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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): November 30, 2022

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
001-32630
(Commission File Number)
Delaware16-1725106

(State or Other Jurisdiction of 
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)
(904854-8100
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
FNF Common Stock, $0.0001 par valueFNFNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.



 





Item 8.01. 
Other Events
On December 1, 2022, at 12:01 a.m., Eastern time (the “Effective Time”), Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”) completed its previously announced separation and distribution of approximately 15% of the shares of common stock of its subsidiary, F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. (“F&G”) (the “Distribution”).

The Distribution was accomplished by the distribution of 68 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of F&G (“F&G Common Stock”) for every 1000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of FNF (“FNF Common Stock”) as a dividend to each holder of shares of FNF Common Stock as of the close of business on November 22, 2022, the record date for the Distribution.

As a result of the Distribution, F&G is a separate, publicly traded company and its businesses, assets and liabilities will primarily consist of those related to F&G’s business as a provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients. Through F&G’s insurance subsidiaries, including Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company and Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York, F&G will continue to market a broad portfolio of deferred annuities (fixed indexed annuities and multi-year guarantee annuities or other fixed rate annuities), immediate annuities, indexed universal life insurance, funding agreements (through funding agreement-backed notes issuances and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta) and pension risk transfer solutions. All of FNF’s core title insurance, real estate, technology and mortgage related businesses, assets and liabilities that are not held by F&G remain with FNF.

In connection with the Distribution, the following agreements were entered into by FNF and F&G (the “Transaction Agreements”):

a Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2022, between FNF and F&G, which provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Distribution, certain conditions to the Distribution and provisions governing F&G’s relationship with FNF with respect to and resulting from the Distribution (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”);

a Corporate Services Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2022, between FNF and F&G, which provides for, among other things, the provision of certain services by FNF to F&G following the Distribution;

a Reverse Corporate Services Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2022, between FNF and F&G, which provides for, among other things, the provision of certain services by F&G to FNF following the Distribution; and

a Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2022, between FNF and F&G, which governs FNF’s and F&G’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect to taxes and tax benefits, the filing of tax returns, the control of tax examinations and audits and other tax matters.

On December 1, 2022, FNF announced the completion of the Distribution. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
99.1 
99.2 
99.3 
99.4 
99.5 
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SIGNATURE
     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.
     
 
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
 
 
Date:December 1, 2022By:/s/ Michael L. Gravelle 
  Name:  Michael L. Gravelle 
  Title:  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 


Document
Exhibit 2.1

SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
between
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.,
and
F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC.
dated as of November 30, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS2
Section 1.1.    Definitions
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ARTICLE II  SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION5
Section 2.1.    Separation
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Section 2.2.    Distribution
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Section 2.3.    Conditions to the Distribution
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Section 2.4.    Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of F&G
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Section 2.5.    Tax Treatment
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ARTICLE III  NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FNF7
Section 3.1.    No Representations or Warranties
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ARTICLE IV  NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF F&G7
Section 4.1.    No Representations or Warranties
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ARTICLE V  COVENANTS7
Section 5.1.    Further Assurances
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Section 5.2.    Access to Information
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Section 5.3.    Confidentiality
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Section 5.4.    Preparation of Registration Statement
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Section 5.5.    NYSE Listing
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Section 5.6.    Approval of F&G Employee Incentive Arrangements
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Section 5.7.    Reasonable Best Efforts
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ARTICLE VI  CLOSING10
Section 6.1.    Closing
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Section 6.2.    Conditions to Closing
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Section 6.3.    Deliveries at Closing
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ARTICLE VII  TERMINATION11
Section 7.1.    Termination
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Section 7.2.    Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE VIII  MISCELLANEOUS12
Section 8.1.    Survival of Covenants
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Section 8.2.    Specific Performance
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Section 8.3.    No Third-Party Beneficiary Rights
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Section 8.4.    Notices
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 8.5.    Entire Agreement
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Section 8.6.    Binding Effect; Assignment
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Section 8.7.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 8.8.    Dispute Resolution
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Section 8.9.    Severability
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Section 8.10.    Amendments; Waivers
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Section 8.11.    No Strict Construction; Interpretation
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Section 8.12.    Conflicts with Tax Sharing Agreement
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Section 8.13.    Headings
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Section 8.14.    Counterparts
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Schedules
Schedule 1    Separation Plan
Exhibits
Exhibit A    Corporate Services Agreement
Exhibit B    Reverse Corporate Services Agreement
Exhibit C    Tax Sharing Agreement
Exhibit D    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of F&G
Exhibit E    Amended and Restated Bylaws of F&G
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SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (together with all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, this “Agreement”), dated as of November 30, 2022, is entered into by and between FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“FNF”), and F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“F&G”) and a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of FNF.
WHEREAS, F&G is, and prior to the Separation will be, a wholly owned Subsidiary of FNF;
WHEREAS, prior to the F&G Stock Split the authorized capital stock of F&G was 1,000 shares of F&G Common Stock;
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2022, F&G effected a 105,000-for-1 stock split of the F&G Common Stock, pursuant to which FNF received in the form of a dividend, and without surrender of any certificates for its shares, 104,999 additional shares of F&G Common Stock for each share of F&G Common Stock held by FNF prior to such stock split (the “F&G Stock Split”);
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2022, in connection with the F&G Stock Split, the authorized capital stock of F&G was increased from 1,000 shares of F&G Common Stock to 500,000,000 shares of F&G Common Stock;
WHEREAS, following the F&G Stock Split, on June 24, 2022, FNF contributed the F&G Note to F&G in exchange for 20,000,000 shares of F&G Common Stock in a value-for-value exchange (the “Conversion”);
WHEREAS, following the F&G Stock Split and the Conversion, F&G has a total of 125,000,000 shares of F&G Common Stock issued and outstanding;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Separation, subject to the conditions described herein;
WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Separation, have been approved by the board of directors of FNF (the “FNF Board”) and the board of directors of F&G (the “F&G Board”); and
WHEREAS capitalized terms used herein and not defined in the accompanying text have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 1.1(a) or in the text referenced in Section 1.1(b).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.    Definitions.
(a)    For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the corresponding meanings:
Action” means any demand, action, claim, suit, countersuit, litigation, arbitration, prosecution, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation whether or not commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court, grand jury or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.
Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For this purpose, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) none of F&G and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Affiliates of any of FNF or any of its Subsidiaries (other than F&G and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) none of FNF or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Affiliates of F&G or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, for any periods prior to or following the Closing.
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Contract” means any loan or credit agreement, debenture, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or obligation.
Corporate Services Agreement” means the Corporate Services Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Distribution Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Distribution Agent Agreement” means that certain Distribution Agent Agreement to be entered into by and among FNF, F&G and the Distribution Agent in connection with the Distribution.
Distribution Date” means the date of the Distribution.
Effective Time” means 12:01 a.m., Eastern time, on the date of the Distribution.
F&G Common Stock” means the common stock of F&G.
F&G Employee Stock Purchase Program” means the F&G Annuities & Life Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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F&G Note” means that certain Promissory Note dated as of September 15, 2021 by and among FNF and F&G.
F&G Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan” means the F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
FNF Common Stock” means the common stock of FNF.
Governmental Authority” means any government, court, arbitrator, regulatory or administrative agency, commission or authority or other governmental instrumentality, federal, state or local, domestic, foreign or multinational.
IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign or provincial law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, injunction, decree or agency requirement of or undertaking to any Governmental Authority, including common law.
Person” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity of any kind.
Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form 10 filed under the Securities Act (No. 001-41490) pursuant to which the offering of shares of F&G Common Stock in the Distribution will be registered.
Representatives” means, with respect to any party, such party’s directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, agents and other representatives.
Reverse Corporate Services Agreement” means the Reverse Corporate Services Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Separation Plan” means the step set forth on Schedule 1.
Subsidiary” when used with respect to any Person, means (i) (A) a corporation of which a majority in voting power of its share capital or capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by a Subsidiary of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar encumbrance, (B) a partnership or limited liability company in which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, (1) in the case of a partnership, a general partner of such partnership with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such partnership or (2) in the case of a limited liability company, the managing member or, in the absence of a managing member, a member with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such
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limited liability company, or (C) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, a Subsidiary of such Person or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (1) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the members of the governing body of such Person, whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar encumbrance, or (2) in the absence of such a governing body, at least a majority ownership interest or (ii) any other Person of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the equity interests are, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, none of F&G and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of any of FNF or its Subsidiaries.
Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies, customs, duties, tariffs, or other assessments, including income, gross receipts, excise, real or personal property, sales, withholding, social security, retirement, unemployment, occupation, use, goods and services, service use, license, value added, capital, net worth, payroll, profits, franchise, transfer and recording taxes, fees and charges, and any other taxes, charges, fees, levies, customs, duties, tariffs or other assessments imposed by the IRS or any taxing authority (whether domestic or foreign including any state, county, local or foreign government or any subdivision or taxing agency thereof (including a United States possession)), whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or any other basis; and such term shall include any interest thereon, fines, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts attributable to, or imposed upon, or with respect to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies, customs, duties, tariffs, or other assessments.
Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Corporate Services Agreement, the Reverse Corporate Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement and any other documents entered into in connection therewith.
(b)    As used herein, the following terms will have the meanings set forth in the applicable section of this Agreement set forth below:
Defined TermSection Reference
AgreementPreamble
Closing
Section 6.1
Closing Date
Section 6.1
ConversionRecitals
Disclosing Party
Section 5.3(a)
Dispute
Section 8.8(a)
DistributionSchedule 1
F&GPreamble
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Defined TermSection Reference
F&G BoardRecitals
F&G Stock-SplitRecitals
FNFPreamble
FNF BoardRecitals
NYSE
Section 5.5
Proprietary Information
Section 5.3(a)
Receiving Party
Section 5.3(b)
Separation
Section 2.1(a)
ARTICLE II
SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION
Section 2.1.    Separation.
(a)    In accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, the parties will take, and as applicable will cause their respective Subsidiaries to take, all actions that are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the step set forth in the Separation Plan (the “Separation”), as soon as practicable after the conditions thereto have been satisfied or, to the extent waivable, waived.
(b)    All documents and instruments used to effect the Separation and otherwise to comply with this Agreement will be in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to FNF and F&G.
(c)    The transactions contemplated hereby shall not include (a) the contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery, directly or indirectly, of any assets of FNF to F&G, on the one hand, or any assets of F&G to FNF, on the other hand, or (b) the assignment, directly or indirectly, of any liabilities of FNF to F&G, on the one hand, or F&G to FNF, on the other hand, other than, in each case pursuant to (i) the Distribution and (ii) the Transaction Agreements.
Section 2.2.    Distribution.  Without limiting Section 2.1, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement:
(a)    The parties have taken or will take, and have caused or will cause their respective Subsidiaries to take, by no later than immediately before the Effective Time, all actions that are necessary or appropriate to implement and accomplish the Distribution of certain shares of F&G Common Stock pro rata to the holders of FNF Common Stock by means of book-entry transfer through the Distribution Agent in accordance with the Separation Plan.
(b)    The FNF Board will have the authority (i) to (A) effect the Distribution, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3, or (B) terminate the Distribution at any time prior to the Effective Time, (ii) to establish or change the Distribution Date or the Effective Time
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and (iii) prior to the Effective Time, to establish or change the procedures for effecting the Distribution, subject to, in all cases, applicable law and the organizational documents of FNF.
(c)    On the Distribution Date, subject to the satisfaction or waiver, as applicable, of the conditions to the Distribution set forth in Section 2.3, FNF will cause the Distribution Agent to distribute the applicable number of shares of F&G Common Stock necessary to effect the Distribution on the Distribution Date pro rata to the holders of FNF Common Stock by means of book-entry transfer.
(d)    No fractional shares of F&G Common Stock will be distributed in connection with the Distribution. If any record holder of FNF Common Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share of F&G Common Stock in the Distribution, such record holder will instead receive cash in accordance with the Distribution Agent Agreement.
(e)    All of the shares of F&G Common Stock that are distributed in the Distribution will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Section 2.3.    Conditions to the Distribution.
(a)    The performance by each party of its obligations in connection with the Distribution is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
(i)    each party shall have delivered each Transaction Agreement to which it is a party duly executed by an authorized officer of such party;
(ii)    the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC; and
(iii)    the shares of F&G Common Stock deliverable to the stockholders of FNF as contemplated by this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
Section 2.4.    Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of F&G.  Prior to the Closing, (a) the existing certificate of incorporation of F&G shall be amended and restated substantially in the form of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of F&G attached as Exhibit D hereto and (b) the existing bylaws of F&G shall be amended and restated substantially in the form of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of F&G attached as Exhibit E hereto.
Section 2.5.    Tax Treatment.  For U.S. federal income Tax purposes, (1) the F&G Stock Split is intended to qualify as a tax-free stock distribution under Section 305(a) of the Code, (2) the Conversion is intended not to result in gain or loss to FNF or F&G, and (3) the Distribution is intended to be treated as a distribution taxable to FNF and its shareholders under Sections 311(b) and 301 of the Code respectively.
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ARTICLE III
NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FNF
Section 3.1.    No Representations or Warranties.  Neither FNF nor any other Person makes or has made any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to FNF or with respect to any other information provided to F&G in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements (including with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, condition or prospects (financial or otherwise) of, or any other matter involving, either business, or the sufficiency of any assets, the title to any assets or the requirements of any applicable Laws).
ARTICLE IV
NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF F&G
Section 4.1.    No Representations or Warranties.  Neither F&G nor any other Person makes or has made any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to F&G or with respect to any other information provided to FNF in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements (including with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, condition or prospects (financial or otherwise) of, or any other matter involving, either business, or the sufficiency of any assets, the title to any assets or the requirements of any applicable Laws).
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.1.    Further Assurances.  At any time before or after the Closing, each party hereto covenants and agrees to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver such instruments, agreements, consents, assurances and other documents, and to take all such other commercially reasonable actions, as any other party may reasonably request and as may reasonably be required in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement and to implement the terms hereof.
Section 5.2.    Access to Information.
(a)    Upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, each party hereto shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, afford to the other party and its Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours (and, with respect to books and records, the right to copy) to any information in its possession or under its control that the requesting party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting party by a foreign or U.S. federal, state or local judicial, regulatory or administrative authority having jurisdiction over the requesting party or its Subsidiaries, (ii) to enable the requesting party to institute or defend against any action, suit or proceeding in any foreign or U.S. federal, state or local court or (iii) to enable the requesting party to implement the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to performing its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements (provided, however,
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that any information relating to matters governed by the Tax Sharing Agreement shall be subject to the provisions thereof in lieu of this Section 5.2).
(b)    Any information owned by a party that is provided to another party pursuant to Section 5.2(a) will remain the property of the providing party. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to take all reasonable efforts to maintain any legal privilege that may attach to any information delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2 or which otherwise comes into the receiving party’s possession and control pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party’s access to information shall be subject, in all cases, to any bona fide concerns of attorney-client privilege that the other party may reasonably have and any restrictions contained in Contracts to which the other party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (it being understood that such party shall use its reasonable efforts to provide any such information in a manner that does not result in such violation). Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as granting or conferring license or other rights in any such information.
(c)    The party requesting any information under this Section 5.2 will reimburse the providing party for the reasonable out of pocket costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such information, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting party.
Section 5.3.    Confidentiality.  Each party will keep confidential for five (5) years following the Closing Date (or for three (3) years following disclosure to such party, whichever is longer), and will use reasonable efforts to cause its officers, directors, members, employees, Affiliates and agents to keep confidential during such period, all Proprietary Information of the other party, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
(a)    “Proprietary Information” means any proprietary ideas, plans and information, including information of a technological or business nature, of a party (in this context, the “Disclosing Party”) (including all trade secrets, intellectual property, data, summaries, reports or mailing lists, in whatever form or medium whatsoever, including oral communications, and however produced or reproduced), that is marked proprietary or confidential, or that bears a marking of like import, or that the Disclosing Party states is to be considered proprietary or confidential, or that a reasonable and prudent person would consider proprietary or confidential under the circumstances of its disclosure.
(b)    Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, information of Disclosing Party will not constitute Proprietary Information (and the other party (in this context, the “Receiving Party”) will have no obligation of confidentiality with respect thereto), to the extent such information: (i) is in the public domain other than as a result of disclosure made in breach of this Agreement or breach of any other agreement relating to confidentiality between the Disclosing Party and the Receiving Party; (ii) was lawfully acquired by the Disclosing Party from a third party not bound by a confidentiality obligation; (iii) is approved for release by prior written authorization of the Disclosing Party; or (iv) is disclosed in order to comply with a judicial order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, or to comply with the Laws or regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Receiving Party, in
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which event the Receiving Party will give prior written notice to the Disclosing Party of such disclosure as soon as or to the extent practicable and will cooperate with the Disclosing Party in using reasonable efforts to disclose the least amount of such information required and to obtain an appropriate protective order or equivalent, and provided, that the information will continue to be Proprietary Information to the extent it is covered by a protective order or equivalent or is not so disclosed.
Section 5.4.    Preparation of Registration Statement.  F&G and FNF shall prepare, and F&G shall file with the SEC the Registration Statement. F&G shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep the Registration Statement effective for so long as necessary to consummate the Distribution. F&G shall take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or filing a general consent to service of process) required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the distribution of shares of F&G Common Stock in the Distribution, and FNF shall furnish all information concerning FNF and the holders of shares of FNF Common Stock as may be reasonably requested by F&G in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Registration Statement will be made without FNF’s consent (which may be oral or written and shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned). If at any time prior to the Closing any information relating to FNF, F&G or any of their respective Affiliates, directors or officers, should be discovered by FNF or F&G which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, so that the Registration Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to the holders of FNF Common Stock. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (x) correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Registration Statement or the transactions contemplated hereby and (y) all orders of the SEC relating to the Registration Statement.
Section 5.5.    NYSE Listing.  F&G shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of F&G Common Stock to be issued in the Distribution to be listed on The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) as of the Closing, subject to official notice of issuance.
Section 5.6.    Approval of F&G Employee Incentive Arrangements.  Prior to the Closing, FNF (as the sole equity holder of F&G) shall approve resolutions to adopt the F&G Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and the F&G Employee Stock Purchase Program, and take any other actions necessary to adopt such arrangements.
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Section 5.7.    Reasonable Best Efforts.  FNF and F&G shall use their respective reasonable best efforts, and cause their respective Subsidiaries to use their respective reasonable best efforts, (i) to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) to execute and deliver the other documents and instruments required to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case as soon as practicable after the date hereof.
ARTICLE VI
CLOSING
Section 6.1.    Closing.  Unless this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement abandoned pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE VII, the closing of the Separation (the “Closing”) will take place remotely via the exchange of executed documents on the same day as the Effective Time, which date shall be no later than two (2) business days following satisfaction of all conditions set forth in Section 6.2 (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at such time) (the date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”).
Section 6.2.    Conditions to Closing.
(a)    The obligations of the parties to complete the transactions provided for herein are conditioned upon the absence of any injunction, Law, regulation or court order that would prohibit the Separation.
(b)    The performance by each party of its obligations hereunder is further conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of:
(i)    the performance in all material respects by the other party of its covenants and agreements contained herein to the extent such are required to be performed at or prior to the Closing;
(ii)    there being no Law, injunction, judgment or ruling enacted, promulgated, issued, entered, amended or enforced by any Governmental Authority in effect enjoining, restraining, preventing or prohibiting consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or making the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal;
(iii)    the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC; and
(iv)    the shares of F&G Common Stock deliverable to the stockholders of FNF as contemplated by this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
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Section 6.3.    Deliveries at Closing.
(a)    FNF.  At the Closing, FNF will deliver or cause to be delivered to F&G:
(i)    the Corporate Services Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of FNF;
(ii)    the Reverse Corporate Services Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of FNF;
(iii)    the Tax Sharing Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of FNF; and
(iv)    a secretary’s certificate certifying that the FNF Board has authorized the execution, delivery and performance by FNF of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, which authorization will be in full force and effect at and as of the Closing.
(b)    F&G.  At the Closing, F&G will deliver or cause to be delivered to FNF:
(i)    the Corporate Services Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of F&G;
(ii)    the Reverse Corporate Services Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of F&G;
(iii)    the Tax Sharing Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer of F&G; and
(iv)    a secretary’s certificate certifying that the F&G Board has authorized the execution, delivery and performance by F&G of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, which authorization will be in full force and effect at and as of the Closing.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1.    Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by the written agreement of FNF and F&G.
Section 7.2.    Effect of Termination.  In the event of any termination of this Agreement as provided by Section 7.1, this Agreement will immediately become void and the parties hereto will have no liability whatsoever to each other with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1.    Survival of Covenants.  The covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement that contemplate performance prior to the Closing, shall terminate and be of no further force and effect from and after the Closing and no party shall have any liability with respect thereto from and after the Closing. The covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement that contemplate performance at or following the Closing shall survive the Closing until such covenants have been fully performed.
Section 8.2.    Specific Performance.  Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that the benefits to the other party of the performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement are unique and that the other party hereto is willing to enter into this Agreement only in reliance that such party will perform such obligations, and agrees that monetary damages may not afford an adequate remedy for any failure by such party to perform any of such obligations. Accordingly, each party hereby agrees that the other party will have the right to enforce the specific performance of such party’s obligations hereunder and irrevocably waives any requirement for securing or posting of any bond or other undertaking in connection with the obtaining by the other party of any injunctive or other equitable relief to enforce their rights hereunder.
Section 8.3.    No Third-Party Beneficiary Rights.  Except for the provisions of Section 8.2, nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to give any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Agreement, or any provision hereof, it being the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 8.4.    Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person, by email, by overnight courier or sent by certified, registered or express air mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when so delivered in
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person, or when so received by email or courier, or, if mailed, three (3) calendar days after the date of mailing, as follows:
if to FNF:Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
1701 Village Center Circle
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Email: MGravelle@fnf.com
Attention:  General Counsel
if to F&G:F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.
801 Grand Ave, Suite 2600
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: Jodi.Ahlman@fglife.com
Attention: Jodi Ahlman
or to such other address as the party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the other party in writing in the manner set forth above.
Section 8.5.    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement together with the other Transaction Agreements (in each case, including the Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto and thereto) embodies the entire understanding among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes and terminates any prior agreements and understandings among the parties with respect to such subject matter, and no party to this Agreement shall have any right, responsibility or liability under any such prior agreement or understanding. Any and all prior correspondence, conversations and memoranda are merged herein and shall be without effect hereon. No promises, covenants or representations of any kind, other than those expressly stated herein and in the other agreements referred to above, have been made to induce either party to enter into this Agreement.
Section 8.6.    Binding Effect; Assignment.  This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except with respect to a merger of a party, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that FNF and F&G may assign their respective rights, interests, duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement to any of their respective wholly-owned Subsidiaries, but such assignment shall not relieve FNF or F&G, as the assignor, of its obligations hereunder.
Section 8.7.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a)    This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applicable to Contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
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(b)    Subject to Section 8.8, each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such Action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any Action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 8.7, (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable Law, any claim that (x) the suit, Action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such suit, Action or proceeding is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Process in any such suit, Action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 8.4 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
(c)    EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 8.8.    Dispute Resolution.
(a)    The parties hereto mutually desire that friendly collaboration will continue between them. Accordingly, they will try to resolve in an amicable manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendments hereto. In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement (a “Dispute”) between parties hereto in connection with this Agreement, then the Dispute, upon written request of either party, will be referred for resolution to the president (or similar position) of the division implicated by the matter for each party hereto, which presidents will have fifteen (15) days to resolve such Dispute. If the presidents of the relevant
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divisions for each party hereto do not agree to a resolution of such Dispute within fifteen (15) days after the reference of the matter to them, such presidents of the relevant divisions will refer such matter to the president of each party for final resolution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.8, any amendment to the terms of this Agreement may only be effected in accordance with Section 8.10.
(b)    In the event that the Dispute is not resolved in a friendly manner as set forth in Section 8.8(a), either party involved in the Dispute may submit the dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to this Section 8.8(b). All Disputes submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section 8.8(b) shall be resolved in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, unless the parties mutually agree to utilize an alternate set of rules, in which event all references herein to the American Arbitration Association shall be deemed modified accordingly. Expedited rules shall apply regardless of the amount at issue. Arbitration proceedings hereunder may be initiated by either party making a written request to the American Arbitration Association, together with any appropriate filing fee, at the office of the American Arbitration Association in Orlando, Florida. All arbitration proceedings shall be held in the city of Jacksonville, Florida in a location to be specified by the arbitrators (or any place agreed to by the parties and the arbitrators). The arbitration shall be by a single qualified arbitrator experienced in the matters at issue, such arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. If the parties fail to agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after notice of commencement of arbitration, the American Arbitration Association shall, upon the request of either party to the Dispute, appoint the arbitrator. Any order or determination of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the parties to the arbitration as to matters submitted and may be enforced by either party to the Dispute in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or over either party. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such arbitration proceeding (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) shall be borne by the party incurring such costs. The use of any alternative dispute resolution procedures hereunder will not be construed under the doctrines of laches, waiver or estoppel to affect adversely the rights of either party.
(c)    Nothing in this Section 8.8 will prevent either party from immediately seeking injunctive or interim relief in the event (i) of any actual or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 5.3 or (ii) that the Dispute relates to, or involves a claim of, actual or threatened infringement of intellectual property. All such actions for injunctive or interim relief shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with Section 8.7. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement, and further remedies may be pursued in accordance with Section 8.8(a) and Section 8.8(b) above.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties hereto, but none of their respective Affiliates, are entitled to commence a dispute resolution procedure under this Agreement, whether pursuant to this Section 8.8 or otherwise, and each party hereto will cause its respective Affiliates not to commence any dispute resolution procedure other than through such party as provided in this Section 8.8.
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Section 8.9.    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon a determination that any provision of this Agreement is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the provisions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 8.10.    Amendments; Waivers.  Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. Except as otherwise provided herein, the rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by applicable Laws. Any consent provided under this Agreement must be in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such consent is sought.
Section 8.11.    No Strict Construction; Interpretation.
(a)    The parties hereto each acknowledge that this Agreement has been prepared jointly by the parties hereto and shall not be strictly construed against any party hereto.
(b)    When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of, a Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to agreements and instruments include all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns and references to a party means a party to this Agreement.
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Section 8.12.    Conflicts with Tax Sharing Agreement.  In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Tax Sharing Agreement, the provisions of the Tax Sharing Agreement shall prevail.
Section 8.13.    Headings.  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 8.14.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or email scan transmission of a signed copy thereof.
[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
By:/s/ Michael L. Gravelle
Name: Michael L. Gravelle
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]


