POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT #1 TO FORM S-3
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2006
Registration Nos. 333-74187 and 333-74187-01
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
     
SAI Deferred Compensation
Holdings, Inc.
  American International Group,
Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
  Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
13-4045355
  13-2592361
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270
(212) 770-7000
  70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270
(212) 770-7000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Kathleen E. Shannon
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
American International Group, Inc.
70 Pine Street
New York, New York 10270
(212) 770-7000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Robert W. Reeder, Esq.
Ann Bailen Fisher, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 558-4000
 
     Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public:    From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
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$200,000,000
Deferred Compensation Obligations
of
SAI DEFERRED COMPENSATION HOLDINGS, INC.
unconditionally
guaranteed as to payment by
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
       Under the Amended and Restated Registered Representative’s Deferred Compensation Plan, you may defer receipt of all or a portion of your commissions and other advisory fees. While deferred, these commissions and fees are treated as if they were invested in the valuation funds selected by you. However, you have no direct interest in any of these valuation funds.
      SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc. (“SAI Holdings”) is obligated to repay your deferred compensation in accordance with the plan, and American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) has fully and unconditionally guaranteed SAI Holdings’s payment obligation. The obligations of SAI Holdings and AIG under the plan and the guarantee, respectively, are not secured and represent general obligations of SAI Holdings and AIG.
      Neither SAI Holdings nor AIG will receive any proceeds from the issuance of the deferred compensation obligations or the guarantee.
       See “Risk Factors” on page 2 for certain information that you should consider before participating in the plan.
 
       Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is November      , 2006.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page
     
AIG
    1  
Risk Factors
    2  
Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
    3  
Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations
    3  
Description of Guarantee
    10  
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences
    11  
Plan of Distribution
    11  
Validity of the Securities
    11  
Experts
    12  
Where You Can Find More Information
    12  
Cautionary Statement Regarding Projections and Other Information About Future Events
    13  
      You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or information contained in documents which you are referred to by this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. Neither SAI Holdings nor AIG has authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus. SAI Holdings and AIG are offering to sell the deferred compensation obligations and the related guarantee only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the deferred compensation obligations.
AIG
      AIG, a Delaware Corporation, is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in a broad range of insurance and insurance-related activities in the United States and abroad. AIG’s principal executive offices are located at 70 Pine Street, New York New York 10270, and its main telephone number is (212) 770-7000. The Internet address for AIG’s corporate website is www.aigcorporate.com. Except for the documents referred to under “Where You Can Find More Information” which are specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus, information contained on AIG’s website or that can be accessed through its website does not constitute a part of this prospectus. AIG has included its website address only as an inactive textual reference and does not intend it to be an active link to its website.
      SAI Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIG. In light of the full and unconditional guarantee of AIG of the deferred compensation obligations, no information concerning SAI Holdings has been provided in this prospectus. SAI Holdings’s principal executive offices are located at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270, telephone 212-770-7000.

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RISK FACTORS
      A decision to participate in the Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan (referred to as the plan) involves certain risks. You should carefully consider the following information, as well as the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in considering whether to participate in the plan.
(1) The valuation funds selected by you may go down in value, and you could lose your deferred compensation.
      The value of your deferred compensation is indexed to the performance of the valuation funds selected by you. The valuation funds may go up or down in value, and the value of your deferred compensation will correspondingly increase or decrease. As a result, you may lose your entire investment in the plan.
      Although you may decrease your deferred election to zero, this will not eliminate your market risk with respect to amounts previously deferred. Accordingly, the amount of compensation that you have already deferred will continue to increase or decrease corresponding to your valuation fund selections until your accounts are paid out in full.
      Your accounts may not be paid out for an extended period of time, as described under “Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations — Payment of Earnings.” Other than with respect to interest the plan does not guarantee a minimum rate of return. For a description of interest paid on your deferred earnings, see “Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations — Interest.”
(2) Neither SAI Holdings nor AIG will recommend any valuation funds; you may choose a fund that is not suitable for you.
      You may index your deferred compensation to a number of valuation funds as described under “Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations — The Deferred Earnings.” Neither AIG nor SAI Holdings makes any recommendation as to which valuation funds you should select or how much deferred compensation you should index to any particular valuation fund. You must do your own analysis of the risks and benefits of selecting a particular valuation fund. You also must determine which valuation funds are a suitable investment for you based on your investment and other objectives. You are encouraged to carefully review the prospectus relating to each valuation fund that you select. You may select a valuation fund that is inappropriate for your investment objectives and you may lose, or not maximize the return on, your deferred compensation.
(3) You do not own the valuation funds which you have selected; receiving a payout of deferred compensation depends on whether AIG or SAI Holdings has the funds to pay you.
      Your deferred compensation is indexed to the value of the valuation funds selected by you. Your deferred compensation is not invested in the funds by SAI Holdings or AIG on your behalf. Your sole recourse for repayment under the plan is to SAI Holdings, as the issuer of the plan, and AIG as the guarantor. Your ability to receive your deferred compensation depends entirely on whether SAI Holdings or AIG has the funds to pay you on the designated payment date.
(4) SAI Holdings or AIG could engage in hedging transactions that adversely affect the value of the underlying valuation funds.
      The plan does not require AIG or SAI Holdings to hedge their exposure under the plan by purchasing interests in the valuation funds. However, AIG and SAI Holdings may hedge their exposure under the plan through purchasing or selling interests in the underlying valuation funds, or purchasing or selling derivative or other instruments relating to the funds. You do not have any interest in the profits or losses arising from these hedging activities, and AIG or SAI Holdings may profit from these activities while the value of your deferred compensation may decline. These activities may adversely affect the value of the underlying valuation funds.

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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
      The following table sets forth the historical ratios of earnings to fixed charges of AIG and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods indicated. For more information on our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006, all of which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”
                                                     
Nine Months                    
Ended    
September 30,   Year Ended December 31,
     
2006   2005   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                         
  3.56       3.56       3.01       3.42       3.03       2.55       2.02  
      Earnings represent:
  •  Income from operations before income taxes, adjustments for minority interest, cumulative effect of accounting changes, less income/loss from equity investees
      plus
  •  Fixed charges other than capitalized interest
 
  •  Amortization of capitalized interest
 
  •  The distributed income of equity investees
      less
  •  The minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that do not have fixed charges.
      Fixed charges include:
  •  Interest, whether expensed or capitalized
 
  •  Amortization of debt issuance costs
 
  •  One-third of rental expense. Our management believes this is representative of the interest factor.
      As of the date of this prospectus, we have no preferred stock outstanding.
DESCRIPTION OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION OBLIGATIONS
Purpose of Plan
      In connection with the acquisition of SunAmerica Inc. by AIG, SAI Holdings has assumed SunAmerica’s obligations under the plan. AIG has guaranteed SAI Holdings’s payment obligations.
      The purpose of the plan is to:
  •  Attract and retain individuals to become licensed with eligible broker/dealer subsidiaries of AIG to market the financial products offered for sale by those broker/dealer subsidiaries. The eligible broker/dealer subsidiaries are listed in the box below.
 
  •  Assist in the representatives’ long range financial planning by offering an alternative for investing monthly commission and fee payments on a tax-deferred basis.
Participation
      Your enrollment in the plan is voluntary. You will be eligible to participate in the plan on the first day of any month after you have been licensed with any of the broker/dealer subsidiaries listed in the box below or any additional broker/dealer subsidiaries added to the plan by SAI Holdings for three full months. Earlier

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participation may be permitted by the President of the relevant broker/dealer subsidiary. Once you become eligible to participate, you will remain eligible to participate in the plan until it is amended or, in the case of any particular enrollment period, until the occurrence of a termination event.
      So long as you are eligible to participate in the plan, you may re-enroll in the plan after the occurrence of a termination event with respect to a particular enrollment period. If you re-enroll in the plan, SAI Holdings will establish and maintain a distinct and separate account, comprised of a fund account and an interest account, for you for each enrollment period. Each new account established under the plan will be treated in the same manner as all previously established accounts.
                                           Eligible Broker/Dealer Subsidiaries of AIG 

• Advantage Capital Corporation

• Royal Alliance Associates Inc.

• SunAmerica Securities, Inc.

• FSC Securities Corporation

• Spelman & Co., Inc.

