EX-10.1 7 exhibit101.htm EXHIBIT 10.1

May 12, 2020

Everest International Reinsurance, Ltd.

Seon Place, 4th Floor

141 Front Street

Hamilton, HM 19

P.O. Box HM 845

Telecopy Number: (441) 295-4828

Attention: Sanjoy Mukherjee

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Ref: Amendment Agreement – Standby Letter of Credit Facility

This Letter Agreement (this “Amendment Agreement”) is made as of May 12, 2020 between Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc (the “Bank” or “us”) and Everest International Reinsurance, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”, “you” or “your”) in connection with that certain: (i) letter agreement dated as of November 9, 2015 between the Bank and the Company (as the same may have been previously amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise restated, the “Facility Letter Agreement”), (ii) Master Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees dated as of November 9, 2015 between the Bank and the Company (as the same may have been previously amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise restated, the “Master Agreement”), (iii) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of November 9, 2015 (as the same may have been previously amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise restated, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) and (iv) Account Control Agreement dated as of November 9, 2015 made among the Company, the Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon (as the same may have been amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise restated, the “Account Control Agreement” and, together with the Facility Letter Agreement, the Master Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, the “Existing Documents”). Unless otherwise specified herein, all terms defined in this Amendment Agreement shall have the meanings as provided for in the relevant Related Documents.

You have advised us of your intention, by way of amendment, to increase the aggregate total amount of the committed line of credit provided for in the Facility Letter Agreement (as such amount may be reduced as hereinafter provided) in support of your obligation to provide Funds at Lloyd’s to support your and any Other Party’s business assumed as a member of certain syndicates at Lloyd’s for the 2020 Year of Account.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained the parties hereto agree and covenant to amend the Existing Documents as follows:

Amendments:

1. Any and all references to “Related Documents”, in any Related Documents, shall be read to include this Amendment Agreement.

2. The reference to “£47,000,000” in the first paragraph of the Facility Letter Agreement is deleted and replaced by “£52,175,000”.

Conditions Precedent:

This Amendment Agreement shall become effective and the effective date shall occur upon the satisfaction of the following conditions (and the documents required to be delivered shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank) (the first date on which all of the following conditions are satisfied or waived by the Bank, the “Effective Date” but which must occur on or before the date hereof):

1. delivery of this Amendment Agreement duly executed by the Company;

2. delivery of copies of the constitutional documents of the Company certified as true and correct and up to date by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer of the Company;

3. delivery of a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer of the Company, attaching and certifying copies of the resolutions of its board of directors authorizing the execution and delivery of the Amendment Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated herein, and certifying the name, title, and true signature of each officer of the Company authorized to execute the Amendment Agreement and the other Related Documents;

4. delivery of a good standing certificate or comparable certificate relating to the Company’s good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;

5. satisfactory completion by the Bank of all “know your customer” checks;

6. delivery of favorable opinions of counsel to the Company addressed to the Bank and covering matters customary for a transaction of this nature;

7. the Bank shall have received evidence satisfactory to the Bank that all necessary or appropriate steps have been taken in order to perfect the lien and security interest of the Bank in the collateral pledged to the Bank pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

8. the Bank shall have received evidence satisfactory to the Bank that CT Corporation System is the agent for accepting service of process for the Company pursuant to Section 19 of the Master Agreement;

9. no Event of Default under the Master Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing; and

10. the representations and warranties set out in the Existing Documents shall be true and correct in all respects as if made on the Effective Date except to the extent they refer to an earlier date in which case they shall be true and correct as of such date.

Entire Agreement; Restatement:

This Amendment Agreement and the Existing Agreements constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all oral communications and prior writings (except as otherwise provided herein) with respect thereto.

Save as amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Existing Documents will continue in full force and effect. References to the Existing Documents will be to the Existing Documents, as amended by this Amendment Agreement.

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Counterparts:

This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto individually, or in any combination of the parties hereto, in two or more counterparts, each which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment Agreement by any electronic imaging means (including portable document format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement; provided, however, that, the Bank shall require any request for a Letter of Credit delivered via email to attach such request, signed by authorized signatories, in portable document format.

Governing Law:

This Amendment Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature page to follow]

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| Yours sincerely, LLOYDS BANK CORPORATE MARKETS PLC By: /S/ KAMAIA BASDEO
| Name: Kamaia Basdeo Title: Assistant Vice President
| By: /S/ TINA WONG
| Name: Tina Wong
| Title: Assistant Vice President
Acknowledged and agreed (in counterpart) this 12th day of May, 2020 |
EVEREST INTERNATIONAL REINSURANCE, LTD. |
By: /S/ SANJOY MUKHERJEE |
Name: Sanjoy Mukherjee |
Title: CEO and Managing Director |

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