Indemnification
Collateral Account Security
and Control
Agreement
MetLife,
Inc.,
as Secured Party
ALICO
Holdings LLC,
as Pledgor
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas,
as Securities Intermediary and Pledge Collateral
Agent
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas,
as Stock Purchase Contract Agent
and
American
International Group, Inc.
Dated as of November 1
,
2010
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SECTION 1.1
Certain Terms Defined; Interpretation
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Grant of Security Interests;
Financing Statements
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SECTION 2.1
Grant of Security Interests
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SECTION 2.2
Financing Statements
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SECTION 2.3
Satisfaction of Obligation to Transfer Collateral
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SECTION 2.4
Name and Address of Pledgor
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SECTION 2.5
Secured Party and Pledge Collateral Agent May
Perform
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SECTION 2.6
Secured Party and Pledge Collateral Agent Appointed
Attorneys-in-Fact
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SECTION 2.8
Voting Rights
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SECTION 2.9
Ability to Enforce Collateral
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SECTION 2.10
Security Interest Absolute
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SECTION 2.11
Further Assurances
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Appointment and Status of Securities
Intermediary and Pledge Collateral Agent;
Indemnification Collateral Account
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SECTION 3.1
Appointment; Identification of Indemnification
Collateral
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SECTION 3.2
Status of Securities Intermediary
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SECTION 3.3
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Securities
Intermediary
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SECTION 3.4
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Pledge Collateral
Agent
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SECTION 3.5
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Pledgor
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SECTION 3.6
Use of Depositories
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SECTION 3.7
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
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SECTION 3.8
Rights in Other Capacities
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SECTION 4.1
Delivery of Indemnification Collateral
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SECTION 4.2
Release of Indemnification Collateral
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SECTION 4.3
Substitutions
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SECTION 4.4
Common Equity Units as Collateral
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SECTION 4.5
Treatment of Proceeds
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SECTION 4.6
Exclusive Control
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SECTION 4.8
Notice of Adverse Claims
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SECTION 4.9
Subordination of Lien; Set-off
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SECTION 4.10
No Release Without Consent
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General Terms and
Conditions
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SECTION 5.1
Standard of Care; Limitation of Liability;
Indemnification
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SECTION 5.2
No Obligation Regarding Quality of Collateral
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SECTION 5.3
No Responsibility Concerning Indemnification
Provisions
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SECTION 5.4
No Duty of Oversight
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SECTION 5.5
Advice of Counsel
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SECTION 5.6
No Collection Obligations
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SECTION 5.7
Fees and Expenses
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SECTION 5.8
Effectiveness of Instructions; Reliance; Risk Acknowledgements;
Additional Terms
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SECTION 5.9
Certain Rights
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SECTION 5.10
Indemnification Collateral Account Disclosure
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SECTION 5.11
Force Majeure
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SECTION 5.12
No Implied Duties
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SECTION 6.1
Resignation or Removal of Securities Intermediary and Pledge
Collateral Agent
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SECTION 6.3
Certificates of Authorized Persons
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SECTION 6.5
Cumulative Rights; No Waiver
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SECTION 6.6
Severability; Amendments; Assignment
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SECTION 6.7
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity; Jury Trial
Waiver
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SECTION 6.8
No Third Party Beneficiaries
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SECTION 6.10
USA PATRIOT ACT
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SECTION 6.11
Agreement of Stock Purchase Contract Agent
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SCHEDULE I
Contact Persons for Confirmation
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SI-1
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This Indemnification Collateral Account
Security and Control Agreement , dated as of
November 1, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), by
and among MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as secured party
for its own benefit and for the benefit of all other Acquiror
Indemnified Parties (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement
referred to below) (“ Secured Party ”), ALICO
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Pledgor ”), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a
New York banking corporation, in its capacity as securities
intermediary hereunder (“ Securities Intermediary
”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York
banking corporation, as pledge collateral agent hereunder (“
Pledge Collateral Agent ”), for certain limited
purposes, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking
corporation, in its capacity as Stock Purchase Contract Agent
(“ Stock Purchase Contract Agent ”) under the
Pledge Agreement described below, and, for certain limited
purposes, American International Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ AIG ”).
