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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): January 6, 2006
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Jacksonville, Florida
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (904) 854-8100
(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 (see General
Instruction A.2.):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On January 6, 2006, Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. (the Company or FNT)
announced certain changes to and the extension of its pending offers to exchange outstanding notes
of its parent company, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) for newly issued FNT
notes. The exchange offers have been amended to change the covenants and events of default
contained in the indenture under which the new FNT notes will be
issued (the FNT Indenture) to
more closely conform to those originally applicable to the FNF notes. The offers have also been
amended to eliminate a waiver of past defaults that had been requested, although the Company was
not aware that any such defaults actually existed. Finally, the offers were amended to waive the
condition that FNT receive sufficient valid consents to effect the amendments to the indenture
governing the FNF notes (the FNF Indenture) described in the prospectus for the exchange offers.
The Company has filed an amended Prospectus and Consent Solicitation Statement (the Amended
Prospectus) describing the changes to the exchange offers with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The changes to the FNT Indenture will be effected through a supplement indenture (the FNT
Supplemental Indenture), which will be executed prior to the FNT notes being issued in the
exchange offers. The form of the FNT Supplemental Indenture is attached as an exhibit hereto.
To reflect the elimination of the waiver of past defaults, the attached form of FNF Supplemental
Indenture has been changed from the form of FNF Supplemental Indenture previously filed as exhibit
4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 for the exchange offers and now replaces that form in
its entirety. The attached form of FNF Supplemental Indenture will be executed to effect the
amendments to the FNF Indenture described in the Amended Prospectus under the caption The Proposed
Amendments.
The forms of FNT notes being issued in the exchange offers that were filed as exhibits 4.6 and 4.7
to the Registration Statement have also been amended to reflect the changes to the events of
default provision in the FNT Indenture that will be effected through the FNT Supplemental
Indenture. The updated forms of FNT notes are filed as exhibits hereto.
Along with the Amended Prospectus, the Company is providing holders of FNF notes an updated Letter
of Transmittal and Consent that can be used to tender their FNF notes in the exchange offers. The
new Letter of Transmittal and Consent is filed herewith. As described in the Amended Prospectus,
the Company will deem all notes validly tendered using the prior form of the Letter of Transmittal
and Consent to have been validly tendered using the form attached hereto and delivered with the
Amended Prospectus. Further, the Company will deem any agreement to be bound by the terms of the
Letter of Transmittal and Consent that is or has been received by agents message to be an
agreement to be bound by the form attached hereto and delivered with the Amended Prospectus.
Updated Letters to Beneficial Owners and Letters to Depository Trust Company Participants are also
filed herewith. These letters have been amended to reflect the extension of the exchange offers
and the amendments described in the Amended Prospectus.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits.
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Form of FNT Supplemental Indenture |
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Form of 7.30% FNT Note due August 15, 2011 |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.
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/s/ Anthony J. Park
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Dated: January 9, 2006
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Exhibit 4.1
Form
of First Supplemental Indenture
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the Supplemental Indenture), dated as of January 6, 2006,
between Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. a national banking association and a wholly owned subsidiary of The
Bank of New York Company, Inc. (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2005, between the Company and the
Trustee (the Original Indenture; the Original Indenture, as amended hereby, the Indenture), the
Company plans to issue securities, which it wishes to make subject to the terms hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed
as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.8 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to delete the provisions
appearing therein in their entirety and to replace such provisions with the following:
Section 9.8. Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, incur, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien on any
part of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without effectively securing the
Notes equally and ratably with that Debt, other than the following (Excluded Debt):
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Liens securing all or any portion of any Debt incurred (x)
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2005, by and among
the Company, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
various financial institutions and other persons from time to time parties
thereto, as Lenders, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time
(the Credit Agreement) or (y) pursuant to any Debt instrument or agreement
(Refinancing Debt) that in whole or in part refinances, refunds, repays,
renews, replaces or extends the Credit Agreement or any Refinancing Debt;
provided that the aggregate principal amount of Debt that shall constitute
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Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental
charges which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty, or to the
extent that non-payment thereof is being contested in good faith and by proper
proceedings, if the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has
maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of
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carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, landlords,
materialmens, repairmens or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty
or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
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Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities
made by any Restricted Subsidiary in the insurance business as a condition to
obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy the
requirements of, any administrative or governmental body of the state of
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Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment Liens
(other than arising as a result of claims under or related to insurance
contracts or policies, retrocession agreements or reinsurance agreements);
provided that the enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed or fully
covered by insurance and all such Liens in the aggregate at any time
outstanding for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not exceed
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Liens on assets subject to, and securing obligations in respect
of, leases that, in conformity with GAAP, are, or are required to be, accounted
for as capital leases on the applicable balance sheet, which are entered into
in the ordinary course of business and are non-recourse to the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries, and other such leases in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $15,000,000 at any one time outstanding; |
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(g) of the Credit Agreement, to the extent such Liens are identified and
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Liens arising as a result of claims under or related to
insurance contracts or policies, reinsurance agreements or retrocession
agreements in the ordinary course of business, or securing Debt of Restricted
Subsidiaries in the insurance business incurred or assumed in connection with
the settlement of claim losses in the ordinary course of business of such
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Subsidiary after August 20, 2001 securing Debt of such Person, which Liens and
Debt previously existed and were not created in contemplation of such
acquisition, and which Liens are not spread to cover any other property; |
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securing Debt owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; |
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continuing, other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not
exceeding $20,000,000; and |
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provided that the Liens permitted hereby shall not be spread to cover any
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For purposes of this Section 9.8, the term Restricted Subsidiary shall include all Subsidiaries
of the Company except FNF Capital, Inc., Fidelity Asset Management, Inc., Micro General
Corporation, and any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Section 2. Section 5.1(4) of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to delete the provision
appearing therein in its entirety and to replace such provision with the following:
(4) default in the payment when due of amounts payable under any bond, note, debenture or
other evidence of Debt of the Company (including such default with respect to any other series of
Securities), or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument under which there may be issued
or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of the Company, whether such Debt exists on
the date of this Indenture or shall hereafter be incurred or created, in an aggregate amount
exceeding $20,000,000, or default under any such evidence of Debt (including default with respect
to any other series of Securities), or under any such other instrument, which results in such Debt
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable
prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, and such outstanding
amount shall not be paid in full, such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled or such Debt
shall not be paid in full, or there shall not be deposited into trust a sum of money sufficient to
pay in full such outstanding amount or such Debt, within a period of 10 days after there shall have
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and
the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes a written
notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such outstanding amount to be
paid in full, such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, or such Debt to be paid in full, or to
deposit into trust a sum of money sufficient to pay in full such outstanding amount or Debt and
stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder;.
