party;

 

(4)           to
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant
Secretary or other duly authorized officer of the Company or any Affiliate of
Seller that is a party to any Transaction Agreement, dated the Closing Date, as
to the resolutions duly and validly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be, evidencing its authorization of
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements to which the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may
be, is a party;

 

(5)           to
Purchaser, an affidavit in a form reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, stating
under penalties of perjury its U.S. taxpayer identification number and that it
is not a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445(b)(2) of
the Code;

 

(6)           to
Purchaser, copies of the resignations referenced in Section 6.3(a);

 

(7)           to
Purchaser, the certificates referenced in Sections 6.2(a) and (b);

 

(8)           to
Life Reinsurer, the certificates referenced in Sections 6.2(a) and (b);

 

(9)           to
Purchaser, the Books and Records of the Company in accordance with Section 5.20;

 

(10)         to
Purchaser, the releases contemplated by Section 5.9(a);

 

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(11)         to
Purchaser, a copy of each Assigned Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement in
accordance with Section 5.1(e); and

 

(12)         to
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, counterparts of each of the Transaction
Agreements (other than the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements) to which Seller
and/or its Affiliates (including the Company) is a party, duly executed by
Seller and/or such Affiliates (including the Company).

 

(c)           Life Reinsurer shall deliver or cause
to be delivered:

 

(1)           to
Seller, a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other duly
authorized officer of Life Reinsurer, dated the Closing Date, as to the
resolutions duly and validly adopted by the Board of Directors of Life
Reinsurer evidencing its authorization of the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which
Life Reinsurer is or will be a party;

 

(2)           to
Seller, the certificates referenced in Sections 6.4(a)(2) and (b)(2); and

 

(3)           to
Purchaser and Seller, counterparts of each of the Transaction Agreements to
which Life Reinsurer is or will be a party, duly executed by Life Reinsurer.

 

Section 2.8             Post-Closing Deliveries.  On the Closing Date, immediately following
the Closing,

 

(a)           Purchaser
shall cause: (i) the Company to deliver to Life Reinsurer, a counterpart
of the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and (ii) Annuity
Reinsurer and the Company to deliver to each other a counterpart of the Annuity
Business Reinsurance, duly executed by each of them;

 

(b)           Life
Reinsurer shall deliver to the Company a counterpart of the Life Business
Reinsurance Agreement, duly executed by Life Reinsurer; and

 

(c)           Seller
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the Closing Date Note for
cancellation, immediately upon repayment by the Company of the Closing Date
Note.

 

Section 2.9             No Set-off.  Neither Seller or any of its
Affiliates, on the one hand, nor Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any of their
respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall have any set-off or other
similar rights with respect to (a) any of the funds received by such Party
pursuant to this Agreement or (b) any other amounts claimed to be owed to
the other Party or its Affiliates arising out of this Agreement or any other
agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ancillary Agreements.

 

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ARTICLE 3

Representations and Warranties of Seller

 

Except
as otherwise set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by Seller to
Purchaser on the date of this Agreement (“Seller’s Disclosure Schedule”),
Seller makes the following representations and warranties to each of Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date;
provided, however, that any representations and warranties that
are made as of a specific date or as of the date of this Agreement are only
made as of such date:

 

Section 3.1             Organization and Authority
of Seller.  Seller (a) is
a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Delaware, (b) has all requisite power to operate
its business as now conducted and (c) is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to do business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in each
jurisdiction where the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of
its properties requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify
or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller or
the Company.  Seller and each applicable
Affiliate of Seller (including the Company) has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Transaction
Agreement to which it is or, prior to the Effective Time, will be a party, and
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  No additional corporate proceedings on the
part of Seller or any applicable Affiliate of Seller (including the Company)
are necessary to authorize the consummation of this Agreement or the
Transaction Agreements to which any of them is or, prior to the Effective Time,
will be a party, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Section 3.2             Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Agreements to which Seller or any applicable Affiliate of Seller
(including the Company) is or, prior to the Effective Time, will be a party has
been, or upon execution and delivery thereof, will be, duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of
Seller (including, prior to the Effective Time, the Company) to the extent a
party thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Seller
and each applicable Affiliate of Seller (including, prior to the Effective
Time, the Company) to the extent a party thereto enforceable against Seller and
each such Affiliate of Seller (including, prior to the Effective Time, the
Company) to the extent a party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, including creditors
of insurance companies, and to general equity principles (the “Bankruptcy
and Equity Exceptions”).

 

Section 3.3             Organization,
Qualification and Authority of the Company.  The Company (a) is a corporation duly
incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of the State of South
Carolina, (b) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own,
lease or otherwise hold its assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted and (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do
business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in each jurisdiction where
the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires such qualification, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c),
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be
so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company. 
Seller has made available to Purchaser (1) copies of the Articles
of Incorporation and By-Laws, in each case as amended to the date of this
Agreement, and (2) copies of the stock transfer books and minute books or
similar records of the Company.

 

Section 3.4             Capital Structure;
Ownership of the Shares.

 

(a)           The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 24,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 10,000,000 shares
are issued and outstanding, and 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$1.00 per share, none of which is issued and outstanding.  The Transferred Shares, following the Closing
Date Share Redemption, will be the only shares of capital stock of, or other
equity or voting interest in, the Company issued and outstanding.  All of the Shares have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in
violation of any preemptive or subscription rights, applicable Law or the
organization documents of the Company. 
Except for this Agreement, there are no preemptive or other outstanding
rights, options, warrants, subscriptions, puts, calls, conversion rights,
voting trusts, stockholder agreements, proxies or other rights, agreements or
commitments of any character relating to the authorized and issued, unissued or
treasury shares of capital stock of the Company.  Other than the Existing Surplus Note and, as
of the Closing Date, the Closing Date Note, the Company has not issued any debt
securities or other securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or
redeemable for, or that give any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire,
capital stock of the Company, and no such securities or obligations evidencing
such rights are outstanding.  There are
no capital appreciation rights, phantom stock plans, securities with
participation rights or features, or similar obligations and commitments of the
Company.  Except for the Closing Date
Share Redemption, there are no obligations, contingent or otherwise, to
repurchase, redeem (or establish a sinking fund with respect to redemption) or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company.

 

(b)           Seller owns all of the Shares, of
record and beneficially, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and has the full
and unrestricted power and authority to sell, convey, assign, transfer and
deliver the Transferred Shares to Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, and the sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer
and delivery of the Transferred Shares will convey to Purchaser good title to
the Transferred Shares, free and clear of any Encumbrances.  The Company does not have any Subsidiaries
and, except for Portfolio Assets, does not own, directly or indirectly, any
capital stock or other equity interests of any Person or have any direct or
indirect equity or ownership interest in any business, and is not a member of
or participant in any partnership, joint venture or other entity.

 

Section 3.5             Filings and Consents.

 

(a)           No Governmental Authorization is
required to be made or obtained by Seller or the Company or any of their
respective Affiliates in connection with the

 

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execution, delivery or performance
by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of Seller (including the Company) of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which any of them is or, prior
to the Effective Time, will be a party, or the consummation by Seller and each
applicable Affiliate of Seller (including the Company) of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby (including the payment of the Existing Surplus
Note Repayment Amount and the Closing Date Share Redemption Amount), except for
(a) any notification and report form required to be filed under the HSR
Act with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice and (b) the consents, approvals, waivers,
registrations, notices and filings set forth in Section 3.5(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

(b)           No consent, approval or authorization
of, or action by, or notices to, or waivers from, any Third Party is required
to be made or obtained by Seller or the Company in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of
Seller (including the Company) of this Agreement or the other Ancillary
Agreements to which any of them is or, prior to the Effective Time, will be a
party, or the consummation by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of Seller (including
the Company) of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for the
consents, approvals, waivers and notices set forth in Section 3.5(b) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule and for any consents, approvals, waivers or
notices the failure of which to be obtained or made would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
with respect to Seller or the Company.

 

Section 3.6             No Violations.  Subject to receipt of the Governmental
Authorizations and other consents, approvals and authorizations and the making
of the filings, registrations, notices and waivers referred to in Sections 3.5
and 4.3 and Schedule 6.1(b), and the expiration of related waiting periods, the
execution, delivery and performance by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of
Seller (including the Company) of this Agreement and (a) the Ancillary
Agreements to which any of them is or, prior to the Effective Time, will be a
party, and the consummation by Seller and each applicable Affiliate of Seller
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not
constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, or give rise to any
Encumbrance or any acceleration of remedies, penalty, increase or decrease in
benefit payable or right of termination under, any Material Contract or any
other note, bond, loan or credit agreement, mortgage, indenture or other
Contract to which Seller or any of its Affiliates (including the Company) or by
which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is subject or
bound, or (b) the Ancillary Agreements to which any of them is or, prior
to the Effective Time, will be a party, and the consummation by Seller and each
applicable Affiliate of Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby do not and will not (i) constitute a breach or violation of, or a
default under, the organizational documents of Seller or any applicable
Affiliate of Seller (including the Company) or (ii) conflict with or
violate in any material respect any Law or other Governmental Authorization
applicable to Seller or any applicable Affiliate of Seller (including the
Company) or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or
assets is bound or subject, except (1) in the case of clause (a), as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller or the Company and (2) in
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conflict
or violation arising as a result of the regulatory status of or any
Governmental Authorizations held or not held by Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or
their respective Affiliates.

 

Section 3.7             Financial and Statutory
Statements.

 

(a)           Prior to the date of this Agreement,
Seller has made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer copies of (1) the
unaudited annual balance sheets of the Company as of October 31, 2009 and
2008 and the related unaudited statements of income for the fiscal years then
ended and (2) the unaudited quarterly balance sheet of the Company as of July 31,
2010 and the related unaudited statements of income for such period (the
financial statements referenced in clauses (1) and (2), collectively, the “GAAP
Financial Statements”).  The GAAP
Financial Statements (A) were derived from and are consistent with the
Books and Records, (B) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis during the periods presented, (C) fairly present, in all
material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial position, results of
operations, assets and liabilities of the Company as of the respective dates
of, and for the periods referred to in, the GAAP Financial Statements, subject,
in the case of quarterly financial statements, to the absence of notes and
schedules and to normal year-end adjustments that are not or would not be
material in amount or effect and (D) were prepared in compliance with the
internal control procedures of the Company.

 

(b)           Prior to the date of this Agreement,
Seller has made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer copies of the
following statutory statements, in each case together with the exhibits,
schedules and notes thereto and any affirmations and certifications filed
therewith:  (1) the annual statutory
statements of the Company, as filed with the Department, as of and for the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, (2) the audited annual
statutory financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31,
2009, 2008 and 2007 (the statements referenced in clauses (1) and (2), the
“Annual Statutory Statements”), and (3) the unaudited quarterly
statutory financial statements of the Company as of and for the quarter ended June 30,
2010 (the “Quarterly Statutory Statement”) (collectively with the Annual
Statutory Statements and the Quarterly Statutory Statement, the “Statutory
Statements”).  The Statutory
Statements (A) were derived from and are consistent with the Books and
Records, (B) were prepared in accordance with all applicable Laws,
statutory accounting practices and procedures otherwise required, permitted or
then in effect by the Department, as the case may be (“SAP”), applied in
each case on a consistent basis during the period presented, (C) fairly
present, in all material respects, the statutory financial position of the
Company at the dates thereof and the statutory results of operations, capital
and surplus of the Company for the periods then ended and (D) were
prepared in compliance with the internal control procedures of the
Company.  No material deficiency has been
asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to any of the Statutory
Statements.  As of the Closing Date, the
statutory statements delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.4 will (A) fairly
present, in all material respects, the statutory financial position of the
Company as of the dates thereof and the statutory results of operations,
capital and surplus of the Company for the periods then ended (B) be
derived from and consistent with the Books and Records (C) be prepared in
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each case on a consistent
basis during the period presented and (D) be prepared in compliance with
the internal control procedures of the Company.

 

(c)           The Company does not have any
Liabilities of the nature required to be disclosed in Statutory Statements or
the notes thereto other than (1) Liabilities reflected or reserved against
in the most recent Quarterly Statutory Statement (or the notes thereto, if
applicable), (2) Ordinary Course Liabilities incurred since the date of
the latest Quarterly Statutory Statement and (3) Liabilities that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.

 

(d)           There are no material impairments on
any assets of the Company other than impairments reflected in the GAAP
Financial Statements or the Statutory Statements as of and for the period ended
July 31, 2010 or June 30, 2010, respectively.

 

(e)           The Company has not applied for nor
obtained any permitted accounting practice or procedure from the Department
other than a permitted practice or procedure of general applicability to all
life insurance companies in the State of South Carolina.  The Statutory Statements were not prepared on
the basis of any permitted accounting practice or procedure.

 

(f)            The most recently filed Annual
Statutory Statement contains, in accordance with SAP, an adequate reserve for
all Taxes payable by the Company for all taxable periods through the date of
such Annual Statement.

 

(g)           The GAAP Financial Statements contain
adequate provision for all uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC
740-10-25 (formerly FIN 48) for all taxable periods through the date of such
GAAP Financial Statements.

 

Section 3.8             Absence of Certain Changes
or Events.  (a) Since
June 30, 2010 through the date of this Agreement, the Company has
conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice,
and (b) Since June 30, 2010, there has not occurred any event or
events that, individually or in the aggregate, have resulted in, or would
reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Company.

 

Section 3.9             Litigation and Claims.

 

(a)           There is no material Action pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, against the Company or the Company
Business or any of its properties or assets other than (1) ordinary course
insurance claims litigation, (2) those which involve claims that are
within applicable policy limits and do not allege bad faith or
extra-contractual obligations or (3) those with respect to which
certification as a class has not been granted and is not being sought.

 

(b)           As of the date of this Agreement,
there is no material Action pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened,
against Seller or any of its Affiliates (including the Company), any of their
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questions the validity of,
or seeks injunctive relief with respect to, this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Agreements or the right of Seller or any of its Affiliates
(including the Company) to enter into this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Agreements to the extent Seller or any of its Affiliates (including
the Company) is or, prior to the Effective Time, will be a party thereto.

 

(c)           The Company is not a party or subject
to any material Governmental Order applicable to the Company, the Company
Business or any of the Company’s properties or assets.

 

Section 3.10           Taxes.

 

(a)           All Income Tax Returns and other
material Tax Returns required to be filed on or before the Closing Date by or
with respect to the Company have been or will be timely filed on or before the
Closing Date and are (or will be) true, correct and complete in all material
respects.

 

(b)           All Taxes due on or before the
Closing Date for which the Company could be held liable, including those shown
to be due on the Tax Returns referred to in clause (a), have been, or by the
Closing Date will be, timely paid or remitted to the proper Taxing Authority.

 

(c)           The Company has not been granted an
extension of time within which to file any Tax Returns of the Company that is
currently in effect and no such extension has been requested.

 

(d)           To the Knowledge of Seller, no issues
that have been raised by the relevant Taxing Authority in connection with the
examination of any Tax Returns filed by or with respect to the Company are
currently pending, and all deficiencies asserted in writing or assessments made
in writing for Taxes with respect to the Company have been fully paid.  No federal, state, local or foreign audit, examination,
refund litigation, adjustment in controversy, or other administrative
proceeding or court proceeding (each a “Tax Contest”) has occurred, is
occurring or has been initiated in writing with regard to Tax Returns of or
that include the Company, and the Company has not received any written notice
that any such Tax Contest is pending or threatened.

 

(e)           There are no outstanding commitments
or agreements extending or waiving the statutory period of limitations
applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment of,
Taxes of the Company, and no power of attorney is currently in force or has
been requested with respect to any matter relating to Taxes that could affect
the Company.  Taking all extensions and
waiver agreements into account, the statutory period of limitations for the
collection or assessment of Taxes with respect to the Company for each taxable
period ending on or before December 31, 2006 has expired.

 

(f)            Since May 1, 2003, no Tax
rulings, requests for rulings, closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical
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agreements or rulings
(including any gain recognition agreements under Section 367 of the Code
and applications for a material change in accounting method or to change the
basis for determining items under Section 481 or Section 807 of the
Code) have been entered into with, issued by, or filed with any Taxing
Authority with respect to or relating to the Company.

 

(g)           The Company is not a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group.

 

(h)           No claim is pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened by a Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company does not file Tax Returns or pay Taxes that the Company is or may be
subject to Tax in that jurisdiction.

 

(i)            Seller has delivered to Purchaser a
copy of any Tax Sharing Agreements currently in effect with respect to any open
year with respect to the Company.

 

(j)            The Company has not (1) participated
or engaged in any transaction, or taken any Tax Return position, described in
Treasury Regulation Section 301.6111-2(b)(2) (or any corresponding or
similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law) or (2) participated
or engaged in any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state,
local or non-U.S. Tax Law).

 

(k)           The Company has not constituted
either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the
meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of
stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (1) in
the two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or (2) in a
distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of
related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the
Code) in conjunction with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(l)            To the extent that the Company has
been a party to any transaction intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization,
such transaction met all requirements imposed by the Code, Treasury Regulations
and other applicable Law in order for the transaction to so qualify.

 

(m)          As of December 31, 2009, the
operations loss carryovers (within the meaning of Section 172 or Section 810
of the Code, as applicable), capital loss carryover, tax credit and value of
business acquired (VOBA) amounts (collectively, the “Tax Attributes”) of
the Company were not less than the amounts identified in Section 3.10(m)(i) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule and, as of such date, such Tax Attributes were not
subject to any limitations on their use under Section 382, 383 or 384, or
any provision of any Treasury Regulation promulgated under such Code
provisions.  Seller estimates in good
faith that, as of June 30, 2010, the Tax Attributes of the Company were no
less than the amounts identified in Section 3.10(m)(ii) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule.

 

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(n)           Seller has delivered to Purchaser a
schedule reflecting the Company’s treatment for tax purposes of “specified
policy acquisition expenses,” which schedule was correct as of December 31,
2009 and was properly computed in accordance with Section 848 of the Code.

 

(o)           As of June 30, 2010, (i) the
amount of the Company’s policyholders surplus account was not more than the
amount set forth on Section 3.10(o)(i) of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule and (ii) the amount of the Company’s shareholders surplus account
(as defined in Section 815 of the Code) was not less than the amount set
forth on Section 3.10(o)(ii) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

(p)           The Company will not be required to
include any adjustment in taxable income for any Tax period or portion thereof
after the Closing Date under Section 481(c) or 807(f) of the
Code (or any similar provision of the Tax laws of any jurisdiction) as a result
of a change in method of accounting for a Tax period or portion thereof prior
to the Closing Date.

 

(q)           No Tax is required to be withheld
pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code as a result of the transfers effected
pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(r)            The Company has complied in all
material respects with all applicable Law, pertaining to Tax information
reporting or withholding of Taxes, and has withheld and paid (or will withhold
and pay or there were or will be withheld and paid on its behalf) all material
Taxes required to be withheld by the Company, and such withheld Taxes have been
either duly and timely paid to the proper Taxing Authority or properly set
aside in accounts for such purpose.

 

(s)           There are no outstanding liens for
Taxes upon the assets or properties of the Company, except for statutory liens
for Taxes not yet due or payable.

 

(t)            For the taxable period ending on the
Closing Date and for all prior taxable periods for which the applicable statute
of limitations has not expired, the Company is and was a “life insurance
company” for purposes of the Code and is and was subject to taxation under
Subchapter L of the Code.

 

(u)           The Company’s tax reserves for the
Insurance Contracts issued by the Company as reflected in the federal income
Tax Returns filed by the Company have been properly calculated and maintained
in the manner required by Subchapter L of the Code, the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder and all applicable rulings or other official
interpretations thereof.

 

Section 3.11           Employee Benefits.

 

(a)           All benefit, compensation and
employment plans, contracts, policies or arrangements that either (1) cover
Employees or current or former directors of the Company, including “employee
benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
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compensation, stock
option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, stock based, incentive,
change in control and bonus plans and fringe benefit, paid time off, vacation,
holiday, sick pay, or short-term or long-term disability arrangements, or (2) are
maintained by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate of the Company and under which
the Company could have any liability or contingent liability, including any
plan subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code (collectively, the “Benefit Plans”) are listed on Section 3.11(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.  Section 3.11(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule separately specifies the Benefit Plans that are
maintained or sponsored by the Company or pursuant to which the Company may
have any current or contingent obligation or liability (the “Company Benefit
Plans”).

 

(b)           Seller has made available to
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, with respect to each Company Benefit Plan, copies
of: (1) all plan documents and amendments, trust agreements and insurance
and annuity contracts and policies and (2) the actuarial report for the
most recent plan year for which such report exists for any Company Benefit Plan
that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code.  Seller has made available to
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer a copy of the RBC -USA Retirement and Savings Plan
and the most recent applicable IRS determination letter.

 

(c)           All Benefit Plans are in substantial
compliance with the terms of such plans, ERISA, the Code and other applicable
Law.  Each Benefit Plan that is subject
to ERISA (the “ERISA Plans”) that is an “employee pension benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “Pension Plan”)
and that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code, has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS covering all
Tax Law changes prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001, or has applied to the IRS for such favorable determination letter
within the applicable remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of
the Code, and to the Knowledge of Seller there are no circumstances likely to
result in the loss of the qualification of such plan under Section 401(a) of
the Code.  The Company has not engaged in
a transaction with respect to any ERISA Plan that, assuming the taxable period
of such transaction expired as of the date of this Agreement, could subject the
Company to Taxes or penalties imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code
or Section 502(i) of ERISA in an amount that would be material.  The Company has not incurred and does not
reasonably expect to incur material Taxes or penalties imposed by Section 4980F
of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.

 

(d)           All material contributions required
to be made under each Benefit Plan, as of the date of this Agreement, have been
timely made and all obligations in respect of each Benefit Plan have been
properly accrued and reflected in the GAAP Financial Statements.  All premiums or other payments that are due
have been paid with respect to each Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Benefit Plan, and contracts or policies related thereto.

 

(e)           As of the date of this Agreement,
there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened claims,
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equity (except for claims
for benefits payable in the normal operations of any Benefit Plan) relating to
the Company Benefit Plans.

 

(f)            Except as set forth in Section 3.11(f) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (1) entitle
any Employees to severance or other pay or benefits or any increase in
severance or other pay or benefits, either upon the consummation of such
transactions or upon any other event, including any termination of employment
after the date of this Agreement (but excluding any severance or other pay or
benefits payable upon termination of employment immediately prior to the
Effective Time in accordance with Section 5.6(a) of his Agreement), (2) accelerate
the time of payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding (through a
grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the
amount payable or result in any other material obligation pursuant to, any of
the Benefit Plans, (3) limit or restrict the right of the Company or,
after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
Purchaser to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans or (4) result
in payments under any of the Benefit Plans that would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or
Section 280G of the Code.  No amount
paid or payable (whether in cash, in property, or in the form of benefits) by
the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (either
alone or in conjunction with any other event) will be an “excess parachute
payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, or would constitute
an “excess parachute payment” if such amounts were subject to the provisions of
Section 280G of the Code.  No Person
is entitled to receive any additional payment from the Company as a result of
the imposition of a Tax under Section 4999 of the Code.

 

(g)           There are no pending investigations,
audits, examinations or inquiries by any Governmental Authority involving any
Benefit Plan.

 

(h)           Except as may be required by Law or
this Agreement, none of Seller, the Company nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has
announced any plan or made any commitment to create or contribute to any
additional employee benefit plans that would constitute a Benefit Plan if
already adopted or contributed to, or to amend or modify any existing Benefit
Plan.

 

(i)            Each Benefit Plan that is a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A
of the Code (i) has been administered, operated and maintained in all
material respects according to the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code since January 1, 2009, (ii) has been administered, operated and
maintained in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code for all
applicable periods prior to January 1, 2009, and (iii) the terms of
the written plan document of each such Benefit Plan comply with Section 409A
of the Code (such that no Tax would be imposed under Section 409A of the
Code if each Plan is operated in compliance with its terms).  No person is entitled to receive any
additional payment from the Company as a result of the imposition of a Tax
under Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(j)            Except as listed in Section 3.11(j) of
the Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates sponsors, has sponsored, contributes to, has contributed to, or has
any obligation or contingent obligation under (1) a plan subject to Title
IV of ERISA, including any defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(35)
of ERISA), a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), or
a multiple employer plan subject to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (2) a
multiple employer welfare benefit arrangement (as defined in Section 3(40)(A) of
ERISA), or (3) a plan subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code.

