EX-10.1
Published on December 22, 2021
Exhibit 10.1
DEED OF AMENDMENT
Date: December 21, 2021
Among:
| (1) | Citibank Europe plc (Bank); |
| (2) | Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd.; |
| (3) | DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd.; |
| (4) | RenaissanceRe Specialty U.S. Ltd.; |
| (5) | Renaissance Reinsurance of Europe Unlimited Company; |
| (6) | Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc. (formerly Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance, Inc.); and |
| (7) | RenaissanceRe Europe AG (collectively, parties (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) shall be known as the Companies). |
| 1. | Background |
By the execution of the following the Companies and the Bank have established a facility for the issuance of letters of credit: Committed Facility Letter for Issuance of Payment Instruments dated 17 September 2010 as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 14 July 2011, 1 October, 2013, 23 December 2014, 31 March 2015, 30 December 2015, 14 January 2016, 31 December 2016, 29 December 2017, and Deeds of Amendment dated 31 December 2018, 24 June 2019, 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2020 (as amended, the Committed Facility Letter).
The parties have agreed to certain further amendments to the Committed Facility Letter as detailed in this deed.
Terms and expressions defined in the Committed Facility Letter shall have the same meanings when used in this deed unless the context otherwise requires or the contrary is otherwise indicated.
The parties to this deed hereby agree that from the Effective Date (as defined below) the rights and obligations of the parties under the Committed Facility Letter and the terms of the Committed Facility Letter shall be amended as specifically set out below.
| 2. | Effective Date |
The following amendments shall take effect on and from 31 December 2021 (Effective Date).
| 3. | Amendments |
With effect from the Effective Date, the following amendments shall be made to the Committed Facility Letter:
| (i) | Clause 1.1 of the Facility Letter shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
Further to recent conversations, Citibank Europe plc (the Bank) is pleased to provide a committed letter of credit issuance facility (the Facility) up until 31 December 2023 (the Termination Date) to the Companies subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Letter. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this Letter are as defined in Clause 14.
| (ii) | Clause 2.1 of the Facility Letter shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
The Facility shall be in a maximum aggregate amount of USD 350,000,000 (or the equivalent in the applicable currency) (the Facility Limit). The maximum aggregate amount of the letters of credit that may be issued on behalf of any one Company shall be equal to the Facility Limit; provided, that, in no event shall the maximum aggregate amount of the letters of credit that may be issued on behalf of all Companies collectively exceed the Facility Limit.
| 4. | Costs and expenses |
Each party to this deed shall bear its own costs and expenses in relation to the amendments agreed pursuant to the terms of this deed.
| 5. | Affirmation and acceptance |
With effect from the Effective Date, the terms and conditions of the Committed Facility Letter shall be read and construed by reference to this deed and all references to the Committed Facility Letter shall be deemed to incorporate the relevant amendments contained within this deed and all references in the Committed Facility Letter to this Committed Facility Letter shall with effect from the Effective Date be references to the Committed Facility Letter as amended by this deed.
In the event of any conflict between the terms of this deed and the Committed Facility Letter, the terms of this deed shall prevail. Except as amended by the terms of this deed, all of the terms and conditions of the Committed Facility Letter shall continue to apply and remain in full force and effect. The Companies shall, at the request of Bank, do all such acts necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected pursuant to the terms of this deed.