Section 3. Section 9.5 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to delete the entirety of
the text appearing therein and to replace such text with the following:
Section 9.5. Insurance. The Company covenants and agrees that it will maintain, and
cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as are consistent with sound
business practice for corporations engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated. In
lieu of the foregoing or in combination therewith, in case of itself or of any one or more of its
Subsidiaries, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained a system or systems of
self-insurance which will accord with the financially sound and approved practices of companies
owning or operating properties of a similar character and maintaining such systems.
Section 4. Section 9.7 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to designate the existing
text thereof as subsection (a) and to add a new subsection (b), as follows:
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, promptly after
the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default of
the character specified in Section 5.1(4) hereof, written notice of the occurrence
of such Default or Event of Default.
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Section 5. Section 9.9 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to delete the entirety of
the text appearing therein and to replace such text with the following:
Section 9.9. Books of Record and Account; Compliance with Law.
(a) The Company will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and
account, either on a consolidated or individual basis. The Company shall cause its books of record
and account to be examined by one or more firms of independent public accountants not less
frequently than annually. The Company shall prepare its financial statements in accordance with
GAAP.
(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all statutes,
laws, ordinances, or government rules and regulations to which it is subject, non-compliance with
which would materially adversely affect the business, prospects, earnings, properties, assets or
condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 6. The Indenture, supplemented as hereinabove set forth, is in all respects ratified
and confirmed, and the terms and conditions thereof, supplemented as hereinabove set forth, shall
be and remain in full force and effect.
Section 7. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture.
Section 8. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
Section 9. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.
Section 10. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
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Exhibit 4.2
Form
of First Supplemental Indenture
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the Supplemental Indenture), dated as of January , 2006,
between Fidelity National Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture dated as of August 20, 2001, between the Company and the
Trustee (the Base Indenture), as amended by the certificates of Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary dated as of August 20,
2001 and March 11, 2003 (the Officers Certificates); the Base Indenture as amended by the
relevant Officers Certificate in respect of each series of Securities (as defined below), the
Original Indenture; and the Original Indenture as amended hereby, the Indenture, the Company
issued its 7.30% Notes due August 15, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (CUSIP
No. 316326ac1) and its 5.25% Notes due March 15, 2013 in the aggregate principal amount of
$250,000,000 (CUSIP No. 316326ad9) (the Securities);
WHEREAS, the Company is party to a Separation Agreement with Fidelity National Title Group,
Inc. (FNT) whereby FNT agreed to conduct exchange offers in which FNT would offer to exchange
newly-issued notes of FNT for the Securities;
WHEREAS, in connection with such exchange offers and in accordance with Section 8.2 of the
Original Indenture, the Company seeks to obtain the consent of the holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of each series of the outstanding Securities to amend the Original
Indenture, and this Supplemental Indenture shall not become effective unless and until the
conditions of Section 6 hereof are satisfied;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed
for the benefit of all holders of the Securities as follows:
Section 1. (a)(i) The definition of Bankruptcy Law set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(ii) The definition of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(iii) The definition of Excluded Debt set forth in Section 1.1 of the Original Indenture is
hereby deleted in its entirety.
(iv) The definition of Restricted Subsidiary set forth in Section 1.1 of the Original
Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(v) The definition of Secured Debt set forth in Section 1.1 of the Original Indenture is
hereby deleted in its entirety.
(b) Section 5.1 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text of each of clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) thereof with the words Intentionally omitted.
(c) Article 7 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof, including the entirety of the text of each of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 thereof, with the
words: Intentionally omitted.
(d) Section 9.4 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof with the words: Intentionally omitted.
(e) Section 9.5 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof with the words: Intentionally omitted.
(f) Section 9.8 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof with the words: Intentionally omitted.
(g) Section 9.9 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof with the words: Intentionally omitted.
(h) Section 9.10 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the entirety of the
text thereof with the words: Intentionally omitted.
Section 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights of the holders of each series of Securities
are modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of which shall be controlling in the
event of any conflict between such provisions and any provisions set forth in the Securities of any
series. Without limiting the foregoing, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
Section 9 of the Securities of either series, the only Events of Default with respect to such
Securities are those set forth in Sections 5.1(1), (2) and (3) of the Indenture.
Section 3. The Indenture, supplemented as hereinabove set forth, is in all respects ratified
and confirmed, and the terms and conditions thereof, supplemented as hereinabove set forth, shall
be and remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture.
Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective with respect to each series of
the Securities upon, and simultaneously with, the consummation of the exchange offer in connection
with that series (which shall occur upon the execution, authentication and delivery of newly issued
notes of FNT in exchange for Securities of that series), and is subject to the condition that the
Company has received consents sufficient to amend the Original Indenture pursuant to the terms of
Section 8.2 thereof in connection with such exchange offer and that such consents have not been
revoked before the expiration of such exchange offer.
Section 6. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS
OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
Section 7. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.
Section 8. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in the Original Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
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Exhibit 4.3
THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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CUSIP No.: 31620RAA3 |
FORM OF 7.30% NOTE DUE AUGUST 15, 2011
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) on
August 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15
Regular Record Dates: February 1 and August 1
Authenticated: January , 2006
Dated: January , 2006
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.
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Certificate of Authentication
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Securities described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
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FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.
