EXHIBIT 4.8
EXECUTION COPY
PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of May 20, 2003,
among JAFRA WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS (LUX) S.AR.L., a
Luxembourg societe a responsabilite limitee
("Parent"), JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("JCI" or the "Borrower"), each
Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule I
hereto (each such Subsidiary individually a
"Subsidiary Pledgor" and collectively, the
"Subsidiary Pledgors"; the Borrower, Parent and the
Subsidiary Pledgors are referred to collectively
herein as the "Pledgors") and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON, a bank organized under the laws of
Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands
branch, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Agent") for the Secured Parties (as
defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto
in the Credit Agreement referred to below.
Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of May 20, 2003
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among Parent, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party
thereto (the "Lenders"), the Issuing Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston, as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"), as swingline lender and as Collateral Agent, (b) the Parent Guarantee
Agreement, (c) the JCI Guarantee Agreement, (d) the DCJ Guarantee Agreement (the
JCI Guarantee Agreement and the DCJ Guarantee Agreement each, a "Cross Guarantee
Agreement" and, collectively, the "Cross Guarantee Agreements"), (e) the JCI
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (f) the DCJ Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
(together with the JCI Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, the "Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreements").
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Issuing
Bank has agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower
pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the
Credit Agreement. As set forth in the respective Guarantee Agreements, the
Guarantors have agreed to guarantee, among other things, the obligations of the
Borrower under the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to make
Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit are conditioned upon,
among other things, the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of a Pledge
Agreement in the form hereof to secure:
(a) in the case of the Borrower, (i) the due and punctual
payment by it of (A) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on its Loans, when and
as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates
set for prepayment or otherwise, (B) each payment required to be made
by it under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit
issued for its benefit, when and as due, including payments in respect
of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to
provide cash collateral and (C) all other monetary obligations,
including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in
such proceeding) if it to the Secured Parties under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the due and punctual
performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities
of it under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement, its respective Cross
Guarantee Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party, (iii) unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the counterparty
thereto, the due and punctual payment and performance of all its
obligations under each Hedging Agreement entered into with any
counterparty (whether or not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof), and
(iv) the due and punctual payment and performance of all guarantee
obligations of such Borrower referred to in Section 6.01(d)(ii) of the
Credit Agreement as to which any Lender or any Affiliate
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thereof is originally a beneficiary (in the case of JCI, the "JCI
Secured Obligations" and in the case of DCJ, the "DCJ Secured
Obligations"; the JCI Secured Obligations and the DCJ Secured
Obligations are referred to collectively as the "Borrower Secured
Obligations");
(b) in the case of Parent, the due and punctual payment and
performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations and
liabilities of Parent under or pursuant to the Parent Guarantee
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (the "Parent Secured
Obligations"); and
(c) in the case of each Subsidiary Pledgor, the due and
punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements,
obligations and liabilities of such Subsidiary Pledgor under or
pursuant to the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which it is a party (in the case of each such
Subsidiary Pledgor, the "Individual Subsidiary Pledgor Secured
Obligations"; all Individual Subsidiary Pledgor Secured Obligations are
referred to collectively as the "Subsidiary Pledgor Secured
Obligations" and the Borrower Secured Obligations, the Parent Secured
Obligations and the Subsidiary Pledgor Secured Obligations are referred
to collectively hereinafter as the "Obligations", such term when used
with reference to a specific Pledgor being understood to refer to such
Pledgor's respective monetary and other obligations referred to in the
preceding clauses (a) through (c).