• Sentra Securities Corporation
The Deferred Earnings
      Under the plan, for each enrollment period, you will be offered an opportunity to enter into an agreement for the deferral of a percentage of your fees and commissions by your broker/dealer subsidiary. For each enrollment period, you will execute a deferred compensation agreement and an enrollment/change form which will set forth your obligations and SAI Holdings’s obligations under the plan.
      SAI Holdings’ obligations to make payments under the plan will not be secured by any of SAI Holdings’s property or assets. Accordingly, if you participate in the plan you will be one of SAI Holdings’s unsecured creditors. SAI Holdings’s obligation to make payments under the plan will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of SAI Holdings.
      Holders of secured obligations of SAI Holdings will, however, have claims that are prior to your claims under the plan with respect to the assets securing those other obligations.
      For each enrollment period, you may elect to defer from 1% to 100% of your fees and commissions. You may make changes to the amount of your earnings to be deferred for each enrollment period. The change will not take effect until the beginning of the next calendar year and must remain in effect for one full calendar year.
      For each enrollment period, two deferral accounts will be created for you. The fund account will be for the purpose of determining the value of your deferred earnings with respect to such enrollment period. The interest account will be for the purpose of keeping track of the interest earned on your deferred earnings with respect to such enrollment period. Your deferred earnings with respect to each enrollment period will be credited to your accounts within three business days of the date the earnings otherwise would have been paid.
      Earnings in the fund account with respect to each enrollment period will be indexed to one or more investment options selected by you from a list of available valuation funds. The value of each of your fund accounts will be adjusted to reflect the investment experience of the valuation funds selected by you, and you will receive a statement of your accounts on a semi-annual basis. The fund account with respect to each enrollment period will be adjusted for both positive and negative investment experience. You may change the valuation funds used to measure the value of your fund account with respect to an enrollment period once per business day. Because the value of the fund account and therefore the deferred earnings will vary with the investment experience of the valuation funds selected by you, participation in the plan entails investment risk which will be

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borne solely by you. Neither AIG nor SAI Holdings makes any representation as to the investment performance of any valuation fund.
      You may choose one or more than one of the following retail mutual funds and investment portfolios as an index for your deferred earnings:
  •  The SunAmerica Money Market Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica U.S. Government Securities Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica Balanced Assets Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica New Century Fund
 
  •  The Style Select Series Aggressive Growth Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Value Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series International Equity Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Focused Growth and Income Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Large-Cap Value Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
  •  The Style Select Series Focus Portfolio
 
  •  The “Dogs” of Wall Street Fund.
 
  •  The SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc.®, SunAmerica Biotech/ Health 30 Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica Growth and Income Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica Growth Opportunities Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused TechNet Portfolio
 
  •  The SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused Value Portfolio
 
  •  The SunAmerica Focused Small Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  •  The SunAmerica Focused Equity Strategy Portfolio
 
  •  The SunAmerica Focused Multi-Asset Strategy Portfolio
 
  •  The SunAmerica Strategic Bond Fund
 
  •  The SunAmerica High Yield Bond Fund
 
  •  The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2010
 
  •  The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2015
 
  •  The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2020
 
  •  The Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund
 
  •  The AIM Global Real Estate Fund
 
  •  The Templeton Foreign Fund

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      Each valuation fund’s investment objective is stated below:
        (1) The SunAmerica Money Market Fund seeks high current income consistent with liquidity and stability by investing primarily in high quality money market instruments selected primarily on the basis of quality and yield.
 
        (2) The SunAmerica U.S. Government Securities Fund seeks high current income by investing primarily in fixed income securities of high credit quality and relatively low duration issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government.
 
        (3) The SunAmerica Balanced Assets Fund seeks to conserve principal and generate capital appreciation by investing through active trading in common stocks that demonstrate the potential for capital appreciation issued by companies with market capitalizations of over $1 billion and in high-quality bonds.
 
        (4) The SunAmerica New Century Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing through active trading in common stocks that demonstrate the potential for capital appreciation, issued by companies with market capitalizations of $1 billion or less.
 
        (5) The Style Select Series Aggressive Growth Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “growth” criteria, issued by large-cap or mid-cap companies. The selection criteria focus on securities considered to have a historical record of above-average growth rate; to have significant growth potential; to have above-average earnings growth or the ability to sustain earnings growth; to offer proven or unusual products or services; or to operate in industries experiencing increasing demand.
 
        (6) The Style Select Series Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “growth” criteria, issued by mid-cap companies. The selection criteria focus on securities considered to have a historical record of above-average growth rate; to have a significant growth potential; to have above-average earnings growth or the ability to sustain earnings growth; to offer proven or unusual products or services; or to operate in industries experiencing increasing demand.
 
        (7) The Style Select Series Value Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “value” criteria, issued by large-cap or mid-cap companies. The selection criteria are usually calculated to identify stocks of companies with solid financial strength that have low price-earnings ratios and may have generally been overlooked by the market.
 
        (8) The Style Select Series International Equity Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) and other securities with equity characteristics of non-U.S. issuers located in at least three countries other than the U.S. and selected without regard to market capitalization at the time of purchase.
 
        (9) The Style Select Series Large-Cap Growth Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “growth” criteria, issued by large-cap companies. The selection criteria focus on securities considered to have a historical record of above-average growth rate; to have significant growth potential; to have above-average earnings growth or the ability to sustain earnings growth; to offer proven or unusual products or services; or to operate in industries experiencing increasing demand.
 
        (10) The Style Select Series Focused Growth and Income Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital and current income by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected to achieve a blend of growth companies, value companies and companies that the advisers believe have elements of growth and value.
 
        (11) The Style Select Series Large-Cap Value Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “value” criteria, issued by large-cap companies. The selection criteria are usually calculated to identify

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  stocks of companies with solid financial strength that have low price-earnings ratios and may have generally been overlooked by the market.
 
        (12) The Style Select Series Small-Cap Value Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) selected on the basis of “value” criteria, issued by small-cap companies. The selection criteria are usually calculated to identify stocks of companies with solid financial strength that have low price-earnings ratios and may have generally been overlooked by the market.
 
        (13) The Style Select Series Focus Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing (including, when deemed appropriate, by active trading) in equity securities without regard to market capitalization.
 
        (14) The “Dogs” of Wall Street Fund seeks capital appreciation and current income through a “buy and hold” strategy involving the annual selection of thirty high dividend yielding common stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader market.
 
        (15) The SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc.®, SunAmerica Biotech/ Health 30 Fund seeks long-term capital growth through active trading of equity securities of companies principally engaged in biotechnology and healthcare, without regard to market capitalization.
 
        (16) The SunAmerica Growth and Income Fund seeks capital appreciation and current income primarily through active trading in common stocks, issued by companies of any size, that pay dividends, demonstrate the potential for capital appreciation and/or are believed to be undervalued in the market.
 
        (17) The SunAmerica Growth Opportunities Fund seeks capital appreciation primarily through active trading in common stocks that demonstrate the potential for capital appreciation, issued generally by mid-cap companies.
 
        (18) The SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused TechNet Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital through active trading of equity securities of companies that demonstrate the potential for long-term growth of capital and that the advisers believe will benefit significantly from technological advances or improvements, without regard to market capitalization.
 
        (19) The SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused Value Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital through active trading of equity securities selected on the basis of value criteria, without regard to market capitalization.
 
        (20) The SunAmerica Focused Small Cap Growth Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in the stocks of up to 60 small-cap growth companies
 
        (21) The SunAmerica Focused Equity Strategy Portfolio is a fund of funds comprised of international and domestic small, mid, large-cap growth as well as value.
 
        (22) The SunAmerica Focused Multi-Asset Strategy Portfolio is a fund of funds comprised of fixed income, international and domestic small, mid, large-cap growth as well as value.
 
        (23) The SunAmerica Strategic Bond Fund seeks a high level of total return by investing primarily in a broad range of bonds, including both investment and non-investment grade bonds, U.S. government and agency obligations, mortgage-backed securities, and U.S. and foreign high-risk, high-yield bonds without regard to the maturities.
 
        (24) The SunAmerica High Yield Bond Fund seeks a high level of total return by investing primarily in below investment grade U.S. and foreign bonds without regards to the maturities of such securities.
 
        (25) The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2010 is a target maturity fund that guarantees investors who hold shares to maturity their principal plus the highest level of investment gains achieved during the life of the funds adjusted for dividends, distributions and extraordinary expenses.

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        (26) The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2015 is a target maturity fund that guarantees investors who hold shares to maturity their principal plus the highest level of investment gains achieved during the life of the funds adjusted for dividends, distributions and extraordinary expenses.
 
        (27) The AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2020 is a target maturity fund that guarantees investors who hold shares to maturity their principal plus the highest level of investment gains achieved during the life of the funds adjusted for dividends, distributions and extraordinary expenses.
 
        (28) The Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund seeks total return. The fund intends to invest at least 80% of assets in a combination of commodity linked derivative instruments and fixed income securities backing those instruments. It seeks to replicate the performance of the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index.
 
        (29) The AIM Global Real Estate Fund seeks high total return. The fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing in securities of real estate and real estate related companies both foreign and domestic.
 
        (30) The Templeton Foreign Fund seeks long term capital growth. The fund invests primarily in the equity securities of companies located outside of the United States, including “emerging markets”. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in foreign securities.
      SAI Holdings reserves the right to terminate the availability of any valuation fund and add additional valuation funds at any time.
      You do not have any right, title or interest in or to any funds in the accounts. All funds in the accounts are funds of SAI Holdings.
      You may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or encumber your interest in the plan, except by the laws of descent and distribution, but you may assign your interest in the plan to a revocable living trust set up by you. In general, a revocable living trust is a trust created by an individual in the individual’s lifetime to hold some or all of the individual’s assets. The trust may be revoked by the individual at any time. If the trust is not revoked, it controls the disposition of the trust assets at the individual’s death.
      The obligation of SAI Holdings to pay you the value of your accounts is not convertible into any other security of SAI Holdings or AIG. The plan does not contain any restriction on the business of SAI Holdings or AIG. Neither the plan nor the guarantee contains any provision limiting or preventing AIG from entering into a merger, consolidation or other business combination or effecting a restructuring.
Interest
      The amount of your initially deferred earnings will bear interest at 2.75% per annum. SAI Holdings reserves the right to change the interest rate from time to time. Interest will accrue on the initial amount of deferred earnings with respect to each enrollment period and not on the value of your fund account with respect to such enrollment period. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a year of twelve-30 day months.
      The amounts payable under your interest account with respect to each enrollment period may be subtracted from the amounts payable under your fund account with respect to such enrollment period as discussed below under “Payment of Earnings.”
Payment of Earnings
      Your accounts with respect to each enrollment period are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the payment date selected by you with respect to such enrollment period, except upon the occurrence of any of the following:
  •  Termination of your independent contractor relationship with the broker/ dealer subsidiary for whom you work for any reason
 
  •  Your death
 
  •  Your permanent disability

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  •  Your ceasing to be registered as a broker with any regulatory authority.
      In any of these termination events, your accounts will be valued for lump sum payment or the first installment payment on the last business day that the U.S. financial markets are open of the calendar month at least thirty days after the occurrence of one of these termination events, except that:
  •  If you die, your accounts will be valued on the day the broker-dealer subsidiary for whom you work receives proof of your death
 
  •  If you accept employment or establish a contractual relationship with a competitor of AIG or any broker/dealer subsidiary of AIG, your accounts will be valued on the day the broker-dealer subsidiary for whom you work learns of your new employment or contractual relationship.
      You will receive your initial payment within 60 days of your accounts being valued.
      Your accounts will be valued for installment payments other than the initial payment on the last business day that the U.S. financial markets are open of the year preceding the payment.
      Other than the initial payment, you will receive your installment payments within the first four weeks of each calendar year in which you are due to receive a payment.
      Your accounts with respect to each enrollment period will be paid out in ten annual installments unless you select an optional distribution date for such enrollment period. You may select an optional distribution date for a particular enrollment period either at the time of the commencement of that enrollment period or prior to December 31 of any year. If an optional distribution date is selected other than at the time of the commencement of an enrollment period, the optional distribution date will become effective on the immediately succeeding January 1. No such optional distribution date may be earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter that is at least four years after the commencement of the enrollment period. A previously selected optional distribution date may be changed by completing the required paperwork by December 31 of any year; provided, however, that such change must occur before January 1 of the year before the year in which the current optional distribution date for that enrollment period falls. For example, if a payment date is due in July of 2008, you must elect to change that date by December 31, 2006.
      Your accounts will be paid out in a lump sum if any of the following occurs:
  •  Your relationship with the broker/dealer subsidiary is terminated
 
  •  You accept employment or establish a contractual relationship with a competitor of AIG or any broker-dealer subsidiary of AIG
 
  •  You die
 
  •  The value of your accounts is $3500 or less on a termination valuation date after an event giving rise to the right of distribution occurs.
      In each of these events you will be paid within 60 days of your accounts being valued.
      You may designate a beneficiary to receive distributions from your accounts in the event of your death.
      The amount to be paid under the plan on any payment date with respect to a particular enrollment period will equal the sum of:
  •  The amount in your fund account with respect to such enrollment period relating to the payment
      plus
  •  The amount in your interest account with respect to such enrollment period, relating to the payment
      less
  •  An amount equal to any appreciation in your fund account with respect to such enrollment period, up to the amount of interest accrued in your interest account with respect to the enrollment period relating to the payment, but no more than the amount of the appreciation.

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      The basic effect of this equation is to ensure a minimum rate of return on any initially deferred compensation after January 1, 1999. If your fund account with respect to a particular enrollment period has not appreciated, then AIG or SAI Holdings will supply the funds for your guaranteed return represented by the amount in the interest account with respect to such enrollment period. If your fund account with respect to such enrollment period has appreciated, then you will only receive that appreciation which exceeds the minimum return, in addition to the amount in your interest account with respect to such enrollment period.
Taxes and Withholdings
      Any payment under the plan will be subject to withholding of all applicable taxes. If SAI Holdings or AIG should become obligated to make a tax payment with respect to your account, SAI Holdings and AIG will have the right to pay on your behalf.
      SAI Holdings and AIG will have the right to deduct any obligation of yours owing to them or any broker/ dealer subsidiary from amounts owing to you under the plan.
Amendment and Termination
      SAI Holdings may amend or terminate the plan at any time, with or without notice. However, no amendment or termination may reduce the amounts credited to your accounts. Upon termination of the plan, your accounts will be paid out in a manner specified by the management committee administering the plan.
Administration
      A management committee will be created to administer the plan. The committee will be comprised of any five officers of AIG or any subsidiary of AIG as selected by any of the following:
  •  The Chairman of AIG
 
  •  The President of AIG
 
  •  Any Vice Chairman of AIG.
      The committee will interpret and administer the plan and the agreements. The committee’s interpretations and constructions of the plan and the agreements will be binding and conclusive on you, SAI Holdings and AIG.
DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEE
      The deferred compensation obligations of SAI Holdings will be guaranteed by AIG. If SAI Holdings does not pay your deferred compensation, AIG is obligated to pay your deferred compensation. AIG’s guarantee is full and unconditional which means that there are no circumstances under which SAI Holdings would be required, but AIG would not be required, to pay you and there are no conditions to AIG’s payment obligation beyond SAI Holdings’s failure to pay.
      AIG’s obligations to make payments under the guarantee will not be secured by any of AIG’s property or assets. Accordingly, you will be one of AIG’s unsecured creditors. AIG’s obligations under the guarantee will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of AIG.
      Holders of secured obligations of AIG will, however, have claims that are prior to your claims under the guarantee with respect to the assets securing those other obligations.
      You may enforce AIG’s obligation directly against AIG, and AIG waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought against SAI Holdings or any other person or entity before proceeding against AIG. AIG’s obligation will not be discharged except by payment of the guarantee in full.
      Under the guarantee, upon AIG’s payment of all of the deferred compensation obligations owing to you, AIG shall be substituted in your place as a creditor of SAI Holdings. The guarantee provides that you will agree to take steps to meet reasonable requests by AIG to implement its rights as a creditor.