7.30% NOTE DUE AUGUST 15, 2011
1. INTEREST. Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 7.30% per annum.
The Company shall pay interest semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year (each an
Interest Payment Date), commencing February 15, 2006, until the principal is paid or made
available for payment. Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the later of
August 15, 2005 and the last date for which interest was paid on the 7.30% Fidelity National
Financial, Inc. note due August 15, 2011 (CUSIP No. 316326AC1), for which this Security was
exchanged. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted
interest, if any, which shall be paid on such special payment date as may be fixed by the Company
to Holders of record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to the persons who
are registered Holders at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 immediately preceding
any Interest Payment Date, except that interest payable on August 15, 2011 shall be payable to the
persons to whom principal is payable on such date. A holder must surrender this Security to a
Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money
of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the
Trustee) shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying
Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued this Security under an Indenture dated as of December 8,
2005 between the Company and the Trustee, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
January 6, 2006 (as so amended and as it may be further amended, the Indenture). The terms of
this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
This Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., 601 Riverside Avenue,
Jacksonville, Florida 32204, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
5. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder or Holders of this Security shall be treated
as owners of it for all purposes.
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6. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time
in whole or from time to time in part, at a price (the Redemption Price) equal to the greater of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the principal amount of
this Security to be redeemed, exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption (the
Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. The principal amount of this
Security called for redemption shall become due on the Redemption Date.
For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this
Security that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of this Security.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date:
the average of the bid and the asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed as a percentage of its principal amount, at 4:00 p.m. on the third
business day preceding that Redemption Date, as set forth on Telerate Page 500, or
such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500; or
if Telerate Page 500, or any successor page, is not displayed or does not contain
bid and/or asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue at that time, the average
of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for that
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, or, if the Trustee is unable to obtain at least four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations obtained by the Trustee.
Independent Investment Banker means Lehman Brothers Inc. and any successors or, if it
is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably
acceptable to the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means Lehman Brothers Inc. and any successors and four
other primary United States government securities dealers in New York City selected by the
Independent Investment Banker (each, a Primary Treasury Dealer); provided that, if any of
the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute another
Primary Treasury Dealer therefor.
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for this Security, expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by the Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding the
Redemption Date.
Treasury Yield means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity, computed as of the third business day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date, of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
price for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed as a percentage of its principal amount,
equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.
7. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request.
After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment unless an abandoned
property law designates another person.
8. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or this Security may
be amended or supplemented with the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Holders affected by the amendment. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or this Security to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to create another series of Securities and establish its terms
or to make any other change, provided such action does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder.
9. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. This Security has the Events of Default set forth in Sections
5.1(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of this Security, by written notice to
the Company (and, if given by the Holders, to the Trustee), may declare the principal of and
accrued interest, if any, on the aggregate principal amount of this Security to be due and payable,
and upon any such declaration such principal and interest, if any, shall be immediately due and
payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to this Security has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee
as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of this
Security, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences as provided in the Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of this Security by written notice to
the Trustee may waive any past Default or Event of Default with respect to this Security and its
consequences except (a) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, this Security or (b) in respect of a covenant or
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provision hereof which pursuant to the Indenture cannot be amended or modified without the
consent of each Holder of this Security. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist,
and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured.
10. AMOUNT UNLIMITED. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in
one or more series. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the existing Holders
of this Security, issue additional Securities of the series of which this Security is a part on
substantially the same terms and conditions as those of this Security.
11. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under this Security and the Indenture under Article 7 of the Indenture, the predecessor
corporation shall be released from those obligations.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from,
and perform services for the Company or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Security.
14. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to
defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate
of authentication on the other side of this Security.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below: I or we assign and
transfer this Security to
(Insert assignees social security or tax ID number)
(Print or type assignees name, address, and zip code)
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
Date:
Your signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
Signature
Guarantee:
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Exhibit 4.4
THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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CUSIP No.: 31620RAB1 |
FORM OF 5.25% NOTE DUE MARCH 15, 2013
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) on
March 15, 2013.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Regular Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Authenticated: January , 2006
Dated: January , 2006
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Certificate of Authentication
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Securities described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.
5.25% NOTE DUE MARCH 15, 2013
1. INTEREST. Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 5.25% per annum.
The Company shall pay interest semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each an
Interest Payment Date), commencing March 15, 2006, until the principal is paid or made available
for payment. Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the later of September 15,
2005 and the last date for which interest was paid on the 5.25% Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
note due March 15, 2013 (CUSIP No. 316326AD9), for which this Security was exchanged. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted
interest, if any, which shall be paid on such special payment date as may be fixed by the Company
to Holders of record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to the persons who
are registered Holders at the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 immediately preceding
any Interest Payment Date, except that interest payable on March 15, 2013 shall be payable to the
persons to whom principal is payable on such date. A holder must surrender this Security to a
Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money
of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the
Trustee) shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying
Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued this Security under an Indenture dated as of December 8,
2005 between the Company and the Trustee, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
January 6, 2006 (as so amended and as it may be further amended, the Indenture). The terms of
this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
This Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., 601 Riverside Avenue,
Jacksonville, Florida 32204, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
5. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder or Holders of this Security shall be treated
as owners of it for all purposes.
6. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company, at any time
in whole or from time to time in part, at a price (the Redemption Price)
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equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed and
(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on
the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed, exclusive of interest accrued to the date of
redemption (the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus
30 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. The principal
amount of this Security called for redemption shall become due on the Redemption Date.
For purposes of determining the Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this
Security that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of this Security.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date:
the average of the bid and the asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed as a percentage of its principal amount, at 4:00 p.m. on the third
business day preceding that Redemption Date, as set forth on Telerate Page 500, or
such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500; or
if Telerate Page 500, or any successor page, is not displayed or does not contain
bid and/or asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue at that time, the average
of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for that
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, or, if the Trustee is unable to obtain at least four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations obtained by the Trustee.
Independent Investment Banker means Lehman Brothers Inc. and any successors or, if it
is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably
acceptable to the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means Lehman Brothers Inc. and any successors and four
other primary United States government securities dealers in New York City selected by the
Independent Investment Banker (each, a Primary Treasury Dealer); provided that, if any of
the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute another
Primary Treasury Dealer therefor.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for this Security, expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by the
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Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day
preceding the Redemption Date.