Accordingly, the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns),
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Pledge. As security for the payment and performance, as the
case may be, in full of its respective Obligations, each Pledgor hereby
transfers, grants, bargains, sells, conveys, hypothecates, pledges, sets over
and delivers unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, and hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and lien on all of the
Pledgor's right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the shares of capital
stock or other equity interests owned by it (assuming consummation of the
Transactions) and listed on Schedule II hereto and any shares of capital stock
of, or other equity interests in, the respective issuers listed on Schedule II
and, upon acquisition thereof, any other shares required to be pledged by a
Pledgor pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement obtained in the future
by the Pledgor and the certificates representing all such shares (the "Pledged
Stock"), provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include (i) more than 65% of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock of any Foreign Subsidiary of JCI or
of any Foreign Subsidiary of a Domestic Subsidiary of Parent, (ii) directors'
qualifying shares or shares held by nominees, or (iii) the capital stock of any
after acquired or organized Subsidiary of a Pledgor until such time as such
stock is required to be pledged pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit
Agreement; (b)(i) the debt securities listed opposite the name of the Pledgor on
Schedule II hereto, (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to a Pledgor
(other than intercompany debt securities) and (iii) the promissory notes and any
other instruments evidencing such debt securities (the "Pledged Debt
Securities"); (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof; (d) subject to Section 5, all
payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed, in
respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of the securities referred to
in clauses (a) and (b) above; (e) subject to Section 5, all rights and
privileges of the Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property
referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all proceeds of any
of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being
collectively referred to as the "Collateral"). Upon delivery to the Collateral
Agent, (a) any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Securities now or hereafter
included in the Collateral (the "Pledged Securities") shall be accompanied by
stock powers duly executed in blank (or in the case of shares of Mexican
companies, the endorsement in guaranty of each share certificate in favor of the
Collateral Agent in accordance with Mexican law) or other instruments of
transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other
instruments and
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documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (b) all other
property comprising part of the Collateral shall be accompanied by proper
instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other
instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each
delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the
securities theretofore and then being pledged hereunder, which schedule shall be
attached hereto as Schedule II and made a part hereof. Each schedule so
delivered shall supersede any prior schedules so delivered.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right, title,
interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto,
unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. Delivery of the Pledged Securities. (a) Each Pledgor agrees
promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all
(i) Pledged Stock that is certificated and (x) issued by an entity organized
under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or (y) issued
by an entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States or a State or territory thereof, to the extent required to perfect the
security interest in such Pledged Stock and (ii) all Pledged Debt Securities
which are evidenced by a promissory note.
(b) Each Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to
the Pledgor by any Person (other than intercompany debt) that is evidenced by a
duly executed promissory note to be pledged and delivered to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the terms thereof.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each Pledgor
hereby represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and the Collateral
pledged by it hereunder, to and with the Collateral Agent that:
(a) after giving effect to the consummation of the
Transactions, on the date hereof the Pledged Stock represents that
percentage as set forth on Schedule II of the issued and outstanding
shares of each class of the capital stock of the issuer with respect
thereto;
(b) after giving effect to the consummation of the
Transactions, except for the security interest granted hereunder and
except as permitted under Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05 of the Credit
Agreement, the Pledgor (i) is and will at all times continue to be the
direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities
indicated on Schedule II, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all
Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer
of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien
on, the Pledged Securities, other than pursuant hereto;
(c) the Pledgor (i) has the power and authority to pledge the
Pledged Securities in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii)
will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and
all Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement), however arising, of all
Persons whomsoever;
(d) on the date hereof when the Pledged Stock which is
certificated and governed by the law of a State of the United States of
America, together with stock powers, and the Pledged Debt Securities
evidenced by notes, together with bond powers, are delivered to the
Collateral Agent (assuming the continued possession of such Pledged
Stock and Pledged Debt Securities by the Collateral Agent), the
Collateral Agent will obtain a valid and perfected first lien upon and
security interest in the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities;
(e) all of the Pledged Stock has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable;
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(f) all information set forth herein relating to the Pledged
Stock is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date
hereof; and
(g) upon the acquisition of any stock of a Subsidiary acquired
after the Closing Date that is required to be pledged pursuant to
Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, the respective Pledgor shall
deliver a schedule of such additional stock to the Collateral Agent and
such information shall be made a part of Schedule II hereof and such
stock shall be deemed Pledged Stock.