F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC.
By:/s/ Jodi Ahlman
Name: Jodi Ahlman
Title: General Counsel & Secretary
[Signature Page to Separation and Distribution Agreement]


SCHEDULE 1
SEPARATION PLAN
FNF shall cause approximately 19,017,062 shares of F&G Common Stock, comprising approximately fifteen percent (15%) of the total issued and outstanding shares of F&G Common Stock, to be distributed pro rata to the holders of FNF Common Stock by means of book-entry transfer through the Distribution Agent (the “Distribution”). All of the F&G Common Stock issued to FNF in the Conversion shall be distributed pursuant to the Distribution.



EXHIBIT A
CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attached.



EXHIBIT B
REVERSE CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attached.



EXHIBIT C
TAX SHARING AGREEMENT
Attached.



EXHIBIT D
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF F&G
Attached.



EXHIBIT E
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF F&G
Attached.

Document
Exhibit 10.2
CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT
(F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.)
This Corporate Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 30, 2022, by and between Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FNF” or “PROVIDING PARTY”) and F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. a Delaware corporation (“F&G” or “RECEIVING PARTY”). FNF and F&G shall be referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.
WHEREAS, FNF and F&G have entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, FNF shall distribute certain of the FNF Owned F&G Shares (as defined therein) to the holders of FNF common stock;
WHEREAS, following the Effective Time (as defined in the Separation Agreement), FNF will no longer hold, directly or indirectly, the FNF Owned F&G Shares distributed to the holders of FNF Common Stock;
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement, the Parties wish to enter into this Agreement for the provision of certain corporate services by FNF and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to RECEIVING GROUP (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Separation Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE SERVICES
1.1    Corporate Services. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions for the provision by PROVIDING PARTY to RECEIVING GROUP (as defined below) of various corporate services and products, as more fully described below and in Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto (the Scheduled Services, the Omitted Services, the Resumed Services and Special Projects (each as defined below), collectively, the “Corporate Services”).
(a)    Scheduled Services. PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined below), and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP all services set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) (the “Scheduled Services”) on and after the Effective Time. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay fees to PROVIDING PARTY for providing the Scheduled Services or causing the Scheduled