 

(k)           Neither the Company nor any of its
ERISA Affiliates has incurred any excise Taxes under Chapter 43 of the Code
with respect to any Benefit Plan and nothing has occurred with respect to any
Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any of
its ERISA Affiliates to any such material Taxes.  Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates has any material liability whether direct, indirect, contingent or
otherwise, (1) under Section 502(i) or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code, (2) under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code or (3) under Title IV of ERISA, and nothing has occurred with
respect to any Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates to any such liability.  The Company does not have any material
liability, whether direct, indirect, contingent or otherwise, on account of any
violation of the health care requirements of Part 6 or 7 of Subtitle I of
ERISA or Section 4980B or 4980D of the Code.

 

(l)            No Benefit Plan that is a defined
benefit plan has or has had an “accumulated funding deficiency” (whether or not
waived) within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA and neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has an
outstanding funding waiver, and there has been no determination that any such
plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 303(i)(4) of
ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code).

 

(m)          Except as set forth in Section 3.11(m) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any obligation to
provide any continuation of welfare benefits (including medical, dental and
life insurance benefits) after any Employee’s employment or provision of
services has terminated, except for coverage continuation requirements of Part 6
of Subtitle I of ERISA or similar state Laws.

 

(n)           None of Seller, the Company or any of
their ERISA Affiliates has terminated an employee benefit plan for which the
Company could have any existing or continuing liability or obligation relating
thereto.

 

(o)           Seller has provided, or caused to be
provided, to Purchaser a list of all full and part-time Current Employees as of
the date of this Agreement, which list includes each such Employee’s position,
employer, location, date of hire, current annual salary, hourly rate of pay,
commission and/or bonus arrangement (as applicable), eligibility for overtime,
accrued paid time off, vacation and sick pay, service credited for purposes of
vesting and eligibility under any Benefit Plan, status as full-time or
part-time, current 

 

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status as either active or
on leave and, if on leave, the type and beginning date of such leave, and such
information is in accordance in all material respects with the Books and
Records of the Company as of such date.

 

(p)           None of the Company Benefit Plans is
subject to the Laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States.

 

Section 3.12           Compliance
with Laws; Permits.

 

(a)           The Company is, and at all times since
January 1, 2008 has been, in compliance with all applicable Laws and
Governmental Orders applicable to it or its assets, properties or businesses,
including (1) the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Truth in Lending
Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, state licensing
requirements and all other applicable Laws relating to the sale, distribution,
sourcing, origination or referral of loans, and compensation for such services,
(2) all applicable Laws relating to the sale and marketing of securities,
including variable annuity and life Insurance Contracts, and the administration
of related investor accounts, (3) all applicable Laws relating to the
sale, marketing, issuance, administration and underwriting of Insurance
Contracts issued by it and (4) any other Laws regulating the Company
Business, except, in each case, for any non-compliance that, individually or in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company.  As
of the date of this Agreement, there are no Governmental Orders in effect
against the Company, Seller or any of their respective Affiliates relating to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction
Agreements.  Since January 1, 2008,
the Company has filed all material reports, statements, documents,
registrations, filings or submissions required to be filed with any
Governmental Authority, and all such material reports, statements, documents,
registrations, filings and submissions were in compliance with all applicable
Laws when filed or as amended or supplemented (except, in each case, for any
non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company),
and no material deficiencies that remain unsatisfied have been asserted in
writing by any Governmental Authority with respect to such material reports,
statements, documents, registrations, filings or submissions.  The Company (1) has not received, at any
time since January 1, 2008, any notice or communication from any
Governmental Authority regarding any actual, alleged or potential material
violation of, or material failure on the part of the Company to comply with,
any applicable Laws, Governmental Authorizations or Governmental Orders
applicable to it or its assets, properties or business (including any Laws
regulating the insurance business) and (2) is not a party to, or bound by,
any Governmental Order that is material to the Company Business.  The Company is in compliance with all
applicable Laws relating to, and its policies applicable to, its collection,
use of and disclosure of personal or private information of customers or
consumers, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act and state privacy Laws, except, in each
case, for any non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
the Company.

 

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(b)           Except as would not reasonably be
expected to impair the conduct of the Company Business in any material respect,
(1) the Company holds all material governmental qualifications,
registrations, filings, licenses, permits, approvals or authorizations
necessary to conduct the Company Business and to own or use its assets and
properties, as such Company Business, assets and properties are conducted,
owned and used on the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Permits”),
and (2) all such Permits are valid and in full force and effect.  The Company is not the subject of any pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened Action seeking, or that would
reasonably be expected to lead to, the revocation, cancellation, suspension,
limitation, amendment, termination, modification, restriction, impairment or
non-renewal of any Permit.

 

(c)           Except for limitations imposed by
applicable Law that are applicable to insurance companies generally, as of the
date of this Agreement there is no Governmental Order between the Company and
any Governmental Authority that would be binding on the Company following the
Closing that (1) prohibits or restricts the payment of shareholder
dividends or other shareholder distributions by the Company, (2) restricts
the authority of the Company to conduct the Company Business or would
reasonably be expected to adversely impact the operations of the Company
Business, (3) requires the maintenance of any employees or physical
location or (4) requires the maintenance of the Company’s surplus.

 

(d)           The Company is not a party to any
contract with or other undertaking to, or subject to any order by, or the
recipient of any supervisory letter or other written communication of any kind
from, any Governmental Authority which relates to its reserve adequacy or its
claims, marketing, sales, trade or underwriting practices or policies in
respect of its business, nor to the Knowledge of Seller, has the Company been
notified by any Governmental Authority that such Governmental Authority is
contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of
issuing or requesting) any such order, contract, undertaking, letter or other
written communication.

 

(e)           No representation or warranty is made
in this Section 3.12 with respect to the matters covered in Section 3.10
(Taxes), Section 3.11 (Employee Benefits), Section 3.14 (Intellectual
Property), Section 3.16 (Insurance Matters),
Section 3.18 (Environmental Matters)
and Section 3.22 (Investment Company).

 

Section 3.13           Property.

 

(a)           Section 3.13(a) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all real property
that is owned by the Company (collectively, together with all easements,
licenses, rights and appurtenances relating thereto, the “Owned Real
Property”) and all real property in which the Company has a leasehold
interest (all such property, the “Leased Real Property” and the leases
pursuant to which the Leased Real Property is leased, the “Real Property Leases”).  Except as set forth on Section 3.13(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, or except as would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, the Company
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marketable fee simple
title to all Owned Real Property and (ii) good and valid leasehold title
to all Leased Real Property, subject only to any Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(b)           Except as set forth on Section 3.13(b) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, with respect to each lease for Leased Real
Property and except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually
or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the property,
(i) the Company has not received any notice from any other party to a
lease for any Leased Real Property of the termination thereof, (ii) no
default has occurred or is continuing under any lease for any Leased Real
Property and (iii) no material dispute or controversy exists under any
material lease for any Leased Real Property.

 

(c)           Except as would not reasonably be
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect, there are no existing or pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened in writing, condemnation or eminent domain proceedings to which a
material portion of the Leased Real Property or the Owned Real Property is
subject.

 

(d)           The Company has not received written
notice of any current or pending material regulatory proceedings,
administrative actions or litigation relating to any portion of the Leased Real
Property or the Owned Real Property, as applicable.

 

(e)           Section 3.13(e) of the
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Owned Real Property and the Leased
Real Property that is being marketed for sale, lease or sublease as of the date
of this Agreement.

 

(f)            Except as would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company,
the Company has not assigned, leased, sublet, transferred, disposed of or permitted
to exist any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance), on its interest
in any Leased Real Property or the Owned Real Property.  Seller has delivered or otherwise made
available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer copies of the Real Property Leases as
in effect on the date of this Agreement, together with all amendments,
extensions, renewals, guaranties, modifications, supplements or other
agreements, if any, thereto.

 

Section 3.14           Intellectual
Property.

 

(a)           Section 3.14(a) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (1) all Registered Intellectual
Property, (2) all material unregistered Trademarks, (3) all material
Software owned by the Company and used in the Company Business as currently
conducted, and (4) all licenses granting to the Company the right to use
material Software owned by a third party and used in the Company Business as
currently conducted, other than (i) licenses for commercially available
Software licensed pursuant to a shrink wrap or click through license agreement
or (ii) software or Intellectual Property provided under or used by
Persons other than the Company in connection with the IAS Contract and the
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(b)           The Company has sufficient rights to use
all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of the Company
Business as currently conducted, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than
Permitted Encumbrances, except where the lack of such rights would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.  The Company is the exclusive owner of all
Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than
Permitted Encumbrances, except where the lack of such rights would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company; and the Owned Intellectual
Property is not subject to any outstanding order, judgment or decree that
adversely affects the Company’s ownership or use of such Owned Intellectual
Property in any material manner.

 

(c)           The Company has not received, since January 1,
2008, any written notice, that remains unresolved, alleging that the Company
infringed the Intellectual Property rights of any Third Party.  To the Knowledge of Seller, the conduct of
the Company Business as currently conducted does not infringe the Intellectual
Property rights of any Third Party in any material manner.  To the Knowledge of Seller, no Person is
infringing any Owned Intellectual Property in any material manner.

 

(d)           Since January 1, 2008, there has
been no (i) loss or misuse of Personally Identifiable Information, (ii) inadvertent,
unauthorized, and/or unlawful processing, disclosure, access, alteration,
corruption, transfer, sale or rental, destruction, or use of Personally
Identifiable Information, or (iii) any other act or omission that
compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of Personally
Identifiable Information, in each case of (i), (ii) and (iii), requiring
under applicable Law that the Company notify its customers thereof.

 

Section 3.15           Contracts.

 

(a)           Section 3.15(a) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of each Material Contract as in effect on
the date of this Agreement or pursuant to which the Company has any rights or
obligations as of the date of this Agreement. 
Seller has made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer a copy of each
Material Contract.

 

(b)           Each Material Contract is a valid and
binding obligation of the Company and, to the Knowledge of Seller, is a valid
and binding obligation of each other party thereto and is in full force and
effect and, to the Knowledge of Seller, enforceable by the Company against each
other party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject in each case to the
Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions.

 

(c)           The Company is not and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Material Contract is, in violation,
breach or default of any Material Contract, except for such violations,
breaches, events or conditions that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company, and, to the Knowledge of Seller there does not exist any
event, condition or omission that would reasonably be expected to constitute
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breach or default (whether
by lapse of time or notice or both) or would reasonably be expected to permit
the termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of performance of
the obligation of the Company or any other party to any Material Contract.

 

Section 3.16           Insurance
Matters.

 

(a)           The Company has substantially
complied with all applicable requirements under the Code with respect to the
Insurance Contracts issued, assumed, entered into, reinsured or sold by the
Company, including reporting, withholding and disclosure requirements, and has
reported all distributions under such Insurance Contracts substantially in
accordance with the Tax laws relevant to such Insurance Contracts (including
but not limited to the requirements of Sections 72, 101, 401 through 409A, 412,
415, 417, 817, 7702, and 7702A of the Code and any Treasury Regulations and
administrative guidance issued thereunder).

 

(b)           Each hardware, software and other
product used by the Company to maintain such Insurance Contracts’ qualification
(but only as to Insurance Contracts which were entered into prior to, or in
effect as of, in each case, the Closing Date) for Tax treatment under the Code
for which such policies, plans or contracts purported to qualify at the time of
their issuance or purchase has been properly designed and implemented to
maintain such qualification.

 

(c)           The Company is not party to any “hold
harmless,” Tax sharing or indemnification agreements regarding the Tax
qualification or treatment of any product or plan sold, issued, entered into or
administered by the Company (whether developed by, administered by, or reinsured
with any unrelated third party).

 

(d)           There are no currently pending U.S.
federal, state, local or foreign audits or other administrative or judicial
proceedings against the Company, or, to Seller’s Knowledge, against any other
party, with regard to the Tax treatment of any Insurance Contract issued,
reinsured or sold by the Company.

 

(e)           Each Insurance Contract issued,
assumed, exchanged, modified or sold by the Company provides, and since the
date of issuance of such Insurance Contract has provided, the purchaser,
policyholder, account holder, other holder or intended beneficiary thereof with
Tax treatment under the Code that is the same as or more favorable than the Tax
treatment (1) that was purported to apply in materials provided at the
time of issuance, assumption, exchange, modification or purchase or (2) for
which such policies or contracts were intended or reasonably expected to
qualify under the Code at the time of issuance, assumption, exchange,
modification or purchase.

 

(f)            No Insurance Contract constitutes a “modified
endowment contract” under Section 7702A of the Code except where the
holder of the contract was timely notified in writing upon its issuance,
assumption, exchange or modification of its status as a “modified endowment
contract” under Section 7702A.

 

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(g)           The Company has not requested relief
from the IRS concerning the qualification of any Insurance Contract issued by
the Company under, or in compliance with, the Code and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the IRS has not asserted in writing that any such
policy or contract fails to so qualify or comply.  The Company has not requested relief from the
IRS concerning the treatment of any life insurance policy issued by the Company
as a modified endowment contract within the meaning of Section 7702A of
the Code, and the IRS has not asserted in writing that any such policy not
known or intended to be a modified endowment contract is a modified endowment
contract.  There are no ongoing audits or
material investigations by any Taxing Authority which relate to the failure or
potential failure of any Insurance Contract issued by the Company to comply
with the requirements of the Code applicable thereto, or the inadvertent
treatment of a material number of insurance policies as modified endowment
contracts within the meaning of Section 7702A of the Code.

 

(h)           The Company has not entered into any
closing agreements with the IRS concerning the Insurance Contracts.

 

(i)            All Insurance Contracts that have
been issued, assumed, exchanged, modified or sold by the Company as annuity
contracts constitute annuities for purposes of U.S. federal income Tax
law.  All Insurance Contracts that have
been issued, assumed, exchanged, modified or sold by the Company as life or
health insurance contracts constitute life or health insurance for purposes of
U.S. federal income Tax law.

 

(j)            The assets of any separate account
maintained by the Company that is required to be diversified pursuant to Section 817(h) of
the Code are and always have been adequately diversified within the meaning of Section 817(h) of
the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Company is
treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the owner of the assets
underlying the respective Insurance Contracts issued by the Company.

 

Section 3.17           Insurance
Producers and Third-Party Administrators.

 

(a)           To the Knowledge of Seller, each
Person, including salaried employees of the Company, performing the duties of
insurance producer, agency, managing general agent, broker, solicitor,
adjuster, marketer, underwriter, wholesaler, distributor, producer or customer
representative for the Company (collectively, “Producers”), at the time
such Producer wrote, sold, solicited, produced or serviced or adjusted
business, or performed such other act for or on behalf of the Company that may
require a producer’s, solicitor’s, broker’s, adjusters’ or other insurance
license, was duly licensed and appointed, where required, as an insurance
producer, managing general agent, third party administrator, broker, solicitor
or adjuster, as applicable (for the type of business written, sold, or produced
by such insurance producer, agency, managing general agent, third party administrator,
broker, solicitor, adjuster or customer representative), in the particular
jurisdiction in which such Producer wrote, sold, produced, solicited, or
serviced such business, as may be required by the various states.

 

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(b)                                 Seller has made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer copies of the
standard forms of Producer Agreements used by the Company that are in effect as
of the date of this Agreement.  Each
Producer Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, is a valid and binding obligation of each other party
thereto and is in full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of Seller,
enforceable by the Company against each other party thereto in accordance with
its terms, subject in each case to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions.  The Company is not in default under any such
Producer Agreement, except as would not reasonably be likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.  To the Knowledge of
Seller, no Producer has materially breached the terms of any agency or broker
contract with the Company.

 

(c)                                  To the Knowledge of Seller, no Producer has indicated in writing to
Seller or the Company that any Producer will be unable or unwilling to continue
its relationship with the Company after the Closing.

 

(d)                                 Since January 1, 2007, the Company has not engaged in, or colluded
with or assisted any other Persons with, the paying of contingent commissions
to steer business to the Company or colluded with brokers or agents to “rig
bids” or submit false quotes to customers. 
To the Knowledge of Seller, none of the Company’s in-force Insurance
Contracts are reinsured to an insurer or reinsurer that is controlled by an
agent, broker or other producer that placed such Insurance Contract.

 

(e)                                  To the Knowledge of Seller, each third-party administrator, at the time
such third-party administrator serviced or adjusted business, or performed such
other act for or on behalf of the Company that may require an insurance
license, was duly licensed and appointed, where required, as a third-party
administrator (for the type of business serviced by such third-party
administrator), in the particular jurisdiction in which such third-party
administrator serviced such business, as may be required by the various states.

 

Section 3.18                                Environmental Matters.

 

(a)                                  None of the Owned Real Property or the Leased Real Property is subject to
a written notice, request for information or order from, or agreement with, a
Governmental Authority or Third Party respecting the release or threatened
release of a Hazardous Material into the environment.

 

(b)                                 There has been no release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials
on, at or under the Owned Real Property, the Leased Real Property or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, any real property securing a mortgage loan owned by the
Company that is in foreclosure, or arising out of the conduct by the Company of
its business, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to result in the
imposition of any material liability to the Company under the Environmental
Laws.

 

(c)                                  None of the Owned Real Property, the Leased Real Property or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, any real property securing a mortgage loan owned by the
Company that is in foreclosure, is subject to any Encumbrance, other than a
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Encumbrance, in favor of
any Governmental Authority for (1) liability to the Company under any
Environmental Laws or (2) costs incurred by a Governmental Authority in
response to a release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material into the
environment for which the Company is primarily liable.

 

(d)                                 With respect to the Owned Real Property, the Leased Real Property or the
operation by the Company of its business thereon or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, with respect to any real property securing a mortgage loan owned by the
Company that is in foreclosure, there are no material Actions pending or, to
the Knowledge of Seller, threatened arising under or relating to an
Environmental Law or making any claim based on an Environmental Law for
personal injury, wrongful death or property damage in each case against, or
that would be expected to result in material liability to, the Company.

 

(e)                                  Since January 1, 2004, the Company has operated its business in
compliance in all material respects with applicable Environmental Laws and has
in place and is undertaking commercially reasonable risk management procedures
regarding potential environmental liability to the Company in connection with
its portfolio of mortgage loans.

 

(f)                                    Since January 1, 2004, the Company has not received, any written
claim, notice of violation or citation concerning any violation or alleged
violation of any applicable Environmental Law regarding its operations or any
real property securing a mortgage loan owned by the Company and the Company is
not subject to any outstanding obligations under any order or citation issued
pursuant to Environmental Law.

 

Section 3.19                                Finders’ Fees.  Except for Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
whose fees will be paid by USA Holdco or one of its Affiliates (other than the
Company), there is no investment banker, broker, financial advisor, finder or
other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf
of Seller or the Company or any of their respective Affiliates who might be
entitled to any fee or commission from Seller, Purchaser, the Company or any of
their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.

 

Section 3.20                                Insurance.  Section 3.20 of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a list of all insurance policies covering the Company or
any of its properties, assets, employees or operations, as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, including policies procured by Seller or any of its
Affiliates that name the Company as an insured. 
All such insurance policies are in full force and effect (and all
premiums due and payable thereon have been paid in full on a timely basis); and
no written notice of cancellation, termination or revocation or other written
notice that any such insurance policy is no longer in full force or effect or
that the issuer of any policy is not willing or able to perform its obligations
thereunder has been received by the Company; and there is no claim by the Company
pending under any of such insurance policies as to which coverage has been
denied by the insurer or that, after reviewing the information provided with
respect to such claim, the insurer has advised the Company it intends to deny;
and the Company is not in material default under any provision of such
insurance policies, except such defaults as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company.  The Company has
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disaster
recovery policies and procedures that its senior management reasonably believes
to be sufficient in scope and operation to protect against risks of the types
reasonably expected to be incurred by Persons similarly situated.

 

Section 3.21                                Indebtedness.  Other than the Existing Surplus Note and, as
of the Closing Date, the Closing Date Note, the Company does not have any
material (a) indebtedness for borrowed money other than indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) obligations
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments (other than
performance, surety and appeal bonds arising in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice in respect of which the Company’s liability
remains contingent), (c) reimbursement, payment or similar obligations,
contingent or otherwise, under acceptance, letter of credit or similar
facilities or (d) Liability of others described in clauses (a) through
(c) above that the Company has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal
Liability, including, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest or
penalties thereon.

 

Section 3.22                                Investment Company.  The Company is not an investment company
subject to registration and regulation under the Investment Company Act of
1940.

 

Section 3.23                                Company Portfolio Assets.  Section 3.23 of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule sets forth (a) a list of each Portfolio Asset (other than policy
loans under Insurance Contracts and cash) as of September 30, 2010, (b) information
as to the cost of each such Portfolio Asset and the market value, if available,
thereof as of September 30, 2010 and (c) a list of any such Portfolio
Assets (1) on any internal watch list prepared by the Company or (2) with
respect to which the Company has recognized other-than-temporary
impairments.  Except as set forth in Section 3.23
of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, none of the Portfolio Assets is in default in
the payment of principal, interest or dividends.  The Company holds valid title to all
Portfolio Assets free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted
Encumbrances and interests of nominees, custodians or similar intermediaries.

 

Section 3.24                                Insurance Business.

 

(a)                                  All policy and contract forms on which the Company has issued, Insurance
Contracts and which are currently being used by the Company or were used by the
Company for business which is still in force and all amendments, applications,
marketing materials, brochures, illustrations and certificates pertaining
thereto have, to the extent required by applicable Law, been approved by all
applicable Governmental Authorities or filed with and not objected to by such
Governmental Authorities within the period provided by applicable Law for
objection, subject to such exceptions as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company.  All Insurance
Contracts and all such policy and contract forms, amendments, applications,
marketing materials, brochures, illustrations and certificates comply in all
material respects with, and have been administered in all material respects in
accordance with, applicable Law.  Any
rates with respect to Insurance Contracts and all amendments, applications,
marketing materials, brochures, illustrations and certificates pertaining
thereto issued by the Company which are required to be filed with or approved
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approved and the rates
used by the Company conform in all material respects thereto.  Section 3.24(a) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all forms of Insurance Contracts that
are being marketed by the Company as of the date of this Agreement.  Seller has made available to Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer a representative sample of forms (including riders thereto) of
Insurance Contracts sold by the Company since January 1, 1995, including
such forms used in each of the principal lines of business of the Company,
including life, health and annuity products.

 

(b)                                 Seller has made available for inspection of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer (1) copies
of all examination reports (including financial, market conduct and similar
examinations) issued by any insurance regulatory authority with respect to the
Company or the Company Business which have been completed and issued since December 31,
2007; (2) any draft or incomplete examination reports (including
financial, market conduct and similar examinations) provided to the Company by
any insurance regulatory authority with respect to the Company or the Company
Business pursuant to any currently ongoing or incomplete examinations; (3) all
material Holding Company System Act filings or submissions made by the Company
with any insurance regulatory authority since December 31, 2007; and (4) all
other material correspondence, inquiries and other materials relating to the
Company or the Company Business received from or delivered to any insurance
regulatory authority since December 31, 2007.  Except as set forth in Section 3.24(b) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2007, no material
deficiencies or violations with respect to the Company have been asserted in
writing by any insurance regulatory authority, other than any deficiency or
violation which has been cured or otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of the
insurance regulatory authority that noted such deficiency or violation.  The Company is not deemed “commercially
domiciled” under the Laws of any jurisdiction and is not otherwise treated as
domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the State of South Carolina.

 

(c)                                  All benefits claimed by, or paid, payable, or credited to, any Person
under any Insurance Contract have in all material respects been paid or
credited (or provision as required under SAP for payment thereof has been made)
in accordance with the terms of the applicable Insurance Contract, and such
payments, credits or provisions were not materially delinquent and were paid or
credited (or will be paid or credited) without fines or penalties (excluding
interest), except for any such claim for benefits for which there is a
reasonable basis to contest payment.

 

(d)                                 There are no unpaid claims or assessments made against the Company by any
state insurance guaranty associations or similar organizations in connection
with such association’s insurance guaranty fund.

 

(e)                                  Copies of the underwriting standards and guidelines utilized and rates and
rating factors and criteria applied by the Company with respect to Insurance
Contracts outstanding as of the date of this Agreement have been previously
made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer. 
Each Insurance Contract has been issued substantially in compliance with
and in accordance with the underwriting standards, guidelines and criteria made
available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer.

 

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(f)                                    The compliance advertising control log of the Company for the years
ending December 31, 2007, December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2009 and all printed advertising materials provided to consumers since January 1,
2010 have been made available to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer.

 

(g)                                 The Company has marketed, sold and issued the Insurance Contracts in
compliance with applicable Law in all material respects, including (1) all
applicable requirements and prohibitions relating to suitability of sales and
replacement of policies and annuity products, (2) all applicable
requirements relating to the disclosure of the nature of insurance products as
policies of insurance, (3) all applicable requirements relating to
insurance product projections and illustrations, and (4) all applicable
requirements relating to the advertising, sales and marketing of insurance and
annuity products and guaranteed investment contracts.

 

(h)                                 Since January 1, 2006, the Company has not received any written
notice of any unclaimed property or escheat audit or investigation from any
Governmental Authority.  The Company
maintains unclaimed property and escheat policies, procedures and guidelines
that comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws, copies of which
have previously been provided to Purchaser by Seller.  The Company is, and at all times since January 1,
2008 has been, in material compliance with all such policies, procedures and
guidelines and any applicable Laws related thereto.

 

(i)                                     The Company does not currently maintain and, since January 1, 2005,
has not maintained any retained asset or other similar accounts with respect to
benefits payable under any Insurance Contract.

 

Section 3.25                                Reinsurance and Coinsurance.

 

(a)                                  Section 3.25(a) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of all Reinsurance Agreements to which the Company is a party or under
which it has any existing rights, obligations or liabilities.  Seller has made available to Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer a copy of each Reinsurance Agreement.  All Reinsurance Agreements set forth in Section 3.25(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule are in full force and effect and the Company is
not and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no other party thereto is in default in
any material respect as to any provision thereof; and, except as set forth in Section 3.25(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, no such agreement contains any provision
providing that any party thereto may terminate such agreement by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
All reinsurance premiums due under such Reinsurance Agreements have been
paid in full or were adequately accrued or reserved for by the Company.  To the extent credit has been taken in any
Statutory Statement pursuant to applicable Law for reinsurance pursuant to any
Reinsurance Agreement, the Company was entitled to take such credit in such
Statutory Statement.

 

(b)                                 Since January 1, 2008, (1) neither Seller nor the Company has
received any written notice from any reinsurer party to a Reinsurance Agreement
that any amount of reinsurance ceded by the Company will be uncollectible or
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or that there is a dispute
with respect to any material amounts recoverable or payable by the Company
pursuant to such Reinsurance Agreement, and (2) no such reinsurer is in
default or has otherwise failed to pay any material amount when due.

 

(c)                                  None of the Reinsurance Agreements is or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
would be deemed to be, finite reinsurance, financial reinsurance or such other
form of reinsurance that does not meet the risk transfer requirements under
applicable Law.  Each of the Reinsurance
Agreements has been properly characterized and accounted for in the Statutory
Statements of the Company in all material respects in accordance with SAP, and
no Governmental Authority has objected to such characterization and accounting.

 

(d)                                 Section 3.25(d) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Encumbrances, collateral or
security arrangements, including by means of a credit for reinsurance trust or
letter of credit, to or for the benefit of any cedent under any Reinsurance
Agreement.

 

(e)                                  As of the date of this Agreement, there are no pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened, Actions with respect to any Reinsurance
Agreement.

 

Section 3.26                                Actuarial Reports.

 

(a)                                  Seller has, or has caused to be, delivered or made available to Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer a copy of (1) the “Actuarial Appraisal of Liberty Life
Insurance Company as of December 31, 2009,” dated June 24, 2010,
prepared by Towers Watson Pennsylvania Inc. (“Towers Watson”) (the “Actuarial
Appraisal”), (2) each Regulatory Asset Adequacy Issues Summary, (3) each
actuarial opinion from the Chief Actuary of the Company supporting the
applicable Regulatory Asset Adequacy Issues Summary, (4) each actuarial
memorandum supporting the applicable actuarial opinion, and (5) each
actuarial appraisal prepared at the request of and for the benefit of the
Company, Seller or any of their respective Affiliates by independent actuaries,
in each case, (A) since December 31, 2007 and (B) including all
attachments, addenda, supplements and modifications thereto (the items
described in (2) though (4) above, the “Actuarial Analyses”).  As of the date of this Agreement, Towers Watson
has not issued any new report or errata with respect to the Actuarial Appraisal
nor has it notified Seller or its Affiliates that the Actuarial Appraisal is
inaccurate in any material respect.  Each
Actuarial Analysis was based upon the Company’s Books and Records and an
inventory of Insurance Contracts in force that, at the relevant time of
preparation, was complete and accurate in all material respects and was
prepared using appropriate modeling procedures and assumptions accurately
applied and in conformity with generally accepted actuarial standards
consistently applied.  The factual
information furnished by Seller and the Company to Towers Watson expressly for
the purpose of preparing the Actuarial Appraisal was accurate in all material
respects as of the date so delivered.

 

(b)                                 The policy reserves of the Company recorded in the Statutory Statements
as of their respective dates:  (1) were
computed in accordance with presently accepted actuarial standards consistently
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actuarial principles; (2) were
based on actuarial assumptions which produce reserves at least as great as
those called for in any Insurance Contract as to reserve basis and method, and
are in accordance with all other Insurance Contract provisions; (3) met
the requirements in all material respects of insurance Laws of the State of
South Carolina and, to the best of the knowledge of the Chief Actuary of the
Company, are at least as great as the minimum aggregate amounts required by the
State of South Carolina; (4) were computed on the basis of assumptions
consistent with those used in computing the corresponding items in the Annual
Statement as at the prior year end; and (5) included provision for all
actuarial reserves and related statement items that ought to be established; provided,
that in no event shall this Section 3.26(b), Section 3.7(c) or
any other provision of this Agreement be deemed to constitute a guaranty,
warranty or other representation as to the adequacy or sufficiency of the
reserves as provided in any balance sheet or other financial statement.

 

Section 3.27                                Risk-Based Capital.  Seller has made available to Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer copies of all material filings submitted by the Company to any
insurance regulatory authority during the twelve (12) months preceding the date
of this Agreement that report risk-based capital calculations.  The risk-based capital calculations were made
in accordance with, and met all requirements of, applicable Law at the time
such filings were made in all material respects.

 

Section 3.28                                Labor Matters.  The Company is not a party to any agreement
with respect to its Current Employees with any labor union or any other
employee organization, group or association organized for purposes of
collective bargaining.  To the Knowledge
of Seller, there are not currently, and during the twenty-four (24) months
preceding the date of this Agreement there have not been, any bona fide
organizational efforts with respect to the formation of a collective bargaining
unit involving the Employees.  During the
twenty-four (24) months preceding the date of this Agreement there has been no
strike, work stoppage or lockout. 
With respect to the Employees, Seller and the Company are in compliance
with all Laws regarding employment, employment practices, screening procedures,
wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment, including the federal
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.  All Current Employees are employed at will,
and there are no employment, retention or other similar agreements in effect
between a Current Employee and the Company. 
There are not currently any complaints, charges or claims pending
against the Company asserting that an independent contractor with respect to
the Company Business was not or has not been properly classified as such.  To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no
pending or threatened complaints, charges or claims against the Company in
connection with or relating to the employment or termination of employment of
any Employee.

 

Section 3.29                                Affiliate Transactions.  Section 3.29 of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a list of (a) all Intercompany Agreements in effect as
of the date of this Agreement, (b) all Affiliate Agreements in effect as
of the date of this Agreement and (c) intercompany assets and liabilities,
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Section 3.30                                Separate Accounts; Regulatory Filings.

 

(a)                                  Section 3.30(a)(1) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of all separate accounts maintained by the Company (collectively, the “Separate
Accounts”) and (i) each Separate Account is duly and validly
established and maintained under the Laws of its state of domicile, is operated
in compliance with applicable Laws and is either excluded from the definition
of an investment company pursuant to Sections 3(c)(1), 3(c)(7) or 3(c)(11)
of the Investment Company Act, or is duly registered as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act (any account so registered, a “Registered
Separate Account”) and (ii) the Insurance Contracts under which any
Separate Account’s assets are held are duly and validly issued and are either
exempt from registration under the Securities Act  or were sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, and any such registration
statement is currently in effect to the extent necessary to allow the Company
to receive contributions under such policies.

 

(b)                                 The Company and each Separate Account have filed or furnished all
reports, schedules, registration statements and other documents and exhibits
thereto required in connection with the offering of Separate Account products
with or to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
since January 1, 2007 (the “SEC Reports”).  As of their respective dates of filing with
or furnishing to the SEC (or, if amended or supplemented by a filing prior to
the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such latest filing), the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Investment Company Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such SEC Reports, and none of
the SEC Reports when filed with or furnished to the SEC (or, if amended or supplemented
by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such latest
filing) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated or incorporated by reference therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The financial statements of the Company and
its Registered Separate Accounts included in the SEC Reports complied, as of
their respective dates of filing with the SEC (or, if amended or supplemented
by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such latest
filing), in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements
and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company and its Registered
Separate Accounts and were prepared in accordance with the applicable internal
control procedures of the Company.

 

(c)                                  Other than the SEC Reports, which are addressed in clause (b) of
this Section 3.30, and except as set forth in Section 3.30(c) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Separate Accounts have timely
filed (after taking into account all grace periods or extensions) all material
reports, registrations, statements, documents, filings and submissions,
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thereto, that they were
required to file since January 1, 2008 with any Governmental Authority,
and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection
therewith.  No violations or material
deficiencies have been asserted by any such Governmental Authority with respect
to such reports, registrations, statements, documents, filings or submissions
that have not been resolved to the satisfaction of the Governmental Authority
that noted such violation or deficiency.

 

Section 3.31                                Books and Records.  The Books and Records are consistent with and
accurately reflect the assets, transactions and business of the Company in all
material respects and have been maintained in all material respects in
accordance with applicable Law.

 

Section 3.32                                Internal Controls.

 

(a)                                  The Company maintains accurate Books and Records reflecting its assets
and liabilities, and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls
that provide assurance that:  (1) transactions
are executed with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements in
conformity in all material respects with SAP or GAAP, as applicable, and to
maintain accountability for its assets; (3) access to its assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (4) the reporting of its assets is compared with existing
assets at regular intervals and appropriate actions are taken with respect to
any differences; and (5) accounts, notes and other receivables and
inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are
implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis.

 

(b)                                 To Seller’s Knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Representatives
has received any non-frivolous complaint, allegation, assertion or claim,
whether written or oral, regarding the accounting, reserving or auditing
practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its internal
accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim
that the Company has engaged in questionable accounting, reserving or auditing
practices.

 

Section 3.33                                Shared Assets and Shared Employees.

 

(a)                                  Section 3.33(a) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of all material assets, properties or rights of every kind and description
that are (1) (A) owned or licensed by Seller or any of its Affiliates
(other than the Company) and (B) used in the operation or conduct of the
Company Business or (2) (A) owned or licensed by the Company and (B) used
in the operation or conduct of the business of Seller or any of its Affiliates
(other than the Company).

 

(b)                                 Section 3.33(b) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of (1) any employee, agent, consultant or contractor of Seller or any
of its Affiliates (other than the Company) who provides services to the Company
Business and (2) any Business Employee who provides services to the
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than the Company), in each
case other than pursuant to the terms of any Intercompany Agreement.

 

Section 3.34                                Contract List.  Seller has made available to Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer a list of the Contracts the Company has identified that may
allow for any Person other than the Company to terminate such Contract upon any
change in the credit rating of the Company. 
All Contracts included on the list have been made available to Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer.

 

Section 3.35                                No Other Representations or Warranties.  Except for the representations and warranties
contained in Article 3 and Section 7.9 and any certificate delivered
by such entity under this Agreement, none of USA Holdco, Seller, the Company or
any other Person makes any other express or implied representation or warranty
on behalf of USA Holdco, Seller, the Company or otherwise in respect of the
Company Business or the Shares.

 

ARTICLE 4

Representations and Warranties of Purchaser.

 

Except
as otherwise set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by Purchaser to
Seller on the date of this Agreement (“Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule”),
Purchaser (on its behalf and on behalf of Annuity Reinsurer) makes the
following representations and warranties to Seller as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that any
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date or as of the
date of this Agreement are only made as of such date:

 

Section 4.1                                      Organization and Authority of Purchaser.  Purchaser (a) is an exempted company
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
Bermuda, (b) has all requisite power to operate its business as now
conducted and (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do
business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in each jurisdiction where
the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify or be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Purchaser.  Annuity Reinsurer (x) is an exempted
company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of Bermuda, (y) has all requisite power to operate its business as now
conducted and (z) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do
business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in each jurisdiction where
the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties
requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify or be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
materially impair the ability of Annuity Reinsurer to perform its obligations
under the Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party.  Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of
Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction
Agreement to which it is or will be a party and to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder.  All necessary
corporate action has been taken to bind the Purchaser and each applicable
Affiliate of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) to this Agreement and each
other Transaction Agreement to which it is or will be a party, and no
additional corporate proceedings on the part of Purchaser or any applicable
Affiliate of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) are necessary to authorize
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consummation
of this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements to which any of them is
or will be a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Section 4.2                                      Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Agreements to which Purchaser or any applicable Affiliate of Purchaser
(including Annuity Reinsurer) is or will be a party has been, or upon execution
and delivery thereof, will be, duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including
Annuity Reinsurer) to the extent a party thereto and constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of
Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) to the extent a party thereto
enforceable against Purchaser and each such Affiliate of Purchaser (including
Annuity Reinsurer) to the extent a party thereto in accordance with its terms,
subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions.

 

Section 4.3                                      Filings and Consents.

 

(a)                                  No Governmental Authorization is required to be made or obtained by Purchaser
or any of its Affiliates (including Annuity Reinsurer) in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate
of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements to which any of them is or will be a party, or the
consummation by Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including
Annuity Reinsurer) of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except
for (a) any notification and report form required to be filed under the
HSR Act with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice and (b) the consents, approvals, waivers,
registrations, notices and filings set forth in Section 4.3(a) of
Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

(b)                                 Schedule 6.1(b) sets forth all Governmental Authorizations to be
made or obtained by Purchaser, any of its Affiliates (including Annuity
Reinsurer) or the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of the Annuity Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

(c)                                  No consent, approval or authorization of, or action by, or notices to, or
waivers from, any Third Party is required to be made or obtained by Purchaser
or any of its Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including
Annuity Reinsurer) of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to
which any of them is or will be a party, or the consummation by Purchaser and
each applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for the consents,
approvals, waivers and notices set forth in Section 4.3(c) of
Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

Section 4.4                                      No Violations.  Subject to receipt of the Governmental
Authorizations and other consents, approvals and authorizations and the making
of the filings, registrations, notices and waivers referred to in Sections 3.5
and 4.3 and Schedule 6.1(b), and the expiration of related waiting periods, the
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Affiliate
of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements to which any of them is or will be a party, and the
consummation by Purchaser and each applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including
Annuity Reinsurer) of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not
and will not (a) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under,
or give rise to any Encumbrance or any acceleration of remedies, penalty,
material increase or decrease in benefit payable or right of termination under
any Contract or any note, bond, loan or credit agreement, mortgage, indenture
or other Contract to which Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (including
Annuity Reinsurer) or by which any of them or any of their respective
properties or assets is subject or bound, (b) constitute a breach or
violation of, or a default under, the organizational documents of Purchaser or
any applicable Affiliate of Purchaser (including Annuity Reinsurer) or (c) conflict
with or violate in any material respect any Law or other Governmental
Authorization applicable to Purchaser or any applicable Affiliate of Purchaser
(including Annuity Reinsurer) or by which any of them or any material portion
of their respective properties or assets is bound or subject, except (1) in
the case of clause (a), as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Purchaser and (2) in the case of clause (c), for any such conflict or
violation arising as a result of the regulatory status of or any Governmental
Authorizations held or not held by Seller, Life Reinsurer or their respective
Affiliates.

 

Section 4.5                                      Finders’ Fees.  No investment banker, broker, financial
advisor, finder or other intermediary has been retained by or is authorized to
act on behalf of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates who might be entitled to
any fee or commission from Seller or the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
Purchaser shall bear 100% of the cost of any fee or commission payable
to any investment banker, broker, financial advisor, finder or other
intermediary who has been retained by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates.

 

Section 4.6                                      Financial Capability.

 

(a)                                  Upon fulfillment of the commitments set forth in the Equity Commitment
Letter and after deducting any amounts released from the Escrow Account to
Seller in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, Purchaser shall have sufficient
funds to enable it to consummate the Purchase (in accordance with the terms,
and subject to the conditions, set forth in this Agreement) and to contribute
capital to Annuity Reinsurer, as necessary, for Annuity Reinsurer to make all
payments required by it upon execution of the Annuity Business Reinsurance
Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Purchaser has received the executed Equity Commitment Letter (a copy of
which has been provided to Seller).

 

(c)                                  The Equity Commitment Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, is in the
form so delivered to Purchaser.  The
Equity Commitment Letter has not been amended or modified, and the commitment
set forth in the Equity Commitment Letter has not been withdrawn or rescinded
in any respect.  The Equity Commitment
Letter is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of Purchaser.

 

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Section 4.7                                      Investigation by Purchaser.  Purchaser acknowledges that it has made its
own inquiry and investigation into, and based thereon, has formed an
independent judgment concerning the Company and its business.

 

Section 4.8                                      Purchase for Own Account.

 

(a)                                  Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501
of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

 

(b)                                 Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Shares for investment and not with
a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof, nor
with any present intention of distributing or selling the Transferred
Shares.  Purchaser agrees that the
Transferred Shares may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged,
hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws, except pursuant to an exemption
from such registration under such act and such laws.

 

(c)                                  Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Transferred
Shares for an indefinite period, and has knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters such that it is capable of evaluating the risks of an
investment in the Transferred Shares.

 

Section 4.9                                      Purchaser and Annuity Reinsurer Statutory Statements.  Prior to the date of this Agreement,
Purchaser has made available to Seller true and correct copies of the following
statutory statements, in each case together with the exhibits, schedules and
notes thereto and any affirmations and certifications filed therewith:

 

(a)                                  (1) the audited consolidated financial statement of Purchaser and
its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Bermuda statutory accounting
principles for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 and (2) the
unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statement of Purchaser and its
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Bermuda statutory accounting
principles as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 (collectively,
the “Purchaser Bermuda Statutory Statements”).  The Purchaser Bermuda Statutory Statements
fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated statutory financial
position of Purchaser at the dates thereof and the consolidated statutory
results of operations, capital and surplus of Purchaser for the periods then
ended.

 

(b)                                 (1) the audited financial statement of Annuity Reinsurer prepared in
accordance with Bermuda statutory accounting principles for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009 and (2) the unaudited quarterly  financial statement of Annuity Reinsurer
prepared in accordance with Bermuda statutory accounting principles as of and
for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, including all certificates by Annuity
Reinsurer’s approved actuary in respect of the payment of any distribution of
surplus by Annuity Reinsurer and the declaration or payment of any dividends by
Annuity Reinsurer to any Person (collectively, the “Annuity Reinsurer
Bermuda Statutory Statements”).  The
Annuity Reinsurer Bermuda Statutory Statements fairly present, in all material
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the statutory financial
position of Annuity Reinsurer at the dates thereof and the consolidated
statutory results of operations, capital and surplus of Annuity Reinsurer for
the periods then ended.

 

Section 4.10                                No Impediments.  There is no Action pending or, to the
Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened, against Purchaser or any of its Affiliates
(including Annuity Reinsurer), as applicable, that would reasonably be likely,
individually or in the aggregate, to materially impair or delay the ability of
Purchaser to obtain those of the Regulatory Approvals to be obtained by
Purchaser or its Affiliates or materially impair or delay the ability of
Purchaser to effect the Closing.

 

Section 4.11                                Annuity Reinsurer.  Annuity Reinsurer is (and through the Closing
Date will be) a wholly owned Subsidiary of Purchaser.  Purchaser has all requisite corporate power
and authority to cause Annuity Reinsurer to execute and deliver each of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and to perform its
obligations thereunder.

 

Section 4.12                                No Other Representations or Warranties.  Except for the representations and warranties
contained in this Article 4, neither Purchaser nor any other Person makes
any express or implied representation or warranty on behalf of Purchaser to
Seller.

 

ARTICLE 5

Covenants

 

Section 5.1                                      Confidentiality; Access; Transition Matters.

 

(a)                                  From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, subject to
applicable Laws, Seller shall and shall cause the Company to permit Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer and their respective Representatives to have reasonable
access, during regular business hours, and upon reasonable advance notice and
in a manner not unreasonably interfering with Seller’s or the Company’s
properties or business operations, to (1) the Books and Records and the
facilities and offices of the Company and, to the extent relating to the
Company or the Company Business, Seller, (2) operating data and such other
information concerning the Company or the Company Business that Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer or any of their Representatives may from time to time reasonably
request and (3) the employees of Seller and the Company whose assistance
and expertise is reasonably necessary to assist Purchaser or Life Reinsurer and
their respective Representatives in connection with preparation to integrate
and transition the Company and the Company Business.  Subject to any applicable Laws, Seller shall
furnish, or cause to be furnished, such financial and operating data and other
information that is available with respect to the Company or the Company
Business as Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or their respective Representatives shall
from time to time reasonably request. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer or their respective Representatives have access to any information (x) the
disclosure of which would, in Seller’s reasonable judgment, based on advice of
Seller’s legal counsel, create any potential Liability under applicable Laws,
including antitrust laws, or would adversely affect any legal privilege, in
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effect or (y) that in
the reasonable judgment of Seller, based on advice of Seller’s legal counsel,
would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or other
information subject to confidentiality obligations to third parties (provided
that, in any such case, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain waivers with respect to the confidentiality restrictions to which any
such other information is subject). 
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall reimburse Seller promptly for
reasonable out of pocket expenses (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
compensation of employees of Seller, the Company and their respective
Affiliates) it or the Company incurs in complying with any such request by or
on behalf of Purchaser or Life Reinsurer pursuant to this Section 5.1; provided
that, with respect to any assistance provided under Section 5.1(a)(3) reimbursable
expenses shall also include any costs or expenses that become payable or
reimbursable by the Company to Third Parties in connection with any such
integration and transition activities, subject, for any such expenses exceeding
$50,000, to the prior consent of the Counterparty to which assistance is being
provided by Seller or the Company in connection with the incurrence of such
expenses.

 

(b)                                 Purchaser agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates (it being
understood that for purposes of Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), the Investor
shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Purchaser irrespective of whether the
investment contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter has already been
effected) and Representatives, to hold, and cause its Affiliates and
Representatives to hold, the information provided to Purchaser or its
Representatives in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction
Agreements in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Purchaser
Confidentiality Agreement as though the terms thereof restricted disclosure and
use of such information by Purchaser and its Affiliates and Representatives and
the Investor in the same manner and to the same degree as it restricts
disclosure of “Evaluation Material” pursuant to the Purchaser Confidentiality
Agreement.  Life Reinsurer agrees, on
behalf of itself and its Representatives, to hold the information provided to
it or its Representatives in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction
Agreements in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Life Reinsurer
Confidentiality Agreement as though the terms thereof restricted disclosure and
use of such information by Life Reinsurer and its Representatives in the same
manner and to the same degree as it restricts disclosure of “Evaluation
Material” pursuant to the Life Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement.  The Purchaser Confidentiality Agreement and
the Life Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate at the Closing; provided,
however, that the confidentiality obligations of the Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates and Representatives shall not
terminate with respect to any portion of the confidential information relating
to Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company).  If, for any reason, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Agreements are not
consummated, (1) the Purchaser Confidentiality Agreement and the Life
Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement shall nonetheless continue in full force
and effect in accordance with their respective terms and (2) Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and
Representatives to, promptly destroy or return to Seller any report, analysis
or other material containing information provided to Purchaser, Life Reinsurer
or their respective Affiliates or Representatives in connection with this
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Purchaser, Life Reinsurer
nor their respective Affiliates or Representatives will be required to erase
any such report, analysis or material that has been electronically stored and
has been saved to a back-up file in accordance with Purchaser’s, Life Reinsurer’s
or their respective Representative’s of Affiliate’s ordinary electronic back-up
practices, on the condition that, except as otherwise required by applicable
Law, (i) Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates’ and
Representatives’ personnel whose functions are not primarily information
technology do not access such retained copies and (ii) Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer and their respective Affiliate’s and Representatives’ personnel whose
functions are primarily information technology in nature access such copies
only as reasonably necessary for the performance of their information
technology duties (e.g., for purposes of system recovery).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer may, to the extent required by Law or the written record keeping
policies of Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, as applicable, maintain one copy of
any such report, analysis or material in its legal department for its file
related to the transactions contemplated hereby and in the Transaction
Agreements separate and apart from all unrelated files solely for litigation
purposes should litigation arise with respect to obligations under this
Agreement or the Transaction Agreements; provided that access to such report,
analysis or material is restricted to legal personnel for the purposes
permissible hereunder.