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      The guarantee does not include any covenant or restriction on the business of AIG. In particular, the guarantee does not contain any provision that limits or prevents AIG from entering into a merger, consolidation or other business combination or to effect a restructuring.
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
      This section describes the material federal income tax consequences of participating in the plan and is the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel to SAI Holdings. This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. You may also be subject to foreign, state, local and other taxes, the consequences of which are not discussed here, in the jurisdiction in which you work and/or reside. Please consult your own tax advisor concerning the federal, state, local and other tax consequences of participating in the plan in light of your particular circumstances.
      You should not be subject to federal income tax at the time you defer earnings under the plan, and you should not be subject to tax on any amounts credited to your plan accounts until those amounts are distributed or otherwise made available to you. You should realize taxable compensation income in an amount equal to any amount distributed to you, including any appreciation in your fund account, and you should be subject to self-employment taxes on the amounts distributed to you. The payout schedule elected by you may affect the aggregate amount of taxes (including self-employment taxes) payable on the distributed amounts. You should consult with our own tax advisor as to the effect of selecting a particular payout schedule. See “Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations — Payment of Earnings.” SAI Holdings generally should be entitled to a tax deduction for any amounts distributed under the plan at the time of distribution.
      You should be aware that your deferrals under the plan may be subject to new Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, which generally governs the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation. Failure to comply with Section 409A could subject you to additional tax and interest. Final regulations have not yet been promulgated under new Section 409A. Pending the issuance of final regulations or other applicable guidance, SAI Holdings has relied (in 2005 and 2006) upon a reasonable and good faith interpretation that Section 409A does not apply to the plan under the standards set forth in Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1, Q&A-8 (2005-2 I.R.B. 274) with respect to independent contractors. However, if it is ultimately determined that the plan is subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, certain provisions of the plan will need to be amended and may need to be modified in practice in advance of such amendments.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
      The deferred compensation obligations and related guarantee will be offered by each broker/dealer subsidiary of AIG listed under “Description of Deferred Compensation Obligations — Participation” to its eligible employees. No agents, underwriters or dealers will be used in connection with such offering.
VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES
      The validity of the deferred compensation obligations will be passed upon for SAI Holdings by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California. Partners of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP involved in the representation of AIG beneficially own approximately 11,360 shares of AIG common stock. The validity of the guarantee will be passed upon by Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq., Senior Vice President, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel of AIG. Ms. Shannon is regularly employed by AIG, participates in various AIG employee benefit plans under which she may receive shares of AIG common stock and currently beneficially owns less than 1% of the outstanding shares of AIG common stock.

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EXPERTS
      The consolidated financial statements, the financial statement schedules and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
      AIG is required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These reports, proxy statements and other information can be inspected and copied at:
  SEC Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580
Washington, D.C. 20549
      Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. AIG’s filings are also available to the public through:
  •  The SEC web site at http://www.sec.gov
 
  •  The New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005
      AIG’s common stock is listed on the NYSE and trades under the symbol “AIG”.
      AIG has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the securities. This prospectus is part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document, please be aware that the reference is not necessarily complete and that you should refer to the exhibits that are part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. as well as through the SEC’s internet site noted above.
      The SEC allows AIG to “incorporate by reference” the information AIG files with the SEC, which means that AIG can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents, and later information that AIG files with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information as well as the information included in this prospectus. AIG incorporates by reference the documents below, any filings that we make after the date of the initial filing of this post-effective amendment and prior to the effectiveness of this post-effective amendment and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until all the securities are sold. This prospectus is part of a registration statement AIG filed with the SEC.
        (1) Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
 
        (2) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
 
        (3) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006.
 
        (4) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2005 and March 31, 2005.
 
        (5) Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on November 13, 2006, October 18, 2006, September 20, 2006, August 10, 2006, July 21, 2006, May 22, 2006, May 11, 2006, and March 16, 2006.

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        (6) Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on June 19, 2006.
 
        (7) Proxy Statement, dated April 5, 2006.
      AIG will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the reports or documents referred to above that have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You can request those documents from AIG’s Director of Investor Relations, 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270, telephone 212-770-6293, or you may obtain them from AIG’s corporate website at www.aigcorporate.com. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus, information contained on AIG’s website or that can be accessed through its website does not constitute a part of this prospectus. AIG has included its website address only as an inactive textual reference and does not intend it to be an active link to its website.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING PROJECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS
      This prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference, as well as other publicly available documents, may include, and AIG’s officers and representatives may from time to time make, projections concerning financial information and statements concerning future economic performance and events, plans and objectives relating to management, operations, products and services, and assumptions underlying these projections and statements. These projections and statements are not historical facts but instead represent only AIG’s belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside AIG’s control. These projections and statements may address, among other things, the status and potential future outcome of the current regulatory and civil proceedings against AIG and their potential effect on AIG’s businesses, financial position, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity, the effect of the credit rating downgrades on AIG’s businesses and competitive position, the unwinding and resolving of various relationships between AIG and C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. and Starr International Company, Inc. and AIG’s strategy for growth, product development, market position, financial results and reserves. It is possible that AIG’s actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these projections and statements. Factors that could cause AIG’s actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those in the specific projections and statements are discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 7, Part II, of AIG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and Risk Factors in Item 1A., Part I of AIG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and in AIG’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2006, June 30, 2006, and March 31, 2006. AIG is not under any obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligations) to update or alter any projection or other statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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PART II.
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
      The following table sets forth the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the amounts shown are estimates, except the SEC registration fee.
           
SEC registration fee
  $ 55,600  
Photocopying and printing
  $ 15,000  
Legal fees and expenses
  $ 100,000  
Accounting fees and expenses
  $ 5,000  
Miscellaneous
  $ 24,400  
       
 
Total
  $ 200,000  
 
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
      The restated certificate of incorporation of AIG provides that AIG shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of AIG or serves or served any other enterprise at the request of AIG. Section 6.4 of AIG’s By-laws contains a similar provision.
      The restated certificate of incorporation also provides that a director will not be personally liable to AIG or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that such an exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
      Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification against expenses, fines, judgments and settlements incurred by any director, officer or employee of AIG or SAI Holdings in the event of pending or threatened civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings, if such person was, or was threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of AIG or SAI Holdings. Section 145 also provides that the indemnification provided for therein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled.
      SAI’s Holdings Certificate of Incorporation provides that SAI Holdings will indemnify all persons that it may indemnify under Section 145 of the GCL to the maximum extent permitted by Section 145. The By-laws of SAI Holdings contain provisions that implement the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
      In addition, AIG and its subsidiaries, including SAI Holdings, maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

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ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS
         
Exhibit    
     
  4 .1   Amended & Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan
  4 .2   Form of Deferred Compensation Agreement
  4 .3   Form of Guarantee of American International Group, Inc.
  5 .1   Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California
  5 .2   Opinion of Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq.
  8 .1   Tax Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York
  12 .1   Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to AIG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and Exhibit 12 to AIG’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (File No. 1-8787))
  23 .1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23 .2   Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23 .3   Consent of Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
  24 .1   Powers of Attorney for SAI Holdings and AIG (included on signature pages)
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
      Each undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
        (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
        (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
        (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any fact or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
        (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
  provided, however, that paragraphs (l)(i), (l)(ii) and (l)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
        (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
        (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
        (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
        (i) Each prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
 
        (ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of the registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to

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  Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at the date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
        (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of a Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of such undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, such undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
        (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of such undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
        (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of such undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by such undersigned Registrant;
 
        (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about such undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of such undersigned Registrant; and
 
        (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by such undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
        (6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on this 13th day of November, 2006.
  SAI DEFERRED COMPENSATION
  HOLDINGS, INC.
  By:  /s/ David L. Herzog
 
 
  David L. Herzog
  President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David L. Herzog and Axel I. Freudmann his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, as well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
      This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which, when taken together shall constitute one instrument.
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
             
Signature   Title   Date
         
 
/s/ David L. Herzog
 
David L. Herzog
  President and Director (Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)   October 31, 2006
 
/s/ Axel I. Freudmann
 
Axel I. Freudmann
  Director   October 31, 2006
 
/s/ Win J. Neuger
 
Win J. Neuger
  Director   October 31, 2006

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on this 13th day of November, 2006.
  AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
  By:  /s/ Steven J. Bensinger
 
 
  Name: Steven J. Bensinger
  Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Martin J. Sullivan and Steven J. Bensinger, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-3, and to file the same, with the exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection herewith, including any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 19th day of July, 2006.
         
