FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTOR ACCESSIONS TO THE 7.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTOR ACCESSIONS TO THE 7.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024
FOURTH SENIOR NOTES SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of [●] among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GROUP ISSUER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “US Issuer I”), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GROUP ISSUER INC., a Delaware corporation (the “US Issuer II” and, together with US Issuer I, the “US Issuers”), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ GROUP ISSUER (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED (f/k/a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer (Luxembourg) S.A.), a New Zealand limited liability company (the “NZ Issuer” and, together with the US Issuers, the “Issuers”), BEVERAGE PACKAGING HOLDINGS I LIMITED (f/k/a Beverage Packaging Holdings (Luxembourg) I S.A.), a New Zealand limited liability company (“BP I”), the affiliate of the Issuers party hereto (the “Additional Senior Note Guarantor”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as trustee, principal paying agent and registrar (the “Trustee”) under the indenture dated as of June 27, 2016, as amended or supplemented (the “Senior Notes Indenture”), in respect of the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000 of 7.000% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Senior Notes Indenture, each Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is an Issuer, a Senior Note Guarantor or a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees, assumes or in any other manner becomes liable with respect to any Indebtedness under any Credit Agreement is required to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall guarantee payment of the Senior Notes;
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Senior Notes Indenture, the parties hereto are entitled to execute and deliver this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture;
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Notes Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Additional Senior Note Guarantor covenants and agrees for the equal and ratable benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes as follows:
1. Guarantee. The Additional Senior Note Guarantor hereby jointly and severally with all other Senior Note Guarantors unconditionally guarantees the Issuers’ obligations under the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article X of the Senior Notes Indenture and agrees to be bound as a Senior Note Guarantor by all the other applicable provisions of the Senior Notes Indenture.
2. Ratification of Senior Notes Indenture; Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture Part of Senior Notes Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Senior Notes Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Senior Notes Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of a Senior Note heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
3. Governing Law. THIS SENIOR NOTES SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE ADDITIONAL SENIOR NOTE GUARANTOR AGREES TO SECTION 13.09 OF THE INDENTURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.08, THE WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
4. Trustee Makes No Representations. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture.
5. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.
7. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuers, BP I, RGHL or any of their Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture.
8. No Recourse Against Others. No (i) director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in BP I or any Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation or (ii) director, officer, employee or manager of the Additional Senior Note Guarantor, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Senior Notes, this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture, the Senior Notes Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation; provided, however, the foregoing shall not in any manner affect the liability of the Additional Senior Note Guarantor with respect to its Senior Note Guarantee. Each holder of Senior Notes by accepting a Senior Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Senior Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
9. Indemnity. (a) The Issuers, BP I and the Additional Senior Note Guarantor executing this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section 10.08 of the Senior Notes Indenture, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee and each Agent (which in each case, for purposes of this Section, shall include its officers, directors, employees, agents and counsel) against any and all loss, liability, claim, taxes, costs, damage or expense (including properly incurred attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture or a Senior Note Guarantee provided herein against the Issuers, BP I or the Additional Senior Note Guarantor (including this Section) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuers, BP I, the Additional Senior Note Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Senior Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee or the applicable Agent. The Trustee or the applicable Agent shall notify the Issuers of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuers shall not relieve any of the Issuers, BP I or the Additional Senior Note Guarantor executing this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers’ expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuers, BP I and the Additional Senior Note Guarantor, as applicable, shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party solely through such party’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(a) To secure the payment obligations of the Issuers, BP I and the Additional Senior Note Guarantor in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Senior Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held to pay principal of and interest on the Senior Notes.
10. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Issuers and the Additional Senior Note Guarantor in this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall bind their respective successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns.
11. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture or the Senior Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture or the Senior Notes.
12. Notices. Any order, consent, notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to any of the Issuers or the Additional Senior Note Guarantor:
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If to the Trustee, Principal Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar:
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with a copy to
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13. Amendments and Modification. This Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture may be amended, modified, or supplemented only as permitted by the Senior Notes Indenture and by written agreement of each of the parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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List of Substantially Similar Supplemental Indentures
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2. | Fourth Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture to the 7.00% Senior Notes due 2024, dated as of November 21, 2017, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer LLC, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer (Luxembourg) S.A., certain additional note guarantors listed thereto, Beverage Packaging Holdings (Luxembourg) I S.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar |
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4. | Seventh Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture to the 7.00% Senior Notes due 2024, dated as of July 10, 2019, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer LLC, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group Issuer (New Zealand) Limited, Closure Solutions Holdings Limited as additional note guarantor, Beverage Packaging Holdings I Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar |