INTRODUCTION
This Rule 13e-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3,
together with the exhibits hereto (this Transaction Statement), is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, jointly
by the following persons (each, a Filing Person, and collectively, the Filing Persons): (a) Atlas Corp., a Marshall Islands corporation (the Company), the issuer of common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the
Common Shares), (b) Poseidon Acquisition Corp., a Marshall Islands corporation (Poseidon), (c) Poseidon Merger Sub, Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Poseidon (Merger Sub), (d)
David L. Sokol, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, (e) Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax), The Second 810 Holdco Ltd., Fairfax (Barbados) International Corp., Wentworth Insurance Company Ltd., The Sixty
Three Foundation, Odyssey Group Holdings, Inc., Odyssey Reinsurance Company, Odyssey Reinsurance (Barbados) Ltd., Newline Corporate Name Limited, Hudson Insurance Company, Hilltop Specialty Insurance Company, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd,
Allied World Insurance Company, Allied World Specialty Insurance Company, Allied World Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Allied World Assurance Company, AG, Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) dac, Allied World Assurance Company (U.S.) Inc.,
United States Fire Insurance Company, Zenith Insurance Company, Brit Reinsurance (Bermuda) Limited, Brit UW Limited, TIG Insurance Company, Connemara Reinsurance Company Ltd., CRC Reinsurance Limited, The North River Insurance Company and Hudson
Excess Insurance Company (collectively, together with Fairfax, the Fairfax Filing Parties), (f) Deep Water Holdings, LLC (Deep Water Holdings), (g) Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) and Ocean Network Express
Holdings Ltd. (ONE Holdings) and (h) Bing Chen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
On August 4,
2022, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) received a non-binding proposal letter (the Proposal Letter) from Poseidon to purchase all of the outstanding common shares, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Common Shares) not presently owned by any of the Fairfax Filing Parties, Deep Water Holdings and certain of its affiliates (Washington) and Mr. Sokol (such transaction, the
Proposed Transaction) for $14.45 per Target Share (as defined below) in cash. Mr. Sokol, Fairfax and Washington collectively beneficially own 69.8% of the outstanding Common Shares. Poseidon is an entity owned by Mr. Sokol,
Fairfax and Washington (together with ONE, the Consortium).
After receiving the Proposal Letter, the Board formed a special
committee (the Special Committee) consisting solely of independent and disinterested members of the Board to, among other things, consider and evaluate the Proposed Transaction.
On October 31, 2022, acting on the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, the Board unanimously approved, and the Company
entered into, an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company, Poseidon and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the
Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the merger (the Merger). At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(other than Common Shares owned by any of the Fairfax Filing Parties, Washington, Mr. Sokol and some or all of the Common Shares held by Mr. Chen (subject to determination by Mr. Chen prior to the Effective Time) (the Rollover
Shares) to be contributed to Poseidon pursuant to the Rollover Agreements (as defined below), Common Shares owned by the Company or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and any of the Restricted Shares (as defined below)) (the
Target Shares) will be automatically converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $15.50 in cash per Common Share, without interest (the Merger Consideration).
Each preferred share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be unaffected by the Merger, will remain outstanding
and no consideration will be delivered in respect thereof. The Companys Series D 7.95% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, the Companys Series H 7.875% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred
Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, and the Companys Series I Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per
share, are expected to continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange immediately following the completion of the Merger.