Signature   Title(s)
     
 
/s/ Martin J. Sullivan
 
(Martin J. Sullivan)
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ Steven J. Bensinger
 
(Steven J. Bensinger)
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
/s/ David L. Herzog
 
(David L. Herzog)
  Senior Vice President and Comptroller (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
/s/ Pei-yuan Chia
 
(Pei-yuan Chia)
  Director
 
/s/ Marshall A. Cohen
 
(Marshall A. Cohen)
  Director
 
/s/ Martin S. Feldstein
 
(Martin S. Feldstein)
  Director

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Signature   Title(s)
     
 
/s/ Ellen V. Futter
 
(Ellen V. Futter)
  Director
 
/s/ Stephen L. Hammerman
 
(Stephen L. Hammerman)
  Director
 
/s/ Richard C. Holbrooke
 
(Richard C. Holbrooke)
  Director
 
/s/ Fred H. Langhammer
 
(Fred H. Langhammer)
  Director
 
/s/ George L. Miles, Jr.
 
(George L. Miles, Jr.)
  Director
 
/s/ Morris W. Offit
 
(Morris W. Offit)
  Director
 
/s/ James F. Orr III
 
(James F. Orr III)
  Director
 
 
 
(Virginia M. Rometty)
  Director
 
/s/ Michael H. Sutton
 
(Michael H. Sutton)
  Director
 
/s/ Edmund S.W. Tse
 
(Edmund S.W. Tse)
  Director
 
/s/ Robert B. Willumstad
 
(Robert B. Willumstad)
  Director
 
/s/ Frank G. Zarb
 
(Frank G. Zarb)
  Director

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit    
     
  4 .1   Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan
  4 .2   Form of Deferred Compensation Agreement
  4 .3   Form of Guarantee of American International Group, Inc.
  5 .1   Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California
  5 .2   Opinion of Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq.
  8 .1   Tax Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York
  12 .1   Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to AIG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and Exhibit 12 to AIG’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (File No. 1-8787))
  23 .1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23 .2   Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23 .3   Consent of Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
  24 .1   Powers of Attorney for SAI Holdings and AIG (included on signature pages)
EX-4.1
 

Exhibit 4.1
Amended and Restated
Registered Representatives’
Deferred Compensation Plan
Effective October 31, 2006
Section 1. Establishment and Purpose.
     1.1 The Company has established, effective originally on January 1, 1999, an unfunded deferred compensation plan, the Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan, for the benefit of those individuals who act as registered representatives of the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined).
     1.2 The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain individuals to become licensed members with the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries and to assist such individuals with long-range financial planning by offering an alternative for investing monthly commissions and fee payments.
Section 2. Definitions.
     2.1 As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
     “Account” means, as to any Representative and for any particular Enrollment Period, the Fund Account and the Interest Account established and maintained for that Representative with respect to that particular Enrollment Period.
     “AIG” means the American International Group, Inc., guarantor of the Company’s payment obligations under this Plan, and its successors and assigns.
     “Appreciation” means, with respect to each Fund Account, an increase in the value of that Fund Account in excess of the amount of Earnings originally deferred into that Account.
     “Beneficiary” means, with respect to any Account for any Enrollment Period, the person or persons designated as such in accordance with Section 8 below.
     “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” means the following broker-dealer subsidiaries of AIG: Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., SunAmerica Securities, Inc., Advantage Capital Corporation, FSC Securities Corporation, Spelman & Co., Inc., Sentra Securities Corporation and any additional broker-dealer subsidiaries which the Company adds to this Plan by resolution of its board of directors.
     “Committee” means the Management Committee appointed pursuant to Section 9.

 


 

     “Company” means SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc., which has assumed from SunAmerica Inc. the benefits, rights, obligations, and duties under this Plan, and its successors and assigns.
     “Deferred Benefit” means the amount of money owing to a Representative with respect to that Representative’s Account for a particular Enrollment Period at such time as that Representative receives a distribution of that Account under this Plan and will be equal to the value of that Account, as determined in accordance with Section 5 below.
     “Earnings” means the commission and/or advisory fee payments which a Representative is entitled to receive from a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary.
     “Enrollment Period” means each period commencing on the enrollment or re-enrollment of a Representative in this Plan and ending on the Termination Event relating to such enrollment or re-enrollment.
     “Fund Account” means a bookkeeping entry maintained by the Company merely for the purposes of recordkeeping and recording the unsecured contractual obligation of the Company with respect to the portion of a Representative’s deferred Earnings in an Account with respect to a particular Enrollment Period that are indexed to a Valuation Fund.
     “Guarantee” means AIG’s full and unconditional guarantee of the Company’s payment obligations hereunder, substantially in the Form of Annex I hereto.
     “Interest Account” means a bookkeeping entry maintained by the Company merely for the purposes of recordkeeping and recording the unsecured contractual obligation of the Company to pay interest on the amount of a Representative’s Earnings originally deferred into an Account for a particular Enrollment Period.
     “Optional Distribution Date” means, with respect to an Account relating to a particular Enrollment Period, the date selected by a Representative for that Account in accordance with Section 6 below.
     “Plan” means this Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan as such Plan may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.
     “Plan Administrator” means the respective individual or individuals responsible for administering the Plan at the Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which any given Representative holds his or her broker’s license.
     “Representative” means any individual holding his or her broker’s license with a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary.
     “Retirement” means such time as Representative ceases to be registered as a broker with any regulatory authority.

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     “Termination Event” means, with respect to any individual Representative and any particular Enrollment Period, the occurrence of any event described in Section 6.1 below with respect to that Enrollment Period.
     “Termination Valuation Date” means, with respect to any particular Termination Event, the Valuation Date which is the last business day of a calendar month at least 30 days after a Termination Event, except that (a) with respect to the death of the Representative, the Termination Valuation Date shall be calculated from such point in time as the respective Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which the deceased Representative held his or her broker’s license receives due proof of death of such Representative and (b) with respect to a Representative who accepts employment with or otherwise establishes a contractual relationship with a competitor of AIG or any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, the Termination Valuation Date shall be calculated from such point in time as the respective Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which such Representative held his or her broker’s license learns of such employment or contractual relationship.
     “Valuation Date” means any date the United States financial markets are open for which a Representative’s particular Account is required to be valued for any purpose.
     “Valuation Funds” means one or more mutual funds designated as available under the Plan by the Committee from time to time.
     2.2 As used herein, the term Representative shall also apply to any cash-basis corporate entity which is entitled to receive advisory fee-based payments from a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary (a “Corporate Representative”), the shares of which are owned principally by an individual holding his or her current broker’s license with a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary (an “Individual Representative”). Such Corporate Representative must make a separate election to participate in this Plan. However, such Corporate Representative’s ability to participate initially or at any time thereafter shall be, at all times, subject to the Individual Representative’s participation in this Plan. Accordingly, by way of example and not limitation, if a Termination Event occurs with respect to the Individual Representative with respect to a particular Enrollment Period, a Termination Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the Corporate Representative with respect to that same Enrollment Period.
Section 3. Eligibility for Participation.
     3.1 Each Representative will be eligible to participate in this Plan on the first day of any month after Representative has been licensed with a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary for three (3) full months unless the President of the Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which such Representative holds his or her broker’s license determines that such Representative will be able to participate on an earlier date. Once a Representative becomes eligible to participate, he or she will remain eligible until this Plan is amended or terminated or, in the case of any particular Enrollment Period, until the occurrence of a Termination Event.
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respect to a particular Enrollment Period. When a Representative re-enrolls in the Plan, the Company will establish and maintain a distinct and separate Account for that Representative in connection with that Enrollment Period that will be composed of a Fund Account and an Interest Account, each of which will be distinctly and separately established and maintained in connection with that Enrollment Period.
Section 4. Election to Defer.
     4.1 Enrollment, with respect to any Enrollment Period, in this Plan is on a voluntary basis once a Representative becomes eligible. An enrollment for a particular Enrollment Period will be effective as of the first day of the month following receipt by the Plan Administrator, in accordance with Section 9 below, of a Deferred Compensation Agreement and an Enrollment/Change Form, pursuant to which Representative will elect the amount of Earnings to be deferred and the method of distribution of such deferred Earnings.
     4.2 For each Enrollment Period, each participating Representative will determine the amount of Earnings to be deferred, up to 100%, in whole percent increments. The deferred Earnings will be deducted from each semi-monthly Earnings payment. No Earnings may be deferred into an Account for any Enrollment Period after the occurrence of a Termination Event with respect to that Enrollment Period.
     4.3 Participating Representatives may make changes to the amount of Earnings to be deferred. Changes by participating Representatives as to the amount of Earnings to be deferred for any Enrollment Period will take effect at the beginning of the next calendar year, provided the appropriate paperwork is received at least 30 business days before the beginning of such calendar year. All deferral elections must remain in effect for one full calendar year.
Section 5. Valuation of Deferred Earnings.
     5.1 The Company will establish and maintain an Account with respect to each Enrollment Period for each Representative participating in this Plan. All deferred Earnings will be credited to the Representative’s Account within three business days of the date the Earnings otherwise would have been paid.
     5.2 The Company will establish and maintain a Fund Account with respect to each Account.
     5.3 From and after January 1, 1999, the Company will establish and maintain an Interest Account with respect to each Account. The amount of any Earnings deferred after January 1, 1999, will bear interest at a fixed rate per annum to be set from time to time by the Company. Interest will accrue on the initial amount of Earnings deferred into the Account and not on the value of the associated Fund Account. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Each Fund Account may be reduced by its associated Interest Account as provided in Section 5.5.

