Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDMENT
TO
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
RENAISSANCERE
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of April 29, 2005 (this "Amendment"), is made among
RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE LTD., a Bermuda company, RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE OF
EUROPE, a company incorporated in Ireland, GLENCOE INSURANCE LTD., a Bermuda
company, and DAVINCI REINSURANCE LTD., a Bermuda company (each of the foregoing,
an "Account Party"), RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD., a Bermuda company ("RenRe"),
the banks and financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereto or
that become parties hereto after the date hereof (collectively, the "Lenders"),
and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Wachovia"), as Issuing Bank,
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for the Lenders.
RECITALS
A. The Account Parties, RenRe, the Lenders, Wachovia and certain
Co-Documentation Agents have entered into a First Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement dated as of March 31, 2004, as amended by a First
Amendment dated as of November 18, 2004 (the "First Amendment")and a Second
Amendment dated as of March 11, 2005 (such agreement as amended, the
"Reimbursement Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Reimbursement Agreement.
B. The First Amendment included an increase of the Total Commitment to
$1,000,000,000. Effective January 18, 2005, the Account Parties voluntarily
reduced the Total Commitment to $850,000,000 pursuant to Section 2.04 of the
Reimbursement Agreement.
C. The Account Parties have requested that the Reimbursement Agreement
be amended to (i) increase the Total Commitment to $900,000,000 and (ii) extend
the Expiration Date from April 30, 2005 to April 28, 2006.
D. The Lenders and Wachovia have agreed to amend the Reimbursement
Agreement as requested by the Account Parties and to effect such agreement the
parties have entered into this Amendment.
STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Account Parties, RenRe, the
Lenders and Wachovia (in its various capacities) hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
AMENDMENT
1.1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1.1 (DEFINITION OF EXPIRATION DATE). Section 1.01
of the Reimbursement Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
"Expiration Date" in its entirety and replacing it as follows:
"Expiration Date" shall mean April 28, 2006, as such date may be extended
pursuant to SECTION 2.19.
1.2 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1.1 (DEFINITION OF TOTAL COMMITMENT). Section 1.01
of the Reimbursement Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
"Total Commitment" in its entirety and replacing it as follows:
"Total Commitment" means at any time the lesser of (a) $900,000,000 (or
such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing among RenRe, the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank or greater amount as increased
pursuant to SECTION 2.18) and (b) the aggregate amount of the L/C
Commitments then in effect.
1.3 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.05(C) (LETTER OF CREDIT FEES, ETC.). Section
2.05(c)(i) of the Reimbursement Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
subclause in its entirety and replacing it as follows:
(i) Each Account Party severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a commission, payable in arrears quarterly
on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December
commencing June 30, 2005, and on the Expiration Date, on such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of the average daily aggregate Available Amount during such
quarter (or shorter period) of all Letters of Credit for the account of
such Account Party outstanding from time to time at a rate equal to 0.275%
per annum.
1.4 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 1 (L/C COMMITMENTS). SCHEDULE 1 of the
Reimbursement Agreement is hereby amended by deleting that Schedule in its
entirety and replacing it with the attached SCHEDULE 1.
1.5 AMENDMENT TO OTHER SCHEDULES. SCHEDULES 4.01(A), 4.06 and 4.14 of the
Reimbursement Agreement are hereby amended by deleting those Schedules in their
entirety and replacing them with the attached SCHEDULES 4.01(A), 4.06 and 4.14.
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ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders and Wachovia to enter into this Amendment and to
induce the Lenders to extend the credit contemplated hereby, RenRe and each
Account Party individually and severally represents and warrants that:
2.1 COMPLIANCE WITH REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. Each such party is in
compliance with all terms and provisions set forth in the Reimbursement
Agreement to be observed or performed by them. No Substitution Event, Suspension
Event, Default, or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
2.2 REPRESENTATIONS IN REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. The representations and
warranties of each such party (with respect to itself and to RIHL) set forth in
the Reimbursement Agreement, except for those relating to a specific date other
than the date hereof, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof after giving effect to
the Amendment.
2.3 OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS. Each such party, to the extent it is a party to
any of the other Credit Documents, is in compliance with all terms and
provisions set forth therein to be observed or performed by it. Nothing herein
will affect the validity or enforceability of the other Credit Documents, and
all Obligations (including such Obligations as increased pursuant to this
Amendment) secured or guaranteed under such other Credit Documents shall remain
so secured or guaranteed.
ARTICLE 3
GENERAL
3.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date
first written above upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the
following, each dated as of the date hereof (unless otherwise specified), in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in
sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each Account Party,
RenRe, Wachovia (in its various capacities) and each Lender.
(b) A certificate of each Credit Party and RUM, signed on behalf of such
Credit Party or RUM by its President, a Director, its Chief Financial
Officer, or a Vice President (or equivalent officer) certifying to the
continuing full force and effect, both immediately before and after
the effectiveness of this Amendment, of each of the following
agreements (to the extent such entity is a party thereto): the Pledge
Agreement for each Account Party, the Control Agreement for each
Account Party, the RIHL Agreement, the RIHL Pledge Agreement, the RIHL
Control Agreement, and the RenRe Agreement.
