Alan D. Matula - 02 May 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (ANG-PB)

Footnote F1

On May 2, 2024, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of July 4, 2023, by and among the Issuer, Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (Parent), Arches Merger Sub, Inc., an Iowa corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (BAM), the Issuer merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Issuer surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger).

Footnote F2

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Issuer (AEL Common Stock) was exchanged for (i) $38.85 per share in cash, without interest (the Cash Consideration) and (ii) a number of fully-paid and nonassessable shares of class A limited voting shares of BAM (BAM Class A Stock) equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the Stock Consideration, together with the Cash Consideration, the Merger Consideration), for an aggregate value of $56.50 per share of AEL Common Stock based on the 10-day volume-weighted average share price of BAM Class A Stock (measured five business days prior to May 2, 2024) (the BAM Class A Stock Price).

Footnote F3

Includes 3,303 shares of AEL Common Stock subject to vesting conditions (AEL Restricted Stock). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each award of AEL Restricted Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time automatically had any restrictions thereon lapsed and was converted into the right to receive a cash payment, without interest, equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of AEL Restricted Stock subject to such award immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) $55.