UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) 
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2019

 


 

AMCOR PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Jersey (Channel Islands)

 

3990

 

98-1455367

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

83 Tower Road North
Warmley, Bristol
United Kingdom

 

BS30 8XP

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

+44 117 9753200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                                     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which
registered

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share

 

AMCR

 

The New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company                                               o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     o

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations

 

On May 8, 2019, each of Bemis Company Inc. (“ Bemis ”) and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (“ AFUI ,” a subsidiary of Amcor plc (the “Company”), and, together with Bemis, the “ New Issuers ”) commenced offers to certain eligible holders (1) to exchange any and all outstanding 6.800% Senior Notes due August 1, 2019 issued by Bemis (the “ Bemis 6.800% 2019 Notes ”), 4.500% Senior Notes due October 15, 2021 issued by Bemis (the “ Bemis 4.500% 2021 Notes ”) and 3.100% Senior Notes due September 15, 2026 issued by Bemis (the “ Bemis 3.100% 2026 Notes ” and, collectively with the Bemis 6.800% 2019 Notes and the Bemis 4.500% 2021 Notes, the “ Existing Bemis Notes ”) for (i) up to $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new senior guaranteed notes issued by Bemis (the “ New Bemis Notes ”), and (ii) cash or (2) to exchange any and all outstanding 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026 issued by AFUI (the “ Amcor 3.625% 2026 Notes ”) and 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028 issued by AFUI (the “ Amcor 4.500% 2028 Notes ” and, together with the Amcor 3.625% 2026 Notes, the “ Existing Amcor Notes ” and, the Existing Amcor Notes together with the Existing Bemis Notes, the “ Existing Notes ”) for (i) up to $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new senior guaranteed notes issued by AFUI (the “ New Amcor Notes ” and, together with the New Bemis Notes, the “ New Notes ”), and (ii) cash.

 

Concurrently with these offers, each of AFUI and Bemis also solicited consents from the holders of the Existing Notes to amend the applicable indenture governing the Existing Notes to eliminate certain of the covenants, reporting requirements, restrictive provisions and events of default pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable offering materials. Those proposed amendments were to be effected pursuant to the Supplemental Indentures (as defined below).

 

The offers expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 11, 2019. At the expiration of the offers, the following aggregate principal amount of notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn: $288,685,000 of the Bemis 6.800% 2019 Notes, $346,716,000 of the Bemis 4.500% 2021 Notes, $293,206,000 of the Bemis 3.100% 2026 Notes, $591,294,000 of the Amcor 3.625% 2026 Notes and $497,510,000 of the Amcor 4.500% 2028 Notes.

 

The following table shows the aggregate principal amount of each series of notes prior to and after the offers:

 

Issuer

 

Title of Series

 

Aggregate Principal
Amount Outstanding
Prior to Offers

 

Aggregate Principal
Amount Outstanding
After Offers

 

Existing Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bemis

 

6.800% Senior Notes due 2019

 

$

400,000,000

 

$

111,317,000

 

Bemis

 

4.500% Senior Notes due 2021

 

$

400,000,000

 

$

53,284,000

 

Bemis

 

3.100% Senior Notes due 2026

 

$

300,000,000

 

$

6,794,000

 

AFUI

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

$

600,000,000

 

$

8,706,000

 

AFUI

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028

 

$

500,000,000

 

$

2,490,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bemis

 

6.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2019

 

N/A

 

$

288,674,000

 

Bemis

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021

 

N/A

 

$

346,652,000

 

Bemis

 

3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

N/A

 

$

293,200,000

 

AFUI

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026

 

N/A

 

$

591,266,000

 

AFUI

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028

 

N/A

 

$

497,508,000

 

 

The foregoing description of the offers, the related consent solicitations and the proposed amendments to the related indentures is only a summary, does not purport to be complete.

 

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The Supplemental Indentures

 

In connection with the foregoing, the Supplemental Indentures listed below were executed and became operative on June 13, 2019 by AFUI and Amcor Limited and Amcor UK Finance PLC (together, the “ Existing Amcor Guarantors ”) or Bemis, as applicable, and the applicable trustee.

 

·                   Bemis entered into a supplemental indenture (the “ Bemis Supplemental Indenture ”) to the Indenture (the “ Existing Bemis Indenture ”), dated as of June 15, 1995, by and between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the Existing Bemis Notes. Bemis entered into the Bemis Supplemental Indenture after the receipt of consents from the requisite holders of the Existing Bemis Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable offering materials to incorporate the proposed amendments described above, as reflected in the Bemis Supplemental Indenture.

 

·                   AFUI entered into a supplemental indenture (the “ AFUI Supplemental Indenture ”) to the Indenture (the “ Existing Amcor Indenture ”), dated as of April 28, 2016 by and among AFUI, the Existing Amcor Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, governing the Existing Amcor Notes. AFUI entered into the AFUI Supplemental Indenture after the receipt of consents from the requisite holders of the Existing Amcor Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable offering materials to incorporate the proposed amendments described above, as reflected in the AFUI Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Indentures

 

In connection with the foregoing, on June 13, 2019, the New Issuers and applicable New Guarantors (as defined below) entered into the following agreements:

 

·                   an Indenture (the “ New Bemis Indenture ”) by and among Bemis, as issuer, the New Bemis Guarantors (as defined below), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, governing the New Bemis Notes;

 

·                   an Indenture (the “ New Amcor Indenture ” and, together with the New Bemis Indenture, the “ New Notes Indentures ”), by and among AFUI, as issuer, New Amcor Guarantors (as defined below), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, governing the New Amcor Notes.

 

The New Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated senior obligations of the applicable New Issuer and will rank equally with the applicable New Issuer’s existing and future unsubordinated debt. The New Bemis Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis (the “ New Bemis Guarantees ”) by Amcor plc, Amcor Limited, AFUI and Amcor UK Finance PLC (each, a “ New Bemis Guarantor ” and together, the “ New Bemis Guarantors ”). The New Amcor Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis (the “ New Amcor Guarantees ” and, together with the New Bemis Guarantees, the “ New Guarantees ”) by Amcor plc, Amcor Limited, Bemis and Amcor UK Finance PLC (each, a “ New Amcor Guarantor ” and together, the “ New Amcor Guarantors ” and, together with the New Bemis Guarantors, the “ New Guarantors ”). The New Guarantees will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the New Guarantors and will rank equally with all existing and future unsubordinated debt of each New Guarantor.

 

Each series of New Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity date and redemption terms as the corresponding series of Existing Notes.

 

The Registration Rights Agreements

 

In connection with the foregoing, on June 13, 2019, the New Issuers and applicable New Guarantors entered into the following agreements:

 

·                   a registration rights agreement (the “ New Bemis 2021 Registration Rights Agreement ”) by and among Bemis, the New Bemis Guarantors, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, the dealer managers for the offers (the “ Dealer Managers ”), relating to the New Bemis 4.500% 2021 Notes;

 

·                   a registration rights agreement (the “ New Bemis 2026 Registration Rights Agreement ”) by and among Bemis, the New Bemis Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Bemis 3.100% 2026 Notes;

 

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·                   a registration rights agreement (the “ New Amcor 2026 Registration Rights Agreement ”) by and among AFUI, the New Amcor Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Amcor 3.625% 2026 Notes; and

 

·                   a registration rights agreement (the “ New Amcor 2028 Registration Rights Agreement ” and, together with the New Bemis 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the New Bemis 2026 Registration Rights Agreement and the New Amcor 2026 Registration Rights Agreements, the “ Registration Rights Agreements ”), by and among AFUI, the New Amcor Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Amcor 4.500% 2028 Notes.

 

Each Registration Rights Agreement provides that the applicable New Issuer and applicable New Guarantors will, to the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the SEC’s staff, use their commercially reasonable efforts, to:

 

·                   file, no later than 270 days after June 13, 2019 (the “ Settlement Date ”), a registration statement (each, an “ exchange offer registration statement ”) with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), with respect to an offer (each, a “ Registered Exchange Offer ”), to exchange the applicable series of New Notes (with the exception of the New Bemis 6.800% 2019 Notes) for an equivalent principal amount of a new issue of notes (the “ Registered Exchange Notes ”) guaranteed by the same guarantors as the corresponding series of New Notes and having substantially identical terms in all material respects to such New Notes, except that the Registered Exchange Notes will not be subject to transfer restrictions or entitled to the payment of additional interest (as described below) and will not be entitled to any rights under the applicable registration rights agreement, and except for, if applicable, the first interest payment date and the date from which interest will accrue;

 

·                   to cause the exchange offer registration statement to be declared effective within 365 days of the Settlement Date; and

 

·                   to complete such Registered Exchange Offer by July 17, 2020.

 

Under each of the Registration Rights Agreements, the New Issuers and the New Guarantors have also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to make available an effective shelf registration statement for resales of the applicable outstanding New Notes of such series other than such New Notes that have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to a registration statement under certain circumstances, including if SEC interpretations do not permit either New Issuer and the applicable New Guarantors to effect the Registered Exchange Offer or if the Registered Exchange Offer is not completed by July 17, 2020.

 

The interest rate on the New Notes of the applicable series will increase if the applicable New Issuer and the New Guarantors do not comply with their obligations under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Supplemental Indentures, the New Notes Indentures and the Registration Rights Agreements are only summaries, do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each such Supplemental Indenture, New Notes Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement. The Bemis Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The AFUI Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Bemis Indenture is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Amcor Indenture is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Bemis 2021 Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Bemis 2026 Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Amcor 2026 Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The New Amcor 2028 Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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On June 11, 2019, immediately after giving effect to the business combination pursuant to the Transaction Agreement dated August 6, 2018 (the “ Transaction Agreement ”) by and among the Company, Amcor Limited, Arctic Corp. and Bemis, pursuant to which each of Bemis and Amcor Limited were acquired by and became wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company in a stock-for-stock transaction, the Company entered into the following agreements (the “ Agreements ”):

 

(a)          in connection with the Three-Year Credit Agreement (as defined below), a joinder agreement (the “ Three-Year Credit Agreement Joinder ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis Company, Inc. (“ Bemis ”), AFUI , AUKF , Amcor Limited and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“ JPMorgan ”), as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(b)          in connection with the Three-Year Credit Agreement, a supplement to a guaranty agreement (“ Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(c)           in connection with the Four-Year Credit Agreement (as defined below), a joinder agreement (the “ Four-Year Credit Agreement Joinder ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(d)          in connection with the Four-Year Credit Agreement, a supplement to a guaranty agreement (the “ Supplement No. 1 to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(e)           in connection with the Five-Year Credit Agreement (as defined below), a joinder agreement (the “ Five-Year Credit Agreement Joinder ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(f)            in connection with the Five-Year Credit Agreement, a supplement to a guaranty agreement (the “ Supplement No. 1 to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(g)           in connection with the 364-Day Credit Agreement (as defined below), a joinder agreement (the “ 364-Day Credit Agreement Joinder ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(h)          in connection with the 364-Day Credit Agreement, a supplement to a guaranty agreement (the “ Supplement No. 1 to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Guaranty ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(i)              in connection with the Term Loan Agreement (as defined below), a joinder agreement (the “ Term Loan Agreement Joinder ”, and together with the Three-Year Credit Agreement Joinder, the Four-Year Credit Agreement Joinder, the Five-Year Credit Agreement Joinder and the 364-Day Credit Agreement Joinder, collectively, the “ Joinder Agreements ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with among AFUI, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent;

 

(j)             in connection with the Term Loan Agreement, a supplement to a guaranty agreement (the “ Supplement No. 1 to the Term Loan Agreement Guaranty ”, and together with the Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Supplement No. 1 to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Supplement No. 1 to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty and the Supplement No. 1 to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Guaranty, the “ Guaranty Supplements ”), dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent.

 

Effect of the Agreements

 

(a)          Pursuant to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Joinder, the Company was added as Parent under, and as defined in, and Bemis was added as Borrower under, and as defined in, that certain credit agreement

 

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(the “ Original Three-Year Credit Agreement ”), dated as of April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 30, 2019 (“ Amendment No. 1 to Original Three-Year Credit Agreement ”, and together with the Original Three-Year Credit Agreement, the “ Three-Year Credit Agreement ”), providing for a three year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principle amount up to US$750,000,000 with one or more lenders, subject to increases as set forth therein (the “ Three-Year Credit Facility ”), among AFUI, AUKF, and Amcor Limited (together with AFUI and AUKF, the “ Initial Borrowers ”) as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “ Three-Year Facility Lenders ”) and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Three-Year Facility Lenders and others.

 

(b)          Pursuant to the Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Company and Bemis each were added as guarantors under the Three-Year Credit Agreement.

 

(c)           Pursuant to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Joinder, the Company was added as Parent under, and as defined in, and Bemis was added as Borrower under, and as defined in, that certain credit agreement (the “ Original Four-Year Credit Agreement ”), dated as of April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 30, 2019 (“ Amendment No. 1 to Original Four-Year Credit Agreement ”, and together with the Original Four-Year Credit Agreement, the “ Four-Year Credit Agreement ”), providing for a four-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principle amount up to US$1,500,000,000 with one or more lenders, subject to increases as set forth therein (the “ Four-Year Credit Facility ”), among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “ Four-Year Facility Lenders ”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Four-Year Facility Lenders and others.

 

(d)          Pursuant to the Supplement No. 1 to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Company and Bemis each were added as guarantors under the Four-Year Credit Agreement.

 

(e)           Pursuant to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Joinder, the Company was added as Parent under, and as defined in, and Bemis was added as Borrower under, and as defined in, that certain credit agreement (the “ Original Five-Year Credit Agreement ”), dated as of April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 30, 2019 (“ Amendment No. 1 to Original Five-Year Credit Agreement ”, and together with the Original Five-Year Credit Agreement, the “ Five-Year Credit Agreement ” and the Five-Year Credit Agreement, together with the Five-Year Credit Agreement and the Four-Year Credit Agreement, collectively, the “ Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreements ”),  providing for a five-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principle amount up to US$1,500,000,000 with one or more lenders, subject to increases as set forth therein (the “ Five-Year Credit Facility ”, and together with the Three-Year Credit Facility and the Four-Year Credit-Facility, the “ Multi-Year Revolving Facilities ”), among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “ Five-Year Facility Lenders ”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Five-Year Facility Lenders and others.

 

(f)            Pursuant to the Supplement No. 1 to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Company and Bemis each were added as guarantors under the Five-Year Credit Agreement.

 

(g)           Pursuant to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Joinder, the Company was added as Parent under, and as defined in, and Bemis was added as Borrower under, and as defined in, that certain credit agreement (the “ 364-Day Credit Agreement ”), dated as of April 5, 2019, providing for a 364-day revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount up to US$1,050,000,000 with one or more lenders (the “ 364-Day Credit Facility ”), among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “ 364-Day Facility Lenders ”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the 364-Day Facility Lenders and others.

 

(h)          Pursuant to the Supplement No. 1 to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Guaranty, the Company and Bemis each were added as guarantors under the 364-Day Credit Agreement.

 

(i)              Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement Joinder, the Company was added as Parent under, and as defined in, that certain credit agreement (the “ Original Term Loan Agreement ”), dated as of April 30, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 30, 2019 (“ Amendment No. 1 to Original Term Loan Agreement ”, and together with the Original Term Loan Agreement, the “ Term Loan Agreement ”, and the Term Loan Agreement, together with the Three-Year Credit Agreement, the

 

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Four-Year Credit Agreement and the Five-Year Credit Agreement, collectively, the “ Multi-Year Credit Agreements ”, and the Multi-Year Credit Agreements together with the 364-Day Credit Agreement, collectively, the “ Credit Agreements ”) providing for a term loan facility in an aggregate amount up to US$750,000,000 with one or more lenders (the “ Term Loan Facility ” and together with the Three-Year Credit Facility, the Four-Year Credit Facility and the Five-Year Credit Facility, collectively, the “ Multi-Year Credit Facilities ”, and the Multi-Year Credit Facilities, together with the 364-Day Credit Facility, collectively, the “ Credit Facilities ”), among AFUI, as borrower thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “ Term Loan Lenders” and together with the Three-Year Facility Lenders, the Four-Year Facility Lenders, the Five-Year Facility Lenders and the 364-Day Facility Lenders, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent for the Term Loan Lenders and others.

 

(j)             Pursuant to the Supplement No. 1 to the Term Loan Agreement Guaranty, the Company and Bemis each were added as guarantors under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

The Credit Agreements

 

The scheduled maturity dates of the Three-Year Credit Agreement, Four-Year Credit Agreement, Five-Year Credit Agreement, 364-Day Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement are April 30, 2022, April 30, 2023, April 30, 2024, April 5, 2020 and April 30, 2022, respectively.  Each of the Multi-Year Credit Agreements includes an option for the Company to extend the term of such facility for successive one-year periods, subject to, among certain other terms and conditions specified in such agreement, the consent of lenders holding greater than 50% of the commitments then outstanding under such agreement.  The commitments under the Multi-Year Revolving Facilities may be increased by an aggregate amount of $500,000,000.

 

Borrowings under the Multi-Year Revolving Facilities may be borrowed in US dollars, Euro, Sterling, Australian dollars and Swiss Francs.  Borrowings under the 364-Day Facility may be borrowed in US dollars and Euro.  Borrowings under the Term Facility may solely be borrowed in US dollars.

 

The Credit Agreements each contain affirmative and negative covenants that we believe are usual and customary for senior unsecured credit agreements. The negative covenants in the Credit Agreements include, among other things, limitations (each of which is subject to customary exceptions for financings of these types) on our ability to:

 

·                   grant liens;

 

·                   sell assets;

 

·                   use proceeds from assets sales; and

 

·                   incur additional subsidiary debt.

 

The Credit Agreements also provide for customary events of default (subject to grace periods, as appropriate) including among others: nonpayment of principal, interest or other amounts; cross-payment default and cross-acceleration to material financial indebtedness; material monetary judgments; inability of any borrower to pay its debts as they become due; inaccuracy of representations and warranties in any material respect; insolvency and bankruptcy events of the Company or its material subsidiaries; actual or claimed voidability of a loan document; any borrower ceasing to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; breach of covenants; change of control; and illegality of obligations under a loan document.

 

The foregoing descriptions of each Credit Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such Credit Agreement.  The Original Three-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.9 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Amendment No. 1 to Original Three-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.10 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Original Four-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.11 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Amendment No. 1 to Original Four-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.12 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Original Five-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.13 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Amendment No. 1 to Original Five-Year Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.14 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The 364-Day Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.15 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Original Term Loan Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.16

 

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to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Amendment No. 1 to Original Term Loan Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.17 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing descriptions of each Joinder Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such Joinder Agreement.  The Three-Year Credit Agreement Joinder is filed as Exhibit 10.18 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Four-Year Credit Agreement Joinder is filed as Exhibit 10.19 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Five-Year Credit Agreement Joinder is filed as Exhibit 10.20 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The 364-Day Credit Agreement Joinder is filed as Exhibit 10.21 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The Term Loan Agreement Joinder is filed as Exhibit 10.22 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing descriptions of each Guaranty Supplement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such Guaranty Supplement.  The Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.23 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Supplement No. 1 to the Four-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.24 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Supplement No. 1 to the Five-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.25 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Supplement No. 1 to the 364-Day Credit Agreement Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.26 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Supplement No. 1 to the Term Loan Agreement Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.27 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

 

The information provided under Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the New Notes Indentures is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information provided under Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Supplemental Indentures is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On June 12, 2019, AFUI and Bemis issued a press release announcing the expiration and final results of the exchange offers and consent solicitations. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                                    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, by and between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee

10.2

 

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 28, 2016 by and among AFUI, the Existing Amcor Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

10.3

 

Indenture, by and among Bemis, as issuer, the New Bemis Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

10.4

 

Indenture, by and among AFUI, as issuer, New Amcor Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

10.5

 

Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Bemis, the New Bemis Guarantors, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, the dealer managers for the offers (the “Dealer Managers”), relating to the New Bemis 4.500% 2021 Notes

10.6

 

Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Bemis, the New Bemis Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Bemis 3.100% 2026 Notes

10.7

 

Registration Rights Agreement, by and among AFUI, the New Amcor Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Amcor 3.625% 2026 Notes

10.8

 

Registration Rights Agreement, by and among AFUI, the New Amcor Guarantors and the Dealer Managers, relating to the New Amcor 4.500% 2028 Notes

10.9

 

Original Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among AFUI, AUKF, and Amcor Limited (together with AFUI and AUKF, the “Initial Borrowers”) as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “Three-Year Facility Lenders”) and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Three-Year Facility Lenders and others

10.10

 

Amendment No. 1 to Original Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019

10.11

 

Original Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “Four-Year Facility Lenders”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Four-Year Facility Lenders and others.

10.12

 

Amendment No. 1 to Original Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019

10.13

 

Original Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “Five-Year Facility Lenders”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the Five-Year Facility Lenders and others

10.14

 

Amendment No. 1 to Original Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019

10.15

 

364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2019 , among the Initial Borrowers as borrowers thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “364-Day Facility Lenders”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent for the 364-Day Facility Lenders and others

10.16

 

Original Term Loan Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2019, among AFUI, as borrower thereunder, a syndicate of banks (collectively, the “Term Loan Lenders”), and JPMorgan, as administrative agent for the Term Loan Lenders and others.

10.17

 

Amendment No. 1 to Original Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019

10.18

 

Joinder to Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

10.19

 

Joinder to Four-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

10.20

 

Joinder to Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

10.21

 

Joinder to 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis, AFUI, AUKF, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

10.22

 

Joinder to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019, with among AFUI, Amcor Limited and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

10.23

 

Supplement No. 1 to the Three-Year Credit Agreement Guaranty, dated as of June 11, 2019, with Bemis and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Damien Clayton

Date: June 17, 2019

Name:

Damien Clayton

 

Title:

Company Secretary

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

Issuer

 

TO

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Trustee

 


 

Supplemental Indenture

 

Dated as of June 13, 2019

 


 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

4

 

 

 

SECTION 201.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 704 (REPORTS BY COMPANY)

4

SECTION 202.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 801 (COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS)

4

SECTION 203.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 802 (SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED)

4

SECTION 204.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1004 (EXISTENCE)

4

SECTION 205.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1005 (MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES)

5

SECTION 206.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1006 (PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS)

5

SECTION 207.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1007 (RESTRICTION ON SECURED DEBT)

5

SECTION 208.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1008 (RESTRICTION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS)

5

SECTION 209.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1009 (DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS)

5

SECTION 210.

AMENDMENTS TO CLAUSES (4), (5), (6) AND (7) OF SECTION 501 (EVENTS OF DEFAULT)

5

 

 

 

ARTICLE THREE MISCELLANEOUS

5

 

 

 

SECTION 301.

EFFECTIVENESS

5

SECTION 302.

RATIFICATION

6

SECTION 303.

SUCCESSORS

6

SECTION 304.

SEVERABILITY

6

SECTION 305.

SEVERABILITY

6

SECTION 306.

GOVERNING LAW

6

SECTION 307.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

6

SECTION 308.

THE TRUSTEE

6

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 13, 2019, between Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as First Trust National Association), as Trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Issuer and the Trustee have previously executed and delivered that certain Indenture dated as of June 15, 1995 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuer issued US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.800% senior notes due August 1, 2019, US$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% senior notes due October 15, 2021 and US$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.100% senior notes due September 15, 2026 (together, the “Securities”).

 

Section 902 of the Indenture provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of May 8, 2019 (the “Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement”), the Issuer has offered to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all outstanding Securities for: new 6.800% Guaranteed Senior Notes due August 1, 2019, 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due October 15, 2021, and 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due September 15, 2026, in each case, to be issued by the Issuer (together, the “New Notes”). Concurrently with the Exchange Offers, the Issuer has solicited consents (the “Consent Solicitations” and, together with the Exchange Offers, the “Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations”) from certain Holders (“Eligible Holders”) of the applicable Securities to amend the Indenture in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and as set forth herein (such amendments, the “Proposed Amendments”). Under the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, an Eligible Holder of Securities may not deliver a Consent in the applicable Consent Solicitation, with respect to any Security, without tendering such Security for exchange in the corresponding Exchange Offer.

 

The Issuer has received consents to the Proposed Amendments from Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities currently outstanding.

 

The Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement provides that while this Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution and delivery thereof, it shall become operative only upon consummation of the Exchange Offers; pursuant to the terms of the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, the Issuer’s obligation to accept for exchange, and to exchange the applicable principal amount of New Notes for, Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the applicable Exchange Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the consummation of the Transaction (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement).

 

The Issuer has requested that the Trustee join it in the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and, in connection with that request, the Issuer has provided the Trustee with (i) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Issuer, authorizing the execution and delivery of this

 

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Supplemental Indenture, (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of consents to the other Proposed Amendments from Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities currently outstanding, and (iii) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by the Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Trustee and a valid amendment of the Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, with binding effect on all parties hereto and all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preamble and recitals of this Supplemental Indenture or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof, all capitalized terms used and not defined in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

 

Section 201.                              Amendments to Section 704 (Reports by Company).

 

Section 704 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 704   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 704 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 202.                              Amendments to Section 801 (Company May Consolidate Etc., Only on Certain Terms).

 

Section 801 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 801   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 801 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 203.                              Amendments to Section 802 (Successor Substituted).

 

Section 802 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 802   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 802 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 204.                              Amendments to Section 1004 (Existence).

 

Section 1004 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1004   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to

 

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Section 1004 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 205.                              Amendments to Section 1005 (Maintenance of Properties).

 

Section 1005 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1005   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1005 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 206.                              Amendments to Section 1006 (Payment of Taxes and Other Claims).

 

Section 1006 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1006   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1006 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 207.                              Amendments to Section 1007 (Restriction on Secured Debt).

 

Section 1007 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1007   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1007 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 208.                              Amendments to Section 1008 (Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions).

 

Section 1008 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1008   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1008 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 209.                              Amendments to Section 1009 (Defeasance of Certain Obligations).

 

Section 1009 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1009   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1009 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 210.          Amendments to clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 501 (Events of Default).

 

Sections 501 (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following: “(4)   [Intentionally Omitted];”, “(5)   [Intentionally Omitted];”, “(6)   [Intentionally Omitted];” and “(7)   [Intentionally Omitted];”. Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Sections 501(4), (5), (6) and (7) shall cease to have effect.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 301.                              Effectiveness.

 

Notwithstanding that this Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution

 

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and delivery thereof by the parties hereto, this Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the occurrence of all the following: (i) the Issuer’s acceptance for exchange of all the Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in each Exchange Offer, (ii) the Issuer’s exchange of all of those accepted Securities for the principal amount of applicable New Notes required under the terms of the applicable Exchange Offer and (iii) the Issuer’s delivery of an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee informing the Trustee of such acceptance and exchange.

 

Section 302.                              Ratification.

 

The Indenture, as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

 

Section 303.                              Successors.

 

All agreements of the Issuer and the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind their respective successors.

 

Section 304.                              Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 305.                              Severability.

 

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 306.                              Governing Law.

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 307.                              Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 308.                              The Trustee.

 

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee

 

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assumes no responsibility for their correctness, except that the Trustee confirms receipt of the items stated in the recitals to have been provided to the Trustee by the Issuer in connection with the Issuer’s request that the Trustee join in the execution of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed in New York, New York as of the day and year first above written.

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

Name: Andrew Cowper

 

Title: Director and Assistant Secretary

 

 

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture

 


 

U.S. Bank National Association ,

 

 

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yvonne Siira

 

Name: Yvonne Siira

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

Issuer

 

AND

 

AMCOR LIMITED

(ABN 62 000 017 372)

 

THE PARENT GUARANTOR

 

AND

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

THE INITIAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR

 

TO

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

Trustee

 


 

Supplemental Indenture

 

Dated as of June 13, 2019

 


 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS

4

 

 

ARTICLE TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

4

 

 

SECTION 201.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 703 (REPORTS BY THE ISSUER)

4

SECTION 202.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 801 (ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS)

4

SECTION 203.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 802 (SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED)

4

SECTION 204.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1004 (STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT)

5

SECTION 205.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1005 (EXISTENCE)

5

SECTION 206.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1006 (PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS)

5

SECTION 207.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1008 (LIMITATION ON LIENS)

5

SECTION 208.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1011 (NEW GUARANTORS)

5

SECTION 209.

AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1013 (STAMP, DOCUMENTARY AND SIMILAR TAXES)

5

SECTION 210.

AMENDMENTS TO CLAUSES (3), (4), (5), (6) AND (7) OF SECTION 501 (EVENTS OF DEFAULT)

5

 

 

 

ARTICLE THREE MISCELLANEOUS

6

 

 

SECTION 301.

EFFECTIVENESS

6

SECTION 302.

RATIFICATION

6

SECTION 303.

SUCCESSORS

6

SECTION 304.

SEVERABILITY

6

SECTION 305.

SEVERABILITY

6

SECTION 306.

GOVERNING LAW

6

SECTION 307.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

7

SECTION 308.

THE TRUSTEE

7

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 13, 2019, among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the “Parent Guarantor”) and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (the “Initial Subsidiary Guarantor”, together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Issuer, the Original Guarantors and the Trustee have previously executed and delivered that certain Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuer issued US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% guaranteed senior notes due April 28, 2026 and US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% guaranteed senior notes due May 15, 2028 (together, the “Securities”).

 

Section 902 of the Indenture provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the Issuer, the Original Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of May 8, 2019 (the “Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement”), the Issuer has offered to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all outstanding Securities for: new 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026 and 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028, in each case, to be issued by the Issuer (together, the “New Notes”). Concurrently with the Exchange Offers, the Issuer has solicited consents (the “Consent Solicitations” and, together with the Exchange Offers, the “Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations”) from certain Holders (“Eligible Holders”) of the applicable Securities to amend the Indenture in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and as set forth herein (such amendments, the “Proposed Amendments”). Under the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, an Eligible Holder of Securities may not deliver a Consent in the applicable Consent Solicitation, with respect to any Security, without tendering such Security for exchange in the corresponding Exchange Offer.

 

The Issuer has received consents to the Proposed Amendments from Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities currently outstanding.

 

The Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement provides that while this Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution and delivery thereof, it shall become operative only upon consummation of the Exchange Offers; pursuant to the terms of the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, the Issuer’s obligation to accept for exchange, and to exchange the applicable principal amount of New Notes for, Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the applicable Exchange Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the consummation of the Transaction (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation

 

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Statement).

 

The Issuer has requested that the Trustee join it and the Original Guarantors in the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and, in connection with that request, the Issuer has provided the Trustee with (i) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Issuer and of the board of directors of each Original Guarantor, authorizing the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of consents to the other Proposed Amendments from Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities currently outstanding, and (iii) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by the Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, the Original Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid amendment of the Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, with binding effect on all parties hereto and all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preamble and recitals of this Supplemental Indenture or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof, all capitalized terms used and not defined in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

 

Section 201.                              Amendments to Section 703 (Reports by the Issuer).

 

Section 703 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 703   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 703 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 202.                              Amendments to Section 801 (Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms).

 

Section 801 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 801   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 801 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 203.                              Amendments to Section 802 (Successor Substituted).

 

Section 802 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 802   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to

 

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Section 802 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 204.                              Amendments to Section 1004 ( Statement by Officers as to Default ).

 

Section 1004 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1004   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1004 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 205.                              Amendments to Section 1005 (Existence).

 

Section 1005 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1005   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1005 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 206.                              Amendments to Section 1006 ( Payment of Taxes and Other Claims ).

 

Section 1006 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1006   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1006 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 207.                              Amendments to Section 1008 ( Limitation on Liens ).

 

Section 1008 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1008   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1008 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 208.                              Amendments to Section 1011 ( New Guarantors ).

 

Section 1011 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1011   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1011 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 209.                              Amendments to Section 1013 (Stamp, Documentary and Similar Taxes).

 

Section 1013 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Section 1013   [Intentionally Omitted].” Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Section 1013 shall cease to have effect.

 

Section 210.                              Amendments to clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 501 (Events of Default).

 

Sections 501(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the Indenture are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following: “(3)   [Intentionally Omitted];”, “(4)   [Intentionally Omitted];”, “(5)   [Intentionally Omitted];”, “(6)   [Intentionally Omitted];” and “(7)   [Intentionally Omitted];”. Accordingly, all other references in the Indenture to Sections 501(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) shall cease to have effect.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 301.                              Effectiveness.

 

Notwithstanding that this Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution and delivery thereof by the parties hereto, this Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the occurrence of all the following: (i) the Issuer’s acceptance for exchange of all the Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in each Exchange Offer, (ii) the Issuer’s exchange of all of those accepted Securities for the principal amount of applicable New Notes required under the terms of the applicable Exchange Offer and (iii) the Issuer’s delivery of an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee informing the Trustee of such acceptance and exchange.

 

Section 302.                              Ratification.

 

The Indenture, as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

 

Section 303.                              Successors.

 

All agreements of the Issuer, the Original Guarantors and the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind their respective successors.

 

Section 304.                              Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 305.                              Severability.

 

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 306.                              Governing Law.

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the laws of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State; provided , however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Indenture by the Issuer and the Original Guarantors shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of the Issuer and each such Original Guarantor.

 

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Section 307.                              Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THE ISSUER, EACH ORIGINAL GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 308.                              The Trustee.

 

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Original Guarantors and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness, except that the Trustee confirms receipt of the items stated in the recitals to have been provided to the Trustee by the Issuer in connection with the Issuer’s request that the Trustee join in the execution of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed in New York, New York as of the day and year first above written.

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of
AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.
by its attorney under power of
attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the
presence of:

)
)
)
)
)

 

 

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

 

)

 

Markus Sablatnig

)

Graeme Vavasseur

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR
LIMITED
by its attorney under
power of attorney dated May 3,
2019 in the presence of:

)
)
)
)

 

 

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

)

/s/ Michael Casamento

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)
)

 

 

)

 

Graeme Vavasseur

)

Michael Casamento

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR UK
FINANCE PLC
by its attorney
under power of attorney dated April
3, 2019 in the presence of:

)
)
)
)

 

 

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

 

)
)

 

Markus Sablatnig

)

Graeme Vavasseur

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this Supplemental Indenture states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture

 


 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Peschler

 

Name:

Robert S. Peschler

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

Name:

Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

The Issuer

 

AND

 

AMCOR PLC

 

The Parent Guarantor

 

AND

 

AMCOR LIMITED
(ABN 62 000 017 372)
AND
AMCOR FINANCE (USA) INC.
AND AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

The Initial Subsidiary Guarantors

 

TO

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

The Trustee

 


 

Indenture

 

Dated as of June 13, 2019

 


 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

 

 

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

 

 

 

Section 101.

Definitions

1

Section 102.

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

16

Section 103.

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

16

Section 104.

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

17

Section 105.

Notices, Etc., to the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors

19

Section 106.

Notice to Holders; Waiver

20

Section 107.

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

20

Section 108.

Successors and Assigns

20

Section 109.

Separability Clause

20

Section 110.

Benefits of Indenture

20

Section 111.

Governing Law

20

Section 112.

Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process

21

Section 113.

Waiver of Jury Trial

22

Section 114.

Force Majeure

22

Section 115.

Legal Holidays

22

Section 116.

Counterparts

22

Section 117.

FATCA

22

Section 118.

USA Patriot Act

23

Section 119.

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

23

Section 120.

Trust Indenture Act Controls

23

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

 

 

 

Section 201.

Forms Generally

23

Section 202.

Form of Face of Security

25

Section 203.

Form of Reverse of Security

29

Section 204.

Legends on Restricted Securities

36

Section 205.

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

36

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 301.

Title and Terms; Issuable in Series

37

Section 302.

Denominations

40

Section 303.

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

40

 


 

Section 304.

Temporary Securities

42

Section 305.

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

42

Section 306.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

49

Section 307.

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

50

Section 308.

Persons Deemed Owners

51

Section 309.

Cancellation

51

Section 310.

Computation of Interest

52

Section 311.

CUSIP Numbers

52

Section 312.

Certification Form

52

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

Section 401.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

53

Section 402.

Application of Trust Money

54

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

 

 

REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

Section 501.

Events of Default

54

Section 502.

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

56

Section 503.

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

57

Section 504.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

58

Section 505.

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

59

Section 506.

Application of Money Collected

59

Section 507.

Limitation on Suits

59

Section 508.

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

60

Section 509.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

60

Section 510.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

60

Section 511.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

61

Section 512.

Control by Holders

61

Section 513.

Waiver of Past Defaults

61

Section 514.

Undertaking for Costs

62

Section 515.

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws

62

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

Section 601.

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

62

Section 602.

Notice of Defaults

63

Section 603.

Certain Rights of Trustee

64

Section 604.

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

65

Section 605.

May Hold Securities

65

 


 

Section 606.

Money Held in Trust

66

Section 607.

Compensation and Reimbursement

66

Section 608.

Conflicting Interests

67

Section 609.

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

67

Section 610.

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

67

Section 611.

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

69

Section 612.

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

70

Section 613.

Agents

70

Section 614.

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

70

Section 615.

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

72

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER

 

 

 

 

Section 701.

Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

72

Section 702.

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

72

Section 703.

Reports by the Issuer

73

Section 704.

Reports by Trustee to Holders

73

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

 

 

Section 801.

Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

74

Section 802.

Successor Substituted

77

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

 

 

Section 901.

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

78

Section 902.

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

79

Section 903.

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

81

Section 904.

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

81

Section 905.

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

81

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

Section 1001.

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

81

Section 1002.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

82

Section 1003.

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

82

Section 1004.

Statement by Officers as to Default

83

Section 1005.

Existence

84

Section 1006.

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

84

Section 1007.

Additional Amounts

84

 


 

Section 1008.

Limitation on Liens

87

Section 1009.

Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

89

Section 1010.

Resale of Certain Securities

91

Section 1011.

New Guarantors

91

Section 1012.

Waiver of Certain Covenants

92

Section 1013.

Stamp, Documentary and Similar Taxes

92

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 1101.

Applicability of Article

92

Section 1102.

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

93

Section 1103.

Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed

93

Section 1104.

Notice of Redemption

94

Section 1105.

Deposit of Redemption Price

94

Section 1106.

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

94

Section 1107.

Securities Redeemed in Part

95

Section 1108.

Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment

95

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

 

 

 

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

Section 1201.

Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

96

Section 1202.

Defeasance and Discharge

96

Section 1203.

Covenant Defeasance

97

Section 1204.

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

97

Section 1205.

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions

99

Section 1206.

Reinstatement

99

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE

 

 

 

 

Section 1301.

Guarantee

100

Section 1302.

Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

101

 

ANNEX A

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers pursuant to § 305(d)(i) of the Indenture)

A-1

 


 

ANNEX B

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(ii) of the Indenture)

B-1

 

 

 

 

ANNEX C

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATES FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iii) of the Indenture)

C-1

 

 

 

 

ANNEX D

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iv) of the Indenture)

D-1

 

 

 

 

ANNEX E

FORM OF NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

E-1

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

310

(a)(1)

 

609

 

(a)(2)

 

609

 

(a)(3)

 

N/A

 

(a)(4)

 

N/A

 

(a)(5)

 

609

 

(b)

 

608; 609; 610; 611

311

(a)

 

615

 

(b)

 

615

312

(a)

 

701

 

(b)

 

702

 

(c)

 

702

313

(a)

 

704

 

(b)(1)

 

704

 

(b)(2)

 

704

 

(c)

 

106

 

(d)

 

704

314

(a)

 

703

 

(b)

 

N/A

 

(c)(1)

 

102

 

(c)(2)

 

102

 

(c)(3)

 

N/A

 

(d)

 

N/A

 

(e)

 

102

 

(f)

 

N/A

315

(a)

 

601; 603

 

(b)

 

602

 

(c)

 

601

 

(d)

 

601; 603

 

(e)

 

514

316

(a)(1)(A)

 

512

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

513

 

(a)(2)

 

N/A

 

(b)

 

508

 

(c)

 

104

317

(a)(1)

 

503

 

(a)(2)

 

504

 

(b)

 

1003

318

(a)

 

120

 

(b)

 

N/A

 

(c)

 

120

 

N/A Means Not Applicable

 


 

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 


 

INDENTURE, dated as of June 13, 2019, among Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of Australia, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (each, an “Initial Subsidiary Guarantor” and, together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS OF THE ISSUER

 

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as set forth in this Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

RECITALS OF THE GUARANTORS

 

Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the Guarantees of the Securities provided for herein.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of each of the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

Section 101.                              Definitions .

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)                                  the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(2)                                  all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

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(3)                                  unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

 

(4)                                  the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

 

(5)                                  all references herein to “interest” with respect to any Security include Additional Interest to the extent payable on such Security;

 

(6)                                  the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

 

(7)                                  a reference to any law or to a provision of a law includes any amendments thereto and any successor statutes.

 

“Accounts” means the consolidated statement of financial position, consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of the Group, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP, together with reports (including directors’ reports and, if applicable, auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

 

“Additional Interest” means any additional interest payable on any of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.  For purposes of clarity, it is understood that a Registration Rights Agreement may provide for the payment of Additional Interest on some, but not all, of the Securities of a series.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Agent Member” with respect to any Global Security means a member of or participant in the Depositary for such Global Security.