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     5.4 Each Representative must elect the Valuation Fund(s) which will be used to measure the value of each Fund Account. A Representative may elect different Valuation Fund(s) and percentages for each of his or her particular Fund Accounts. Amounts held in a Fund Account will be treated as though invested in such Valuation Fund(s) and adjustments to the value of each Fund Account will be made in accordance with Section 5.5 below. However, neither the Company nor AIG is required to make investments in the Valuation Funds. Earnings deferred into an Account must be allocated to the Valuation Fund(s) in whole percent increments of at least 5%.
     5.5 The value of each participating Representative’s particular Fund Account shall be adjusted to reflect the investment experience of the Valuation Fund(s) elected by such Representative with respect to that Account, whether positive or negative (including dividends and capital gains and losses), as if that Fund Account had been invested in such Valuation Fund(s); provided that in the event of Appreciation in that Fund Account, such Appreciation will be reduced (but not below zero) by up to the amount of interest accrued with respect to such deferred Earnings in the associated Interest Account.
     5.6 The value of a Representative’s particular Account at any time will equal the sum of the associated Fund Account (as reduced, if applicable, by the proviso to Section 5.5) and the associated Interest Account.
     5.7 Representatives may change the Valuation Fund(s) against which the value of any particular Fund Account will be indexed once per business day. Changes may be made with regard to new Earnings coming into the Fund Account or to existing Earnings in the Fund Account. Any modification will be in such manner and will be effective at such time as the Committee may from time to time determine. In particular, changes may not be effected on a same day or next day basis and may be effected on an aggregated or “grouped” basis over a period of time.
     5.8 There shall be charged against each Representative’s particular Account any payments made out of that Account to the Representative or his or her Beneficiary in accordance with Sections 6 and 8 below.
     5.9 Participating Representatives will be provided, on a semi-annual basis, a statement of account which indicates the value of such Representative’s Account(s) (broken down by the associated Fund Account(s) and Interest Account(s)) and the currently selected Valuation Fund(s) used to measure the value of the Fund Account(s).
     5.10 The currently available Valuation Funds are identified on Schedule 1 to this Plan. The Company reserves the right to terminate the availability of any Valuation Fund and add additional Valuation Funds at any time.
Section 6. Distribution of Deferred Benefit.
     6.1 Upon the occurrence of the earliest Termination Event with respect to any Enrollment Period, a Deferred Benefit with respect to that Enrollment period will be paid to Representative or his or her Beneficiary, as the case may be. The Termination Events for any Enrollment Period are:

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     (a) Representative’s death;
     (b) Representative’s permanent disability;
     (c) Termination of Representative’s independent contractor relationship with the Broker-Dealer Subsidiary for any reason;
     (d) Representative’s Retirement; or
     (e) Attainment of the Optional Distribution Date for that Enrollment Period, if one is selected by Representative.
     6.2 A Representative may select an Optional Distribution Date for a particular Enrollment Period either at the time of the commencement of that Enrollment Period or prior to December 31 of any year. If an Optional Distribution Date is selected other than at the time of the commencement of an Enrollment Period, the Optional Distribution Date will become effective on the immediately succeeding January 1. No such Optional Distribution Date may be earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter that is at least four years after the commencement of the Enrollment Period. A previously selected Optional Distribution Date may be changed by completing the required paperwork by December 31 of any year; provided, however, that such change must occur before January 1 of the year before the year in which the current Optional Distribution Date for that Enrollment Period falls. For example, if a Representative’s current Optional Payment Date for an Enrollment Period is in July of 2003, the Representative must elect to change such Optional Payment Date by December 31, 2001.
     6.3 The Deferred Benefit with respect to any Enrollment Period will be paid out in ten annual installments unless the Representative has selected an Optional Distribution Schedule for that Enrollment Period. A Representative may select an Optional Distribution Schedule either at the commencement of an Enrollment Period or prior to December 31 of any year. An Optional Distribution Schedule for a particular Enrollment Period may be changed by completing the required paperwork by December 31 of any year; provided, however, that such change must occur before January 1 of the year before the year in which the current payment of the Deferred Benefit for that Enrollment Period falls. For example, if a Representative’s current payment of the Deferred Benefit for an Enrollment Period is in July of 2003, the Representative must elect to change such Optional Payment Schedule by December 31, 2001. The Optional Distribution Schedules available include:
     (a) Annual installments over a period of five (5) years;
     (b) Annual installments over a period of three (3) years; and
     (c) A lump sum.
     6.4 If Representative’s Deferred Benefit with respect to an Enrollment Period is payable in installments, that Deferred Benefit shall be paid out in ten annual installments, or such lesser number of installments as selected by Representative with respect to that Enrollment Period. The amount to be paid in each installment shall be the value of the Account relating to that Enrollment Period as of the Valuation Date for that Account multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining. The initial payment shall be made within 60 days of the applicable Valuation Date. All subsequent installment

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payments shall be made within the first four weeks of each calendar year thereafter until the Deferred Benefit with respect to that Enrollment Period has been fully paid. As used in this section, the Valuation Date with respect to any Enrollment Period for the first installment shall be the Termination Valuation Date for that Enrollment Period and for each installment thereafter, the last Valuation Date of the calendar year which precedes the year of payment.
     6.5 Participating Representatives will be required to take a lump sum distribution of all Deferred Benefit(s) for all Enrollment Periods if such Representative accepts employment or otherwise establishes a contractual relationship with a competitor of AIG or any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary. The amount of each Deferred Benefit shall be determined as of the Termination Valuation Date and paid within 60 days thereof.
     6.6 Participating Representatives will be required to take a lump sum distribution of all Deferred Benefit(s) for all Enrollment Periods if, for any reason, the Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which such Representative holds his or her broker’s license terminates the independent contractor relationship between such Representative and Broker-Dealer Subsidiary. The amount of each Deferred Benefit shall be determined as of the Termination Valuation Date and paid within 60 days thereof.
     6.7 Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, participating Representatives will be required to take a lump sum distribution of a particular Deferred Benefit upon the occurrence of a Termination Event related to such Deferred Benefit if the value of that particular Deferred Benefit on the related Termination Valuation Date is $3500 or less. The amount of each Deferred Benefit shall be determined as of the related Termination Valuation Date and paid within 60 days thereof.
     6.8 There are no interim or periodic payments of amounts accrued in an Interest Account.
     6.9 Following receipt of the entire Deferred Benefit for an Enrollment Period, participating Representatives shall not be entitled to any rights under this Plan with respect to that Enrollment Period.
Section 7. Financial Hardship Distribution. In the event of an unforeseeable emergency, Representative or his or her Beneficiary may apply through the Plan Administrator for a hardship withdrawal. The application will be reviewed by a committee of some combination of the Chairman, President, Executive Vice President(s) and Senior President(s) of the Broker-Dealer Subsidiary with which such Representative holds his or her broker’s license. If such application for hardship withdrawal is approved, the Company shall pay to Representative or Representative’s Beneficiary such value as is reasonably necessary to meet the hardship needs, including provision for taxes on the emergency distribution, in an amount not to exceed the Deferred Benefit(s). Such withdrawals may be made with respect to one or more Accounts at the sole discretion of the Committee. For purposes of this Plan, hardship withdrawals require that Representative or Representative’s Beneficiary have an immediate and heavy unanticipated financial emergency and that the withdrawal be necessary to meet such

