The Allstate Corporation (ALL) 8-KOther Events
Filed: 10 May 07, 12:00am
Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION COPY
SERIES A
REPLACEMENT CAPITAL COVENANT
by
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
in favor of and for the benefit of each
COVERED DEBTHOLDER
Dated May 10, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. |
| Definitions |
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SECTION 2. |
| Limitations on Repayment, Redemption and Purchase of Debentures |
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| Covered Debt. |
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SECTION 4. |
| Termination, Amendment and Waiver. |
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| Miscellaneous. |
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SCHEDULE I |
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This Replacement Capital Covenant, dated as of May 10, 2007 (this “Replacement Capital Covenant”), by The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Corporation”), in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder (as defined below),
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WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation is issuing $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.50% Fixed—to—Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2067 (including any such junior subordinated debentures issued after the date hereof that may be consolidated and form a single series with such Junior Subordinated Debentures issued on the date hereof, the “Debentures”);
WHEREAS, this Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement Capital Covenant” referred to in the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 3, 2007, relating to the Debentures (together with the Prospectus, dated May 18, 2006 attached thereto, the “Prospectus”);
WHEREAS, the Corporation is entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent that the covenants provided for in this Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the Corporation be estopped from disregarding the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Corporation and that, were the Corporation to disregard its covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, each Covered Debtholder would have sustained an injury as a result of its reliance on such covenants,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder:
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The Allstate Corporation
3075 Sanders Road, Suite G5A
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Attention: Deputy General Counsel
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to be executed by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
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| Name: Steven C. Verney |
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REPLACEMENT CAPITAL COVENANT
(SERIES A 6.50% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2067)
SCHEDULE I
DEFINITIONS
“Alternative Payment Mechanism” means, with respect to any securities or combination of securities (together in this definition, “Such Securities”), provisions in the related transaction documents requiring the Corporation to issue (or use commercially reasonable efforts to issue) one or more types of APM Qualifying Securities, either in public offerings or private placements, raising eligible proceeds at least equal to the deferred Distributions on such securities and apply the proceeds to pay unpaid Distributions on such securities, commencing on the earlier of (x) the first Distribution Date after commencement of a deferral period on which the Corporation pays current Distributions on such securities and (y) the fifth anniversary of the commencement of such deferral period, and that:
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“APM Qualifying Securities” means one or more of the following:
“Applicable Percentage” means (i) in the case of any Common Stock or Qualifying Warrants, (a) 133.33% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to May 15, 2017, (b) 200% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2017 and prior to May 15, 2057 and (c) 400% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2057; (ii) in the case of any Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity, Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or any Qualifying Capital Securities described in clause (a) of the definition of such term, (a) 100% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to May 15, 2057 and (b) 300% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2057; (iii) in the case of any Qualifying Capital Securities described in clause (b) of the definition of such term, (a) 100% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2017 and prior to May 15, 2057 and (b) 200% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2057; and (iv) in the case of any Qualifying Capital Securities described in clause (c) of the definition of such term, 100%.
“Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger
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Provision, provisions that, upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or reorganization or in connection with any insolvency, receivership or proceeding under any bankruptcy law with respect to the issuer, limit the claim of the holders of such securities to Distributions that accumulate during (A) any deferral period, in the case of securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or (B) any period in which the issuer fails to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such securities or related transaction agreements, in the case of securities that have a Mandatory Trigger Provision, to:
“Business Day” means each day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed, and, on or after May 15, 2037, a day that is not a London Banking Day. A “London Banking Day” is any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means common stock of the Corporation (including treasury shares of common stock), common stock issued pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plans of the Corporation, a security of the Corporation’s ranking upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation junior to the Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and pari passu with the common stock of the Corporation, that tracks the performance of, or relates to the results of, a business, unit or division of the Corporation, and any securities issued in exchange therefor in connection with a merger, consolidation, binding share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar event.
“Corporation” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
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“Covered Debt” means (a) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to but not including the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (b) thereafter, commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Redesignation Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered Debt for such period.
