Pricing Agreement
Exhibit 1.2
Pricing Agreement
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
December 1, 2005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Everest Re Group, Ltd., a Bermuda company (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated December 1, 2005 (the Underwriting Agreement), to issue and sell, and Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Selling Stockholder), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement to sell, in each case to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters) the Shares specified in Schedule II hereto (the Designated Shares consisting of Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters may elect to purchase). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement and the Applicable Time in relation to the Pricing Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Shares which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Shares pursuant to Section 13 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 13 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Shares, in the form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell and the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholder, at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares, as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised.
The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto on the terms referred to in the paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering Over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives, but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company, the Selling Stockholder and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company and the Selling Stockholder. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination, upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
Everest Re Group, Ltd. | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen L. Limauro | |
Name: | Stephen L. Limauro | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen L. Limauro | |
Name: | Stephen L. Limauro | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Waxman | |
(Underwriter) |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter | Number of Firm Shares To be Purchased1 | Maximum Number Purchased | ||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | 2,750,000 | None | ||
Total | 2,750,000 | None | ||
1 | Of such Firm Shares, 452,000 shall be sold to the Underwriters by the Selling Stockholder. Such 452,000 Shares shall be allocated among the Underwriters pro rata based on their respective percentage of the total number of Firm Shares (rounded as the Representatives may determine to the nearest 100 shares). |
SCHEDULE II
Title of Designated Shares:
Common Shares (par value $0.01 per share)
Number of Designated Shares:
Number of Firm Shares: 2,750,000
Maximum Number of Optional Shares: None
Initial Offering Price to Public:
$103.15 per Share
Purchase Price by Underwriters:
$102.89 per Share
Form of Designated Shares:
Definitive form, to be made available for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of The Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian
Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
Federal (same-day) funds
Time of Delivery:
10:00 a.m. (New York City time), December 7, 2005
Closing Location:
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Accountants Letter to be Delivered on Date of Pricing Agreement:
Yes
SCHEDULE III
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
None.