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emergency need. Such hardship must be beyond the control of Representative or Representative’s Beneficiary, and Representative or Representative’s Beneficiary must not be able to meet such needs by other financial resources available. If Representative takes a hardship withdrawal under this Plan, he or she may not defer any Earnings under this Plan for a period of one year from the date of the withdrawal, after which time Representative must re-submit an Enrollment/Change Form to the Plan Administrator in order to commence deferring Earnings again.
Section 8. Beneficiary Designation and Survivor Benefits.
     8.1 Each Representative may designate any person or persons as Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive distribution(s) under this Plan in the event of Representative’s death prior to complete distribution to Representative of the Deferred Benefit(s) due under this Plan. Beneficiaries must be designated on the Enrollment/Change Form at any time prior to Representative’s death.
     8.2 In the absence of an effective Beneficiary designation by Representative with respect to a particular Account, the entire undistributed Deferred Benefit for that Account will be paid in a lump sum payment equal to the value of that Account determined as of the Termination Valuation Date, within 60 days thereof to Representative’s estate.
     8.3 If a Representative dies prior to receiving any portion of the Deferred Benefit(s), Representative’s Beneficiary will be paid a lump sum payment equal to the value of the Account related to that Deferred Benefit determined as of the related Termination Valuation Date, within 60 days thereof.
     8.4 If a Representative dies after becoming eligible to receive a Deferred Benefit with respect to any particular Enrollment Period but prior to receiving the entire benefit, any remaining Deferred Benefit will be paid in a lump sum payment equal to the value of the associated Account(s) determined as of the related Termination Valuation Date(s), within 60 days thereof.
Section 9. Plan Administration.
     9.1 This Plan will be administered by a Management Committee (the “Committee”). The Committee will be comprised of any five (5) officers of AIG or any subsidiary of AIG as selected by the Chairman, the President or any Vice Chairman of AIG. The Committee shall interpret and administer this Plan in accordance with its terms. The Committee’s interpretations and constructions shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes.
     9.2 Representatives may obtain any necessary form(s) by request to the Plan Administrator. All forms and agreements and any other necessary documents must be properly executed and delivered to the Plan Administrator within the specified time limitations in order to be effective.

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Section 10. Nature of Company’s Obligation and AIG’s Guarantee.
     10.1 The Company’s obligation under this Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay. Neither the Company nor AIG shall be obligated under any circumstances to fund its financial obligations under this Plan or the Guarantee.
     10.2 The obligation to pay to participating Representatives the deferred Earnings, with such adjustments as are provided for herein, shall be carried on the books of the Company as an unsecured debt. The balance at any time in any Account is not held in trust for Representative, and neither Representative, his or her estate or personal representative(s), nor his or her beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in or to any funds in any Account, which is established by the Company merely for the purpose of recording such unsecured contractual obligation. All funds in any Account shall continue to be part of the general funds of the Company, and neither the Representative, his or her estate or personal representative(s), nor his or her beneficiaries shall have any property interest in any specific assets of the Company or AIG. Each Representative participating in this Plan is considered a general unsecured creditor of the Company.
     10.3 The Guarantee constitutes a general unsecured obligation of AIG, which ranks pari passu with all of AIG’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Neither the Representative, his or her estate or personal representatives, nor his or her own beneficiaries shall have any property interest in any specific assets of AIG. In the event that a payment is due to a Representative under the Guarantee, such Representative will be a general unsecured creditor of AIG.
     10.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company or AIG may at any time transfer assets to a trust for purposes of paying all or any part of its obligations under this Plan. However, to the extent provided in the trust only, such transferred amounts shall remain subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company or of general creditors of AIG. To the extent assets are held in a trust when a Representative’s Deferred Benefit(s) becomes payable, the Company or AIG, in the event of a Guarantee payment, shall direct the trustee to pay such benefit to Representative from the assets of the trust.
Section 11. Miscellaneous.
     11.1 Except as set forth herein, no right to receive any Deferred Benefit shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or charge the same will be void; provided, however, a Representative may assign his or her right to receive any Deferred Benefit to a revocable living trust set up by such Representative. No right under this Plan shall in any manner be liable for or subject to any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the person entitled to such rights.
     11.2 Taxes and Withholdings.
     (a) Any payment of a Deferred Benefit hereunder will be subject to withholding of all applicable taxes.

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     (b) If the whole or any part of any Account shall become liable for the payment of any estate, inheritance, income, or other tax which the Company or AIG shall be required to pay, or is otherwise attached for the payment of amounts owing by Representative, the Company and AIG shall have the full power and authority to pay such obligation out of any monies or other property in its hand for the account of Representative whose interests hereunder are so liable. The Company or AIG shall provide Representative notice of such payment. Prior to making any payment, the Company or AIG may require such releases or other documents from any lawful taxing authority as it shall deem necessary.
     11.3 In addition to any other rights of setoff the Company or AIG or any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary might have, the Company and AIG shall have the right, without prior notice, to set off any obligation of a participating Representative owing to the Company or AIG or any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary against amounts owing to Representative under the terms of this Plan.
     11.4 Nothing in this Plan is intended to (a) limit in any way the right of any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary to terminate a Representative’s contractor relationship with Broker-Dealer Subsidiary; or (b) otherwise create any employment relationship between the Representative and any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or the Company or AIG.
     11.5 The Company expects to continue this Plan but is not obligated to do so. The Company reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate this Plan at any time, or from time to time, in whole or in part, for any reason (including, without limitation, a change, or an impending change, in the applicable laws of the United States or any State). If this Plan is amended, modified or terminated, the Committee shall be notified of such action in writing executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and thereafter this Plan shall be so amended, modified or terminated at the time therein set forth. Any amendment, modification or termination of this Plan shall be binding on the Representatives, but in no event may such amendment, modification or termination reduce the amounts credited at that time to any Representative’s Account. Upon termination of this Plan, the Accounts shall either be paid in a lump sum immediately, or distributed in some other manner consistent with this Plan, as determined by the Committee in its sole direction.
     11.6 In the event any provision of this Plan is held invalid, void or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Plan.
     11.7 This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California.

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SCHEDULE 1
VALUATION FUNDS
SunAmerica Money Market Fund
SunAmerica U.S. Government Securities Fund
SunAmerica Balanced Assets Fund
SunAmerica New Century Fund
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Aggressive Growth Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Value Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, International Equity Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused Growth and Income Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Large-Cap Value Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Small-Cap Value Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focus Portfolio
Sun America “Dogs” of Wall Street Fund
SunAmerica Strategic Investment Series, Inc.®, SunAmerica Biotech/Health 30 Fund
SunAmerica Growth and Income Fund
SunAmerica Growth Opportunities Fund
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused TechNet Portfolio
SunAmerica Style Select Series®, Focused Value Portfolio
SunAmerica Focused Small Cap Growth Portfolio
SunAmerica Focused Equity Strategy Portfolio
SunAmerica Focused Multi-Asset Strategy Portfolio
SunAmerica Strategic Bond Fund
SunAmerica High Yield Bond Fund
AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2010
AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2015
AIG SunAmerica High Watermark Fund 2020
Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
Templeton Foreign Fund

