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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2010
MGIC Investment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Wisconsin
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1-10816
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39-1486475 |
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(414) 347-6480
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c)
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Offering of Common Stock
On April 21, 2010, MGIC Investment Corporation (the Company) entered into an underwriting
agreement (the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the
representative of the several underwriters listed therein (collectively, the Common Stock
Underwriters). Pursuant to the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell
and the Common Stock Underwriters agreed to purchase for resale to the public (the Common Stock
Offering), subject to the terms and conditions expressed therein, 65,116,279 shares of the
Companys common stock at a price per share of $10.75 to the public, less an underwriting discount
of $0.43 per share. The Common Stock Underwriters also have an option to purchase up to 9,767,441
additional shares of the Companys common stock at the same price per share. The Stock Offering is
expected to close on April 26, 2010
The Common Stock Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the
parties and termination provisions. The description of the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement set
forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Common Stock Underwriting
Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
The Companys common stock to be sold pursuant to the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement was
registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-166175) (the
Registration Statement) that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Company is filing
certain exhibits as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with its filing with the
SEC of a definitive prospectus supplement, dated April 21, 2010, and prospectus, dated April 20,
2010, relating to the Common Stock Offering. See Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Offering of Convertible Notes
Also on April 21, 2010, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Convertible
Notes Underwriting Agreement) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the representative of the several
underwriters listed therein (collectively, the Convertible Notes Underwriters). Pursuant to the
Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell and the Convertible Notes
Underwriters agreed to purchase for resale to the public (the Convertible Notes Offering),
subject to the terms and conditions expressed therein, $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Companys 5% convertible senior notes due 2017 (the Convertible Notes). The Convertible
Notes Underwriters also have an option to purchase up to an additional $45,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes Offering is expected to close on
April 26, 2010.
The conversion rate for the Convertible Notes will initially be 74.4186 shares of the
Companys common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (equivalent to a conversion
price of approximately $13.44 per share), subject to adjustment in certain events. Holders may
convert their Convertible Notes into shares of the Companys common stock at their option on any
day to and including the second scheduled trading day prior to the maturity date of May 1, 2017.
Upon conversion, the Company will deliver on the third trading day following the relevant
conversion date a number of shares equal to (i)(A) the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be converted
divided by (B) $1,000, multiplied by (ii) the then applicable conversion rate for each $1,000 principal amount of the
Convertible Notes.
The Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties
and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the
parties and termination provisions. The description of the Convertible Notes Underwriting
Agreement set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Convertible
Notes Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.2 and is incorporated
herein by reference.
The Convertible Notes to be sold pursuant to the Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement were
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that the Company filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act. The Company is filing certain exhibits as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K
in connection with its filing with the SEC of a definitive prospectus supplement, dated April 21,
2010, and prospectus, dated April 20, 2010, relating to the Convertible Notes Offering. See Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Underwriters
In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, the Common Stock Underwriters, the
Convertible Notes Underwriters or their affiliates have performed and may in the future perform
certain commercial banking, investment banking and advisory services for the Company from time to
time for which they have received and may receive in the future customary fees and expenses.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On April 21, 2010, the Common Stock Underwriters exercised their option to purchase an
additional 9,767,441 shares of the Companys common stock at the same price per share as in the
Common Stock Offering. Also on April 21, 2010, the Convertible Notes Underwriters exercised their
option to purchase an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes on the
same terms as in the Convertible Notes Stock Offering.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
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(1.1)
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Underwriting Agreement, dated April 21, 2010,
between MGIC Investment Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as the
representative of the several underwriters listed therein, relating to
the Common Stock Offering.* |
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(1.2)
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Underwriting Agreement, dated April 21, 2010,
between MGIC Investment Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as the
representative of the several underwriters listed therein, relating to
the Convertible Notes Offering.* |
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(5.1)
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Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the
Common Stock Offering, dated April 21, 2010. |
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(5.2)
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Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the
Convertible Notes Offering, dated April 21, 2010. |
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(23.1)
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Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Common Stock Offering
(contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
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(23.2)
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Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Convertible Notes
Offering (contained in Exhibit 5.2 hereto). |
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The schedules and exhibits referred to in the Underwriting Agreements are not being filed
herewith. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any such schedules and
exhibits to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Date: April 21, 2010 |
By: |
/s/
Timothy J. Mattke
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Timothy J. Mattke |
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Vice President and Controller |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. |
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Description
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(1.1)
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Underwriting Agreement, dated April 21, 2010, between MGIC
Investment Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as the
representative of the several underwriters listed therein,
relating to the Common Stock Offering.* |
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(1.2)
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Underwriting Agreement, dated April 21, 2010, between MGIC
Investment Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as the
representative of the several underwriters listed therein,
relating to the Convertible Notes Offering.* |
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(5.1)
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Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Common Stock
Offering, dated April 21, 2010. |
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(5.2)
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Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Convertible
Notes Offering, dated April 21, 2010. |
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(23.1)
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Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Common Stock
Offering (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
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(23.2)
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Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the Convertible
Notes Offering (contained in Exhibit 5.2 hereto). |
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The schedules and exhibits referred to in the Underwriting Agreements are not being filed
herewith. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any such schedules and
exhibits to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
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Exhibit 1.1
65,116,279 Shares
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Common Stock
Underwriting Agreement
April 21, 2010
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York , New York 10282-2198
Acting as Representative of the several
Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and
sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the Underwriters) an aggregate of
65,116,279 shares (the Firm Shares) of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Common
Stock). In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an
additional 9,767,441 shares (the Optional Shares) of Common Stock, as provided in Section 2. The
Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are
collectively called the Shares. Goldman, Sachs & Co. has agreed to act as representative of the
several Underwriters (in such capacity, the Representative) in connection with the offering and
sale of the Shares.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-166175), including a prospectus, relating to, among other securities, the Shares.
Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules
thereto, at the time it became effective, including any required information deemed to be a part
thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively,
the Exchange Act), is called the Registration Statement. The base prospectus filed as part of
the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the
Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Shares, is hereinafter called
the Basic Prospectus; any preliminary prospectus (included any preliminary prospectus supplement)
relating to the Shares filed with the commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
is hereinafter called a Preliminary Prospectus. The term Prospectus shall mean the final
prospectus relating to the Shares that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or
as of the date of such prospectus, as the case may be.. All references in this Agreement to the
Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR).
The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under
Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years
prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act has been received by the Company. The Company has complied to the Commissions
satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission
has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the
Commission. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona
fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the
date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known seasoned
issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company will pay the
registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act within the
time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Each of the Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof,
complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus
(including any Prospectus wrapper), as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the time of any
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date (as defined herein) and at any Subsequent
Closing Date (as defined herein), will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set
forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or
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omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the
Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Representative
expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by the Representative consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof. There is
no contract or other document required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement that has not been described or filed as required.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed with the
Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents, when they were so filed, included an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(d) The term Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), (ii) the pricing information set forth
on Annex A, and each free-writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto. As of 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of execution
and delivery of this Agreement (the Applicable Time), the Disclosure Package did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(e) Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the
Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as
such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use,
authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares
(each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a
communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i)
any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or
Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic
road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the
Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Each
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has
been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the
Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary
Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of
the Closing Date and as of the Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
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misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from each
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and,
when issued and delivered by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the
Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(h) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges
under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be
paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company
or sale by the Company of the Shares.
(i) There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt
securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering
contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the
laws of the State of Wisconsin, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and
has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result, individually or in the aggregate,
in a material adverse effect on the business, financial position, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect).
(k) Each of the Companys subsidiaries that constitutes a significant subsidiary (as such
term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) as of the last day of the Companys most recent
fiscal quarter (each a Subsidiary and collectively, the Subsidiaries) has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability
company for the transaction of business and is in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so
as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing,
individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the column entitled Actual under the Capitalization section of the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued
by the Company and are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such shares of capital stock was
issued in violation of pre-emptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company.
The Common Stock (including the Shares) conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no authorized or
outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to
purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any
capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately described in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Companys stock option, stock
bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder,
set forth or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and
fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements,
options and rights. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or limited liability company
interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either
directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or
any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.
(m) The financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in
conformance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The financial data set
forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions SummaryRecent
DevelopmentsFirst Quarter 2010 Financial Information, SummarySummary Consolidated Financial
Information, Selected Consolidated Financial Information and Capitalization fairly present the
information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(n) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified the financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement,
are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(o) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been
no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
or affecting the business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a
Material Adverse Change), (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, other than those arising in the ordinary
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course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other
subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.
(p) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other agreement or
instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and compliance by the Company
with its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not and will not conflict with or result in a
breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the assets,
properties or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, the
Agreements and Instruments) the result of which would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of (i) the charter or bylaws of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any applicable law or statute or any order, rule, regulation or
judgment of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations, except, in the case of clause
(ii), for any such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any
court or governmental agency or body now pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened,
against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any director or officer of the
Company which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus (other than as stated therein, including documents incorporated by reference), or
which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than as stated
therein, including the documents incorporated by reference), or have a material adverse effect on
the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and
the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective assets, properties or operations is the
subject which is not described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, is not reasonably
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the due authorization, execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement or for the performance by the Company of the transactions
contemplated under the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, this Agreement, except such as have
already been made, obtained or rendered, as applicable, and such as may be
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required under state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or
other foreign laws.
(s) Each insurance company subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the Insurance
Subsidiaries) is duly licensed as an insurance company in its jurisdiction of organization and is
duly licensed or authorized as an insurer in each jurisdiction outside its jurisdiction of
organization where it is required to be so licensed or authorized to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where
the failure to be so licensed or authorized, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (Default) under its charter or
by-laws, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust,
note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument
to which the Company or such subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or (iii) in violation
of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over
the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except with respect to
clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and each subsidiary possess such valid and current licenses, certificates,
authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies
or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any
subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or
non-compliance with, any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be
paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty
levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has made appropriate
provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in paragraph (m) above in respect of
all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods
as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally
determined.
(w) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or
any subsidiary or any other person required to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus that have not been described as required.
(x) None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the
obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any
waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation
by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with
respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have
a material adverse effect on the Company; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any
violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or
compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material
increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current
fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Companys most
recently completed fiscal year; (ii) a material increase in the Companys accumulated
post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Companys most recently completed
fiscal year; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that
could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or
former employees of the Company related to their employment that could have a Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Plan means a plan (within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which any member of the Company
may have any liability.
(y) The Company is not and, and after receipt of payment for the Shares and the application of
the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, an
investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as Amended (the
Investment Company Act).
(z) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Companys
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications.
(aa) The Company maintains (i) effective internal control over financial reporting as defined
in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, as amended, and (ii) a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(bb) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any document
incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year,
there has been (i) no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys internal
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control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(cc) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out
evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule
13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware
of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such
Persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined
in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the
knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the
FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. FCPA means Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(ee) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all
times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes
of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of
its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of
the Company, threatened.
(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds
of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any
person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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(gg) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe
that the statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(hh) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.
(a) The Firm Shares. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters the
Firm Shares upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number
of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names on Schedule A. The purchase price per Firm Common
Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company shall be $10.32 per share.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 East
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the
Company and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on April 26, 2010, or such other time
and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York time, on May 3, 2010, as the Representative shall
designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the Closing
Date).
(c) The Optional Shares; the Subsequent Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of 9,767,441 Optional Shares from the
Company at the purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares. The
option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time to time upon notice by the
Representative to the Company, which notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date
of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to
which the Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the
certificates for the Optional Shares are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at
which such certificates will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not
earlier than, the Closing Date; and in such case the term Closing Date shall refer to the time
and date of delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares). Each time and
date of delivery, if subsequent to the Closing Date, is called a Subsequent Closing Date and
shall be determined by the Representative and shall not be earlier than three nor later than five
full business days after delivery of such notice of exercise.
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If any Optional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase the number of Optional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate
fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total
number of Optional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth on Schedule A
opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
(d) Public Offering of the Shares. The Representative hereby advises the Company that the
Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their
respective portions of the Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed and delivered as
the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.
(e) Payment for the Shares. Payment for the Shares shall be made at the Closing Date (and, if
applicable, at any Subsequent Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
order of the Company.
It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the
accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of
the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to
purchase. Goldman, Sachs & Co., individually and not as the Representative of the Underwriters,
may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter
whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the Closing Date or any
Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Delivery of the Shares. Delivery of the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares shall be made
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise
instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this
Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.
(g) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the second
business day following the date the Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the
public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such
quantities and at such places as the Representative shall request.
Section 3. Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as
follows:
(a) Representatives Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period
beginning on the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be
delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where
such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the Prospectus Delivery Period), prior to
amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus,
subject to Section 3(e), the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of each
such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the
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Representative reasonably objects; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection
(a) shall not apply to any of the Companys periodic filings under the Exchange Act described in
subsection (c), copies of which filings in substantially final form the Company has delivered to
you in advance of their transmission to the Commission for filing and provided you a reasonable
opportunity to comment thereon.
(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly
advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for
additional or supplemental information from, the Commission relating to the Registration Statement,
(ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (v) of the issuance by
the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove,
suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon
which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or
initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of prevention or suspension of
such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or issue any such notice at any time,
the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting or reversal of such order or
notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section 3(a), will file an amendment to the
Registration Statement or will file a new registration statement and use its reasonable best
efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules
424(b), 430A, 433, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely
filing of documents thereunder, and the Company shall pay the registration fee for this offering
within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect
to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(d) Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and
Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event
or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then
prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement
the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in
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order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the
Representative it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or to file a new
registration statement, in order to comply with law, including in connection with the delivery of
the Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representative of any such event or condition
and (ii) promptly prepare (subject to Sections 3(a) and 3(e) hereof), file with the Commission (and
use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new
registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters
and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package,
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary
in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading or so that the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended
or supplemented, will comply with law.
(e) Free Writing Prospectuses. Before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for
the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for review and will not use,
authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the
Representative reasonably objects.
(f) Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters signed
copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including, in each case, exhibits
thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto
and the Disclosure Package and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative may
reasonably request.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for
the Underwriters to qualify or register the Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the
application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or
other foreign laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such
laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in
any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation
as a foreign corporation, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Representative promptly
of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the
Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any
proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such
qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
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(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares
sold by it in the manner described under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(i) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to
its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited)
covering the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2010 that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(j) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall
file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange all reports and
documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.
(k) Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of
issuance, the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
(l) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the sole
discretion of the Representative), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any
option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open put equivalent position or liquidate or
decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act,
or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might
reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any
registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options
or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect
to the Shares); provided, however, that the Company may issue shares of its Common Stock or options
to purchase its Common Stock, or Common Stock upon exercise of options, pursuant to any stock
option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of
the material news or material event in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the
Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to
the lockup letters described in Section 5(g) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives
rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(n) Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will comply with all applicable
securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Companys directors and officers, in their capacities as
such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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(o) Future Reports to Shareholders. To furnish to its shareholders as soon as
practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end
of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders
consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in
reasonable detail.
(q) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to
constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(r) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company
or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
(s) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
The Representative, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive
in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend
the time for their performance. Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to
pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations
hereunder, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of
the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the
registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other
stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) all
fees and expenses of the Companys counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and
other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing,
filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements,
exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing fees,
attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with
qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all
or any part of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the
provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representative, preparing and
printing a Blue Sky Survey or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters
of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions (including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in an amount not to exceed $10,000), (vii) the fees and expenses
associated with listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, (viii) all transportation and
other expenses incurred in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares,
except that the Company and the Underwriters will each pay 50% of
the cost of privately chartered airplanes used for such purposes and (ix) all other fees,
costs and
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expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except as
provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay
their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date, shall be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company forth in Section 1 hereof
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the
Optional Shares, as of any Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely
performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the
following additional conditions:
(a) Accountants Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, on the Closing Date and on each
Subsequent Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to you a letter, dated
such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order. For the period from and after
effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional
Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the
information required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, to the
extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act;
(ii) no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2)
under the Securities Act shall have been received by the Company; and
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no
proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
(c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any
Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material
Adverse Change;
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(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or
letters referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus; and
(iii) other than as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there
shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any
intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not
indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date,
the Representative shall have received (i) the favorable opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP, counsel
for the Company, other than as to paragraphs (xii) and (xiii) thereof insofar as such paragraphs
relate to insurance law matters, and (ii) the General Counsel or Associate General Counsel of the
Company, as to paragraphs (xii) and (xiii) thereof insofar as such paragraphs relate to insurance
law matters, each dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing
Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to, and
addressed to, the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the Disclosure
Package and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling
them to pass upon such matters.