Treasury Yield means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity, computed as of the third business day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date, of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
price for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed as a percentage of its principal amount,
equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.
7. UNCLAIMED MONEY. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request.
After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment unless an abandoned
property law designates another person.
8. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or this Security may
be amended or supplemented with the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Holders affected by the amendment. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or this Security to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to create another series of Securities and establish its terms
or to make any other change, provided such action does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder.
9. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. This Security has the Events of Default set forth in Sections
5.1(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of this Security, by written notice to
the Company (and, if given by the Holders, to the Trustee), may declare the principal of and
accrued interest, if any, on the aggregate principal amount of this Security to be due and payable,
and upon any such declaration such principal and interest, if any, shall be immediately due and
payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to this Security has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee
as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of this
Security, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences as provided in the Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of this Security by written notice to
the Trustee may waive any past Default or Event of Default with respect to this Security and its
consequences except (a) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, this Security or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
which pursuant to the Indenture cannot be amended or modified without the consent of each Holder of
this Security. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured.
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10. AMOUNT UNLIMITED. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in
one or more series. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the existing Holders
of this Security, issue additional Securities of the series of which this Security is a part on
substantially the same terms and conditions as those of this Security.
11. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under this Security and the Indenture under Article 7 of the Indenture, the predecessor
corporation shall be released from those obligations.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from,
and perform services for the Company or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Security.
14. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to
defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate
of authentication on the other side of this Security.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
17. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below: I or we assign and
transfer this Security to
(Insert assignees social security or tax ID number)
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agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
Signature
Guarantee:
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Exhibit 99.1
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CONSENT
Amended Offer to Exchange
Any and All of the Outstanding
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7.30% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2011 |
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5.25% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2013 |
(CUSIP
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and Solicitation of Consents for Amendment of the Related
Indenture
AS AMENDED, THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT, NEW
YORK CITY TIME, ON JANUARY 13, 2006 (REFERRED TO AS THE
INITIAL EXPIRATION TIME), UNLESS EXTENDED OR EARLIER
TERMINATED. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC. MAY EXTEND
THE EXPIRATION FOR EITHER SERIES OF NOTES WITHOUT EXTENDING
ANY SUCH TIME FOR THE OTHER SERIES OF NOTES. NOTES TENDERED
IN THE EXCHANGE OFFERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
INITIAL EXPIRATION TIME, BUT NOT THEREAFTER.
Deliver to the Exchange Agent:
D. F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Gina Ruotolo
By Facsimile Transmission (Eligible Institutions Only):
(212) 809-8839
Confirm Facsimile by Telephone: (212) 493-6958
DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CONSENT
(LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL) TO
AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF
INSTRUCTIONS VIA A
FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE LISTED ABOVE WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A VALID
DELIVERY. THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THIS LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL SHOULD BE
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS
COMPLETED.
Questions regarding the exchange offers and consent
solicitations or the completion of this Letter of Transmittal
should be directed to D. F. King & Co., Inc., the
Information Agent, at the following telephone number: banks and
brokers,
(212) 269-5550
(collect); and all others call toll free,
(800) 848-2998.
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. (FNT) is
offering to exchange, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Prospectus and Consent Solicitation
Statement dated January 9, 2006 (the
Prospectus) and this Letter of Transmittal:
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any and all of the outstanding 7.30% Fidelity National
Financial, Inc. (FNF) notes due 2011 (the FNF
7.30% Notes) for its newly issued 7.30% notes
due 2011 (the FNT 7.30% Notes); and |
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any and all of the outstanding 5.25% FNF notes due 2013 (the
FNF 5.25% Notes) for its newly issued
5.25% notes due 2013 (the FNT 5.25% Notes). |
The FNF 7.30% Notes and the FNF 5.25% Notes are
collectively referred to as the FNF Notes. The FNT
7.30% Notes and the FNT 5.25% Notes are collectively
referred to as the FNT Notes. The exchange offers
with respect to the above series of FNF Notes are collectively
referred to as the Exchange Offers.
This Letter of Transmittal is to be used to accept one or more
of the Exchange Offers if the applicable FNF Notes are to be
tendered by effecting a book-entry transfer into the account
maintained by the Exchange Agent at The Depository Trust Company
(DTC) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the
Prospectus in the section entitled, The Exchange
Offers Procedures for Tendering FNF Notes and
Delivering Consents. Tenders by book-entry transfer may
also be made by delivering an Agents Message (as defined
below) pursuant to DTCs Automated Tender Offer Program
(ATOP) in lieu of this Letter of Transmittal. Unless
you intend to tender FNF Notes through ATOP you should complete,
execute and deliver this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the
action you desire to take with respect to the Exchange Offers.
By causing FNF notes to be credited to the Exchange Agents
account at DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures for
transfer, including the transmission by DTC of an agents
message to the Exchange Agent, the holder will be deemed to
confirm, on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such
notes, all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal applicable
to it and such beneficial owners as fully as if it had completed
the information required herein and executed and delivered this
Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. As used herein, the
term Agents Message means a message,
electronically transmitted by DTC to and received by the
Exchange Agent, and forming a part of the book-entry
confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express
acknowledgement from a holder of notes stating that such holder
has received and agrees to be bound by, and makes each of the
representations and warranties contained in, this Letter of
Transmittal and, further, that such holder agrees that FNT may
enforce this Letter of Transmittal against such holder.
Holders tendering FNF Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers will
thereby consent to certain proposed amendments to the indenture
under which FNF issued such FNF Notes and modifications of
rights of holders, as described in the Prospectus in the section
entitled The Proposed Amendments. The completion,
execution and delivery of this Letter of Transmittal (or the
delivery by DTC of an Agents Message in lieu thereof)
constitutes the delivery of a consent with respect to the FNF
Notes tendered.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and
consent solicitations and applicable law, FNT will deposit with
the Exchange Agent the FNT Notes of the applicable series (in
book-entry form).
The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering holders
for the purpose of receiving the new FNT Notes from FNT and then
delivering new FNT Notes (in book-entry form) to or at the
direction of those holders. The Exchange Agent will make this
delivery on the same day FNT deposits the new FNT Notes, or as
soon thereafter practicable.
Tender of FNF Notes
To effect a valid tender of FNF Notes through the completion,
execution and delivery of this Letter of Transmittal, the
undersigned must complete the table entitled Description
of FNF Notes Tendered and in Request of which a Consent is
Given below and sign this Letter of Transmittal where
indicated.
The FNT Notes will be delivered only in book-entry form through
DTC and only to the DTC account of the undersigned or the
undersigneds custodian as specified in the table below.
Failure to provide the information necessary to effect delivery
of new FNT Notes will render a tender defective and FNT will
have the right, which it may waive, to reject such tender.
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DESCRIPTION OF FNF NOTES TENDERED AND
IN RESPECT OF WHICH CONSENT IS GIVEN
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* The principal amount of each series of the
FNF Notes tendered hereby must be in a denomination of $1,000 or
any integral multiple thereof. See instruction 3. |
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SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED.
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY, WHICH
INSTRUCTIONS
FORM A PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
EXCHANGE OFFERS.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby (a) tenders to Fidelity National
Title Group, Inc., upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in this Letter of
Transmittal (collectively, the Terms and
Conditions), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
principal amount or amounts of each series of FNF Notes
indicated in the table above entitled Description of FNF
Notes Tendered and in Respect of Which Consent is
Given (or, if nothing is indicated therein, with respect
to the entire aggregate principal amount represented by the
series of FNF Notes indicated in such table) and
(b) consents, with respect to such principal amount or
amounts of each such series of FNF Notes, to the proposed
amendments to the indenture under which such FNF Notes were
issued and related modifications to rights of holders of FNF
Notes and to the execution of a supplemental indenture (the
Supplemental Indenture) effecting the foregoing, all
as described in the Prospectus under the caption The
Proposed Amendments.
The undersigned understands that the tender and consent made
hereby will remain in full force and effect unless and until
such tender and consent are revoked in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Prospectus. The undersigned
understands that after the initial expiration time, the consent
may not be revoked.
The undersigned understands that the undersigned will be deemed
to have tendered a beneficial interest in the FNF notes
represented by one or more fully registered global notes, which
have been deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in
the name of its nominee.
If the undersigned is not the registered holder of the FNF Notes
indicated in the table above entitled Description of FNF
Notes Tendered and in Respect of Which Consent is
Given or such holders legal representative or
attorney-in-fact (or,
in the case of FNF Notes held through DTC, the DTC participant
for whose account such FNF Notes are held), then the undersigned
has obtained a properly completed irrevocable proxy that
authorizes the undersigned (or the undersigneds legal
representative or
attorney-in-fact) to
deliver a consent in respect of such FNF Notes on behalf of the
holder thereof, and such proxy is being delivered with this
Letter of Transmittal.
The undersigned understands that FNTs obligation to
complete each Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions,
which are described in the Prospectus under the caption
The Exchange Offers Conditions to the
Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, and that FNT is
free to waive any condition with respect to either or both of
the Exchange Offers.
The undersigned understands that, upon the Terms and Conditions,
FNF Notes of any series properly tendered and accepted and not
withdrawn will be exchanged for FNT Notes of the corresponding
series. The undersigned understands that, under certain
circumstances, FNT may not be required to accept any of the FNF
Notes tendered (including any such FNF Notes tendered after the
expiration date). If any FNF Notes are not accepted for exchange
for any reason or if FNF Notes are withdrawn, such unexchanged
or withdrawn FNF Notes will be returned without expense to the
undersigneds account at DTC or such other account as
designated herein pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures
described in the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the
expiration or termination of the applicable Exchange Offer.
Subject to, and effective upon, acceptance for exchange of, and
payment for, the principal amount of each series of FNF Notes
tendered hereby upon the Terms and Conditions, the undersigned
hereby sells, assigns and transfers to or upon the order of FNT,
all right, title and interest in and to such FNF Notes.
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The undersigned understands that tenders of FNF Notes pursuant
to any of the procedures described in the Prospectus and in the
instructions in this Letter of Transmittal, if and when accepted
by FNT, will constitute a binding agreement between the
undersigned and FNT upon the Terms and Conditions.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and
attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned with respect to the FNF Notes tendered hereby (with
full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of
FNT) with full powers of substitution (such power of attorney
being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an
interest), to
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(1) transfer ownership of such FNF Notes on the account
books maintained by DTC together with all accompanying evidences
of transfer and authenticity to or upon the order of FNT, |
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(2) present such FNF Notes for transfer of ownership on the
books of FNF, |
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(3) deliver to FNT, FNF and the trustee under the FNF
indenture this Letter of Transmittal as evidence of the
undersigneds consent to the proposed amendments, and |
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(4) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights
of beneficial ownership of such FNF Notes, |
all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offers, as
described in the Prospectus.
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Letter
of Transmittal shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the
death or incapacity of the undersigned, and any obligation of
the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs,
executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal and
legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:
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(1) The undersigned (i) has full power and authority
to tender the FNF Notes tendered hereby and to sell, assign and
transfer all right, title and interest in and to such FNF Notes
and (ii) either has full power and authority to consent to
the proposed amendments to the indenture relating to such FNF
Notes or is delivering a duly executed consent (which is
included in this Letter of Transmittal) from a person or entity
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(2) The FNF Notes being tendered hereby were owned as of
the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges,
claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind,
and upon acceptance of such FNF Notes by FNT, FNT will acquire
good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to such FNF Notes,
free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrance,
interests and restrictions of any kind, when the same are
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(3) The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver
any additional documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or FNT to
be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and
transfer of the FNF Notes tendered hereby, to perfect the
undersigneds consent to the proposed amendments or to
complete the execution of any Supplemental Indenture. |
The undersigned understands that tenders of FNF Notes may be
withdrawn at any time prior to the initial expiration time. A
valid withdrawal of tendered FNF Notes prior to the initial
expiration time will constitute the concurrent valid revocation
of such holders related consent. For a holder to revoke a
consent a holder must withdraw the related tendered FNF Notes
prior to the initial expiration time. A tender of FNF Notes may
not be withdrawn at any time after the initial expiration time,
even if the Exchange Offer is otherwise extended. A notice of
withdrawal will be effective only if delivered to the Exchange
Agent in accordance with the specific procedures set forth in
the Prospectus.