 

(c)                                  None of Seller, Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates
and Representatives shall make public the terms or conditions of this
Agreement, including the subject matter of this Agreement or negotiations
relating to this Agreement or any documents referred to herein; provided,
however, that the foregoing obligation of Seller, Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates and Representatives shall not
prohibit disclosure of any such information (1) if required by Law or
stock exchange rules (in which case the Party required to make such
disclosure shall allow (to the extent permitted by law and reasonably
practicable) the other Parties a reasonable opportunity to comment on such
disclosure in advance of such disclosure); (2) to auditors or ratings
agencies; provided, that such auditors or ratings agencies are made
aware of the provisions of this Section 5.1; (3) by Seller and its
Affiliates to custodians, retrocessionaires, reinsurers or investment managers
of the Company and/or its business, where in the reasonable opinion of Seller
such disclosure is reasonably necessary to facilitate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements; (4) to
the extent that the information has been made public by or on behalf of, or
with the prior consent of, (A) Seller, with respect to disclosure by
Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any of their respective Affiliates and
Representatives, or (B) Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, as applicable, with
respect to disclosure by Seller or any of its Affiliates and Representatives; (5) to
the extent reasonably necessary in connection with any Action or in any dispute
with respect to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; (6) to
the Investor or Apollo Global Management LLC without obtaining Seller’s prior
consent and (7) with the prior approval of Seller (not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), by Purchaser to (A) Persons who are equity holders
of Purchaser as of the date of this Agreement, or (B) Apollo Global
Management LLC’s existing partners in investment vehicles managed or controlled
by Apollo Global Management LLC and investors or potential investors, in the
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opinion of Purchaser such
disclosure is reasonably necessary to facilitate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements.

 

(d)                                 From and after the Closing, Seller and its Affiliates shall, and shall
cause each of their Representatives to, maintain in confidence any written,
oral or other information relating to the Company or the Company Business or
obtained from Purchaser or its Affiliates (including the Company) or from Life
Reinsurer or its Affiliates, except that the foregoing requirements of this Section 5.1(d) shall
not apply to the extent that (1) any such information is or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
Seller or its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives in breach
of this Agreement; (2) any such information is required by applicable Law,
Governmental Order or a Governmental Authority to be disclosed (with notice
given to Purchaser and/or Life Reinsurer, as applicable, to the extent
permitted by Law) (including any report, statement, testimony or other
submission to such Governmental Authority); (3) any such information was
or becomes available to Seller or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis
and from a source (other than Purchaser or Life Reinsurer or any of their
respective Affiliates or Representatives (including the Company)) that is not
known by Seller (x) to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with respect
to such information or (y) to be otherwise obligated to keep such
information confidential; or (4) any such information is reasonably
necessary to be disclosed in connection with any Action or in any dispute with
respect to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement (including in
response to any summons, subpoena or other legal process or formal or informal
investigative demand issued to the disclosing party in the course of any
litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding); provided, that
if Seller or any of its Affiliates becomes legally compelled by deposition,
interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or
similar judicial or administrative process to disclose such confidential
information, to the extent reasonably practicable, Seller shall provide
Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, as the case may be, with prompt notice of the
intended disclosure before the actual disclosure so that Purchaser or Life
Reinsurer may seek a protective order.

 

(e)                                  Effective as of the Closing Date and pursuant to the Assignment
Agreement, Seller shall or shall cause its applicable Affiliate to assign to
Purchaser its rights under each Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement pursuant
to which the counterparty to any Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement was
given access to a data room maintained by or on behalf of Seller in connection
with a potential negotiated transaction in respect of the Company (each such
Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement, an “Assigned Pre-Closing
Confidentiality Agreement”).  At the
Closing, Seller shall or shall cause its applicable Affiliate to deliver to
Purchaser a copy of each Assigned Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement.  In the event that Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates or Representatives reasonably determines in good faith that it is
likely that a Third Party may be using or disclosing confidential information
in violation of one or more of the Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreements not
assigned to Purchaser, (i) Purchaser may notify Seller of the potential
breach by the applicable Third Party and (ii) Seller shall determine
whether such Third Party is party to a Pre-Closing Confidentiality
Agreement.  In the event that such Third
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Seller hereby agrees that
it shall notify Purchaser thereof and, at the request of Purchaser, shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to enforce its rights under the applicable
agreement.

 

Section 5.2                                      Conduct of Business.  During the period from the date of this
Agreement until the Closing, except (a) as otherwise contemplated by this
Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements, (b) for matters set forth
in Section 5.2 of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, (c) as required by
applicable Law or (d) as Purchaser (or, where indicated, Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer) otherwise consents in writing in advance, Seller shall cause
the Company to (1) conduct the Company Business in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice, (2) use its commercially reasonable efforts
to preserve intact its business and relationships, including by maintaining the
Insurance Contracts and Permits, by keeping available the services of those of
the officers and key employees, consultants and agents of its business, and by
maintaining material relationships (contractual or otherwise) and goodwill with
customers, regulators, suppliers, creditors, employees and service providers of
and to its business and others having business dealings with it, in each case
that Purchaser and Life Reinsurer have not indicated expressly that they intend
to terminate subsequent to the Closing (it  being  understood
and  agreed that adverse changes in the Company’s business and
relationships (including any rating agency actions and any actual or reasonably
foreseeable consequences thereof) that result from or are caused by the
announcement of the transaction and the plans of Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or
their respective Affiliates with respect to restructuring, integrating or
operating the Company that have been disclosed to the public or to employees,
suppliers or customers of the Company shall not constitute, or be taken into
account in determining whether there has been, a breach by Seller of its
obligation under this Section 5.2, and (3) cause the Company to not
to do any of the following:

 

(a)                                  declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution on any shares of
capital stock or other equity interest, or purchase, redeem, repay, repurchase
or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or other equity interest,
other than the Closing Date Share Redemption;

 

(b)                                 effect any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split or like change
in its capitalization;

 

(c)                                  amend its articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational documents;

 

(d)                                 issue, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of or encumber any
shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any such shares, or any rights, warrants, options, calls or commitments to
acquire any such shares or other of its securities;

 

(e)                                  without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, purchase, sell,
lease, pledge, exchange, encumber or otherwise dispose or acquire any property
or assets (other than transactions in respect of any Portfolio Asset and other
transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business and Permitted
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for which the aggregate
consideration paid or payable in any individual transaction is in excess of
$50,000 or in the aggregate in excess of $500,000 or exercise any option to
extend any Real Property Leases;

 

(f)                                    incur any indebtedness for money borrowed other than indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business; make any loans, advances or
capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, other than
investments made in the ordinary course of business in accordance with its
investment policies; assume, grant, guarantee or endorse, pledge or otherwise
secure any assets or property or otherwise as an accommodation become
responsible for (whether primary or secondary) the obligations of any Person;

 

(g)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, adopt a plan of complete
or partial liquidation or rehabilitation or authorize or undertake a merger,
dissolution, rehabilitation, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or
other reorganization;

 

(h)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, change its fiscal
year, except as required by the Company Accounting Policies, GAAP or SAP, or
make any change in its methods, principles or practices of accounting or adopt
or seek permission for a permitted practice;

 

(i)                                     acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock, other equity
interest or assets, bulk reinsurance or otherwise) any Person or other business
organization or assets or liabilities comprising a business or a segment,
division or line of business or any material amount of property or assets in or
of any other Person or create or acquire any Subsidiaries;

 

(j)                                     default under any indebtedness or cancel or compromise any indebtedness
or waive any material rights relating thereto;

 

(k)                                  (i) change its investment policies or guidelines or make or dispose
of investments other than in the ordinary course of business (except as
required or permitted in (ii) through (iv) below), (ii) sell any
Portfolio Asset that is in an unrealized gain position under SAP, unless (x) the
security or asset is placed on the Company’s internal credit watch list or
becomes other than temporarily impaired under SAP, in each case, determined
consistent with past practice and in accordance with such policies of the
Company as in effect on the date of such determination or (y) such sale is
required by RBC Group Risk Management, (iii) take any action with respect
to restructuring, foreclosing or otherwise working out any commercial mortgages
except with the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, and (iv) except
as permitted by the Company’s investment policy then in use, acquire any
Portfolio Assets; provided, however, that upon reasonable prior
notice by Purchaser and not more frequently than once per week, appropriate
personnel of Company will meet with Purchaser to review the Company’s
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(l)                                     without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, incur, create or
assume any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(m)                               without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, make any change in
any of the policies, guidelines, practices, principles, standards, procedures
or systems of the Company, in each case with respect to the Company’s
reinsurance, claims administration, reserving, actuarial determinations,
pricing, hedging, Producer compensation, policy retention and conservation or
underwriting, other than such changes as are required by GAAP, SAP or
applicable Law or, in respect of underwriting, pricing or claims
administration, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;

 

(n)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, modify or amend in
any respect materially adverse to the Company or terminate any of the Material
Contracts or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder
or enter into or amend any Contract which would, if entered into or amended
prior to the date of this Agreement, have been a Material Contract;

 

(o)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, except as contemplated
by existing written agreements and policies in effect prior to the date of this
Agreement, or as otherwise required by applicable Law, (1) grant or
provide any material severance or termination payments or benefits to any
director, officer or employee, (2)increase the compensation, bonus or pension,
welfare, severance or other benefits of, or make any new equity awards to any
director, officer or employee of the Company, except for merit-based increases
in base compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (3) establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Benefit Plan or
materially amend the terms of any outstanding equity-based awards, (4) take
any action to accelerate the vesting or payment, or fund or in any other way
secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Benefit Plan, to the
extent not already provided in any such Benefit Plan, or (5) materially
change any actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations
with respect to any Benefit Plan or to change the manner in which contributions
to such plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined,
except as may be required by GAAP;

 

(p)                                 settle or compromise or agree to the dismissal of any Action or
threatened Action (in each case, except for claims under any Insurance
Contracts within applicable policy limits), other than any settlement or
compromise of any Action that involves solely cash payments of less than
$100,000 (excluding any policy benefit paid in connection with such settlement
or compromise);

 

(q)                                 make or change any Tax election, change any annual Tax accounting period,
adopt or change any method of Tax accounting, file any amended Tax Return,
enter into any closing agreement, settle any Tax claim or assessment, enter
into any transactions outside the ordinary course of business (other than the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements) that
would materially alter the Tax Attributes of the Company set forth on Section 3.10(m)(ii) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, offset
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in Tax liability, consent
to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax
claim or assessment or take or omit to take any other action, if such action or
omission would have the effect of materially increasing the Tax liability or
reducing any Tax attribute of the Company;

 

(r)                                    without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, enter into any new
line of business, or introduce any new products or services, or change in any
material respect existing products or services, except as may be required by
applicable Law;

 

(s)                                  modify or amend in any material respect or terminate any of the
Intercompany Agreements or Affiliate Agreements or waive, release or assign any
material rights or claims thereunder or enter into any Contract which would, if
entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, have been an Intercompany
Agreement or an Affiliate Agreement;

 

(t)                                    incur any Intercompany Obligations other than in the ordinary course of
business;

 

(u)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, negotiate or enter
into any new reinsurance agreement or arrangement or renew or amend any
existing Reinsurance Agreement, except (i) as set forth on Section 5.2(u) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule and (ii) for renewals of yearly renewable
term Reinsurance Agreements on substantially the same terms as those in effect
on the date of this Agreement; or

 

(v)                                 without the consent of Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, authorize or enter
into any Contract to do any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5.3                                      Access to, and Maintenance, Transfer and
Preservation of, Books and Records.

 

(a)                                  From and after the date of this Agreement and until the Closing Date,
Seller shall, and shall cause the Company to, preserve and maintain the Books
and Records in all material respects in the same manner and with the same care
that the Books and Records have been maintained prior to the execution of this
Agreement.  At the Closing (i) to
the extent such documents are in the possession of the Company, Seller shall,
or shall cause its Affiliates to, deliver to Purchaser or its designee
(including Life Reinsurer), but only to the extent not located at an office of
the Company, (1) all corporate records of the Company, including any
corporate records relating solely to the Company’s legal existence, stock
ownership and corporate governance and (2) all material Permits of the
Company and (ii) or as soon as possible thereafter (but not later than
five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date) to the extent such
documents are not in the possession of the Company, Seller shall, or shall
cause its Affiliates to, deliver to Purchaser or its designee (including Life
Reinsurer), but only to the extent not located at an office of the Company, (1) all
corporate records of the Company, including any corporate records relating to
the Company’s legal existence, stock ownership and corporate governance and (2) all
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(b)                                 Purchaser and Life Reinsurer agree that each shall preserve and keep, or
cause to be preserved and kept, all original Books and Records in respect of
the Company in its or its Affiliates’ or its designees’ possession for the
longer of any applicable statute of limitations and a period of six (6) years
from the Closing Date.  During such
six-year or longer period, upon reasonable notice and for any reasonable
business purpose, including for audit, accounting or regulatory matters, the
preparation of regulatory and statutory filings and financial statements and
the conduct or defense of any regulatory inquiry or other Action, except as
determined in good faith to be appropriate to ensure compliance with any
applicable Laws and subject to any applicable privileges (including the
attorney-client privilege), Seller and its Affiliates and their respective
Representatives shall have access during normal business hours to examine,
inspect and copy the Books and Records relating to periods prior to the Closing
Date; provided, however, that such investigation may not
unreasonably interfere with any of the businesses or operations of Purchaser,
Life Reinsurer or the Company or any of their applicable Affiliates; and provided,
further, that the auditors and accountants of Purchaser or its
Affiliates shall not be obligated to make any work papers available to any
Person unless and until such Person has signed a customary agreement relating
to such access to work papers in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such
auditors or accountants.  After such
six-year or longer period, before Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any of their
Affiliates or designees shall dispose of any of such Books and Records, it
shall give at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of its intention to
dispose of such Books and Records to Seller, and Seller shall be given an
opportunity, at its cost and expense, to remove and retain all or any part of
such Books and Records as Seller may elect. 
If so requested by Purchaser, Seller shall enter into a customary joint
defense agreement with Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any of their respective
Affiliates, as applicable, with respect to any information to be provided to
Seller pursuant to this Section 5.3(b).

 

Section 5.4                                      Delivery of Financial Information.  As soon as practicable, but in any event
within forty-five (45) days following the end of each calendar quarter or
within sixty (60) days following the end of each calendar year that is
completed prior to the Closing Date, commencing with the quarter ended September 30,
2010, Seller shall cause to be delivered to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer the
unaudited quarterly or annual statutory financial statements of the Company as
of and for the end of such quarter or year prepared in accordance with SAP and
filed with the Department.

 

Section 5.5                                      Reasonable Best Efforts; Regulatory Matters; Third
Party Consents.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller, on the one
hand, and Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, on the other hand, agree to use their
respective reasonable best efforts (1) to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, including, executing and delivering, or causing to be executed and
delivered, any documents and other papers and to make any filings and to do, or
cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and
make effective, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements, including the Closing Date Share Redemption, the payment of the
Existing Surplus Note Repayment Amount and consummation of the Reinsurance
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(2) to refrain from
taking any actions that would reasonably be expected to impair, delay or impede
the Closing and (3) not in limitation of any other provision of this
Agreement, to use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause all the
conditions to the obligations of the other Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be met as soon as reasonably
practicable.

 

(b)                                 Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser and Life Reinsurer, on the other
hand, shall, in connection with the efforts referenced in Section 5.5(a),
keep the other Party or Parties reasonably apprised of the status of the
matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 6.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, shall, and
shall cause their respective Affiliates and Representatives to, use their
respective reasonable best efforts (1) to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to comply promptly with all
legal requirements which may be imposed on such Party or its Affiliates with
respect to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and, subject
to the conditions set forth in Article 6, to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements; and (2) subject
to Section 5.5(d) to obtain (and to cooperate with the other Party or
Parties to obtain) as promptly as practicable all consents, authorizations,
orders and approvals of, or any exemptions by, all Governmental Authorities
that may be or become reasonably necessary for the execution and delivery of,
and the performance of the obligations pursuant to, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements (including the payment of the Existing Surplus Note Repayment Amount
and the Closing Date Share Redemption (including the issuance and repayment of
the Closing Date Note and the payment of the Share Redemption Cash
Consideration, if any)).  Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, shall cooperate
with the reasonable requests of the other Party or Parties in promptly seeking
to obtain all such authorizations, consents, orders and approvals.  Neither Seller, nor Purchaser or Life
Reinsurer, shall take, or shall permit any of its Affiliates and
Representatives to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to have
the effect of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required
approvals.

 

(d)                                 Purchaser, Annuity Reinsurer or the Company shall not be obligated to
take or refrain from taking any action, or suffer to exist any condition,
limitation, restriction or requirement, in each case that is imposed by a
Governmental Authority on such Person or Persons, in connection with their
respective pursuits of any of the consents and approvals listed on Section 3.5(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Section 4.3(a) of Purchaser’s
Disclosure Schedule or Schedule 6.1(b) that would, individually or in the
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(e)                                  Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement:

 

“Burdensome Condition” means, after
giving effect to, and to the extent it cannot be mitigated through, the
Resolution Process, (A) a material impairment of the economic benefits,
taken as a whole, which Purchaser and its Affiliates, taken together,
reasonably expect to derive from the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, had Purchaser
and its Affiliates not been obligated to take or refrain from taking or agree
to take or refrain from taking such action or suffer to exist such condition,
limitation, restriction or requirement, which impairment is such that, had it
been known prior to the date of this Agreement, a prudent Person in their
positions and with such expectations would not have entered into this Agreement
and the Transaction Agreements; (B) a condition reasonably likely to cause
an impairment of the business or the assets, liabilities, properties,
operations, results of operations or financial condition of any of Purchaser or
any of its Subsidiaries; or (C) any requirement to sell, divest, operate
in a specified manner, hold separate or discontinue (other than any temporary
measure), before or after the Closing Date, any portion of the assets,
liabilities, businesses, operations, or interests in any assets or businesses
of the Company, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or any requirement that the
Company, Purchaser or Annuity Reinsurer maintain additional capital; provided,
that in the case of each of clause (B) and clause (C), the effect of such
condition or requirement (whether such condition or requirement is imposed on
Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or the Company, and regardless of the actual
size or financial resources of the Person or Persons on whom the condition or
requirement is imposed) would be material to the assets, liabilities, business,
operations, financial condition or results of operations of an entity having
the size of, and financial resources equal to those of, the Company, if such
condition or requirement were imposed on such entity (excluding, for this
purpose, the impact of any such condition or requirement to the extent that it
arises from changes in insurance Laws and other Laws or changes in the
interpretation thereof by Governmental Authorities, in each case, solely to the
extent such change is of general applicability), and provided, further,
that in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and (C), no requirement that
is contemplated by the Transaction Agreements (including the transfer of assets
and reserves pursuant to the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements, the repayment
of the Existing Surplus Note and the Closing Date Share Redemption Amount)
shall constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there is or
has been imposed, a Burdensome Condition.

 

“Resolution Process” means, with respect
to any condition, limitation, restriction or requirement that would reasonably
be likely to result in a Burdensome Condition, that, prior to Purchaser being
entitled to invoke the actual or potential existence of a Burdensome Condition,
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall:  (1) provide
Seller with all information reasonably requested by it to enable Seller to
analyze the causes and potential implications of such condition and effect; and
(2) meet with Seller in order to:  (x) exchange
and review their and Seller’s views as to such condition, limitation,
restriction or requirement; (y) discuss any potential approaches that
would avoid such condition, limitation, restriction or requirement or mitigate
its impact; and (z) negotiate in good faith to attempt to agree to modify
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mutually
acceptable terms and on an equitable basis in a way that would substantially
eliminate any such condition, limitation, restriction or requirement or
sufficiently mitigate its adverse impact so that it would no longer constitute
a Burdensome Condition; it  being  understood  and  agreed
that if reasonable steps can be identified to avoid such effect or condition or
sufficiently mitigate the negative impact thereof, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer
will take, or cause their Affiliates to take, as applicable, all such
reasonable steps.

 

(f)                                    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as promptly as
practicable after the date of this Agreement, each Party shall make all filings
and notifications with all Governmental Authorities that may be or become
reasonably necessary, proper or advisable for the execution and delivery of,
and the performance of the obligations pursuant to, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by, this Agreement (including the Purchase and
payment of the Closing Date Share Redemption Amount) and the other Transaction
Agreements, including (1) Purchaser causing “Form A” or similar change-of-control
applications to be filed in each jurisdiction where required by applicable
insurance Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Transaction Agreements (no later than ten (10) Business Days
from the date of this Agreement), (2) Seller and Purchaser, cooperating
with each other, causing to be made an appropriate filing of a notification and
report form pursuant to the HSR Act (which filing, including the exhibits
thereto, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, need not be
shared or otherwise disclosed to the other Party) with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements (no later than ten (10) Business Days from the date of this
Agreement), (3) Seller causing the Company to request approval or
non-disapproval for the Closing Date Share Redemption (including the issuance
and repayment of the Closing Date Note and the payment of the Share Redemption
Cash Consideration, if any) (no later than ten (10) Business Days from the
date of this Agreement), (4) Seller causing the Company to make all
filings required for approval of the Reinsurance Transactions (no later than
ten (10) Business Days from the date of this Agreement), and (5) Seller,
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer each causing to be made any other filing that may
be required under any insurance, financial services or similar applicable Law
or by any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over enforcement of any
applicable insurance, financial services or similar Law, including all other
Regulatory Approvals (no later than ten (10) Business Days from the date
of this Agreement).  Purchaser, Seller
and Life Reinsurer shall as promptly as practicable make any and all other
filings and submissions of information and documentary materials with such
Governmental Authorities which are required or requested by such Governmental
Authorities in order to obtain the approvals or waivers required by such
Governmental Authorities to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements. 
Purchaser shall have responsibility for the filing fees associated with
its HSR Act filing, any “Form A” or similar change of control application
and any filings associated with the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements and the
approval of the Closing Date Share Redemption (including the issuance and
repayment of the Closing Date Note and the payment of the Share Redemption Cash
Consideration, if any); Seller shall have responsibility for the filing fees
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Existing Surplus Note
Repayment Amount; and Seller, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall have
responsibility for their other respective filing fees associated with any other
required filing.  If any Governmental
Authority requires that a hearing be held in connection with any approval,
Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or Seller, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best
efforts to arrange for such hearing to be held as promptly as practicable.  Except as may be required as a result of the
Resolution Process, no Party shall be obligated to contest any final,
non-appealable action or decision taken by any Governmental Authority
prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the other Transaction Agreements. 
In the event that the transaction is subject to any such circumstances,
the Parties shall engage in the Resolution Process in an effort to in good
faith resolve such circumstances in order to permit the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements.

 

(g)                                 Subject to applicable Laws relating to the sharing of information and
other than in regards to confidential portions thereof, each of Seller,
Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall promptly notify the other Parties of any
communication it receives from any Governmental Authority relating to the
matters that are the subject of this Agreement and any of the other Transaction
Agreements and, to the extent practicable, permit the other Parties to review
in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other Parties in
connection with, any proposed written communication to any Governmental
Authority in connection with any Governmental Authorization, and promptly
provide the other Parties with copies of all correspondence, filings or
communications between such Party or any of its Representatives, on the one
hand, and any Governmental Authority or members of the staff of any
Governmental Authority, on the other hand in connection with any Governmental
Authorization.  Prior to submitting any
letter, filing or other written communication (other than routine
administrative or logistical communications) with any Governmental Authority in
connection with any Governmental Authorization, each Party shall allow the
other Parties reasonable opportunity to review and provide comments on a draft
of such written communication in advance of submitting such written
communication to such Governmental Authority. 
Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other
hand, shall not participate, or agree to participate or permit its
Representatives to participate or agree to participate, in any meeting with any
Governmental Authority in connection with any Governmental Authorization unless
it consults with the other Party or Parties in advance and, to the extent
permitted by the applicable Governmental Authority and subject to applicable
Laws relating to the sharing of information, gives the other Party or Parties
reasonable opportunity to attend and participate prior to participating in any
meeting with any Governmental Authority in respect of such Governmental
Authorization.  Subject to the Purchaser
Confidentiality Agreement, the Life Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement and
Section 5.1 of this Agreement, Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer, on the other hand, shall coordinate and cooperate fully with
the other Party or Parties in exchanging such information and providing such
assistance as the other Party or Parties may reasonably request in connection
with the foregoing (including in seeking early termination of any applicable
waiting periods under the HSR Act); provided, however, that none
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(1) to disclose any
information that in the reasonable judgment of such Party would result in the
disclosure of any trade secrets of Third Parties or violate any of its
contractual obligations or obligations with respect to confidentiality or
(2) to disclose any privileged information or confidential competitive
information; and provided, further, that Purchaser’s obligations
to notify Seller with respect to communications received by a Taxing Authority,
as well as the rights and obligations of the Parties to this Agreement with
respect to any Tax Contest, shall be governed solely by Article 8.  None of Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or Seller
shall be required to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this
Section 5.5(g) to the extent that such compliance would be prohibited
by applicable Law.  The Parties further
covenant and agree not to extend any waiting period associated with any
Governmental Authorization or enter into any agreement with any Governmental
Authority not to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except with the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto.