(f) Officers Certificate. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of
such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the
effect set forth in subsections (b) and (c)(iii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect that,
to the best of their knowledge, after reasonable investigation:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to such Closing
Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section
1 of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force
and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and
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(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing
Date.
(g) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company. On or prior to the date
hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative an agreement in the form of Exhibit
B hereto from each director and executive officer of the Company, and such agreement shall be in
full force and effect on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date.
(h) Listing of Shares. The Shares shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been
provided to the Representative.
(i) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and
opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance
and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein
contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any
time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, at any time prior to
the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of
any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at
all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated
by the Representative pursuant to Section 5 or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of
the Shares on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on
the part of the to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company
agrees to reimburse the Representative and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have
terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket
expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representative and the Underwriters in
connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Shares, including but not
limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage,
facsimile and telephone charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter, director,
officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss,
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claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below)
arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act,
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act any Prospectus wrapper or any road show (as defined in Rule 433 under the
Securities Act) not constituting a free writing prospectus (a Non-FWP Road Show), or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, agents and each
such controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel
chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, or its
officers, directors, employees, agents or such controlling person in connection with investigating,
defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or
action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any Non-FWP Road Show. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a)
shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer or
controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
(or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure
Package, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Non-FWP Road Show, or arises out of or is based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package or any Non-FWP Road Show, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly
for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person
for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer
or controlling person in
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connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only
information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or any Non-FWP Road Show are the information appearing in the table in the
first paragraph, under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus, the dollar amount appearing in
the fifth paragraph under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus relating to securities
dealer discounts, and the information contained in the seventh paragraph under the caption
Underwriting in the Prospectus relating to stabilization activities. The indemnity agreement set
forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may
otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof (in such
detail as may be available to such indemnified person), but the failure to so notify the
indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless
and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity
from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the
extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses
available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense
of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i)
the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the
preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved
by the indemnifying party (or by the Representative in the case of Section 8(b)), representing the
indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the
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action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld
unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c)
hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or
proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
Section 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for
any reason unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from
the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set
forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price
of the Shares as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand,
or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in
connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint,
in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in
Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of an
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter,
and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the Closing
Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the several Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such
date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be
purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions
that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the
consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the
Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which
such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, and
arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Shares are
not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of
any non-defaulting party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 6,
Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any
such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days
in order that the required changes, if any, to the
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Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter shall be deemed to include any person
substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this
Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date this Agreement
may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading
or quotation in any of the Companys securities shall have been suspended or materially limited by
the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on the New
York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices
shall have been generally established on the New York Stock Exchange by the Commission or on such
stock exchange; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York
authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance
services in the United States has occurred; or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of national or international hostilities or declaration of a national emergency or war
by the United States or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international
financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial
change in United States or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the
judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
market the Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce
contracts for the sale of securities. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without
liability on the part of (a) the Company to any Underwriter, except that the Company shall be
obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections
4 and 6 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the Company.
Section 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the
determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and
commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and
the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in respect of each transaction contemplated hereby and the
process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal
and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company or its affiliates,
shareholders, creditors or employees or any other party in respect of such transaction; (iii) no
Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of
the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading
thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company
on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several
Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that
involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the several Underwriters have no
obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary
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relationship in respect of any transaction contemplated hereby; and (v) the Underwriters have
not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax
advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Company may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or
alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 13. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the
Underwriters research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their
respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal
policies, and that such Underwriters research analysts may hold views and make statements or
investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the
offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company
hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may
have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact
that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be
different from or inconsistent with the views or advise communicated to the Company by such
Underwriters investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that each of the Underwriters
is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities
laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or
short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 14. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its
officers, and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as
to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or employees of any
Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter, the Company, the officers or employees of
the Company, or any person controlling the Company, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the
Shares and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares
sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 15. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Representative:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282-2198
Facsimile: (212) 902-3000
Attention: Registration Department
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If to the Company:
MGIC Investment Corporation
MGIC Plaza
250 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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General Counsel |
with a copy to:
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Facsimile: 414-297-5670
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Patrick G. Quick
Mark Plichta |
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others.
Section 16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10
hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company, its directors, any person who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and any officer of the Company who
signs the Registration Statement, (ii) the Underwriters, the officers, directors, employees and
agents of the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act , and (iii) the respective successors and assigns
of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person
shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term successors and
assigns shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the several Underwriters
merely because of such purchase.
Section 17. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed
to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
Section 18. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Section 19. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Underwriters hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section 20. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may
include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will
allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was
adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including,
without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of
Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representative as
of the date first above written.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
Acting as Representative of the several Underwriters
named in the attached Schedule A.
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SCHEDULE A
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Number of Firm |
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Shares to be |
Underwriters |
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Purchased |
Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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52,093,024 |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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3,255,815 |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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3,255,815 |
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Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
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2,604,650 |
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
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1,302,325 |
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Northland Securities, Inc. |
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1,302,325 |
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Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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1,302,325 |
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Total |
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65,116,279 |
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company]
Annex A
Disclosure Package
Free-Writing Prospectuses
The Final Term Sheet attached hereto as Annex B.
Annex B
Final Term Sheet
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Pricing Term Sheet
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Filed pursuant to Rule 433 |
dated April 21, 2010
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Registration File No. 333-166175 |
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Supplementing the Preliminary |
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Prospectus Supplements |
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dated April 20, 2010 |
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(To Prospectus dated April 20, 2010) |
MGIC Investment Corporation
Concurrent Offerings of
65,116,279 Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the Common Stock Offering)
and
$300,000,000 principal amount of
5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017
(the Convertible Senior Notes Offering)
The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Common Stock Offering and
Convertible Senior Notes Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus
supplement dated April 20, 2010 relating to the Common Stock Offering, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein, (ii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 20, 2010
relating to the Convertible Senior Notes Offering, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and (iii) the related base prospectus dated April 20, 2010, each filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration Statement No. 333-166175.
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Issuer:
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MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation. |
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Ticker / Exchange for Common Stock:
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Trade Date:
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April 21, 2010. |
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Settlement Date:
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April 26, 2010. |
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Common Stock Offering |
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Title of Securities:
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Common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Issuer. |
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Shares Offered and Sold:
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65,116,279 (or a total of 74,883,720 if the underwriters
exercise their option to purchase up to 9,767,441
additional shares of the Issuers common stock in full). |
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Initial Price to Public:
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$10.75 per share / $699,999,999.25 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441
additional shares of the Issuers common stock). |
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Underwriting Discount:
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$0.43 per share / $27,999,999.97 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441 additional
shares of the Issuers common stock). |
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Proceeds, Before Expenses, to the Issuer:
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$10.32 per share / $671,999,999.28 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441 additional
shares of the Issuers common stock). |
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Estimated Net Proceeds:
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The Issuer expects to raise approximately $962.3 million in
net proceeds from the Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, after deducting the underwriting
discounts and offering expenses payable by the Issuer,
assuming no exercise of either the underwriters option to
purchase up to 9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers
common stock in the Common Stock Offering or the
underwriters option to purchase up to $45,000,000
principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes in the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering. |
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Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Common
Stock Offering and the Convertible Senior Notes Offering to
provide funds to repay at maturity or repurchase prior to
maturity the $78,409,000 outstanding principal amount of
the Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes due 2011 and for the
Issuers general corporate purposes, which may include
improving liquidity by providing funds for debt service and
increasing the capital of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation and other subsidiaries of the Issuer. The
Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2011. |
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Underwriting Discount:
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The following table shows the per share and total
underwriting discount to be paid to the underwriters by the
Issuer. Such amounts are shown assuming both no exercise
and full exercise of the underwriters option to purchase
9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers common stock. |
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No Exercise |
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Full Exercise |
Per Share |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.43 |
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Total |
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$ |
27,999,999.97 |
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$ |
32,199,999.60 |
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The Issuer estimates that its share of the total
expenses of the Common Stock Offering and the Convertible
Senior Notes Offering, excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions, will be approximately $700,000. |
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Sole Book-Running Manager:
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Co-Managers:
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Barclays Capital Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Dowling & Partners Securities LLC
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Northland Securities, Inc.
Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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Convertible Senior Notes Offering |
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Convertible Senior Notes:
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5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017. |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:
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$300,000,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes
(or a total of $345,000,000 principal amount of Convertible
Senior Notes if the underwriters over-allotment option to
purchase up to $45,000,000 principal amount of additional
Convertible Senior Notes |
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is exercised in full). |
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Initial Price to Public:
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100.00% per Note |
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Maturity:
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The Convertible Senior Notes will mature on May 1, 2017,
unless earlier converted or repurchased by the Issuer at
the holders option upon a fundamental change. |
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Interest Rate:
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5% per year. |
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Interest Payment Dates:
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Interest will accrue from the Settlement Date, and will be
payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of
each year, commencing on November 1, 2010, to holders of
record at the close of business on the April 15 or October
15 (as the case may be) immediately preceding such interest
payment date. The Issuer does not have the right to defer
interest payments on the Convertible Senior Notes. |
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NYSE Closing Stock Price on April 20, 2010:
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$11.06 per share of the Issuers common stock. |
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Reference Price:
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$10.75 per share of the Issuers common stock, the initial
price to public per share in the Common Stock Offering. |
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Conversion Premium:
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25% above the Reference Price. |
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Initial Conversion Price:
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Approximately $13.44 per share of the Issuers common stock. |
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Initial Conversion Rate:
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74.4186 shares of the Issuers common stock per $1,000
principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes. |
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Estimated Net Proceeds:
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The Issuer expects to raise approximately $962.3 million in
net proceeds from the Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, after deducting the underwriting
discounts and offering expenses payable by the Issuer,
assuming no exercise of either the underwriters option to
purchase up to 9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers
common stock in the Common Stock Offering or the
underwriters option to purchase up to $45,000,000
principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes in the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering. |
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Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Common
Stock Offering and the Convertible Senior Notes Offering to
provide funds to repay at maturity or repurchase prior to
maturity the $78,409,000 outstanding principal amount of
the Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes due 2011 and for the
Issuers general corporate purposes, which may include
improving liquidity by providing funds for debt service and
increasing the capital of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation and other subsidiaries of the Issuer. The
Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2011. |
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Underwriting Discount:
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The following table shows the per note
and total underwriting discount to be
paid to the underwriters by the Issuer.
Such amounts are shown assuming both
no exercise and full exercise of the
underwriters option to purchase up to
an additional $45,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of notes. |
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Per Note |
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No Exercise |
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Full Exercise |
3.00% |
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9,000,000 |
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$ |
10,350,000 |
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The Issuer estimates that its
share of the total expenses of the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, excluding
underwriting discounts and commissions,
will be approximately $700,000. |
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Sole Book-Running Manager:
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Co-Managers:
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Barclays Capital Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Dowling & Partners Securities LLC
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Northland Securities, Inc.
Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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CUSIP Number:
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552848 AD 5 |
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Adjustment to Shares Delivered upon Conversion upon
Certain Transactions:
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The following table sets forth the
share price paid per share of the
Issuers common stock in connection
with a make-whole adjustment event
(as defined in the prospectus
supplement) and the number of
additional shares per $1,000 principal
amount of Convertible Senior Notes by
which the conversion rate will be
increased: |
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Share Price |
Effective Date |
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$10.75 |
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$11.00 |
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$12.00 |
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$13.44 |
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$14.00 |
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$15.00 |
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$17.50 |
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$20.00 |
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$25.00 |
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$30.00 |
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$40.00 |
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$50.00 |
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$75.00 |
April 20, 2010 |
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18.6047 |
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18.6047 |
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16.6564 |
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13.5940 |
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12.6882 |
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11.3195 |
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8.8978 |
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7.2602 |
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4.9625 |
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3.4875 |
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1.7443 |
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0.8257 |
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0.0037 |
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May 1, 2011 |
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18.6047 |
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18.2217 |
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15.3578 |
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12.3226 |
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11.4277 |
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10.1006 |
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7.8354 |
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6.3980 |
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4.3742 |
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3.0611 |
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1.5190 |
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0.7023 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2012 |
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18.2010 |
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17.3174 |
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14.3794 |
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11.2874 |
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10.3808 |
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9.0461 |
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6.8796 |
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5.5879 |
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3.8185 |
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2.6724 |
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1.3201 |
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0.6008 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2013 |
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17.7193 |
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16.7857 |
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13.6370 |
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10.3840 |
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9.4338 |
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8.0421 |
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5.8738 |
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4.7264 |
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3.2377 |
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2.2663 |
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1.1088 |
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0.4885 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2014 |
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17.5925 |
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16.5626 |
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13.1168 |
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9.5905 |
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8.5684 |
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7.0893 |
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4.8507 |
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3.8044 |
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2.6242 |
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1.8413 |
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0.9018 |
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0.3910 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2015 |
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17.6474 |
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16.4818 |
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12.5820 |
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8.6518 |
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7.5263 |
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5.9524 |
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3.6553 |
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2.7353 |
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1.9017 |
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1.3416 |
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0.6564 |
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0.2749 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2016 |
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17.7299 |
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16.3232 |
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11.6774 |
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7.1542 |
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5.9140 |
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4.2311 |
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2.0633 |
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1.4914 |
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1.0413 |
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0.7405 |
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0.3659 |
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0.1487 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2017 |
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18.6047 |
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16.4905 |
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8.9147 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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The exact share prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which
case:
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If the share price is between two share price amounts in the table or the effective date is
between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined
by a straight-line interpolation between the |
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number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower share price amounts and the two
effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. |
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If the share price is greater than $75.00 per share, subject to adjustment, the conversion
rate will not be adjusted. |
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If the share price is less than $10.75 per share, subject to adjustment, the conversion
rate will not be adjusted. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of the Issuers common
stock issuable upon conversion exceed 93.0233 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject
to adjustments in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under Description of Notes
Conversion Rate Adjustments in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 20, 2010 for the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including preliminary prospectus supplements each
dated April 20, 2010 and an accompanying prospectus dated April 20, 2010) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the relevant preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the
Issuer and the offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web
site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn:
Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, call toll-free (866) 471-2526, or fax
(212) 902-9316, or email prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
This communication should be read in conjunction with the preliminary prospectus supplements dated
April 20, 2010 and the accompanying prospectus. The information in this communication supersedes
the information in the relevant preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
to the extent inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND
SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT
OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
exv1w2
Exhibit 1.2
$300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
5% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017
Underwriting Agreement
dated April 21, 2010
Underwriting Agreement
April 21, 2010
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York , New York 10282-2198
Acting as Representative of the several
Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and
sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the Underwriters) $300,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of its 5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the Firm Securities). In addition,
the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $45,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of its 5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the Optional
Securities and, together with the Firm Securities, the Securities). Goldman, Sachs & Co. has
agreed to act as representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the
Representative) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities. The terms
Representative and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
The Securities will be convertible on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in
the indenture, dated as of October 15, 2000 (the Base Indenture), between the Company and U.S.
Bank National Association, as successor trustee (the Trustee), and the supplemental indenture, to
be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein), under which the Securities will be issued (the
Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture). As used herein,
Conversion Shares means the shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company
(the Common Stock) to be received by the holders of the Securities upon conversion of the
Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture. This Agreement, the
Indenture and the Securities are referred to herein collectively as the Operative Documents.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-166175), including a prospectus, relating to, among other securities, the Securities.
Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and
schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, including any required information deemed to be
a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively,
the Exchange Act), is called the Registration Statement. The base prospectus filed as part of
the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the
Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Securities, is hereinafter
called the Basic Prospectus; any preliminary prospectus (included any preliminary prospectus
supplement) relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a Preliminary Prospectus. The term
Prospectus shall mean the final prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by
the parties hereto. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the effective date of the
Registration Statement or as of the date of such prospectus, as the case may be. All references in
this Agreement to the Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any
amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR).