Services to be provided to a member of RECEIVING GROUP as set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) and in accordance with Section 3.1. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting rights or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body or, if there are no such voting interests, more than 50% of the equity interests of which is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person (provided that, for all purposes under this Agreement, when and with respect to the PROVIDING PARTY, “Subsidiary” shall not include F&G or any of its Subsidiaries); an “Affiliate” of any Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person (provided that, for all purposes under this Agreement, when and with respect to the PROVIDING PARTY, “Affiliate” shall not include F&G or any of its Subsidiaries); a “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity; and “RECEIVING GROUP” means RECEIVING PARTY, its Subsidiaries (including any other Persons when they become Subsidiaries of RECEIVING PARTY), subject to the exception set forth in Section 2.1.
(b)    Omitted Services. PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP all services that PROVIDING PARTY was performing for the business on or before the Effective Time that pertain to and are a part of Scheduled Services under Section 1.1(a), which are not expressly included in the list of Scheduled Services in Schedule 1.1(a), but are required to conduct the business (the “Omitted Services”), unless RECEIVING PARTY consents in writing to the termination of such services. Such Omitted Services shall be added to Schedule 1.1(a) and thereby become Scheduled Services, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time by the Parties. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay to PROVIDING PARTY for providing the Omitted Services (or causing the Omitted Services to be provided) hereunder fees as set forth in Section 3.1; provided, that payment of such fees by RECEIVING PARTY for the Omitted Services provided hereunder shall be retroactive to the first day such services are provided, but in no event shall RECEIVING PARTY be required to pay for any Omitted Services provided hereunder by PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates prior to the Effective Time.
(c)    Resumed Services. At RECEIVING PARTY’s written request, PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP any Scheduled Service that has been terminated at RECEIVING PARTY’s request pursuant to Section 2.2(b) (the “Resumed Services”); provided, that PROVIDING PARTY shall have no obligation to provide a Resumed Service if providing such Resumed Service will have a material adverse impact on the other Corporate Services or the Transition Assistance (as defined below). Schedule 1.1(a) shall from time to time be amended to reflect the resumption of a Resumed Service and the Resumed Service shall be set forth thereon as a Scheduled Service.
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(d)    Special Projects. At RECEIVING PARTY’s written request, PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide additional corporate services that are not described in Schedule 1.1(a) and that are neither Omitted Services nor Resumed Services (“Special Projects”). RECEIVING PARTY shall submit a written request to PROVIDING PARTY specifying the nature of the Special Project and requesting an estimate of the costs applicable for such Special Project and the expected time frame for completion. PROVIDING PARTY shall respond promptly to such written request, but in no event later than twenty (20) days, with a written estimate of the cost of providing such Special Project and the expected time frame for completion (the “Cost Estimate”). If RECEIVING PARTY provides written approval of the Cost Estimate within ten (10) days after PROVIDING PARTY delivers the Cost Estimate, then within a commercially reasonable time after receipt of such written approval, PROVIDING PARTY shall begin providing the Special Project; provided, that PROVIDING PARTY shall have no obligation to provide a Special Project where, in its reasonable discretion and prior to providing the Cost Estimate, it has determined and notified RECEIVING PARTY in writing that (i) it would not be feasible to provide such Special Project, given reasonable priority to other demands on its resources and capacity both under this Agreement or otherwise or (ii) it lacks the experience or qualifications to provide such Special Project.
1.2    Provision of Corporate Services; Excused Performance.
All obligations of PROVIDING PARTY with respect to any one or more individual Corporate Services or Transition Assistance under this Agreement shall be excused to the extent and only for so long as a failure by PROVIDING PARTY with respect thereto is directly attributable to and caused specifically by a failure by RECEIVING GROUP to meet its obligations (including any performance) under that certain Reverse Corporate Services Agreement, by and between F&G and PROVIDING PARTY, dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
1.3    Third Party Vendors; Consents.
(a)    Third Party Consents. PROVIDING PARTY shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep and maintain in effect its relationships with its licensors, vendors and service providers that are integral to the provision of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance. PROVIDING PARTY shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure any waivers, permits, consents or sublicenses required by third party licensors, vendors or service providers under existing agreements with such third parties in order to provide any Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder (“Third Party Consents”). In the event that PROVIDING PARTY is unable to procure such Third Party Consents on commercially reasonable terms, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to promptly so notify RECEIVING PARTY, and to assist RECEIVING PARTY with the transition to another licensor, vendor or service provider. If, after the Effective Time, any one or more licensors, vendors or service providers (i) terminates its contractual relationship with PROVIDING PARTY or ceases to provide the products or services associated with the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance or (ii)
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notifies PROVIDING PARTY of its desire or plan to terminate its contractual relationship with PROVIDING PARTY, then, in either case, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to so notify RECEIVING PARTY, and to assist RECEIVING PARTY with the transition to another licensor, vendor or service provider so that RECEIVING PARTY may continue to receive similar products and services.
(b)    No Transfer of Software. PROVIDING PARTY shall not be required to transfer or assign to RECEIVING PARTY any third party software licenses or any hardware owned by PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the provision of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance or at the conclusion of the Term (as defined below).
1.4    Dispute Resolution.
(a)    Amicable Resolution. PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY mutually desire that friendly collaboration will continue between them. Accordingly, they will try to resolve in an amicable manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendments hereto. In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement (a “Dispute”) between PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the standards of performance, delay of performance or non-performance of obligations, or payment or non-payment of fees hereunder), then the Dispute, upon written request of either Party, will be referred for resolution to the president (or similar position) of the division implicated by the matter for each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY, which presidents will have fifteen (15) days to resolve such Dispute. If the presidents of the relevant divisions for each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY do not agree to a resolution of such Dispute within fifteen (15) days after the reference of the matter to them, such presidents of the relevant divisions will refer such matter to the president of each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY for final resolution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.4, any amendment to the terms of this Agreement may only be effected in accordance with Section 11.10.
(b)    Arbitration. In the event that the Dispute is not resolved in a friendly manner as set forth in Section 1.4(a), either Party involved in the Dispute may submit the dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to this Section 1.4(b). All Disputes submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section 1.4(b) shall be resolved in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, unless the Parties involved mutually agree to utilize an alternate set of rules, in which event all references herein to the American Arbitration Association shall be deemed modified accordingly. Expedited rules shall apply regardless of the amount at issue. Arbitration proceedings hereunder may be initiated by either Party making a written request to the American Arbitration Association, together with any appropriate filing fee, at the office of the American Arbitration Association in Orlando, Florida. All arbitration proceedings shall be held in the city of Jacksonville, Florida in a location to be specified by the arbitrators (or any place agreed to by the Parties and the arbitrators). The arbitration shall be by a single qualified arbitrator experienced in the matters at issue, such arbitrator to be mutually
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agreed upon by PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY. If PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY fail to agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after notice of commencement of arbitration, the American Arbitration Association shall, upon the request of either Party to the Dispute, appoint the arbitrator. Any order or determination of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the Parties to the arbitration as to matters submitted and may be enforced by either Party to the Dispute in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or over either Party. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such arbitration proceeding (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) shall be borne by the Party incurring such costs. The use of any alternative dispute resolution procedures hereunder will not be construed under the doctrines of laches, waiver or estoppel to affect adversely the rights of either Party.
(c)    Non-Exclusive Remedy. Nothing in this Section 1.4 will prevent either PROVIDING PARTY or RECEIVING PARTY from immediately seeking injunctive or interim relief in the event (i) of any actual or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Article VIII or (ii) that the Dispute relates to, or involves a claim of, actual or threatened infringement of intellectual property. All such actions for injunctive or interim relief shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with Section 11.6. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement, and further remedies may be pursued in accordance with Section 1.4(a) and Section 1.4(b) above.
(d)    Commencement of Dispute Resolution Procedure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY, but none of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, are entitled to commence a dispute resolution procedure under this Agreement, whether pursuant to this Section 1.4 or otherwise, and each Party will cause its respective Affiliates not to commence any dispute resolution procedure other than through such Party as provided in this Section 1.4(d).
(e)    Compensation. RECEIVING PARTY shall continue to make all payments due and owing under Article III for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance not the subject of a Dispute and shall not off-set such fees by the amount of fees for Corporate Services or Transition Assistance that are the subject of the Dispute.
1.5    Standard of Services.
(a)    General Standard. PROVIDING PARTY shall perform the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance for RECEIVING GROUP in a professional, timely and competent manner, using standards of performance consistent with its performance of such services for itself during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Effective Time.
(b)    Disaster Recovery. During the Term, PROVIDING PARTY shall maintain a disaster recovery program for the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance substantially consistent with the disaster recovery program in place for such Corporate Services and Transition Assistance as of the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, the disaster recovery program maintained by PROVIDING PARTY will not include a business continuity program.
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(c)    Shortfall in Services. If RECEIVING PARTY provides PROVIDING PARTY with written notice (“Shortfall Notice”) setting forth in reasonable detail the occurrence of any Significant Service Shortfall (as defined below), as determined by RECEIVING PARTY in good faith, PROVIDING PARTY shall rectify such Significant Service Shortfall as soon as reasonably practicable. For purposes of this Section 1.5(c), a “Significant Service Shortfall” shall be deemed to have occurred if the timing or quality of performance of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance provided by PROVIDING PARTY hereunder falls below the standard required by Section 1.5(a) hereof; provided that PROVIDING PARTY’s obligations under this Agreement shall be relieved to the extent, and for the duration of, any force majeure event as set forth in Article V.
1.6    Response Time. PROVIDING PARTY shall respond to and resolve any problems in connection with the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance for RECEIVING GROUP within a commercially reasonable period of time, using response and proposed resolution times consistent with its response and resolution of such problems for itself.
1.7    Ownership of Materials; Results and Proceeds. All data and information submitted to PROVIDING PARTY by RECEIVING GROUP, in connection with the Corporate Services or the Transition Assistance (the “RECEIVING GROUP Data”), and all results and proceeds of the Corporate Services and the Transition Assistance with regard to the RECEIVING GROUP Data, is and will remain, as between the Parties, the property of RECEIVING GROUP and subject to the provisions of Article VIII. Any data or information possessed or controlled by PROVIDING PARTY on RECEIVING PARTY’s behalf shall be promptly provided by PROVIDING PARTY to RECEIVING PARTY upon written request by RECEIVING PARTY.
ARTICLE II
TERM AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
2.1    Term. The term (the “Term”) of this Agreement shall commence as of the date hereof and shall continue until the earliest of:
(i)    the date on which the last of the Corporate Services under this Agreement is terminated,
(ii)    the date on which the last of the Transition Assistance under this Agreement is terminated, and
(iii)    the date on which this Agreement is terminated by mutual agreement of the Parties,
whichever is earlier (in any case, the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that, with respect to any Person that ceases to be a member of the RECEIVING GROUP prior to the Termination Date, subject to Section 7.2, the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such Person shall terminate effective as of the date that such Person ceases to be a member of RECEIVING GROUP.
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2.2    Termination.
(a)    Thirty (30) Day Extension. If (i) RECEIVING GROUP is not able to complete its transition of the Corporate Services or (ii) the Transition Assistance is not completed, in either case, by the Termination Date, then upon written notice provided to PROVIDING PARTY at least thirty (30) days prior to the Termination Date, RECEIVING PARTY shall have the right to request and cause PROVIDING PARTY to provide up to thirty (30) days of additional Corporate Services and/or Transition Assistance, as applicable, to RECEIVING GROUP; provided, that RECEIVING PARTY shall pay for all such additional Corporate Services and/or Transition Assistance, as applicable, in accordance with this Agreement.
(b)    Early Termination. If RECEIVING PARTY wishes to terminate a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or a portion thereof) on a date that is earlier than the Termination Date, RECEIVING PARTY shall provide written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to PROVIDING PARTY of a proposed termination date for such Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or portion thereof), at least ninety (90) days prior to such proposed termination date. Within ten (10) days of the date on which the Termination Notice was received, then, effective on the termination date proposed by RECEIVING PARTY in its Termination Notice, such Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or portion thereof) shall be discontinued (thereafter, a “Discontinued Service”) and deemed deleted from the Scheduled Services to be provided hereunder and thereafter, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect with respect to the Discontinued Service (or portion thereof), except as to obligations accrued prior to the date of discontinuation of such Corporate Service (or portion thereof). Upon the occurrence of any Discontinued Service, the Parties shall promptly update Schedule 1.1(a) to reflect the discontinuation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time that employees of PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates are transferred to a department within RECEIVING GROUP or its Affiliates (an “Employee Shift”), a proportional portion of the relevant Corporate Service or Transition Assistance shall be deemed automatically terminated. If a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance, or portion thereof, is terminated as a result of an Employee Shift, then such termination shall take effect as of the date of the Employee Shift.
(c)    Termination of All Services. If all Corporate Services and Transition Services shall have been terminated under this Section 2.2 prior to the expiration of the Term, then either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party, which termination shall be effective upon delivery as provided in Section 6.1.
2.3    Transition Assistance. In preparation for the discontinuation of any Corporate Service provided under this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY shall, consistent with its obligations to provide Corporate Services hereunder and with the cooperation and assistance of RECEIVING GROUP, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such knowledge transfer services and to take such steps as are reasonably required in order to facilitate a smooth and efficient transition and/or migration of records to RECEIVING PARTY or its Affiliates (or at RECEIVING PARTY’s direction, to a third party) and responsibilities so as to minimize any
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disruption of services (“Transition Assistance”). RECEIVING GROUP shall cooperate with PROVIDING PARTY to allow PROVIDING PARTY to complete the Transition Assistance as early as is commercially reasonable to do so. Fees for any Transition Assistance shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.1.
2.4    Return of Materials. As a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance is terminated, each Party will return all materials and property owned by the other Party, including, without limitation, all RECEIVING GROUP Data, if any, and materials and property of a proprietary nature involving a Party or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates relevant to the provision or receipt of that Corporate Service or Transition Assistance and no longer needed regarding the performance of other Corporate Services or other Transition Assistance under this Agreement, and will do so (and will cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to do so) within thirty (30) days after the applicable termination. Upon the end of the Term, each Party will return all material and property of a proprietary nature involving the other Party or its Subsidiaries, in its possession or control (or the possession or control of an Affiliate as a result of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance provided hereunder) within thirty (30) days after the end of the Term. In addition, upon RECEIVING PARTY’s request, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to provide to RECEIVING PARTY copies of RECEIVING GROUP’s Data, files and records on magnetic media, or such other media as the Parties shall agree upon, to the extent practicable. PROVIDING PARTY may retain archival copies of RECEIVING GROUP’s Data, files and records and all such Data, files and records so retained shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
COMPENSATION AND PAYMENTS
3.1    Compensation for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance.
(a)    In accordance with the payment terms described in Section 3.2 below, RECEIVING GROUP agrees to timely pay PROVIDING PARTY, as compensation for the Corporate Services and the Transition Assistance provided hereunder, fees in an amount equal to PROVIDING PARTY’s cost of such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, as the case may be, plus the cost of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the provision of such Corporate Service or Transition Assistance. In the case of employee costs, such fees shall include a ten percent (10%) markup in lieu of PROVIDING PARTY being reimbursed for employee expenses.
(b)    Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that RECEIVING PARTY is also obligated to pay, or reimburse PROVIDING PARTY for its payment of, all Out of Pocket Costs (as defined below); provided, however, that the incurrence of any liability by RECEIVING GROUP for any Out of Pocket Cost (as defined below) that requires the payment by RECEIVING GROUP of more than $10,000, on an annualized basis, shall require the subsequent approval of the chief financial officer of RECEIVING PARTY (or his/her designee) after his/her receipt of the Monthly Summary Statement (as defined in Section 3.2) provided to RECEIVING PARTY for the calendar month in which the Out of Pocket Cost was incurred or paid by PROVIDING PARTY on behalf of RECEIVING PARTY. PROVIDING PARTY shall
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use commercially reasonable efforts to not incur Out of Pocket Costs that are inconsistent with the type of Out of Pocket Costs incurred under past practices with the applicable Scheduled Service. If (x) PROVIDING PARTY has not obtained the prior approval of the chief financial officer of RECEIVING GROUP before incurring or paying any Out of Pocket Cost that exceeds $10,000 on an annualized basis, and (y) after receiving and reviewing the applicable Monthly Summary Statement, the chief financial officer of RECEIVING PARTY (or his/her designee) has not expressly approved the Out of Pocket Cost in question, then RECEIVING PARTY shall be entitled to dispute the Out of Pocket Cost until the close of the next audit cycle, provided that if PROVIDING PARTY disagrees with RECEIVING PARTY's dispute of the Out of Pocket Cost, then PROVIDING PARTY shall be entitled to exercise its rights under the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Section 1.4. For purposes hereof, the term “Out of Pocket Costs” means all fees, costs or other expenses paid by PROVIDING PARTY to third parties that are not Affiliates of PROVIDING PARTY in connection with the Corporate Services provided hereunder; and the term “Out of Pocket Cost” means any Out of Pocket Cost incurred after the Effective Time that is not a continuation of services provided to RECEIVING GROUP in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and for which RECEIVING GROUP had paid or reimbursed a portion thereof prior to the Effective Time.
3.2    Payment Terms; Monthly Summary Statements. Within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, PROVIDING PARTY shall prepare and deliver to the chief financial officer (or his designee) of RECEIVING PARTY a monthly summary statement (each a “Monthly Summary Statement”) setting forth all of the costs owing by the RECEIVING PARTY to the PROVIDING PARTY, including all fees for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance, as calculated in accordance with Section 3.1, and such other information as RECEIVING PARTY may reasonably request. The specific form of the Monthly Summary Statement shall be as agreed to between the Parties from time to time, acting with commercial reasonableness.
3.3    Audit Rights. Upon reasonable advance notice from RECEIVING PARTY, PROVIDING PARTY shall permit RECEIVING PARTY to perform annual audits of PROVIDING PARTY’s records only with respect to fees invoiced and Out of Pocket Costs invoiced pursuant to this Article III. Such audits shall be conducted during PROVIDING PARTY’s regular office hours and without disruption to PROVIDING PARTY’s business operations and shall be performed at RECEIVING PARTY’s sole expense.
ARTICLE IV
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
4.1    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR A CLAIM ASSERTED BY THE OTHER PARTY BASED ON BREACH OF ANY COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERTAKING REQUIRED BY THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE FEES PAYABLE BY RECEIVING PARTY TO PROVIDING PARTY DURING THE TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD PRECEDING THE BREACH FOR THE PARTICULAR CORPORATE SERVICE OR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE AFFECTED BY SUCH BREACH UNDER THIS AGREEMENT; PROVIDED THAT SUCH
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LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIMS BASED ON A PARTY’S (A) GROSS NEGLIGENCE, (B) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, (C) IMPROPER USE OR DISCLOSURE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION, (D) VIOLATIONS OF LAW, OR (E) INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A PERSON WHO IS NOT A PARTY HERETO OR A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF A PARTY HERETO.
4.2    DAMAGES. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TO THE EXTENT AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY UNDER ARTICLE X IS REQUIRED TO PAY ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, COLLATERAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A PARTY OR A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH A THIRD PARTY CLAIM, SUCH DAMAGES WILL CONSTITUTE DIRECT DAMAGES AND WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE V
FORCE MAJEURE
Neither Party shall be held liable for any delay or failure in performance of any part of this Agreement from any cause beyond its reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, embargoes, epidemics, war, terrorist acts, riots, insurrections, fires, explosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, nuclear accidents, floods, strikes, terrorism and power blackouts. Promptly following the occurrence of a condition described in this Article, the Party whose performance is prevented shall give written notice to the other Party, and the Parties shall promptly confer, in good faith, to agree upon equitable, reasonable action to minimize the impact, on both Parties, of such conditions.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES AND DEMANDS
6.1    Notices. Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement (including Schedule 1.1(a)), all notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by a nationally-recognized overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) or (iii) sent by electronic transmission (including email), provided that receipt of such electronic transmission is promptly
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confirmed by telephone), in each case to the Parties at the following addresses or email (or as shall be specified by like notice):
If to PROVIDING PARTY, to:
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
1701 Village Center Circle
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Email: mgravelle@fnf.com
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
If to RECEIVING PARTY, to:
F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.
801 Grand Ave. Suite 2600
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: Jodi.Ahlman@fglife.com
Attention: General Counsel & Secretary
Any notice, request, claim, demand or other communication given as provided above shall be deemed received by the receiving Party (i) upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) on the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by a nationally-recognized overnight courier; or (iii) upon confirmation of successful transmission if sent by email (provided that if given by email, such notice, request, claim, demand or other communication shall be followed up within one Business Day by dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein).
ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES
7.1    Remedies Upon Material Breach. In the event of material breach of any provision of this Agreement by a Party, the non-defaulting Party shall give the defaulting Party written notice thereof, and:
(a)    If such breach is for RECEIVING PARTY’s non-payment of an amount that is not in dispute, the defaulting Party shall cure the breach within thirty (30) calendar days of such notice and such amount not in dispute shall include an amount of interest equal to two and a half (2.5%) per annum above the “3-Month LIBOR Rate” as announced in the “Money Rates” section of the most recent edition of the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal on the day prior to the notice of non-payment being sent, which interest rate shall change as and when the “3-Month LIBOR Rate” changes. If the defaulting Party does not cure such breach by such date, then the defaulting Party shall pay the non-defaulting Party the undisputed amount, any interest that has accrued hereunder through the expiration of the cure period plus an additional amount of interest equal to four percent (4%) per annum above the “prime rate” as announced in the “Money Rates” section of the most recent edition of the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street
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Journal prior to the date of payment, which interest rate shall change as and when the “prime rate” changes. The Parties agree that this rate of interest constitutes reasonable liquidated damages and not an unenforceable penalty.
(b)    If such breach is for any other material failure to perform in accordance with this Agreement, the defaulting Party shall cure such breach within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such notice. If the defaulting Party does not cure such breach within such period, then the defaulting Party shall pay the non-defaulting Party all of the non-defaulting Party’s actual damages, subject to Article IV above.
7.2    Survival Upon Expiration or Termination. The provisions of Section 1.4 (Dispute Resolution), Section 2.4 (Return of Materials), Article IV (Limitation of Liability), Article VI (Notices and Demands), this Section 7.2, Article VIII (Confidentiality), Article X (Indemnification) and Article XI (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both Parties.
ARTICLE VIII
CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1    Confidential Information. Each Party shall use at least the same standard of care in the protection of Confidential Information of the other Party as it uses to protect its own confidential or proprietary information; provided that such Confidential Information shall be protected in at least a reasonable manner. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to each Party, “Confidential Information” includes all confidential or proprietary information and documentation of the other Party, including the terms of this Agreement, and all of the other Party’s software, data, financial information, all reports, exhibits and other documentation prepared by any of the other Party’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case, to the extent provided or made available under, or in furtherance of, this Agreement. Each Party shall use the Confidential Information of the other Party only in connection with the purposes of this Agreement and shall make such Confidential Information available only to its employees, subcontractors, or agents having a “need to know” with respect to such purpose. Each Party shall advise its respective employees, subcontractors, and agents of such Party’s obligations under this Agreement. The obligations in this Section 8.1 will not restrict disclosure by a Party of Confidential Information of the other Party pursuant to applicable law, or by order or request of any court or government agency; provided that prior to such disclosure the Party making such disclosure shall (at the other Party’s sole cost and expense), if legally permitted and reasonably practicable, (a) promptly give notice to the other Party, (b) cooperate with the other Party with respect to taking steps to respond to or narrow the scope of such order or request and (c) only provide such information as is required by law, court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of proper jurisdiction. Confidential Information of a Party will not be afforded the protection of this Article VIII if such Confidential Information was (A) developed by the other Party independently as shown by its written business records regularly kept, (B) rightfully obtained by the other Party without restriction from a third party, (C) publicly available other than through the fault or negligence of the other Party or (D) released by the Party that owns or has the rights to the Confidential Information without restriction to anyone.
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8.2    Work Product Privilege. RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY acknowledges that, in the course of providing Corporate Services or Transition Assistance pursuant to this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY may have access to (a) documents, data, databases or communications that are subject to attorney client privilege and/or (b) privileged work product prepared by or on behalf of the Affiliates of RECEIVING PARTY in anticipation of litigation with third parties (collectively, the “Privileged Work Product”) and RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY understands that all Privileged Work Product is protected from disclosure by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the equivalent rules and regulations under the law chosen to govern the construction of this Agreement. RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY understands the importance of maintaining the strict confidentiality of the Privileged Work Product to protect the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine and other privileges and rights associated with such Privileged Work Product pursuant to such Rule 26 and the equivalent rules and regulations under the law chosen to govern the construction of this Agreement. After PROVIDING PARTY is notified or otherwise becomes aware that documents, data, databases, or communications are Privileged Work Product, only PROVIDING PARTY personnel for whom such access is necessary for the purposes of providing Services to RECEIVING PARTY as provided in this Agreement shall have access to such Privileged Work Product. Should PROVIDING PARTY ever be notified of any judicial or other proceeding seeking to obtain access to Privileged Work Product, PROVIDING PARTY shall, if legally permitted and reasonably practicable, (A) promptly give notice to RECEIVING GROUP, (B) cooperate with RECEIVING PARTY in challenging the right to such access and (C) only provide such information as is required by a court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of proper jurisdiction. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay all of the costs and expenses incurred by PROVIDING PARTY in complying with the immediately preceding sentence. RECEIVING PARTY has the right and duty to represent PROVIDING PARTY in such challenge or to select and compensate counsel to so represent PROVIDING PARTY or to reimburse PROVIDING PARTY for reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses as such fees and expenses are incurred in challenging such access. If PROVIDING PARTY is ultimately required, pursuant to a court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, to produce documents, disclose data, or otherwise act in contravention of the confidentiality obligations imposed in this Article VIII, or otherwise with respect to maintaining the confidentiality, proprietary nature, and secrecy of Privileged Work Product, PROVIDING PARTY is not liable for breach of such obligation to the extent such liability does not result from failure of PROVIDING PARTY to abide by the terms of this Article VIII. All Privileged Work Product is the property of RECEIVING GROUP and will be deemed Confidential Information, except as specifically authorized in this Agreement or as shall be required by law.
8.3    Unauthorized Acts. Each Party shall (a) notify the other Party promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorized possession, use, or knowledge of the other Party’s Confidential Information by any Person, any attempt by any Person to gain possession of such Confidential Information without authorization or any attempt to use or acquire knowledge of any such Confidential Information without authorization (collectively, “Unauthorized Access”), (b) promptly furnish the other Party with reasonable detail of the Unauthorized Access and use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the other Party in investigating or preventing the
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reoccurrence of any Unauthorized Access, (c) cooperate with the other Party in any litigation and investigation against third parties deemed necessary by such Party to protect its proprietary rights, and (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent a reoccurrence of any such Unauthorized Access.
8.4    Publicity. Except as required by law or national stock exchange rule, neither Party shall issue any press release, distribute any advertising, or make any public announcement or disclosure (a) identifying the other Party by name, trademark or otherwise or (b) concerning this Agreement without the other Party’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in the event either Party is required to issue a press release relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, by the laws or regulations of any governmental authority, agency or self-regulatory agency, such Party shall, to the extent legally permissible and reasonably practicable, (A) give notice and a copy of the proposed press release to the other Party as far in advance as reasonably possible and (B) make any changes to such press release reasonably requested by the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RECEIVING GROUP shall be permitted under this Agreement to communicate the existence of the business relationship contemplated by the terms of this Agreement internally within PROVIDING PARTY’s organization and orally and in writing communicate PROVIDING PARTY’s identity as a reference with potential and existing customers.
8.5    Data Privacy. (a) Where, in connection with this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY processes or stores information about a living individual that is held in automatically processable form (for example in a computerized database) or in a structured manual filing system (“Personal Data”), on behalf of RECEIVING GROUP or its clients, then PROVIDING PARTY shall implement appropriate measures to protect those personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and shall use such data solely for purposes of carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)    RECEIVING GROUP may, in connection with this Agreement, collect Personal Data in relation to PROVIDING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and other officers involved in providing Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder. Such Personal Data may be collected from PROVIDING PARTY, its employees, its directors, its officers, or from other (for example, published) sources; and some limited personal data may be collected indirectly at RECEIVING GROUP’s locations from monitoring devices or by other means (e.g., telephone logs, closed circuit TV and door entry systems). Nothing in this Section 8.5(b) obligates PROVIDING PARTY or PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors or officers to provide Personal Data requested by RECEIVING PARTY. RECEIVING GROUP may use and disclose any such data disclosed by PROVIDING PARTY solely for purposes connected with this Agreement and for the relevant purposes specified in the data privacy policy of RECEIVING GROUP or any Affiliate of RECEIVING GROUP (a copy of which is available on request). RECEIVING PARTY will maintain the same level of protection for Personal Data collected from PROVIDING PARTY (and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and officers, as appropriate) as RECEIVING PARTY maintains with its own Personal Data, and will implement appropriate administrative, physical and technical measures to protect the personal data collected from PROVIDING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and
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other officers against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alternation, unauthorized disclosure or access.
ARTICLE IX
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDING PARTY HAS NOT MADE AND DOES NOT HEREBY MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED OF THE CONTINUING BUSINESS. ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED OF THE CONTINUING BUSINESS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED BY PROVIDING PARTY.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
10.1    Indemnification.
(a)    Subject to Article IV, RECEIVING PARTY will indemnify, defend and hold harmless PROVIDING PARTY, each Subsidiary and Affiliate of PROVIDING PARTY, each of their respective past and present directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants and attorneys (“Representatives”), and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “PROVIDING PARTY Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Damages (as defined below) incurred or suffered by the PROVIDING PARTY Indemnified Parties arising or resulting from the provision of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder, which Damages shall be reduced to the extent of:
(i)    Damages caused or contributed to by PROVIDING PARTY’s improper use or disclosure of the RECEIVING GROUP’s customer information, negligence, willful misconduct or violation or law; or
(ii)    Damages caused or contributed to by a breach of this Agreement by PROVIDING PARTY.
Damages” means, subject to Article IV hereof, all losses, claims, demands, damages, liabilities, judgments, dues, penalties, assessments, fines (civil, criminal or administrative), costs, liens, forfeitures, settlements, fees or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, prosecuting or defending a claim or action).
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(b)    Except as set forth in this Section 10.1(b), PROVIDING PARTY will have no liability to RECEIVING PARTY for or in connection with any of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance rendered hereunder or for any actions or omissions of PROVIDING PARTY in connection with the provision of any Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder. Subject to the provisions hereof and subject to Article IV, PROVIDING PARTY will indemnify, defend and hold harmless RECEIVING PARTY, each Subsidiary and Affiliate of RECEIVING PARTY, each of their respective past and present Representatives, and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “RECEIVING PARTY Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Damages incurred or suffered by the RECEIVING PARTY Indemnified Parties arising or resulting from either of the following:
(i)    any claim that PROVIDING PARTY’s use of the software or other intellectual property used to provide the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, or any results and proceeds of such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any United States patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights; provided, that such intellectual property indemnity shall not apply to the extent that any such claim arises out of any modification to such software or other intellectual property made by RECEIVING PARTY without PROVIDING PARTY’s authorization or participation, or
(ii)    PROVIDING PARTY’s (A) gross negligence, (B) willful misconduct, (C) improper use or disclosure of the RECEIVING GROUP’s customer information or (D) violations of law;
provided, that in each of the cases described in subclauses (i) through (ii) above, the amount of Damages incurred or sustained by RECEIVING PARTY shall be reduced to the extent such Damages shall have been caused or contributed to by any action or omission of RECEIVING PARTY in amounts equal to RECEIVING PARTY’s equitable share of such Damages determined in accordance with its relative culpability for such Damages or the relative fault of RECEIVING GROUP.
10.2    Indemnification Procedures.
(a)    Claim Notice. A Party that seeks indemnity under this Article X (an “Indemnified Party”) will give written notice (a “Claim Notice”) to the Party from whom indemnification is sought (an “Indemnifying Party”), whether the Damages sought arise from matters solely between the Parties or from Third Party Claims. The Claim Notice must contain a description and, if known, estimated amount (the “Claimed Amount”) of any Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified Party, (ii) a reasonable explanation of the basis for the Claim Notice to the extent of facts then known by the Indemnified Party, and (iii) a demand for payment of those Damages. No delay or deficiency on the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability for Damages or obligations hereunder except to the extent of any Damages caused by or arising out of such failure.
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(b)    Response to Notice of Claim. Within thirty (30) days after delivery of a Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party will deliver to the Indemnified Party a written response in which the Indemnifying Party will either: (i) agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount, in which case, the Indemnifying Party will pay the Claimed Amount in accordance with a payment and distribution method reasonably acceptable to the Parties; or (ii) dispute that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all or any portion of the Claimed Amount, in which case, the Parties will resort to the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 1.4.
(c)    Contested Claims. In the event that the Indemnifying Party disputes the Claimed Amount, as soon as practicable but in no event later than ten (10) days after the receipt of the written response referenced in Section 10.2(b)(ii) hereof, the Parties will begin the process to resolve the matter in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions of Section 1.4 hereof. Upon ultimate resolution thereof, the Parties will take such actions as are reasonably necessary to comply with such agreement or instructions.
(d)    Third Party Claims.
(i)    In the event that the Indemnified Party receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion by a Person who is not a Party hereto or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Party hereto of any claim or the commencement of any action (a “Third-Party Claim”) with respect to which the Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification under this Article X, the Indemnified Party will give written notification to the Indemnifying Party of the Third-Party Claim. Such notification will be given within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such Third-Party Claim, will be accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation submitted by such third party (to the extent then in the possession of the Indemnified Party) and will describe in reasonable detail (to the extent known by the Indemnified Party) the facts constituting the basis for such Third-Party Claim and the amount of the claimed Damages; provided, however, that no delay or deficiency on the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability for Damages or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any Damages caused by or arising out of such failure. Within twenty (20) days after delivery of such notification, the Indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party, assume control of the defense of such Third- Party Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. During any period in which the Indemnifying Party has not so assumed control of such defense, the Indemnified Party will control such defense.
(ii)    The Party not controlling such defense (the “Non-controlling Party”) may participate therein at its own expense.
(iii)    The Party controlling such defense (the “Controlling Party”) will keep the Non-controlling Party reasonably advised of the status of such Third- Party Claim and the defense thereof and will consider in good faith
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recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling Party will furnish the Controlling Party with such Information as it may have with respect to such Third-Party Claim (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which may have been served on such Party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and will otherwise cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third-Party Claim.
(iv)    The Indemnifying Party will not agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the consent of the Indemnified Party will not be required if (A) the Indemnifying Party agrees in writing to pay any amounts payable pursuant to such settlement or judgment, and (B) such settlement or judgment includes a full, complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from further liability. The Indemnified Party will not agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1    Relationship of the Parties. The Parties declare and agree that each Party is engaged in a business that is independent from that of the other Party and each Party shall perform its obligations as an independent contractor. It is expressly understood and agreed that RECEIVING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY are not partners, and nothing contained herein is intended to create an agency relationship or a partnership or joint venture with respect to the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance. Neither Party is an agent of the other and neither Party has any authority to represent or bind the other Party as to any matters, except as authorized herein or in writing by such other Party from time to time.
11.2    Employees. (a) As between the Parties, PROVIDING PARTY shall be solely responsible for payment of compensation to its employees and for its Subsidiaries’ employees and for any injury to them in the course of their employment. PROVIDING PARTY shall assume full responsibility for payment of all federal, state and local taxes or contributions imposed or required under unemployment insurance, social security and income tax laws with respect to such Persons.
(b)    As between the Parties, RECEIVING PARTY shall be solely responsible for payment of compensation to its employees and for its Subsidiaries’ employees and for any injury to them in the course of their employment. RECEIVING PARTY shall assume full responsibility for payment of all federal, state and local taxes or contributions imposed or required under unemployment insurance, social security and income tax laws with respect to such Persons.
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11.3    Assignment. Neither Party may assign, transfer or convey any right, obligation or duty, in whole or in part, or of any other interest under this Agreement relating to such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance without the prior written consent of the other Party, including any assignment, transfer or conveyance in connection with a sale of an asset to which one or more of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance relate. All obligations and duties of a Party under this Agreement shall be binding on all successors in interest and permitted assigns of such Party. Each Party may use its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or subcontractors to perform the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance; provided that such use shall not relieve such assigning Party of liability for its responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
11.4    Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall for any reason be held to be unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, such unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein.
11.5    Third Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Parties and their Affiliates and not for any other Person. However, should any third party institute proceedings, this Agreement shall not provide any such Person with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action, or other right.
11.6    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO SUCH STATE’S LAWS AND PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE CONFLICT OF LAWS. Subject to Section 1.4, if any Dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by another provision of this Agreement, the Parties irrevocably (a) consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of federal and state courts located in Jacksonville, Florida, (b) waive any objection to that choice of forum based on venue or to the effect that the forum is not convenient and (c) WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL OR ADJUDICATION BY JURY.
11.7    Executed in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same document.
11.8    Construction. The headings and numbering of articles, Sections and paragraphs in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be construed to define or limit any of the terms or affect the scope, meaning, or interpretation of this Agreement or the particular Article or Section to which they relate. This Agreement and the provisions contained herein shall not be construed or interpreted for or against any Party because that Party drafted or caused its legal representative to draft any of its provisions.
11.9    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all attachments, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements, representations, statements, negotiations, understandings, proposals and undertakings, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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11.10    Amendments and Waivers.
(a)    The Parties may amend this Agreement only by a written agreement signed by each Party and that identifies itself as an amendment to this Agreement. No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement and no consent to any default under this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Party against whom such waiver or consent is claimed. No course of dealing or failure of any Party to strictly enforce any term, right or condition of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such term, right or condition. Waiver by either Party of any default by the other Party shall not be deemed a waiver of any other default.
11.11    Remedies Cumulative. Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, all rights of termination or cancellation, or other remedies set forth in this Agreement, are cumulative and are not intended to be exclusive of other remedies to which the injured Party may be entitled by law or equity in case of any breach or threatened breach by the other Party of any provision in this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, use of one or more remedies shall not bar use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing any provision of this Agreement.
11.12    Taxes. All charges and fees to be paid to PROVIDING PARTY under this Agreement are exclusive of any applicable taxes required by law to be collected from RECEIVING PARTY (including, without limitation, withholding, sales, use, excise, or services tax, which may be assessed on the provision of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance). In the event that a withholding, sales, use, excise, or services tax is assessed on the provision of any of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance under this Agreement, RECEIVING PARTY will pay directly, reimburse or indemnify PROVIDING PARTY for such tax, plus any applicable interest and penalties. The Parties will cooperate with each other in determining the extent to which any tax is due and owing under the circumstances, and shall provide and make available to each other any resale certificate, information regarding out-of-state use of materials, services or sale, and other exemption certificates or information reasonably requested by either Party.
11.13    Changes in Law. PROVIDING PARTY’s obligations to provide Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder are to provide such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance in accordance with applicable laws as in effect on the date of this Agreement. Each Party reserves the right to take all actions in order to ensure that the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance are provided in accordance with any applicable laws.
11.14    Effectiveness. Notwithstanding the date hereof, this Agreement shall become effective as of the Effective Time.
[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, acting through their authorized officers, have caused this Corporate Services Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
PROVIDING PARTY:
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
By:/s/ Michael L. Gravelle
Name:Michael L. Gravelle
Title:
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
[Signature Page – Corporate Services Agreement]