 

(h)                                 Each of Seller, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall use their reasonable
best efforts to obtain any other Third Party consents and approvals and make
any other notifications that may be required in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements; provided, that no Party shall be required to compensate any
Third Party, commence or participate in litigation or offer or grant any
accommodation (financial or otherwise) to any Third Party to obtain any such
consent or approval.  Each Party shall
promptly advise the other Parties of any communication that causes such Party
to believe that there is a reasonable likelihood that any such consent or
approval will not be obtained or that the receipt of such consent or approval will
be materially delayed or conditioned.

 

Section 5.6                                      Employment, Benefits and Transferring Employees.

 

(a)                                  Not more than thirty (30) days following the date of this Agreement, Life
Reinsurer shall provide a list to Seller of the Current Employees to whom Life
Reinsurer intends to offer employment, commencing at the Effective Time (the “Transferring
Employees”).  Life Reinsurer shall
provide, or shall cause to be provided, to each Transferring Employee, for a
period of 18 months following the Closing Date (but only for so long as such
Transferring Employee remains employed by Life Reinsurer or its Affiliates), (i) base
salary that is no less than the base salary provided to such Transferring
Employee immediately before the Closing Date, (ii) an opportunity to earn
bonus and incentive compensation that is comparable to the opportunity
available to employees of Life Reinsurer and its Affiliates with similar duties
or responsibilities, (iii) employee benefits and other terms and
conditions of employment that are not less favorable in the aggregate than
those provided to similarly situated employees of Life Reinsurer and its
Affiliates, (iv) job duties and responsibilities that are comparable to
those such Transferring Employee held immediately before the Closing Date (but
taking into account such changes as may be appropriate in connection with the
transition of business to the systems and processes of Life Reinsurer and its
Affiliates), and (v) employment at the same facility at which each
Transferring Employee worked immediately before the Closing Date, or at a
facility that is within twenty-five (25) miles from such facility.  Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts
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its efforts to hire the
employees receiving offers under this Section 5.6(a) and Seller shall
not take, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to take, any action which
would impede, hinder, interfere or otherwise compete with such efforts.  Seller shall cause each Employee of the
Company other than the Transferring Employees to either be terminated
immediately prior to the Effective Time or transferred to an Affiliate of the
Company, and shall cooperate with Life Reinsurer in transferring the employment
of all Transferring Employees from the Company to Life Reinsurer as of the
Effective Time.  Seller shall be
responsible for and shall satisfy all notice and other requirements applicable
to all Employees pursuant to the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act and any and all comparable state, local and other Laws (the “WARN Act”).  Seller shall be responsible for all severance
obligations applicable to all Employees terminated prior to the Effective Time.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.6(a), for a period of
eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date, Life Reinsurer will cause each
Transferring Employee to be provided with severance benefits that are no less
favorable in the aggregate than the severance benefits that would have been payable
to such Transferred Employee under the “RBC Insurance (USA) Severance Pay Plan”
(made available by Seller to Purchaser and Life Reinsurer as in effect
immediately prior to the date of this Agreement) (the “RBC Severance Plan”)
had the RBC Severance Plan remained applicable to such Transferring Employee,
and taking into account (1) the Transferring Employee’s service as set
forth in Section 5.6(c) as well as the Transferring Employee’s
service with Life Reinsurer and its Affiliates, and (2) any arrangements
made by Life Reinsurer to reduce or eliminate such benefits in the event that a
Transferring Employee subsequently refuses an offer of employment that is
substantially comparable in the aggregate from Purchaser or its Affiliates.

 

(c)                                  As of the Closing Date, the Company shall cease to participate in all
Benefit Plans.  As of the Closing Date,
all Employees shall cease to accrue further benefits under all Benefit Plans,
and Life Reinsurer shall cause all Transferring Employees to commence
participation in employee benefit plans and compensation arrangements sponsored
and maintained by Life Reinsurer or its Affiliates in accordance with the terms
of such plans and arrangements.  Life
Reinsurer shall permit each Transferring Employee who has received an eligible
rollover distribution (as defined in Section 402(c)(4) of the Code)
from the RBC -USA Retirement and Savings Plan (the “Seller’s 401(k) Plan”),
if any, to roll such eligible rollover distribution, including any associated
loans, as part of any lump sum distribution to the extent permitted by Seller’s
401(k) Plan into an account under the Protective Life Corporation 401(k) and
Stock Ownership Plan.  With respect to
any plan that is a “welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA), or any plan that would be a “welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA) if it were subject to ERISA, maintained by Life Reinsurer or its
Affiliates, Life Reinsurer and its Affiliates shall (1) provide coverage
for Transferring Employees under its medical, dental and health plans as of the
Closing Date, (2) waive any pre-existing condition, actively-at-work
requirements and waiting periods and (3) cause such plans to honor any
expenses incurred by the Transferring Employees and their beneficiaries under
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calendar year in which the
Closing Date occurs for purposes of satisfying applicable deductible,
co-insurance and maximum out-of-pocket expenses.  With respect to any Transferring Employees
who become participants in any benefit plan or program of Life Reinsurer or any
of its Affiliates, Life Reinsurer shall give credit (or, as applicable, cause
credit to be given by any of its Affiliates) under such plans and programs, for
purposes of eligibility (including for purposes of satisfying any minimum
service requirements for participation), vesting and benefit accrual
thereunder, for all service recognized by the Company except (1) for purposes
of determining benefit accruals under any Pension Plan of Life Reinsurer or its
Affiliates and (2) to the extent that such credit would result in a
duplication of benefits.

 

(d)                                 Life Reinsurer shall credit the Transferring Employees with vacation days
accrued but unused as of the Closing, to the extent such accrual is treated as
a liability in the preparation of the Final Balance Sheet.  Seller shall, on or prior to the Closing,
deliver to Life Reinsurer a list of each Transferring Employee who has accrued
but unused vacation days, and the number of such accrued but unused vacation
days, in each case as of the Closing.

 

(e)                                  Seller shall retain and honor all obligations under the Benefit Plans,
including all severance obligations to all Employees whose employment with the
Company and its Affiliates is terminated on or as of the Closing Date and, to
the extent applicable, and, subject to Section 5.6(g), Seller shall take
all action necessary prior to the Closing Date to assume (or to have an
Affiliate other than the Company assume) all Company Benefit Plans.  Without limiting the foregoing, Seller shall
retain responsibility for and continue to pay (or cause to be paid) all
medical, life insurance, disability and other welfare plan expenses and
benefits for Transferring Employees with respect to claims incurred by such
Transferring Employees or their covered dependents prior to the Closing Date,
in accordance with the terms of the Benefit Plans.  Expenses and benefits with respect to claims
incurred by Transferring Employees or their covered dependents on or after the
Closing Date shall be the responsibility of Life Reinsurer and its Affiliates
in accordance with the applicable terms of the plans of Life Reinsurer and its
Affiliates.  For purposes of this paragraph,
a claim is deemed incurred when the services that are the subject of the claim
are performed; in the case of life insurance, when the death occurs; in the
case of long-term disability benefits, when the disability begins; and in the
case of a hospital stay, when the employee or covered dependent first enters
the hospital.

 

(f)                                    Seller and its Affiliates shall be responsible for all legally mandated
continuation of health care coverage for all Employees and any of their covered
dependents who experience a qualifying event on or prior to the Closing
Date.  Life Reinsurer shall be
responsible for all legally mandated continuation of health care coverage for
all Transferring Employees and any of their covered dependents who experience a
qualifying event after the Closing Date.

 

(g)                                 Life Reinsurer shall establish flexible spending accounts for medical and
dependent care expenses under a new or existing plan established or maintained
under Section 125 and Section 129 of the Code (“Life Reinsurer’s
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Effective Time, for each
Transferring Employee who, on or prior to such date, is a participant in, and
maintains a flexible spending account for medical or dependent care expenses
under, a Benefit Plan (“Seller’s FSA”). 
As of the Effective Time and based on the information provided by
Seller, Life Reinsurer shall credit to the applicable account of each such
Transferring Employee under Life Reinsurer’s FSA an amount that reflects such
Transferring Employee’s compensation allocations to and claims history under
Seller’s FSA immediately prior to the Effective Time.  Within thirty (30) days after the Effective
Time, either (i) Seller shall transfer to Life Reinsurer a cash payment
equal to the excess, if any, of the aggregate amount withheld from Transferring
Employees’ compensation under Seller’s FSA immediately prior to the Effective
Time over the aggregate amount of reimbursements paid to Transferring Employees
under Seller’s FSA immediately prior to the Effective Time, or (ii) Life
Reinsurer shall transfer to Seller a cash payment equal to the excess, if any,
of the aggregate amount of reimbursements paid to Transferring Employees under
Seller’s FSA immediately prior to the Effective Time over the aggregate amount
withheld from Transferring Employees’ compensation under Seller’s FSA
immediately prior to the Effective Time. 
Life Reinsurer and Seller intend that the actions to be taken pursuant
to this Section 5.6(g) be treated as an assumption by Life Reinsurer
of the portion of Seller’s FSA and the elections made thereunder attributable
to such Transferring Employees for the plan year in which the Effective Time
occurs.  Nothing in this Section 5.6(g) shall
require Life Reinsurer to accept any obligations or duties or perform any
services under Seller’s FSA with respect to plan years prior to the plan year
in which the Effective Time occurs.

 

(h)                                 Seller, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall cooperate in (1) making
all filings required under the Code or ERISA and any applicable securities Laws
with respect to the Benefit Plans that cover Employees, (2) implementing
all appropriate communications with participants, (3) maintaining and
transferring appropriate records and (4) taking all such other actions as
may be necessary and appropriate to implement the provisions of this Section 5.6.  After the Closing, to the extent permitted by
Law, Seller shall provide Life Reinsurer with copies of its Books and Records
regarding the employment of, and the benefits provided to, all Transferring
Employees.

 

(i)                                     Nothing contained in this Section 5.6 shall create any rights
enforceable by Third Parties, including the Transferring Employees.

 

(j)                                     Not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar year
ending after the Closing Date during which Seller or any of its Affiliates make
any payments to an Employee under any Benefit Plan that are deductible by the
Company for purposes of determining its Tax for Post-Closing Tax Periods,
Seller shall provide a written notice to the Company that describes such
payments in a manner sufficient to allow the Company to claim such payments as
deductions on its U.S. federal income Tax Return.  Not later than thirty (30) days after the
date on which the Company files its U.S. federal income Tax Return for any
Post-Closing Tax Period, the Company shall make a payment to Seller in an
amount equal to the Tax benefit actually realized (if any) as a result of
claiming such payments as deductions on its U.S. federal income Tax
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amount described in this Section 5.6(j) shall
be treated as having been used on a pro rata basis with all other deductions
and Tax Attributes of the Company available to be used in such tax year.  To the extent that such deduction is not
treated as used to offset income in a given taxable year, any unused amount shall
be treated as creating a Tax benefit in the year in which operations loss
carryovers for such year are used to reduce taxable income.

 

Section 5.7                                      Transaction Agreements.

 

(a)                                  At or prior to
the Closing, each of Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and Seller shall, and shall
cause their respective relevant Affiliates to, enter into each of the
Transaction Agreements (other than the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements) to
which such Party or any of its relevant Affiliates is a party.

 

(b)                                 On the Closing
Date, immediately after the Closing (i) the Company will enter into a
reinsurance agreement with Life Reinsurer in the form attached as Annex A
hereto, with such changes as are both (a) mutually acceptable to Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer and (b) approved in writing by Seller, such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (provided that
in no event shall Seller be required to consent to a proposed change to Section 1.3(b)(i) thereof,
including any change to definitions of terms used therein, that would result in
a reduction in the ceding commission payable to the Company thereunder),
pursuant to which the Company will cede to Life Reinsurer, all of its
liabilities in respect of its life (other than variable life) and health
insurance business (the “Life Business Reinsurance Agreement”); and (ii) immediately
following its entry into the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement, the Company
will enter into a reinsurance agreement on a modified coinsurance basis with
Athene Life Re Ltd., a wholly owned Subsidiary of Purchaser (“Annuity Reinsurer”),
in the form attached as Annex B hereto, with such changes as are
both (a) acceptable to Purchaser and (b) approved in writing by
Seller, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (provided
that in no event shall Seller be required to consent to a proposed reduction of
the amount set forth in item “A” of Schedule II thereof, “Initial Statement of
Ceding Commission”, or any other change to such schedule or definitions of
terms used therein, or the definition of “Initial Ceding Commission,” that
would have the effect of reducing the “Initial Ceding Commission” payable to
the Company thereunder), pursuant to which the Company will cede to Annuity
Reinsurer on a modified coinsurance basis a quota share percentage of all of
its liabilities in respect of the Annuity Business (the “Annuity
Business Reinsurance Agreement”).

 

Section 5.8                                      Retained Intellectual Property; Seller’s Marks.

 

(a)                                  The Intellectual Property designated on Section 5.8(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule shall be assigned (and the tangible embodiments
thereof transferred) by the Company to Seller or one of its Affiliates at or
prior to the Closing.

 

(b)                                 Except as expressly set forth in the Trademark License Agreement,
immediately, and in no event later than the third (3rd)
Business Day following the Closing, (1) Purchaser shall cause the Company
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owned by or registered to
USA Holdco or its Affiliates (other than the Company), other than those set
forth on Section 5.8(b)(1) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, and any
Trademarks confusingly similar thereto (collectively, “Seller’s Marks”)
in all respects, to make the necessary filings with the appropriate
Governmental Authorities to remove Seller’s Marks from the Trademarks,
fictitious names or d/b/a’s and any other names used by the Company, and to
replace or remove Seller’s Marks on signage, advertising materials and other
materials; and (2) Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates (other
than the Company) to, cease using any and all Trademarks set forth on Section 5.8(b)(2) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the
Parties hereto hereby agrees that each of the other Parties hereto, in addition
to any other remedies available to it for any breach or threatened breach of
this Section 5.8, shall be entitled to a preliminary injunction, temporary
restraining order or other equitable relief restraining and enjoining a Party
and the Company from the acts or omissions occasioned by any such breach or
threatened breach, without having to post bond or any other financial
undertaking.

 

Section 5.9                                      Intercompany Agreements and Accounts.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.9(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
take all actions as may be necessary (including executing one or more
instruments evidencing such termination and one or more releases, in each case,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser) prior to or
concurrent with the Closing and to release the Company from any and all
liabilities arising in connection with:  (1) all
data processing, accounting, insurance (including coverage issued to, or under
self-insured programs of, Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Company)),
banking, personnel, legal, communications, Software, Software services,
research and development, pooled sourcing and purchasing and other products,
benefits or services provided by Seller or its Affiliates to the Company or
provided by the Company to Seller or its Affiliates and (2) all
Intercompany Agreements, after giving effect to Sections 5.9(b) and
5.9(c); provided, however, that this Section 5.9(a) shall
not apply to any Intercompany Agreement set forth in Section 5.9(a) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule.  At the
Closing, Seller shall provide evidence of the termination of, and release
contemplated by this Section 5.9(a) (other than any Intercompany
Agreement set forth in Section 5.9(a) of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and
Seller.

 

(b)                                 At least three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing
Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser an estimated statement
setting out in reasonable detail the calculation of all Intercompany
Obligations and, to the extent reasonably requested by Purchaser, provide
Purchaser with supporting documentation to verify the underlying intercompany
accounts and transactions.  The net
amount of such intercompany accounts as shown on such estimated statement shall
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payment from Seller (or
its Affiliates) to the Company or from the Company to Seller (or its applicable
Affiliates), as the case may be, prior to the Closing.

 

(c)                                  Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver a
final statement setting out in reasonable detail the calculation of all Intercompany
Obligations (including all amounts owed or owing and reflecting the amount paid
by the Company or Seller (or its Affiliates), as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.9(b))  between the Company, on the one hand, and
Seller or any Affiliate, on the other hand, as of the Closing and, to the
extent reasonably requested by Purchaser, provide Purchaser with supporting
documentation to verify the underlying intercompany accounts and
transactions.  The net amount of such
intercompany accounts as shown on such final statement shall be paid in full by
cash payment from Seller to the Company or from the Company to Seller, as the
case may be, within two (2) Business Days of the delivery of the final
statement of the calculation of such accounts to Purchaser.

 

(d)                                 For the avoidance of doubt, no payment made pursuant to this Section 5.9
shall result in a Purchase Price adjustment pursuant to Sections 2.3 through
2.6, and Purchaser shall prepare the Preliminary Final Balance Sheet pursuant
to Section 2.6(a) without reflecting any changes to intercompany
account balances occurring after the Closing as a result of the application of Section 5.9(b) and
Section 5.9(c).

 

Section 5.10                                Further Assurances.  At any time after the Closing Date, each
Party shall, and Purchaser shall cause the Company (or its successors) to,
promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any other assurances or documents
reasonably requested by a Party, as the case may be, and necessary for each
Party, as the case may be, to satisfy its respective obligations hereunder or
to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.

 

Section 5.11                                Equity Commitment.

 

(a)                                  Purchaser shall take, or cause its Affiliates to take, all actions, and
do (or cause to be done) all things, necessary, proper or advisable to (i) issue
Class A common stock of Purchaser as contemplated by the Equity Commitment
Letter at or prior to the Condition Satisfaction and (ii) fully enforce
the Investor’s obligations (and the rights of Purchaser) under the Equity
Commitment Letter, including at the request of Seller.

 

(b)                                 Purchaser shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business
Day) notify the Seller of (i) the expiration or termination (or attempted
or purported termination, whether or not valid) of the Equity Commitment
Letter, or (ii) any refusal by the Investor to provide or any stated
intent by the Investor to refuse to provide the full financing contemplated by
the Equity Commitment Letter.

 

Section 5.12                                Director and Officer Indemnification; Directors’
and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a)                                  For a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, Seller shall
not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, amend, repeal or modify (unless
required by Law) any provision in their respective organizational documents as
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Agreement relating to the
exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses of any individual who
served as a director or officer of the Company at any time prior to the
Effective Time, it being the intent of the Parties that such directors and
officers shall continue to be entitled to such exculpation, indemnification and
advancement of expenses with respect to matters existing or occurring prior to
the Effective Time to the fullest extent permitted by Law.

 

(b)                                 Seller shall and shall cause its Affiliates to maintain in effect for six
(6) years after the Closing the current policies of directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance maintained by Seller and its Affiliates with
respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time to the extent such
policies apply to any director or officer covered by this Section 5.12; provided,
that Seller and its Affiliates may substitute therefor policies (including “tail”
policies) of substantially the same coverage as the existing policies and
containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous in the aggregate
than the existing policies (including with respect to the period covered).

 

(c)                                  If Seller or any of its successors or assigns (1) shall consolidate
with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or
surviving Person of such consolidation or merger or (2) shall transfer all
or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, then,
and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors
and assigns of Seller shall assume all of its obligations set forth in this Section 5.12.

 

(d)                                 The provisions of this Section 5.12 are intended to be for the
benefit of and shall be enforceable by, each current and former director and
officer of the Company and its successors, assigns, heirs and Representatives.

 

Section 5.13                                Acquisition Proposals.

 

(a)                                  From the date of this Agreement through the earlier of the Closing Date
and the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 9, as
applicable, Seller and its Affiliates shall not and shall cause the Company and
its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly (1) solicit, initiate,
encourage, facilitate or accept any inquiries, proposals, offers or other
indications of interest by or from any Person other than Purchaser, Life
Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates acting together (the “Acquisition
Parties”) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, (2) participate in
any discussions, conversations, negotiations or other communications with any
Person other than the Acquisition Parties with respect to an Acquisition
Proposal, (3) furnish or confirm any information to any Person other than
the Acquisition Parties in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, (4) otherwise
assist, facilitate or encourage the making of, or cooperate in any way
regarding, any inquiry, proposal, offer or other indication of interest by or
from any Person other than the Acquisition Parties with respect to an
Acquisition Proposal, or (5) enter into any term sheet, letter of intent,
agreement or other non-binding or binding understanding or arrangement with, or
accept or agree to any offer or proposal by or from, any Person other than the
Acquisition Parties with respect to an Acquisition Proposal.

 

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(b)                                 From the date of this Agreement through the earlier of the Closing Date
and the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 9, as
applicable, Seller and each of its Affiliates shall, and shall cause the
Company and its Representatives to, cease and terminate immediately any
existing discussions or negotiations with respect to or in furtherance of any
Acquisition Proposal with any Person other than the Acquisition Parties.

 

(c)                                  For purposes of this Section 5.13, “Acquisition Proposal”
means any of the following transactions (but excluding, in each case, this
Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby):  (1) any
acquisition, purchase or other transaction involving the direct or indirect
sale or transfer of all or any part of the business or assets (excluding sales
of Portfolio Assets in the ordinary course of business) of the Company, or any
of the equity interests of the Company, (2) any merger, consolidation,
business combination, reorganization, dissolution, recapitalization or similar
transaction involving the Company, (3) any bulk reinsurance, reinsurance,
coinsurance or similar transaction involving all or any part of the business of
the Company (other than the Closing Date Reinsurance Agreements) or as
permitted in Section 5.2, (4) the issuance of any security
exercisable or convertible into, or exchangeable or redeemable for, capital
stock of the Company or (5) the granting of any rights, warrants, options,
calls or commitments to acquire capital stock of the Company.

 

(d)                                 In the event that Seller, the Company or any Affiliate of Seller or the
Company receives an Acquisition Proposal, the Person receiving such Acquisition
Proposal shall promptly, but in no event later than forty eight (48) hours
thereafter, notify Purchaser and Life Reinsurer in writing of such proposal and
provide a copy thereof (if in written or electronic form) or, if in oral form,
a written summary of the terms and conditions thereof, including the names of
the interested parties.

 

(e)                                  After the date of this Agreement, Seller shall, or shall cause the
Company to, request that all Third Parties (other than Life Reinsurer) who
executed a Pre-Closing Confidentiality Agreement in connection with the
consideration of a possible Acquisition Proposal return to the Company, or
destroy, all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Third
Parties by or on behalf of each of Seller or the Company, as promptly as
practicable, subject to the terms of such agreements.

 

Section 5.14                                Non-Compete.

