Exhibit 10.1
August 12, 2019
Genworth Financial, Inc.
6620 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230
Attention: Ward Bobitz and Rick Oelhafen
US$850,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility
Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (“we” or “us” or the “Commitment Party”) and its affiliate Brookfield BBP Canada Holdings Inc. desire to enter into a share purchase agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with Genworth Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “you”), Genworth Financial International Holdings, LLC (“GFIH”) and Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corporation (“GMIC” and, together with GFIH and the Company, the “Vendors”) with respect to the sale of shares of Genworth MI Canada Inc. owned by the Vendors.
As consideration for the Vendors entering into the Share Purchase Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, we are pleased to confirm to you our commitment to provide you with a US$850,000,000 senior secured credit facility (the “Credit Facility) on, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in the Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit A(the “Term Sheet” and, together with this commitment letter, the “Commitment Letter”).
The only conditions to our commitments hereunder are (i) that the Share Purchase Agreement be entered into and remain in effect, (ii) that the Closing (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) has not occurred, and (iii) the other conditions precedent expressly referenced in the Term Sheet.
Each of the parties hereto agrees, upon entering into of the Share Purchase Agreement, to negotiate in good faith and as promptly as reasonably practicable definitive documentation with respect to the Credit Facility in a manner consistent with this Commitment Letter and the Term Sheet, it being acknowledged and agreed that the commitment provided hereunder is subject only to the conditions precedent expressly set forth herein and in the Term Sheet.
This Commitment Letter, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate in any way to this Commitment Letter, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. With respect to all matters relating to this Commitment Letter, you and we each hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submit to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York State or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any State court located in the City and County of New York; (ii) agree that all claims related to this Commitment Letter shall be brought, heard and determined exclusively in such courts, (iii) waive, to the fullest extent you and we may effectively do so, any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in clause (i) above or any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum, (iv) agree that a final judgment of such courts shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and (v) waive any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process or setoff to which you or we or your or our properties or assets may