If either of the Exchange Offers is amended in a manner
determined by FNT to constitute a material change, FNT will
promptly disclose such amendment to the holders of the
applicable series of FNF Notes, and FNT will extend such
Exchange Offer to a date five to ten business days after
disclosing the amendment, depending on the significance of the
amendment and the manner of disclosure to the holders if such
Exchange Offer would otherwise have expired during such five to
ten business day period.
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Unless otherwise indicated under Special Issuance
Instructions, please credit any FNF Notes in the principal
amount not accepted for exchange to the DTC account specified in
the table entitled Description of FNF Notes Tendered
and in Respect of Which Consent is Given.
The undersigned recognizes that FNT has no obligations under the
Special Issuance Instructions provision of this
Letter of Transmittal to effect the transfer of any FNF Notes
from the holder(s) thereof if FNT does not accept for exchange
any of the principal amount of the FNF Notes tendered pursuant
to this Letter of Transmittal.
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SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 2 and 5)
To be completed ONLY if any FNF Notes in the principal amount
not accepted for exchange are to be returned by credit to an
account maintained at DTC other than the account indicated above.
Please issue FNF Notes not accepted for exchange to:
DTC Participant Account
Number:
Contact at DTC
Participant:
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SIGN HERE
(TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS OF FNF NOTES)
By completing, executing and delivering this Letter of
Transmittal, the undersigned hereby tenders, and consents to the
proposed amendments to the applicable indenture and related
modifications of rights of holders (and to the execution of a
Supplemental Indenture effecting the foregoing) with respect to,
the principal amount of each series of FNF Notes listed in the
table above entitled Description of FNF
Notes Tendered and in Respect of Which Consent is
Given.
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Area Code and Telephone
Number:
If a holder of any FNF Notes is tendering any FNF Notes, this
Letter of Transmittal must be signed by the Registered Holders
exactly as the name appears on a securities position listing of
DTC or by any persons authorized to become the Registered
Holders by endorsements and documents transmitted herewith. If
the signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian,
attorney-in-fact,
officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, please so indicate at the line entitled Capacity
(full title) and submit evidence satisfactory to the
Exchange Agent and FNT of such persons authority to so
act. See Instruction 4.
Name(s):
(Please Type or Print)
Capacity (full title):
Address:
(Including Zip Code)
MEDALLION SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
(If required See Instruction 4.)
Signature(s) Guaranteed by an Eligible Institution:
(Authorized Signature)
(Title)
(Name of Firm)
(Title)
(Address)
Dated ______________________________ , 200___
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INSTRUCTIONS FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFERS
1. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal. This Letter of
Transmittal is to be completed by tendering holders of FNF Notes
if tender of such FNF Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer
to the Exchange Agents account at DTC and instructions are
not being transmitted through ATOP. Holders who tender their FNF
Notes through DTCs ATOP procedures shall be bound by, but
need not complete, this Letter of Transmittal; thus, a Letter of
Transmittal need not accompany tenders effected through ATOP.
A confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the Exchange
Agents account at DTC of all FNF Notes delivered
electronically, as well as a properly completed and duly
executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile
thereof) or properly transmitted agents message, and any
other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be
received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein
on or prior to the expiration date of the applicable Exchange
Offers.
Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC may
electronically transmit its acceptance of the Exchange Offer by
causing DTC to transfer FNF Notes to the Exchange Agent in
accordance with DTCs ATOP procedures for such transfer on
or prior to the Expiration Date. The Exchange Agent will make
available its general participant account at DTC for the FNF
Notes for purposes of the Exchange Offers.
Delivery of a Letter of Transmittal to DTC will not constitute
valid delivery to the Exchange Agent. No Letter of Transmittal
should be sent to FNT, FNF, DTC or the Dealer Manager.
The method of delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and all
other required documents, including delivery through DTC and any
acceptance or agents message delivered through ATOP, is at
the option and risk of the tendering holder. If delivery is by
mail, registered mail with return receipt requested and properly
insured is recommended. Instead of delivery by mail, it is
recommended that the holder use an overnight or hand-delivery
service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to
ensure timely delivery.
Neither FNT nor the Exchange Agent is under any obligation to
notify any tendering holder of FNF Notes of FNTs
acceptance of tendered FNF Notes prior to the expiration of the
Exchange Offers.
2. Delivery of the FNT Notes. FNT Notes will be
delivered only in book-entry form through DTC and only to the
DTC account of the tendering holder or the tendering
holders custodian. Accordingly, the appropriate DTC
participant name and number (along with any other required
account information) needed to permit such delivery must be
provided in the table hereof entitled Description of the
FNF Notes Tendered and in Respect of Which Consent is
Given. Failure to do so will render a tender of FNF Notes
defective, and FNT will have the right, which it may waive, to
reject such tender without notice. Holders who anticipate
tendering by a method other than through DTC are urged to
promptly contact a bank, broker or other intermediary (that has
the facility to hold securities custodially through DTC) to
arrange for receipt of any FNT Notes delivered pursuant to the
Exchange Offers and to obtain the information necessary to
complete the table.
3. Amount of Tenders. Tenders of FNF Notes will be
accepted only in denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral
multiples thereof. Book-entry transfers to the Exchange Agent
should be made in the exact principal amount of FNF Notes
tendered in respect of which consent is given.
4. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal; Instruments of
Transfer; Guarantee of Signatures. For purposes of this
Letter of Transmittal, the term Registered Holder
means an owner of record as well as any DTC participant that has
FNF Notes credited to its DTC account. Except as otherwise
provided below, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal
must be guaranteed by a recognized participant in the Securities
Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the NYSE Medallion Signature
Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (each, a
Medallion Signature Guarantor). Signatures on the
Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed if:
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the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a participant in DTC
whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner
of the FNF Notes and the holder has not completed the box
entitled Special Issuance Instructions on this
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An Eligible Institution is one of the following
firms or other entities identified in
Rule 17Ad-15 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as such terms are defined
in Rule 17Ad-15):
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(b) a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer,
municipal securities broker, government securities dealer or
government securities broker; |
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Securities Transfer Association recognized program. |
If any of the FNF Notes tendered are held by two or more
Registered Holders, all of the Registered Holders must sign the
Letter of Transmittal.