SECTION 4. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of
Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give notice
of its intent to exercise the rights specified herein to the relevant Pledgor or
Pledgors, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the
right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in
its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or
the name of the Pledgors, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 5. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc. (a) Unless and
until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the
Collateral Agent has given notice as specified in clause (b) or (c) below:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all
voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of
Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose; provided,
however, that such Pledgor will not be entitled to exercise any such
right (other than in connection with a transaction permitted by the
Credit Agreement) which would result in any violation of any provision
of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver
to each Pledgor, or cause to be promptly executed and delivered to each
Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as
such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such
Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it
is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and to
receive the cash dividends it is entitled to receive pursuant to
subparagraph (iii) below.
(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any
and all cash dividends, interest and principal paid on the Pledged
Securities to the extent such cash dividends, interest and principal
are permitted by the Credit Agreement. All noncash dividends, interest
and principal, and all dividends, interest and principal paid or
payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total
liquidation or dissolution, return of capital, capital surplus or
paid-in surplus, and all other distributions (other than distributions
referred to in the preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the
Pledged Securities, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise,
whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification
of the outstanding capital stock of the issuer of any Pledged
Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part
thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such
issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the
Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by
such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held
separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral
Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default and subsequent notice by the Collateral Agent to the relevant Pledgor or
Pledgors of its intent to exercise such rights, all rights of any Pledgor to
dividends, interest or principal that such Pledgor is authorized to receive
pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) above shall cease, and all such rights shall
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thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest or
principal. All dividends, interest or principal received by any Pledgor contrary
to the provisions of this Section 5 shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such
Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in
the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money
and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent
in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such
money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions
of Section 7. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the
Collateral Agent shall, within five Business Days after all such Events of
Default have been cured or waived, repay to each Pledgor all cash dividends,
interest or principal (without interest), that such Pledgor would otherwise be
permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) above and which
remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default and subsequent notice by the Collateral Agent to the relevant Pledgor or
Pledgors of its intent to exercise such rights, all rights of any Pledgor to
exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise
pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 5, and the obligations of the
Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 5, shall cease, and all
such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall
have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and
consensual rights and powers, provided that, unless otherwise directed by the
Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time
following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the
Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or
waived, such Pledgor will have the right to exercise the voting and consensual
rights and powers that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to
the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above.
SECTION 6. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, subject to applicable regulatory and legal
requirements, the Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral, or any part thereof,
at public or private sale or at any broker's board or on any securities
exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent
shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such
sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or
purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the
Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the
Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at
any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or
right on the part of any Pledgor, and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, the Pledgors hereby waive all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and
appraisal any Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any
rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
The Collateral Agent shall give a Pledgor at least 10 days' prior
written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the
meaning of Section 9-611 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the
State of New York or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral
Agent's intention to make any sale of such Pledgor's Collateral. Such notice, in
the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in
the case of a sale at a broker's board or on a securities exchange, shall state
the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the
Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or
exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within
ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may
fix and state in the notice of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or
portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate
parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion)
determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any
Collateral if it
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shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such
Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the
Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may
be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid in full by the
purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any
liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay
for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may
be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 6, any Secured Party
may bid for or purchase, free from any right of redemption, stay or appraisal on
the part of any Pledgor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released),
the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on
account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to it from such Pledgor
as a credit against the purchase price, and it may, upon compliance with the
terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further
accountability to such Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, (a) a written
agreement to purchase the Collateral entered into with a Person (other than a
Lender or an affiliate thereof) or any portion thereof shall be treated as a
sale thereof, (b) the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale
pursuant to such agreement and (c) such Pledgor shall not be entitled to the
return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding
the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an
agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations
paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred
upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity
to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or any portion
thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed to conform to the
commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
Certain rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, may with
respect to Collateral issued by a Person not organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction of the United States of America, be limited. The Collateral Agent,
with respect to such Collateral, acknowledges such limitations and agrees to
comply with applicable laws with respect thereto.