“Covered Debtholder” means each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through a participant in a clearing agency) that buys, holds or sells long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of the Corporation during the period that such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed is Covered Debt.
“Debentures” has the meaning specified in the first recital hereto.
“Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity” means a security or combination of securities (together in this definition, “such securities”) that:
“Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity” means a security or combination of securities (together in this definition, “such securities”) that:
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“Distribution Date” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, the dates on which periodic Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be made.
“Distribution Period” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, each period from and including the later of the issue date and a Distribution Date for such securities to but excluding the next succeeding Distribution Date for such securities.
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“Distributions” means, as to a security or combination of securities, dividends, interest payments or other income distributions to the holders thereof that are not Subsidiaries of the Corporation.
“Eligible Debt” means, at any time, indebtedness, other than the Debentures and securities that rank pari passu with the Debentures, that is Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated Debt is then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
“Eligible Senior Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that (a) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks most senior among the issuer’s then outstanding classes of indebtedness for money borrowed, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding senior long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements of clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
“Eligible Subordinated Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the issuer’s then outstanding unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that (a) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s then outstanding series of indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most senior, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding subordinated long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements in clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fifth Supplemental Indenture” means the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 10, 2007, between the Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
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“Holder” means, as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation with respect to such Covered Debt and each beneficial owner holding such Covered Debt through a participant in a clearing agency.
“Indenture” means the subordinated indenture, dated as of November 25, 1996, between the Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interests to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee, as amended by a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 23, 1999 and as amended by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2000, and as further supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
“Initial Covered Debt” means the Corporation’s 6.9% Senior Debentures due 2038 (CUSIP: 020002AJ0).
“Investor Screen” has the meaning specified in Section 3(c).
“Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” means, as to any security or combination of securities (together in this definition, “securities”), that the issuer has publicly stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with the Commission made by the issuer under the Exchange Act prior to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer, to the extent the securities provide the issuer with equity credit, will repay, redeem or purchase such securities only with the proceeds of replacement capital securities that have terms and provisions at the time of repayment, redemption or purchase that are as or more equity-like than the securities then being repaid, redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable repayment, redemption or purchase date.
“Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock” means preferred stock with (a) no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or otherwise, and (b) a requirement that such preferred stock convert into common stock of the issuer within three years from the date of its issuance at a conversion ratio within a range established at the time of issuance of such preferred stock.
“Mandatory Trigger Provision” means, as to any security or combination of securities (together in this definition, “securities”), provisions in the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements that (a) require or, at its option in the case of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, permit the issuer of such securities to make payment of Distributions on such securities only pursuant to the issue and sale of APM Qualifying Securities, within no more than two years of a failure to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such securities or related transaction agreements, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale are at least equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions on such securities (including without limitation all deferred and accumulated amounts) and in either case require the application of the net proceeds of such sale to pay such unpaid Distributions, provided that: (1) if the APM Qualifying Securities issued and sold are Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, the amount of the net proceeds of Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock applied, together with the net proceeds of all prior issuances of Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred
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Stock and any still-outstanding Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock applied during the current and all prior deferral periods, to pay such Distributions pursuant to such provision may not exceed 25% of the initial liquidation or principal amount of such securities and (2) if the APM Qualifying Securities issued and sold are Common Stock or Qualifying Warrants and if the Mandatory Trigger provision does not require such issuance and sale within one year of such failure, the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of such Qualifying Warrants plus the number of shares of Common Stock previously issued or issuable upon the exercise of previously issued Qualifying Warrants may not exceed 2% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock as of the date of the Corporation’s most recent publicly available consolidated financial statements as of the date of such issuance, (b) prohibit the issuer from purchasing any APM Qualifying Securities or any of the Corporation’s securities that on the Corporation’s bankruptcy or liquidation rank pari passu or junior to such APM Qualifying Securities prior to the date that is six months after the issuer applies the net proceeds of the sales described in clause (a) to pay such unpaid Distributions, and (c) include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision. No remedy other than Permitted Remedies may arise by the terms of such securities or related transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such securities as a result of the issuer’s failure to pay Distributions because of the Mandatory Trigger Provision or as a result of the issuer’s exercise of its right under an Optional Deferral Provision until Distributions have been deferred for one or more Distribution Periods that total together at least ten years.