FNT will not accept any alternative, conditional, irregular or
contingent tenders. By executing the Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof) or directing DTC to transmit an agents
message, you waive any right to receive any notice of the
acceptance of your FNF Notes for exchange.
If this Letter of Transmittal or instruments of transfer are
signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians or
attorneys-in-fact,
officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or
representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when
signing and, unless waived by FNT, evidence satisfactory to FNT
of their authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter
of Transmittal.
Beneficial Owners whose tendered FNF Notes are registered in the
name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or
other nominee must contact such broker, dealer, commercial bank,
trust company or other nominee if they desire to tender such FNF
Notes.
5. Special Issuance Instructions. If the FNF Notes,
if any, in principal amount not accepted for exchange are to be
returned by credit to an account maintained at DTC other than
the account indicated above, the signer of this Letter of
Transmittal should complete the Special Issuance
Instructions box on this Letter of Transmittal. All FNF
Notes tendered by book-entry transfer and not accepted for
exchange will otherwise be returned by crediting the account at
DTC designated above.
6. Transfer Taxes. FNT will pay or cause to be paid
any transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of FNF
Notes to it, or to its order, pursuant to the Exchange Offers.
7. Validity of Tenders. All questions concerning the
validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt),
acceptance and withdrawal of tendered FNF Notes will be
determined by FNT in its sole discretion, which determination
will be final and binding. FNT reserves the absolute right to
reject any and all tenders of FNF Notes not in proper form or
any FNF Notes the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the
opinion of its counsel, be unlawful. FNT also reserves the
absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in tenders of
FNF Notes, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are
waived in the case of other tendered securities. The
interpretation of the Terms and Conditions by FNT shall be final
and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or
irregularities in connection with tenders of FNF Notes must be
cured within such time as FNT shall determine. None of FNT, the
Information Agent, the Exchange Agent, the Dealer Manager or any
other person will be under any duty to give notification of
defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of FNF Notes,
nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give
such notification.
Tenders of FNF Notes will not be deemed to have been made until
such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any
FNF Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not validly
tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not
been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to
the holders of FNF Notes, unless otherwise provided in this
Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable following the
expiration date of the applicable Exchange Offer or the
withdrawal or termination of such Exchange Offer.
8. Waiver of Conditions. FNT reserves the absolute
right to amend or waive any of the conditions in any or all of
the Exchange Offers and consent solicitations concerning any FNF
Notes at any time.
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9. Withdrawal. Tenders may be withdrawn only
pursuant to the procedures and subject to the terms set forth in
the Prospectus under the caption The Exchange
Offers Withdrawal of Tenders and Revocation of
Corresponding Consents.
10. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.
Questions and requests for assistance and requests for
additional copies of the Prospectus or this Letter of
Transmittal may be directed to the Information Agent at the
address and telephone number indicated herein.
In order to tender, a holder of FNF Notes should send or deliver
a properly completed and signed Letter of Transmittal and any
other required documents to the Exchange Agent at its address
set forth below or tender pursuant to DTCs Automated
Tender Offer Program.
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offers is:
D. F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Gina Ruotolo
By Facsimile Transmission (Eligible Institutions Only):
(212) 809-8839
Confirm Facsimile by Telephone:
(212) 493-6958
Any questions or requests for assistance or for additional
copies of the Prospectus, this Letter of Transmittal, or related
documents may be directed to the Information Agent at its
telephone numbers set forth below. A holder of FNF Notes may
also contact the Dealer Manager at the telephone number set
forth below or such holders custodian bank, depositary,
broker, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning
the Exchange Offer.
The Information Agent for the Exchange Offers is:
D. F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers call:
(212) 269-5550
(collect)
All others call toll free:
(800) 848-2998
The exclusive Dealer Manager for the Exchange Offers is:
Lehman Brothers
Attention: Liability Management Group
Radoslav Antonov
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Collect: (212) 528-7581
Toll free: (800) 438-3242
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exv99w2
Exhibit 99.2
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
LETTER TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY PARTICIPANTS
Amended Offer to Exchange
Any and All of the Outstanding
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7.30% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2011
(CUSIP 316326AC1)
for
7.30% Fidelity National Title Group notes due 2011 |
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5.25% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2013
(CUSIP 316326AD9)
for
5.25% Fidelity National Title Group notes due 2013 |
and Solicitation of Consents for Amendment of the Related
Indenture
AS AMENDED, THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT, NEW
YORK CITY TIME, ON JANUARY 13, 2006 (REFERRED TO AS THE
INITIAL EXPIRATION TIME), UNLESS EXTENDED OR EARLIER
TERMINATED. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC. MAY EXTEND THE
EXPIRATION FOR EITHER SERIES OF NOTES WITHOUT EXTENDING ANY
SUCH TIME FOR THE OTHER SERIES OF NOTES. NOTES TENDERED IN
THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
INITIAL EXPIRATION TIME, BUT NOT THEREAFTER.
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other
Nominees:
We are offering to exchange all of the notes of Fidelity
National Financial, Inc. (FNF) of each series
listed above for new Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
(FNT) notes (the Exchange
Offers), on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in our enclosed Prospectus and Consent Solicitation
Statement dated January 9, 2006 (the
Prospectus).
We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold any
of these notes. For your use and for forwarding to those
clients, we are enclosing the Prospectus, the related Letter of
Transmittal and Consent and a letter to holders summarizing the
Exchange Offers. We will not pay you any fees or commissions for
soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offers. However, we will
reimburse you for customary mailing and handling expenses
incurred by you in forwarding these materials to your clients.
WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS
POSSIBLE. Please note that the Exchange Offers will expire
at the initial expiration time, unless extended or earlier
terminated. The Exchange Offers are subject to certain
conditions. Please see the section of the Prospectus entitled
The Exchange Offers Conditions to the Exchange
Offers and Consent Solicitations.