SECTION 7. Application of Proceeds of Sale. The proceeds of any sale of
Collateral pursuant to Section 6, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash,
may, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, be applied by the
Collateral Agent against the respective Obligations of the relevant Pledgor then
due and owing in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such sale or
otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any of the Obligations of the relevant Pledgor, including all court
costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent's
agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the
Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf
of such Pledgor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under
any other Loan Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations of the
relevant Pledgor (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the
Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of such
Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and
THIRD, to the relevant Pledgor, its successors or assigns or
to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
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The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including
pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding),
the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers
of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over
to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.
SECTION 8. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor
hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any
action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may reasonably
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment
is irrevocable and coupled with an interest; provided that the Collateral Agent
agrees not exercise such power except upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution
either in the Collateral Agent's name or in the name of such Pledgor, to ask
for, demand, ▇▇▇ for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all
moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any applicable Collateral, to
endorse checks, drafts, orders and other instruments for the payment of money
payable to the Pledgor representing any interest or dividend or other
distribution payable in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof or on
account thereof and to give full discharge for the same, to settle, compromise,
prosecute or defend any action, claim or proceeding with respect thereto, and to
sell, assign, endorse, pledge, transfer and to make any agreement respecting, or
otherwise deal with, the same; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any
commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment
received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or,
except as otherwise provided herein, to take any action with respect to the
Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect
thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a
result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they
nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any
Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct.
SECTION 9. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the
Collateral Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder
and of the other Secured Parties under the other Loan Documents are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle such Pledgor to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between
the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such
waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required
in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 10. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the
Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Securities, or because of other current or
future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as
now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted
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analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from
time to time in effect being called the "Federal Securities Laws") with respect
to any disposition of the Pledged Securities permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor
understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly
limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were
to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Securities, and might
also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee
of any Pledged Securities could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be
other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any
attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Securities under applicable
Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or
effect. Each Pledgor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and
limitations the Collateral Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged
Securities, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to
acquire such Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment, and not
with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and
agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent,
in its sole and absolute reasonable discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a
sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such
Pledged Securities or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal
Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential
purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any
such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller
than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of
any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability
for selling all or any part of the Pledged Securities at a price that the
Collateral Agent, in its reasonable discretion, may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a
substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred
until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were
approached. The provisions of this Section 10 will apply notwithstanding the
existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales
prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells.
SECTION 11. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, if for
any reason the Collateral Agent shall determine to sell any of the Pledged Stock
of the respective Pledgor at a public sale, it will, at any time and from time
to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, use its reasonable
best efforts to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Stock to (a) execute
and deliver, and use its best efforts to cause the directors and officers of
such issuer to execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do
or cause to be done all such other acts as may be, in the reasonable opinion of
the Collateral Agent, necessary or advisable to register such Pledged Stock, or
that portion thereof to be sold, under the provisions of the Federal Securities
Laws, (b) use its best efforts to cause the registration statement relating
thereto to become effective and to remain effective for a period of not more
than one year from the date of the first public offering of such Pledged Stock,
or that portion thereof to be sold and (c) make all amendments thereto and/or to
the related prospectus which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent,
are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the
Federal Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission applicable thereto. The respective Pledgor further agrees,
upon such written request referred to above, to use its reasonable best efforts
to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Stock to
qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Stock under the Blue Sky or other
securities laws of such states of the United States as may be reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent and keep effective, or cause to be kept
effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will
bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section
11. Each Pledgor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for
failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section 11 and that such
failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, and therefore agrees
that its agreements contained in this Section 11 may be specifically enforced.
SECTION 12. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral
Agent hereunder, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all
obligations of each Pledgor hereunder, shall
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be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement
with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument
relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of
payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating
to any of the foregoing, (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any other
collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to or departure
from any guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of its Obligations or in respect of this
Agreement (other than the performance or payment in full of all the Obligations,
as the case may be).