 

(a)                                  Except as contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction
Agreements and subject to the other provisions of this Section 5.14, for a
period of eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date (the “Non-Compete
Period”), USA Holdco agrees not to, and shall cause each of its Affiliates
(each, a “Restricted Person”) not to, directly or through a Restricted
Person engage in the United States in the business of (i) underwriting
Restricted Products or (ii) reinsuring Restricted Products either
(A) through use of a fronting company or (B) otherwise where the
reinsurance involves USA Holdco or the Restricted Person engaging in designing
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underlying business (each
of (i) and (ii), a “Competing Business”); provided, however,
that, Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may waive the restrictions in this Section 5.14(a) with
respect to any Restricted Products that are variable life, and variable
universal life insurance policies and fixed, indexed, payout and variable
annuities and Life Reinsurer, in its sole discretion, may waive the
restrictions in this Section 5.14(a) with respect to any Restricted
Products that are whole life, universal life or fixed life insurance
policies.  Any Restricted Person, and USA
Holdco with respect to such Restricted Person, shall not have any obligation
under this Section 5.14 with respect to any Restricted Person from and
after such time as such Restricted Person ceases to be an Affiliate of USA
Holdco.  A Restricted Person shall not
include (i) any Person that purchases or receives assets, operations or a
business from USA Holdco or one of its Affiliates, if such Person is not an
Affiliate of USA Holdco after such transaction is consummated; (ii) any
Person who acquires, directly or indirectly, any interest in USA Holdco or any
of its Affiliates, if such Person is not an Affiliate of USA Holdco after such
transaction is consummated; or (iii) any Affiliate of USA Holdco in which
a Person who is not an Affiliate of USA Holdco holds equity interests and with
respect to which USA Holdco or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, has
contractual or legal obligations (including fiduciary duties of representatives
on the board of directors or similar body of such Subsidiary) limiting USA
Holdco’s or such Affiliate’s ability to impose on such Affiliate a
non-competition obligation such as that in this Section 5.14.  “Restricted Products” means any of
whole life, universal life, fixed life, variable life, and variable universal
life insurance policies and fixed, indexed, payout and variable annuities.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 5.14(a),
and without implication that the following activities otherwise would be
subject to the provisions of this Section 5.14, nothing in this Agreement
shall preclude, prohibit or restrict USA Holdco from engaging, or require USA
Holdco to cause any Restricted Person not to engage, in any manner in any of
the following; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.14(b) shall
relieve USA Holdco or any of its Affiliates from their obligations under
Sections 5.16 and 5.24 of this Agreement);

 

(1)                                  marketing, selling or distributing Restricted
Products that are underwritten by a Person other than USA Holdco or its
Affiliates;

 

(2)                                  maintaining or making investments in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, including in a
general or separate account of an insurance company, in an investment fund or
other investment vehicle or investments by any employee benefit plan or trust
of USA Holdco or its Affiliates, in Persons engaging in a Competing Business, provided,
that each such investment is a passive investment where USA Holdco or such
Restricted Person:  (A) does not
have the right to designate a majority of the members of the board of directors
or other governing body of such entity or to otherwise influence or direct the
operation or management of any such entity, (B) is not a participant with
any other Person in any group (as such term is used in Regulation 13D of the
Exchange Act) with such intention or right and (C) owns less than
twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding voting securities (including
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(3)                                  selling any of its assets or businesses to a
Person engaged in lines of business that compete with the Competing Business;

 

(4)                                  managing, controlling, advising or providing
administrative or similar services to investment funds or other investment
vehicles that make investments in Persons engaging in a Competing Business, so
long as such investments are in the ordinary course of business;

 

(5)                                  providing investment management, advisory,
administrative or similar services to any Person;

 

(6)                                  selling and/or underwriting insurance products
or annuities other than insurance products or annuities constituting Restricted
Products, as well as any services and products relating thereto;

 

(7)                                  providing reinsurance to any Person engaging
in a Competing Business, so long as USA Holdco and the Restricted Persons are
not engaged in designing or manufacturing of such reinsured business;

 

(8)                                  effecting an acquisition, merger or other
combination with any Person, or subject to the proviso
of this Section 5.14(b)(8), entering into alliances or joint ventures
engaging in, any business that would otherwise violate this Section 5.14
as a result of a transaction with any Person after the Closing Date (an “After-Acquired
Business”); provided, that any of the following conditions is
satisfied:  (A) the value of the
consideration paid or contributed by USA Holdco or the Restricted Person for
the acquisition of, merger or combination with, or alliance or joint venture in
respect of the After-Acquired Business exceeds $2 billion; (B) less than
35% of the Aggregate After-Acquired Revenues are derived from operations in the
United States; or (C) (i) at the time of such acquisition, merger,
combination, alliance or joint venture, the revenues derived from the Competing
Business by the After-Acquired Business (the “Competing After-Acquired
Revenues”) constitute no more than 35% of the gross revenues on a
consolidated basis of the After-Acquired Business in the most recently
completed fiscal year immediately prior to the date of such acquisition, merger
or combination (the “Aggregate After-Acquired Revenues”), or (ii) if
at the time of such acquisition, merger, combination, alliance or joint
venture, the Competing After-Acquired Revenues constitute more than 35% of the
Aggregate After-Acquired Revenues then, within twelve (12) months after such
acquisition, merger, combination, alliance or joint venture, (x) USA
Holdco or such Restricted Person signs a definitive agreement to dispose, and
subsequently disposes of, the relevant portion of the business or securities of
such After-Acquired Business, or (y) USA Holdco or such Restricted Person
otherwise modifies the After-Acquired Business such that the Competing
After-Acquired Revenues constitute not more than 35% of the Aggregate
After-Acquired Revenues; provided, however, that in the case of a
joint venture or alliance, the revenues attributable to USA Holdco or any
Restricted Person shall be equal to the Competing After-Acquired Revenues
multiplied by the beneficial interest (expressed as a percentage) of USA Holdco
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(9)                                  conducting or engaging in any activity via
third-party distributors or agents or third-party distribution or agent
networks not comprised of consultants who devote all of their professional time
to USA Holdco or its Affiliates;

 

(10)                            selling, distributing, marketing, underwriting
or otherwise providing any products or services in the ordinary course of
business to a Person engaged in a Competing Business;

 

(11)                            purchasing or otherwise obtaining any products
or services in the ordinary course of business from a Person engaged in a
Competing Business; or

 

(12)                            continuing to engage in any activities or
businesses engaged in, or continuing to provide any products or services
provided, as of the date of this Agreement, by USA Holdco or its Affiliates
(other than the Company).

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 5.14
shall terminate and cease to be effective 
(i) immediately with respect to USA Holdco upon a Change of Control
of USA Holdco; and (ii) immediately with respect to any Restricted Person
upon a Change of Control of such Restricted Person; provided, that upon
such Change of Control, such Person shall no longer be a Restricted
Person.  “Change of Control” means
the occurrence of one of the following events: 
(a) if any Person shall, directly or indirectly, acquire beneficial
ownership of more than 50% of the voting securities of USA Holdco or a
Restricted Person, as applicable, then issued and outstanding, (b) the
consummation of a merger, consolidation, binding share exchange or other
business combination of USA Holdco or a Restricted Person, as applicable, into
or with another Person in which the stockholders of USA Holdco or such
Restricted Person, as applicable, immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction shall own less than 50% of the voting securities of the surviving
Person (or the parent of the surviving Person where the surviving Person is
wholly owned by the parent Person) immediately following the consummation of
such transaction or (c) the consummation of the sale, transfer, lease or
other disposition (but not including a transfer, lease or other disposition by
pledge or mortgage to a bona fide lender) of all or substantially all of the
assets of USA Holdco or a Restricted Person, as applicable.

 

Section 5.15                                Non-Solicitation of Business Employees.  For a period of twenty-four (24) months from
the Closing Date, USA Holdco shall not, and shall cause the Restricted Persons
not to, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment any Person who is a
Transferring Employee; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.15
shall prohibit USA Holdco or any of its Affiliates from (a) engaging in
general advertising or (b) employing or hiring any Transferring Employee
who contacts USA Holdco or any of its Affiliates on his or her own initiative
without direct solicitation or only as a result of a general solicitation to
the public or general advertising, (c) soliciting for employment or hiring
any Transferring Employee that (i) was terminated without cause by Life
Reinsurer or any of its Affiliates, or (ii) was terminated for cause by
Life Reinsurer or any of its Affiliates or voluntarily resigned from the employ
of Life Reinsurer or any of its Affiliates and has not been employed by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates for at least one month prior to the date of
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Section 5.16                                Non-Solicitation of Holders of Insurance Contracts.  USA Holdco shall not, and shall cause the
Restricted Persons not to, (a) sponsor, support, establish or implement
any program for the solicitation, substitution, replacement, surrender,
exchange, non-renewal or other termination of any Insurance Contract
underwritten, issued or assumed by the Company prior to the Closing Date that
is a Restricted Product or (b) otherwise intentionally facilitate or
encourage any program for the solicitation, substitution, replacement,
surrender, non-renewal or other termination of any Insurance Contract
underwritten, issued or assumed by the Company prior to the Closing Date that
is a Restricted Product, whether by employees of any Restricted Person, by
Producers, or otherwise.

 

Section 5.17                                Relief.  In the event that any Action is brought in
equity to enforce the provisions of Sections 5.1(c) and (d), 5.14, 5.15,
5.16 or 5.17, no Party will allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense or
counterclaim, that there is an adequate remedy at Law.  USA Holdco, on behalf of itself and its
Affiliates, acknowledges and agrees that the scope, duration and geographic limitations
contained in Sections 5.1(c) and (d), 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 or 5.17 are
reasonable and appropriate and that but for these limitations, Purchaser and
Life Reinsurer would not have entered into this Agreement.  USA Holdco shall not, and shall cause its
Affiliates not to, challenge or threaten to challenge, and shall not assist any
Person in challenging, the scope, duration or geographic limitations contained
in Sections 5.1(c) and (d), 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 or 5.17.  In the event that any of the provisions in
Sections 5.1(c) and (d), 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 or 5.17 should ever be
adjudicated to exceed the scope, duration or geographic limitations permitted
by applicable Law in any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed
reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum scope, duration and geographic
limitations enforceable under applicable Law, but shall otherwise remain in
full force and effect in all other jurisdictions.

 

Section 5.18                                Notification.  From the date of this Agreement through the
Closing, (x) each Party shall give prompt written notice to the other
Parties of:  (a) any notice or other
communication received by such Party from any Governmental Authority or Third
Party in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or
the other Transaction Agreements and (b) any Action commenced or, to such
Party’s Knowledge, threatened in writing in respect of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
and (y) Seller will give prompt written notice to the other Parties of the
receipt, after the date of this Agreement, of: (a) any Governmental Order
between the Company and any Governmental Authority that would be binding on the
Company following the Closing that (1) prohibits or restricts the payment
of shareholder dividends or other shareholder distributions by the Company,
(2) restricts the authority of the Company to conduct the Company Business
or would reasonably be expected to adversely impact the operations of the
Company Business, (3) requires the maintenance of any employees or
physical location or (4) requires the maintenance of the Company’s surplus
and (b) any new report or errata issued by Towers Watson with respect to
the Actuarial Appraisal or any notice from Towers Watson to Seller or its
Affiliates that the Actuarial Appraisal is inaccurate in any material
respect.  No notification to any Party
made pursuant to this Section 5.18 shall have the effect of satisfying the
conditions in Article 6 of this Agreement, nor shall any such notification
have any effect for the purpose of determining the right of any Party to claim
or obtain indemnification under this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.19                                Insurance.

 

(a)                                  From and after the Closing Date, the Company shall cease to be insured by
Seller’s or its Affiliates’ insurance policies (other than any the Company
maintains directly) or by any of their self-insured programs to the extent such
insurance policies or programs cover the Company.  With respect to events or circumstances relating
to the Company that occurred or existed prior to the Closing Date that are
covered by liability insurance policies or any workers’ compensation insurance
policies (but not self-insurance programs sponsored by Seller and/or its
Affiliates) and that apply to the locations at which the businesses of the
Company operate, Purchaser and Company may, to the extent permissible under
such policies or programs, make claims thereunder by forwarding the claims
notice in accordance with Section 10.1 within one (1) year of the
Closing Date.

 

(b)                                 Except to the extent reserved or reflected in the Final Balance Sheet and
deducted from the Final Adjusted Capital and Surplus, with respect to any open
claims against the insurance policies of Seller or any of its Affiliates (other
than the Company) relating to the Losses suffered by Company prior to the
Closing Date, Seller agrees to remit to Purchaser all proceeds realized from
such claims.

 

Section 5.20                                Books and Records.  Prior to the Closing Date, Seller and
Purchaser shall develop and implement a plan that will result in (i) Seller
retaining a copy of the Copied Books and Records and (ii) the delivery or
transfer, subject to compliance with applicable Law, of the Books and Records
(other than the Excluded Books and Records and Seller’s copies of the Copied
Books and Records) to Purchaser (or a Person designated by Purchaser) at the
Closing or as soon as possible thereafter (but not later than five (5) Business
Days thereafter in the manner (and in the case of physical Books and Records at
the location(s)) reasonably requested by Purchaser to the extent not located at
an office of the Company or not maintained by the vendor under the IAS Contract
or McCamish Systems, LLC under the McCamish Agreements.  Parent and Seller agree, and agree on behalf
of their Affiliates, not to retain following the Closing any Books and Records,
including any copies (other than the Excluded Books and Records and Seller’s
copies of the Copied Books and Records).

 

Section 5.21                                Reinsurance Transactions.  During the period from the date of this
Agreement through the Closing Date, Seller shall, and shall cause the Company
to, provide to Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and their respective Affiliates and
Representatives such reasonable cooperation as is reasonably requested by
Purchaser and such Affiliates and is necessary, proper or advisable in
connection with the Reinsurance Transactions, including (1) taking such
reasonable corporate actions requested by Purchaser or Life Reinsurer to permit
the consummation of the Reinsurance Transactions; and (2) taking such
other reasonable actions reasonably requested by Purchaser or Life Reinsurer to
effect the foregoing and (3) subject to Section 5.5(d), taking all
action necessary to obtain any approvals or authorizations of, and making any
filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all Governmental
Authorities required in connection with the Reinsurance Transactions; provided,
that Seller shall not be required to compensate any Third Party, commence or
participate in litigation or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or
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Section 5.22                                Closing Date Share Redemption.

 

(a)                                  Seller and
Purchaser shall use their reasonable best efforts, subject to the receipt of
all Regulatory Approvals, to cause the Company to effect the Closing Date Share
Redemption, including issuing the Closing Date Note to Seller immediately prior
to the Effective Time and repaying in full the Closing Date Note immediately
following (i) the Effective Time and (ii) the consummation of the
Reinsurance Transactions.  In addition,
Seller may request from the South Carolina Insurance Department (the “SCDOI”)
approval to pay up to $120,000,000 of the Closing Date Redemption Amount in
cash (the “Share Redemption Cash Consideration”); provided that
if in the Purchaser’s sole discretion such request would be likely to delay the
approval (or non-disapproval) of the Closing Date Share Redemption, then at
Purchaser’s request Seller shall take such actions as necessary to withdraw its
request for the approval of the Share Redemption Cash Consideration.

 

(b)                                 Seller shall or
shall cause the Company to deliver to Purchaser, on a weekly basis, a summary
report of the Company’s cash management strategy and activities.

 

Section 5.23                                Existing Surplus Note Repayment.  Seller and Purchaser shall use their
reasonable best efforts, subject to the receipt of all Regulatory Approvals, to
cause the Company to pay in full to Seller the Existing Surplus Note Repayment
Amount immediately prior to the Closing Date Share Redemption.

 

Section 5.24                                Policyholder Lists.  After the date of this Agreement, neither
Seller nor any of its Affiliates (including, prior to the Closing, the Company)
shall share or provide any policyholder lists of the Company or similar
information with or to any Producer or other person, except for the provision
of any such information as required by judicial or administrative process or,
in the opinion of counsel to Seller or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, by
other requirements of Law.  For the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.24 shall require Seller or
its Affiliates to retrieve policyholder lists in possession of any Producers or
other Persons as of the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.25                                Announcement to Employees and Producers.  Promptly after the date of this Agreement,
the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation and communication of an
announcement of this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby to the Employees of the Company and
to Producers.

 

Section 5.26                                Portfolio Asset Activity.  Seller shall or shall cause the Company to
deliver to Purchaser, on a weekly basis, a summary report of all transaction
activity and other significant events with respect to the Portfolio Assets.

 

Section 5.27                                Bank Accounts.  At least ten (10) business days prior to
the anticipated Closing Date, Seller shall cause the Company to provide to
Purchaser a list of the bank names, locations and account numbers of all bank
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including
any custodial accounts for securities owned by the Company, and the names of
all persons authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto.

 

Section 5.28                                Purchaser and Annuity Reinsurer Capital.  During the period from the date of this
Agreement until the Closing (if the Closing occurs) or until the final
resolution of all disputes between Purchaser and Seller (if the Closing does
not occur), except (a) as required by applicable Law or (b) as Seller
otherwise consents in writing in advance, Purchaser shall (1) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to, and cause Annuity Reinsurer to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to, preserve intact its business and its
Permits and maintain its material relationships and goodwill with regulators
and (2) not do, and cause Annuity Reinsurer not to do, any of the following:

 

(a)                                  declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution on any shares of
capital stock or other equity interest, or purchase, redeem, repay, repurchase
or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or other equity interest,
other than dividends or distributions from Annuity Reinsurer to Purchaser;

 

(b)                                 adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or rehabilitation or
authorize or undertake a dissolution, rehabilitation, consolidation,
restructuring, or other similar reorganization;

 

(c)                                  fail to maintain (on a consolidated basis, including both Purchaser and
Annuity Reinsurer) at least $153,000,000 in “statutory surplus” as defined
under the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978 (not including, for purposes of such
calculation, (i) funds subject to the Escrow Agreement or (ii) any
assets backing such statutory surplus that are subject to any mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, encumbrance, claim, lien or
charge of any kind, including collateral assignment of assets for purposes of
Regulation 114-type trusts, funds withheld accounts and similar credit for
reinsurance arrangements securing reinsurance obligations except, in the case
of subsection 5.28(c)(ii), for up to $5,000,000 in funds withheld accounts,
which may be included in the calculation of such statutory surplus), which
amount shall be invested in the instruments in which those assets are invested
as of the date of this Agreement, or in other debt instruments with a ready
market; or

 

(d)                                 authorize or enter into any Contract to do any of the foregoing.

 

ARTICLE 6

Conditions to Closing

 

Section 6.1                                      Conditions to the Obligations of the Counterparties
and Seller.  The
respective obligations of each Party to effect the Closing are subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver by such Party) on or prior to the Closing Date of the
following conditions:

 

(a)                                  No Injunctions.  No Governmental Order preventing the
consummation of the Purchase or the other transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements shall be in effect; provided, however,
that, prior to invoking this provision, a Party shall have used its reasonable
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Governmental Order vacated
or reversed without the imposition of a Burdensome Condition on Purchaser, its
Affiliates or the Company.

 

(b)                                 Approvals of Governmental Authorities.  (i) All Governmental Authorizations
listed on Section 3.5(a) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Section 4.3(a) of
Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule and Schedule 6.1(b) shall have been
obtained, in each case, without the imposition of any Burdensome Condition, and
(ii) any waiting period (and any extension of such period) under the HSR
Act applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have
expired or shall have been terminated without the imposition of a Burdensome
Condition; provided, that in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) of
this Section 6.1(b), only Purchaser shall be entitled to assert that the
condition set forth in this Section 6.1(b) is not satisfied due to
the imposition of any Burdensome Condition.

 

(c)                                  No Actions.  No Action by any Governmental Authority shall
be pending that has the effect, or would have the effect, if determined
adversely, of preventing the consummation of the Purchase or any of the other
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or that imposes any
Burdensome Condition; provided, that only Purchaser shall be entitled to
assert that the condition set forth in this Section 6.1(c) is not
satisfied due to the imposition of any Burdensome Condition.

 

(d)                                 Closing Date Share Redemption Amount.  The Department shall have approved (i) the
Closing Date Share Redemption, including the issuance of the Closing Date Note,
in an amount not less than the ceding commissions payable under the Closing
Date Reinsurance Agreements, and (ii) the repayment in full of the Closing
Date Note immediately following the Effective Time.

 

Section 6.2                                      Conditions to the Obligations of the Counterparties.  The obligation of Purchaser to effect the
Closing and the obligations of Life Reinsurer to execute and deliver the Life
Business Reinsurance Agreement are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by
the Counterparties) on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of Seller
and USA Holdco shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to
the extent they speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true
and correct as though made on and as of such earlier date); provided, however,
that for purposes of determining the satisfaction of this condition, no effect
shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and
warranties relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Seller or the Company, and provided, further, that, for purposes
of this condition, such representations and warranties (other than those set
forth in Sections 3.4 and 3.8(b), which shall be true and correct in all
respects) shall be deemed to be true and correct in all respects unless the
failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and
correct would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
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Counterparties shall have
received a certificate to such effect dated the Closing Date and executed by a
duly authorized officer of Seller.

 

(b)                                 Covenants.  The covenants and obligations of Seller set
forth in this Agreement to be performed on or prior to the Closing shall have
been duly performed in all material respects, and each Counterparty shall have
received a certificate to such effect dated the Closing Date and executed by a
duly authorized officer of Seller.

 

(c)                                  Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities.  Prior to the Closing, Seller or one of its
Affiliates (other than the Company) and the Company shall have executed the
Assignment Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Other Agreements.  Seller shall have executed and delivered to
the Counterparties each of the Transaction Agreements to which it and such
Counterparty is a party and shall have caused each applicable Affiliate of
Seller (including the Company) to execute and deliver to the Counterparties
each of the Transaction Agreements (other than the Closing Date Reinsurance
Agreements) to which such Affiliate of Seller and such Counterparty are
party.  The matters set forth on Schedule
6.2(d) shall have been addressed as set forth therein.

 

Section 6.3                                      Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser.  The obligation of Purchaser to effect the
Closing  is subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver by Purchaser) on or prior to the Closing of the following additional
conditions:

 

(a)                                  Resignations.  Such directors and officers of the Company as
requested by Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.4(b) shall have
tendered their written resignations from such director and officer positions,
effective upon consummation of the Closing.

 

(b)                                 Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.  Life Reinsurer shall have executed and
delivered the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

Section 6.4                                      Conditions to the Obligations of Seller.  The obligations of Seller to effect the
Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Seller) on or prior to
the Closing of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  Representations and Warranties.

 

(1)                                  The representations and warranties of
Purchaser shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the
extent they speak as of an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct
as though made on and as of such earlier date); provided, however,
that for purposes of determining the satisfaction of this condition, no effect
shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and
warranties relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Purchaser, and provided, further, that, for purposes of this condition, such
representations and warranties shall be deemed to be so true and correct in all
respects unless the failure or failures of such representations and warranties
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aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Purchaser.  Seller shall have received a
certificate to such effect dated the Closing Date and executed by a duly
authorized officer of Purchaser.

 

(2)                                  The representations and warranties of Life
Reinsurer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date (except to the extent they speak as of an earlier date, in which
case they shall be true and correct as though made on and as of such earlier
date); provided, however, that for purposes of determining the
satisfaction of this condition, no effect shall be given to any exception or
qualification in such representations and warranties relating to materiality or
Material Adverse Effect with respect to Life Reinsurer, and provided, further,
that, for purposes of this condition, such representations and warranties shall
be deemed to be so true and correct in all respects unless the failure or
failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct
would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to Life Reinsurer.  Seller shall have received a certificate to
such effect dated the Closing Date and executed by a duly authorized officer of
Life Reinsurer.

 

(b)                                 Covenants.

 

(1)                                  The covenants and obligations of Purchaser set
forth in this Agreement to be performed on or prior to the Closing shall have
been duly performed in all material respects, and Seller shall have received a
certificate to such effect dated the Closing Date and executed by a duly
authorized officer of Purchaser.

 

(2)                                  The covenants and obligations of Life
Reinsurer set forth in this Agreement to be performed on or prior to the
Closing shall have been duly performed in all material respects, and Seller
shall have received a certificate to such effect dated the Closing Date and
executed by a duly authorized officer of Life Reinsurer.

 

(c)                                  Other Agreements.  Purchaser and Life Reinsurer shall have
executed and delivered to Seller each of the Transaction Agreements to which
Purchaser or Life Reinsurer is a party and shall have caused each of their
applicable Affiliates (including Annuity Reinsurer) to execute and deliver to
Seller each of the Transaction Agreements to which such Affiliate of Purchaser
or Life Reinsurer, as the case may be, is a party.

 

Section 6.5                                      Conditions to the Obligations of Life Reinsurer(a)                   .  The obligations of Life
Reinsurer to execute and deliver the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement are
subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Life Reinsurer) on or prior to
Closing of the following condition:

 

(a)                                  Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.  Purchaser shall have caused the Company to
execute and deliver the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 7

Survival;
Indemnification

 

Section 7.1                                      Survival.

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of the Parties contained in or made
pursuant to this Agreement or in any certificate furnished pursuant to this
Agreement shall survive the Closing for the periods set forth in this Section 7.1.  All of the representations and warranties of
Seller and Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall terminate eighteen (18)
months after the Closing Date (and no claims shall be made for indemnification
under Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 thereafter), except that (i) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.1 (Organization and Authority of Seller), Section 3.2 (Binding Effect), Section 3.3 (Organization,
Qualification and Authority of the Company), Section 3.4 (Capital Structure, Ownership of Shares) and Section 3.19
(Finders’ Fees) (collectively, the “Seller
Specified Representations”) shall have no expiration date; (ii) the
representation and warranties contained in Section 3.16 (Insurance Matters) and Section 3.24(g) (Insurance Business) shall terminate on the date that is
thirty-six (36) months after the Closing Date; (iii) the representations
and warranties contained in Section 7.9(a) (Organization
and Authority of USA Holdco) and Section 7.9(b) (Binding Effect) (such representations of USA Holdco,
collectively, the “USA Holdco Specified Representations”) shall have no
expiration date; (iv) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1
(Organization and Authority of Purchaser),
Section 4.2 (Binding Effect) and Section 4.5
(Finders’ Fees) (such representations of
Purchaser, collectively, the “Purchaser Specified Representations”)
shall have no expiration date; (v) the representations and warranties
contained in Section 7.10(a) (Organization and Authority
of Life Reinsurer), Section 7.10(b) (Binding
Effect) and Section 7.10(f) (Finders’
Fees) (such representations of Life Reinsurer, collectively, the “Life
Reinsurer Specified Representations”) shall have no expiration date; (vi) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.10 (Taxes) and Section 3.11 (Employee
Benefits) shall terminate thirty (30) days after the expiration of
the relevant statute of limitations and (vii) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 3.18 (Environmental Matters)
shall terminate on the date that is seven (7) years after the Closing
Date.