If you or your clients would like to tender pursuant to the
Exchange Offers any notes you hold, you may do so through
DTCs ATOP program or by following the instructions that
appear in the Prospectus and in the related Letter of
Transmittal and Consent. If you tender through ATOP you do not
need to complete the Letter of Transmittal and Consent.
If you have questions about the Exchange Offers or procedures
for tendering, you should call the Dealer Manager or the
Information Agent at one of their telephone numbers listed
below. If you would like additional copies of the Prospectus and
the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, you should call the
Information Agent at its telephone number set forth below.
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Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. |
NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS
CONSTITUTES YOU AS THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE DEALER
MANAGER, OR AUTHORIZES YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY
DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFERS OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS
ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.
The Information Agent for the Exchange Offers is:
D. F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers call: (212) 269-5550 (collect)
All others call toll free: (800) 848-2998
The exclusive Dealer Manager for the Exchange Offers is:
Lehman Brothers
Attention: Liability Management Group
Radoslav Antonov
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Collect: (212) 528-7581
Toll free: (800) 438-3242
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exv99w3
Exhibit 99.3
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
LETTER TO CLIENTS
Amended Offer to Exchange
Any and All of the Outstanding
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7.30% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2011
(CUSIP 316326AC1)
for
7.30% Fidelity National Title Group notes due 2011
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5.25% Fidelity National Financial notes due 2013
(CUSIP 316326AD9)
for
5.25% Fidelity National Title Group notes due 2013 |
and Solicitation of Consents for Amendment of the Related
Indenture
AS AMENDED, THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT, NEW
YORK CITY TIME, ON JANUARY 13, 2006 (REFERRED TO AS THE
INITIAL EXPIRATION TIME), UNLESS EXTENDED OR EARLIER
TERMINATED. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC. MAY EXTEND THE
EXPIRATION FOR EITHER SERIES OF NOTES WITHOUT EXTENDING ANY SUCH
TIME FOR THE OTHER SERIES OF NOTES. NOTES TENDERED IN THE
EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE INITIAL
EXPIRATION TIME, BUT NOT THEREAFTER.
January 9, 2006
To Our Clients:
We are enclosing a Prospectus and Consent Solicitation
Statement, dated January 9, 2006 (the
Prospectus), of Fidelity National
Title Group, Inc. (FNT), and a related
Letter of Transmittal and Consent (the Letter of
Transmittal) relating to the offer by FNT to exchange
all of the notes of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(FNF) of each series listed above for new FNT
notes (the Exchange Offers), on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus. If you
tender notes, you will, by the act of tendering, be consenting
to various amendments to the applicable indenture under which
those notes were issued and to related modifications to rights
of holders of notes, all as described in the Prospectus.
FNTs obligation to purchase tendered notes is subject to
certain conditions. Please see the section of the Prospectus
entitled The Exchange Offers Conditions to the
Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.
For your convenience, we summarize certain terms of the Exchange
Offers below. This summary is not complete. You should read the
Prospectus for a more detailed description of the terms of the
Exchange Offers.
Exchange Offers
FNT is offering to exchange outstanding FNF notes for FNTs
new notes that have been registered under the Securities Act of
1933. For each $1,000 principal amount of FNF notes, FNT is
offering to exchange $1,000 in principal amount of new FNT
notes. The new FNT notes being offered will also have the same
interest rates, redemption terms and payment and maturity dates
as the FNF notes being exchanged, and will provide for accrued
interest from the last date for which interest was paid on the
FNF notes being exchanged.
Withdrawal Rights
You may withdraw tendered FNF notes and revoke consents with
respect thereto at any time prior to the initial expiration time
described above, but not thereafter. A valid withdrawal of
tendered FNF notes will also constitute the revocation of the
related consent to the proposed amendments to the indenture. You
may only revoke your consent by validly withdrawing the tendered
FNF notes prior to the initial expiration time. You may not
withdraw tendered FNF notes or revoke consents with respect
thereto after the initial expiration time, even if FNT otherwise
extends the expiration of the exchange offers. If for any reason
tendered notes are not accepted for exchange, they will be
returned promptly after the expiration or termination of the
applicable exchange offer.
How to Accept an Offer
We are the holder of your FNF notes through our account with the
Depository Trust Company (DTC). A tender of
such FNF notes can be made only by us as a DTC participant and
pursuant to your instructions. The enclosed Letter of
Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and
cannot be used by you to tender FNF notes held by us for your
account.
We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or
all of your FNF notes held by us through our DTC account
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus
and the Letter of Transmittal.
We urge you to read the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal
carefully before instructing us to tender your FNF notes. You
may use the attached form to give your instructions.
PLEASE RETURN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO US IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE OR CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO
PERMIT US TO TENDER YOUR FNF NOTES PRIOR TO THE INITIAL
EXPIRATION TIME.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY PARTICIPANT
To the Participant of The Depository Trust Company:
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the exchange
offer prospectus and consent solicitation statement, dated
January 9, 2006 (the Prospectus), of
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. and a related Letter of
Transmittal and Consent (the Letter of
Transmittal) relating to the offer to exchange all of
the notes of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(FNF) of each series described in the
Prospectus for new Fidelity National Title Group, Inc.
notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.
This will authorize you to tender the undersigned notes and to
deliver the undersigneds consent with respect to the
principal amount(s) of FNF notes indicated below held by you for
the account or benefit of the undersigned, pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
Name(s) of beneficial owner(s):
Signature(s):
Name(s):
(Please Print)
Address(es):
Telephone Number(s):
Taxpayer Identification or
Social Security Number(s):
My Account Number With You:
Principal Amount of 7.30% FNF Notes
due 2011 Beneficially Owned:
Principal Amount of 7.30% FNF Notes
due 2011 to Tender and As to Which Consent is Given
(must be an integral multiple of $1,000):
Principal Amount of 5.25% FNF Notes
due 2013 Beneficially Owned:
Principal Amount of 5.25% FNF Notes
due 2013 to Tender and As to Which Consent is Given
(must be an integral multiple of $1,000):
Date:
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