The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each Underwriter as
follows:
(a) The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined
under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three
years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act has been received by the Company. The Company has complied to the Commissions
satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission
has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the
Commission. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona
fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at
the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known
seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company will
pay the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act
within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in
any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Each of the Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof,
complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively,
the Trust Indenture Act) and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus (including any Prospectus wrapper), as amended
or supplemented, as of its date, at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing
Date and at any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined herein), will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not
apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the
Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Representative consists of the information described as such in
Section 8(b) hereof. There is no contract or other document required to be described in the
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that has not been described
or filed as required.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed with the
Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents, when they were so filed, included an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(d) The term Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), (ii) the Final Term Sheet (as defined
herein) and each free-writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) listed on Schedule B. As of 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of execution and delivery of
this Agreement (the Applicable Time), the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as
such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(e) Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the
Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as
such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use,
authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities
(each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a
communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i)
any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or
Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Schedule B, the Final Term Sheet,
each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by
the Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act,
has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the
Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary
Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of
the Closing Date and as of the Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information
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furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of
any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(f) The statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Material
U.S. Federal Tax Consequences insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(h) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and, on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered by
the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, will
constitute a legally valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies
of creditors or by general equitable principles; and the Indenture will comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and conforms in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company; when the Securities are
executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date or any Subsequent
Closing Date, as the case may be (assuming due authentication of the Securities by the Trustee),
such Securities will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general
equitable principles; and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon
conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such shares will not be
subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(k) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or
charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof required
to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale
by the Company of the Securities or upon the issuance of Common Stock upon the conversion thereof.
(l) There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt
securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering
contemplated by this Agreement.
(m) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the
laws of the State of Wisconsin, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own
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its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result, individually or in the aggregate,
in a material adverse effect on the business, financial position, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect).
(n) Each of the Companys subsidiaries that constitutes a significant subsidiary (as such
term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) as of the last day of the Companys most recent
fiscal quarter (each a Subsidiary and collectively, the Subsidiaries) has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability
company for the transaction of business and is in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so
as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing,
individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the column entitled Actual under the Capitalization section of the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued
by the Company and are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such shares of capital stock was
issued in violation of pre-emptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company.
The Common Stock (including the Conversion Shares) conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no
authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other
rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Companys stock
option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, set forth or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans,
arrangements, options and rights. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or limited
liability company interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company
either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security
interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.
(p) The financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in
conformance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The financial data
set
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forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions SummaryRecent
DevelopmentsFirst Quarter 2010 Financial Information, SummarySummary Consolidated Financial
Information, Selected Consolidated Financial Information and Capitalization fairly present the
information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(q) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified the financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement,
are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(r) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements
thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there
has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting the business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business (a Material Adverse Change), (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those arising in the ordinary course of business,
which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries
on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
of any class of capital stock.
(s) The execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents and any other
agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and compliance
by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not and will not conflict with or
result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the assets,
properties or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, the
Agreements and Instruments) the result of which would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of (i) the charter or bylaws of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any applicable law or statute or any order, rule, regulation or
judgment of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations, except, in the case of clause
(ii), for any such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(t) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any
court or governmental agency or body now pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened,
against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any director or officer of the
Company which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus (other than as stated therein, including documents incorporated by
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reference), or which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other
than as stated therein, including the documents incorporated by reference), or have a material
adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, the Operative Documents or the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective assets,
properties or operations is the subject which is not described in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the
business, is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the due authorization, execution and delivery
by the Company of the Operative Documents or for the performance by the Company of the transactions
contemplated under the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Operative Documents, except such
as have already been made, obtained or rendered, as applicable, and such as may be required under
state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or other foreign laws.
(v) Each insurance company subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the Insurance
Subsidiaries) is duly licensed as an insurance company in its jurisdiction of organization and is
duly licensed or authorized as an insurer in each jurisdiction outside its jurisdiction of
organization where it is required to be so licensed or authorized to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where
the failure to be so licensed or authorized, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (Default) under its charter or
by-laws, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust,
note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument
to which the Company or such subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or (iii) in violation
of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over
the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except with respect to
clause (ii) only, for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company and each subsidiary possess such valid and current licenses, certificates,
authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies
or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any
subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or
non-compliance with, any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and
foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be
paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty
levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being
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contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has made appropriate
provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in paragraph (p) above in respect of
all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods
as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally
determined.
(z) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company
or any subsidiary or any other person required to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus that have not been described as required.
(aa) None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the
obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any
waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation
by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with
respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have
a material adverse effect on the Company; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any
violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or
compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material
increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current
fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Companys most
recently completed fiscal year; (ii) a material increase in the Companys accumulated
post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Companys most recently completed
fiscal year; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that
could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or
former employees of the Company related to their employment that could have a Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Plan means a plan (within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which any member of the Company
may have any liability.
(bb) The Company is not and, and after receipt of payment for the Securities and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will
not be, an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
Amended (the Investment Company Act).
(cc) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Companys
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications.
(dd) The Company maintains (i) effective internal control over financial reporting
as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, as amended, and (ii) a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A)
transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific
authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is
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permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific
authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is
taken with respect to any differences.
(ee) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any document
incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year,
there has been (i) no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys
internal control over financial reporting.
(ff) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out
evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule
13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such
Persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined
in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the
knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the
FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. FCPA means Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(hh) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all
times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes
of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of
its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of
the Company, threatened.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or
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indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available
such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
(jj) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe
that the statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(kk) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or to
counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to
each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities
(a) The Firm Securities. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters
the Firm Securities upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein
set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the
respective principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a
purchase price of 97% of the aggregate principal amount thereof.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of the Firm Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters
and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 East Wisconsin
Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and
the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on April 26, 2010, or such other time and date
not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on May 3, 2010, as the Representative shall designate
by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the Closing Date).
(c) The Optional Securities; any Subsequent Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Optional
Securities from the Company at the same price as the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters
for the Firm Securities. The option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time
to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company, which notice may be given at any time
within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount (which
shall be an integral multiple of $1,000 in aggregate principal amount) of Optional Securities as to
which the Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the
Optional Securities are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which such
Securities will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than,
the Closing Date; and in such case the term Closing Date shall refer to the time and date of
delivery of the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities). Such time and date
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of delivery, if
subsequent to the Closing Date, is called a Subsequent Closing Date and shall be determined by
the Representative. Such date may be the same as the Closing Date but not earlier
than the Closing Date nor later than 10 business days after the date of such notice. If any
Optional Securities are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase the principal amount of Optional Securities (subject to such adjustments to eliminate
fractional amount as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total
principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased as the principal amount of Firm Securities
set forth on Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total principal amount
of Firm Securities.
(d) Public Offering of the Securities. The Representative hereby advises the Company that
the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their
respective portions of the Securities as soon after this Agreement has been executed and delivered
as the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.
(e) Payment for the Securities. Payment for the Securities shall be made at the Closing Date
(and, if applicable, at any Subsequent Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the order of the Company.
It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the
accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of
the purchase price for, the Firm Securities and any Optional Securities the Underwriters have
agreed to purchase. Goldman, Sachs & Co., individually and not as the Representative of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Securities to be purchased
by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the Closing
Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but
any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
(f) Delivery of the Securities. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters the Firm Securities at the Closing
Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the
amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered,
to the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters, the Optional Securities the
Underwriters have agreed to purchase at the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the
case may be, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for
the amount of the purchase price therefor. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a
further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.
(g) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the second
business day following the date the Securities are first released by the Underwriters for sale to
the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such
quantities and at such places as the Representative shall request.
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Section 3. Covenants of the Company
The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Representatives Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period
beginning on the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be
delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the Prospectus
Delivery Period), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, subject to Section 3(e), the Company shall furnish to the Representative
for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file,
use or distribute any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably
objects; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection (a) shall not apply to any of
the Companys periodic filings under the Exchange Act described in Section 3(c), copies of which
filings in substantially final form the Company has delivered to you in advance of their
transmission to the Commission for filing and provided you a reasonable opportunity to comment
thereon.
(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly
advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for
additional or supplemental information from, the Commission relating to the Registration Statement,
(ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (v) of the issuance by
the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove,
suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock or the Securities from any
securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading or included or designated for quotation,
or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of
prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or issue
any such notice at any time, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting
or reversal of such order or notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section 3(a),
will file an amendment to the Registration Statement or will file a new registration statement and
use its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared
effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the
provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 433, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with
respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and the Company shall pay the registration
fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act
(without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file
all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
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14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(d) Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and
Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event
or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then
prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
or supplement the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representative
it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or to file a new registration
statement, in order to comply with law, including in connection with the delivery of the
Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representative of any such event or condition and
(ii) promptly prepare (subject to Sections 3(a) and 3(e) hereof), file with the Commission (and use
its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new
registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters
and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package,
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary
in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading or so that the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended
or supplemented, will comply with law.