RECEIVING PARTY:
F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC.
By:/s/ Jodi Ahlman
Name:Jodi Ahlman
Title:General Counsel & Secretary
[Signature Page – Corporate Services Agreement]
Document
Exhibit 10.3
REVERSE CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT
(F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.)
This Reverse Corporate Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 30, 2022, by and between F&G Annuities & Life, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company (“F&G” or “PROVIDING PARTY”) and Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FNF” or “RECEIVING PARTY”). F&G and FNF shall be referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.
WHEREAS, FNF and F&G have entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, FNF shall distribute certain of the FNF Owned F&G Shares (as defined therein) to the holders of FNF common stock;
WHEREAS, following the Effective Time (as defined in the Separation Agreement), FNF will no longer hold, directly or indirectly, the FNF Owned F&G Shares distributed to the holders of FNF Common Stock;
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement, the Parties wish to enter into this Agreement for the provision of certain corporate services by F&G and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to RECEIVING GROUP (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Separation Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE SERVICES
1.1    Corporate Services. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions for the provision by PROVIDING PARTY to RECEIVING GROUP (as defined below) of various corporate services and products, as more fully described below and in Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto (the Scheduled Services, the Omitted Services, the Resumed Services and Special Projects (each as defined below), collectively, the “Corporate Services”).
(a)    Scheduled Services. PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined below), and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP all services set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) (the “Scheduled Services”) on and after the Effective Time. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay fees to PROVIDING PARTY for providing the Scheduled Services or causing the Scheduled



