Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction — Form S-4
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1: S-4/A Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of HTML 2.22M
Securities Issued in a
Business-Combination Transaction
2: EX-5.1 Opinion re: Legality 2 13K
3: EX-8.1 Opinion re: Tax Matters 1 10K
4: EX-10.27 Material Contract 14 55K
5: EX-10.28 Material Contract 14 55K
6: EX-10.29 Material Contract 2 12K
7: EX-12.1 Statement re: Computation of Ratios 2± 11K
8: EX-23.2 Consent of Experts or Counsel 1 7K
9: EX-99.1 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 10K
10: EX-99.2 Miscellaneous Exhibit 3 16K
11: EX-99.3 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 8K
12: EX-99.4 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 8K
13: EX-99.5 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 9K
14: EX-99.6 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 9K
15: EX-99.7 Miscellaneous Exhibit 1 8K
16: EX-99.8 Miscellaneous Exhibit 18 77K
17: EX-99.9 Miscellaneous Exhibit 4 18K
EX-8.1 — Opinion re: Tax Matters
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EXHIBIT 8.1
September 18, 2003
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.
305 Madison Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07962
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the
registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the exchange offer, as set forth
in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"), by
the Company of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Registered
10 3/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Registered Notes") in exchange for its
outstanding 10 3/8% Senior Notes due 2013 issued on June 5, 2003. Any defined
term used and not defined herein has the meaning given to it in the Registration
Statement.
Based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions, revenue rulings
and revenue procedures of the Internal Revenue Service, and other administrative
pronouncements, all as in effect on the date hereof, it is our opinion that,
subject to the limitations set forth therein, the discussion contained in the
Registration Statement under the caption "Certain U.S. federal income tax
considerations" is an accurate summary of the material United States federal
income tax consequences of the exchange offer and the ownership of the
Registered Notes under currently applicable law.
Our opinion is based on current United States federal income tax
law and administrative practice, and we do not undertake to advise you as to any
future changes in United States federal income tax law or administrative
practice that may affect our opinion unless we are specifically retained to do
so. Further, legal opinions are not binding upon the Internal Revenue Service
and there can be no assurance that contrary positions may not be asserted by the
Internal Revenue Service.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Shearman & Sterling LLP
Dates Referenced Herein
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