(e) Free Writing Prospectuses. Before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for
the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for review and will not use,
authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the
Representative reasonably objects.
(f) Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters signed
copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including, in each case, exhibits
thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Securities Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
supplement thereto and the Disclosure Package and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the
Representative may reasonably request.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for
the Underwriters to qualify or register the Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from
the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or
other foreign laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such
laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Securities. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in
any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be
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subject to taxation
as a foreign corporation, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Representative
promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating
to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of
any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such
qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(h) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Representative and use its reasonable best
efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository
Trust Company.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to
its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited)
covering the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2010 that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(k) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and
transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(l) Available Conversion Shares. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times,
free of pre-emptive rights, the full number of Conversion Shares.
(m) Conversion Price. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company will not do
or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion price.
(n) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall
file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange all reports and
documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.
(o) Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to reserve for listing,
subject to notice of issuance, the Conversion Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
(p) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on
the date hereof and ending on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will
not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld at the
sole discretion of the Representative), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any
option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open put equivalent position or liquidate or
decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act,
or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might
reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any
registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options
or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect
to the Securities); provided, however, that the Company may issue shares of its Common Stock or
options to purchase its Common Stock, or Common Stock upon exercise
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of options, pursuant to any
stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
period, the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of
the material news or material event in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the
Representative and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to
the lockup letters described in Section 5(g) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives
rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(q) Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will comply with all applicable
securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Companys directors and officers, in
their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(r) Future Reports to Shareholders. The Company will make available to its shareholders as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet
and statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end
of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders
consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in
reasonable detail.
(s) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the
Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
(t) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to
constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(u) New Lock-Up Agreements. The Company will enforce all agreements between the Company and
any of its security holders to be entered into pursuant to this Agreement that prohibit the sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of any of the Companys securities. In addition, the
Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities
of the Company that are bound by such lock-up agreements for the duration of the periods
contemplated in such agreements.
(v) Final Term Sheet. The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a
description of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as
Schedule C hereto (the Final Term Sheet).
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(w) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
The Representative, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive
in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend
the time for their performance.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses
The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to
the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all
fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock and of the Trustee under
the Indenture, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of the
Companys counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, filing, printing, shipping and
distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules,
consents and certificates of experts), each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all
amendments and supplements thereto, and the Operative Documents, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys
fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or
registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of
the Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial
securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representative, preparing and printing a Blue
Sky Survey or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions (including the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in an amount not to exceed $10,000), (vii) the expenses of the Company and the
Underwriters in connection with the marketing and offering of the Securities, including all
transportation and other expenses incurred in connection with presentations to prospective
purchasers of the Securities, except that the Company and the Underwriters will each pay 50% of the
cost of privately chartered airplanes used for such purposes, (viii) the fees and expenses
associated with listing the Conversion Shares on the New York Stock Exchange and (ix) all other
fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except
as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall
pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters
The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided
herein on the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Securities, any Subsequent
Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations, warranties and
agreements on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Securities, as of the
related Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely performance by
the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following
additional conditions:
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(a) Accountants Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, on the Closing Date and on each
Subsequent Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to you a letter, dated
such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order. For the period from and after
effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional
Securities, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the
information required by Rule 430A under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, to
the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act;
(ii) no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) under the Securities Act shall have been received by the Company; and
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or
any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no
proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
(c) No Material Adverse Change or Rating Agency Change. For the period from and after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Securities,
any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material
Adverse Change;
(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or
letters referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of
the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; and
(iii) other than as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there
shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any
intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible
change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating
accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally
recognized statistical rating organization as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent
Closing Date, the Representative shall have received (i) the favorable opinion of Foley & Lardner
LLP, counsel for the Company, other than as to paragraphs (xiii) and (xiv)
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thereof insofar as such paragraphs relate to insurance law matters, and (ii) the General Counsel or
Associate General Counsel of the Company, as to paragraphs (xiii) and (xiv) thereof insofar as such
paragraphs relate to insurance law matters, each dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which
is attached as Exhibit A.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent
Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Mayer Brown LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to,
and addressed to, the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the Disclosure
Package and such other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) Officers Certificate. On each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of
such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the
effect set forth in subsections (b) and (c)(iii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect that,
to the best of their knowledge, after reasonable investigation:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to such Closing
Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, there has not occurred any
Material Adverse Change;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section
1 of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Subsequent
Closing Date, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as though expressly made
on and as of such Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be; and
(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing
Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company. On or prior to the date
hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative an agreement in the form of Exhibit
B hereto from each director and executive officer of the Company, and such agreement shall be in
full force and effect on each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date.
(h) Listing. The Company shall have caused the Conversion Shares to be approved for listing,
subject to issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Additional Documents. On or before each of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing
Date, the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information,
documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass
upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to
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evidence the
accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions
or agreements, herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any
time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Securities, at any time
prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on
the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8, Section 9
and Section 14 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses
If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 5 or Section 11, or
if the sale to the Underwriters of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of
any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to
comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representative and the other
Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves),
severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by
the Representative and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering
and sale of the Securities, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel,
printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement
This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto.
Section 8. Indemnification
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter, director,
officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or
is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act, or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Final
Term Sheet, any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act, any Prospectus wrapper or any road show (as
defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) not constituting a free writing prospectus (a
Non-FWP Road Show), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each
case, necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors,
employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all expenses (including
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the fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by
such Underwriter, or its officers, directors, employees, agents or such controlling person in
connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement
shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the
extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Non-FWP Road Show. The indemnity
agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company
may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer or
controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
(or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure
Package, any Free Writing Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Non-FWP Road Show, or arises out
of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package, any Free Writing
Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Non-FWP Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use therein; and
to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal and
other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only
information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or any Free Writing Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Non-FWP Road Show
are the information appearing in the table in the first paragraph under the caption Underwriting
in the Prospectus relating to the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by each
Underwriter, the percentage appearing in the fourth paragraph under the caption Underwriting in
the Prospectus relating to securities dealer discounts and the information contained in the eighth
paragraph under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus relating to stabilization activities.
The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that
each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof (in such
detail as may be available to such indemnified person), but the failure to so notify the
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indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless
and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity
from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the
extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses
available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense
of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i)
the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the
preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved
by the indemnifying party (or by the Representative in the case of Section 8(b)), representing the
indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and
expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld
unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c)
hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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Section 9. Contribution
If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason unavailable to or otherwise
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the
other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other
hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed
to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the
total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front
cover page of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities
as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the
Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in
connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are
several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth
opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer,
employee and agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within
the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
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the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.
Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters
If, on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of
the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to
purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount number of Securities which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the principal amount of Firm
Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal
amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or
in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the consent of the
non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date or any
Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or
refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to
which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the
purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall
terminate without liability of any non-defaulting party to any other party except that the
provisions of Section 4, Section 6, Section 8, Section 9 and Section 14 shall at all times be
effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representative or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the
case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any,
to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter shall be deemed to include any person
substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this
Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement
On or prior to the Closing Date this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by
notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Companys
securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock
Exchange, or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established by the
Commission or on such stock exchange; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by
any federal or New York authority or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; or (iii) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or declaration of a
national emergency or war by the United States or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the
United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development
involving a prospective substantial change in United States or international political, financial
or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes
it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities in the manner and on the terms described
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in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities.
Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the
Company to any Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of
the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and Section 6 hereof or (b) any
Underwriter to the Company.
Section 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant
to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and
any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the
Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company is
capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in respect of each transaction
contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been
acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company or
its affiliates, shareholders, creditors or employees or any other party in respect of such
transaction; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is
currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the
Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth
in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in
a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that
the several Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any
advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship in respect of any transaction contemplated hereby; and
(v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect
to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting,
regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Company may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or
alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 13. Research Analyst Independence
The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters research analysts and research departments are
required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to
certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters research analysts may hold
views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with
respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective
investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any
conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent
research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or
advise communicated to the Company by such Underwriters investment banking divisions. The Company
acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full
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service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may
effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short
positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 14. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery
The respective indemnities, contribution, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company, of its officers, and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of
any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter, the officers or employees of any Underwriter, or any person controlling the
Underwriter, the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the
Company, as the case may be, or (B) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and
(ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of
this Agreement.