Services to be provided to a member of RECEIVING GROUP as set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) and in accordance with Section 3.1. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Subsidiary” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting rights or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body or, if there are no such voting interests, more than 50% of the equity interests of which is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person (provided that, for all purposes under this Agreement, when and with respect to the RECEIVING PARTY, “Subsidiary” shall not include F&G or any of its Subsidiaries); an “Affiliate” of any Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person (provided that, for all purposes under this Agreement, when and with respect to the PROVIDING PARTY, “Affiliate” shall not include FNF or any of its Subsidiaries); a “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity; and “RECEIVING GROUP” means RECEIVING PARTY and its Subsidiaries (including any other Persons when they become Subsidiaries of RECEIVING PARTY), subject to the exception set forth in Section 2.1.
(b)    Omitted Services. PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP all services that PROVIDING PARTY was performing for the business on or before the Effective Time that pertain to and are a part of Scheduled Services under Section 1.1(a), which are not expressly included in the list of Scheduled Services in Schedule 1.1(a), but are required to conduct the business (the “Omitted Services”), unless RECEIVING PARTY consents in writing to the termination of such services. Such Omitted Services shall be added to Schedule 1.1(a) and thereby become Scheduled Services, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time by the Parties. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay to PROVIDING PARTY for providing the Omitted Services (or causing the Omitted Services to be provided) hereunder fees as set forth in Section 3.1; provided, that payment of such fees by RECEIVING PARTY for the Omitted Services provided hereunder shall be retroactive to the first day such services are provided, but in no event shall RECEIVING PARTY be required to pay for any Omitted Services provided hereunder by PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates prior to the Effective Time.
(c)    Resumed Services. At RECEIVING PARTY’s written request, PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or cause to be provided to RECEIVING GROUP any Scheduled Service that has been terminated at RECEIVING PARTY’s request pursuant to Section 2.2(b) (the “Resumed Services”); provided, that PROVIDING PARTY shall have no obligation to provide a Resumed Service if providing such Resumed Service will have a material adverse impact on the other Corporate Services or the Transition Assistance (as defined below). Schedule 1.1(a) shall from time to time be amended to reflect the resumption of a Resumed Service and the Resumed Service shall be set forth thereon as a Scheduled Service.
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(d)    Special Projects. At RECEIVING PARTY’s written request, PROVIDING PARTY, through its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and their respective employees, agents or contractors, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide additional corporate services that are not described in Schedule 1.1(a) and that are neither Omitted Services nor Resumed Services (“Special Projects”). RECEIVING PARTY shall submit a written request to PROVIDING PARTY specifying the nature of the Special Project and requesting an estimate of the costs applicable for such Special Project and the expected time frame for completion. PROVIDING PARTY shall respond promptly to such written request, but in no event later than twenty (20) days, with a written estimate of the cost of providing such Special Project and the expected time frame for completion (the “Cost Estimate”). If RECEIVING PARTY provides written approval of the Cost Estimate within ten (10) days after PROVIDING PARTY delivers the Cost Estimate, then within a commercially reasonable time after receipt of such written approval, PROVIDING PARTY shall begin providing the Special Project; provided, that PROVIDING PARTY shall have no obligation to provide a Special Project where, in its reasonable discretion and prior to providing the Cost Estimate, it has determined and notified RECEIVING PARTY in writing that (i) it would not be feasible to provide such Special Project, given reasonable priority to other demands on its resources and capacity both under this Agreement or otherwise or (ii) it lacks the experience or qualifications to provide such Special Project.
1.2    Provision of Corporate Services; Excused Performance.
All obligations of PROVIDING PARTY with respect to any one or more individual Corporate Services or Transition Assistance under this Agreement shall be excused to the extent and only for so long as a failure by PROVIDING PARTY with respect thereto is directly attributable to and caused specifically by a failure by RECEIVING GROUP to meet its obligations (including any performance) under that certain Corporate Services Agreement, by and between FNF and PROVIDING PARTY, dated as of the date hereof, as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
1.3    Third Party Vendors; Consents.
(a)    Third Party Consents. PROVIDING PARTY shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep and maintain in effect its relationships with its licensors, vendors and service providers that are integral to the provision of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance. PROVIDING PARTY shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure any waivers, permits, consents or sublicenses required by third party licensors, vendors or service providers under existing agreements with such third parties in order to provide any Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder (“Third Party Consents”). In the event that PROVIDING PARTY is unable to procure such Third Party Consents on commercially reasonable terms, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to promptly so notify RECEIVING PARTY, and to assist RECEIVING PARTY with the transition to another licensor, vendor or service provider. If, after the Effective Time, any one or more licensors, vendors or service providers (i) terminates its contractual relationship with PROVIDING PARTY or ceases to provide the products or services associated with the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance or (ii)
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notifies PROVIDING PARTY of its desire or plan to terminate its contractual relationship with PROVIDING PARTY, then, in either case, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to so notify RECEIVING PARTY, and to assist RECEIVING PARTY with the transition to another licensor, vendor or service provider so that RECEIVING PARTY may continue to receive similar products and services.
(b)    No Transfer of Software. PROVIDING PARTY shall not be required to transfer or assign to RECEIVING PARTY any third party software licenses or any hardware owned by PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the provision of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance or at the conclusion of the Term (as defined below).
1.4    Dispute Resolution.
(a)    Amicable Resolution. PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY mutually desire that friendly collaboration will continue between them. Accordingly, they will try to resolve in an amicable manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendments hereto. In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement (a “Dispute”) between PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the standards of performance, delay of performance or non-performance of obligations, or payment or non-payment of fees hereunder), then the Dispute, upon written request of either Party, will be referred for resolution to the president (or similar position) of the division implicated by the matter for each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY, which presidents will have fifteen (15) days to resolve such Dispute. If the presidents of the relevant divisions for each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY do not agree to a resolution of such Dispute within fifteen (15) days after the reference of the matter to them, such presidents of the relevant divisions will refer such matter to the president of each of PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY for final resolution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.4, any amendment to the terms of this Agreement may only be effected in accordance with Section 11.10.
(b)    Arbitration. In the event that the Dispute is not resolved in a friendly manner as set forth in Section 1.4(a), either Party involved in the Dispute may submit the dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to this Section 1.4(b). All Disputes submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section 1.4(b) shall be resolved in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, unless the Parties involved mutually agree to utilize an alternate set of rules, in which event all references herein to the American Arbitration Association shall be deemed modified accordingly. Expedited rules shall apply regardless of the amount at issue. Arbitration proceedings hereunder may be initiated by either Party making a written request to the American Arbitration Association, together with any appropriate filing fee, at the office of the American Arbitration Association in Orlando, Florida. All arbitration proceedings shall be held in the city of Jacksonville, Florida in a location to be specified by the arbitrators (or any place agreed to by the Parties and the arbitrators). The arbitration shall be by a single qualified arbitrator experienced in the matters at issue, such arbitrator to be mutually
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agreed upon by PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY. If PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY fail to agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after notice of commencement of arbitration, the American Arbitration Association shall, upon the request of either Party to the Dispute, appoint the arbitrator. Any order or determination of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the Parties to the arbitration as to matters submitted and may be enforced by either Party to the Dispute in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or over either Party. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such arbitration proceeding (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) shall be borne by the Party incurring such costs. The use of any alternative dispute resolution procedures hereunder will not be construed under the doctrines of laches, waiver or estoppel to affect adversely the rights of either Party.
(c)    Non-Exclusive Remedy. Nothing in this Section 1.4 will prevent either PROVIDING PARTY or RECEIVING PARTY from immediately seeking injunctive or interim relief in the event (i) of any actual or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Article VIII or (ii) that the Dispute relates to, or involves a claim of, actual or threatened infringement of intellectual property. All such actions for injunctive or interim relief shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with Section 11.6. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement, and further remedies may be pursued in accordance with Section 1.4(a) and Section 1.4(b) above.
(d)    Commencement of Dispute Resolution Procedure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY and RECEIVING PARTY, but none of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, are entitled to commence a dispute resolution procedure under this Agreement, whether pursuant to this Section 1.4 or otherwise, and each Party will cause its respective Affiliates not to commence any dispute resolution procedure other than through such Party as provided in this Section 1.4(d).
(e)    Compensation. RECEIVING PARTY shall continue to make all payments due and owing under Article III for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance not the subject of a Dispute and shall not off-set such fees by the amount of fees for Corporate Services or Transition Assistance that are the subject of the Dispute.
1.5    Standard of Services.
(a)    General Standard. PROVIDING PARTY shall perform the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance for RECEIVING GROUP in a professional, timely and competent manner, using standards of performance consistent with its performance of such services for itself during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Effective Time.
(b)    Disaster Recovery. During the Term, PROVIDING PARTY shall maintain a disaster recovery program for the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance substantially consistent with the disaster recovery program in place for such Corporate Services and Transition Assistance as of the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, the disaster recovery program maintained by PROVIDING PARTY will not include a business continuity program.
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(c)    Shortfall in Services. If RECEIVING PARTY provides PROVIDING PARTY with written notice (“Shortfall Notice”) setting forth in reasonable detail the occurrence of any Significant Service Shortfall (as defined below), as determined by RECEIVING PARTY in good faith, PROVIDING PARTY shall rectify such Significant Service Shortfall as soon as reasonably practicable. For purposes of this Section 1.5(c), a “Significant Service Shortfall” shall be deemed to have occurred if the timing or quality of performance of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance provided by PROVIDING PARTY hereunder falls below the standard required by Section 1.5(a) hereof; provided that PROVIDING PARTY’s obligations under this Agreement shall be relieved to the extent, and for the duration of, any force majeure event as set forth in Article V.
1.6    Response Time. PROVIDING PARTY shall respond to and resolve any problems in connection with the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance for RECEIVING GROUP within a commercially reasonable period of time, using response and proposed resolution times consistent with its response and resolution of such problems for itself.
1.7    Ownership of Materials; Results and Proceeds. All data and information submitted to PROVIDING PARTY by RECEIVING GROUP, in connection with the Corporate Services or the Transition Assistance (the “RECEIVING GROUP Data”), and all results and proceeds of the Corporate Services and the Transition Assistance with regard to the RECEIVING GROUP Data, is and will remain, as between the Parties, the property of RECEIVING GROUP and subject to the provisions of Article VIII.
ARTICLE II
TERM AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
2.1    Term. The term (the “Term”) of this Agreement shall commence as of the date hereof and shall continue until the earliest of:
(i)    the date on which the last of the Corporate Services under this Agreement is terminated,
(ii)    the date on which the last of the Transition Assistance under this Agreement is terminated, and
(iii)    the date on which this Agreement is terminated by mutual agreement of the Parties,
whichever is earlier (in any case, the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that, with respect to any Person that ceases to be a member of the RECEIVING GROUP prior to the Termination Date, subject to Section 7.2, the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such Person shall terminate effective as of the date that such Person ceases to be a member of RECEIVING GROUP.
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2.2    Termination.
(a)    Thirty (30) Day Extension. If (i) RECEIVING GROUP is not able to complete its transition of the Corporate Services or (ii) the Transition Assistance is not completed, in either case, by the Termination Date, then upon written notice provided to PROVIDING PARTY at least thirty (30) days prior to the Termination Date, RECEIVING PARTY shall have the right to request and cause PROVIDING PARTY to provide up to thirty (30) days of additional Corporate Services and/or Transition Assistance, as applicable, to RECEIVING GROUP; provided, that RECEIVING PARTY shall pay for all such additional Corporate Services and/or Transition Assistance, as applicable, in accordance with this Agreement.
(b)    Early Termination. If RECEIVING PARTY wishes to terminate a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or a portion thereof) on a date that is earlier than the Termination Date, RECEIVING PARTY shall provide written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to PROVIDING PARTY of a proposed termination date for such Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or portion thereof), at least ninety (90) days prior to such proposed termination date. Within ten (10) days of the date on which the Termination Notice was received, then, effective on the termination date proposed by RECEIVING PARTY in its Termination Notice, such Corporate Service or Transition Assistance (or portion thereof) shall be discontinued (thereafter, a “Discontinued Service”) and deemed deleted from the Scheduled Services to be provided hereunder and thereafter, this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect with respect to the Discontinued Service (or portion thereof), except as to obligations accrued prior to the date of discontinuation of such Corporate Service (or portion thereof). Upon the occurrence of any Discontinued Service, the Parties shall promptly update Schedule 1.1(a) to reflect the discontinuation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time that employees of PROVIDING PARTY or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates are transferred to a department within RECEIVING GROUP or its Affiliates (an “Employee Shift”), a proportional portion of the relevant Corporate Service or Transition Assistance shall be deemed automatically terminated. If a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance, or portion thereof, is terminated as a result of an Employee Shift, then such termination shall take effect as of the date of the Employee Shift.
(c)    Termination of All Services. If all Corporate Services and Transition Services shall have been terminated under this Section 2.2 prior to the expiration of the Term, then either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party, which termination shall be effective upon delivery as provided in Section 6.1.
2.3    Transition Assistance. In preparation for the discontinuation of any Corporate Service provided under this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY shall, consistent with its obligations to provide Corporate Services hereunder and with the cooperation and assistance of RECEIVING GROUP, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such knowledge transfer services and to take such steps as are reasonably required in order to facilitate a smooth and efficient transition and/or migration of records to RECEIVING PARTY or its Affiliates (or at RECEIVING PARTY’s direction, to a third party) and responsibilities so as to minimize any
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disruption of services (“Transition Assistance”). RECEIVING GROUP shall cooperate with PROVIDING PARTY to allow PROVIDING PARTY to complete the Transition Assistance as early as is commercially reasonable to do so. Fees for any Transition Assistance shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.1.
2.4    Return of Materials. As a Corporate Service or Transition Assistance is terminated, each Party will return all materials and property owned by the other Party, including, without limitation, all RECEIVING GROUP Data, if any, and materials and property of a proprietary nature involving a Party or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates relevant to the provision or receipt of that Corporate Service or Transition Assistance and no longer needed regarding the performance of other Corporate Services or other Transition Assistance under this Agreement, and will do so (and will cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to do so) within thirty (30) days after the applicable termination. Upon the end of the Term, each Party will return all material and property of a proprietary nature involving the other Party or its Subsidiaries, in its possession or control (or the possession or control of an Affiliate as a result of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance provided hereunder) within thirty (30) days after the end of the Term. In addition, upon RECEIVING PARTY’s request, PROVIDING PARTY agrees to provide to RECEIVING PARTY copies of RECEIVING GROUP’s Data, files and records on magnetic media, or such other media as the Parties shall agree upon, to the extent practicable. PROVIDING PARTY may retain archival copies of RECEIVING GROUP’s Data, files and records and all such Data, files and records so retained shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
COMPENSATION AND PAYMENTS
3.1    Compensation for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance.
(a)    In accordance with the payment terms described in Section 3.2 below, RECEIVING GROUP agrees to timely pay PROVIDING PARTY, as compensation for the Corporate Services and the Transition Assistance provided hereunder, fees in an amount equal to PROVIDING PARTY’s cost of such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, as the case may be, plus the cost of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the provision of such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance. In the case of employee costs, such fees shall include a ten percent (10%) markup in lieu of PROVIDING PARTY being reimbursed for employee expenses.
(b)    Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that RECEIVING PARTY is also obligated to pay, or reimburse PROVIDING PARTY for its payment of, all Out of Pocket Costs (as defined below); provided, however, that the incurrence of any liability by RECEIVING GROUP for any Out of Pocket Cost (as defined below) that requires the payment by RECEIVING GROUP of more than $10,000, on an annualized basis, shall require the subsequent approval of the chief financial officer of RECEIVING PARTY (or his/her designee) after his/her receipt of the Monthly Summary Statement (as defined in Section 3.2) provided to RECEIVING PARTY for the calendar month in which the Out of Pocket Cost was incurred or paid by PROVIDING PARTY on behalf of RECEIVING PARTY. PROVIDING PARTY shall
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use commercially reasonable efforts to not incur Out of Pocket Costs that are inconsistent with the type of Out of Pocket Costs incurred under past practices with the applicable Scheduled Service. If (x) PROVIDING PARTY has not obtained the prior approval of the chief financial officer of RECEIVING GROUP before incurring or paying any Out of Pocket Cost that exceeds $10,000 on an annualized basis, and (y) after receiving and reviewing the applicable Monthly Summary Statement, the chief financial officer of RECEIVING PARTY (or his/her designee) has not expressly approved the Out of Pocket Cost in question, then RECEIVING PARTY shall be entitled to dispute the Out of Pocket Cost until the close of the next audit cycle, provided that if PROVIDING PARTY disagrees with RECEIVING PARTY's dispute of the Out of Pocket Cost, then PROVIDING PARTY shall be entitled to exercise its rights under the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Section 1.4. For purposes hereof, the term “Out of Pocket Costs” means all fees, costs or other expenses paid by PROVIDING PARTY to third parties that are not Affiliates of PROVIDING PARTY in connection with the Corporate Services provided hereunder; and the term “Out of Pocket Cost” means any Out of Pocket Cost incurred after the Effective Time that is not a continuation of services provided to RECEIVING GROUP in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and for which RECEIVING GROUP had paid or reimbursed a portion thereof prior to the Effective Time.
3.2    Payment Terms; Monthly Summary Statements. Within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, PROVIDING PARTY shall prepare and deliver to the chief financial officer (or his designee) of RECEIVING PARTY a monthly summary statement (each a “Monthly Summary Statement”) setting forth all of the costs owing by the RECEIVING PARTY to the PROVIDING PARTY, including all fees for Corporate Services and Transition Assistance, as calculated in accordance with Section 3.1, and such other information as RECEIVING PARTY may reasonably request. The specific form of the Monthly Summary Statement shall be as agreed to between the Parties from time to time, acting with commercial reasonableness.
3.3    Audit Rights. Upon reasonable advance notice from RECEIVING PARTY, PROVIDING PARTY shall permit RECEIVING PARTY to perform annual audits of PROVIDING PARTY’s records only with respect to fees invoiced and Out of Pocket Costs invoiced pursuant to this Article III. Such audits shall be conducted during PROVIDING PARTY’s regular office hours and without disruption to PROVIDING PARTY’s business operations and shall be performed at RECEIVING PARTY’s sole expense.
ARTICLE IV
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
4.1    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR A CLAIM ASSERTED BY THE OTHER PARTY BASED ON BREACH OF ANY COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERTAKING REQUIRED BY THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE FEES PAYABLE BY RECEIVING PARTY TO PROVIDING PARTY DURING THE TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD PRECEDING THE BREACH FOR THE PARTICULAR CORPORATE SERVICE OR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE AFFECTED BY SUCH BREACH UNDER THIS AGREEMENT; PROVIDED THAT SUCH
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LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIMS BASED ON A PARTY’S (A) GROSS NEGLIGENCE, (B) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, (C) IMPROPER USE OR DISCLOSURE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION, (D) VIOLATIONS OF LAW, OR (E) INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A PERSON WHO IS NOT A PARTY HERETO OR A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF A PARTY HERETO.
4.2    DAMAGES. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TO THE EXTENT AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY UNDER ARTICLE X IS REQUIRED TO PAY ANY SPECIAL,INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, COLLATERAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A PARTY OR A SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH A THIRD PARTY CLAIM, SUCH DAMAGES WILL CONSTITUTE DIRECT DAMAGES AND WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE V
FORCE MAJEURE
Neither Party shall be held liable for any delay or failure in performance of any part of this Agreement from any cause beyond its reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, embargoes, epidemics, war, terrorist acts, riots, insurrections, fires, explosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, nuclear accidents, floods, strikes, terrorism and power blackouts. Promptly following the occurrence of a condition described in this Article, the Party whose performance is prevented shall give written notice to the other Party, and the Parties shall promptly confer, in good faith, to agree upon equitable, reasonable action to minimize the impact, on both Parties, of such conditions.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES AND DEMANDS
6.1    Notices. Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement (including Schedule 1.1(a)), all notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by a nationally-recognized overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) or (iii) sent by electronic transmission (including email), provided that receipt of such electronic transmission is promptly
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confirmed by telephone), in each case to the Parties at the following addresses or email (or as shall be specified by like notice):
If to PROVIDING PARTY, to:
F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.
801 Grand Ave. Suite 2600
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: Jodi.Ahlman@fglife.com
Attention: General Counsel & Secretary
If to RECEIVING PARTY, to:
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
1701 Village Center Circle
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
Email: mgravelle@fnf.com
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
    Any notice, request, claim, demand or other communication given as provided above shall be deemed received by the receiving Party (i) upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) on the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by a nationally-recognized overnight courier; or (iii) upon confirmation of successful transmission if sent by email (provided that if given by email, such notice, request, claim, demand or other communication shall be followed up within one Business Day by dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein).
ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES
7.1    Remedies Upon Material Breach. In the event of material breach of any provision of this Agreement by a Party, the non-defaulting Party shall give the defaulting Party written notice thereof, and:
(a)    If such breach is for RECEIVING PARTY’s non-payment of an amount that is not in dispute, the defaulting Party shall cure the breach within thirty (30) calendar days of such notice and such amount not in dispute shall include an amount of interest equal to two and a half (2.5%) per annum above the “3-Month LIBOR Rate” as announced in the “Money Rates” section of the most recent edition of the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal on the day prior to the notice of non-payment being sent, which interest rate shall change as and when the “3-Month LIBOR Rate” changes. If the defaulting Party does not cure such breach by such date, then the defaulting Party shall pay the non-defaulting Party the undisputed amount, any interest that has accrued hereunder through the expiration of the cure period plus an additional amount of
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interest equal to four percent (4%) per annum above the “prime rate” as announced in the “Money Rates” section of the most recent edition of the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal prior to the date of payment, which interest rate shall change as and when the “prime rate” changes. The Parties agree that this rate of interest constitutes reasonable liquidated damages and not an unenforceable penalty.