W hereas , Secured Party, American
International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Pledgor Parent ”), and Pledgor have entered into a
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2010 (as the
same may be amended from time to time, the “ Stock
Purchase Agreement ”), containing provisions in
Article XI thereof for the indemnification of Secured Party
and the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties (Article XI
thereof, other than the provisions in Section 11.03 thereof,
being referred to as the “ Indemnification Provisions
”);
W hereas , pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Agreement, Secured Party, Pledgor Parent, Pledgor and
certain other parties named therein have entered into the Ancillary
Agreements (as defined below), in furtherance of the agreements and
arrangements contemplated in the Stock Purchase
Agreement;
W hereas , Secured Party and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking
corporation, as Stock Purchase Contract Agent, acting on behalf of
all holders of Common Equity Units (as defined below), including
Pledgor, and Securities Intermediary in its capacity as Collateral
Agent (in such capacity, “ Collateral Agent ”),
have entered into a Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 1,
2010 (as the same may by amended from time to time, the “
Pledge Agreement ”), in connection with the issuance
of Common Equity Units to Pledgor as part of the consideration paid
to Pledgor by Secured Party pursuant to the Stock Purchase
Agreement;
W hereas , pursuant to this
Agreement, Pledgor desires to pledge to Secured Party, for the
benefit of Secured Party and the other Acquiror Indemnified
Parties, the Indemnification Collateral (as defined below) and the
Pledge Collateral (as defined below) in order to secure the payment
of Pledgor’s obligations to Secured Party and the other
Acquiror Indemnified Parties under the Indemnification Provisions,
this Agreement, and the Ancillary Agreements;
W hereas , Secured Party and Pledgor
have requested Securities Intermediary to hold the Indemnification
Collateral (other than the Pledge Collateral) in custody and to
perform certain other functions as more fully described
herein;
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W hereas, Secured Party and Pledgor
have requested Pledge Collateral Agent to hold the Pledge
Collateral in custody and to perform certain other functions in its
capacity as Pledge Collateral Agent as more fully described herein,
in addition and supplementary to, but not in conflict with, its
functions as Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreement;
and
W hereas , Securities Intermediary
and Pledge Collateral Agent are willing to act on behalf of Secured
Party and Pledgor in respect of Indemnification Collateral and
Pledge Collateral delivered to Securities Intermediary and Pledge
Collateral Agent by Pledgor for the benefit of Secured Party (both
for its own benefit and the benefit of the other Acquiror
Indemnified Parties), subject to the terms hereof;
Now, Therefore , in consideration
of the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.1
Certain Terms Defined; Interpretation . For all purposes of
this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article I shall have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article I and, where the context requires,
include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns
of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter
genders;
(b) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision;
(c) the terms
“bank,” “chattel paper,” “deposit
account,” “entitlement holder,”
“entitlement order,” “financial asset,”
“general intangible,” “investment
property,” “payment intangible,”
“proceeds,” “security,” “security
entitlement” and “securities intermediary” shall
have the meanings set forth in Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC (as
defined below);
(d) Section
headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only and
shall have no substantive effect on its interpretation;
and
(e) the
following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.1(e):
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Acquiror Indemnified Parties ” shall have the meaning
set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
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Acquiror Interim Preferred Stock ” shall mean the
Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 per share, of
Secured Party.
“
Ancillary Agreements ” shall mean the Transition
Services Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the Special
Asset Protection Agreement.
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Authorized Person ” shall mean any person, whether or
not an officer or employee of a Secured Party or Pledgor, duly
authorized by a Secured Party or Pledgor, respectively, to give
Written Instructions on behalf of a Secured Party or Pledgor,
respectively; each such person to be designated in a Certificate of
Authorized Persons which contains a specimen signature of such
person.
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Business Day ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Stock Purchase Agreement.
“ Closing
Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.
“
Code ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.
“
Collateral ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Pledge Agreement.
“
Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Recitals hereto.
“ Common
Equity Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Stock Purchase Contract Agreement.
“ Common
Stock ” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Secured Party.
“
Depository ” shall mean the Treasury/Reserve Automated
Debt Entry System maintained at The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York for receiving and delivering securities, The Depository Trust
Company, Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme , and any depository,
book-entry system or clearing agency (and their respective
successors and assigns) authorized to act as a securities
depository or clearing agency, pursuant to applicable law and
identified to Pledgor from time to time.