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EX-4.2
 

Exhibit 4.2
DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
     This Deferred Compensation Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of                     , by and between SAI DEFERRED COMPENSATION HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Company”),                      (“Broker-Dealer”), and                      (“Representative”).
     The Company has established, in conjunction with Broker-Dealer, the Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Broker-Dealer’s registered representatives may elect to defer receipt of some or all of the commission and fee payments such registered representatives are entitled to receive. In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. The Plan. The deferral of compensation elected by Representative hereunder is pursuant to the Plan, a copy of which Representative has received and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined are used with the meanings provided for in the Plan.
Section 2. Amount of Deferral.
     2.1 Representative desires to defer Earnings received from time to time from Broker-Dealer in accordance with and subject to the Plan. The deferral contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a separate Enrollment Period for the purposes of the Plan.
     2.2 Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Representative may defer up to 100% of future Earnings, by executing this Agreement and completing an Enrollment/Change Form to enroll in the Plan. The election shall remain in effect until and unless modified as provided in the Plan.
Section 3. Deferral Account.
     3.1 The obligation to pay to Representative the amount deferred, with the interest and adjustments provided for in the Plan, shall be carried on the books of the Company as an unsecured debt in two accounts (the “Accounts”). The balance at any time in the Accounts is not held in trust for Representative, and neither Representative, his or her estate or personal representative(s) nor his or her beneficiaries shall have any right, title or interest in or to any funds in the Accounts, which are established by the Company merely for the purpose of recording such unsecured contractual obligation. All funds in the Accounts shall continue to be part of the general funds of the Company.
     3.2 Each Representative must elect the Valuation Fund(s) which will be used to measure the value of his or her Fund Account. Amounts held in a Fund Account will be treated as though invested in such Valuation Fund(s) and adjustments to the value of a Fund Account will be made in accordance with the Plan. Representative may change the Valuation Fund(s) against which the value of a Fund Account will be indexed in

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accordance with the terms of the Plan. Such elections will become effective at the time the Committee may determine. The Company is not required to make investments in the Valuation Funds.
     3.3 Amounts held in an Interest Account will accrue interest as provided in the Plan and may, under certain circumstances, be reduced by the appreciation in the associated Fund Account.
     3.4 Earnings deferred under the Plan will be paid out in the manner and at the times provided by the Plan.
Section 4. General Provisions.
     4.1 Representative may obtain any necessary form(s) by request to the Plan Administrator. All forms and agreements and any other necessary documents must be properly executed and delivered to the Plan Administrator within the specified time limitations in order to be effective.
     4.2 Representative may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive distribution(s) from the Accounts after the death of Representative. Any person designated as a beneficiary shall be without rights or interests until following Representative’s death, and then only in accordance with the Plan.
     4.3 The Company shall have the right at any time to transfer its rights and delegate its obligations under the Plan to another entity.
     4.4 Nothing in the Plan is intended to (a) limit in any way the right of Broker-Dealer to terminate Representative’s independent contractor relationship with Broker-Dealer; or (b) otherwise create any employment relationship between the Representative and Broker-Dealer or the Company.
     4.5 The Company may amend, modify or terminate this Agreement to the same extent that it may amend, modify or terminate the Plan.
     4.6 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and Broker-Dealer, their respective successors and assigns and Representative, his or her heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.
     4.7 This Agreement and the Plan, and the related forms and agreements, express the entire Agreement of the parties with respect to the Enrollment Period covered by this Agreement, and all promises, representations, understandings, arrangements and prior agreements are merged herein and superseded hereby.
     4.8 If any of the provisions of this Agreement should be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
     4.9 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California.

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Section 5. Guarantee of AIG.
     5.1 The Company’s payment obligations under the Plan have been guaranteed in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, a Guarantee Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1999 (the “Guarantee”), of American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”).
     5.2 AIG has the right at any time to transfer its rights and delegate its obligations under the Guarantee to another entity.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, Broker-Dealer and Representative have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
         
SAI DEFERRED COMPENSATION HOLDINGS, INC.    
 
       
By
       
 
       
 
       
“Broker-Dealer”    
 
       
     
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
       
Representative acknowledges having received a current prospectus for the Plan and for each of the Valuation Funds currently available and agrees to abide by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.
 
       
REPRESENTATIVE:    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
  (Please print)    
 
       
Signature:
       
 
       

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EX-4.3
 

Exhibit 4.3
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
          GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 1999 (the “Guarantee”), by American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in favor of each registered representative (a “Party”) participating in the Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Plan”) of SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
          1. Guarantee. For value received, the Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to each Party, its permitted successors and assigns under the Plan, the prompt payment when due of all present and future payment obligations and liabilities of all kinds of the Company to such Party arising under the Plan, whether incurred by the Company as maker, endorser, drawer, acceptor, guarantor, accommodation party or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, secured or unsecured, absolute or contingent, joint or several (the “Obligations”).
          2. Nature of Guarantee. The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to any Obligation shall not be affected by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral for such Obligation. No Party shall be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations owing to it in the event that the Company becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of any party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to any Party in respect to any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder in respect to such Obligations as if such payment had not been made. The Guarantor reserves the right to assert defenses which the Company may have to payment of any Obligation other than defenses arising from the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company and other defenses expressly waived hereby.
          3. Consents, Waivers and Renewals. The Guarantor agrees that a Party may at any time and from time to time,

 


 

either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor extend the time of payment of, exchange or surrender any collateral for, or renew any of the Obligations owing to it, and may also make any agreement with the Company or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between such Party and the Company or any of such other party or person, without in any way impairing or affecting this Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that a Party may resort to the Guarantor for payment of any of the Obligations, whether or not the Party shall have resorted to any collateral security, or shall have proceeded against any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to any of the Obligations.
          4. Expenses. The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) in any way relating to the enforcement or protection of the rights of a Party hereunder.
          5. Subrogation. Upon payment of all the Obligations owing to any Party, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of such Party against the Company, and such Party agrees to take at the Guarantor’s expense such steps as the Guarantor may reasonably request to implement such subrogation.
          6. Enforcement by Parties. The Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the Parties are intended beneficiaries of the Guarantee who may enforce this Guarantee directly against the Guarantor.
          7. Termination. This Guarantee may be terminated after 30 days notice given by the Guarantor to the Plan Administrator for the Plan; provided, however, that this Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect with respect to Obligations of the Company outstanding or contracted or committed for (whether or not outstanding) prior to the 30th day after notice of termination is given to the Plan Administrator for the Plan, or until such Obligations shall be finally and irrevocably paid in full.

 


 

          8. Governing Law. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
         
  AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Edward E. Matthews   
    Title:   Vice Chairman   
 
         
     
  By:      
    Name:   Kathleen E. Shannon   
    Title:   Secretary   
 

 

EX-5.1
 

Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]
     November 13, 2006
SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc.,
     70 Pine Street,
          New York, New York 10270.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
               In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of $200,000,000 aggregate amount of deferred compensation obligations (the “Obligations”) of SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), guaranteed as to payment by American International Group, Inc. (the “Guarantor”), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
               Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Obligations are issued in accordance with the Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan, effective October 31, 2006 (the “Plan”) so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Obligations will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
                The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of California and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
               We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantor and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, an assumption we have not independently verified.

 


 

SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc.   -2-
               We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading “Validity of the Securities” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
         
  Very truly yours,
 
 
  /S/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP  
     
     
 

 

EX-5.2
 

Exhibit 5.2
[Letterhead of Kathleen E. Shannon, Esq.]
October 31, 2006
American International Group, Inc.,
70 Pine Street,
New York, New York 10270.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of $200,000,000 aggregate amount of deferred compensation obligations (the “Obligations”) of SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the related guarantee (the “Guarantee”) of American International Group, Inc. (the “Guarantor”), I, as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Guarantor, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
     Upon the basis of such examination, I advise you that, in my opinion, when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the Obligations are issued in accordance with the Amended and Restated Registered Representatives’ Deferred Compensation Plan, effective October 31, 2006, and the Guarantee is issued by the Guarantor as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Guarantee will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
     The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and I am expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
     I have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantor and other sources believed by me to be responsible.

 


 

     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to me under the heading “Validity of the Securities” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
         
  Very truly yours,

/s/   Kathleen E. Shannon
                                                            
Kathleen E. Shannon
 
 
     
     
     
 

 

EX-8.1
 

Exhibit 8.1
[Letterhead of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]
November 13, 2006
SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc.,
     70 Pine Street,
          New York, New York 10270.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     As counsel to SAI Deferred Compensation Holdings, Inc., we hereby confirm to you our opinion as set forth under the heading “Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement to which this opinion is filed as an exhibit, subject to the limitations set forth therein.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading “Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
     
 
  Very truly yours,
 
   
 
  /S/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

EX-23.1
 

Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 16, 2006 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2005 of American International Group, Inc. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
November 13, 2006