(b)    If such breach is for any other material failure to perform in accordance with this Agreement, the defaulting Party shall cure such breach within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such notice. If the defaulting Party does not cure such breach within such period, then the defaulting Party shall pay the non-defaulting Party all of the non-defaulting Party’s actual damages, subject to Article IV above.
7.2    Survival Upon Expiration or Termination. The provisions of Section 1.4 (Dispute Resolution), Section 2.4 (Return of Materials), Article IV (Limitation of Liability), Article VI (Notices and Demands), this Section 7.2, Article VIII (Confidentiality), Article X (Indemnification) and Article XI (Miscellaneous) shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both Parties.
ARTICLE VIII
CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1    Confidential Information. Each Party shall use at least the same standard of care in the protection of Confidential Information of the other Party as it uses to protect its own confidential or proprietary information; provided that such Confidential Information shall be protected in at least a reasonable manner. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to each Party, “Confidential Information” includes all confidential or proprietary information and documentation of the other Party, including the terms of this Agreement, and all of the other Party’s software, data, financial information all reports, exhibits and other documentation prepared by any of the other Party’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case, to the extent provided or made available under, or in furtherance of, this Agreement. Each Party shall use the Confidential Information of the other Party only in connection with the purposes of this Agreement and shall make such Confidential Information available only to its employees, subcontractors, or agents having a “need to know” with respect to such purpose. Each Party shall advise its respective employees, subcontractors, and agents of such Party’s obligations under this Agreement. The obligations in this Section 8.1 will not restrict disclosure by a Party of Confidential Information of the other Party pursuant to applicable law, or by order or request of any court or government agency; provided that prior to such disclosure the Party making such disclosure shall (at the other Party’s sole cost and expense), if legally permitted and reasonably practicable, (a) promptly give notice to the other Party, (b) cooperate with the other Party with respect to taking steps to respond to or narrow the scope of such order or request and (c) only provide such information as is required by law, court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of proper jurisdiction. Confidential Information of a Party will not be afforded the protection of this Article VIII if such Confidential Information was (A) developed by the other Party independently as shown by its written business records regularly kept, (B) rightfully obtained by the other Party without restriction from a third party, (C) publicly available other
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than through the fault or negligence of the other Party or (D) released by the Party that owns or has the rights to the Confidential Information without restriction to anyone.
8.2    Work Product Privilege. RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY acknowledges that, in the course of providing Corporate Services or Transition Assistance pursuant to this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY may have access to (a) documents, data, databases or communications that are subject to attorney client privilege and/or (b) privileged work product prepared by or on behalf of the Affiliates of RECEIVING PARTY in anticipation of litigation with third parties (collectively, the “Privileged Work Product”) and RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY understands that all Privileged Work Product is protected from disclosure by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the equivalent rules and regulations under the law chosen to govern the construction of this Agreement. RECEIVING PARTY represents and PROVIDING PARTY understands the importance of maintaining the strict confidentiality of the Privileged Work Product to protect the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine and other privileges and rights associated with such Privileged Work Product pursuant to such Rule 26 and the equivalent rules and regulations under the law chosen to govern the construction of this Agreement. After PROVIDING PARTY is notified or otherwise becomes aware that documents, data, databases, or communications are Privileged Work Product, only PROVIDING PARTY personnel for whom such access is necessary for the purposes of providing Services to RECEIVING PARTY as provided in this Agreement shall have access to such Privileged Work Product. Should PROVIDING PARTY ever be notified of any judicial or other proceeding seeking to obtain access to Privileged Work Product, PROVIDING PARTY shall, if legally permitted and reasonably practicable, (A) promptly give notice to RECEIVING GROUP, (B) cooperate with RECEIVING PARTY in challenging the right to such access and (C) only provide such information as is required by a court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of proper jurisdiction. RECEIVING PARTY shall pay all of the costs and expenses incurred by PROVIDING PARTY in complying with the immediately preceding sentence. RECEIVING PARTY has the right and duty to represent PROVIDING PARTY in such challenge or to select and compensate counsel to so represent PROVIDING PARTY or to reimburse PROVIDING PARTY for reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses as such fees and expenses are incurred in challenging such access. If PROVIDING PARTY is ultimately required, pursuant to a court order or a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, to produce documents, disclose data, or otherwise act in contravention of the confidentiality obligations imposed in this Article VIII, or otherwise with respect to maintaining the confidentiality, proprietary nature, and secrecy of Privileged Work Product, PROVIDING PARTY is not liable for breach of such obligation to the extent such liability does not result from failure of PROVIDING PARTY to abide by the terms of this Article VIII. All Privileged Work Product is the property of RECEIVING GROUP and will be deemed Confidential Information, except as specifically authorized in this Agreement or as shall be required by law.
8.3    Unauthorized Acts. Each Party shall (a) notify the other Party promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorized possession, use, or knowledge of the other Party’s Confidential Information by any Person, any attempt by any Person to gain possession of such Confidential Information without authorization or any attempt to use or acquire knowledge of
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any such Confidential Information without authorization (collectively, “Unauthorized Access”), (b) promptly furnish the other Party with reasonable detail of the Unauthorized Access and use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the other Party in investigating or preventing the reoccurrence of any Unauthorized Access, (c) cooperate with the other Party in any litigation and investigation against third parties deemed necessary by such Party to protect its proprietary rights, and (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent a reoccurrence of any such Unauthorized Access.
8.4    Publicity. Except as required by law or national stock exchange rule, neither Party shall issue any press release, distribute any advertising, or make any public announcement or disclosure (a) identifying the other Party by name, trademark or otherwise or (b) concerning this Agreement without the other Party’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in the event either Party is required to issue a press release relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, by the laws or regulations of any governmental authority, agency or self-regulatory agency, such Party shall, to the extent legally permissible and reasonably practicable, (A) give notice and a copy of the proposed press release to the other Party as far in advance as reasonably possible and (B) make any changes to such press release reasonably requested by the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RECEIVING GROUP shall be permitted under this Agreement to communicate the existence of the business relationship contemplated by the terms of this Agreement internally within PROVIDING PARTY’s organization and orally and in writing communicate PROVIDING PARTY’s identity as a reference with potential and existing customers.
8.5    Data Privacy. (a) Where, in connection with this Agreement, PROVIDING PARTY processes or stores information about a living individual that is held in automatically processable form (for example in a computerized database) or in a structured manual filing system (“Personal Data”), on behalf of RECEIVING GROUP or its clients, then PROVIDING PARTY shall implement appropriate measures to protect those personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and shall use such data solely for purposes of carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)    RECEIVING GROUP may, in connection with this Agreement, collect Personal Data in relation to PROVIDING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and other officers involved in providing Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder. Such Personal Data may be collected from PROVIDING PARTY, its employees, its directors, its officers, or from other (for example, published) sources; and some limited personal data may be collected indirectly at RECEIVING GROUP’s locations from monitoring devices or by other means (e.g., telephone logs, closed circuit TV and door entry systems). Nothing in this Section 8.5(b) obligates PROVIDING PARTY or PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors or officers to provide Personal Data requested by RECEIVING PARTY. RECEIVING GROUP may use and disclose any such data disclosed by PROVIDING PARTY solely for purposes connected with this Agreement and for the relevant purposes specified in the data privacy policy of RECEIVING GROUP or any Affiliate of RECEIVING GROUP (a copy of which is available on request). RECEIVING PARTY will maintain the same level of protection for Personal Data collected from PROVIDING PARTY (and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and
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officers, as appropriate) as RECEIVING PARTY maintains with its own Personal Data, and will implement appropriate administrative, physical and technical measures to protect the personal data collected from PROVIDING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY’s employees, directors and other officers against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alternation, unauthorized disclosure or access.
ARTICLE IX
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDING PARTY HAS NOT MADE AND DOES NOT HEREBY MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED OF THE CONTINUING BUSINESS. ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED OF THE CONTINUING BUSINESS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED BY PROVIDING PARTY.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
10.1    Indemnification.
(a)    Subject to Article IV, RECEIVING PARTY will indemnify, defend and hold harmless PROVIDING PARTY, each Subsidiary and Affiliate of PROVIDING PARTY, each of their respective past and present directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants and attorneys (“Representatives”), and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “PROVIDING PARTY Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Damages (as defined below) incurred or suffered by the PROVIDING PARTY Indemnified Parties arising or resulting from the provision of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder, which Damages shall be reduced to the extent of:
(i)    Damages caused or contributed to by PROVIDING PARTY’s improper use or disclosure of the RECEIVING GROUP’s customer information, negligence, willful misconduct or violation or law; or
(ii)    Damages caused or contributed to by a breach of this Agreement by PROVIDING PARTY.
Damages” means, subject to Article IV hereof, all losses, claims, demands, damages, liabilities, judgments, dues, penalties, assessments, fines (civil, criminal or administrative), costs,
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liens, forfeitures, settlements, fees or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, prosecuting or defending a claim or action).
(b)    Except as set forth in this Section 10.1(b), PROVIDING PARTY will have no liability to RECEIVING PARTY for or in connection with any of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance rendered hereunder or for any actions or omissions of PROVIDING PARTY in connection with the provision of any Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder. Subject to the provisions hereof and subject to Article IV, PROVIDING PARTY will indemnify, defend and hold harmless RECEIVING PARTY, each Subsidiary and Affiliate of RECEIVING PARTY, each of their respective past and present Representatives, and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “RECEIVING PARTY Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Damages incurred or suffered by the RECEIVING PARTY Indemnified Parties arising or resulting from either of the following:
(i)    any claim that PROVIDING PARTY’s use of the software or other intellectual property used to provide the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, or any results and proceeds of such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance, infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any United States patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights; provided, that such intellectual property indemnity shall not apply to the extent that any such claim arises out of any modification to such software or other intellectual property made by RECEIVING PARTY without PROVIDING PARTY’s authorization or participation, or
(ii)    PROVIDING PARTY’s (A) gross negligence, (B) willful misconduct, (C) improper use or disclosure of the RECEIVING GROUP’s customer information or (D) violations of law;
provided, that in each of the cases described in subclauses (i) through (ii) above, the amount of Damages incurred or sustained by RECEIVING PARTY shall be reduced to the extent such Damages shall have been caused or contributed to by any action or omission of RECEIVING PARTY in amounts equal to RECEIVING PARTY’s equitable share of such Damages determined in accordance with its relative culpability for such Damages or the relative fault of RECEIVING GROUP.
10.2    Indemnification Procedures.
(a)    Claim Notice. A Party that seeks indemnity under this Article X (an “Indemnified Party”) will give written notice (a “Claim Notice”) to the Party from whom indemnification is sought (an “Indemnifying Party”), whether the Damages sought arise from matters solely between the Parties or from Third Party Claims. The Claim Notice must contain a description and, if known, estimated amount (the “Claimed Amount”) of any Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified Party, (ii) a reasonable explanation of the basis for the Claim Notice to the extent of facts then known by the Indemnified Party, and (iii) a demand for payment of those Damages. No delay or deficiency on the part of the
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Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability for Damages or obligations hereunder except to the extent of any Damages caused by or arising out of such failure.
(b)    Response to Notice of Claim. Within thirty (30) days after delivery of a Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party will deliver to the Indemnified Party a written response in which the Indemnifying Party will either: (i) agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount, in which case, the Indemnifying Party will pay the Claimed Amount in accordance with a payment and distribution method reasonably acceptable to the Parties; or (ii) dispute that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all or any portion of the Claimed Amount, in which case, the Parties will resort to the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 1.4.
(c)    Contested Claims. In the event that the Indemnifying Party disputes the Claimed Amount, as soon as practicable but in no event later than ten (10) days after the receipt of the written response referenced in Section 10.2(b)(ii) hereof, the Parties will begin the process to resolve the matter in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions of Section 1.4 hereof. Upon ultimate resolution thereof, the Parties will take such actions as are reasonably necessary to comply with such agreement or instructions.
(d)    Third Party Claims.
(i)    In the event that the Indemnified Party receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion by a Person who is not a Party hereto or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Party hereto of any claim or the commencement of any action (a “Third-Party Claim”) with respect to which the Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification under this Article X, the Indemnified Party will give written notification to the Indemnifying Party of the Third-Party Claim. Such notification will be given within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such Third-Party Claim, will be accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation submitted by such third party (to the extent then in the possession of the Indemnified Party) and will describe in reasonable detail (to the extent known by the Indemnified Party) the facts constituting the basis for such Third-Party Claim and the amount of the claimed Damages; provided, however, that no delay or deficiency on the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability for Damages or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any Damages caused by or arising out of such failure. Within twenty (20) days after delivery of such notification, the Indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party, assume control of the defense of such Third- Party Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. During any period in which the Indemnifying Party has not so assumed control of such defense, the Indemnified Party will control such defense.
(ii)    The Party not controlling such defense (the “Non-controlling Party”) may participate therein at its own expense.
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(iii)    The Party controlling such defense (the “Controlling Party”) will keep the Non-controlling Party reasonably advised of the status of such Third- Party Claim and the defense thereof and will consider in good faith recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling Party will furnish the Controlling Party with such Information as it may have with respect to such Third-Party Claim (including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which may have been served on such Party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and will otherwise cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third-Party Claim.
(iv)    The Indemnifying Party will not agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the consent of the Indemnified Party will not be required if (A) the Indemnifying Party agrees in writing to pay any amounts payable pursuant to such settlement or judgment, and (B) such settlement or judgment includes a full, complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from further liability. The Indemnified Party will not agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1    Relationship of the Parties. The Parties declare and agree that each Party is engaged in a business that is independent from that of the other Party and each Party shall perform its obligations as an independent contractor. It is expressly understood and agreed that RECEIVING PARTY and PROVIDING PARTY are not partners, and nothing contained herein is intended to create an agency relationship or a partnership or joint venture with respect to the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance. Neither Party is an agent of the other and neither Party has any authority to represent or bind the other Party as to any matters, except as authorized herein or in writing by such other Party from time to time.
11.2    Employees. (a) As between the Parties, PROVIDING PARTY shall be solely responsible for payment of compensation to its employees and for its Subsidiaries’ employees and for any injury to them in the course of their employment. PROVIDING PARTY shall assume full responsibility for payment of all federal, state and local taxes or contributions imposed or required under unemployment insurance, social security and income tax laws with respect to such Persons.
(b)    As between the Parties, RECEIVING PARTY shall be solely responsible for payment of compensation to its employees and for its Subsidiaries’ employees and for any injury to them in the course of their employment. RECEIVING PARTY shall assume full responsibility for payment of all federal, state and local taxes or contributions imposed or
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required under unemployment insurance, social security and income tax laws with respect to such Persons.
11.3    Assignment. Neither Party may assign, transfer or convey any right, obligation or duty, in whole or in part, or of any other interest under this Agreement relating to such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance without the prior written consent of the other Party, including any assignment, transfer or conveyance in connection with a sale of an asset to which one or more of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance relate. All obligations and duties of a Party under this Agreement shall be binding on all successors in interest and permitted assigns of such Party. Each Party may use its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or subcontractors to perform the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance; provided that such use shall not relieve such assigning Party of liability for its responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
11.4    Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall for any reason be held to be unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, such unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein.
11.5    Third Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Parties and their Affiliates and not for any other Person. However, should any third party institute proceedings, this Agreement shall not provide any such Person with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action, or other right.
11.6    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO SUCH STATE’S LAWS AND PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE CONFLICT OF LAWS. Subject to Section 1.4, if any Dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by another provision of this Agreement, the Parties irrevocably (a) consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of federal and state courts located in Jacksonville, Florida, (b) waive any objection to that choice of forum based on venue or to the effect that the forum is not convenient and (c) WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL OR ADJUDICATION BY JURY.
11.7    Executed in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same document.
11.8    Construction. The headings and numbering of articles, Sections and paragraphs in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be construed to define or limit any of the terms or affect the scope, meaning, or interpretation of this Agreement or the particular Article or Section to which they relate. This Agreement and the provisions contained herein shall not be construed or interpreted for or against any Party because that Party drafted or caused its legal representative to draft any of its provisions.
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11.9    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all attachments, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements, representations, statements, negotiations, understandings, proposals and undertakings, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
11.10    Amendments and Waivers.
(a)    The Parties may amend this Agreement only by a written agreement signed by each Party and that identifies itself as an amendment to this Agreement. No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement and no consent to any default under this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Party against whom such waiver or consent is claimed. No course of dealing or failure of any Party to strictly enforce any term, right or condition of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such term, right or condition. Waiver by either Party of any default by the other Party shall not be deemed a waiver of any other default.
11.11    Remedies Cumulative. Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, all rights of termination or cancellation, or other remedies set forth in this Agreement, are cumulative and are not intended to be exclusive of other remedies to which the injured Party may be entitled by law or equity in case of any breach or threatened breach by the other Party of any provision in this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided for under this Agreement, use of one or more remedies shall not bar use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing any provision of this Agreement.
11.12    Taxes. All charges and fees to be paid to PROVIDING PARTY under this Agreement are exclusive of any applicable taxes required by law to be collected from RECEIVING PARTY (including, without limitation, withholding, sales, use, excise, or services tax, which may be assessed on the provision of Corporate Services or Transition Assistance). In the event that a withholding, sales, use, excise, or services tax is assessed on the provision of any of the Corporate Services or Transition Assistance under this Agreement, RECEIVING PARTY will pay directly, reimburse or indemnify PROVIDING PARTY for such tax, plus any applicable interest and penalties. The Parties will cooperate with each other in determining the extent to which any tax is due and owing under the circumstances, and shall provide and make available to each other any resale certificate, information regarding out-of-state use of materials, services or sale, and other exemption certificates or information reasonably requested by either Party.
11.13    Changes in Law. PROVIDING PARTY’s obligations to provide Corporate Services or Transition Assistance hereunder are to provide such Corporate Services or Transition Assistance in accordance with applicable laws as in effect on the date of this Agreement. Each Party reserves the right to take all actions in order to ensure that the Corporate Services and Transition Assistance are provided in accordance with any applicable laws.
11.14    Effectiveness. Notwithstanding the date hereof, this Agreement shall become effective as of the Effective Time.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, acting through their authorized officers, have caused this Reverse Corporate Services Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
PROVIDING PARTY:
F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC.
By:/s/ Jodi Ahlman
Name:Jodi Ahlman
Title:General Counsel & Secretary
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RECEIVING PARTY:
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
By:/s/ Michael L. Gravelle
Name:Michael L. Gravelle
Title:Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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Exhibit 10.1
TAX SHARING AGREEMENT
THIS TAX SHARING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 30, 2022 among Fidelity National Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FNF”), and F&G Annuities & Life, Inc, a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of FNF and member of the consolidated group for U.S. federal tax purposes of which FNF is the common parent (“F&G”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, In June 2020, FNF acquired FGL Holdings, Inc. (“FGL Cayman”), a publicly traded Cayman Islands company, in a transaction that was intended to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(A) by reason of Section 368(a)(2)(D) (the “FGL Acquisition”). Subsequent to the FGL Acquisition, FNF undertook certain internal restructuring steps resulting in F&G becoming the successor to FGL Cayman and joining, along with certain of the domestic subsidiaries of FGL Cayman, the FNF Group (as defined herein) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the common parent of which is FNF.
WHEREAS, in order to achieve the desired amount of total outstanding shares of F&G stock and thereby facilitate the Conversion and Distribution (each as defined herein), on June 24, 2022, F&G effected a 105,000-for-1 stock split of the F&G common stock, pursuant to which FNF received in the form of a dividend, and without surrender of any certificates for its shares, 104,999 additional shares of F&G common stock for each share of F&G common stock held by FNF prior to such stock split (the “Stock Split”).
WHEREAS, following the F&G Stock Split, on June 24, 2022, FNF contributed its $400 million intercompany note receivable due from F&G to F&G in exchange for 20,000,000 shares of F&G common stock in a value-for-value exchange (the “Conversion”).
WHEREAS, following the Stock Split and the Conversion, and pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of November 30, 2022 stock (the “Separation And Distribution Agreement”), FNF will distribute pro rata to its shareholders approximately fifteen percent of the total outstanding shares of F&G (the “Distribution”).
WHEREAS, following the Distribution, F&G will continue to be a member of the FNF consolidated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) of which FNF is the common parent corporation.
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to promote corporate efficiencies by having a tax-sharing agreement between FNF and F&G to set forth the method by which FNF will allocate taxes after the Distribution;
WHEREAS, FNF will include F&G in its consolidated federal income tax returns in accordance with Code sections 1501 and 1502 and wishes to enter into this Agreement so that FNF and F&G are parties to the same tax-sharing agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto deem it equitable that, with respect to each taxable year for which a consolidated return is filed on behalf of the FNF Group, F&G shall pay FNF an amount equal to its Separate Company Tax Liability (as hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS, the parties wish to provide for the treatment of various other matters that may arise as a result of the filing of consolidated returns, and the parties wish to set forth in this Agreement the