“
Eligible Collateral ” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Indemnification Provisions.
“ Excess
Collateral Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2 hereof.
“ Fair
Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.05 of the Stock Purchase Agreement.
“
Includible Amounts ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.7 hereof.
“
Indemnification Collateral ” shall mean all of
Pledgor’s right, title and interest, now or hereafter
existing, in and to the Indemnification Collateral Account, the
Initial Collateral, the Pledge Collateral, all investment property,
financial assets and securities entitlements credited or required
or agreed to be credited to the securities account constituting
part of the Indemnification Collateral Account, any and all funds
credited to the deposit account constituting part of the
Indemnification Collateral Account, all dividends, interest, cash,
securities, instruments (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
general and payment intangibles (each as defined in Article 9
of the UCC), account (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
security entitlements, investment property and other financial
assets at any time and from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for, or as a
renewal of, or reinvestment for, or
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substitution
of, amounts or property in the Indemnification Collateral Account,
all rights, powers, remedies and privileges of Pledgor under or
with respect to the Indemnification Collateral Account or any of
the foregoing and under or with respect to the Stock Purchase
Contract Agreement, all deposit accounts, general and payment
intangibles (each as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and chattel
paper related to or associated with any of the foregoing, and all
proceeds and returns of and from any of the foregoing.
“
Indemnification Collateral Account ” shall mean the
securities account (Account No. S54232.6) established and
maintained by Securities Intermediary and designated
“MetLife, Inc., Indemnification Coll A/C” (as the same
may be redesignated, renumbered or otherwise modified), and the
non-interest bearing deposit account (Account No. S54232.7),
identically designated, established and maintained by Securities
Intermediary in its capacity as a bank in connection with the
securities account.
“
Indemnification Provisions ” shall have the meaning
set forth in the Recitals hereto.
“ Initial
Collateral ” shall mean Eligible Collateral required by
the Indemnification Provisions to be credited to the
Indemnification Collateral Account on the Closing Date, the
particular composition of such Eligible Collateral for these
purposes to be determined pursuant to the Stock Purchase
Agreement.
“
Investor Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Investor
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010, by and among
Pledgor, Pledgor Parent and Secured Party, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
“ Law
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock Purchase
Agreement.
“
Losses ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 hereof.
“ Notice
of Enforcement ” shall mean a notice pursuant to
Section 2.9 hereof that a Secured Party is enforcing its
rights against all or any portion of the Indemnification
Collateral.
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Obligations ” shall mean all present and future
obligations and liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of
Pledgor to Secured Party and the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties
under this Agreement, the Indemnification Provisions and the
Ancillary Agreements.
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Person ” shall mean a legal person, including any
individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“ Pledge
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereto.
“ Pledge
Collateral ” shall mean all Pledgor’s right, title
and interest, now or hereafter existing, in and to the Collateral
that is credited, or required under this Agreement and the Pledge
Agreement to be credited, to (or that is otherwise related to) the
Pledge Collateral
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Accounts
established under the Pledge Agreement, all dividends, interest,
cash, securities, instruments (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC), security entitlements, investment property and other
financial assets at any time and from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for, or as a renewal of, or reinvestment for, or substitution of,
amounts or property in the Pledge Collateral Accounts, all rights,
powers, remedies and privileges of Pledgor under or with respect to
the Collateral, the Pledge Collateral Accounts or any of the
foregoing, the Stock Purchase Contracts associated with the Common
Equity Units from time to time credited or required to be credited
to the Indemnification Collateral Account, all deposit accounts,
general or payment intangibles, accounts (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC), instruments (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC) and chattel paper related to or
associated with any of the foregoing, and all proceeds and returns
of and from any of the foregoing.
“ Pledge
Collateral Accounts ” shall mean the Pledged Unit
Subaccounts established under Section 11.11 of the Pledge Agreement
to hold the Collateral that secures the performance of Pledgor
(referred to as the “Initial Holder” in the Pledge
Agreement) under the Stock Purchase Contracts that relate to and
form part of the Common Equity Units constituting a portion of the
Indemnification Collateral and under the Pledge
Agreement.