 

(b)                                 Except for covenants to be fully performed on or prior to the Closing, or
as specifically provided by their terms, each covenant or agreement of the Parties
contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing until fully
performed.  For avoidance of doubt, the
provisions of Article 8 shall survive without limitation as to time.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if notice of any claim for indemnification
under Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 hereof shall have been given in
accordance with Section 7.4 within the applicable survival period, the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements that are the subject of
such indemnification claim shall survive with respect to such indemnification
claim until such claim is finally resolved.

 

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Section 7.2                                      Indemnification by Purchaser and Life Reinsurer.

 

(a)                                  Except to the extent governed by Article 8 (Tax Matters)
and subject to Section 7.2(b), Purchaser hereby agrees that it shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller, its Affiliates, and, if applicable,
their respective Representatives (the “Seller Indemnified Parties”)
from, against and in respect of, and reimburse any Seller Indemnified Party
for, any Losses imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by or asserted
against any of the Seller Indemnified Parties, to the extent arising from (1) any
inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty made by Purchaser
contained in this Agreement or in any certificate furnished by Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement (determined, for the purposes of this Section 7.2(a),
without regard to any qualifications or references to “Knowledge,” “Material
Adverse Effect,” “material,” “in all material respects” or any other knowledge
or materiality qualification or references contained in any specific
representation or warranty); (2) any breach of any covenant, obligation or
agreement of Purchaser contained in this Agreement; and (3) the Annuity
Business Reinsurance Agreement, the Closing Date Share Redemption and any
action related thereto; provided, however, that the Seller
Indemnified Parties will not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.2(a) in
the case of any alleged breaches under clause (1) of this Section 7.2(a),
to the extent Seller had Knowledge of any such breach under clause (1) of
this Section 7.2(a) prior to the date hereof.

 

(b)                                 Purchaser shall not be liable to the Seller Indemnified Parties for any
Losses under Section 7.2(a)(1) (other than Losses to the extent
arising as a result of the inaccuracy or breach of any Purchaser Specified
Representation, as to which this Section 7.2(b) shall not apply) (i) unless
such Losses exceed an aggregate amount equal to $3,768,600, and then only for
Losses in excess of that amount and (ii) in excess of an aggregate amount
with respect to all Liabilities for Losses to all Seller Indemnified Parties
equal to $376,860,000.

 

(c)                                  Life Reinsurer hereby agrees that it shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Seller Indemnified Parties from, against and in respect of, and
reimburse any Seller Indemnified Party for, any Losses imposed on, sustained,
incurred or suffered by or asserted against any of the Seller Indemnified
Parties, to the extent arising from (1) any inaccuracy or breach of any
representation or warranty made by Life Reinsurer contained in this Agreement
or in any certificate furnished by Life Reinsurer pursuant to this Agreement
(determined, for the purposes of this Section 7.2(c), without regard to
any qualifications or references to “Knowledge,” “Material Adverse Effect,” “material,”
“in all material respects” or any other knowledge or materiality qualification
or references contained in any specific representation or warranty); (2) any
breach of any covenant, obligation or agreement of Life Reinsurer contained in
this Agreement; and (3) the transactions contemplated by the Life Business
Reinsurance Agreement, the Closing Date Share Redemption and any action related
thereto; provided, however, that the Seller Indemnified Parties
will not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.2(c) in
the case of any alleged breaches under clause (1) of this Section 7.2(c),
to the extent Seller had Knowledge of any such breach under clause (1) of
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(d)                                 Life Reinsurer shall not be liable to the Seller Indemnified Parties for
any Losses under Section 7.2(c)(1) (other than Losses to the extent
arising as a result of the inaccuracy or breach of any Life Reinsurer Specified
Representation, as to which this Section 7.2(d) shall not apply) (i) unless
such Losses exceed an aggregate amount equal to $2,512,400, and then only for
Losses in excess of that amount and (ii) in excess of an aggregate amount
with respect to all Liabilities for Losses to all Seller Indemnified Parties
equal to $251,240,000.

 

(e)                                  It is understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the joint exercise of
their rights to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement or the other
Transaction Agreements, Purchaser and Life Reinsurer are independent parties
and that the indemnification and other obligations of Purchaser and Life
Reinsurer under this Agreement are several and not joint.  Neither Purchaser nor Life Reinsurer is
responsible for the obligations of the other Party under this Agreement, and
except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the other
Transaction Agreements, the failure of either Purchaser or Life Reinsurer to
perform any obligations hereunder will not, in and of itself, give rise to
liability on the part of, nor prejudice the rights of, the other such Party
hereunder.  Knowledge (including actual
knowledge of any alleged breach under clause (1) of Section 7.3(a) prior
to the date of this Agreement) of Purchaser, on the one hand, and Life
Reinsurer, on the other hand, shall not be imputed to the other Party.  Any liability for indemnification under this
Agreement shall be determined without duplication of recovery by any Seller
Indemnified Party by reason of the state of facts giving rise to such liability
constituting a Loss under Section 7.2(a)(3) or Section 7.2(c)(3).

 

Section 7.3                                      Indemnification by Seller and USA Holdco.

 

(a)                                  Except to the extent governed by Article 8 (Tax Matters)
and subject to Section 7.3(b), Seller and USA Holdco hereby agree that
they shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Purchaser, its Affiliates (including, following the Closing, the Company), Life
Reinsurer and each of their respective Representatives (the “Purchaser
Indemnified Parties” and, collectively with the Seller Indemnified Parties,
the “Indemnified Parties”) from, against and in respect of, and reimburse
any Purchaser Indemnified Party for, any Losses imposed on, sustained, incurred
or suffered by or asserted against any of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, to
the extent arising from (1) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation
or warranty made by Seller or USA Holdco contained in this Agreement,
including, for the avoidance of doubt, representations made under Section 3.16,
or in any certificate furnished by Seller or USA Holdco pursuant to this
Agreement (determined, for the purposes of this Section 7.3(a), other than
with respect to the representations or warranties in Sections 3.7(a), 3.7(b) and
3.8(b), without regard to any qualifications or references to “Knowledge,” “Material
Adverse Effect,” “material,” “in all material respects” or any other knowledge
or materiality qualification or references contained in any specific
representation or warranty); (2) any breach of any covenant, obligation or
agreement of Seller or USA Holdco contained in this Agreement; (3) any
Excluded Liabilities; and (4) any matter set forth in Schedule 7.3(a); provided,
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following the Closing, the
Company) and their Representatives will not be entitled to indemnification
under this Section 7.3(a) in the case of any alleged breaches under
clause (1) of this Section 7.3(a), to the extent that Purchaser had
Knowledge of any such breach under clause (1) of this Section 7.3(a) prior
to the date hereof and (y) Life Reinsurer and its Representatives will not
be entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.3(a) in the case
of any alleged breaches under clause (1) of this Section 7.3(a), to
the extent that Life Reinsurer had Knowledge of any such breach under clause (1) of
this Section 7.3(a) prior to the date hereof.

 

(b)                                 Except to the extent governed by Article 8 (Tax Matters),
neither Seller nor USA Holdco shall be liable to any Purchaser Indemnified
Parties for (i) any Losses under Section 7.3(a)(1) (other than Liability
for Losses to the extent arising as a result of the inaccuracy or breach of any
Seller Specified Representation or any USA Holdco Specified Representation, as
to which this Section 7.3(b) shall not apply) unless such Losses
exceed an aggregate amount equal to $6,281,000, and then only for Losses in
excess of that amount, and (ii) for any Losses under Section 7.3(a)(1) (other
than Liability for Losses to the extent arising as a result of the inaccuracy
or breach of any Seller Specified Representation or any USA Holdco Specified
Representation, as to which this Section 7.3(b) shall not apply) or
any Losses for which Seller or USA Holdco is liable under Section 8.1(a)(4) in
respect of any breach of Seller’s representations in Sections 3.10(m), 3.10(n) and
3.10(o) in excess of an aggregate amount with respect to all Liabilities
for such Losses to all Purchaser Indemnified Parties equal to $157,025,000.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event
shall Seller or USA Holdco have any obligations to indemnify a Counterparty
pursuant to this Section 7.3 for Losses to the extent caused to such
Counterparty by the other Counterparty.

 

Section 7.4                                      Claims.  Except to the extent governed by Article 8
(Tax Matters):

 

(a)                                  In the event that any written claim or demand for which an Indemnifying
Party may have liability to any Indemnified Party hereunder is asserted against
or sought to be collected from any Indemnified Party by a Third Party (or,
solely for purposes of this Section 7.4 in the event that any Purchaser
Indemnified Party becomes aware of any circumstance that will result in a claim
for indemnity against Seller or USA Holdco arising from any inaccuracy in or
breach of the representations set forth in Section 3.16 (Insurance Matters) or a claim for Losses in respect of
matters described in Schedule 7.3(a)(1)) (such claim, demand or circumstance, a
“Third-Party Claim”) (for the avoidance of doubt, any claim, demand,
circumstance or Loss arising from any inaccuracy or breach of the
representations set forth in Section 3.16 or a claim for Losses in respect
of matters described in Schedule 7.3(a)(1) shall not be a Third-Party
Claim under or for purposes of Section 7.6(a), but shall be subject to the
procedures set forth in this Section 7.4 in respect of Third-Party
Claims), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in
writing of such Third-Party Claim, which notice shall describe in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances with respect to the subject matter of such
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“Claim Notice”); provided,
however, that the failure to give a timely Claim Notice shall affect the
rights of an Indemnified Party hereunder only to the extent that such failure
actually materially prejudices the Indemnifying Party with respect to such
Third-Party Claim.  Thereafter, the
Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, as promptly as
reasonably practicable after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of
all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified
Party relating to such Third-Party Claim. 
With respect to any claim for indemnity arising from any inaccuracy in
or breach of the representations set forth in Section 3.16 (Insurance Matters), or a claim by any Purchaser Indemnified
Party for Losses in respect of matters described in Schedule 7.3(a)(1), the
Purchaser Indemnified Party shall notify Seller promptly if it becomes aware of
any such inaccuracy, breach or potential claim and the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties shall be entitled, under this Article 7, to indemnification for
any Losses arising from such inaccuracy or breach regardless of whether any
Taxing Authority or any other Third Party has made any assertion or taken any
action with respect to such inaccuracy or breach.  The Indemnifying Party shall have thirty (30)
days (or such lesser number of days set forth in the Claim Notice as may be
required by court proceeding in the event of a litigated matter) after receipt
of the Claim Notice (the “Notice Period”) to notify the Indemnified
Party in writing that it desires to defend, or negotiate on behalf of the
Indemnified Party against or in connection with such Third-Party Claim.

 

(b)                                 In the event that the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party
in writing within the Notice Period that it desires to defend the Indemnified
Party against a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right
to defend or negotiate on behalf of the Indemnified Party by appropriate
proceedings and shall have the sole power to direct and control such
negotiations or defense, with counsel of its choosing, at its expense; provided,
that such counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party.  For the period following the Indemnified
Party’s delivery of a Claim Notice with respect to a Third-Party Claim and
prior to the time it receives a notice from the Indemnifying Party advising
that the Indemnifying Party will be assuming the defense of such Third-Party
Claim, the Indemnified Party may take any actions that are reasonably necessary
to defend such Third-Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party shall be liable
for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified
Party for such period, which fees and expenses of counsel the Indemnifying
Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly upon written request
therefor if the Third-Party Claim is finally determined to be subject to indemnification
by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Article 7.  Once the Indemnifying Party has duly assumed
the defense of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to participate in any such defense and to employ
counsel of its choosing, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed
by the Indemnifying Party; provided, however, that, if the
Indemnified Party has been advised by its outside counsel there exists an
actual conflict of interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of
separate counsel employed by the Indemnified Party.  If the Indemnifying Party shall have assumed
the defense of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not admit any
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Indemnifying Party’s prior
written consent.  If the Indemnifying
Party has assumed the defense of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party
shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, admit any
liability with respect to, or pay, settle, compromise or discharge such
Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party
may pay, settle, compromise or discharge such a Third-Party Claim without the
written consent of the Indemnified Party if such settlement (1) includes a
complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability
in respect of such Third-Party Claim, (2) does not subject the Indemnified
Party to any injunctive relief or other equitable remedy that would restrict
the future activity or conduct of the Indemnified Party or any of its
Affiliates and (3) does not result in any monetary liability for the
Indemnified Party that will not be promptly paid or reimbursed by the
Indemnifying Party.  If the Indemnifying
Party assumes the defense of any Third-Party Claim arising from any inaccuracy
in or breach of the representations set forth in Section 3.16 (Insurance Matters) or a claim for Losses under Section 7.3(a)(4),
neither Seller nor USA Holdco, or any of their Affiliates or Representatives,
shall (1) submit any written communication or document to the Internal
Revenue Service or (2) send any communication or documents to any
purchaser, policyholder, account holder, other holder or intended beneficiary
of any Insurance Contract issued, assumed, exchanged, modified or sold by the
Company, relating to such Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent
of Life Reinsurer, if such claim relates to an Insurance Contract reinsured
under the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement, or Purchaser, in all other
cases, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

(c)                                  If the Indemnifying Party (1) elects not to defend the Indemnified
Party against a Third-Party Claim, whether by not giving the Indemnified Party timely
notice of its desire to so defend or otherwise or (2) after assuming the
defense of a Third-Party Claim, fails to take reasonable steps necessary to
defend such Third-Party Claim within thirty (30) days after receiving written
notice from the Indemnified Party to the effect that the Indemnifying Party in
good faith determines that the Indemnifying Party has so failed, the
Indemnified Party shall have the right but not the obligation to assume its own
defense; it being understood that the Indemnified Party’s right to
indemnification for a Third-Party Claim shall not be adversely affected by
assuming the defense of such Third-Party Claim.

 

(d)                                 The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate in order
to ensure the proper and adequate defense or prosecution of a Third-Party
Claim.  Such cooperation shall include
the retention and (upon any Indemnified Party’s or Indemnifying Party’s
request) the provision of records and information which are relevant to such
Third-Party Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient
basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material
provided hereunder.

 

(e)                                  The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall use reasonable
best efforts to avoid production of confidential information (consistent with
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representing any party to
a Third-Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client
or work-product privileges.

 

(f)                                    The indemnities provided in this Agreement shall survive the Closing; provided,
however, that the indemnities provided under Section 7.2(a)(1), Section 7.2(b)(1) or
Section 7.3(a)(1) shall terminate when the applicable representation
or warranty terminates pursuant to this Agreement, except as to any item as to
which the Person to be indemnified shall have, before the expiration of the
applicable period, previously delivered a Claim Notice.

 

Section 7.5                                      Characterization of Indemnification Payments.

 

(a)                                  All amounts paid by Seller, USA Holdco and Purchaser under this Article 7
and Article 8 shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, be
treated for all Tax purposes as adjustments to the Purchase Price.

 

(b)                                 All amounts paid by Seller or USA Holdco pursuant to an indemnification
of Life Reinsurer, or by Life Reinsurer under this Article 7 shall, to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, be treated for all Tax purposes as
adjustments made under the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

Section 7.6                                      Computation of Losses Subject to Indemnification.

 

(a)                                  Purchaser, Life Reinsurer, Seller and USA Holdco agree, on behalf of all
Purchaser Indemnified Parties and Seller Indemnified Parties, that Losses
hereunder shall be limited to actual monetary damages only and shall not
include any exemplary, consequential (including lost profits) or punitive
damages; provided, that Losses shall include (i) lost profits in
respect of any claim under Sections 7.2(a)(2), 7.2(c)(2) or 7.3(a)(2) and
(ii) any such exemplary, consequential (including lost profits) and
punitive damages awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of a
Third-Party Claim.  Except to the extent
governed by Article 8 (Tax Matters),
any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification under this Agreement shall use
reasonable efforts to mitigate the amount of its Losses, including, subject to Section 7.6(b),
by using reasonable efforts to recover from insurance policies or other applicable
sources of recovery, any Losses of such Indemnified Parties; it being
understood that in the event that an Indemnified Party’s rights against a Third
Party with respect to any occurrence, claim or loss that results in a payment
by an Indemnifying Party under this Article 7, such Indemnifying Party
shall be subrogated to such rights to the extent of such payment; provided,
further, that the Purchaser Indemnified Parties shall use their
reasonable efforts to protect and preserve any rights to indemnification from
Third Parties to which the Company is entitled as of the date of this Agreement
(the “Company Indemnification Rights”) and the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties shall not take any action that would prejudice or adversely affect any
Company Indemnification Right without the written consent of Seller.

 

(b)                                 The Indemnified Parties’ obligations under this Section 7.6 shall
not, nor shall they be construed to, require Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any
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Affiliates to (i) mitigate,
net or reduce the amount of their Losses or (ii) otherwise reimburse an
Indemnifying Party, in each of case (i) and (ii), to the extent doing so
would require any of them to recover any payments pursuant to any agreement
entered into by such Indemnified Party with Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or any of
their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Agreements, nor shall such Indemnifying Party be subrogated to
any right under any such agreement in respect of any payment made by an
Indemnifying Party; provided, however, that such Indemnified
Parties shall nevertheless be required to use reasonable efforts to recover
ordinary course policyholder claims under the Closing Date Reinsurance
Agreements (but not Extra-Contractual Obligations, as defined therein).

 

(c)                                  Seller and USA Holdco shall be liable for the reasonable out-of-pocket
fees and expenses incurred by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties that are
directly related to the pursuit by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties of
recoveries from insurance policies or Third Parties in accordance with Section 7.6(a);
provided, however, that Seller and USA Holdco shall only be
liable to Purchaser Indemnified Parties for such fees and expenses if Purchaser
Indemnified Parties consult with Seller or USA Holdco with respect to the
pursuit of any such recovery and the incurrence of any such fees and expenses
(including the Persons to whom such fees or expenses are contemplated to be paid).

 

(d)                                 Any liability for indemnification under this Agreement shall be
determined without duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts
giving rise to such liability constituting a breach of more than one
representation or warranty or agreement and shall be net of any insurance or
other recoveries (subject to Section 7.6(b)) relating to the relevant
claims actually received by the Indemnified Party (after taking into account
any deductibles, copayments or other cost-sharing arrangements) in connection
with the facts giving rise to such right of indemnification, net of all actual
out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party
in obtaining such recovery, but it being understood and agreed that Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer shall not be indemnified by Seller or USA Holdco in respect
of the same Loss except to the extent (and solely to the extent) that Purchaser
and Life Reinsurer have each actually suffered such Loss or portion thereof.  If the Indemnified Party or an Affiliate
receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies or from any other
Person (subject to Section 7.6(b)) alleged to be responsible for any
Losses, subsequent to an indemnification payment by the Indemnifying Party,
then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for
any payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection
with providing such indemnification payment up to the amount received by the
Indemnified Party or its Affiliate, net of all actual out-of-pocket costs and
expenses reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in obtaining such
recovery.

 

(e)                                  No Loss shall be recoverable by any Indemnified Party with respect to any
matter to the extent (but only to the extent) reflected or reserved against in
the preparation of the Final Balance Sheet. 
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the party claiming such
Loss, and there shall be added an amount equal to any Tax imposed (including
the utilization of a Tax loss or Tax credit carried forward) on the receipt of
any indemnity payment with respect thereto. 
All such calculations shall be made at the time of the relevant
indemnification payment using reasonable assumptions (as agreed to by the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party) and present value concepts (using
a discount rate equal to the applicable federal rate in effect at the time of
the event giving rise to the Loss (based on the federal mid-term rate)).

 

Section 7.7                                      Remedies.  Except in the case of fraud or as otherwise
specifically provided herein, from and after the Closing, the remedies provided
in this Article 7 shall be the exclusive monetary remedies of the
Indemnified Parties from and after the Closing in connection with any breach or
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty or non-performance of any covenant
or agreement contained herein or any breach or inaccuracy of any certificate or
any Excluded Liabilities.  For the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Article 7 shall affect any right to
indemnification under the terms of any other agreement between Purchaser and
its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company) or Life Reinsurer
and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Seller and its Affiliates, on the
other hand.

 

Section 7.8                                      No Right of Contribution.  None of Seller or USA Holdco or any of their
Affiliates shall have any right of contribution against the Company with
respect to any inaccuracy, breach or failure to timely perform any of Seller’s
or USA Holdco’s representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained
in this Agreement.

 

Section 7.9                                      Representations and Warranties of USA Holdco.

 

(a)                                  Organization and Authority of USA Holdco.  USA Holdco (a) is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Delaware, (b) has all requisite power to operate its
business as now conducted and (c) is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to do business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in each
jurisdiction where the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of
its properties requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify
or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company
or Seller.  USA Holdco and each
applicable Affiliate of USA Holdco has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform their
obligations hereunder.  No additional
corporate proceedings on the part of USA Holdco or any applicable Affiliate of
USA Holdco are necessary to authorize the consummation of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)                                 Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other
Ancillary Agreements has been, or upon execution and delivery thereof, will be,
duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by USA Holdco and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of USA Holdco enforceable
against USA Holdco in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and
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(c)                                  Governmental Filings and Consents.  No Governmental Authorization is
required to be made or obtained by USA Holdco in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by USA Holdco of this Agreement, or the consummation by
USA Holdco of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) any
notification and report form required to be filed under the HSR Act with the
Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of
Justice and (b) the consents, approvals, waivers, registrations, notices
and filings set forth in Section 3.5(a) of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule, Section 4.3(a) of Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule and
Schedule 6.1(b).

 

(d)                                 No Violations.  Subject to receipt of the Governmental
Authorizations and other consents, approvals and authorizations and the making
of the filings, registrations, notices and waivers referred to in Section 7.9(c),
and the expiration of related waiting periods, the execution, delivery and
performance by USA Holdco of this Agreement, and the consummation by USA Holdco
of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (1) constitute
a breach or violation of, or a default under, or give rise to any Encumbrance
(other than Permitted Encumbrances) or any acceleration of remedies, penalty, material
increase or decrease in benefit payable or right of termination under any
Material Contract, (2) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default
under, the organizational documents of USA Holdco or (3) subject to Section 7.9(c),
conflict with or violate in any material respect any Law or other Governmental
Authorization applicable to USA Holdco or by which it or any of its properties
or assets is bound or subject, except, in the case of clause (1), as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect with respect to Seller or the Company and in the case
of clause (3), for any such conflict or violation arising as a result of the
regulatory status of or any Governmental Authorizations held or not held by
Purchaser, Life Reinsurer or their respective Affiliates.

 

(e)                                  No Other Representations or Warranties Controls.  Except for the representations
and warranties contained in Article 3 and Section 7.9, none of USA
Holdco, Seller, the Company or any other Person makes any other express or
implied representation or warranty on behalf of USA Holdco, Seller, the Company
or otherwise in respect of the Company Business or the Shares.

 

Section 7.10                                Representations and Warranties of Life Reinsurer.

 

(a)                                  Organization and Authority of Life Reinsurer.  Life Reinsurer (a) is an
insurance company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of Tennessee, (b) has all requisite power to
operate its business as now conducted and (c) is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing (if applicable), in
each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing
of its properties requires such qualification, except where failure to so
qualify or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
Life Reinsurer.  Life Reinsurer has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder. 
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necessary to authorize the
consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)                                 Binding Effect.  This Agreement and each of the other
Ancillary Agreements to which Life Reinsurer is or will be a party has been, or
upon execution and delivery thereof, will be, duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by Life Reinsurer and constitutes, or will constitute, a
valid and legally binding obligation of Life Reinsurer enforceable against Life
Reinsurer in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity
Exceptions.

 

(c)                                  Governmental Filings and Consents.  No Governmental Authorization is
required to be made or obtained by Life Reinsurer in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by Life Reinsurer of this Agreement, or the
consummation by Life Reinsurer of the transactions contemplated hereby to be
consummated by it except for the consents, approvals, waivers, registrations,
notices and filings set forth in Section 3.5(a) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule, Section 4.3(a) of Purchaser’s Disclosure
Schedule and Schedule 6.1(b).