agreement between FNF and F&G with respect to the allocation and settlement of the federal, state and local taxes of the FNF Group with respect to each taxable period ending on or after the date hereof during which F&G is included in the affiliated group of which FNF is the common parent (the “Affiliation Periods”);and
WHEREAS, to the extent any F&G Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) is bound by any other tax sharing agreement or similar arrangement, the parties intend for this Agreement to control.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
1.Filing of Returns.
a.With respect to each Affiliation Period, FNF shall file, and each Subsidiary shall agree to join in the filing of, consolidated federal income tax returns on behalf of the FNF Group. Each Subsidiary shall execute and file such consents, elections and documents as FNF reasonably requests with respect to the filing of the FNF Group’s consolidated federal income tax returns, and shall, consistently with Section 4 herein, timely provide to FNF such information as may be necessary for the filing of such returns or for the determination of amounts due under this Agreement.
b.Each Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that the rights conferred upon FNF in connection with the filing of the FNF Group’s returns include, without limitation, the right to reasonably determine the allocation of income or loss of FNF and any Subsidiary between the last Affiliation Period and the next taxable period.
c.Each Subsidiary shall file all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns with respect to all periods for which such Subsidiary does not join FNF in filing a consolidated return and the Subsidiary shall be responsible for the payment of all taxes in connection therewith. The Subsidiary shall file any such tax returns in a manner consistent with the manner in which FNF filed its returns for Affiliation Periods except as required by law or to the extent any inconsistency would not adversely affect the tax returns of the FNF Group.
2.Tax Payments.
a.Due Dates. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement: (i) each Subsidiary will pay to FNF the amount due FNF, as determined under Section 2(b), no earlier than 10 days prior to, and no later than 30 days after, the filing of any federal income tax return of the FNF Group that includes such Subsidiary, and (ii) FNF will pay to each Subsidiary the amount due such Subsidiary, as determined under Section 2(c), no later than 30 days after the filing of any federal income tax return of the FNF Group that includes such Subsidiary; provided, however, that no earlier than 10 days before, and no later than 30 days after, each estimated federal income tax payment date of the FNF Group for which the FNF Group actually incurs a federal income tax liability with respect to an Affiliation Period, each Subsidiary shall pay to FNF the greater of (i) the minimum amount required to be paid to avoid the imposition of any penalties or additions to tax under the Code, determined on the same basis as the total amount due for an Affiliation Period under Section 2(b) or (ii) one-fourth of the amount projected to be payable by such Subsidiary for such taxable year under Section 2(b). The amount of any overpayment or underpayment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be credited against, or added to, as the
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case may be, the amount otherwise required to be paid for the period within which the amount of such overpayment or underpayment first becomes reasonably ascertainable. The settlements may be satisfied by check, wire transfer or through intercompany accounts as the parties may mutually agree. Any payable set up in lieu of actual payments must be established within the time described in this Section. Balances not settled within 90 days will be non-admitted.
b.Amount Due to FNF. Each Subsidiary shall pay FNF in the time and manner described in Section 2(a) an amount equal to any Separate Company Tax Liability of that Subsidiary. The “Separate Company Tax Liability” for any Affiliation Period shall be the amount, if any, of the federal income tax liability, including, without limitation, liability for any penalty, fine, additions to tax, interest, minimum tax, alternative minimum tax and other items applicable to that Subsidiary in connection with the determination of the Subsidiary’s tax liability, which the Subsidiary would have incurred had it filed a separate federal income tax return for such Affiliation Period, computed in the manner prescribed in Federal Tax Regulation (the “Regulation”) section 1.1552-1(a)(2)(ii), except that no carryforward or carryback of losses or credits shall be allowed. The Separate Company Tax Liability for a Subsidiary shall be determined by FNF, with the cooperation and assistance of the Subsidiary, in a manner consistent with (i) general tax accounting principles, (ii) the Code and regulations thereunder and (iii) so long as a reasonable legal basis exists therefore, prior custom and practice. In addition, transactions or items between FNF and a Subsidiary that are deferred under the federal income tax return shall also be deferred for purposes of this Agreement until such time as they are restored or otherwise triggered into income under the Code or regulations.
c.Amount due to a Subsidiary. In the event a Subsidiary incurs a net operating loss, a net capital loss and/or credits for such period, FNF shall pay the Subsidiary in the time and manner prescribed in Section 2(a) the amount by which the FNF Group’s federal income tax liability for such period is actually reduced by reason of the actual use of such losses or credits attributable to the Subsidiary in the FNF Group’s federal income tax return. The FNF Group adopts the reimbursement principles set forth in Regulation Section 1.1502-33(d)(3) using 100%. In the event a Subsidiary incurs any tax losses or tax credits that, as permitted under the Code and the regulations, are carried back or forward to one or more Affiliation Periods, FNF shall pay that Subsidiary an amount equal to the amount by which the FNF Group’s federal income tax liability is actually reduced by reason of the actual use of such carried over losses or credits in the FNF Group’s federal income tax return. Any payment from FNF to the Subsidiary required on account of such carryover shall be paid no later than 30 days of the date the benefit of the carryover is realized by FNF by reason of the receipt of a refund or credit of taxes.
d.Paying Agent. FNF agrees to make all required payments to the IRS of the consolidated federal income tax liability, if any, of the FNF Group.
3.Adjustments to Tax Liability.
a.Adjustment-Related Payments. If the consolidated federal income tax liability of the FNF Group or any of its members is adjusted for any taxable period for any reason other than a loss or credit carryback to the extent already provided for in Section 2(c), whether by means of an amended return, judicial decision, claim for refund or tax audit by the
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IRS, the Separate Company Tax Liability or the amount of tax benefits realized by the FNF Group by reason of the use of a Subsidiary’s losses or credit shall be recomputed to give effect to such adjustment, and the amount of any payments due under Section 2 shall be appropriately adjusted. Any additional payment between FNF and a Subsidiary required by reason of such recomputed Separate Company Tax Liability or FNF Group tax refund or credit shall include an allocable share of any refunded interest received from the IRS, if applicable, or deficiency interest, penalties and additions to tax, if applicable, such allocable share of refunded interest or deficiency interest, penalties and additions to tax shall be paid or charged, respectively, to a Subsidiary to the extent such amount relates to (i) reduced FNF Group tax liability due to decreased Separate Company Tax Liability or increased FNF Group tax refund or credit resulting from increased use of a Subsidiary’s losses or credits, on the one hand, or (ii) increased FNF Group tax liability due to increased Separate Company Tax Liability or decreased FNF Group tax benefits arising from decreased use of a Subsidiary’s losses or credits, on the other hand.
b.Timing of Payments. Any payments to be paid to or by a Subsidiary under this Section 3 shall be made in the time and manner prescribed in Section 2(a), unless the following scenarios apply, in which case the payment shall be made on or before the earliest to occur of (i) a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction that is not subject to further judicial review by appeal or otherwise and that has become final, (ii) the expiration of the time for (A) filing a claim for refund or (B) instituting suit in respect to a claim for refund disallowed in whole or in part by the IRS or for which the IRS took no action, (iii) the execution of a closing agreement under section 7121 of the Code or the acceptance by the IRS or its counsel of an offer in compromise under section 7122 of the Code or any successor provisions, (iv) the expiration of 30 days after (A) IRS acceptance of a Waiver of Restrictions on Assessment and Collection of Deficiency in Tax on Over-assessment on Internal Revenue Form 870 or 870-AD or any successor or comparable form, or (B) the expiration of the 90 day period after receipt of the statutory notice of deficiency resulting in immediate assessment, unless within such 30 days FNF notifies the Subsidiary of its intent to attempt recovery of any relevant amounts paid under the waiver by filing a timely claim for refund, (v) the expiration of the statute of limitations with respect to the relevant period or (vi) any other event the parties reasonably agree is a final determination of the tax liability at issue.
4.Books and Records.
a.FNF and each Subsidiary agree that the preparation of the federal income and other tax returns, amended returns, claims for refund or IRS examination or litigation relating to the foregoing may require the use of records and information that is within the exclusive possession and control of either of FNF and the Subsidiary. FNF and each Subsidiary will provide such records, information and assistance, which may include making employees of any of the foregoing entities available to provide additional information and explanation material, as are requested by FNF or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, during regular business hours, in connection with any of the developments described in the preceding sentence; provided, however, that each Subsidiary shall provide FNF with all information necessary to enable FNF to file the FNF Group consolidated federal income tax return for each Affiliation Period as soon as practicable, but in no event later than five months, after the last day of such Affiliation Period, and on the date the FNF
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Group federal income tax returns that include a Subsidiary are filed FNF shall provide that Subsidiary with those portions of such returns relating to the Subsidiary.
b.Each of the parties agrees that it shall retain, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations and in accordance with the FNF Record Retention Policy, extensions, copies of any tax returns for any Affiliation Periods and for any other periods that might be subject to adjustment under this Agreement, and supporting work schedules and other records or information, that may be relevant to the tax returns of the parties, and that it will not destroy or otherwise dispose of such records and information without providing the other parties with a reasonable opportunity to review and copy such records and information.
c.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement, each Subsidiary shall maintain Books and Records relating to the services provided under the Agreement in an adequate format and in accordance with applicable laws, and any and all books or records maintained under or related to the Agreement shall be included as part of the Subsidiary’s Books and Records.
d.Any and all Books and Records of the Subsidiary are and remain the property of the Subsidiary and are subject to its direct supervision, management, and control.
e.Any and all Books and Records of FNF are and remain the property of FNF and are subject to its direct supervision, management, and control.
5.Assignment.
This Agreement shall not be transferable or assignable by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other parties. The rights and obligations hereunder of the parties shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement shall he binding upon each corporation in which a Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, stock meeting the requirements of section 1504(a)(2) of the Code, whether or not the Subsidiary owns stock in such corporation upon the execution of this Agreement or at any time during Affiliation Periods, and the Subsidiary shall cause each such corporation as soon as practicable to assent formally to the terms of this Agreement. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any right or benefit upon any person or entity other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
6.Disputes.
Any dispute concerning the interpretation of this Agreement or amount of payment due under this Agreement shall be resolved by FNF’s regular independent registered public accounting firm for federal income tax matters, whose judgment shall be conclusive and binding on the parties and who shall act in consultation with FNF’s tax counsel.
7.Tax Controversies.
If any party receives notice of a tax examination, audit or challenge involving amounts subject to this Agreement, such party shall timely notify the other parties of the information and shall provide the other parties a written copy of any relevant letters, forms or schedules received from the IRS or otherwise in its possession and shall provide notice and information relating to all
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material proceedings in connection therewith. In any audit conference or other proceeding with the IRS or in any judicial proceedings concerning the determination of the federal income tax liabilities of the FNF Group or any of its members, including any Subsidiary, the FNF Group and each of its members shall be represented by persons selected by FNF. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 6, the settlement and terms of settlement of any issues relating to such proceeding shall be in the sole discretion of FNF, and each Subsidiary hereby appoints FNF as its agent for the purpose of proposing and concluding any such settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall FNF be obligated to file any amended returns or claims for refund with respect to Affiliation Periods.
8.State and Local Taxes.
a.To the extent appropriate, all provisions of this Agreement shall apply with the same force and effect to any state or local income tax liabilities that are computed on a combined, consolidated or unitary method (“Combined Tax”).
b.Such Combined Tax shall be allocated to members of the FNF group based on each member’s relative attribute (positive or negative).
c.Payments of Combined Tax among members of the FNF Group shall be made at the times and in the amounts otherwise consistent with the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 hereof.
d.In the event a state or local law or regulation provides for an allocation of income tax liability in a manner inconsistent with this agreement, FNF will allocate the tax liability to its Subsidiaries in accordance with the state or local law.
9.Indemnity.
a.Each Subsidiary shall be adequately indemnified by FNF in the event the IRS levies upon the assets of the Subsidiary for unpaid taxes in excess of the amounts paid by FNF pursuant to the terms of this agreement and for any loss suffered by the Subsidiary resulting from or related to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of FNF.
10.Compensation.
Compensation for any services rendered in accordance with this Agreement shall be on a cost basis and limited to payment for actual expenses. Any indirect and shared expenses shall be allocated in accordance with a method of cost allocation in conformity with SSAP No. 70.
11.Term of Agreement.
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof and shall continue, unless earlier terminated by mutual agreement of the parties, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, including extensions, for the Affiliation Period (the “Final Date”); provided that the provisions of Sections 1, 2 and 3 shall continue to apply after the Final Date only to the extent they deal with matters relevant to tax periods that end on or before such Final Date or that begin prior to and end after such Final Date.
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12.Termination. In addition to the provisions outlined in section 11 of the Agreement, which allow for termination by mutual agreement of the parties, subject to certain other requirements stated therein, the parties agree to the following:
a.Termination without cause. Each party to this Agreement may terminate this Agreement without cause, but only with respect to such party, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice.
b.Termination with cause. Each party to this Agreement may terminate this Agreement for cause, but only with respect to such party, upon ten (10) days prior written notice, and if the reason for such cause has not been cured during the notice period.
c.This agreement shall terminate if FNF fails to file a consolidated federal income tax return for any tax year of this agreement.
d.Termination by mutual agreement must be made in writing.
e.Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, its provisions shall remain in effect with respect to any period of time during the tax year in which termination occurs for which the income of the terminating party must be included in the consolidated federal income tax return.
f.The terms outlined in Section 4, Books and Records, survive termination of this Agreement.
13.Insurance Regulatory Provisions. All parties agree to the following provisions, as required by certain state regulatory authorities:
a.FNF will maintain oversight for functions provided to FNF by the applicable Subsidiary and FNF will monitor services annually for quality assurance. F&G will maintain oversight for the services provided to them by FNF under the Agreement and will monitor such services annually for quality assurance.
b.If FNF or any applicable Subsidiary is placed in receivership or seized by the commissioner under applicable state law, all of the rights of FNF or the Subsidiary under the Agreement extend to the receiver or commissioner.
c.If FNF or an applicable Subsidiary is placed in receivership or seized by the commissioner under applicable state law, all Books and Records will immediately be made available to the receiver or the commissioner, and must be turned over to the receiver or commissioner immediately upon the receiver or the commissioner’s request.
d.FNF will continue to maintain any systems, programs, or other infrastructure notwithstanding a seizure by the commissioner under applicable law, and will make them available to the receiver, for so long as the affiliate continues to receive timely payment for services rendered.
e.All funds and invested assets of FNF are the exclusive property of FNF, held for FNF’s benefit, and are subject to FNF’s control.
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f.FNF has no automatic right to terminate the agreement if a Subsidiary is placed in receivership pursuant to applicable state and federal law.
g.All funds and invested assets of the Subsidiary shall remain the exclusive property of the Subsidiary, held for the benefit of the Subsidiary, and are subject to the Subsidiary’s control.
h.Other than the tax payments described in Section 2 of the Agreement, the Subsidiary agrees not to advance any funds to FNF.
14.Miscellaneous.
a.Joinder of F&G Subsidiaries to the FNF Group. FNF and F&G agree, for the avoidance of doubt, that the terms of this Agreement shall be binding on any of the F&G Subsidiaries to the extent that: (i) FNF permits such F&G Subsidiary to file a consolidated return as part of the FNF Group; and (ii) such F&G Subsidiary files a United States federal income tax return, or a state tax return in any of the fifty states or applicable territories of the United States, during the Affiliation Periods.
b.Regulatory Approval; Cooperation. If an F&G Subsidiary joins the FNF Group as described in Section 14(a), FNF shall, in good faith, and using commercially reasonable efforts, seek the required regulatory approvals regarding such joinder by the F&G Subsidiary to the FNF Group. FNF and F&G shall, in good faith, and using commercially reasonable efforts, cooperate to obtain such approval and to reach agreement to any amendments commercially reasonably necessary to obtain such approval.
c.Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated unless such invalidity or enforceability would frustrate the essential purposes of the parties in entering into this Agreement. In the event that any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternate means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
d.Parties in Interest. Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied is intended to confer any right or benefit upon any person, firm or corporation other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
e.Change of Law. If, due to any change in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof by any court of law or other governing body having jurisdiction subsequent to the date of this Agreement, performance of any provision of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated thereby shall become impracticable or impossible, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such provision.
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f.Confidentiality. Subject to any contrary requirement of law and the right of each party to enforce its rights hereunder in any legal action, each party agrees that it shall keep strictly confidential, and shall cause its employees and agents to keep strictly confidential, any information which it or any of its agents or employees may acquire pursuant to, or in the course of performing its obligations under, any provision of this Agreement; provided, however, that such obligation to maintain confidentiality shall not apply to information which (i) at the time of disclosure was in the public domain not as a result of acts by the receiving party or (ii) was in the possession of the receiving party at the time of disclosure.
g.Counterparts. For the convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto, and each such executed counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original instrument.
h.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. To the extent the laws of more than one state would apply to a given transaction, the laws of the state of domestication of the insurer bringing the action will be applicable.
i.Effect of Agreement. This Agreement shall supersede any other tax sharing arrangement or agreement in effect between the parties. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to change or otherwise affect any election made by or on behalf of the FNF Group with respect to the calculation of earnings and profits under section 1552 of the Code.
j.Modifications. This Agreement may be modified or amended only pursuant to an instrument in writing executed by all the parties hereto.
k.Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties relating to the allocation of the consolidated and combined tax liabilities of the FNF Group between or among the parties.
l.Notices. All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals and other communications provided for herein shall be validly given, made or served, if in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail or reputable national delivery service to:
FNF (including F&G and all other subsidiaries listed on Form 851)
Attn: FNF Tax Department
601 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
15.Definitions.
In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified or referred to in this Section 15:
a.Books and Records” shall include, but not be limited to, all books and records developed or maintained by the insurer under or related to the Agreement.
b.FNF Group” shall mean members of an affiliated FNF Group within the meaning of section 1504(a) of the Code of which FNF is the common parent corporation.
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c.IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
d.Subsidiary” shall refer to F&G, and as applicable (i) any of CF Bermuda Holdings Limited, FGL U.S. Holdings Inc., F&G Cayman Re Ltd., Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc., Fidelity & Guaranty Life Business Services, Inc.to the extent that such company is listed on the IRS Form 851 Affiliations Schedule, as amended from time to time or (ii) any company which is listed on the IRS Form 851 Affiliations Schedule, as amended from time to time, but only to the extent such company is a direct or indirect subsidiary of F&G (collectively referred to as “F&G Subsidiaries” and each also referred to as a “F&G Subsidiary”).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers on November 30, 2022.
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC.
By:/s/ Michael L. Gravelle
Name: Michael L. Gravelle
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE, INC.
By:/s/ Jodi Ahlman
Name: Jodi Ahlman
Title: General Counsel & Secretary

