“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Reinsurance Agreement” means any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate or other arrangement by which an insurance subsidiary agrees to cede to, or assume from, another insurer all or part of the liability assumed or assets held by it under one or more insurance, annuity, reinsurance or retrocession policies, agreements, contracts, treaties, certificates or similar arrangements, including, but not limited to, any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate or other arrangement that is treated as such by the applicable insurance regulatory authority.
“Special Purpose Subsidiary” means any subsidiary formed to issue surplus notes or other obligations in connection with a statutory capital financing or enter into reinsurance agreements in connection with a statutory capital financing or enter into ancillary obligations in respect of the foregoing.
“Statutory Capital Financing” means a transaction or series of transactions entered into primarily for the purpose of financing a portion of the capital and surplus required to be held by an insurance subsidiary, where the proceeds or funding obligations provided by the financing counterparty or counterparties in such transaction or transactions are not expected, as of the date such transaction or transactions are entered into, to be used or applied to pay insurance or reinsurance claims reasonably projected to be payable as of the date such transaction or transactions are entered into.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to us:
(1)
| any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by us or one or more of our other subsidiaries (or a combination thereof); and |
(2)
| any partnership (a) of which we or one of our subsidiaries is the sole general partner or the managing general partner or (b) the only general partners of which are us or one or more of our subsidiaries (or any combination thereof). |
“Surplus Note” means a promissory note executed by an insurance subsidiary of the type generally described in the insurance industry as a “surplus note”, the principal amount of which an insurance regulator permits the issuer to record as an addition to statutory surplus rather than as a liability in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the applicable insurance regulatory authority.
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes
With respect to global notes, we will pay principal of and interest on the notes in immediately available funds to the depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such note. With respect to physical notes, if a holder of such notes has given us wire transfer instructions, we will pay all interest, on that holder's notes in accordance with those instructions, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such notes is more than $10,000,000. All other interest payments on such notes will be made by check mailed to the holders at their addresses set forth in the register of notes. We will pay the principal of any physical notes at the office or agency we designate for that purpose.
Transfer and Exchange
The notes may be transferred or exchanged in accordance with the senior indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a holder of the notes, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and we or the trustee may require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the senior indenture. We are not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption. Also, we are not required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.
The registered holder of a note will be treated as its owner for all purposes under the senior indenture.
Concerning the Trustee
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will be the initial trustee and will also serve as the initial registrar, notes custodian and paying agent for the notes. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in each of its capacities, including without limitation as trustee, registrar, notes custodian and paying agent, assumes no