SECTION 13. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement and the security
interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the Obligations have been paid
in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit
Agreement, the L/C Exposure has been reduced to zero and the Issuing Bank has no
further obligation to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.
(b) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral
that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any Person (unless sold or
transferred to a Person that is required to pledge such Collateral to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement), or, upon the
effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest
granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.01(d) of the Credit
Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically
released.
(c) If all of the capital stock of a Pledgor is sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower
pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement,
such Pledgor shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement without
further action and the security interest in the Collateral of such Pledgor shall
be automatically released.
(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph
(a), (b) or (c), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor,
at such Pledgor's expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably
request to evidence such termination or release and shall deliver to such
Pledgor all related Collateral of such Pledgor held by the Collateral Agent. Any
execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 13 shall be without
recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 14. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be
in writing and given as provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement. All
communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Pledgor shall be given to
it in care of JCI.
SECTION 15. Further Assurances. Each Pledgor agrees to do such further
reasonable acts and things, and to execute and deliver such additional
conveyances, assignments, agreements and instruments, as the Collateral Agent
may at any time reasonably request in connection with the administration and
enforcement of this Agreement or with respect to the Collateral or any part
thereof or in order better to assure and confirm unto the Collateral Agent its
rights and remedies hereunder.
SECTION 16. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and
assigns. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Pledgor when a
counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Pledgor shall have been delivered
to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on
behalf of the Collateral Agent, and
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thereafter shall be binding upon such Pledgor and the Collateral Agent and their
respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such
Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Pledgor shall have the right
to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and
any such attempted assignment shall be void), except with the consent of the
Collateral Agent or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Pledgor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or
released with respect to any Pledgor without the approval of any other Pledgor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Pledgor hereunder.
SECTION 17. Survival of Agreement; Severability. (a) All covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made by each Pledgor herein shall
survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters
of Credit by the Issuing Bank.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by
facsimile transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and shall become effective as
provided in Section 16. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 20. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation
specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to
be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
SECTION 21. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any
judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts of any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may
be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail),
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postage prepaid, to the applicable party at its address set forth in Section 14
or at such other address of which the parties hereto shall have been notified
pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service
of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to ▇▇▇
in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this Section 21 any punitive damages.
SECTION 22. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
SECTION 23. Additional Pledgors. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit
Agreement, the stock (or a portion thereof) of certain Subsidiaries that were
not Subsidiaries on the Closing Date must be pledged to the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties. Upon execution and delivery by the
Collateral Agent and such holder of stock of an instrument in the form of Annex
1, such holder shall become a Pledgor and, if applicable, a Subsidiary Pledgor
hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Pledgor
and, if applicable, a Subsidiary Pledgor herein. The execution and delivery of
such instrument shall not require the consent of any Pledgor hereunder. The
rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Pledgor and, if applicable, a
Subsidiary Pledgor as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 24. Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section
9-509 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or
its equivalent in other jurisdictions, each Pledgor authorizes the Collateral
Agent to file financing statements with respect to the Collateral owned by it
without the signature of such Pledgor in such form and in such filing offices as
the Collateral Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security
interests of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. A carbon, photographic
or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing
statement for filing in any jurisdiction. Promptly upon any such filing, the
Collateral Agent shall deliver a copy of such filing to the respective Pledgor.
SECTION 25. Integration. This Agreement represent the agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any of the parties
hereto relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred
to herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
JAFRA WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS (LUX) S.AR.L.,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, III
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, III
Title: Executive Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, III
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, III
Title: Executive Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its Cayman
Islands branch, as Collateral Agent,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
Schedule I to the
Pledge Agreement
SUBSIDIARY PLEDGORS
Name Address
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None as of the Closing Date.