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Fidelity National Financial Completes Planned Transaction to Distribute Approximately 15% Ownership of F&G to FNF Shareholders

Jacksonville, Fla., December 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) (“FNF” or the “Company”), a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries and a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients through FNF’s subsidiary, F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. (“F&G”), today announced completion of the distribution to FNF shareholders, on a pro rata basis, of approximately 15% of the common stock of its subsidiary, F&G. Effective today, F&G has commenced “regular-way” trading of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “FG”. FNF retains control of F&G through an approximate 85% equity ownership stake and will continue to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “FNF”.

William P. Foley, II, Chairman of the Board of FNF, commented, “We are pleased to have successfully completed our planned dividend to FNF shareholders, on a pro rata basis, of approximately 15% of F&G’s common stock, which we believe will highlight the substantial equity value of F&G that has been and will continue to be created. At the time of our acquisition of F&G in June of 2020, we committed to F&G doubling assets under management to $50 billion over five years through organic growth. In just over two years, Chris and his team are well ahead of expectations with F&G’s assets under management increasing to $42 billion as of the third quarter of 2022. This financial performance not only validates our initial strategy during the acquisition, it also provides confidence for the future of F&G and its ability to generate value for both FNF and F&G shareholders.”


Mike Nolan, Chief Executive Officer of FNF, said, “We want to congratulate the F&G team on their transition back to a public company. Importantly, we remain committed to F&G’s business and talented team as F&G continues to grow through its multi-channel new business platform, while also benefitting from the rising interest rate environment. As F&G continues to scale, their steady and growing earnings over time will provide a counterbalance for our business during higher mortgage rate environments. In fact, F&G has contributed $900 million of adjusted net earnings over the last nine quarters on a cumulative basis. By retaining an approximate 85% majority interest in F&G, we will continue to benefit from F&G’s growth and cash flow generation.”

Chris Blunt, President and Chief Executive Officer of F&G, added, “We are thrilled to achieve this milestone in partnership with FNF and appreciate their continued support. Since the time of our merger with FNF, we have successfully and profitably increased our market share as a result of greater exposure to new and existing products and distribution channels, growing assets under management to $42 billion. As a result, our business has reached an inflection point to balance our deployment of capital to fund growth, while also returning capital to shareholders through a quarterly cash dividend at an initial aggregate amount of approximately $100 million per year beginning in 2023. Looking forward, we are well-positioned for continued growth and I would like to thank our team for their extraordinary efforts.”


BofA Securities, Inc. served as FNF’s financial advisor and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as FNF’s legal counsel in connection with the distribution transaction.


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About Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) is a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.

About F&G
F&G is part of the FNF family of companies. F&G (NYSE: FG) is committed to helping Americans turn their aspirations into reality. F&G is a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, please visit www.fglife.com.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our expectations, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future financial and operating results and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: diversion of management’s attention and the potential impact of the consummation of the F&G transaction on relationships, including with employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; our ability to successfully realize the anticipated benefits of the separation and distribution; changes in general economic, business, political crisis, war and COVID-19 conditions, including changes in the financial markets; weakness or adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U.S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates; our dependence on distributions from our title insurance underwriters as a main source of cash flow; significant competition that F&G and our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and other risks detailed in the “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” “Risk Factors” and other sections of FNF's Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Contact:
Lisa Foxworthy-Parker
SVP of Investor & External Relations
515.330.3307

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F&G shareholders contact:
Investor.relations@fglife.com