 

“Agent Member Transferee” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Agent Member Transferor” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such

 

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Global Security, Euroclear and Clearstream to the extent the same are applicable to such transfer or exchange.

 

“Attributable Value” means, as to any particular lease under which the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is at any time liable as lessee at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended) discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at a rate per annum equivalent to the interest rate inherent in such lease (as determined in good faith by the Parent Guarantor in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) compounded semi annually.

 

“Australia” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

“Australian Accounting Standards” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia.

 

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities.

 

“Authorized Officer” means any person (whether designated by name or the persons for the time being holding a designated office, or whether designated by power of attorney) appointed by or pursuant to a Board Resolution for the purpose, or a particular purpose, of this Indenture, provided that written notice of such appointment shall have been given to the Trustee.

 

A Person shall be deemed the “beneficial owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own”, any Securities which such Person or any of its Affiliates would be deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act if the references to “within 60 days” in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) were omitted.

 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or any committee of such board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.

 

“Board Resolution” when used with reference to the Issuer or a Guarantor means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer, such Guarantor to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a committee of the Board of Directors appointed by such Board of Directors for such purpose) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City, United States, Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, Australia are required or authorized to be closed.

 

“Change in Lease Accounting Standard” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred, as of the date of effectiveness of the United States Financial Accounting Standards

 

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Board Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases (or any other United States Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) and, as applicable, the date of effectiveness of the AASB AAS 16 (Leases).

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following:

 

(a)  the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (including any “person” as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)  the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (including any “person” as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor, measured by voting power rather than the number of shares;

 

(c)  the Parent Guarantor consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Parent Guarantor, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction;

 

(d)  the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor cease to be Continuing Directors; or

 

(e)  the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

 

“Change of Control Trigger Period” means, with respect to any Change of Control, the period commencing upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of such Change of Control or (ii) 60 days prior to the date of the first public announcement of such Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Change of Control Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change).

 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means with respect to any Change of Control:

 

(a)                                  if there are two Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing ratings for the Securities on the first day of the Change of Control

 

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Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, both Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer cease to rate the Securities Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period; and

 

(b)                                  if there are three Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing a rating for the Securities on the first day of the Change of Control Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, two or more Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer cease to rate the Securities Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period.

 

If there are not at least two Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing a rating for the Securities on the first day of any Change of Control Trigger Period, a Change of Control Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking société anonyme .

 

“Closing Date”, when used with respect to Securities of any series (or of any identifiable tranche of any series), means the last date of original issuance of any Securities of such series (or tranche).

 

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act.

 

“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Securities; or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee, currently located at (i) for purposes of surrender, transfer or exchange of any Security, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, c/o DB Services Americas, Inc., 5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256, Attn: Transfer Department and (ii) for all other purposes, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trust and Agency Services, 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630, New York, New York 10005, USA, Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

 

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1203.

 

“default” has the meaning specified in Section 602.

 

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“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

 

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1202.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, DTC until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Director” means any member of the Board of Directors.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Exchange Offer” means an exchange offer that may be effected pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

“FATCA” has the meaning specified in Section 801.

 

“Finance Lease” means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., a subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., and its successors.

 

“Global Security” means a Security held by or on behalf of a Depositary and in which beneficial interests are evidenced on the records of such Depositary or its Agent Members.

 

“Group” means the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of any Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however, that the Guarantor providing such Guarantee has not been released as a Guarantor of such Security pursuant to Section 1302 hereof.

 

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“Guarantors” means each Original Guarantor and each New Guarantor, and a reference to “Guarantor” is a reference to them jointly and each of them severally, in each case until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be a “Guarantor”.  Upon the release of a Guarantor (other than the Parent Guarantor) from its Guarantees of any and all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, all references to and construction of the terms “Guarantors” or a “Guarantor” in this Indenture shall be deemed to refer only to the Guarantors or Guarantor of Securities that remain as parties to this Indenture.

 

“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial

 

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instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.  The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Investment Grade” means (a) a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s); (b) a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P); (c) a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch) or (d) in the event of the Securities being rated by a permitted Substitute Rating Agency, the equivalent of either (a), (b) or (c) by such Substitute Rating Agency.

 

“Issue Date” means June 13, 2019, the date on which Securities were first issued under this Indenture.

 

“Issuer” means the Person named as the “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be the “Issuer”.

 

“Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by any of its Directors and/or Authorized Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Jersey Companies Law” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention

 

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agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

“Limited Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that, as specified in the terms of such Limited Recourse Indebtedness:

 

(a)                                  the Person (the “Relevant Person”) in whose favor such Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or against the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien; and

 

(b)                                  the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided therein, or as contemplated by Section 301, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

 

“New Guarantor” means each Person who becomes a Guarantor in relation to the Securities by executing a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, in each case unless and until such Guarantor has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 1302.

 

“New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture” means an indenture supplemental hereto substantially in the form of Annex E hereto.

 

“Noteholder FATCA Information” means, with respect to any Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of, U.S. withholding tax under FATCA.

 

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“Noteholder Tax Identification Information” means properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally, in the case of U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

 

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(3).

 

“Obligors” means the Issuer and each Guarantor.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee, provided that any such certificate required to be delivered by the Issuer or a Guarantor may be delivered in the form of a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Officer’s Certificate of Release” means a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee certifying as to the facts required by Section 1302 hereof.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel may be counsel for the Issuer, or other counsel.

 

“Original Guarantor” means the Persons identified as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be an “Original Guarantor”.

 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

 

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except :

 

(1)                                  Securities theretofore cancelled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;

 

(2)                                  Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or a Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer or a Guarantor (if the Issuer or such Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

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(3)                                  Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1202; and

 

(4)                                  Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;

 

provided , however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if the principal amount of a Security payable at Maturity is to be determined by reference to an index or indices, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the face amount thereof, (C) if as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as established as contemplated by Section 301, and (D) Securities owned by the Issuer or a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of, and thereby actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of such other obligor.

 

“Owner Transferee” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Owner Transferor” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Parent Guarantor” means Amcor plc.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Issuer.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York and such other place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and interest on the Securities of

 

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such series are payable as specified in this Indenture and the Securities (as contemplated by Section 301).

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

 

“Principal Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary (including any successor Person of such Subsidiary) that (a) accounts for greater than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or (b) accounted for greater than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding financial year of the Parent Guarantor, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

“Project” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation.

 

“Project Assets” means (a) any asset or property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent company of such Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent company of such Subsidiary other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

“Property” means any asset, revenue or other property, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, including, without limitation, any right to receive income.

 

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s, S&P, Fitch or any Substitute Rating Agency, but only to the extent that such Rating Agency is then-engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer to provide a rating for the Securities.

 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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“Registration Rights Agreement” means any registration rights agreement among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto relating to any of the Securities of any series that are not registered under the Securities Act. For purposes of clarity, it is understood that a Registration Rights Agreement may apply to some, but not all, of such Securities of a particular series, and that there may be more than one Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Securities of a particular series.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on any Security of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, or any successor provision thereto.

 

“Regulation S Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Regulation S Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(iii).

 

“Relevant Guarantor” means any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer and any Subsidiary that is already a Guarantor) that at any time has outstanding a guarantee with respect to any Specified Indebtedness, or is otherwise an obligor, co-obligor or jointly liable with the Issuer or any Guarantor with respect to any Specified Indebtedness.

 

“Relevant Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

 

“Responsible Officer”, (1) when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer in the Corporate Trust Office, or successor thereto, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, associate or any other officer of the Trustee responsible for the administration of this Indenture, and also means with respect to a particular corporate trust matter any other officer to whom such corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and (2) with respect to any other Person, means an executive officer of the Person, including the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or an executive director responsible for the operations of the Person.

 

“Restricted Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Restricted Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Restricted Period” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Restricted Securities” means those Securities offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144A and all securities acquired by the Issuer or one of its Affiliates and not cancelled pursuant to Section 309.

 

“Restrictive Legends” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b).

 

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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision thereto.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision thereto.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

 

“Specified Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor in an outstanding principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) issued under any credit facility, indenture, purchase agreement, credit agreement or similar facility.

 

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns  or controls sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and (b) any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries).  Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that becomes a New Guarantor in the future in accordance with Section 1011, in each case unless and until such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 1302.

 

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“Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of the Exchange Act engaged by the Parent Guarantor to provide a rating of the Securities in the event that any of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or any other Substitute Rating Agency, has ceased to provide a rating of the Securities for any reason other than as a result of any action or inaction by the Parent Guarantor, and as a result thereof there are no longer two Rating Agencies providing ratings of the Securities.

 

“Successor Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 801(4)(b).

 

“Total Tangible Assets” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of the Group, as disclosed on the consolidated statement of financial position in the most recent Accounts of the Group, minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts of the Group, plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by the Parent Guarantor from any share capital issuance by the Parent Guarantor consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

“Transfer Restrictions” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b).

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the Person acting as Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

“Unrestricted Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(iv).

 

“U.S. GAAP” means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1204.

 

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

 

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Section 102.                              Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

 

Upon any application or request by the Issuer or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required hereunder.  Each such certificate or opinion shall be given, respectively, in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Issuer or such Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements set forth in this Indenture. Any Officer’s Certificate required to be given by an officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor may be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,

 

(1)                                  a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(2)                                  a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)                                  a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(4)                                  a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 103.                              Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or a Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or such Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or such Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the

 

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exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.  Absent fraud or intentional misconduct, under no circumstances shall the delivery of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel result in any personal liability to the person(s) or firm signing and delivering such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

Section 104.                              Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer and the Guarantors.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 601 and 603) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and, if applicable, the Issuer and the Guarantors, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also contain sufficient proof of his authority.  The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor

 

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or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuer or a Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

The Issuer may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Issuer may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Issuer from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), provided , however, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken based on such record date previously set.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

 

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), provided , however, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken based on such record date previously set.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Issuer’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Issuer in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

 

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With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other parties hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date.  If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount of such Security.

 

Section 105.                              Notices, Etc., to the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors .

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture shall be made in writing, in English and, if to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

 

(1)                                  the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer or a Guarantor, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if mailed first class, postage prepaid to, or otherwise made, given, faxed, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its address at its Corporate Trust Office; or

 

(2)                                  the Issuer or a Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or faxed, to the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, addressed to the Issuer at the address of its principal offices specified in this Section 105 or at any other address otherwise furnished in writing to the Trustee or to any Guarantor at the address of the Issuer’s principal offices specified in this Section 105 or at any other address otherwise furnished in writing to the Trustee.

 

All notices delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon the earlier of (a) actual receipt thereof by the Trustee, which may include electronic mail with portable document format attached or (b) the receipt of a registered mail receipt by the sender thereof in respect of a notice properly addressed under this Section 105.

 

The principal offices of the Issuer are Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050, Zurich, Switzerland; fax: +41 44 316 17 18 Attention: Graeme Vavasseur, Group Treasurer, with a copy to Amcor plc, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom, Damien Clayton, Group Company Secretary.

 

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Section 106.                              Notice to Holders; Waiver .

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, faxed or emailed to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, faxed or emailed neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.  Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

Section 107.                              Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

 

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 108.                              Successors and Assigns .

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer and the Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 109.                              Separability Clause .

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities, or any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 110.                              Benefits of Indenture .

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 111.                              Governing Law .

 

This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State; provided , however, that all matters governing the authorization and

 

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execution of this Indenture and the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and the authorization and execution of this Indenture by the Guarantors and any notation of the Guarantees by such Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on the Securities, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

Section 112.                              Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process .

 

Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby appoints CT Corporation acting through its office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011, USA as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any Guarantee, as the case may be, instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by the Trustee or the Holder of any Security.  Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor agrees that service of process upon such Authorized Agent, together with written notice of said service mailed or delivered to the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Person serving the same address as provided in Section 105, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, in any such legal action or proceeding, and each of the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such legal action or proceeding and waives any objection it may have to the laying of the venue of any such legal action or proceeding.  Such appointment shall be irrevocable until this Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve hereof; provided , however, that upon release of any Guarantor pursuant to Section 1302, such Guarantor’s appointment of the Authorized Agent under this Section 112 shall be automatically and unconditionally irrevocably terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Issuer and each Guarantor reserves the right to appoint another Person located or with an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as a successor Authorized Agent, and upon acceptance of such appointment by such a successor the appointment of the prior Authorized Agent shall terminate.  The Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall give notice to the Trustee and all Holders of the appointment by it of a successor Authorized Agent.  If for any reason CT Corporation ceases to be able to act as the Authorized Agent or to have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, each of the Issuer and each Guarantor shall appoint a successor Authorized Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence.  Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect until this Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve hereof.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent addressed to it at the address set forth above, as such address may be changed within the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by notice given by the Authorized Agent to the Trustee, together with written notice of such service mailed or delivered to the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process on the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively.

 

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Section 113.                              Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 114.                              Force Majeure .

 

In no event shall the Trustee or any Paying Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of god, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.

 

Section 115.                              Legal Holidays .

 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, provided that no interest with respect to such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.

 

Section 116.                              Counterparts .

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 117.                              FATCA .

 

Each Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, by acceptance of such Security or such interest therein, agrees to provide to the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Issuer, upon its request, the Noteholder Tax Identification Information and, to the extent any withholding tax under FATCA is applicable, the Noteholder FATCA Information.  In addition, each Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, by acceptance of such Security or such interest therein, agrees that the Trustee has the right to withhold any amounts of interest (properly withholdable under law and without any corresponding gross-up) payable to a Holder or holder of an interest in a Security that fails to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence.

 

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Section 118.                              USA Patriot Act .

 

In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (“ Patriot Act ”), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Trustee, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with the Patriot Act.

 

Section 119.                              Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act .

 

This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

 

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer, each Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act by reference to another statute or defined by Commission rules have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

Section 120.                              Trust Indenture Act Controls .

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties will control.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

Section 201.                              Forms Generally .

 

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends

 

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or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Issuer executing such Securities, all as evidenced by their execution thereof.  If the form of Securities is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, copies of appropriate records of such actions shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

The definitive Securities shall be produced in any manner as determined by the Director or Authorized Officer executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 301, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 205 and Restricted Securities shall bear a legend as set forth in Section 204.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant to Section 301, Securities of any series offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without coupons, substantially in the form set forth herein, with such applicable legends as are provided for in Sections 202 and 204.  Such Global Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Securities or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for such Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided, for credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream.  Until such time as the applicable Restricted Period shall have terminated, each such Global Security shall be referred to herein as a “Regulation S Global Security”.  After such time as the applicable Restricted Period shall have terminated, each such Global Security shall be referred to herein as an “Unrestricted Global Security”.  The aggregate principal amount of any Regulation S Global Security and any Unrestricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary for such Global Security, as provided in Section 305.  As used herein, the term “Restricted Period”, with respect to Global Securities (or of any identifiable tranche thereof) initially offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day that the underwriter(s), if any, for the offering of Securities of such series (or tranche) advises the Issuer and the Trustee in writing is the day on which such Securities of such series were first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the Closing Date with respect to such series of Securities.  Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 or agreed to by the Issuer, no Regulation S Global Security or Unrestricted Global Security shall be issued except as provided in this paragraph to evidence Securities offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in reliance on Regulation S.

 

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form of one or more Global Securities (each, a “Restricted Global Security”) in definitive, fully registered form without coupons, substantially in the form set forth herein, with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 202 and 204.  Such Global Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for such Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of any Restricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary for such Global Security, as provided in Section 305.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Restricted Securities” shall include all Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, exchange for or in lieu of Restricted Securities except as otherwise provided in Section 305.

 

Section 202.                              Form of Face of Security .

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.]

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AND THE DEPOSITARY IS THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED SECURITY (UNLESS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER DETERMINES AND CERTIFIES TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED) NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR

 

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO BEMIS COMPANY, INC.  (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.]

 

[ IF THE SECURITY IS A REGULATION S SECURITY, THEN INSERT THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE. THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.]

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

[TITLE OF SECURITY]

 

CUSIP          

 

No.             

 

 

 

ISIN           

 

US$            

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                          , or its registered assigns, on                             (the “Stated Maturity”) [ INCLUDE IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY the Initial

 

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Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                        in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture] / [ INCLUDE IF THIS SECURITY IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY the principal sum of                              United States Dollars (the “Principal Amount”) on                            ] and to pay interest thereon from                   or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on                 and                  in each year, commencing               , at the rate of                  % per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert — , provided that any Principal Amount and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of                % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand].  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

[ If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of               % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. [Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of                % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]]

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts[ if applicable, insert — ; provided , however, that at the

 

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option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register] [ if applicable, insert — ; and provided , further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.]

 

[ if applicable, insert — On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated [       ] among the Issuer, the Guarantors and [        ](the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.]

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

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By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

Section 203.                              Form of Reverse of Security .

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [ if applicable, insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to US$             ] [ if applicable, insert —; provided , however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities].

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

[ if applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date [ if applicable, insert —prior to              ] (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue , assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means                 %.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case

 

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discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer , and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided , however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.]

 

[ if applicable, insert — On or after                  , the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.]

 

[ insert any other redemption provisions applicable to the Securities ]

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

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In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section

 

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1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis,  pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series

 

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at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided , however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

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All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

[ IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT AS A SEPARATE PAGE -

 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount: US$                      

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 204.                              Legends on Restricted Securities .

 

Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant to Section 301, all Securities of any series (or any identifiable tranche of any series) issued pursuant to this Indenture (including Securities issued upon registration of transfer, in exchange for or in lieu of such Securities) shall be Restricted Securities, and shall bear the applicable legend(s) setting forth restrictions on transfer provided in Section 202 for so long as such Securities constitute Restricted Securities; provided , however, the term “Restricted Securities” shall not include (i) Regulation S Global Securities or Unrestricted Global Securities, (ii) Securities as to which such restrictive legend(s) have been removed pursuant to Section 305 and (iii) Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of Securities that are not Restricted Securities.

 

Section 205.                              Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

 

Subject to Section 614, the Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 301.                              Title and Terms; Issuable in Series.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

 

With respect to any Securities of any series (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 304, Section 305, Section 306, Section 905 or Section 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Securities:

 

(1)                                  the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series),

 

(2)                                  the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or upon partial redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, Section 305, Section 306, Section 905 or Section 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

 

(3)                                  the issue price and issuance date of such Securities, including the date from which interest on such Securities will accrue;

 

(4)                                  if applicable, that such Securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 202 and Section 204  (including any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 305 in which such legend(s) may be removed or modified) and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

 

(5)                                  the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

 

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(6)                                  the date or dates on which the principal of, and any premium on, any Securities of the series is payable;

 

(7)                                  the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, including, if applicable, the rate or rates of interest on any overdue payments, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

 

(8)                                  the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Issuer or the Guarantors in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

 

(9)                                  (a) whether or not such Securities are to be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer and, if so redeemable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, (b) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced and (c) any provisions in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Article Eleven applicable to redemption of Securities of the series;

 

(10)                           if other than denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(11)                           if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(12)                           if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;

 

(13)                           if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Issuer, a Guarantor or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies, currency units, composite currency or composite currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable (which shall be in accordance with the Applicable Procedures), and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

 

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(14)                           if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

 

(15)                           if other than as provided in Section 201, the form or forms of the Securities;

 

(16)                           if the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article Thirteen of the Indenture and, if so, the identity of the Guarantors at the time of issuance of such Securities;

 

(17)                           if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

 

(18)                           if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1202 or Section 1203 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer or a Guarantor to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

 

(19)                           any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

 

(20)                           any deletion or addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten that apply to Securities of the series;

 

(21)                           any changes to the information the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor shall be obligated to provide to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be obligated to promptly forward to Holders of Securities of the series, pursuant to Section 703;

 

(22)                           any other terms of the series of Securities (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5));

 

(23)                           if Additional Amounts, pursuant to Section 1007, will not be payable by the Issuer and the Guarantors;

 

(24)                           any stock exchange on which the Securities of the series will be listed;

 

(25)                           if the series of Securities provides for further creation and issuances of further Securities of such series by the Issuer (having the same terms and conditions as the Securities of that series in all respects, or in all respects except for the issue date, the

 

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issue price and the first interest payment date thereon, so that such further issuance shall be consolidated and form a single series with all Outstanding Securities of such series) without the consent of the Holders of that series;

 

(26)                           the identifiers of such Securities (CUSIP number and/or ISIN); and

 

(27)                           if the initial issuance of the Securities of the series will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, the identity of the parties to such Registration Rights Agreement and the date thereof, if other than the date of such initial issuance.

 

The terms of all Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as may otherwise be established in or pursuant to Board Resolutions or supplemental indentures referred to above.

 

To the extent any terms of the Securities are established pursuant to such Board Resolutions or supplemental indentures, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the supplemental indenture setting forth the terms of the Securities.

