As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2020
Registration No. 333-125175-99
Registration No. 333-122569-99
Registration No. 333-115178-99
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-125175-99
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-122569-99
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-115178-99
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 85-2619578 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S. Employer | |
Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 300 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 664-1500 |
Thomas M. McGeehan Chief Financial Officer Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 300 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 664-1500 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
ASSUMED AWARDS UNDER
GLOBAL INDEMNITY LIMITED SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
(Full title of the plan)
Copies to:
David C. Eisman
Dwight S. Yoo
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400
Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: (213) 687-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum offering price per share |
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Class A common shares, no par value |
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(1) | No additional securities are to be registered, and the registration fee was paid upon filing of the original Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125175, 333-122569, 333-115178). Therefore, pursuant to Rule 457(p), no further registration fee is required. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 (this Post-Effective Amendment) to Registration Statement Nos. 333-125175-99, 333-122569-99 and 333-115178-99 on Form S-8 (collectively, the Registration Statements) is being filed pursuant to Rule 414 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), by Global Indemnity Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (GI-Delaware), as successor issuer to Global Indemnity Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (GI-Cayman). On August 28, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. (Eastern time) (the Effective Time), the scheme of arrangement (the Scheme of Arrangement) involving GI-Cayman and GI-Delaware (as described in GI-Caymans Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 23, 2020 relating to the special scheme meeting and the extraordinary general meeting of the holders of Global Indemnity Limited A ordinary shares and B ordinary shares held on August 25, 2020) became effective.
Upon effectiveness of the Scheme of Arrangement, (i) GI-Cayman merged with and into New CayCo, a newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary of GI-Delaware incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability (New CayCo), following which, New CayCo survived the merger (the Amalgamation); (ii) in consideration for the Amalgamation, GI-Delaware issued common shares of GI-Delaware to the shareholders of record of GI-Cayman as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on August 27, 2020 on the following basis: for each A ordinary share of GI-Cayman (GI-Cayman A Ordinary Share) cancelled, one class A common share of GI-Delaware (GI-Delaware Class A Share) was issued; and for each B ordinary share of GI-Cayman (GI-Cayman B Ordinary Share) cancelled, one class B common share of GI-Delaware (GI-Delaware Class B Share) was issued; and (iii) pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement and as part of the Amalgamation, GI-Cayman was dissolved.
As a result of the Scheme of Arrangement, (i) each holder of GI-Cayman A Ordinary Shares received one GI-Delaware Class A Share for each GI-Cayman A Ordinary Share owned by such holder, (ii) each holder of GI-Cayman B Ordinary Shares received one GI-Delaware Class B Share for each GI-Cayman B Ordinary Share owned by such holder and (iii) each of the preferred shares of GI-Delaware issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the New CayCos merger into GI-Delaware (New CayCo Merger) shall continue to exist as shares of GI-Delaware, the surviving entity, following the New CayCo Merger.
Also, in connection with the effectiveness of the Scheme of Arrangement, GI-Delaware, among other things, assumed the outstanding awards that had previously been granted by GI-Cayman under GI-Caymans share incentive plans, as amended. These assumed awards have been adjusted to cover GI-Delaware Class A Shares, rather than GI-Cayman A Ordinary Shares, on a one-for-one basis.
This Post-Effective Amendment pertains to the adoption by GI-Delaware of the Registration Statements. GI-Delaware hereby expressly adopts the Registration Statements as its own registration statements for all purposes of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by GI-Cayman (the predecessor registrant to GI-Delaware) and GI-Delaware with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
| GI-Caymans Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020; |
| GI-Caymans Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020 and August 10, 2020, respectively; |
| GI-Caymans Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2020; |
| GI-Caymans Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Special Court-Ordered Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting of Holders of Ordinary Shares of GI-Cayman held on August 25, 2020, filed with the SEC on July 23, 2020 (the Scheme Proxy Statement); |
| GI-Caymans Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 10, 2020, March 12, 2020, May 29, 2020, June 8, 2020, June 18, 2020, June 23, 2020, July 15, 2020 and August 27, 2020; |
| our Current Report on Form 8-K12B filed with the SEC on August 28, 2020; and |
| the description of GI-Delawares Class A Common Shares included in the Scheme Proxy Statement, set forth in the section Description of Global Indemnity Group, LLC Share Capital, including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such description, and specifically including the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement that we filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K12B filed with the SEC on August 28, 2020. |
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company.
Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the DLLCA) provides that, subject to the standards and restrictions set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
Our Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the GI-Delaware LLC Agreement) provides that each current or former director (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Designated Director (as defined in the GI-Delaware LLC Agreement) and executive officer of GI-Delaware (and each current and former director and executive officer of GI-Delawares predecessors (including GI-Cayman) (collectively, Indemnified Persons) shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the DLLCA, against all losses (including expenses) incurred by such Indemnified Persons in connection with any claims involving such Indemnified Persons in their capacity as Indemnified Persons (Indemnified Claims); provided, that Indemnified Claims will not include claims brought (i) by such Indemnified Person, unless such claim was authorized by the Board of Directors or is brought to enforce such Indemnified Persons rights to indemnification under the GI-Delaware LLC Agreement, or (ii) by the Company against such Indemnified Person with the prior approval of the board of directors of GI-Delaware. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indemnified Persons (i) will not be entitled to indemnification for any claim (including Indemnified Claims) if and to the extent that there has been a final, non-appealable determination that such Indemnified Person engaged in Fraud (as defined in the GI-Delaware LLC Agreement) with respect to such claim and (ii) will.be entitled to indemnification with respect to claims brought by or against such Indemnified Persons that are not Indemnified Claims if they are successful on the merits with respect to such claims pursuant to a final, non-appealable determination.
