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

 

August 8, 2013 (August 7, 2013)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Protective Life Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

2801 Highway 280 South

Birmingham, Alabama 35223

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(205) 268-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 1.01                                           Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On August 7, 2013, Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (“GG III”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Protective Life Insurance Company (“PLICO”), which is the principal operating subsidiary of Protective Life Corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement”) with UBS AG, Stamford Branch (“UBS”), as issuing lender, which amended and restated the First Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, between GG III and UBS (the “First Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement”) which replaced the original Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2010, between GG III and UBS.  Under the Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, a new letter of credit (the “LOC”) in an initial amount of $710 million was issued by UBS in replacement of the existing letter of credit issued under the First Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement.  The term of the LOC was extended from April 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023, subject to certain conditions being satisfied including scheduled capital contributions being made to GG III by one of its affiliates.  The maximum stated amount of the LOC was increased from $610 million to $720 million in 2015, if certain conditions are met.  The LOC is held in trust for the benefit of the Company’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, West Coast Life Insurance Company (“WCL”), and supports certain obligations of GG III to WCL for a portion of the reserves relating to certain level premium term life insurance policies reinsured by GG III under an indemnity reinsurance agreement originally effective April 1, 2010, as amended and restated on November 21, 2011, and as further amended and restated on August 7, 2013 to include an additional block of policies.  The Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement continues to be “non-recourse” to WCL, PLICO and the Company, meaning that none of these companies are liable to reimburse UBS for any drawn amounts or interest thereon.  Pursuant to the terms of an amended and restated letter agreement with UBS, the Company has continued its agreement to guarantee the payment of fees to UBS.  The estimated average annual expense of the LOC issued by UBS pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement under generally accepted accounting principles is approximately $9 million, after-tax.

 

The above description of the Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2013.

 

Item 2.03                                           Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

	PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
	/s/Steven G. Walker
	Steven G. Walker
	Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Dated:      August 8, 2013

 

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