 

Section 302.                              Denominations .

 

The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issued only in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Section 303.                              Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any one or more Directors and Authorized Officers.  The signature of any Director or Authorized Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of any individual who was at any time the proper Director or Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of such Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.  In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 601 and 603) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

 

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(1)                                  that the forms (if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201) and/or terms (if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301) of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)                                  that such Securities, when such Securities have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any qualifications, assumptions and limitations specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms, 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 and to such other matters as counsel shall specify therein;

 

(3)                                  when such Securities have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, the Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, 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 and to such other matters as counsel shall specify therein; and

 

(4)                                  that all conditions precedent to issuance and authentication of the Securities under this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of any such series of Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be lawfully taken.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the second preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Issuer Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such second preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and reasonably contemplate the subsequent issuance of each Security of such series.

 

Each Security shall be dated on the date of its authentication.

 

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Paying Agent for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 304.                              Temporary Securities .

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Issuer may execute and, upon compliance with Section 303 by the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that shall be produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the Directors and/or Authorized Officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

 

Section 305.                              Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a)                                  General

 

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and the transfer restrictions applicable to Securities herein provided, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Securities. The Security Register for any series of Securities may not be established or maintained at any time in Australia.  The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of such Securities as herein provided and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointment.  There shall be only one Security Registrar for each series of Securities.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, subject to the transfer restrictions set forth herein and in such Security, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new

 

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Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.  No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person.

 

Subject to this Section 305, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing (with the signatures guaranteed in satisfactory form, if reasonably required by the Issuer or the Trustee).

 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 905 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

 

If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, neither the Security Registrar nor the Issuer shall be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

Each Holder and beneficial owner of Securities shall be deemed to represent and agree that such Holder or beneficial owner understands that the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee and each Paying Agent may require certification reasonably acceptable to it (A) as a condition to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding or backup withholding tax, and (B) to enable the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee and each Paying Agent to determine their duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other charges that they may be required to pay, deduct or withhold from payments in respect of such Securities or the Holder or beneficial owner of such Securities under any present or future law, rule or regulation of the United States, any State thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territories thereof or any present or future law, rule or regulation of any

 

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political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein or to comply with any reporting or other requirements under any such law, rule or regulation.  Such certification may include, without limitation, U.S. federal income tax forms (such as IRS Form W-8BEN (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding), IRS Form W-8IMY (Certification of Foreign Intermediary Status for United States Tax Withholding), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certification of Foreign Person’s Claim that Income Is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a U.S. Trade or Business) or any successors to such IRS forms).  Each Holder or beneficial owner of Securities agrees to provide any certification required pursuant to this paragraph and to update or replace such form or certification in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments.

 

(b)                                  Restricted Securities

 

Restricted Securities of each series shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer (the “Transfer Restrictions”) provided in the applicable legend(s) (the “Restrictive Legends”) required to be set forth on the face of each Restricted Security pursuant to Section 202 and Section 204 or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Restricted Securities of such series, and each Holder of a Restricted Security, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by, and to comply with, the Transfer Restrictions, in each case unless compliance with the Transfer Restrictions shall be waived by the Issuer in writing delivered to the Trustee.

 

Neither the Trustee nor its agents shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among participants or indirect participants in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Transfer Restrictions shall cease and terminate with respect to any particular Restricted Security upon (i) receipt by the Issuer of evidence satisfactory to it (which may include an opinion of independent counsel experienced in matters of United States federal securities law) that, as of the date of determination, such Restricted Security (a) could be freely transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, (b) has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (c) has been transferred in a transaction satisfying all the requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act and (ii) receipt by the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Issuer has received such evidence and that the Transfer Restrictions have ceased and terminated with respect to such Security.  All references in the preceding sentence to any Regulation, Rule or provision thereof shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions thereof.  In addition, the Issuer may terminate the Transfer Restrictions with respect to any particular Restricted Security in such other circumstances as it determines are appropriate for

 

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this purpose and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Transfer Restrictions have ceased and terminated with respect to such Security.

 

At the request of the Holder and upon the surrender of such Restricted Security to the Trustee or Security Registrar for exchange in accordance with the provisions of this Section 305, any Restricted Security as to which the Transfer Restrictions shall have terminated in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be exchanged for a new Security of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, but without the Restrictive Legends.  Any Restricted Security as to which the Restrictive Legends shall have been removed pursuant to this paragraph (and any Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, exchange for or in lieu of such Restricted Security) shall thereupon cease to be “Restricted Securities” for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement registering any Restricted Securities under the Securities Act and shall ensure that any Opinion of Counsel received by it in connection with the removal of any Restrictive Legend is also addressed to the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and without negligence on its part in accordance with such notice or any Opinion of Counsel.

 

As used in this Section 305(b), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition of any Securities referred to herein.

 

(c)                                   Global Securities

 

The provisions of this Section 305(c) shall apply only to Global Securities.

 

Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be made or registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, if so required by applicable law or regulation, and no successor Depositary for such Securities shall have been appointed within 90 days of such notification or of the Issuer becoming aware of the Depositary’s ceasing to be so registered as the case may be, (B) the Issuer in its sole discretion shall have notified the Depositary by Issuer Order that the Global Securities shall be exchanged for such Securities, (C) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities and the beneficial owners of not less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount evidenced by such Global Security advise the Trustee and the Depositary for such Global Security through its participants in writing that the continuation of the book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of such beneficial owners of the Securities or (D) there

 

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shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

 

Subject to the preceding paragraph, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

 

Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 905 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

 

Except for the exchange rights provided in the third paragraph of this Section 305(c) above, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security held on their behalf by a Depositary shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form, shall not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under this Indenture and shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary or its nominee may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of any of them as the Holder and owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents shall have any responsibility or liability for the actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositary for any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including the beneficial owners of interests in such Global Security, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security.

 

Until the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to Securities of a series, interests in any Regulation S Global Security of such series may be held only through Agent Members acting for and on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream; provided , however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine compliance with this requirement.

 

(d)                                  Transfers Between Global Securities

 

(i)                                      Restricted Global Security to Regulation S Global Security .  If the owner of a beneficial interest (an “Owner Transferor”) in a Restricted Global Security wishes at any time to transfer such beneficial interest to a person (an “Owner Transferee”) who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with the provisions of this Section 305(d)(i).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member whose account is to be debited (an “Agent Member Transferor”) with respect to the Restricted Global Security directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of another Agent Member (an “Agent Member Transferee”) (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or

 

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Clearstream or both) a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security in a principal amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security to be transferred (the “Restricted Global Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(a) given by the Owner Transferor, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, and to increase the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security, by the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(ii)                                   Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(ii).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream) a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security in a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(b) given by the Owner Transferor, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, and to increase the principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security, by the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(iii)                                Regulation S Global Security to Restricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, such

 

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transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(iii).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor, directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in a principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred (the “Regulation S Global Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream or both) to be debited for, the Regulation S Global Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(c) given by Owner Transferor or Owner Transferee, as the case may be, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security, and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, by the Regulation S Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Regulation S Global Transferred Amount.

 

(iv)                               Unrestricted Global Security to Restricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(iv).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor, directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream) a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security to be so transferred (the “Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(d) given by the Owner Transferee, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security, and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, by the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the

 

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Restricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(e)                                   Exchange Offer

 

Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer with respect to the Securities of a particular series in accordance with an applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon satisfaction of the requirements of Section 303 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Securities and the applicable Regulation S Global Securities tendered for acceptance and accepted for exchange in such Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Securities, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Securities and the applicable Regulation S Global Securities.

 

(f)                                    Other Transfers and Exchanges

 

In case of any transfer or exchange the procedures and requirements for which are not addressed in detail in this Section 305, such transfer or exchange will be subject to such procedures and requirements as may be reasonably prescribed by the Issuer and the Trustee from time to time and, in the case of a transfer or exchange involving a Global Security, the Applicable Procedures.

 

Section 306.                              Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon Issuer order, authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

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imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for any mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall (i) constitute an original contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, (ii) be registered by the Issuer in the Security Registrar in the name of such Person and (iii) shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

 

Section 307.                              Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

 

Any interest on any Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

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106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2)                                  The Issuer or the Guarantors may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

 

Section 308.                              Persons Deemed Owners .

 

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 309.                              Cancellation .

 

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Paying Agent, be delivered to the Paying Agent and shall be promptly cancelled by it.  The Issuer or a Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Issuer or such Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Paying Agent (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder that the Issuer has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent.  No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled Securities held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of in accordance with the Paying Agent’s then customary procedure unless by an Issuer Order the Issuer shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

 

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Section 310.                              Computation of Interest .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, Interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Section 311.                              CUSIP Numbers .

 

The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that the Trustee shall assume no responsibility for the accuracy of such numbers and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 312.                              Certification Form .

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(i) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex A to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(ii) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex B to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

(c)                                   Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certifications are required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(iii) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such certifications shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex C to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

(d)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(iv) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex D to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 401.                              Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

 

This Indenture shall, upon an Issuer Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for, the surviving rights of the Trustee under Section 607 hereof, and any provision hereof that expressly survives the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(1)                                                                                  either

 

(A)                                                                                all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(B)                                                                                all such Securities that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

(i)                                      have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption, or

 

(ii)                                   will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii)                                are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

 

and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders of the Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, not-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and accrued interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

 

(2)                                                                                  no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit or shall occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

 

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(3)                                                                                  the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid or made provision satisfactory to the Trustee for the payment of all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer including all amounts due and payable to the Trustee;

 

(4)                                                                                  the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the applicable series of Securities at the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; and

 

(5)                                                                                  the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Trustee and the lien of the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Issuer to any Authenticating Agent under Section 613, any obligations of the Trustee under Section 402, the rights and obligations of the Issuer set forth in the last paragraph of Section 1003 and any rights of registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities provided in Sections 304, 305, 306, 905, 1002 or 1107 and any rights to receive Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1007 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

Section 402.                              Application of Trust Money

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and premium and any interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

 

Section 501.                              Events of Default .

 

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of the Security for such series:

 

(1)                                  a default in the payment of any principal of, or any premium on, any Securities of that series when due whether at Maturity, upon redemption, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or otherwise and, provided that if such default is caused solely by technical or administrative error, the continuance of such default for a period of three Business Days;

 

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(2)                                  a default in the payment of any interest or any Additional Amounts due and payable on any Securities of such series and the continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

(3)                                  a default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant, obligation or agreement of the Issuer or the Guarantors in this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series, the Securities of that series or the Guarantees (other than a covenant or obligation default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series) and the continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer (with a copy to the Parent Guarantor) by the Trustee or to the Issuer (with a copy to the Parent Guarantor) and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

 

(4)                                  (a) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary becomes due and is required to be paid prior to its contractual maturity date by reason of any event of default or acceleration (however described), (b) the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary fails (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) to make any payment in respect of any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) on the due date for payment, (c) any security given by the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) is enforced or (d) default is made (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) by the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) in making any payment due under any guarantee and/or indemnity given by it in relation to any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), unless such Indebtedness is discharged or an event of default or acceleration related to such Indebtedness is waived or rescinded, as applicable;

 

(5)                                  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), shall be rendered against the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unsatisfied or undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days, during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary to enforce such judgment;

 

(6)                                  any Guarantee is held to be unenforceable or invalid in a judicial proceeding or is claimed in writing by the Issuer or any Guarantor not to be valid or

 

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enforceable, or any Guarantee is denied or disaffirmed in writing by the Issuer or any Guarantor, except, in each case, as permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(7)

 

(a)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(b)                                  the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any U.S. federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (7)(a) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (7)(b) or clause (7)(a) above or (vi) solely in the case of the Parent Guarantor, where the Parent Guarantor (A) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for the Parent Guarantor to be declared “bankrupt” or (B) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law;

 

(c)                                   the Issuer or any Guarantor shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(8)                                  any other Event of Default established as contemplated by Section 301 provided with respect to Securities of that series.

 

Section 502.                              Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, in every such case, the Trustee (if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice

 

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of such Event of Default) or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount of all the Outstanding Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer with a copy to the Parent Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and any accrued interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the principal of, Additional Amounts, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Outstanding Securities of any series shall become immediately due and payable without any further action on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(1)                                  the Issuer or a Guarantor has irrevocably paid or irrevocably deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(A)                                all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities of such series,

 

(B)                                the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and any interest on such unpaid principal at the rate prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

(C)                                to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue payments at the rate or rates for such Securities established as contemplated by Section 301,

 

(D)                                all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607; and

 

(2)                                  all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 503.                              Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

 

The Issuer and each Guarantor covenants that if

 

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(1)                                  default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

(2)                                  default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,

 

the Issuer and each Guarantor shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates established as contemplated by Section 301 therefor, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607.

 

If the Issuer and the Guarantors fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 504.                              Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or the Guarantors (or any other obligor upon the Securities), any of their respective property or creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act (as if the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding.  In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

 

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No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided , however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

 

Section 505.                              Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or the Guarantees may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and other amounts due to it under Section 607, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 506.                              Application of Money Collected .

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest (or any Additional Amounts), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607;

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities (and any Additional Amounts) in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest (and any Additional Amounts), respectively; and

 

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Issuer, any Guarantor or the other Person or Persons otherwise entitled thereto.

 

Section 507.                              Limitation on Suits .

 

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(1)                                  such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;

 

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(2)                                  the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute such proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(3)                                  such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(4)                                  the Trustee, within 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(5)                                  no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;

 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

 

Section 508.                              Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest .

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security pursuant to the terms thereof or the Guarantee thereof (and any Additional Amounts) on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 509.                              Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

 

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 510.                              Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or

 

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hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 511.                              Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 512.                              Control by Holders .

 

Subject to Section 603(5), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

 

(1)                                  such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or subject the Trustee to undue risk or require the Trustee to submit to the jurisdiction of a non-U.S. court,

 

(2)                                  the action so directed would not be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, or

 

(3)                                  the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction,

 

provided further that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to determine whether any such direction shall be in such conflict or so unjustly prejudicial, and provided further, that nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Trustee to take direction from Holders unless such direction is in writing and accompanied by indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and that is not inconsistent with such direction by Holders of Securities.

 

Section 513.                              Waiver of Past Defaults .

 

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

 

(1)                                  in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series (or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof), or

 

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(2)                                  in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 514.                              Undertaking for Costs .

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, including fees and expenses of counsel, and may assess costs against any such party litigant; provided that this Section shall not be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any such suit.

 

Section 515.                              Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws .

 

Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 601.                              Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

 

(a)                                  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series,

 

(i)                                      the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                   in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to

 

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examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b)                                  In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(c)                                   No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(i)                                      this subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities; and

 

(iii)                                no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

(d)                                  Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

(e)                                   The Trustee shall not be liable for any error in judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

Section 602.                              Notice of Defaults .

 

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to all Holders of the Securities of each series affected thereby, in the manner provided in Section 106, notice of such default hereunder in respect of which written notice has been provided to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided , however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest (or any Additional Amounts in respect of the foregoing) on, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders; and provided , further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence

 

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thereof.  For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

 

Section 603.                              Certain Rights of Trustee .

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

 

(1)                                  the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, securities, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(2)                                  any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(3)                                  whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(4)                                  the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(5)                                  the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such direction is in writing and such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(6)                                  the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, securities, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(7)                                  the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

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(8)                                  the Trustee shall not be deemed to have or be charged with notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default under this Indenture (other than a payment default under Sections 501 or 502 hereof) unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice of such default or Event of Default from the Issuer or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities and such notice refers to the Securities and this Indenture;

 

(9)                                  the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including as Paying Agent and Securities Registrar), and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

 

(10)                           anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable under or in connection with this Indenture for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought;

 

(11)                           the Trustee may employ agents in performing its duties hereunder and shall not have liability for negligent performance by an agent appointed with due care;

 

(12)                           The Trustee shall not be liable for errors in judgment made in good faith unless negligent in ascertaining pertinent facts; and

 

(13)                           the permissive rights of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action enumerated herein shall not be construed as an obligation or duty.

 

Section 604.                              Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, any offering document or of the Securities except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder.  The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

Section 605.                              May Hold Securities .

 

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Trustee or the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

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Section 606.                              Money Held in Trust .

 

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by applicable law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Issuer.

 

Section 607.                              Compensation and Reimbursement .

 

Each of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor agrees jointly and severally:

 

(1)                                  to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

 

(2)                                  except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

 

(3)                                  to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their respective officers, employees and directors for, and to defend and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including (i) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and (ii) taxes other than withholding, backup withholding or taxes based on the income of the Trustee), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 607(3)) and defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

 

To ensure the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s payment obligations under this Section 607, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property collected or held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.  Such lien and the obligations of the Issuer under this Section 607 shall survive the resignation and removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

The indemnity contained herein shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the final payment in full of the Securities, and termination of this Indenture.

 

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section 607 shall include any predecessor Trustee, but the negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct of any Trustee shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Issuer or any other Trustee hereunder.

 

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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7), the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable United States, United Kingdom or Australian federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 

Section 608.                              Conflicting Interests .

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions to the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture), the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

Section 609.                              Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

 

There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series.  Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions to the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) to act as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York.  If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 610.                              Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

 

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

 

The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, upon 30 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

If at any time:

 

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(1)                                  the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months;

 

(2)                                  the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Holder, or

 

(3)                                  the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

 

then, in any such case, (A) the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities by giving 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Issuer.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more of all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611.  If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.  If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for in Section 106.  Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

In no event will the Trustee be responsible for or have any liability for the acts or omissions of any such successor Trustee for the Securities of any series appointed hereunder or for any separate or co-Trustee.

 

Section 611.                              Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer, the Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring

 

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Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

 

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first preceding paragraph.

 

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

Section 612.                              Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.  In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities in its own name with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

 

Section 613.                              Agents .

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all references in this Indenture to the Trustee shall be deemed to refer to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee and in its capacities as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security Registrar and (ii) every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or offering protection, immunity or indemnity to the Trustee shall be deemed to apply with the same force and effect to the Trustee acting in its capacities as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security Registrar.

 

Section 614.                              Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

 

The Trustee, with the consent of the Issuer, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities that shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, except upon original issue or pursuant to Section 306, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all times be a corporation

 

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organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than US$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

 

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Issuer.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer.  Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent that shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve.  Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.  No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

 

The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

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By

 

 

As Authenticating Agent

 

If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Issuer wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Issuer in writing or by facsimile (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Issuer with respect to such series of Securities.

 

Section 615.                              Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company .

 

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER

 

Section 701.                              Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

 

The Issuer will furnish, or cause the Security Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee

 

(1)                                  semi-annually, not later than ten days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and

 

(2)                                  at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

 

provided , however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.

 

Section 702.                              Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

 

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

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The rights of Holders of the Securities of any series to communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture).

 

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee that none of the Issuer, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) or other applicable law.

 

Section 703.                              Reports by the Issuer.

 

(1)                                  If and when the Issuer is registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee any information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

 

(2)                                  With respect to the Securities of any series and for so long as the Securities of such series are Outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee as soon as practicable, and the Trustee shall promptly distribute to the Holders of Securities of such series such information as is specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series.

 

(3)                                  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

Section 704.                              Reports by Trustee to Holders .