“ Pledge
Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Preamble hereto.
“
Pledgor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble hereto.
“ Pledgor
Parent ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
“ Secured
Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.
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Securities Intermediary ” shall have the meaning set
forth in the Preamble hereto.
“ Special
Asset Protection Agreement ” shall mean the Special Asset
Protection Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010, by and
among Secured Party, Pledgor, Pledgor Parent and American Life
Insurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
“ Stock
Purchase Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Recitals hereto.
“ Stock
Purchase Contract ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Stock Purchase Contract Agreement.
“ Stock
Purchase Contract Agent ” shall have the meaning set
forth in the Preamble hereto.
“ Stock
Purchase Contract Agreement ” shall mean the Stock
Purchase Contract Agreement, to be dated as of November 1,
2010, between Secured Party and Stock Purchase Contract Agent, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
“ Tax
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock Purchase
Agreement.
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“ Tax
Authority ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.
“ Tax
Law ” shall have the meaning used in the Stock Purchase
Agreement.
“ Tax
Returns ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.
“
Transition Services Agreement ” shall mean the
Transition Services Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010,
by and between Secured Party and Pledgor Parent, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
“
Treasury Security ” has the meaning set forth in the
Stock Purchase Contract Agreement.
“ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of New York.
“ Unpaid
Obligation Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9 hereof.
“ Written
Instructions ” shall mean written communications received
by Securities Intermediary or Pledge Collateral Agent via letter,
facsimile transmission, or other method or system specified by
Securities Intermediary or Pledge Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, as available for use in connection with this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Grant of Security Interests;
Financing Statements
SECTION 2.1
Grant of Security Interests . As security for the
Obligations, Pledgor hereby pledges to Secured Party (for its own
benefit and the benefit of the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties),
and grants to Secured Party (for its own benefit and the benefit of
the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties) a security interest in, the
Indemnification Collateral. For the protection of such security
interest and pledge and as further security for the Obligations,
Pledgor also pledges to Pledge Collateral Agent for the benefit of
Secured Party, and grants to Pledge Collateral Agent for the
benefit of Secured Party a security interest in, the Pledge
Collateral.
SECTION 2.2
Financing Statements . Pledgor agrees to take all actions
which may be necessary or advisable under all applicable laws to
perfect the security interests created and granted by this
Agreement in favor of Secured Party (for its own benefit and the
benefit of the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties) and Pledge
Collateral Agent against Pledgor, to ensure that the security
interest of Secured Party (for its own benefit and the benefit of
the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties) in the Indemnification
Collateral is a first priority lien, senior and prior in right of
claim to any creditors claiming an interest in and to the
Indemnification Collateral (except as provided below with respect
to the Pledge Collateral), and to ensure that the security interest
of Secured Party (for its own benefit and the benefit of the other
Acquiror Indemnified Parties) in the Pledge Collateral granted to
Pledge Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Party (for its
own benefit and the benefit of the other Acquiror Indemnified
Parties) pursuant to
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this Agreement
for the purpose of securing the Obligations ranks pari passu
with the security interest in the Pledge Collateral granted to
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement for the benefit
of Secured Party. In furtherance thereof, Pledgor hereby authorizes
the Secured Party to record and file with the appropriate filing
office, at Pledgor’s own expense, UCC-1 financing statements
(including any continuation statements with respect to such
financing statements when applicable) with respect to the security
interests in the Indemnification Collateral and the Pledge
Collateral granted to Secured Party (for its own benefit and the
benefit of the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties) and Pledge
Collateral Agent, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, and
Secured Party shall deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing
statements or continuation statements to Pledgor. Secured Party
hereby acknowledges on its own behalf and on behalf of the other
Acquiror Indemnified Parties that portions of the Pledge Collateral
are subject to the lien created under, and the rights in favor of
the Collateral Agent granted by, the terms of the Pledge Agreement
and agrees (i) not to exercise any of its remedies hereunder
with respect to any Common Equity Unit that is not a Pledged Unit
and (ii) not to take any action under this Agreement with
respect to the Pledge Collateral relating to any Pledged Unit with
respect to which its remedies hereunder are not being
exercised.