Indemnified Persons will be entitled, under the GI-Delaware LLC Agreement, to advancement of expenses (including attorneys fees) in connection with any Indemnified Claims prior to the resolution thereof upon the receipt by GI-Delaware of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Persons to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that the Indemnified Persons are not entitled to be indemnified.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index that immediately follows the signature pages to this registration statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(b) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bala Cynwyd, State of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of August 2020.
GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Cynthia Y. Valko | |
Name: Cynthia Y. Valko | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSON BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 (the Post-Effective Amendment) to Form S-8 Registration Statement Nos. 333-125175-99, 333-122569-99 and 333-115178-99 (the Registration Statements) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington D.C., 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, hereby constitute and appoint Thomas M. McGeehan and Stephen W Ries, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individuals true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any all capacities, to sign the Post-Effective Amendment and any or all additional amendments or supplements to the Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ Saul A. Fox |
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors | August 28, 2020 | ||
Saul A. Fox | ||||
/s/ Cynthia Y. Valko |
Chief Executive Officer and Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Cynthia Y. Valko | ||||
/s/ James D. Wehr |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
James D. Wehr | ||||
/s/ Bruce R. Lederman |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Bruce R. Lederman |
/s/ Jason B. Hurwitz |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Jason B. Hurwitz | ||||
/s/ Michele A. Colucci |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Michele A. Colucci | ||||
/s/ Joseph W. Brown |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Joseph W. Brown | ||||
/s/ Seth J. Gersch |
Director | August 28, 2020 | ||
Seth J. Gersch |
EXHIBIT INDEX
* | Filed herewith. |
Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP]
August 28, 2020
Global Indemnity Group, LLC
Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 300
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Re: | Global Indemnity Group, LLC |
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125175-99, 333-122569-99 and 333-115178-99)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Global Indemnity Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), in connection with the post-effective amendment No. 3 filed on the date hereof to the registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125175-99, 333-122569-99 and 333-115178-99) of the Company relating to the A Ordinary Shares, respectively, of the Company (as successor to Global Indemnity Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as successor to Global Indemnity Limited plc, an Irish public limited company), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act) on May 24, 2005, February 4, 2005 and May 5, 2004, respectively, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, filed with the Commission under the Act on July 2, 2010 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, filed with the Commission under the Act on November 7, 2016 (such registration statements collectively, as so amended, being hereinafter referred to as the Registration Statements).
The Registration Statements relate to the issuance by the Company from time to time, pursuant to Rules 415 and 416, as applicable, of the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Act (the Rules and Regulations) of an aggregate of 5,172,052 shares of the Companys class A common shares, no par value (the Class A Common Shares) that may be issued under the Global Indemnity Limited Share Incentive Plan (as amended, the Plan). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.
In rendering the opinion stated herein, we have examined and relied on the following:
(a) the Registration Statements;
(b) a copy of the Plan, certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate;
(c) an executed copy of a certificate of Stephen W. Ries, Secretary, dated August 28, 2020 (the Secretarys Certificate);
(d) a copy of the Companys Certificate of Formation, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of August 24, 2020, and certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate;
(a) a copy of the Companys Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2020, as amended and in effect as of August 25, 2020 and certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate;
(e) a copy of the Companys Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2020, as amended and in effect as of the date hereof and certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate (the Second Amended and Restated LLC Agreement and, together the Certificate of Formation, the Organizational Documents);
(f) a copy of a written consent of the sole member of the Company, adopted on July 16, 2020, certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate; and
(g) a copy of certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, adopted on August 25, 2020, certified pursuant to the Secretarys Certificate.
We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretarys Certificate.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had or will have the power, limited liability company or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder, and we also have assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, limited liability company or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. We have also assumed that the Second Amended and Restated LLC Agreement is the only limited liability company agreement, as defined under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the DLLCA), of the Company, and that the Company has, and since the time of its formation has had, at least one validly admitted and
existing member of the Company and (i) no procedures have been instituted for, and no other event has occurred, including, without limitation, any action taken by the Company or the Board of Directors or members, that would result in the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and the Company has taken all actions required by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation to maintain such good standing, and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation. Further, we have assumed that, at the time of issuance and delivery of the Shares, (i) each agreement setting forth the terms of each grant under the Plan will be consistent with the Plan and will be duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company, including any duly authorized committee thereof, shall have taken all necessary limited liability company action to approve the issuance such Class A Common Shares and related matters and appropriate officers of the Company, as applicable, have taken all related action as directed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, and (iii) the issuance of the Class A Common Shares does not violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument binding on the Company (except that we do not make this assumption with respect to the Organizational Documents). As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretarys Certificate.
We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the DLLCA.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Class A Common Shares when issued to the participants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Formation, the Plan and the applicable award agreement for consideration paid or delivered in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Class A Common Shares, the Class A Common Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and under the DLLCA, the holders of the Class A Common Shares will have no obligation to make further payments for the purchase of such Class A Common Shares or contributions to the Company solely by reason of their ownership of such Class A Common Shares except for their obligation to repay any funds wrongfully distributed to them.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statements. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
DSY
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement (Form S-8 Nos. 333-125175-99, 333-122569-99 and 333-115178-99), pertaining to the Share Incentive Plan of Global Indemnity Group, LLC of our reports dated March 6, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Global Indemnity Limited, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Global Indemnity Limited, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young
Philadelphia, PA
August 28, 2020