 

(1)                                  Within 60 days after the Parent Guarantor’s fiscal year end of each year beginning with the fiscal year end following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such fiscal year end that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if and to the extent required by such subsection.  The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) and Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(2)                                  A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall be mailed by the Trustee to the Parent Guarantor and filed by the Trustee with the Commission and each exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.  The Parent Guarantor agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Securities become listed on any exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

Section 801.                              Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

 

For so long as any of the Securities or any Guarantee thereof remain Outstanding, neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor may consolidate with or merge into any other Person that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, unless:

 

(1)                                  any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to whom the Issuer or such Guarantor has conveyed, transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties and assets is a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and such Person either is the Issuer or any other Guarantor or assumes by supplemental indenture the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s obligations, as the case may be, on the Securities and the Guarantees and under this Indenture (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts);

 

(2)                                  immediately after giving effect to the transaction and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Issuer or any Guarantor as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

 

(3)                                  if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantor or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured thereby;

 

(4)                                  any such Person not incorporated or organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Jersey, Australia or the United Kingdom, or any state or territory thereof shall expressly agree by a supplemental indenture,

 

(a)                                  to indemnify the Holder of each Security and each beneficial owner of an interest therein against (X) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on such Holder or beneficial owner or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder or beneficial owner as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (Y) any costs or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and

 

(b)                                  that all payments pursuant to the Securities or the Guarantees in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities, as the case may be, shall

 

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be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization or residency of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person shall pay such additional amounts (“Successor Additional Amounts”) as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges payable in respect of such Successor Additional Amounts) in the payment to each Holder or beneficial owner of a Security of the amounts which would have been received pursuant to the Securities or the Guarantee, as the case may be, had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:

 

(i)                                      any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder or beneficial owner of the Security:

 

(A)                                was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Australia or the United Kingdom or otherwise had some connection with Australia or the United Kingdom other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security or Guarantee;

 

(B)                                presented such Security or Guarantee for payment in any jurisdiction of organization of such Person, which shall be deemed a “Relevant Jurisdiction”, unless such Security or Guarantee could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;

 

(C)                                presented such Security or Guarantee (where presentation is required) more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security or Guarantee first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security or Guarantee for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; or

 

(D)                                with respect to any withholding or deduction of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority thereof or therein, is or was with respect to the United States a citizen or resident of the United States, treated as a resident of the United States, present in the United States, engaged in business in the United States, a Person with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States, a “ten percent shareholder” of the Issuer or a Guarantor, a passive foreign investment company, or a controlled

 

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foreign corporation, or has or has had some other connection with the United States (other than the mere receipt of a payment or the ownership of holding a Security);

 

(c)                                   any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge or any withholding or deduction on account of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(d)                                  any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium and interest on, the Securities or the Guarantees thereof;

 

(e)                                   any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply in a timely manner by the Holder of such Security or, in the case of a Global Security, the beneficial owner of such Global Security, with a timely request of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Paying Agent addressed to such Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge (including without limitation the filing of a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, W-8 BEN-E, W-8 ECI or W-9);

 

(f)                                    any withholding, deduction, duty, tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is imposed or withheld by or by reason of the Australian Commissioner of Taxation giving a notice under section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or section 260-5 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia;

 

(g)                                   any taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities to comply with (a) the requirements of sections 1471 through 1474 (commonly known as “FATCA”) of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471 of the Code, (b) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction or relating to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which, in either case, facilitates the implementation of clause (a) above and (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of clauses (a) and (b) above with the

 

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U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction;

 

(h)                                  any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid to any such Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment on a Security or Guarantee would, under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security or Guarantee;

 

(5)                                  the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or Guarantor is merged or to whom the Issuer or Guarantor has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties or assets (if such Person is organized and validly existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Jersey, Australia or the United Kingdom or, in each case, any state or territory thereof) agrees to indemnify the Holder of each Security against (a) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on any such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease which is imposed or levied by or on behalf of that jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as at that date such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is effective and (b) any costs or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease; and

 

(6)                                  the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 802.                              Successor Substituted .

 

Upon any consolidation of the Issuer or any Guarantor with, or merger of the Issuer or any Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or a Guarantor, as applicable, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease,

 

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the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 901.                              Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

 

Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer or a Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(1)                                  to evidence the succession or substitution of another Person to the Issuer or a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and in the Securities; or

 

(2)                                  to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantors or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or a Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants or surrenders are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants or surrenders are expressly included solely for the benefit of such series); or

 

(3)                                  to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

 

(4)                                  to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

 

(5)                                  to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

 

(6)                                  to add a New Guarantor by way of a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture or to release a Guarantor as permitted by and in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture; or

 

(7)                                  to secure the Securities (pursuant to the requirements of Section 1008 or otherwise); or

 

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(8)                                  to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 201 or 301; or

 

(9)                                  to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or

 

(10)                           to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

 

(11)                           to modify the restrictive legends set forth on the face of the form of Security in Sections 202 and 204 or as are otherwise set forth pursuant to Sections 201 and 301, or modify the form of certificate set forth in Section 312; provided , however, that any such modification shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect;

 

(12)                           to conform the text of the Securities of any series to any provision of the description of such Securities in the offering document used in connection with the offering of such Securities to the extent that such provisions were intended to be a verbatim recitation of any provision of such Securities; or

 

(13)                           to make any other change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect.

 

Section 902.                              Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Issuer or a Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution of the Issuer or such Guarantor, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

 

(1)                                  Change the Stated Maturity of, or any installment of, the principal, premium (if any) or rate of interest on the Outstanding Securities or the rate of interest on the Outstanding Securities or change any obligation to pay Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts on the Outstanding Securities;

 

(2)                                  Change the place or currency of payment on the Outstanding Securities;

 

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(3)                                  Impair the ability of any Holder to sue for payment;

 

(4)                                  Reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Outstanding Securities following an Event of Default;

 

(5)                                  Reduce any amounts due on the Outstanding Securities;

 

(6)                                  Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities the consent of the Holders of which is needed to modify or amend this Indenture;

 

(7)                                  Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series the consent of the Holders of which is needed to waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or to waive certain defaults;

 

(8)                                  Modify in a way that adversely affects Holders any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification of or waiver under this Indenture;

 

(9)                                  Reduce the premium payable upon a Change of Control or, at any time after a Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligations of the Issuer to make and complete the Change of Control Offer;

 

(10)                           Waive a default or an Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of any series of Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(11)                           Subordinate the Securities of any series or the Guarantees as applicable to such series to any other obligation of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors;

 

(12)                           Modify the obligation of the Issuer and its affiliates pursuant to Section 1010 not to resell the Securities that are “Restricted Securities” under Rule 144 of the Securities Act within one year after the issue of such Securities;

 

(13)                           Modify in a way that adversely affects Holders the terms and conditions of the Guarantors’ payment obligations (including with respect to Additional Amounts) under the Securities;

 

(14)                           Release any Guarantee (other than in accordance with this Indenture); or

 

(15)                           Change the provisions of this Section 902.

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

 

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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 903.                              Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601 and 603) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 102, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to such execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture have been satisfied.  The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 904.                              Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby, except to the extent, if any, therein expressly provided otherwise.

 

Section 905.                              Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

 

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Issuer shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer, and such Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 1001.                       Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

 

The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series (and any Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in respect thereof) in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.  The Issuer agrees to deposit such funds with the Trustee or Paying Agent one Business Day prior to the date on which such principal, premium, if any, and interest is due.

 

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Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall pay Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner, at the same times and to the same Persons as interest otherwise payable on the Securities entitled to receive such Additional Interest. Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable under the circumstances and at the rate specified in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, which Registration Rights Agreement may provide for the payment of Additional Interest on some, but not all, of the Securities of the applicable series.

 

Section 1002.                       Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

The Issuer shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served.  The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. The Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Issuer may also from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes.

 

The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

Section 1003.                       Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

 

If the Issuer or a Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest (and Additional Amounts and Successor Additional Amounts) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest (and Additional Amounts and Successor Additional Amounts) on any Securities of such series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount and with sufficient time to meet any applicable payment system deadline to make such payment in respect of the Securities

 

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of each such series, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or any premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on the Securities of such series or any Guarantee and (3) during the continuance of any default by the Issuer or a Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of such series or any Guarantee, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of such series or such Guarantee(s).

 

The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer or a Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) has become due and payable shall, upon receipt of a Issuer Request, be paid to the Issuer or a Guarantor by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, or (if then held by the Issuer or a Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer or a Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer or such Guarantor as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

 

Section 1004.                       Statement by Officers as to Default .

 

The Parent Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Issuer and the Guarantors are in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Issuer or a Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

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Section 1005.                       Existence .

 

Subject to Article Eight, the Issuer and each Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises necessary to conduct its business; provided , however, that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of such Person shall determine in a Board Resolution that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof would not have a material adverse effect on such Person’s ability to perform its obligations under this Indenture or any Securities or Guarantees.

 

Section 1006.                       Payment of Taxes and Other Claims .

 

The Issuer and each Guarantor shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon the income, profits or property of it, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, would by law become a lien upon the property of the Issuer or such Guarantor; provided , however , that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, or (B) where the failure to pay or discharge or to cause to be paid or discharged such tax, assessment, charge or claim would (in the opinion of any two Authorized Officers and/or Directors of the Issuer set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) not (i) result in a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) have an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of the Securities or the Guarantees.

 

Section 1007.                       Additional Amounts .

 

All payments of, or in respect of, principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Securities, and all payments pursuant to any Guarantee, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United States (including the District of Columbia and any state, possession or territory thereof), Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Guarantor is or becomes a resident for tax purposes (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) or through which the Issuer or any Guarantor makes payment on the Securities or any Guarantee (each a “Relevant Jurisdiction”) or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any of the foregoing, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by the law of the Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, to be withheld or deducted.  In that event, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional Amounts) in the payment to the holder of each Security of the amounts which would have been payable in respect of such Security or Guarantee had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:

 

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(1)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder or beneficial owner of the Security:

 

(a)                                  was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security or Guarantee;

 

(b)                                  presented such Security or Guarantee for payment in any Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such Security or Guarantee could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;

 

(c)                                   presented such Security or Guarantee (where presentation is required) more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security or Guarantee first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security or Guarantee for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; or

 

(d)                                  with respect to any withholding or deduction of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority thereof or therein, is or was with respect to the United States a citizen or resident of the United States, treated as a resident of the United States, present in the United States, engaged in business in the United States, a Person with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States, a “ten percent shareholder” of the Issuer or a Guarantor, a passive foreign investment company, or a controlled foreign corporation, or has or has had some other connection with the United States (other than the mere receipt of a payment or the ownership of holding a Security);

 

(2)                                  any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge or any withholding or deduction on account of such tax, assessment or other government charge;

 

(3)                                  any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium and interest on, the Securities or the Guarantees thereof;

 

(4)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply in a timely manner by the Holder of such Security or, in the case of a Global Security, the beneficial owner of such Global Note, with a timely request of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Paying Agent addressed to such Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (a) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or such beneficial owner or (b) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any

 

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information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (a) or (b), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge (including without limitation the filing of a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-9);

 

(5)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is imposed or withheld by or by reason of the Australian Commissioner of Taxation giving a notice under section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or section 260-5 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia or under a similar provision;

 

(6)                                  any taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities to comply with (a) the requirements of FATCA, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471 of the Code, (b) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction or relating to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which, in either case, facilitates the implementation of clause (a) above and (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of clauses (a) and (b) above with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction; or

 

(7)                                  any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid to any such Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment on a Security or Guarantee would, under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security or Guarantee.

 

Whenever there is mentioned, in any context, any payment of or in respect of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Security of any series (or any payments pursuant to the Guarantee thereof), such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts provided for in this Indenture to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to this Indenture, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in any provisions of this Indenture shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in those provisions of this Indenture where such express mention is not made.

 

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Amounts with respect to such payment, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee and such Paying Agent to pay such Additional Amounts to the Holders on the payment date; provided , however, that if ten (10) days prior to each date on which any such payment is due and payable the amount of such payment has not yet been determined, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee of such amount promptly after such amount has been determined.

 

Section 1008.                       Limitation on Liens

 

For so long as any of the Securities or the Guarantees are outstanding, the Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, issue or otherwise have outstanding any Lien upon, or with respect to, any of the present or future business, property, undertaking, assets or revenues (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests and uncalled capital), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (together, “assets”) of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness, unless the Securities and Guarantees are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Indebtedness, except for the following, to which this covenant shall not apply:

 

(1)                                  Liens on assets securing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date;

 

(2)                                  Liens on assets securing Indebtedness owing to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than a Project Subsidiary);

 

(3)                                  Liens existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary after the Issue Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries;

 

(4)                                  Liens on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Issue Date that existed prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so

 

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merged or consolidated) and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries ;

 

(5)                                  Liens created to secure Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets (other than real or personal property of the type contemplated by clause (6) below), provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness incurred  for the purpose of purchasing such assets, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, any subsequently after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

(6)                                  Liens created to secure Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(7)                                  Liens for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(8)                                  Liens for Indebtedness from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project, provided that (i) such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and (ii) the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(9)                                  any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

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(10)                           Liens over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Liens secure only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

(11)                           Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(12)                           Liens created by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures only (i) in the case of a Lien over assets referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary;

 

(13)                           Liens arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(14)                           Liens incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding (together, a “refinancing”) of any Lien permitted in clauses (1) through (13) above and any successive refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12) (each, an “Existing Security”), provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to any asset that was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such refinancing and (iii) any refinancing of an Existing Security incurred in accordance with clauses (3) through (5) above (and any subsequent refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12)) will not affect the obligation to discharge such Liens within the time frames that applied to such Existing Security at the time it was first incurred (as specified in the applicable clause);

 

(15)                           any Lien arising as a result of a Change in Lease Accounting Standard; and

 

(16)                           other Liens by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured thereby, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary secured by any Liens pursuant to this clause (13) shall not exceed 10% of Total Tangible Assets at such time.

 

Section 1009.                       Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event .

 

Any Securities of any series that require that the Issuer make an offer to purchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event shall be purchased by the Issuer in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the

 

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Securities of such series) in accordance with this Section 1009.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Issuer has previously exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their respective terms, each Holder of Securities of such series will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Issuer’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Issuer shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder of Securities of such series, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.  Such notice shall describe the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and shall state:

 

(i)                                      that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1009 of this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                   that the Issuer is required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding principal amount of Securities, the purchase price and, that on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), the Issuer shall repurchase the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this Section 1009;

 

(iii)                                if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(iv)                               that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(v)                                  that Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vi)                               that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer may elect to have all, or any portion of such Security, purchased;

 

(vii)                            that Holders of Securities of such series electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender their Securities, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the relevant Security, or such other customary documents of surrender and transfer as the Issuer may reasonably request, duly completed, or

 

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transfer the relevant Security by book-entry transfer, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(viii)                         that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and

 

(ix)                               the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Securities being repurchased and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.

 

The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Securities of such series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.  To the extent that any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 1009, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall be deemed not to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

Section 1010.                       Resale of Certain Securities .

 

Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 or pursuant to a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Article Nine hereof, prior to the date that is one year from the Closing Date with respect to the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, repurchase or resell any Securities of such series which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144.  The Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the Issuer’s performance of its agreement in the preceding sentence.

 

Section 1011.                       New Guarantors .

 

The Parent Guarantor covenants and agrees that if any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that is not a Guarantor becomes a Relevant Guarantor, then within 30 days of such Subsidiary becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee delivering a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 days, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 

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Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in this Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture (and shall be deemed to be added to the list of Guarantors contained in Schedule 1 hereto) and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

Section 1012.                       Waiver of Certain Covenants .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Issuer may, with respect to the Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any of Sections 1005, 1008 or 1009 (subject to Section 902(9)), if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 1013.                       Stamp, Documentary and Similar Taxes .

 

The Issuer and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay all stamp, documentary or similar duties, taxes or fees which may be payable in respect of the execution and delivery or the enforcement of this Indenture, any Guarantee or any Security and the execution and delivery (but not the transfer) or the enforcement of any of the Securities or Guarantees in the United States or of any amendment of, supplement to, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any Security, and to pay any value added, goods and services or similar tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 1013, and shall save the Trustee and each Holder to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law harmless against any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of such tax required to be paid by the Issuer and the Guarantors hereunder; provided , however, that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to pay any such duty, tax or fee to the extent such nonpayment or delay in payment results from any action or inaction of the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 1101.                       Applicability of Article .

 

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their terms and (except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series) in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

 

Section 1102.                       Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

 

The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Issuer shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed.  In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities established as contemplated by Section 301, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

 

Section 1103.                       Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed .

 

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security, in which case this Section 1103 shall not apply), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days or less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, either (i) in compliance with the requirement of the applicable clearing systems, if the Securities are held through any clearing systems, or (ii) by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, if the Securities are not held through any clearing systems, and in either case which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amounts thereof to be redeemed.

 

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part.  In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amounts of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

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Section 1104.                       Notice of Redemption .

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1)                                  the Redemption Date,

 

(2)                                  the Redemption Price and the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest payable on the Redemption Date,

 

(3)                                  the CUSIP or other identifying number of such Securities to be redeemed,

 

(4)                                  if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,

 

(5)                                  that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (together with any accrued and unpaid interest payable on the Redemption Date) will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, and

 

(6)                                  the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and accrued interest, if any.

 

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

 

Section 1105.                       Deposit of Redemption Price .

 

Not later than one Business Day prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 1106.                       Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price applicable thereto, and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest.  Upon

 

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surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the terms of the Security established as contemplated by Section 301.

 

Section 1107.                       Securities Redeemed in Part .

 

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 

Section 1108.                       Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment .

 

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, if, as the result of (a) any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of any Relevant Jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or (b) any change in the official administration, application or interpretation by a relevant court or tribunal, government or government authority of any Relevant Jurisdiction of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities or the Guarantees, which change or amendment is proposed and becomes effective on or after the later of (x) the original issue date of such Securities or Guarantees or (y) the date on which a jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Jurisdiction (whether by consolidation, merger or transfer of assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor, change in place of payment on the Securities or Guarantees or otherwise) or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such original issue date or the date on which such jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Jurisdiction (whichever is later), the Issuer or the Guarantors would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1007 of this Indenture or the terms of any Guarantee in respect of interest on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (assuming, in the case of the Guarantors, a payment in respect of such interest was required to be made by the Guarantors under the Guarantees thereof on such Interest Payment Date and the Guarantors would be unable, for reasons outside their control, to procure payment by the Issuer), and the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the Issuer or to the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, the Issuer may, at its

 

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option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities in respect of which such Additional Amounts would be so payable at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ written notice as provided in Sections 1102 and 1104, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest due thereon up to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption; provided , however, that:

 

(1)                                  no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees thereof then due, and

 

(2)                                  at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

 

Prior to the publication or mailing of any notice of any redemption of any Securities pursuant to this Section, the Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or any Person with whom the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has consolidated or merged, or to whom the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has conveyed or transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties or assets (the successor Person in any such transaction, a “Successor Person”), as the case may be, shall provide the Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to redeem such Securities pursuant to this Section have occurred and a certificate signed by a Director or an Authorized Officer stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts with respect of such Securities cannot be avoided by taking measures that the Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or the Successor Person, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or the Successor Person, as the case may be, believes in good faith are commercially reasonable.

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 1201.                       Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

The Issuer or the Guarantors may, at any time, elect to have either Section 1202 or Section 1203 be applied to all the Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to this Article Twelve, upon compliance with the applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Twelve. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

 

Section 1202.                       Defeasance and Discharge .

 

Upon the Issuer’s or Guarantor’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1201 to have this Section 1202 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations with respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, as provided in this Section 1202 on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called

 

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“Defeasance”) with respect to such Securities.  For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities of such series when payments are due, (2) the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations with respect to such Securities of such series under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002, 1003 and 1007, (3) the rights (including without limitation, the rights set forth in Section 607), powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article.  Subject to compliance with this Article, the Issuer or a Guarantor may defease any Securities pursuant to this Section notwithstanding the prior Covenant Defeasance of such Securities pursuant to Section 1203.

 

Section 1203.                       Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1201 to have this Section 1203 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series, on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of any series, pursuant to this Section 1203, (1) the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from their respective obligations under Section 801, 1008, 1009, 1011 and 1301, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(3), 501(4), 501(5) or 501(7)(a) with respect to any obligations referred to in clause (1) of this Section 1203 shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section.  For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

Section 1204.                       Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the Defeasance pursuant to Section 1202 or the Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203 of the Outstanding Securities of any series:

 

(1)                                  The Issuer or a Guarantor shall elect by Board Resolution to effect a Defeasance pursuant to Section 1202 or a Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203.

 

(2)                                  The Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the

 

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following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (a) money in an amount, (b) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (c) a combination thereof, in each case, sufficient to pay all the principal of, and any premium and interest (and any Additional Amounts then known) on the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Additional Amounts then known thereon on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series.  As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer’s option.

 

(3)                                  In the event of a Defeasance pursuant to Section 1202, the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Issuer or such Guarantor has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case (x) or (y) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series and will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

 

(4)                                  In the event of a Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203, the Issuer  or the applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

 

(5)                                  Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act and that such Act applied to this Indenture).

 

(6)                                  Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

 

(7)          The Issuer or the applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an

 

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Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

(8)          All amounts due and owing to the Trustee and its counsel shall have been paid in full.

 

Section 1205.                       Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1206, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1204 in respect of any Outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Trustee or the trust created hereby with respect to the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders or beneficial owners of such Outstanding Securities.

 

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, from time to time upon an Issuer Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1204 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

 

Section 1206.                       Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Issuer has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1202 or 1203 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1205 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided , however, that if the Issuer or a Guarantor makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer or a Guarantor shall

 

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be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section 1301.                       Guarantee .