SECTION 2.3
Satisfaction of Obligation to Transfer Collateral . Pledgor
will be required to deliver Indemnification Collateral as follows:
(i) in the case of cash, payment or delivery to the
Indemnification Collateral Account; (ii) in the case of
certificated securities that cannot be delivered by book-entry,
delivery in appropriate physical form to Securities Intermediary
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer properly
completed and executed in blank; and (iii) in the case of
securities that can be delivered in book-entry form, the giving of
written instructions to the issuer or the appropriate securities
intermediary sufficient if complied with to result in a legally
effective transfer of the relevant interest to Securities
Intermediary. In the case of Pledge Collateral, Stock Purchase
Contract Agent, Pledgor, Secured Party, Securities Intermediary and
Pledge Collateral Agent agree to take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that the Pledge Collateral required to be
credited to the Pledge Collateral Accounts under the Pledge
Agreement is properly so credited in the manner required by the
Pledge Agreement.
SECTION 2.4
Name and Address of Pledgor . Pledgor represents that its
exact legal name is ALICO Holdings LLC and that it is a Delaware
limited liability company and its mailing address is: ALICO
Holdings LLC, c/o American International Group, Inc., 80 Pine
Street, New York, New York 10270. Pledgor covenants with Secured
Party (for its own benefit and the benefit of the other Acquiror
Indemnified Parties) as follows:
(i) without
providing at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice
to Secured Party (or such shorter period as may be agreed at any
time by Secured Party in writing), it will not change its name or
its mailing address, and
(ii) without
the prior written consent of Secured Party, not to be unreasonably
withheld, it will not change its type of organization, jurisdiction
of organization or other legal structure.
SECTION 2.5
Secured Party and Pledge Collateral Agent May Perform. If
Pledgor fails to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement, Secured Party may itself perform, or
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cause
performance of, such obligations with respect to the
Indemnification Collateral, and Pledge Collateral Agent, pursuant
to instructions from Secured Party, may itself perform, or cause
performance of, such obligations with respect to the Pledge
Collateral, and the expense of Secured Party or Pledge Collateral
Agent incurred in connection with such performance shall be payable
by Pledgor.
SECTION 2.6
Secured Party and Pledge Collateral Agent Appointed
Attorneys-in-Fact . Pledgor hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints Secured Party, Pledge Collateral Agent and any officer or
agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority
in the place and stead of Pledgor or in Secured Party’s or
Pledge Collateral Agent’s own name (but for the benefit of
Secured Party and the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties), for the
purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any
and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments that may be necessary or useful to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, taking
any action which may be necessary in any applicable jurisdiction to
perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of Secured
Party’s interest in the Indemnification Collateral Account
and the Indemnification Collateral and Pledge Collateral
Agent’s security interest (for the benefit of Secured Party
and the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties) in the Pledge
Collateral and the Pledge Collateral Accounts, including, without
limitation, the filing of any financing and continuation statements
in any applicable jurisdiction and to take any action and to
execute any instrument, representing any dividend, interest payment
or other distribution in respect of the Indemnification Collateral
or the Pledge Collateral or any part thereof and to give full
discharge for the same as Secured Party or Pledge Collateral Agent
(for the benefit of Secured Party and the other Acquiror
Indemnified Parties) may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish
the purpose of this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law,
Pledgor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a
power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
SECTION 2.7
Taxes . Pledgor will include all income and gain, including
any accrued income or gain, to the extent any such income or gain
is required to be taken into account for Tax purposes pursuant to
applicable Tax Law, on or with respect to the Eligible Collateral
and Indemnification Collateral held in the Indemnification
Collateral Account and the Pledge Collateral held in any Pledge
Collateral Account including all gains, dividends, interest,
proceeds, returns and other amounts (such amounts, the “
Includible Amounts ”) in Pledgor’s gross income
for federal, state, local and other Tax purposes, whether or not
the Includible Amounts have been distributed, and the Includible
Amounts shall be reported, as and to the extent required by Law, by
the Securities Intermediary and Pledge Collateral Agent to the IRS,
or any other relevant Tax Authority, on IRS Form 1099 or 1042S
(or other appropriate form) as income and gain earned by the
Pledgor, and Pledgor shall duly pay any Taxes resulting therefrom.