Schedule II to the
Pledge Agreement
CAPITAL STOCK
Number of Registered Number and Percentage
Issuer Certificate Owner Class of Shares of Shares
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[DEBEVOISE TO COMPLETE]
DEBT SECURITIES
Issuer Principal Amount Payee Date of Note Maturity Date
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[DEBEVOISE TO COMPLETE]
Annex 1 to the
Pledge Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of , to the PLEDGE
AGREEMENT dated as of May 20, 2003 (as the same may
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "Pledge Agreement"), among JAFRA
WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS (LUX) S.A.R.L., a Luxembourg
societe a responsabilite limitee ("Parent"), JAFRA
COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
("JCI" or the "Borrower"), each subsidiary of the
Borrower listed on Schedule I hereto (each such
subsidiary individually a "Subsidiary Pledgor" and
collectively, the "Subsidiary Pledgors"; the
Borrower, Parent and the Subsidiary Pledgors are
referred to collectively herein as the "Pledgors")
and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, a bank organized
under the laws of Switzerland, acting through its
Cayman Islands branch, as collateral agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the Secured
Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below). Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement referred to
below.
A. Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of May 20,
2003 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among Parent, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time
party thereto (the "Lenders"), the Issuing Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston,
as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"), as swingline lender and as Collateral Agent, (b) the Parent Guarantee
Agreement, (c) the JCI Guarantee Agreement, (d) the DCJ Guarantee Agreement (the
JCI Guarantee Agreement and the DCJ Guarantee Agreement each a "Cross Guarantee
Agreement" and, collectively, the "Cross Guarantee Agreements"), (e) the JCI
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (f) the DCJ Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
(together with the JCI Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, the "Subsidiary Guarantee
Agreements").
B. The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in order to
induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of
Credit. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, the stock (or a
portion thereof) of certain Subsidiaries that were not Subsidiaries on the
Closing Date must be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and the Subsidiary which owns such stock (if not already a
party) is required to enter into the Pledge Agreement as a Pledgor, and if
applicable, a Subsidiary Pledgor. Section 23 of the Pledge Agreement provides
that such Subsidiaries may become Pledgors, and if applicable, Subsidiary
Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument
in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the "New Pledgor")
is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit
Agreement to become a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement in order to
induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue
additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and
Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Pledgor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 23 of the Pledge Agreement, the
New Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement
with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and
the New Pledgor hereby agrees (a) to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge
Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and
warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor
thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of
the foregoing, the New Pledgor, as security for the payment and performance in
full of its respective Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), does
hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security
interest in and lien on all of the New Pledgor's right, title and interest in
and to the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) of the New Pledgor.
Each reference to a
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"Subsidiary Pledgor" or a "Pledgor", as applicable, in the Pledge Agreement
shall be deemed to include the New Pledgor. The Pledge Agreement is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
[If New Pledgor is not a Subsidiary Pledgor, add relevant information
with respect to its "Obligations" and incorporate such into the definition of
"Obligations" in the Pledge Agreement.]
SECTION 2. The New Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights generally, general equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall
constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the
Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when
taken together, bear the signatures of the New Pledgor and the Collateral Agent.
Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart
of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Pledgor hereby represents and warrants that, on the
date hereof, set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct
schedule of all its Pledged Securities.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT
MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long
as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein and in the Pledge Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing
(including by facsimile transmission) and given as provided in Section 14 of the
Pledge Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Pledgor
shall be given to it in care of JCI.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and year first
above written.
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[Name of New Pledgor],
by ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting
through its Cayman Islands branch,
as Collateral Agent,
by ______________________________
Name:
Title:
by ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule I to
Supplement No.
to the Pledge Agreement
Pledged Securities of the New Pledgor
CAPITAL STOCK
Number of Registered Number and Percentage
Issuer Certificate Owner Class of Shares of Shares
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DEBT SECURITIES
Issuer Principal Amount Payee Date of Note Maturity Date
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