“Market Disruption Events” means one or more events or circumstances substantially similar to those listed as “Market Disruption Events” in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
“Market Value” means, on any date, the closing sale price per share of Common Stock (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions by the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted; if the Common Stock is not either listed or quoted on any U.S. securities exchange on the relevant date, the Market Value will be the average of the mid-point of the bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date submitted by at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Corporation for this purpose.
“Measurement Date” means (a) with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of Debentures on or prior to the Scheduled Maturity, the date that is 180 days and (b) with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of Debentures after the Scheduled Maturity, the date that is 90 days, in each case prior to delivery of notice of such redemption or prior to the date of such repayment or purchase.
“Measurement Period” means the period from a Measurement Date to the related notice date or repayment or purchase date. Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.
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“No Payment Provision” means a provision or provisions in the transaction documents for securities (referred to in this definition as “such securities”) that include the following:
“Non-Cumulative” means, with respect to any securities, that the issuer may elect not to make any number of periodic Distributions without any remedy arising under the terms of the securities or related agreements in favor of the holders, other than one or more Permitted Remedies.
“NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.
“Optional Deferral Provision” means, as to any securities, provisions in the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements to the effect of either (a) or (b) below:
“Other Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant” means a replacement capital covenant, as identified by the Corporation’s Board of Directors acting in good faith and in its reasonable discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Replacement Capital Covenant, (i) entered into by a company that at the time it enters into such replacement capital covenant is a reporting company under the Exchange Act and (ii) that restricts the related issuer from redeeming or purchasing identified securities except from the applicable percentage of the proceeds of specified replacement capital securities that have terms and provisions at the time of redemption or purchase that are as or more equity-like than the securities then being redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or purchase date.
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“Permitted Remedies” means, with respect to any securities, one or more of the following remedies:
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Prospectus” has the meaning specified in the second recital hereto.
“Qualifying Capital Securities” means securities (other than Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants, Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity) that, in the determination of the Corporation’s Board of Directors reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Replacement Capital Covenant, meet one of the following criteria:
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“Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock” means non-cumulative preferred stock of the Corporation that ranks pari passu with or junior to all other preferred stock of the Corporation, is perpetual and (a) is subject to a replacement capital covenant substantially similar to this Replacement Capital Covenant or an Other Qualifying Capital Replacement Covenant, provided that the applicable percentage as defined in such covenant is defined as 133.33%, and that the qualifying capital securities permitted under such covenant are limited to those as described under clause (a) of the definition of Qualifying Capital Securities in this Replacement Capital Covenant or (b) is subject to both (i) mandatory suspension of dividends in
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the event the Corporation breaches certain financial metrics specified within the offering documents, and (ii) Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure. Additionally, in both (a) and (b) the transaction documents shall provide for no remedies as a consequence of non-payment of Distributions other than Permitted Remedies.
“Qualifying Warrants” means any net share settled warrants to purchase the Corporation’s Common Stock that (1) have an exercise price greater than the current stock market price, determined as specified in the instrument governing such warrants, of the Corporation’s Common Stock, and (2) the Corporation is not entitled to redeem for cash and the holders of which are not entitled to require the Corporation to purchase for cash in any circumstances.
“Redesignation Date” means, as to the Covered Debt in effect at any time, the earliest of (a) the date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (b) if the Corporation elects to redeem or repay, or the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation elects to purchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence that after giving effect to such redemption, repayment or purchase the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt is less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption, repayment or purchase date and (c) if such Covered Debt is not Eligible Subordinated Debt, the date on which the Corporation issues long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
“Replacement Capital Covenant” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
“Replacement Capital Securities” means,
“Scheduled Maturity” means May 15, 2057.
“Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other ownership interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such Person are at the time owned, or the management or policies of which are otherwise at the time controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other Subsidiaries) or both, by another Person.
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
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