Any other Tax Returns required to be filed will be prepared and
filed by Pledgor with the IRS and any other relevant Tax Authority
as required by law. Pledgor shall indemnify the Secured Party
against any and all Taxes relating to the Eligible Collateral,
Indemnification Collateral or Pledge Collateral, including all
Taxes imposed on a Secured Party to the extent that the Secured
Party is required by applicable Tax Law (including section 468B of
the Code and any temporary or final regulations issued thereunder)
to include any Includible Amounts in the Secured Party’s
gross income for federal, state, local or other Tax purposes and
all Taxes
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resulting from
the disposition or transfer of the Eligible Collateral,
Indemnification Collateral or Pledge Collateral (including any
transfer or disposition that is made in order to satisfy the
payment of an Unpaid Obligation Amount), and Pledgor’s right
to indemnity with respect to such Taxes shall be considered an
Unpaid Obligation Amount for purposes of this Agreement. The
Securities Intermediary and the Pledge Collateral Agent are holding
the Indemnification Collateral Account and the Pledge Collateral
Accounts for the benefit of the Secured Party and not for their own
account. Pledgor shall pay or reimburse the Stock Purchase Contract
Agent, the Pledge Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary
upon request for any transfer taxes or other taxes relating to the
Indemnification Collateral or the Pledge Collateral incurred in
connection herewith and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Stock
Purchase Contract Agent, the Pledge Collateral Agent and the
Securities Intermediary from any amounts that they are obligated to
pay in the way of such taxes. Any payments of income from the
Indemnification Account or the Pledge Collateral Accounts shall be
subject to withholding regulations then in force with respect to
United States taxes. The Pledgor shall provide the Stock Purchase
Contract Agent, the Pledge Collateral Agent and the Securities
Intermediary with appropriate W-9 forms for tax identification
number certifications, or W-8 forms for non-resident alien
certifications. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Pledgor
shall be entitled to any interest earnings in the Indemnification
Account and the Pledge Collateral Accounts. It is understood that
the Pledge Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall
only be responsible for income reporting with respect to income
earned on the Pledge Collateral Accounts and the Indemnification
Account and will not be responsible for any other reporting. This
paragraph shall survive notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Stock Purchase
Contract Agent, the Pledge Collateral Agent or the Securities
Intermediary.
SECTION 2.8
Voting Rights . Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any
and all voting and other consensual rights, if any, pertaining to
the Indemnification Collateral, the Pledge Collateral or any part
thereof for any purpose, subject to the limitations set forth in
the Investor Rights Agreement. Neither Pledge Collateral Agent nor
Securities Intermediary shall have any obligation to or
responsibilities with respect to the exercise of voting or any
other consensual rights pertaining to the Indemnification
Collateral, the Pledge Collateral or any part thereof.
SECTION 2.9
Ability to Enforce Collateral . In accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, the Indemnification Provisions and the Ancillary
Agreements, from time to time, Secured Party may determine that it
or any of the other Acquiror Indemnified Parties is owed an amount
in respect of the Obligations, which amount may be equal in value
to all or any part of the amount to the credit of the
Indemnification Collateral Account. In such event, which may occur
multiple times as provided in the agreements or provisions
constituting the Obligations, Secured Party is entitled in
accordance with the Indemnification Provisions to make a demand
upon Pledgor for, or otherwise receive, payment for such
Obligations (for its own benefit or the benefit of the other
applicable Acquiror Indemnified Parties). Pursuant to
Section 11.05(a) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, Pledgor may
in some instances satisfy such demand by delivering Eligible
Collateral that is credited to the Indemnification Collateral
Account with a Fair Value equal to the amount demanded. Upon
receipt from Pledgor of a request complying with the requirements
of such Section 11.05(a) that some or all of the amount
demanded be paid using Eligible Collateral constituting
Indemnification Collateral, Secured Party agrees to instruct
Securities Intermediary to debit the requested number of Common
Equity Units or shares of
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Common Stock or
Acquiror Interim Preferred Stock and/or withdraw the requested
amount of cash from the Indemnification Collateral Account and
transfer such Common Equity Units, Common Stock, Acquiror Interim
Preferred Stock and/or cash to such account as Secured Party may
designate in payment of Obligations with a Fair Value represented