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(c) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each
Credit Party approving the transactions contemplated by the Amendment.
(d) A copy of a certificate of the Registrar of Companies, Secretary of
State or other appropriate official of the jurisdiction of
incorporation of each Credit Party, dated reasonably near the date
hereof, certifying as to the good standing (or local equivalent) of
such Credit Party to the extent such concept applies in the
jurisdiction of incorporation of a Credit Party.
(e) A certificate of each Credit Party, signed on behalf of such Credit
Party by its President, a Director, its Chief Financial Officer, or a
Vice President (or equivalent officer) and its Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary (the statements made in which certificate shall be
true on and as of the date hereof), certifying as to (1) a true and
correct copy of the constitutional documents of such Credit Party as
in effect on the date on which the resolutions referred to in clause
(c) above were adopted and on the date hereof (or certifying that such
constitutional documents as previously delivered remain in effect and
unchanged), (2) the due incorporation and good standing or valid
existence of such Credit Party as a company or corporation organized
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and the
absence of any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such
Credit Party, (3) the truth and correctness in all material respects
of the representations and warranties made by such Credit Party in the
Credit Documents as though made on and as of the date hereof, and (4)
the absence of any event occurring and continuing, or resulting from
the effectiveness of the Amendment, that constitutes a Substitution
Event, a Suspension Event, Default or Event of Default, provided that
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary need certify only as to the
matters in items (1) and (2) above.
(f) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
Credit Party certifying the names, incumbency and true signatures of
the officers of such Credit Party authorized to sign this Amendment
and the other documents to be delivered hereunder (or certifying that
the equivalent certificate delivered previously remains true and
accurate in all respects).
(g) A favorable opinion, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of (1) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ &
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel for the Credit Parties, (2)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special Bermuda counsel for the Credit Parties
(other than RRE), and (3) A&L Goodbody, special Irish counsel for RRE.
(h) Such other documents, certificates, opinions and instruments as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
3.2 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. From and after the effective date hereof, all
references to the Reimbursement Agreement set forth in any other Credit Document
or other agreement or instrument shall, unless otherwise specifically provided,
be references to the Reimbursement Agreement as amended or modified hereby and
as may be further amended, modified, restated or
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supplemented from time to time. In addition, all terms defined in the
Reimbursement Agreement which have been modified pursuant to this Amendment
shall have such modified meanings when used in any other Credit Documents. This
Amendment is limited as specified and shall not constitute or be deemed to
constitute an amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the
Reimbursement Agreement except as expressly set forth herein. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Reimbursement Agreement and the other Credit
Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
3.3 ADDITION OF NEW LENDERS. Each Lender party to this Amendment that was
not previously a party to the Reimbursement Agreement (a) represents and
warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action
necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to become a Lender under
the Reimbursement Agreement, (ii) from and after the date hereof, it shall be
bound by the provisions of the Reimbursement Agreement as a Lender thereunder
and, to the extent of its L/C Commitment shown on SCHEDULE 1 hereto, shall have
the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iii) it has received a copy of the
Reimbursement Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant thereto, and such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Amendment and it has made such analysis and decision
independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender, and (iv) if it is a Foreign Lender, it has separately delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties any documentation required to be
delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Reimbursement Agreement, duly
completed and executed by such new Lender; and (b) agrees that (i) it will,
independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with
their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Documents are
required to be performed by it as a Lender. Upon the effectiveness of this
Amendment the aggregate Letter of Credit Participating Interests shall be
reallocated among all of the Lenders Pro Rata based upon the L/C Commitments
shown on SCHEDULE 1, it being intended that the new Lender's L/C Commitments and
Letter of Credit Participating Interests shall be pari passu with those of the
other Lenders.
3.4 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED, DELIVERED AND
ACCEPTED IN, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN, NEW YORK AND SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).
3.5 COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute but one instrument.
3.6 EXPENSES. The Account Parties and RenRe agree to pay all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without
limitation, all reasonable attorneys' fees.
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3.7 HEADINGS. The headings of this Amendment are for the purposes of
reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.
RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE LTD.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE OF EUROPE
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
GLENCOE INSURANCE LTD.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(SIGNATURES CONTINUED)
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DAVINCI REINSURANCE LTD.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address for each Credit Party:
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(LENDER SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGES)
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, as
Collateral Agent, as Issuing Bank and
as a Lender
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
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NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED, ABN
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Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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ING BANK, N.V., LONDON BRANCH, as
Co-Documentation Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Managing Director
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By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Director
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as
Co-Documentation Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Relationship Director
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LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, as Managing
Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ Eperon
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ Eperon
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Title: AVP Financial Institutions
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By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: AVP Financial Institutions -- CIB
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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as a Lender
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Director
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By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Director
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: First Vice President
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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By: /s/ Laurent Vanderzyppe
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Name: Laurent Vanderzyppe
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Title: Director
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By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Managing Director
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