 

The Guarantors jointly and severally hereby fully and unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Security of each series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal (including any amount due in respect of original issue discount) of and any premium and interest on such Security (and any Additional Amounts and other amounts payable by the Issuer in respect thereof), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture.  The Guarantors jointly and severally hereby agree to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation (as per the fee proposal agreed upon between the Issuer and the Trustee) and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, officers, employees and directors, and any other amounts, including indemnification amounts, due to the Trustee under Section 607.  The Guarantors each hereby agree that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were a principal debtor and not merely a surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any Security of any series or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any Security of any series or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto, by the Holder of any Security of any series or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor; provided , however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of the Guarantors, increase the principal amount of a Security or the interest rate thereon or increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof.  The Guarantors each hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, the benefit of discussion, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby or with respect of any sinking fund payment required pursuant to the terms of a Security issued under this Indenture and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its Guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Security except by payment in full of the principal thereof and any premium and interest thereon or as provided in Article Four, Section 802 or Article Thirteen.  The Guarantors each further agree that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, the Maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of its Guarantee, but not in the case of any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby.

 

The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited (i) to the maximum amount as will, taking into account, in addition to such obligations of each Guarantor, all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under

 

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its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law nor leading to a breach of the rules governing financial assistance, corporate purpose, ultra vires, impairment of statutory capital or similar capital restrictions under applicable law and/or (ii) to the extent otherwise necessary so that such obligations do not constitute a breach of applicable law.

 

The Guarantors shall be subrogated to all rights of each Holder of Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of these Guarantees; provided , however, that the Guarantors shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities of the same series and of like tenor shall have been paid in full.

 

No past, present or future stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator of any Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantees set forth in this Section 1301 by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.

 

The Guarantees set forth in this Section 1301 shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to a Security until the certificate of authentication on such Security shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the fact that none of the Guarantors (including, without limitation, any New Guarantors) have or will execute any Security, or any notation of their Guarantees on any Security, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee shall in no way affect or limit such Guarantor’s Guarantee under this Section 1301.

 

Section 1302.                       Release of Subsidiary Guarantors .

 

Any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under this Indenture without the consent of any Holder.  Such release shall occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying the same, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing

 

Concurrently with the delivery of such Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee and without any further act of any other party, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released from its Guarantee and other obligations under this Indenture and shall have no further liability or responsibility under the Securities or this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the release of a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor as a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not preclude such Subsidiary subsequently becoming a Guarantor if, while the Securities are Outstanding, such Subsidiary becomes a Relevant Guarantor subsequent to such release.

 

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

The foregoing agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the

date first written above:

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)

)

 

 

)

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

)

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

)

 

Name:

Andrew Cowper

)

 

Title:

Director and Assistant Secretary

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

by its attorney under power of

attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the

presence of:

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)

)

)

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

 

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

Markus Sablatnig

)

Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by

its attorney under power of attorney

dated May 10, 2019 in the presence

of:

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)

)

)

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

)

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

)

 

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

Graeme Vavasseur

)

Michael Casamento

 

)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 


 

EXECUTED by AMCOR

LIMITED by its attorney under

power of attorney dated May 3,

2019 in the presence of:

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)

)

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

)

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

)

 

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

Graeme Vavasseur

)

Michael Casamento

 

)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

)

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR UK

FINANCE PLC by its attorney

under power of attorney dated April

3, 2019 in the presence of:

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)

)

)

)

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

 

Signature of witness

)

Signature of Attorney

 

)

 

Markus Sablatnig

)

Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

 

Name of witness

)

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this Indenture states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 


 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

 

 

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Peschler

 

Name:

Robert S. Peschler

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

Name:

Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 


 

Schedule 1

 

Guarantors

 

1.               Amcor plc

 

2.               Amcor Limited

 

3.               Amcor UK Finance plc

 

4.               Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 


 

ANNEX A

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers pursuant to § 305(d)(i)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$               principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]), which amount, immediately after such transfer, is to be held with the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both (Common Code: TBA; ISIN: [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act’), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:

 

(1)                                  the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

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(2)                                  either:

 

(A)                                at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or

 

(B)                                the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3)                                  no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

 

(4)                                  the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

 

(5)                                  upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being transferred as described above is to be held with the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.  Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX B

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(ii)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trustee Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$             principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a person that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Unrestricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that (A) such transfer has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with either (i) Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (ii) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (B) such transfer has been effected pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Issuer and the Guarantors pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement applicable to the Securities transferred, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify, with respect to clause (A) of the immediately preceding paragraph, that:

 

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(1)                                  if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904:

 

(A)                                the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

(B)                                either:

 

(i)                                      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or

 

(ii)                                   the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(C)                                no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(D)                                the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or

 

(2)                                  if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144, the Securities have been transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.  Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX C

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATES
FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iii)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Securities )

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$          principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depository through [Euroclear] [Clearstream] (Common Code TBA) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to a person that will take delivery thereof (the “Transferee”) in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Transferor did not purchase such Securities as part of their initial distribution and the transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with an exemption from the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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[Transferee Certificate]

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$           principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depository through [Euroclear] [Clearstream] (Common Code TBA) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to [insert name of transferee] (the “Transferee”) that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferee does hereby certify that it is purchasing the Securities for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the Transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the Transferee and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB” ).

 

The Transferee hereby agrees that any future resale, pledge or transfer of such Securities may be made only (A) by such initial purchaser (i) to the Issuer, (ii) so long as the Securities remain eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer acquiring for its own account or for the account of one or more other qualified institutional buyers in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iv) pursuant to an

 

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exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), (resales described in (i)-(iv), “Safe Harbor Resales”) or (B) by a subsequent purchaser, in a Safe Harbor Resale or pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act (provided that as a condition to the registration of transfer of any Securities otherwise than in a Safe Harbor Resale, the Issuer or the Trustee may, in circumstances that any of them deems appropriate, require evidence, in addition to that required pursuant to (4) below, that it, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with such exemption and with any state securities laws that may be applicable), or (C) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other jurisdictions.  The Transferee will notify any purchaser of Securities from it of the resale restrictions referred to above, if then applicable.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX D

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iv)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Bemis Company, Inc.

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$          principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Unrestricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) held in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to [insert name of transferee] (the “Transferee”) that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferee hereby agrees that any future resale, pledge or transfer of such Securities may be made only (A) by such initial purchaser (i) to the Issuer, (ii) so long as the Securities remain eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer acquiring for its own account or for the account of one or more other qualified institutional buyers in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iv) pursuant to an exemption from registration under

 

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the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), (resales described in (i)-(iv), “Safe Harbor Resales”) or (B) by a subsequent purchaser, in a Safe Harbor Resale or pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act (provided that as a condition to the registration of transfer of any Securities otherwise than in a Safe Harbor Resale, the Issuer or the Trustee may, in circumstances that any of them deems appropriate, require evidence, in addition to that required pursuant to (4) below, that it, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with such exemption and with any state securities laws that may be applicable), or (C) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other jurisdictions.  The Transferee will notify any purchaser of Securities from it of the resale restrictions referred to above, if then applicable.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX E

 

[FORM OF NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

 

This [          ] NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of [          ], [     ] (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation (herein called the “Issuer”), as Issuer, [          ], a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of [          ] (herein called the “New Guarantor”), having its principal office at [          ], and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) (herein called the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Issuer, Amcor plc (the “Parent Guarantor”) and Amcor Limited, Amcor UK Finance Plc and Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (each, an “Initial Subsidiary Guarantor” and, together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”) and the Trustee have entered into an Indenture dated as of [ · ], 2019, as amended from time to time, (herein called the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of Securities. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture have the same meaning provided in the Indenture.

 

Section 1011 of the Indenture provides that if any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor which is not a Guarantor becomes a Relevant Guarantor, then within 30 days of such Subsidiary becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause that Subsidiary to also become a Guarantor of all amounts due and owing on the Securities Outstanding under the Indenture by such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee executing and delivering a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 days.

 

The entry into this Supplemental Indenture by the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee and a valid amendment of and supplement to the Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee each hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

Section 101 . New Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor hereby agrees with the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of any Securities Outstanding under the Indenture that concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the New Guarantor it shall become a Guarantor for the purposes of the Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture.  In connection therewith, (i) the New Guarantor

 

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hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal (including any amount due in respect of original issue discount) of and any premium and interest on such Security (and any Additional Amounts and other amounts payable by the Issuer in respect thereof), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of the Indenture, including (without limitation) Article Thirteen of the Indenture, (ii) the rights and obligations of the New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor under the Indenture and (iii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

[ Insert any guarantee limitations required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor ]

 

Section 102.  Notices.

 

The New Guarantor agrees that all notices that may be delivered pursuant to the Indenture may be delivered to it at the following address:

 

Address:

 

Attention:

 

Facsimile:

 

Section 103.  Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.

 

The New Guarantor hereby appoints [                    ] acting through its office at [                    ], New York, New York as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee, as the case may be, instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by the Holder of any Security and agrees that service of process Upon such authorized agent, together with written notice of said service to the New Guarantor by the Person serving the same addressed as provided in Section 102 hereof, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the New Guarantor in any such legal action or proceeding, and the New Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such legal action or proceeding and waives any objection it may have to the laying of the venue of any such legal action or proceeding.  Such appointment shall be irrevocable until all amounts in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest due and to become due on or in respect of all the Securities issued under the Indenture have been paid by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, to the Trustee pursuant to the terms thereof, the Securities and the Guarantees; provided ,

 

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however, that upon release of the New Guarantor pursuant to Section 1302 of the Indenture, such New Guarantor’s appointment of the Authorized Agent under this Section 103 shall be automatically and unconditionally irrevocably terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the New Guarantor reserves the right to appoint another Person located or with an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as a successor Authorized Agent, and upon acceptance of such appointment by such a successor the appointment of the prior Authorized Agent shall terminate.  The New Guarantor shall give notice to the Trustee and all Holders of the appointment by it of a successor Authorized Agent.  If for any reason [          ] ceases to be able to act as the Authorized Agent or to have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the New Guarantor will appoint a successor Authorized Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence.  The New Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect until the Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve thereof Service of process upon the Authorized Agent addressed to it at the address set forth above, as such address may be changed within the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by notice given by the Authorized Agent to the Trustee, together with written notice of such service mailed or delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the New Guarantor shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process on the New Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

Provisions of General Application

 

Section 201.                              Effective Date.

 

This Supplemental Indenture takes effect when each party has executed one counterpart of this deed, whether the same or different counterparts (the “Effective Date”).  As of the Effective Date, the New Guarantor shall be deemed to be added to the list of Guarantors contained in Schedule 1 to the Indenture.

 

Section 202.                              Governing Law.

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State; provided , however, that the authorization and execution of this Supplemental Indenture by and on behalf of the New Guarantor, shall be governed by the laws of [ Insert jurisdiction of organization of New Guarantor ].

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

[ Insert if New Guarantor organized under the laws of Australia ][For purposes of Australian law, this Supplemental Indenture has been executed by the New Guarantor as a deed.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

The foregoing agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above:

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)

)

 

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BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

)

 

)

 

)

By:

 

)

Name:

 

)

Title:

 

)

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[New Guarantor]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

By:

Authorized Signature

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

By:

 

By:

Name:

 

Name:

Title:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

Execution Version

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

The Issuer

 

AND

 

AMCOR PLC

 

The Parent Guarantor

 

AND

 

AMCOR LIMITED

(ABN 62 000 017 372)

 

AND

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

AND

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

The Initial Subsidiary Guarantors

 

TO

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

The Trustee

 


 

Indenture

 

Dated as of June 13, 2019

 


 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

 

 

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

Section 101.

Definitions

1

Section 102.

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

16

Section 103.

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

16

Section 104.

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

17

Section 105.

Notices, Etc., to the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors

19

Section 106.

Notice to Holders; Waiver

20

Section 107.

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

20

Section 108.

Successors and Assigns

20

Section 109.

Separability Clause

20

Section 110.

Benefits of Indenture

20

Section 111.

Governing Law

20

Section 112.

Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process

21

Section 113.

Waiver of Jury Trial

22

Section 114.

Force Majeure

22

Section 115.

Legal Holidays

22

Section 116.

Counterparts

22

Section 117.

FATCA

22

Section 118.

USA Patriot Act

23

Section 119.

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

23

Section 120.

Trust Indenture Act Controls

23

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

 

 

 

Section 201.

Forms Generally

23

Section 202.

Form of Face of Security

25

Section 203.

Form of Reverse of Security

29

Section 204.

Legends on Restricted Securities

36

Section 205.

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

36

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 301.

Title and Terms; Issuable in Series

37

Section 302.

Denominations

40

Section 303.

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

40

 


 

Section 304.

Temporary Securities

42

Section 305.

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

42

Section 306.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

49

Section 307.

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

50

Section 308.

Persons Deemed Owners

51

Section 309.

Cancellation

51

Section 310.

Computation of Interest

52

Section 311.

CUSIP Numbers

52

Section 312.

Certification Form

52

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

Section 401.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

53

Section 402.

Application of Trust Money

54

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

 

 

REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

Section 501.

Events of Default

54

Section 502.

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

57

Section 503.

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

58

Section 504.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

58

Section 505.

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

59

Section 506.

Application of Money Collected

59

Section 507.

Limitation on Suits

60

Section 508.

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

60

Section 509.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

60

Section 510.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

61

Section 511.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

61

Section 512.

Control by Holders

61

Section 513.

Waiver of Past Defaults

62

Section 514.

Undertaking for Costs

62

Section 515.

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws

62

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

Section 601.

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

63

Section 602.

Notice of Defaults

64

Section 603.

Certain Rights of Trustee

64

Section 604.

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

66

Section 605.

May Hold Securities

66

 


 

Section 606.

Money Held in Trust

66

Section 607.

Compensation and Reimbursement

66

Section 608.

Conflicting Interests

67

Section 609.

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

67

Section 610.

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

68

Section 611.

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

69

Section 612.

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

70

Section 613.

Agents

71

Section 614.

Appointment of Authenticating Agent

71

Section 615.

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

72

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER

 

 

 

 

Section 701.

Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

73

Section 702.

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

73

Section 703.

Reports by the Issuer.

73

Section 704.

Reports by Trustee to Holders.

74

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

 

 

Section 801.

Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

74

Section 802.

Successor Substituted

78

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

 

 

Section 901.

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

78

Section 902.

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

80

Section 903.

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

81

Section 904.

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

81

Section 905.

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

82

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

Section 1001.

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

82

Section 1002.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

82

Section 1003.

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

83

Section 1004.

Statement by Officers as to Default

84

Section 1005.

Existence

84

Section 1006.

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

84

Section 1007.

Additional Amounts

85

 


 

Section 1008.

Limitation on Liens

87

Section 1009.

Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

90

Section 1010.

Resale of Certain Securities

92

Section 1011.

New Guarantors

92

Section 1012.

Waiver of Certain Covenants

92

Section 1013.

Stamp, Documentary and Similar Taxes

93

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 1101.

Applicability of Article

93

Section 1102.

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

93

Section 1103.

Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed

94

Section 1104.

Notice of Redemption

94

Section 1105.

Deposit of Redemption Price

95

Section 1106.

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

95

Section 1107.

Securities Redeemed in Part

95

Section 1108.

Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment

96

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

 

 

 

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

Section 1201.

Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

97

Section 1202.

Defeasance and Discharge

97

Section 1203.

Covenant Defeasance

98

Section 1204.

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

98

Section 1205.

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions

99

Section 1206.

Reinstatement

100

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE

 

 

 

 

Section 1301.

Guarantee

100

Section 1302.

Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

102

 

 

 

ANNEX A — FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers pursuant to § 305(d)(i) of the Indenture)

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ANNEX B — FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(ii) of the Indenture)

B-1

 

 

ANNEX C — FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATES FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iii) of the Indenture)

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ANNEX D — FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER FROM UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iv) of the Indenture)

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ANNEX E — FORM OF NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310

 

(a)(1)

 

609

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

609

 

 

 

(a)(3)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(a)(5)

 

609

 

 

 

(b)

 

608; 609; 610; 611

 

311

 

(a)

 

615

 

 

 

(b)

 

615

 

312

 

(a)

 

701

 

 

 

(b)

 

702

 

 

 

(c)

 

702

 

313

 

(a)

 

704

 

 

 

(b)(1)

 

704

 

 

 

(b)(2)

 

704

 

 

 

(c)

 

106

 

 

 

(d)

 

704

 

314

 

(a)

 

703

 

 

 

(b)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(c)(1)

 

102

 

 

 

(c)(2)

 

102

 

 

 

(c)(3)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(d)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(e)

 

102

 

 

 

(f)

 

N/A

 

315

 

(a)

 

601; 603

 

 

 

(b)

 

602

 

 

 

(c)

 

601

 

 

 

(d)

 

601; 603

 

 

 

(e)

 

514

 

316

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

512

 

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

513

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(b)

 

508

 

 

 

(c)

 

104

 

317

 

(a)(1)

 

503

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

504

 

 

 

(b)

 

1003

 

318

 

(a)

 

120

 

 

 

(b)

 

N/A

 

 

 

(c)

 

120

 

 

N/A Means Not Applicable

 


 

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 


 

INDENTURE, dated as of June 13, 2019, among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (the “Parent Guarantor”), and Amcor Limited (ABN 000 017 372), a company incorporated under the laws of Australia, Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri and Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (each, an “Initial Subsidiary Guarantor”, and together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS OF THE ISSUER

 

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as set forth in this Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

RECITALS OF THE GUARANTORS

 

Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the Guarantees of the Securities provided for herein.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of each of the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

Section 101.                              Definitions .

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)                                  the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

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(2)                                  all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

(3)                                  unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

 

(4)                                  the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

 

(5)                                  all references herein to “interest” with respect to any Security include Additional Interest to the extent payable on such Security;

 

(6)                                  the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

 

(7)                                  a reference to any law or to a provision of a law includes any amendments thereto and any successor statutes.

 

“Accounts” means the consolidated statement of financial position, consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of the Group, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP, together with reports (including directors’ reports and, if applicable, auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

 

“Additional Interest” means any additional interest payable on any of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.  For purposes of clarity, it is understood that a Registration Rights Agreement may provide for the payment of Additional Interest on some, but not all, of the Securities of a series.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Agent Member” with respect to any Global Security means a member of or participant in the Depositary for such Global Security.

 

“Agent Member Transferee” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Agent Member Transferor” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

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“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security, Euroclear and Clearstream to the extent the same are applicable to such transfer or exchange.

 

“Attributable Value” means, as to any particular lease under which the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is at any time liable as lessee at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended) discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at a rate per annum equivalent to the interest rate inherent in such lease (as determined in good faith by the Parent Guarantor in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) compounded semi annually.

 

“Australia” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

“Australian Accounting Standards” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia.

 

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities.

 

“Authorized Officer” means any person (whether designated by name or the persons for the time being holding a designated office, or whether designated by power of attorney) appointed by or pursuant to a Board Resolution for the purpose, or a particular purpose, of this Indenture, provided that written notice of such appointment shall have been given to the Trustee.

 

A Person shall be deemed the “beneficial owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own”, any Securities which such Person or any of its Affiliates would be deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act if the references to “within 60 days” in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) were omitted.

 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or any committee of such board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.

 

“Board Resolution” when used with reference to the Issuer or a Guarantor means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer, such Guarantor to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a committee of the Board of Directors appointed by such Board of Directors for such purpose) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City, United States, Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, Australia are required or authorized to be closed.

 

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“Change in Lease Accounting Standard” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred, as of the date of effectiveness of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases (or any other United States Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) and, as applicable, the date of effectiveness of the AASB AAS 16 (Leases).

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following:

 

(a)  the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (including any “person” as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)  the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (including any “person” as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor, measured by voting power rather than the number of shares;

 

(c)  the Parent Guarantor consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Parent Guarantor, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Parent Guarantor constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction;

 

(d)  the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor cease to be Continuing Directors; or

 

(e)  the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

 

“Change of Control Trigger Period” means, with respect to any Change of Control, the period commencing upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of such Change of Control or (ii) 60 days prior to the date of the first public announcement of such Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Change of Control Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change).

 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means with respect to any Change of Control:

 

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(a)                                  if there are two Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing ratings for the Securities on the first day of the Change of Control Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, both Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer cease to rate the Securities Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period; and

 

(b)                                  if there are three Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing a rating for the Securities on the first day of the Change of Control Trigger Period with respect to such Change of Control, two or more Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer cease to rate the Securities Investment Grade during such Change of Control Trigger Period.

 

If there are not at least two Rating Agencies engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer providing a rating for the Securities on the first day of any Change of Control Trigger Period, a Change of Control Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking société anonyme .

 

“Closing Date”, when used with respect to Securities of any series (or of any identifiable tranche of any series), means the last date of original issuance of any Securities of such series (or tranche).

 

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act.

