Acquisition or merger: Contents of pre-acquisition statement.

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The pre-acquisition statement to be filed with the Commissioner hereunder shall be made under oath or affirmation and shall contain the following:

1. The name and address of each person (hereinafter called the "acquiring party") by whom or on whose behalf the merger or other acquisition of control referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 is to be effected and, if such person is:

(a) An individual, the individual’s principal occupation and all offices and positions held by the individual during the past 5 years, and any conviction of crimes other than for minor traffic violations during the past 10 years.

(b) Not an individual, a report of the nature of its business operations during the past 5 years or for such lesser period as such person and any predecessors thereof shall have been in existence, together with an informative description of the business intended to be done by such person and such person’s subsidiaries, and a list of all individuals who are or who have been selected to become directors or executive officers of such person or who perform or will perform functions appropriate to such positions. Such list shall include for each such individual the information required by paragraph (a).

2. The source, nature and amount of the consideration used or to be used in effecting the merger or other acquisition of control, a description of any transaction wherein funds were or are to be obtained for any such purpose, and the identity of persons furnishing such consideration, but where a source of such consideration is a loan made in the lender’s ordinary course of business, the identity of the lender shall remain confidential, if the person filing such statement so requests.

3. Fully audited financial information as to the earnings and financial condition of each acquiring party for the preceding 5 fiscal years of each such acquiring party (or for such lesser period as such acquiring party and any predecessors thereof shall have been in existence), and similar unaudited information as of a date not earlier than 90 days prior to the filing of the statement.

4. Any plans or proposals which each acquiring party may have to liquidate such insurer, to sell its assets or merge or consolidate it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management.

5. The number of shares of any security referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 which each acquiring party proposes to acquire, and the terms of the offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 and a statement as to the method by which the fairness of the proposal was determined.

6. The amount of each class of any security referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 which is beneficially owned or concerning which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership by each acquiring party.

7. A full description of any contracts, arrangements or understandings with respect to any security referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 in which any acquiring party is involved, including but not limited to transfer of any of the securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profits, division of losses or profits or the giving or withholding of proxies. Such description shall identify the persons with whom such contracts, arrangements or understandings have been made.

8. A description of the purchase of any security referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 during the 12 calendar months preceding the filing of the statement by any acquiring party, including the dates of purchase, names of the purchasers and consideration paid or agreed to be paid therefor.

9. A description of any recommendations to purchase any security referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 made during the 12 calendar months preceding the filing of the statement by any acquiring party, or by anyone based upon interviews with or at the suggestion of such acquiring party.

10. Copies of all tenders, offers for, requests or invitations for tenders of, exchange offers for, and agreements to acquire or exchange any securities referred to in subsection 1, and, if distributed, additional soliciting material relating thereto.

11. The terms of any agreement, contract or understanding made with any broker-dealer, as to solicitation of securities referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180, for tender, and the amount of any fees, commissions or other compensation to be paid to broker-dealers with regard thereto.

12. An agreement by the person required to file the statement that the person will file the annual report of enterprise risk required by NRS 692C.290 while control exists.

13. An acknowledgment by the person required to file the statement that the person, and all subsidiaries within its control in the insurance holding company system, will provide information to the Commissioner upon request as necessary to evaluate enterprise risk to the insurer.

14. Such additional information as the Commissioner may by rule or regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the protection of policy holders and security holders of the insurer or for the protection of the public interest.

If the person required to file the statement referred to in this section is a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, the Commissioner may require that the information required by this section, be given with respect to each partner of such partnership or limited partnership, each member of such syndicate or group, and each person who controls such partner or member. If any such partner, member or person is a corporation or the person required to file the statement referred to in subsection 1 of NRS 692C.180 is a corporation, the Commissioner may require that the information required by this section, be given with respect to such corporation, each officer and director of such corporation, and each person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation. If any material change occurs in the facts set forth in the statement filed with the Commissioner and sent to such insurer pursuant to this section, an amendment setting forth such change, together with copies of all documents and other material relevant to such change, shall be filed with the Commissioner and sent to such insurer within 2 business days after the person learns of such change. Such insurer shall send each such amendment to its shareholders.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1040; A 2013, 3361; 2015, 3492)


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