Section 15. Notices
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or
telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Representative:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282-2198
Facsimile: (212) 902-3000
Attention: Registration Department
If to the Company:
MGIC Investment Corporation
MGIC Plaza
250 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Facsimile: (414) 347-6959
(414) 347-2655
Attention: Treasurer
General Counsel
with a copy to:
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Facsimile: 414-297-5670
Attention: Benjamin F. Garmer, III
Patrick G. Quick
Mark Plichta
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Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written
notice to the others.
Section 16. Successors and Assigns
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including
any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company,
its directors, any person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act and any officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, (ii) the
Underwriters, the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Underwriters, and each person,
if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
and (iii) the respective successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent
provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue
of this Agreement. The term successors and assigns shall not include a purchaser of any of the
Securities from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
Section 17. Partial Unenforceability
The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision
hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to
be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such
minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
Section 18. Governing Law Provisions
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 19. Waiver of Jury Trial
The Company and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 20. General Provisions
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and
supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and
negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto and no condition herein (express or
implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to
benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may
include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will
allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was
adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including,
without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of
Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions.
[Signature Page Follows]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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By: |
/s/ J. Michael Lauer
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Name: |
J. Michael Lauer |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representative as
of the date first above written.
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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
Acting as Representative of the several Underwriters
named in the attached Schedule A.
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By: |
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.) |
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SCHEDULE A
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Aggregate |
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Principal Amount |
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of Firm Securities |
Underwriters |
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to be Purchased |
Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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$ |
240,000,000 |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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15,000,000 |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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15,000,000 |
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Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
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12,000,000 |
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
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6,000,000 |
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Northland Securities, Inc. |
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6,000,000 |
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Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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6,000,000 |
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Total |
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$ |
300,000,000 |
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SCHEDULE B
Free-Writing Prospectuses
The Final Term Sheet set forth in Schedule C.
B-1
SCHEDULE C
Final Term Sheet
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Pricing Term Sheet
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Filed pursuant to Rule 433 |
dated April 21, 2010
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Registration File No. 333-166175 |
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Supplementing the Preliminary |
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Prospectus Supplements |
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dated April 20, 2010 |
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(To Prospectus dated April 20, 2010) |
MGIC Investment Corporation
Concurrent Offerings of
65,116,279 Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the Common Stock Offering)
and
$300,000,000 principal amount of
5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017
(the Convertible Senior Notes Offering)
The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Common Stock Offering and
Convertible Senior Notes Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus
supplement dated April 20, 2010 relating to the Common Stock Offering, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein, (ii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 20, 2010
relating to the Convertible Senior Notes Offering, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and (iii) the related base prospectus dated April 20, 2010, each filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration Statement No. 333-166175.
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Issuer:
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MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation. |
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Ticker / Exchange for Common Stock:
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MTG / New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). |
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Trade Date:
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April 21, 2010. |
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Settlement Date:
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April 26, 2010. |
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Common Stock Offering |
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Title of Securities:
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Common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Issuer. |
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Shares Offered and Sold:
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65,116,279 (or a total of 74,883,720 if the underwriters
exercise their option to purchase up to 9,767,441
additional shares of the Issuers common stock in full). |
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Initial Price to Public:
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$10.75 per share / $699,999,999.25 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441
additional shares of the Issuers common stock). |
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Underwriting Discount:
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$0.43 per share / $27,999,999.97 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441 additional
shares of the Issuers |
C-1
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common stock). |
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Proceeds, Before Expenses, to the Issuer:
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$10.32 per share / $671,999,999.28 total (excluding the
underwriters option to purchase up to 9,767,441 additional
shares of the Issuers common stock). |
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Estimated Net Proceeds:
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The Issuer expects to raise approximately $962.3 million in
net proceeds from the Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, after deducting the underwriting
discounts and offering expenses payable by the Issuer,
assuming no exercise of either the underwriters option to
purchase up to 9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers
common stock in the Common Stock Offering or the
underwriters option to purchase up to $45,000,000
principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes in the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering. |
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Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Common
Stock Offering and the Convertible Senior Notes Offering to
provide funds to repay at maturity or repurchase prior to
maturity the $78,409,000 outstanding principal amount of
the Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes due 2011 and for the
Issuers general corporate purposes, which may include
improving liquidity by providing funds for debt service and
increasing the capital of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation and other subsidiaries of the Issuer. The
Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2011. |
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Underwriting Discount:
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The following table shows the per share and total
underwriting discount to be paid to the underwriters by the
Issuer. Such amounts are shown assuming both no exercise
and full exercise of the underwriters option to purchase
9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers common stock. |
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No Exercise |
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Full Exercise |
Per Share |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.43 |
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Total |
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$ |
27,999,999.97 |
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$ |
32,199,999.60 |
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The Issuer estimates that its share of the total
expenses of the Common Stock Offering and the Convertible
Senior Notes Offering, excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions, will be approximately $700,000. |
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Sole Book-Running Manager:
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Co-Managers:
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
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Northland Securities, Inc. |
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Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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Convertible Senior Notes Offering |
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Convertible Senior Notes:
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5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017. |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:
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$300,000,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes
(or a total of $345,000,000 principal amount of Convertible
Senior Notes if the underwriters over-allotment option to
purchase up to |
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$45,000,000 principal amount of additional
Convertible Senior Notes is exercised in full). |
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Initial Price to Public:
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100.00% per Note |
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Maturity:
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The Convertible Senior Notes will mature on May 1, 2017,
unless earlier converted or repurchased by the Issuer at
the holders option upon a fundamental change. |
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Interest Rate:
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5% per year. |
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Interest Payment Dates:
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Interest will accrue from the Settlement Date, and will be
payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of
each year, commencing on November 1, 2010, to holders of
record at the close of business on the April 15 or October
15 (as the case may be) immediately preceding such interest
payment date. The Issuer does not have the right to defer
interest payments on the Convertible Senior Notes. |
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NYSE Closing Stock Price on April 20, 2010:
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$11.06 per share of the Issuers common stock. |
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Reference Price:
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$10.75 per share of the Issuers common stock, the initial
price to public per share in the Common Stock Offering. |
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Conversion Premium:
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25% above the Reference Price. |
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Initial Conversion Price:
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Approximately $13.44 per share of the Issuers common stock. |
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Initial Conversion Rate:
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74.4186 shares of the Issuers common stock per $1,000
principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes. |
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Estimated Net Proceeds:
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The Issuer expects to raise approximately $962.3 million in
net proceeds from the Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, after deducting the underwriting
discounts and offering expenses payable by the Issuer,
assuming no exercise of either the underwriters option to
purchase up to 9,767,441 additional shares of the Issuers
common stock in the Common Stock Offering or the
underwriters option to purchase up to $45,000,000
principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes in the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering. |
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Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Common
Stock Offering and the Convertible Senior Notes Offering to
provide funds to repay at maturity or repurchase prior to
maturity the $78,409,000 outstanding principal amount of
the Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes due 2011 and for the
Issuers general corporate purposes, which may include
improving liquidity by providing funds for debt service and
increasing the capital of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation and other subsidiaries of the Issuer. The
Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes mature on September 15, 2011. |
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Underwriting Discount:
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The following table shows the per note
and total underwriting discount to be
paid to the underwriters by the Issuer.