by such transferred Common Equity Units, Common Stock, Acquiror
Interim Preferred Stock and/or cash. Securities Intermediary may
conclusively assume, in complying with such instructions from the
Secured Party, that Secured Party has received the foregoing
request from Pledgor and that the amount of Eligible Collateral to
be withdrawn is in the proper amount and shall comply with such
instructions as soon as practicable. The failure of Pledgor to
satisfy such demand or make such payment in full (in either case,
regardless of whether such demand is permitted by the
Indemnification Provisions to be satisfied by Pledgor prior to
default by delivering a request to Secured Party in the manner
described above that Secured Party debit Eligible Collateral from
the Indemnification Collateral Account), after compliance by
Secured Party with the terms of the applicable provisions or
agreement constituting the relevant Obligations and the terms of
the Indemnification Provisions, including, without limitation, any
terms relating to the resolution of disagreements regarding the
amount or existence of any indemnification or other Obligation,
shall constitute a default hereunder. It shall also constitute a
default hereunder if, in the case of any payment required to be
made under Article II, Section 6.12,
Sections 11.02(a)(vii),(viii) or (ix) of the Stock
Purchase Agreement or the non-indemnification provisions of any
Ancillary Agreement, or pursuant to the Special Asset Protection
Agreement, the Pledgor and Pledgor Parent shall fail to make such
payment in full in accordance with Sections 6.24 and
11.05(a)(i) and (ii). Upon the occurrence of a default for any of
the reasons set forth above, Secured Party may exercise in respect
of the Indemnification Collateral, and Pledge Collateral Agent may,
for the benefit of Secured Party (whether for Secured Party’s
benefit or for the benefit of other Acquiror Indemnified Parties)
and upon the instructions of Secured Party, exercise in respect of
the Pledge Collateral (subject to the last sentence of
Section 2.2), in addition to other rights and remedies
provided for herein or in Section 11.05(a) of the Stock
Purchase Agreement or otherwise available to it, all the rights and
remedies of a secured party on default under the UCC, or under
other applicable law, with respect to such portions of the
Indemnification Collateral having in the aggregate a value equal to
the amount of the Obligations then due to Secured Party but unpaid
(the “ Unpaid Obligation Amount ”), such value
to equal, to the extent Eligible Collateral is applied, the Fair
Value of such Eligible Collateral and otherwise to equal such other
amount as shall be determined in a manner consistent with
applicable law. Such instructions from Secured Party shall specify
the portions of the Indemnification Collateral with respect to
which such remedies shall be exercised and shall certify that such
Indemnification Collateral has the value required by the preceding
sentence. Secured Party may also, without notice except as required
by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any such
default direct Securities Intermediary from time to time, to the
extent permitted by law, to (i) transfer, deliver, and pay
over to Secured Party, or as Secured Party directs, all or any part
of the Indemnification Collateral and the proceeds thereof
(including, without limitation, any distributions of cash and
securities made in respect of the Indemnification Collateral,
including Pledge Collateral to the extent it relates to Pledged
Units being applied to the payment of any Unpaid Obligation Amount)
in an amount up to the Unpaid Obligation Amount and Secured Party
may apply any cash received from Securities Intermediary to the
payment of the Obligations then due to Secured Party but unpaid,
and (ii) sell the Indemnification Collateral in an amount up
to the Unpaid Obligation Amount or any part thereof in one or more
parcels at public or private sale, at
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any exchange,
broker’s board or at any of Secured Party’s or
Securities Intermediary’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on
credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as Secured
Party may deem commercially reasonable, and Secured Party may
instruct Pledge Collateral Agent, as secured party for the benefit
of Secured Party (for its own benefit and the benefit of the other
Acquiror Indemnified Parties), to take such action with respect to
the Pledge Collateral (subject to the last sentence of
Section 2.2), including, without limitation, the transfer at
the time specified by Secured Party of any such Pledge Collateral
out of any Pledged Unit Subaccount to the appropriate other
subaccount under the Pledge Agreement, as may be necessary or
desirable to effectuate the transfer or sale of Indemnification
Collateral described above; provided that the aggregate
value (calculated as provided in the Stock Purchase Agreement and
herein) of the Indemnification Collateral, any such transferred
Pledge Collateral and the proceeds of the disposition thereof
applied to the payment of the Obligations at any time shall not