 

“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Securities; or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee, currently located at (i) for purposes of surrender, transfer or exchange of any Security, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, c/o DB Services Americas, Inc., 5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256, Attn: Transfer Department and (ii) for all other purposes, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trust and Agency Services, 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630, New York, New York 10005, USA, Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

 

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1203.

 

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“default” has the meaning specified in Section 602.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

 

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1202.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, DTC until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Director” means any member of the Board of Directors.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Exchange Offer” means an exchange offer that may be effected pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

 

“FATCA” has the meaning specified in Section 801.

 

“Finance Lease” means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., a subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., and its successors.

 

“Global Security” means a Security held by or on behalf of a Depositary and in which beneficial interests are evidenced on the records of such Depositary or its Agent Members.

 

“Group” means the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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“Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of any Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however, that the Guarantor providing such Guarantee has not been released as a Guarantor of such Security pursuant to Section 1302 hereof.

 

“Guarantors” means each Original Guarantor and each New Guarantor, and a reference to “Guarantor” is a reference to them jointly and each of them severally, in each case until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be a “Guarantor”.  Upon the release of a Guarantor (other than the Parent Guarantor) from its Guarantees of any and all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, all references to and construction of the terms “Guarantors” or a “Guarantor” in this Indenture shall be deemed to refer only to the Guarantors or Guarantor of Securities that remain as parties to this Indenture.

 

“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person,

 

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(i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.  The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Investment Grade” means (a) a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s); (b) a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P); (c) a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch) or (d) in the event of the Securities being rated by a permitted Substitute Rating Agency, the equivalent of either (a), (b) or (c) by such Substitute Rating Agency.

 

“Issue Date” means June 13, 2019, the date on which Securities were first issued under this Indenture.

 

“Issuer” means the Person named as the “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be the “Issuer”.

 

“Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by any of its Directors and/or Authorized Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Jersey Companies Law” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest or other encumbrance on,

 

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in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

“Limited Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that, as specified in the terms of such Limited Recourse Indebtedness:

 

(a)                                  the Person (the “Relevant Person”) in whose favor such Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or against the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of the Project Assets of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien; and

 

(b)                                  the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided therein, or as contemplated by Section 301, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

 

“New Guarantor” means each Person who becomes a Guarantor in relation to the Securities by executing a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, in each case unless and until such Guarantor has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 1302.

 

“New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture” means an indenture supplemental hereto substantially in the form of Annex E hereto.

 

“Noteholder FATCA Information” means, with respect to any Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of, U.S. withholding tax under FATCA.

 

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“Noteholder Tax Identification Information” means properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally, in the case of U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

 

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(3).

 

“Obligors” means the Issuer and each Guarantor.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee, provided that any such certificate required to be delivered by the Issuer or a Guarantor may be delivered in the form of a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Officer’s Certificate of Release” means a certificate signed by any Director or Authorized Officer or Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee certifying as to the facts required by Section 1302 hereof.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel may be counsel for the Issuer, or other counsel.

 

“Original Guarantor” means the Persons identified as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter each such successor Person shall be an “Original Guarantor”.

 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

 

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except :

 

(1)                                  Securities theretofore cancelled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;

 

(2)                                  Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or a Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer or a Guarantor (if the Issuer or such Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

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(3)                                  Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1202; and

 

(4)                                  Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;

 

provided , however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if the principal amount of a Security payable at Maturity is to be determined by reference to an index or indices, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the face amount thereof, (C) if as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as established as contemplated by Section 301, and (D) Securities owned by the Issuer or a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of, and thereby actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or a Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor or of such other obligor.

 

“Owner Transferee” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Owner Transferor” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Parent Guarantor” means Amcor plc.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Issuer.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York and such other place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and interest on the Securities of

 

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such series are payable as specified in this Indenture and the Securities (as contemplated by Section 301).

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

 

“Principal Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary (including any successor Person of such Subsidiary) that (a) accounts for greater than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or (b) accounted for greater than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding financial year of the Parent Guarantor, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

“Project” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation.

 

“Project Assets” means (a) any asset or property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent company of such Subsidiary, provided that (i) such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent company of such Subsidiary other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

“Property” means any asset, revenue or other property, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, including, without limitation, any right to receive income.

 

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s, S&P, Fitch or any Substitute Rating Agency, but only to the extent that such Rating Agency is then-engaged by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer to provide a rating for the Securities.

 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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“Registration Rights Agreement” means any registration rights agreement among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto relating to any of the Securities of any series that are not registered under the Securities Act. For purposes of clarity, it is understood that a Registration Rights Agreement may apply to some, but not all, of such Securities of a particular series, and that there may be more than one Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Securities of a particular series.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on any Security of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

 

“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, or any successor provision thereto.

 

“Regulation S Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Regulation S Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(iii).

 

“Relevant Guarantor” means any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer and any Subsidiary that is already a Guarantor) that at any time has outstanding a guarantee with respect to any Specified Indebtedness, or is otherwise an obligor, co-obligor or jointly liable with the Issuer or any Guarantor with respect to any Specified Indebtedness.

 

“Relevant Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

 

“Responsible Officer”, (1) when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer in the Corporate Trust Office, or successor thereto, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, associate or any other officer of the Trustee responsible for the administration of this Indenture, and also means with respect to a particular corporate trust matter any other officer to whom such corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and (2) with respect to any other Person, means an executive officer of the Person, including the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or an executive director responsible for the operations of the Person.

 

“Restricted Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Restricted Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(i).

 

“Restricted Period” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Restricted Securities” means those Securities offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144A and all securities acquired by the Issuer or one of its Affiliates and not cancelled pursuant to Section 309.

 

“Restrictive Legends” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b).

 

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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision thereto.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision thereto.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

 

“Specified Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor in an outstanding principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) issued under any credit facility, indenture, purchase agreement, credit agreement or similar facility.

 

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns or controls sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and (b) any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries).  Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that becomes a New Guarantor in the future in accordance with Section 1011, in each case unless and until such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 1302.

 

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“Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of the Exchange Act engaged by the Parent Guarantor to provide a rating of the Securities in the event that any of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or any other Substitute Rating Agency, has ceased to provide a rating of the Securities for any reason other than as a result of any action or inaction by the Parent Guarantor, and as a result thereof there are no longer two Rating Agencies providing ratings of the Securities.

 

“Successor Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 801(4)(b).

 

“Total Tangible Assets” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of the Group, as disclosed on the consolidated statement of financial position in the most recent Accounts of the Group, minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts of the Group, plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by the Parent Guarantor from any share capital issuance by the Parent Guarantor consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

“Transfer Restrictions” has the meaning specified in Section 305(b).

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the Person acting as Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

“Unrestricted Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 201.

 

“Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 305(d)(iv).

 

“U.S. GAAP” means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1204.

 

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

 

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Section 102.                              Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

 

Upon any application or request by the Issuer or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required hereunder.  Each such certificate or opinion shall be given, respectively, in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Issuer or such Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements set forth in this Indenture. Any Officer’s Certificate required to be given by an officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor may be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,

 

(1)                                  a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(2)                                  a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)                                  a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(4)                                  a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 103.                              Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or a Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or such Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or such Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the

 

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exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.  Absent fraud or intentional misconduct, under no circumstances shall the delivery of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel result in any personal liability to the person(s) or firm signing and delivering such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

Section 104.                              Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer and the Guarantors.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 601 and 603) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and, if applicable, the Issuer and the Guarantors, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also contain sufficient proof of his authority.  The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor

 

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or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuer or a Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

The Issuer may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Issuer may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Issuer from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), provided , however, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken based on such record date previously set.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

 

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), provided , however, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken based on such record date previously set.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Issuer’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Issuer in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

 

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With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other parties hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date.  If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount of such Security.

 

Section 105.                              Notices, Etc., to the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors .

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture shall be made in writing, in English and, if to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

 

(1)                                  the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer or a Guarantor, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if mailed first class, postage prepaid to, or otherwise made, given, faxed, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its address at its Corporate Trust Office; or

 

(2)                                  the Issuer or a Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or faxed, to the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, addressed to the Issuer at the address of its principal offices specified in this Section 105 or at any other address otherwise furnished in writing to the Trustee or to any Guarantor at the address of the Issuer’s principal offices specified in this Section 105 or at any other address otherwise furnished in writing to the Trustee.

 

All notices delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon the earlier of (a) actual receipt thereof by the Trustee, which may include electronic mail with portable document format attached or (b) the receipt of a registered mail receipt by the sender thereof in respect of a notice properly addressed under this Section 105.

 

The principal offices of the Issuer are Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050, Zurich, Switzerland; fax: +41 44 316 17 18 Attention: Graeme Vavasseur, Group Treasurer, with a copy to Amcor plc, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom, Damien Clayton, Group Company Secretary.

 

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Section 106.                              Notice to Holders; Waiver .

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, faxed or emailed to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, faxed or emailed neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.  Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

Section 107.                              Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

 

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 108.                              Successors and Assigns .

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer and the Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 109.                              Separability Clause .

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities, or any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 110.                              Benefits of Indenture .

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 111.                              Governing Law .

 

This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State; provided , however, that all matters governing the authorization and

 

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execution of this Indenture and the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of this Indenture by the Guarantors and any notation of the Guarantees by such Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on the Securities, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

Section 112.                              Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process .

 

Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby appoints CT Corporation acting through its office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011, USA as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any Guarantee, as the case may be, instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by the Trustee or the Holder of any Security.  Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor agrees that service of process upon such Authorized Agent, together with written notice of said service mailed or delivered to the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Person serving the same address as provided in Section 105, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, in any such legal action or proceeding, and each of the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such legal action or proceeding and waives any objection it may have to the laying of the venue of any such legal action or proceeding.  Such appointment shall be irrevocable until this Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve hereof; provided , however, that upon release of any Guarantor pursuant to Section 1302, such Guarantor’s appointment of the Authorized Agent under this Section 112 shall be automatically and unconditionally irrevocably terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Issuer and each Guarantor reserves the right to appoint another Person located or with an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as a successor Authorized Agent, and upon acceptance of such appointment by such a successor the appointment of the prior Authorized Agent shall terminate.  The Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall give notice to the Trustee and all Holders of the appointment by it of a successor Authorized Agent.  If for any reason CT Corporation ceases to be able to act as the Authorized Agent or to have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, each of the Issuer and each Guarantor shall appoint a successor Authorized Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence.  Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect until this Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve hereof.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent addressed to it at the address set forth above, as such address may be changed within the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by notice given by the Authorized Agent to the Trustee, together with written notice of such service mailed or delivered to the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process on the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively.

 

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Section 113.                              Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 114.                              Force Majeure .

 

In no event shall the Trustee or any Paying Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of god, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.

 

Section 115.                              Legal Holidays .

 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, provided that no interest with respect to such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.

 

Section 116.                              Counterparts .

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 117.                              FATCA .

 

Each Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, by acceptance of such Security or such interest therein, agrees to provide to the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Issuer, upon its request, the Noteholder Tax Identification Information and, to the extent any withholding tax under FATCA is applicable, the Noteholder FATCA Information.  In addition, each Holder or holder of an interest in a Security, by acceptance of such Security or such interest therein, agrees that the Trustee has the right to withhold any amounts of interest (properly withholdable under law and without any corresponding gross-up) payable to a Holder or holder of an interest in a Security that fails to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence.

 

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Section 118.                              USA Patriot Act .

 

In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (“ Patriot Act ”), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Trustee, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with the Patriot Act.

 

Section 119.                              Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act .

 

This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

 

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer, each Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act by reference to another statute or defined by Commission rules have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

Section 120.                              Trust Indenture Act Controls .

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties will control.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

Section 201.                              Forms Generally .

 

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends

 

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or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Issuer executing such Securities, all as evidenced by their execution thereof.  If the form of Securities is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, copies of appropriate records of such actions shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

The definitive Securities shall be produced in any manner as determined by the Director or Authorized Officer executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 301, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 205 and Restricted Securities shall bear a legend as set forth in Section 204.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant to Section 301, Securities of any series offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without coupons, substantially in the form set forth herein, with such applicable legends as are provided for in Sections 202 and 204.  Such Global Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Securities or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for such Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided, for credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream.  Until such time as the applicable Restricted Period shall have terminated, each such Global Security shall be referred to herein as a “Regulation S Global Security”.  After such time as the applicable Restricted Period shall have terminated, each such Global Security shall be referred to herein as an “Unrestricted Global Security”.  The aggregate principal amount of any Regulation S Global Security and any Unrestricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary for such Global Security, as provided in Section 305.  As used herein, the term “Restricted Period”, with respect to Global Securities (or of any identifiable tranche thereof) initially offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day that the underwriter(s), if any, for the offering of Securities of such series (or tranche) advises the Issuer and the Trustee in writing is the day on which such Securities of such series were first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the Closing Date with respect to such series of Securities.  Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 or agreed to by the Issuer, no Regulation S Global Security or Unrestricted Global Security shall be issued except as provided in this paragraph to evidence Securities offered and sold as part of their initial distribution in reliance on Regulation S.

 

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form of one or more Global Securities (each, a “Restricted Global Security”) in definitive, fully registered form without coupons, substantially in the form set forth herein, with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 202 and 204.  Such Global Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for such Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of any Restricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary for such Global Security, as provided in Section 305.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Restricted Securities” shall include all Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, exchange for or in lieu of Restricted Securities except as otherwise provided in Section 305.

 

Section 202.                              Form of Face of Security .

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.]

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AND THE DEPOSITARY IS THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

[ INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED SECURITY (UNLESS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER DETERMINES AND CERTIFIES TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED) NEITHER THIS GLOBAL SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR

 

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (2) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, AND THE TRUSTEE THAT IT IS (A) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (B) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (K)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ONLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.]

 

[ IF THE SECURITY IS A REGULATION S SECURITY, THEN INSERT THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS SUCH SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE. THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT APPLY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (1) THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS FIRST OFFERED AND (2) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES.]

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

[TITLE OF SECURITY]

 

CUSIP

 

No.        

 

 

 

ISIN

 

US$       

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                      , or its registered assigns, on                        (the “Stated Maturity”) [ INCLUDE IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL

 

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SECURITY the Initial Principal Amount specified on Schedule A hereto (such Initial Principal Amount, as it may from time to time be adjusted by endorsement on Schedule A hereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Principal Amount”), or such other principal amount (which, when taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Securities, shall initially equal US$                       in the aggregate) as may be set forth in the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture] / [ INCLUDE IF THIS SECURITY IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY the principal sum of                                              United States Dollars (the “Principal Amount”) on                       ] and to pay interest thereon from              or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on              and              in each year, commencing           , at the rate of             % per annum  (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert — , provided that any Principal Amount and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of            % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand].  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 calendar days prior to each such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

[ If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of              % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. [Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of               % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]]

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer or Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts[ if applicable, insert — ; provided , however, that at the

 

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option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register] [ if applicable, insert — ; and provided , further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of any interest on the Securities (other than at Maturity) may be made, in the case of a Holder of at least US$10,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities, by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to a United States dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank, provided that such registered Holder shall have provided the Trustee written wire instructions at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Unless such designation is revoked by written notice to the Issuer or a Paying Agent, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Securities will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Securities payable to such Holder.  The Issuer will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by electronic funds transfer.]

 

[ if applicable, insert — On the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated [       ] among the Issuer, the Guarantors and [        ](the “Registration Rights Agreement”), Additional Interest may be payable in respect of this Security. Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any interest on this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of Additional Interest to the extent and in the manner payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and express mention of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.]

 

In certain circumstances, Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of this Security in accordance with terms of the Indenture.  Whenever in this Security there is mentioned, in any context, any payments on this Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

This Security shall be entitled to the benefits under the Indenture and be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the Securities have not been signed by the Issuer or the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

 

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EXECUTED for and on behalf of

)

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

)

 

by its attorney under power of

)

 

attorney

)

 

dated                      in the presence of:

)

 

 

)

 

 

)

 

 

)

Signature of Attorney

Signature of witness

)

 

 

)

 

 

)

 

 

)

Name of Attorney

Name of witness

)

 

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

Section 203.                              Form of Reverse of Security .

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [ if applicable, insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to US$              ] [ if applicable, insert —; provided , however, that the Issuer may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Securities (except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment

 

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date), which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Securities].

 

This Security is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and ranks in right of payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (and without any preference among themselves) and the Guarantees are unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, except, in each case, for indebtedness mandatorily preferred by law.

 

[ if applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date [ if applicable, insert —prior to                ] (any such date, a “Make-Whole Redemption Date”), in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed and (2) the Make-Whole Amount for the Securities being redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to such Make-Whole Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Make-Whole Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

For the purposes of this Security:

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, (a) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication, which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue , assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Applicable Margin” means            %.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing

 

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new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Make-Whole Redemption Date, if clause (b) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Make-Whole Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, provided that in no event may the Quotation Agent use fewer than three such quotations.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of (a) the present value of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (b) the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of interest thereon (not including any portions of such payments of interest accrued to the Make-Whole Redemption Date), from the Make-Whole Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Securities being redeemed, in each case discounted to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer , and notified in writing to the Trustee, to act as “Quotation Agent” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and assigns and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however, that if any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer shall substitute  therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Make-Whole Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon at the then-applicable interest rate that would be due after the related Make-Whole Redemption Date but for such redemption, provided , however, that, if that Make-Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to that Make-Whole Redemption Date.]

 

[ if applicable, insert — On or after            , the Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer on any date (a “Par Call Redemption Date”), in whole or

 

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from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, all as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Par Call Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.]

 

[ insert any other redemption provisions applicable to the Securities ]

 

In addition to its ability to redeem this Security pursuant to the foregoing, this Security may be redeemed by the Issuer on the terms set forth, and as more fully described, in Section 1108 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances where the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts due to certain changes in the tax treatment of this Security or the Guarantees.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1009 of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of the Securities of such Holder properly tendered at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the series of which this Security is a part or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

In any case where the due date for the payment of the Principal Amount of, or any premium or interest with respect to any Security or the date fixed for redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment, then payment of the Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, including any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereto need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the

 

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Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in Principal Amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any of them, with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

The Guarantors that are a party to the Indenture as at, or subsequent to, the date of authentication of this Security (including any New Guarantors in accordance with Section 1011 of the Indenture and subject to release of any Subsidiary Guarantor(s) in accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture), have fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, on a joint and several basis,  pursuant to the terms of the Guarantees contained in Article Thirteen of the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of this Security and the Indenture.  The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantees and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture and reference is made to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

 

Within 30 days of any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee deliver a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 day period, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

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In accordance with Section 1302 of the Indenture, any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under the Indenture and the Securities without the consent of any Holder.  Such release will occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and upon the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying that the Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Relevant Guarantor, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal amount of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

This Security and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, but without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York; provided , however, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Issuer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the authorization and execution of any notation of the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to Article Thirteen of the Indenture or any Guarantees endorsed by such Guarantors on this Security, if any, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the respective places of incorporation of each such Guarantor.

 

All terms used in this Security are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

[ IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT AS A SEPARATE PAGE -

 

Schedule A

 

By purchasing this Security, the Holder hereby agrees to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS

 

Initial Principal Amount: US$

 

Date
adjustment
made

 

Principal
amount increase

 

Principal
amount
decrease

 

Principal
amount
following
adjustment

 

Notation made
on behalf of the
Security
Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 204.                              Legends on Restricted Securities .

 

Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant to Section 301, all Securities of any series (or any identifiable tranche of any series) issued pursuant to this Indenture (including Securities issued upon registration of transfer, in exchange for or in lieu of such Securities) shall be Restricted Securities, and shall bear the applicable legend(s) setting forth restrictions on transfer provided in Section 202 for so long as such Securities constitute Restricted Securities; provided , however, the term “Restricted Securities” shall not include (i) Regulation S Global Securities or Unrestricted Global Securities, (ii) Securities as to which such restrictive legend(s) have been removed pursuant to Section 305 and (iii) Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of Securities that are not Restricted Securities.

 

Section 205.                              Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

 

Subject to Section 614, the Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 301.                              Title and Terms; Issuable in Series .