| 6. | Continuation of Security |
The Companies confirm that, on and after the Effective Date:
(a) notwithstanding the amendments made to the Committed Facility Letter pursuant to this deed,
| (i) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. and Bank, as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 22 November 2016 and 6 September 2019, (the RRL Pledge Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (ii) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. and Bank, as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 22 November 2016 and 6 September 2019, (the DaVinci Pledge Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (iii) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between RenaissanceRe Specialty U.S. Ltd. and Bank, as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 22 November 2016 and 6 September 2019, (the RSUS Pledge Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (iv) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between Renaissance Reinsurance of Europe Unlimited Company and Bank, as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 22 November 2016 and 6 September 2019, (the ROE Pledge Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
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| (v) | the Pledge Agreement dated 31 March 2015 between Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc. (formerly Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance Inc.) and Bank, as amended by Letters of Amendment dated 22 November 2016 and 6 September 2019, (the RRUS Pledge Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (vi) | the Pledge Agreement dated 24 June 2019 between RenaissanceRe Europe AG and Bank, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 6 September 2019, (the RREAG Pledge Agreement), and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (vii) | the RRL Pledge Agreement, DaVinci Pledge Agreement, RSUS Pledge Agreement, ROE Pledge Agreement, RRUS Pledge Agreement and RREAG Pledge Agreement, collectively, the Pledge Agreements; |
| (viii) | the Amended and Restated Account Control Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 22 November 2016, (the RRL Control Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (ix) | the Amended and Restated Account Control Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd., Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 22 November 2016, (the DaVinci Control Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (x) | the Amended and Restated Account Control Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between RenaissanceRe Specialty U.S. Ltd., Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 22 November 2016, (the RSUS Control Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (xi) | the Amended and Restated Account Control Agreement dated 25 November 2014 between Renaissance Reinsurance of Europe Unlimited Company, Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 22 November 2016,(the ROE Control Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (xii) | the Account Control Agreement dated 31 March 2015 between Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc. (formerly Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance Inc.), Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon, as amended by Letter of Amendment dated 22 November 2016, (the RRUS Control Agreement) and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; |
| (xiii) | the Account Control Agreement dated 24 June 2019 between RenaissanceRe Europe AG, Citibank Europe plc and The Bank of New York Mellon (the RREAG Control Agreement), and any security granted under it continues in full force and effect; and |
| (xiv) | the RRL Control Agreement, DaVinci Control Agreement, RSUS Control Agreement, ROE Control Agreement, RRUS Control Agreement and RREAG Control Agreement, collectively, the Control Agreements, |
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such Pledge Agreements, Control Agreements and security extend to all obligations established by the Committed Facility Letter, as amended pursuant to this deed.
| 7. | Counterparts |
This deed may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This amendment shall take effect as a deed notwithstanding it is signed under hand by Bank.
| 8. | Third party rights |
No person shall have any right to enforce any provision of this deed under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
| 9. | Governing law |
This deed (and any non-contractual obligation, dispute, controversy proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of it or in any way relating to this deed or its formation) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
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Signatories to the Deed of Amendment
| EXECUTED AS A DEED BY RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE LTD. acting by an officer |
Signed | /s/ James C. Fraser |
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James C. Fraser |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Nicole Johnson |
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| Name of Witness | Nicole Johnson |
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| Address 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM 19, Bermuda | ||||||
| EXECUTED AS A DEED BY DAVINCI REINSURANCE LTD. acting by an officer |
Signed | /s/ James C. Fraser |
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James C. Fraser |
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Title |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Nicole Johnson |
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| Name of Witness | Nicole Johnson |
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| Address 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM 19, Bermuda | ||||||
| EXECUTED AS A DEED BY RENAISSANCERE SPECIALITY U.S. LTD. acting by an officer |
Signed | /s/ James C. Fraser |
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| Name | James C. Fraser |
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| Title | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Nicole Johnson |
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| Name of Witness | Nicole Johnson |
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| Address 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM 19, Bermuda | ||||||
| EXECUTED AS A DEED AND GIVEN UNDER THE COMMON SEAL OF RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE OF EUROPE UNLIMITED COMPANY acting by a director |
Signed | /s/ Orla Finnan |
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| Name | Orla Finnan |
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| Title | Managing Director |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ B. Dalton |
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| Name of Witness | B. Dalton |
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| Address 4th Floor, Hardwicke House, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland | ||||||
| acting by a director/company secretary | Signed | /s/ Leo Barran |
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| Name | Leo Barran |
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| Title | Company Secretary |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Jamie Pearce |
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| Name of Witness | Jamie Pearce |
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| Address 18th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR, UK | ||||||
| EXECUTED AS A DEED BY RENAISSANCE REINSURANCE U.S. INC. acting by an officer |
Signed | /s/ N. Adriana Nivia |
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| Name | N. Adriana Nivia |
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| Title | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Migdalia Sanchez |
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| Name of Witness | Migdalia Sanchez |
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| Address 140 Broadway, Suite 4200, New York, NY, 10005, USA | ||||||
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| EXECUTED AS A DEED BY RENAISSANCERE EUROPE AG | Signed | /s/ Matthew Neuber |
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| ACTING BY AN OFFICER | Name | Matthew Neuber |
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| Title | Authorized Person |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Josephine Smith |
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| Name of Witness | Josephine Smith |
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| Address 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM 19, Bermuda | ||||||
| Signed | /s/ Ivan Ota |
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| Name | Ivan Ota |
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| Title | Authorized Person |
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| In the presence of | Signature of Witness | /s/ Marianna Ghaplanyan Schaerli |
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| Name of Witness | /s/ Marianna Ghaplanyan Schaerli |
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| Address Beethovenstrasse 33, CH-8002, Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||
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WE HEREBY CONFIRM OUR ACCEPTANCE ON BEHALF OF BANK:
| By: | /s/ Niall Tuckey |
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| Name: | Niall Tuckey | |
| Title: | Director | |
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