exceed the Unpaid Obligation Amount at such time, the amount of the
Unpaid Obligations to be certified to Securities Intermediary and
Pledge Collateral Agent; and provided , further ,
that Secured Party shall not exercise, or cause Pledge Collateral
Agent to exercise, any rights with respect to the Pledge Collateral
that would breach the covenant set forth in the last sentence of
Section 2.2 or that would adversely affect the operation of
the Pledge Agreement, any Stock Purchase Contract or the Stock
Purchase Contract Agreement. Pledgor acknowledges that to the
extent the Indemnification Collateral credited to the
Indemnification Collateral Account or the Pledge Collateral
credited to the Pledge Collateral Accounts under the Pledge
Agreement is of a type sold in a recognized market, no notice by
Secured Party or Pledge Collateral Agent to Pledgor shall be
required prior to the sale of any Indemnification Collateral or
Pledge Collateral hereunder. In the event such notice is given,
neither Secured Party nor Pledge Collateral Agent shall be
obligated to make any sale of Indemnification Collateral or Pledge
Collateral regardless of such notice having been given. Secured
Party or Pledge Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may adjourn
any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the
time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further
notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
Upon any sale or transfer of any Common Equity Units contained in
the Indemnification Collateral, whether upon Secured Party’s
exercise of its rights as a secured party hereunder or upon the
instructions of Pledgor in connection with a substitution of
Indemnification Collateral, the Pledge Collateral associated with
such Common Equity Units being sold shall, if such Common Equity
Units shall continue to be outstanding after such sale or other
transfer, be transferred from the Pledge Collateral Accounts to the
other appropriate subaccounts with the Collateral Agent under the
Pledge Agreement.
SECTION 2.10
Security Interest Absolute . All rights of Secured Party and
Pledge Collateral Agent for benefit of the Secured Party and the
security interests granted hereunder, and all obligations of
Pledgor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective
of: (i) any change in time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the
Indemnification Provisions; (ii) any exchange, release or
non-perfection of any other collateral, or any release or amendment
or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or
any of the Obligations; or (iii) any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge
of, Pledgor in respect of the Obligations other than full and final
payment thereof.
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SECTION 2.11
Further Assurances . Pledgor, Secured Party, Securities
Intermediary and Pledge Collateral Agent agree that, at any time
and from time to time at the expense of Pledgor, Pledgor shall
promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents
and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable or
that Secured Party, Securities Intermediary or Pledge Collateral
Agent (upon the instructions of Secured Party, in the case of
Securities Intermediary or Pledge Collateral Agent) may reasonably
request in order to create, perfect, and protect any pledge or
security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to
enable Secured Party to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder with respect to the Indemnification Collateral
and to enable Pledge Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce for
the benefit of Secured Party its rights and remedies hereunder with
respect to the Pledge Collateral. If Pledgor shall fail to execute
such instruments or documents or to take such further action,
Securities Intermediary or Pledge Collateral Agent, upon the
instructions of Secured Party, may do so in Pledgor’s stead
in their own names or as Pledgor’s attorneys-in-fact, and at
Pledgor’s expense.
ARTICLE III
Appointment and Status of
Securities Intermediary and
Pledge Collateral
Agent;
Indemnification Collateral
Account
SECTION 3.1
Appointment; Identification of Indemnification Collateral .
Secured Party and Pledgor hereby appoint Securities Intermediary
and Pledge Collateral Agent to perform their respective duties as
set forth herein and authorize Securities Intermediary to hold that
portion of the Indemnification Collateral consisting of cash or
securities in the Indemnification Collateral Account and Pledge
Collateral Agent to hold that portion of the Pledge Collateral
required to be so held in the Pledge Collateral Accounts
established under the Pledge Agreement in the name of the
Securities Intermediary or the name of its nominees, except as
otherwise provided in the Pledge Agreement. Securities Intermediary
and Pledge Collateral Agent hereby accept such appointments and
agree to establish and maintain the Indemnification Collateral
Account and the Pledge Collateral Accounts under the Pledge
Agreement and this Agreement and maintain appropriate records
identifying the Indemnification Colla
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