 

(d)                                 Life Business Reinsurance Agreement Governmental
Filings and Consents.  Schedule 6.1(b) sets forth all
Governmental Authorizations to be made or obtained by Life Reinsurer, any of
its Affiliates or the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

(e)                                  No Violations.  Subject to receipt of the Governmental
Authorizations and other consents, approvals and authorizations and the making
of the filings, registrations, notices and waivers referred to in Section 7.10(c),
and the expiration of related waiting periods, the execution, delivery and
performance by Life Reinsurer of this Agreement, and the consummation by Life
Reinsurer of the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated by it do
not and will not (1) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default
under, or give rise to any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or
any acceleration of remedies, penalty, material increase or decrease in benefit
payable or right of termination under any material Contract to which Life
Reinsurer or any of its properties or assets is subject or bound, (2) constitute
a breach or violation of, or a default under, the organizational documents of
Life Reinsurer or (3) subject to Section 7.10(c), conflict with or
violate in any material respect any Law or other Governmental Authorization
applicable to Life Reinsurer by which it or any material portion of its
properties or assets is bound or subject, except in the case of clause (1), as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Life Reinsurer and in the case of
clause (3), for any such conflict or violation arising as a result of the
regulatory status of or any Governmental Authorizations held or not held by
Purchaser, Seller or their respective Affiliates.

 

(f)                                    Finders’ Fees.  No investment banker, broker, financial
advisor, finder or other intermediary has been retained by or is authorized to
act on behalf of Life Reinsurer or any of its Affiliates who might be entitled
to any fee or commission from Seller or the Company in connection with the
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Reinsurer shall bear 100%
of the cost of any fee or commission payable to any investment banker, broker,
financial advisor, finder or other intermediary who has been retained by Life
Reinsurer or any of its Affiliates.

 

(g)                                 Financial Capability.  On the Closing Date, Life Reinsurer will have
sufficient funds available to it to consummate the transactions contemplated by
the Life Business Reinsurance Agreement.

 

(h)                                 Investigation by Life Reinsurer.  Life Reinsurer acknowledges that
it has made its own inquiry and investigation into, and based thereon, has
formed an independent judgment concerning the Company and its business.

 

(i)                                     No Impediments.  There is no Action pending or, to Life
Reinsurer’s Knowledge, threatened, against Life Reinsurer or any of its
Affiliates (as applicable) that would reasonably be likely, individually or in
the aggregate, to materially impair or delay the ability of Life Reinsurer to
obtain those of the Regulatory Approvals to be obtained by Life Reinsurer or
its respective Affiliates or materially impair or delay the ability of Life
Reinsurer to effect the Closing.

 

(j)                                     No Other Representations or Warranties Controls.  Except for the representations
and warranties contained in this Section 7.10, neither Life Reinsurer nor
any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty on
behalf of Life Reinsurer to Seller.

 

ARTICLE 8

Tax Matters

 

Section 8.1                                      Tax Indemnity.

 

(a)                                  Seller and USA Holdco shall be liable for and pay, and agree that they
shall, jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Purchaser
Indemnified Party from, against and in respect of, and reimburse any Purchaser
Indemnified Party for, any Taxes, and any reasonable expenses, including
reasonable fees for outside attorneys and other outside consultants, incurred
in connection with any such Taxes  (1) imposed
on any member of Seller’s Group (other than the Company) for any taxable year; (2) imposed
on the Company or for which the Company may otherwise be liable for any
Pre-Closing Tax Period (other than Excluded Taxes); (3) imposed on the
Company by reason of the Company being a member of any affiliated,
consolidated, unitary, or combined group for a Tax period ending on or before
the Closing Date (including Taxes imposed by reason of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6
or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign law) or as a transferee
or successor under any Tax allocation, sharing or assumption agreement or by
operation of Law with respect to such period; (4) resulting from any
breach of Seller’s representations as set forth in Section 3.10; and (5) resulting
from any breach of Seller’s covenants as set forth in Section 5.2(q) and
this Section 8.1.  Neither Seller
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Pre-Closing Tax Period to
the extent a Tax Attribute from a Pre-Closing Tax Period is applied to reduce
the Liability of the Company for such Taxes other than an obligation resulting
from a breach of the representation as set forth in Section 3.10(m).  Except to the extent reflected as an asset
(or otherwise taken into account) in the calculation of Final Adjusted Capital
and Surplus, Seller shall be entitled to any refund or credit of Taxes of the
Company received for Pre-Closing Tax Periods, and Purchaser shall transfer (or
cause to be transferred) the amount of any such refund or credit to Seller (net
of any increase in Taxes payable by Purchaser or the Company as a result of
receiving such refund or credit) within three (3) Business Days of the
receipt or entitlement thereto.  In the
event that any refund or credit of Taxes for which a payment has been made to
Seller is subsequently reduced or disallowed, Seller shall indemnify and hold
harmless Purchaser for any Tax assessed against Purchaser or the Company by
reason of such reduction or disallowance (net of any Tax benefit resulting from
such reduction or disallowance).

 

(b)                                 Purchaser shall be liable for and pay, and hereby agrees that it shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Seller Indemnified Party from, against
and in respect of, and reimburse any Seller Indemnified Party for, any (1) Taxes,
and any reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees for outside attorneys
and other outside consultants, incurred in connection with any such Taxes of
the Company for any Post-Closing Tax Period and (2) Excluded Taxes and any
reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees for outside attorneys and other
outside consultants, incurred in connection with any such Excluded Taxes; provided,
however that Purchaser shall not be liable for or pay, and shall not
indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Seller Indemnified Party from any
Taxes, and any reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees for outside
attorneys and other outside consultants, incurred in connection with any such
Taxes, to the extent arising from Taxes for which Seller is liable pursuant to Section 8.1(a).  All refunds that are not described in the
last two sentences of Section 8.1(a) shall be for the account of
Purchaser.

 

(c)                                  For purposes of Sections 8.1(a) and (b), in the case of any Straddle
Period, the portion of any Tax that is allocable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period
shall be:

 

(1)                                  in the case of Taxes that are either (x) based
upon or related to income, premiums or receipts or (y) imposed in
connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property (real or
personal, tangible or intangible) (other than conveyances pursuant to this
Agreement), deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the taxable
year ended at the Effective Time; and

 

(2)                                  in the case of Taxes imposed on a periodic
basis with respect to the assets of the Company, or otherwise measured by the
level of any item, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period
(or, in the case of such Taxes determined on an arrears basis, the amount of
such Taxes for the immediately preceding period), multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period ending on the
Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the
entire period.

 

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(d)                                 All excise, sales, use, transaction, conveyance, stock transfer,
value-added, transfer (including real property transfer or gains), stamp,
documentary, filing, recordation, and other similar Taxes, levies, or
assessments, together with any interest, additions, or penalties with respect
thereto and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties, resulting
from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be borne one-half by
Purchaser and one-half by Seller.

 

(e)                                  Except as provided in Section 7.3(b)(ii) no indemnification
provided for under this Section 8.1 shall be subject to any of the
limitations of Section 7.3(b).

 

Section 8.2                                      Tax Returns.

 

(a)                                  Seller shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed when due
(taking into account all extensions properly obtained):  (1) all Tax Returns that are required to
be filed by or with respect to the Company on a combined, consolidated or
unitary basis with Seller or any Affiliate of Seller and (2) all other Tax
Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Company on or
before the Closing Date.  Seller shall
pay any Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns. Any Tax Return described in
this Section 8.2(a) shall be prepared in a manner consistent in all
material respects with past practice and without a change of any election or
accounting method except to the extent required by applicable Law.  Any such Tax Returns on which the Company’s
address is required to be provided (including the IRS Form 1120-L and any
separately filed Tax Returns of the Company) shall use P.O. Box 1389,
Greenville SC 29602-1389 as the Company’s address.

 

(b)                                 Purchaser shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed when
due (taking into account all extensions properly obtained) all other Tax
Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Company.  Purchaser shall pay any Taxes due in respect
of such Tax Returns.  With respect to Tax
Returns required to be filed by Purchaser with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax
Period and any Straddle Period, Purchaser shall prepare such Tax Returns in a
manner reasonably consistent with past practice of the Company and Seller, and
shall provide Seller with copies of any such Tax Returns no less than thirty
(30) days prior to the due date for such Tax Returns, taking into account all
available extensions (or, if such due date is within 30 days following the
Closing Date, as promptly as practicable following the Closing Date).  Seller shall have the right to review and
comment on such Tax Returns.  Seller or
USA Holdco shall pay Purchaser the Taxes for which Seller or USA Holdco is
liable pursuant to Section 8.1(a) but which are payable with Tax
Returns to be filed by Purchaser pursuant to Section 8.2(a) and (b) within
five (5) Business Days prior to the due date for payment of such Tax.

 

Section 8.3                                      Contest Provisions.

 

(a)                                  Purchaser shall promptly notify Seller in writing upon receipt by
Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or the Company of notice of any pending or
threatened Tax Contest that may affect the Tax liabilities of the Company for
which Seller or USA Holdco would be required to indemnify Purchaser pursuant to
Section 8.1(a); provided, 

 

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that Purchaser’s failure
so to notify Seller shall not limit Purchaser’s rights under this Article 8
except to the extent Seller is materially prejudiced by such failure.

 

(b)                                 Seller and USA Holdco shall have the right to represent the Company’s
interests in any Tax Contests relating solely to taxable years or periods
ending on or before the Closing Date, and to employ counsel of their choice at
their expense, provided, that Seller and USA Holdco shall have first notified
Purchaser in writing (1) of their intention to do so; (2) the
identity of counsel, if any, chosen by Seller or USA Holdco in connection
therewith; and (3) that Seller and USA Holdco agree that Seller and USA
Holdco shall be liable for any Taxes and any reasonable expenses, including
reasonable fees for outside attorneys and other outside consultants incurred in
connection with any such Taxes that result from such audit or proceeding.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, none of Seller or USA Holdco shall be entitled to settle,
either administratively or after the commencement of litigation, any claim for
Taxes that would materially adversely affect the liability for Taxes of
Purchaser or for which Purchaser and the Company are not entitled to full
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement (including, but not limited to, the
imposition of income tax deficiencies, the calculation of reserve items, the
reduction of asset bases or cost adjustments, the lengthening of any
amortization or depreciation periods, the denial of amortization or
depreciation deductions, or the reduction of loss or credit carryforwards)
without the prior written consent of Purchaser. 
Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

(c)                                  Seller and USA Holdco shall be entitled to participate at their own
expense in the defense of any other Tax Contest which may be the subject of
indemnification by Seller or USA Holdco pursuant to Section 8.1(a) and,
with the written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall be granted at the
sole discretion of Purchaser, and at Seller’s or USA Holdco’s sole expense, may
assume the entire defense of such tax claim. 
Neither Purchaser nor the Company shall be entitled to settle, either
administratively or after the commencement of litigation, any claim for Taxes
that would be the subject of indemnification by Seller or USA Holdco under Section 8.1(a) without
the prior written consent of Seller and USA Holdco, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

(d)                                 Any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification under this Article 8
shall use reasonable efforts to mitigate the amount of its Taxes (and any
reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees for outside attorneys and other
outside consultants incurred in connection with any such Taxes), provided that
no Party shall be required to concede the amount of any Tax for which such
Party is liable in order to mitigate the Taxes of another Party.

 

Section 8.4                                      Assistance and Cooperation.  After the Closing Date, Seller, on the one
hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, shall:

 

(a)                                  assist (and cause their respective Affiliates to assist) the other party
in preparing and filing (including, if reasonably requested, taking over the
preparation and 

 

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filing of) any Tax Returns
or reports that such other party is responsible for preparing and filing in
accordance with Section 8.2;

 

(b)                                 cooperate fully in preparing for any Tax Contests regarding any Tax
Returns of the Company, including providing any necessary power of attorney;

 

(c)                                  make available to the other and to any Taxing Authority as reasonably
requested all information, records, and documents (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, work papers) relating to Taxes of the Company;

 

(d)                                 provide timely notice to the other in writing of any pending or threatened
Tax Contests or tax assessments of the Company for taxable periods for which
the other may have a liability under Section 8.1; and

 

(e)                                  furnish the other with copies of all correspondence received from any
taxing authority in connection with any tax audit or information request with
respect to any such taxable period.

 

Section 8.5                                      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  Any tax allocation or sharing agreement or arrangement, whether or not
written, that may have been entered into by Seller or any member of Seller’s
Group and the Company shall be terminated as to the Company as of the Closing,
and no payments that are owed by or to the Company and are attributable to
periods after the Closing pursuant thereto shall be made thereunder.

 

(b)                                 The obligations of the parties set forth in this Article 8 shall be
unconditional and absolute and shall remain in effect without limitation as to
time.

 

Section 8.6                                      Coordination with Article 7.  If there shall be any conflicts between the
provisions of this Article 8 and Article 7, the provisions of this Article 8
shall control.

 

ARTICLE 9

Termination

 

Section 9.1                                      Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated, and the
Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement abandoned,
at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)                                  by written agreement of the Parties;

 

(b)                                 by the Counterparties, acting together, or Seller, by giving written
notice of such termination to the other Party or Parties, if the Closing shall
not have occurred prior to April 30, 2011.

 

(c)                                  by the Counterparties, acting together, or Seller, by giving written
notice of such termination to the other Party or Parties, in the event of (1) the
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non-appealable
Governmental Order by any Governmental Authority permanently restraining or
prohibiting the Purchase or the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (2) the enactment of any
statute, or the promulgation of any rule or regulation by any Governmental
Authority prohibiting the Purchase or the consummation of the Transaction
Agreements; provided, however, that prior to invoking this
provision as a result of any such prohibition or restraint, the Party or
Parties invoking it, shall negotiate in good faith with the other Party or
Parties to attempt to agree to modify the transactions, on mutually acceptable
terms and on an equitable basis (including by implementing alternative means of
structuring the transactions mutually satisfactory), in a way that would
eliminate such restraint or prohibition;

 

(d)                                 so long as neither Counterparty is in material breach of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, by the Counterparties, acting together, by
giving written notice of such termination to Seller, if Seller shall breach or
fail to comply with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained herein with which it is required to comply, which breach or
non-compliance would cause the failure to satisfy a condition to closing set
forth in Section 6.2 or Section 6.3, and in any such case such breach
or non-compliance is incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured, is
not cured within sixty (60) days after the Counterparties have notified Seller
in writing of their intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(d);
or

 

(e)                                  so long as Seller is not in material breach of its obligations under this
Agreement, by Seller, by giving written notice of such termination to the other
Parties, if Purchaser or Life Reinsurer shall breach or fail to comply with any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein with which it
is required to comply, which breach or non-compliance would cause the failure
to satisfy a condition to closing set forth in Section 6.4, and in any
such case such breach or non-compliance is incapable of being cured or, if
capable of being cured, is not cured within sixty (60) days after Seller has
notified the Counterparties, as applicable, in writing of its intent to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(e).

 

Section 9.2                                      Effect of Termination.  If this Agreement is terminated in accordance
with Section 9.1 hereof, this Agreement shall thereafter become null and
void and of no further force and effect, and no Party hereto shall have any
liability to any other Party hereto or their respective Affiliates, or their
respective Representatives, except that (1) the obligations of the Parties
hereto contained in the Purchaser Confidentiality Agreement and the Life
Reinsurer Confidentiality Agreement and in Section 5.1 with respect to
confidentiality obligations, this Section 9.2 and Article 10 hereof
and the Escrow Agreement (to the extent provided therein) shall survive such
termination, and (2) such termination will not relieve any Party from
liability to the extent that such termination was caused by the willful
misconduct, fraud or intentional breach by such Party of its obligations under
this Agreement prior to such termination.

 

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ARTICLE 10

Miscellaneous

 

Section 10.1                                Notices.  All notices or other communications hereunder
shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and if served by
personal delivery upon the Party for whom it is intended, if delivered by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by a national
courier service, or if sent by facsimile or e-mail; provided, that the
facsimile or e-mail is promptly confirmed, to the Person at the address set
forth below, or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter,
in the same manner, by such Person.  Any
such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally by courier or by
overnight delivery service or sent by facsimile transmission (and immediately
after transmission receipt of which has been confirmed by telephone by the
sender), sent by e-mail (and immediately after transmission receipt of which
has been confirmed by telephone by the sender) or, if mailed, four (4) Business
Days after the mailing as follows:

 

To
Purchaser:

 

Athene
Holding Ltd.

44
Church Street

Hamilton,
HM12

Bermuda

Telephone:  (441) 279-8412

Facsimile:  (441) 279-8401 Attn:  President and General Counsel

Email:
cgillis@athenelifere.bm; tshanafelt@athenelifere.bm

 

With
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sidley
Austin LLP

1
South Dearborn

Chicago, Illinois  60603

Telephone:  (312) 853-7061

Facsimile:  (312) 853-7036

Attn:  Perry J. Shwachman, Esq.

Email:  pshwachman@sidley.com

 

and

 

Sidley
Austin LLP

787
Seventh Avenue

New
York, New York  10019

Telephone:  (212) 839-5835

Facsimile:  (212) 839-5599

Attn:  Jonathan J. Kelly, Esq.

Email:  jjkelly@sidley.com

 

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To
Life Reinsurer:

 

Protective
Life Insurance Company

2801
Highway 280 South

Birmingham,
Alabama 35223

Telephone:
(205) 268-1000

Facsimile:  (205) 268-3597

Attn:  General Counsel

Email:  Debbie.Long@Protective.com

 

With
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP

919
Third Avenue

New
York, New York  10022

Telephone:  (212) 909-6459

Facsimile:  (212) 909-7459

Attn:  Nicholas F. Potter, Esq.

Email:  nfpotter@debevoise.com

 

To
Seller:

 

Two
Little Falls Center

2751
Centerville Road, Suite 212

Wilmington,
DE 19808

Telephone:                                    (302) 892-5903

Facsimile:                                        (302) 892-5900

Attn:                    Kimberly L. Wagner

Email:             subsidiarygovernanceoffice@rbc.com

 

With
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sullivan &
Cromwell LLP

125
Broad Street

New
York, New York  10004

Telephone:  (212) 558-4000

Facsimile:   (212)
558-3588

Attn:                    Donald J. Toumey, Esq.

Marion C. Leydier, Esq.

Email:              toumeyd@sullcrom.com

leydierm@sullcrom.com

 

To
USA Holdco:

 

One
Liberty Plaza

 

110

 

New
York, NY 10006

Telephone:  (212) 858-8310

Facsimile:  (212) 428-3056

Attn:                    Roger Blissett

Email:             subsidiarygovernanceoffice@rbc.com

 

With
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sullivan &
Cromwell LLP

125
Broad Street

New
York, New York 10004

Telephone:                                    (212) 558-4000

Facsimile:                                         (212) 558-3588

Attn:                    Donald J. Toumey, Esq.

Marion C. Leydier, Esq.

Email:              toumeyd@sullcrom.com

leydierm@sullcrom.com

  

Section 10.2           Amendment; Waiver.  Any provision of this Agreement may be
amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and
signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Parties hereto, or in the case of a
waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.  No failure or delay by any Party in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 10.3                                Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations under it may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in
part, by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other
Parties, and any attempted or purported assignment or delegation in violation
of this Section 10.3 shall be null and void.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by
the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

Section 10.4                                Entire Agreement; No Other Representations and
Warranties.  This
Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements contain the entire agreement
between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Agreements and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, except for the
Purchaser Confidentiality Agreement and the Life Reinsurer Confidentiality
Agreement (which, subject to Section 5.1(a), shall terminate on the
Closing Date, to the extent not previously terminated) to the extent not in
conflict with this Agreement, between or on behalf of each of Seller and/or its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, on the other
hand, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.

 

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Section 10.5                                Fulfillment of Obligations.  Any obligation of any Party to any other
Party under this Agreement, which obligation is performed, satisfied or
fulfilled by an Affiliate of such Party, shall be deemed to have been
performed, satisfied or fulfilled by such Party.

 

Section 10.6                                No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  Except as provided in Section 5.12 with
respect to director and officer indemnification and Article 7 with respect
to Seller Indemnified Parties and Purchaser Indemnified Parties, this Agreement
is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their permitted successors and
assigns and nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended to or
shall confer any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities upon any Person
other than the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

Section 10.7                                Public Disclosure.  Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and Seller will
consult with each other before issuing any press release or other public
statement or communication with respect to the Purchase, this Agreement, the
Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and
will accept all reasonable comments it deems appropriate or desirable to any
such release, statement or communication; provided, that the Parties
hereto may, without the prior consent of any other Party (but after prior
consultation and after providing the other Parties hereto with copies of the
proposed disclosure), issue such communication or make such public statement as
may be required by applicable Law or stock exchange rules; provided, further,
that if requested by any Party, the Party making such disclosure shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain confidential treatment for such portions of
any such disclosure that the requesting Party identifies as confidential.  Purchaser, Life Reinsurer and Seller will
cooperate to jointly develop all public communications.

 

Section 10.8                                Expenses.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, whether or not the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements are consummated,
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be borne by the Party
incurring such expenses.

 

Section 10.9                                Schedules.  Each of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule,
Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule and Life Reinsurer’s Disclosure Schedule to
this Agreement constitutes a part of this Agreement and is incorporated into
this Agreement for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.  Any fact or item which is disclosed on any
section of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule or
Life Reinsurer’s Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be, shall be deemed
disclosed on such other section or sections of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule,
Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule or Life Reinsurer’s Disclosure Schedule, as the
case may be, to the extent that its relevance or applicability to information
called for by such other section or sections is reasonably apparent,
notwithstanding the omission of a reference or cross reference thereto.  The disclosure of any matter in any portion
of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser’s Disclosure Schedule or Life Reinsurer’s
Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, shall neither be deemed to constitute an
admission by Seller, Purchaser or Life Reinsurer, respectively, nor be taken as
an indication of the materiality thereof or the level of materiality that is
applicable to any representation or warranty set forth herein.  Any capitalized term used in any Exhibit,
Annex, Schedule or section of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, Purchaser’s
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Reinsurer’s
Disclosure Schedule but not otherwise defined therein will have the meaning
given to such term in this Agreement.

 

Section 10.10                          GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS ENFORCEMENT WILL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH
STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SUCH
STATE THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.

 

Section 10.11                          Submission to Jurisdiction.  Each Party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state
court sitting in The City of New York (each, a “New York Court”), for
purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to the this
Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof.  In any such action, suit or other proceeding,
each Party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law,
any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any such proceedings brought in such court and any claim that any such
proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.  Each Party also agrees that any
final and non-appealable judgment against a Party in connection with any
action, suit or other proceeding shall be conclusive and binding on such Party
and that such award or judgment may be enforced in any court of competent
jurisdiction, either within or outside of the United States.  A certified or exemplified copy of such award
or judgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such award
or judgment.  Each Party agrees that any
process or other paper to be served in connection with any action or proceeding
under this Agreement shall, if delivered, sent or mailed in accordance with Section 10.1,
constitute good, proper and sufficient service thereof.

 

Section 10.12                          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS
CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS
WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION 10.12.

 

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Section 10.13                          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to constitute an original, and may
be delivered by facsimile or other electronic means intended to preserve the
original graphic or pictorial appearance of a document.

 

Section 10.14                          Headings.  The heading references herein and the table
of contents hereto are for convenience purposes only, do not constitute a part
of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.

 

Section 10.15                          Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the
application thereof to any Person or entity or any circumstance, is found by a
court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction to be invalid
or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted
therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the
intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the
remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other
Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or
unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the
validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in
any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 10.16                          Specific Performance.  Subject to Section 7.7, the Parties
hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any of the provisions of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms on a
timely basis or were otherwise breached. 
Subject to Section 7.7, it is accordingly agreed that the Parties
hereto shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief to
prevent breaches of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements in any court identified in Section 10.11 above  and to thereafter cause the Purchase and the
other transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the terms and
subject to the conditions thereto set forth in this Agreement, this right being
in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity.  Each of the Parties hereto
hereby waives (i) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate and (ii) any
requirement under any Law to post a bond or other security as a prerequisite to
obtaining equitable relief.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above.

 

	
   

  	
  RBC INSURANCE HOLDINGS (USA)
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: 

  	
  /s/ Rene DeGagne

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: 

  	
  /s/ Kimberly L. Wagner

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  ATHENE HOLDING LTD.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: 

  	
  /s/ Zachary Jones

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE
  COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: 

  	
  /s/ Carolyn King

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Solely
  for purposes of Sections 5.14 through 5.17 and Article 7, 8 and 10

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  RBC USA HOLDCO CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  /s/ D.A. McWilliams

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  /s/ Lisa D. Levey

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