Such amounts are shown assuming both
no exercise and full exercise of the
underwriters option to purchase up to
an additional $45,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of notes. |
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Per Note |
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No Exercise |
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Full Exercise |
3.00% |
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$ |
9,000,000 |
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$ |
10,350,000 |
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The Issuer estimates that its
share of the total expenses of the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering and
the Common Stock Offering, excluding
underwriting discounts and commissions,
will be approximately $700,000. |
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Sole Book-Running Manager:
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Co-Managers:
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
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Northland Securities, Inc. |
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Piper Jaffray & Co. |
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CUSIP Number:
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552848 AD 5 |
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Adjustment to Shares Delivered upon Conversion upon
Certain Transactions:
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The following table sets forth the
share price paid per share of the
Issuers common stock in connection
with a make-whole adjustment event
(as defined in the prospectus
supplement) and the number of
additional shares per $1,000 principal
amount of Convertible Senior Notes by
which the conversion rate will be
increased: |
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Share Price |
Effective Date |
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$10.75 |
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$11.00 |
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$12.00 |
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$13.44 |
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$14.00 |
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$15.00 |
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$17.50 |
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$20.00 |
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$25.00 |
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$30.00 |
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$40.00 |
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$50.00 |
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$75.00 |
April 20, 2010 |
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18.6047 |
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18.6047 |
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16.6564 |
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13.5940 |
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12.6882 |
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11.3195 |
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8.8978 |
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7.2602 |
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4.9625 |
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3.4875 |
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1.7443 |
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0.8257 |
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0.0037 |
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May 1, 2011 |
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18.6047 |
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18.2217 |
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15.3578 |
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12.3226 |
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11.4277 |
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10.1006 |
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7.8354 |
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6.3980 |
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4.3742 |
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3.0611 |
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1.5190 |
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0.7023 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2012 |
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18.2010 |
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17.3174 |
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14.3794 |
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11.2874 |
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10.3808 |
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9.0461 |
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6.8796 |
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5.5879 |
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3.8185 |
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2.6724 |
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1.3201 |
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0.6008 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2013 |
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17.7193 |
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16.7857 |
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13.6370 |
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10.3840 |
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9.4338 |
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8.0421 |
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5.8738 |
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4.7264 |
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3.2377 |
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2.2663 |
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1.1088 |
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0.4885 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2014 |
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17.5925 |
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16.5626 |
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13.1168 |
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9.5905 |
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8.5684 |
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7.0893 |
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4.8507 |
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3.8044 |
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2.6242 |
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1.8413 |
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0.9018 |
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0.3910 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2015 |
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17.6474 |
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16.4818 |
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12.5820 |
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8.6518 |
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7.5263 |
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5.9524 |
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3.6553 |
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2.7353 |
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1.9017 |
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1.3416 |
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0.6564 |
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0.2749 |
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0.0000 |
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May 1, 2016 |
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17.7299 |
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16.3232 |
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11.6774 |
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7.1542 |
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5.9140 |
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4.2311 |
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2.0633 |
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8.9147 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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The exact share prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which
case:
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If the share price is between two share price amounts in the table or the effective date is
between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined
by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower share
price amounts and the two effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. |
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If the share price is greater than $75.00 per share, subject to adjustment, the conversion
rate will not be adjusted. |
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If the share price is less than $10.75 per share, subject to adjustment, the conversion
rate will not be adjusted. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of the Issuers common
stock issuable upon conversion exceed 93.0233 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject
to adjustments in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under Description of Notes
Conversion Rate Adjustments in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 20, 2010 for the
Convertible Senior Notes Offering.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including preliminary prospectus supplements
each dated April 20, 2010 and an accompanying prospectus dated April 20, 2010) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the relevant preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the
Issuer and the offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web
site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn:
Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, call toll-free (866) 471-2526, or fax
(212) 902-9316, or email prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
This communication should be read in conjunction with the preliminary prospectus supplements dated
April 20, 2010 and the accompanying prospectus. The information in this communication supersedes
the information in the relevant preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
to the extent inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND
SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT
OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company]
exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-5306
414.271.2400 TEL
414.297.4900 FAX
foley.com |
April 21, 2010
MGIC Investment Corporation
MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the
Company), in conjunction with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-166175) (the Registration Statement), including the prospectus constituting
a part thereof, dated April 20, 2010, and the prospectus supplement, dated April 21, 2010
(collectively, the Prospectus), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the issuance and
sale of (i) 65,116,279 shares of the Companys common stock, $1.00 par value (the Common Stock)
and related Common Share Purchase Rights (the Rights) in a public offering and (ii) up to
9,767,441 additional shares of Common Stock and related Rights pursuant to the over-allotment
option granted by the Company to the underwriters for such public offering in the manner set forth
in the Prospectus (the shares of Common Stock and related Rights described in clauses (i) and (ii)
are collectively referred to as the Offering Shares). The terms of the Rights are set forth in
that certain Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2009, between the Company
and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as amended to date (the Rights Agreement).
In connection with our representation, we have examined: (i) the Registration Statement,
including the Prospectus; (ii) the Companys Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated
By-Laws, each as amended to date; (iii) the Rights Agreement; (iv) resolutions of the Companys
Board of Directors and the Special Offering Committee of the Board of Directors relating to the
authorization of the issuance of the Offering Shares subject to the Registration Statement; and (v)
such other proceedings, documents and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render
this opinion.
In our examination of the above-referenced documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and instruments submitted to us as
originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
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BOSTON
BRUSSELS
CHICAGO
DETROIT
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LOS ANGELES
MADISON
MIAMI
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NEW YORK
ORLANDO
SACRAMENTO
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SAN DIEGO/DEL MAR
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
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TALLAHASSEE
TAMPA
TOKYO
WASHINGTON, D.C. |
April 21, 2010
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Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, we are of
the opinion that:
1. The Offering Shares covered by the Registration Statement, when issued and paid for in the
manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.
2. The Rights attached to the Offering Shares when issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement
will be validly issued.
With respect to the foregoing opinion, at one time Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law imposed personal liability upon shareholders for debts owing to employees
of the Company for services performed, but not exceeding six months service in any one case. This
statutory provision was repealed by 2005 Wisconsin Act 474, which provided that the repeal applies
to debts incurred on or after June 14, 2006.
We consent to the deemed incorporation by reference of this opinion into the Registration
Statement and the references to our firm therein. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we
are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of
persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.
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Exhibit 5.2
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foley.com |
April 21, 2010
MGIC Investment Corporation
MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for MGIC Investment Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the
Company), in conjunction with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-166175) (the Registration Statement), including the prospectus constituting
a part thereof, dated April 20, 2010, and the prospectus supplement, dated April 21, 2010
(collectively, the Prospectus), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the issuance and
sale by the Company in the manner set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus of (i)
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5% convertible senior notes due 2017, and
(ii) up to $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5% convertible senior notes due
2017 pursuant to the over-allotment option granted by the Company to the underwriters (the
convertible senior notes described in clauses (i) and (ii) are collectively referred to as the
Convertible Notes). The Convertible Notes will be issued under the Senior Indenture, dated
October 15, 2000 (the Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as
successor trustee (the Trustee), and a Supplemental Indenture, to be dated April 26, 2010 (the
Supplemental Indenture), establishing the terms and providing for the issuance of the Convertible
Notes. The conversion rate will initially be 74.4186 shares of the Companys common stock, $1.00
par value (the Common Stock) and related Common Share Purchase Rights (the Rights), per $1,000
principal amount of notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $13.44 per share of
Common Stock), which number is subject to adjustment as described in the Prospectus (the Shares).
The terms of the Rights are set forth in that certain Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated
as of July 7, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as amended to
date (the Rights Agreement).
In connection with our representation, we have examined or are otherwise familiar with: (i)
the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus; (ii) the Companys Articles of Incorporation
and Amended and Restated By-Laws, each as amended to date; (iii) the Indenture and the Supplemental
Indenture; (iv) resolutions of the Companys Board of Directors and the Special Offering Committee
of the Board of Directors relating to the authorization of the issuance of the Convertible Notes
subject to the Registration Statement; and (v) such other proceedings, documents and records as we
have deemed necessary to enable us to render this opinion.
In our examination of the above-referenced documents, we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and instruments
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CHICAGO
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LOS ANGELES
MADISON
MIAMI
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NEW YORK
ORLANDO
SACRAMENTO
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SAN DIEGO/DEL MAR
SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
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TALLAHASSEE
TAMPA
TOKYO
WASHINGTON, D.C. |
April 21, 2010
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submitted to us as
originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
Based upon the foregoing, assuming that the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and represent the valid and binding obligation, of the
Trustee, and having regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion
that:
1. The Convertible Notes, when executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the
Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture and in the manner and for the consideration contemplated
by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be legally issued and valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms.
2. The Shares, when issued in the manner described in the Registration Statement and in
accordance with the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Convertible Notes, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3. The Rights attached to the Shares when issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement will be
validly issued.
With respect to the foregoing opinion, at one time Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law imposed personal liability upon shareholders for debts owing to employees
of the Company for services performed, but not exceeding six months service in any one case. This
statutory provision was repealed by 2005 Wisconsin Act 474, which provided that the repeal applies
to debts incurred on or after June 14, 2006.
We consent to the deemed incorporation by reference of this opinion into the Registration
Statement and the references to our firm therein. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we
are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of
persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.
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