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

 

With respect to any Securities of any series (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to this Indenture pursuant to Section 304, Section 305, Section 306, Section 905 or Section 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Securities:

 

(1)                                  the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series),

 

(2)                                  the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or upon partial redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, Section 305, Section 306, Section 905 or Section 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

 

(3)                                  the issue price and issuance date of such Securities, including the date from which interest on such Securities will accrue;

 

(4)                                  if applicable, that such Securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by such Global

 

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Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 202 and Section 204  (including any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 305 in which such legend(s) may be removed or modified) and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

 

(5)                                  the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

 

(6)                                  the date or dates on which the principal of, and any premium on, any Securities of the series is payable;

 

(7)                                  the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, including, if applicable, the rate or rates of interest on any overdue payments, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

 

(8)                                  the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Issuer or the Guarantors in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

 

(9)                                  (a) whether or not such Securities are to be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer and, if so redeemable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, (b) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced and (c) any provisions in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Article Eleven applicable to redemption of Securities of the series;

 

(10)                           if other than denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(11)                           if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(12)                           if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent

 

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thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;

 

(13)                           if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Issuer, a Guarantor or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies, currency units, composite currency or composite currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable (which shall be in accordance with the Applicable Procedures), and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

 

(14)                           if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

 

(15)                           if other than as provided in Section 201, the form or forms of the Securities;

 

(16)                           if the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Guarantees afforded by Article Thirteen of the Indenture and, if so, the identity of the Guarantors at the time of issuance of such Securities;

 

(17)                           if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

 

(18)                           if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1202 or Section 1203 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer or a Guarantor to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

 

(19)                           any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

 

(20)                           any deletion or addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten that apply to Securities of the series;

 

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(21)                           any changes to the information the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor shall be obligated to provide to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be obligated to promptly forward to Holders of Securities of the series, pursuant to Section 703;

 

(22)                           any other terms of the series of Securities (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5));

 

(23)                           if Additional Amounts, pursuant to Section 1007, will not be payable by the Issuer and the Guarantors;

 

(24)                           any stock exchange on which the Securities of the series will be listed;

 

(25)                           if the series of Securities provides for further creation and issuances of further Securities of such series by the Issuer (having the same terms and conditions as the Securities of that series in all respects, or in all respects except for the issue date, the issue price and the first interest payment date thereon, so that such further issuance shall be consolidated and form a single series with all Outstanding Securities of such series) without the consent of the Holders of that series;

 

(26)                           the identifiers of such Securities (CUSIP number and/or ISIN); and

 

(27)                           if the initial issuance of the Securities of the series will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, the identity of the parties to such Registration Rights Agreement and the date thereof, if other than the date of such initial issuance.

 

The terms of all Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as may otherwise be established in or pursuant to Board Resolutions or supplemental indentures referred to above.

 

To the extent any terms of the Securities are established pursuant to such Board Resolutions or supplemental indentures, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the supplemental indenture setting forth the terms of the Securities.

 

Section 302.                              Denominations .

 

The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issued only in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Section 303.                              Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any one or more Directors and Authorized Officers.  The signature of any Director or Authorized Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of any individual who was at any time the proper Director or Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of such Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.  In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 601 and 603) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

 

(1)                                  that the forms (if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201) and/or terms (if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301) of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)                                  that such Securities, when such Securities have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any qualifications, assumptions and limitations specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms, 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 and to such other matters as counsel shall specify therein;

 

(3)                                  when such Securities have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, the Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, 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 and to such other matters as counsel shall specify therein; and

 

(4)                                  that all conditions precedent to issuance and authentication of the Securities under this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of any such series of Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be lawfully taken.

 

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necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Issuer Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such second preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and reasonably contemplate the subsequent issuance of each Security of such series.

 

Each Security shall be dated on the date of its authentication.

 

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Paying Agent for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 304.                              Temporary Securities .

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Issuer may execute and, upon compliance with Section 303 by the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that shall be produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the Directors and/or Authorized Officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

 

Section 305.                              Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a)                                  General

 

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer in a

 

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Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and the transfer restrictions applicable to Securities herein provided, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Securities. The Security Register for any series of Securities may not be established or maintained at any time in Australia.  The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of such Securities as herein provided and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointment.  There shall be only one Security Registrar for each series of Securities.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, subject to the transfer restrictions set forth herein and in such Security, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.  No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person.

 

Subject to this Section 305, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing (with the signatures guaranteed in satisfactory form, if reasonably required by the Issuer or the Trustee).

 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 905 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

 

If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, neither the Security Registrar nor the Issuer shall be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or

 

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exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

Each Holder and beneficial owner of Securities shall be deemed to represent and agree that such Holder or beneficial owner understands that the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee and each Paying Agent may require certification reasonably acceptable to it (A) as a condition to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding or backup withholding tax, and (B) to enable the Issuer, each Guarantor, the Trustee and each Paying Agent to determine their duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other charges that they may be required to pay, deduct or withhold from payments in respect of such Securities or the Holder or beneficial owner of such Securities under any present or future law, rule or regulation of the United States, any State thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territories thereof or any present or future law, rule or regulation of any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein or to comply with any reporting or other requirements under any such law, rule or regulation.  Such certification may include, without limitation, U.S. federal income tax forms (such as IRS Form W-8BEN (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding), IRS Form W-8IMY (Certification of Foreign Intermediary Status for United States Tax Withholding), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certification of Foreign Person’s Claim that Income Is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a U.S. Trade or Business) or any successors to such IRS forms).  Each Holder or beneficial owner of Securities agrees to provide any certification required pursuant to this paragraph and to update or replace such form or certification in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments.

 

(b)                                  Restricted Securities

 

Restricted Securities of each series shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer (the “Transfer Restrictions”) provided in the applicable legend(s) (the “Restrictive Legends”) required to be set forth on the face of each Restricted Security pursuant to Section 202 and Section 204 or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Restricted Securities of such series, and each Holder of a Restricted Security, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by, and to comply with, the Transfer Restrictions, in each case unless compliance with the Transfer Restrictions shall be waived by the Issuer in writing delivered to the Trustee.

 

Neither the Trustee nor its agents shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among participants or indirect participants in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Transfer Restrictions shall cease and terminate with respect to any particular Restricted Security upon (i) receipt by the Issuer of evidence satisfactory to it (which may

 

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include an opinion of independent counsel experienced in matters of United States federal securities law) that, as of the date of determination, such Restricted Security (a) could be freely transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, (b) has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (c) has been transferred in a transaction satisfying all the requirements of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act and (ii) receipt by the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Issuer has received such evidence and that the Transfer Restrictions have ceased and terminated with respect to such Security.  All references in the preceding sentence to any Regulation, Rule or provision thereof shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions thereof.  In addition, the Issuer may terminate the Transfer Restrictions with respect to any particular Restricted Security in such other circumstances as it determines are appropriate for this purpose and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Transfer Restrictions have ceased and terminated with respect to such Security.

 

At the request of the Holder and upon the surrender of such Restricted Security to the Trustee or Security Registrar for exchange in accordance with the provisions of this Section 305, any Restricted Security as to which the Transfer Restrictions shall have terminated in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be exchanged for a new Security of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, but without the Restrictive Legends.  Any Restricted Security as to which the Restrictive Legends shall have been removed pursuant to this paragraph (and any Securities issued upon registration of transfer of, exchange for or in lieu of such Restricted Security) shall thereupon cease to be “Restricted Securities” for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement registering any Restricted Securities under the Securities Act and shall ensure that any Opinion of Counsel received by it in connection with the removal of any Restrictive Legend is also addressed to the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and without negligence on its part in accordance with such notice or any Opinion of Counsel.

 

As used in this Section 305(b), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition of any Securities referred to herein.

 

(c)                                   Global Securities

 

The provisions of this Section 305(c) shall apply only to Global Securities.

 

Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be made or registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary for such Global Security or

 

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(ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, if so required by applicable law or regulation, and no successor Depositary for such Securities shall have been appointed within 90 days of such notification or of the Issuer becoming aware of the Depositary’s ceasing to be so registered as the case may be, (B) the Issuer in its sole discretion shall have notified the Depositary by Issuer Order that the Global Securities shall be exchanged for such Securities, (C) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities and the beneficial owners of not less than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount evidenced by such Global Security advise the Trustee and the Depositary for such Global Security through its participants in writing that the continuation of the book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of such beneficial owners of the Securities or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

 

Subject to the preceding paragraph, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

 

Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 905 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

 

Except for the exchange rights provided in the third paragraph of this Section 305(c) above, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security held on their behalf by a Depositary shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form, shall not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under this Indenture and shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary or its nominee may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of any of them as the Holder and owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents shall have any responsibility or liability for the actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositary for any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including the beneficial owners of interests in such Global Security, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security.

 

Until the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to Securities of a series, interests in any Regulation S Global Security of such series may be held only through Agent Members acting for and on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream; provided , however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine compliance with this requirement.

 

(d)                                  Transfers Between Global Securities

 

(i)                                      Restricted Global Security to Regulation S Global Security .  If the owner of a beneficial interest (an “Owner Transferor”) in a Restricted Global Security wishes at any time to transfer such beneficial interest to a person (an

 

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“Owner Transferee”) who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with the provisions of this Section 305(d)(i).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member whose account is to be debited (an “Agent Member Transferor”) with respect to the Restricted Global Security directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of another Agent Member (an “Agent Member Transferee”) (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream or both) a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security in a principal amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security to be transferred (the “Restricted Global Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(a) given by the Owner Transferor, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, and to increase the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security, by the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(ii)                                   Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(ii).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream) a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security in a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Restricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(b) given by the Owner Transferor, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, and to increase the principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security, by the Restricted Global Transferred

 

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Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Restricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(iii)                                Regulation S Global Security to Restricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(iii).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor, directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in a principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred (the “Regulation S Global Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream or both) to be debited for, the Regulation S Global Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(c) given by Owner Transferor or Owner Transferee, as the case may be, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Global Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security, and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, by the Regulation S Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Regulation S Global Transferred Amount.

 

(iv)                               Unrestricted Global Security to Restricted Global Security .  If an Owner Transferor wishes at any time to transfer a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security to an Owner Transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 305(d)(iv).  Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from the Agent Member Transferor, directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to credit or cause to be credited to a specified account of an Agent Member Transferee (which may but need not be an account with Euroclear or Clearstream) a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security to be so transferred (the “Unrestricted Global

 

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Transferred Amount”), (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member Transferee to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member Transferor to be debited for, the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount, and (3) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Section 312(d) given by the Owner Transferee, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary for such Securities to reduce the principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security, and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security, by the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Agent Member Transferee a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, and to debit or cause to be debited to the account of the Agent Member Transferor a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security, in each case having a principal amount equal to the Unrestricted Global Transferred Amount.

 

(e)                                   Exchange Offer

 

Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer with respect to the Securities of a particular series in accordance with an applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon satisfaction of the requirements of Section 303 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Securities and the applicable Regulation S Global Securities tendered for acceptance and accepted for exchange in such Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Securities, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Securities and the applicable Regulation S Global Securities.

 

(f)                                    Other Transfers and Exchanges

 

In case of any transfer or exchange the procedures and requirements for which are not addressed in detail in this Section 305, such transfer or exchange will be subject to such procedures and requirements as may be reasonably prescribed by the Issuer and the Trustee from time to time and, in the case of a transfer or exchange involving a Global Security, the Applicable Procedures.

 

Section 306.                              Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected

 

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purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon Issuer order, authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for any mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall (i) constitute an original contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, (ii) be registered by the Issuer in the Security Registrar in the name of such Person and (iii) shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

 

Section 307.                              Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

 

Any interest on any Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1)                                  The Issuer or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer or the Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to

 

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the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause (1) provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2)                                  The Issuer or the Guarantors may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

 

Section 308.                              Persons Deemed Owners .

 

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 309.                              Cancellation .

 

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Paying Agent, be delivered to the Paying Agent and shall be promptly cancelled by it.  The Issuer or a Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Issuer or such Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Paying Agent (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated

 

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hereunder that the Issuer has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent.  No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled Securities held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of in accordance with the Paying Agent’s then customary procedure unless by an Issuer Order the Issuer shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

 

Section 310.                              Computation of Interest .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, Interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Section 311.                              CUSIP Numbers .

 

The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that the Trustee shall assume no responsibility for the accuracy of such numbers and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 312.                              Certification Form .

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(i) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex A to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(ii) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex B to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

(c)                                   Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certifications are required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(iii) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such certifications shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex C to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

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(d)                                  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, whenever any certification is required to be given pursuant to Section 305(d)(iv) of this Indenture in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security to a person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Annex D to this Indenture, with only such changes as shall be approved in writing by the Issuer.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 401.                              Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

 

This Indenture shall, upon an Issuer Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for, the surviving rights of the Trustee under Section 607 hereof, and any provision hereof that expressly survives the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(1)                                                                                  either

 

(A)                                                                                all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(B)                                                                                all such Securities that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

(i)                                      have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption, or

 

(ii)                                   will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii)                                are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

 

and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders of the Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, not-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and accrued interest to the date of such

 

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deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

 

(2)                                                                                  no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit or shall occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

 

(3)                                                                                  the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid or made provision satisfactory to the Trustee for the payment of all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer including all amounts due and payable to the Trustee;

 

(4)                                                                                  the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the applicable series of Securities at the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; and

 

(5)                                                                                  the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Trustee and the lien of the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Issuer to any Authenticating Agent under Section 613, any obligations of the Trustee under Section 402, the rights and obligations of the Issuer set forth in the last paragraph of Section 1003 and any rights of registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities provided in Sections 304, 305, 306, 905, 1002 or 1107 and any rights to receive Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1007 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

Section 402.                              Application of Trust Money

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and premium and any interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

 

Section 501.                              Events of Default .

 

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is

 

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specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of the Security for such series:

 

(1)                                  a default in the payment of any principal of, or any premium on, any Securities of that series when due whether at Maturity, upon redemption, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or otherwise and, provided that if such default is caused solely by technical or administrative error, the continuance of such default for a period of three Business Days;

 

(2)                                  a default in the payment of any interest or any Additional Amounts due and payable on any Securities of such series and the continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

(3)                                  a default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant, obligation or agreement of the Issuer or the Guarantors in this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series, the Securities of that series or the Guarantees (other than a covenant or obligation default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series) and the continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer (with a copy to the Parent Guarantor) by the Trustee or to the Issuer (with a copy to the Parent Guarantor) and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

 

(4)                                  (a) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary becomes due and is required to be paid prior to its contractual maturity date by reason of any event of default or acceleration (however described), (b) the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary fails (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) to make any payment in respect of any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) on the due date for payment, (c) any security given by the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) is enforced or (d) default is made (after the expiration of any applicable grace period) by the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary for any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) in making any payment due under any guarantee and/or indemnity given by it in relation to any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), unless such Indebtedness is discharged or an event of default or acceleration related to such Indebtedness is waived or rescinded, as applicable;

 

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(5)                                  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), shall be rendered against the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unsatisfied or undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days, during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary to enforce such judgment;

 

(6)                                  any Guarantee is held to be unenforceable or invalid in a judicial proceeding or is claimed in writing by the Issuer or any Guarantor not to be valid or enforceable, or any Guarantee is denied or disaffirmed in writing by the Issuer or any Guarantor, except, in each case, as permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(7)

 

(a)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(b)                                  the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any U.S. federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (7)(a) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Principal Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (7)(b) or clause (7)(a) above or (vi) solely in the case of the Parent Guarantor, where the Parent Guarantor (A) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for the Parent Guarantor to be declared “bankrupt” or (B) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law;

 

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(c)                                   the Issuer or any Guarantor shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(8)                                  any other Event of Default established as contemplated by Section 301 provided with respect to Securities of that series.

 

Section 502.                              Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, in every such case, the Trustee (if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such Event of Default) or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount of all the Outstanding Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer with a copy to the Parent Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and any accrued interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the principal of, Additional Amounts, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Outstanding Securities of any series shall become immediately due and payable without any further action on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(1)                                  the Issuer or a Guarantor has irrevocably paid or irrevocably deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(A)                                all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities of such series,

 

(B)                                the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and any interest on such unpaid principal at the rate prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

(C)                                to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue payments at the rate or rates for such Securities established as contemplated by Section 301,

 

(D)                                all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607; and

 

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(2)                                  all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 503.                              Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

 

The Issuer and each Guarantor covenants that if

 

(1)                                  default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

(2)                                  default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,

 

the Issuer and each Guarantor shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates established as contemplated by Section 301 therefor, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607.

 

If the Issuer and the Guarantors fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 504.                              Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

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actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act (as if the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding.  In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

 

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided , however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

 

Section 505.                              Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or the Guarantees may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and other amounts due to it under Section 607, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 506.                              Application of Money Collected .

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest (or any Additional Amounts), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607;

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities (and any Additional Amounts) in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest (and any Additional Amounts), respectively; and

 

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THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Issuer, any Guarantor or the other Person or Persons otherwise entitled thereto.

 

Section 507.                              Limitation on Suits .

 

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(1)                                  such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;

 

(2)                                  the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute such proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(3)                                  such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(4)                                  the Trustee, within 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(5)                                  no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;

 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

 

Section 508.                              Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest .

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security pursuant to the terms thereof or the Guarantee thereof (and any Additional Amounts) on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 509.                              Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

 

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case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 510.                              Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 511.                              Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 512.                              Control by Holders .

 

Subject to Section 603(5), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

 

(1)                                  such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or subject the Trustee to undue risk or require the Trustee to submit to the jurisdiction of a non-U.S. court,

 

(2)                                  the action so directed would not be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, or

 

(3)                                  the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction,

 

provided further that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to determine whether any such direction shall be in such conflict or so unjustly prejudicial, and provided further, that nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Trustee to take direction from Holders unless such direction is in writing and accompanied by indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

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Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and that is not inconsistent with such direction by Holders of Securities.

 

Section 513.                              Waiver of Past Defaults .

 

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

 

(1)                                  in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series (or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof), or

 

(2)                                  in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 514.                              Undertaking for Costs .

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, including fees and expenses of counsel, and may assess costs against any such party litigant; provided that this Section shall not be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any such suit.

 

Section 515.                              Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws .

 

Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 601.                              Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

 

(a)                                  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series,

 

(i)                                      the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                   in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b)                                  In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(c)                                   No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(i)                                      this subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities; and

 

(iii)                                no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

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(d)                                  Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture  relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

(e)                                   The Trustee shall not be liable for any error in judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

Section 602.                              Notice of Defaults .

 

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to all Holders of the Securities of each series affected thereby, in the manner provided in Section 106, notice of such default hereunder in respect of which written notice has been provided to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided , however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest (or any Additional Amounts in respect of the foregoing) on, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders; and provided , further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.  For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

 

Section 603.                              Certain Rights of Trustee .

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

 

(1)                                  the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, securities, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(2)                                  any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(3)                                  whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(4)                                  the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

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(5)                                  the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such direction is in writing and such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(6)                                  the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, securities, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(7)                                  the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

(8)                                  the Trustee shall not be deemed to have or be charged with notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default under this Indenture (other than a payment default under Sections 501 or 502 hereof) unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice of such default or Event of Default from the Issuer or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities and such notice refers to the Securities and this Indenture;

 

(9)                                  the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including as Paying Agent and Securities Registrar), and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

 

(10)                           anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable under or in connection with this Indenture for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought;

 

(11)                           the Trustee may employ agents in performing its duties hereunder and shall not have liability for negligent performance by an agent appointed with due care;

 

(12)                           The Trustee shall not be liable for errors in judgment made in good faith unless negligent in ascertaining pertinent facts; and

 

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(13)                           the permissive rights of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action enumerated herein shall not be construed as an obligation or duty.

 

Section 604.                              Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, any offering document or of the Securities except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder.  The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

Section 605.                              May Hold Securities .

 

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Trustee or the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

Section 606.                              Money Held in Trust .

 

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by applicable law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Issuer.

 

Section 607.                              Compensation and Reimbursement .

 

Each of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor agrees jointly and severally:

 

(1)                                  to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

 

(2)                                  except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and

 

(3)                                  to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their respective officers, employees and directors for, and to defend and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including (i) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and (ii) taxes

 

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other than withholding, backup withholding or taxes based on the income of the Trustee), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 607(3)) and defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

 

To ensure the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s payment obligations under this Section 607, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property collected or held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.  Such lien and the obligations of the Issuer under this Section 607 shall survive the resignation and removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

The indemnity contained herein shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the final payment in full of the Securities, and termination of this Indenture.

 

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section 607 shall include any predecessor Trustee, but the negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct of any Trustee shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Issuer or any other Trustee hereunder.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7), the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable United States, United Kingdom or Australian federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 

Section 608.                              Conflicting Interests .

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions to the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture), the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

Section 609.                              Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

 

There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series.  Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions to the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) to act as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York.  If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person

 

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shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 610.                              Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

 

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

 

The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, upon 30 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

If at any time:

 

(1)                                  the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months;

 

(2)                                  the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Holder, or

 

(3)                                  the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

 

then, in any such case, (A) the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities by giving 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Issuer.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

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If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more of all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611.  If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.  If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for in Section 106.  Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

In no event will the Trustee be responsible for or have any liability for the acts or omissions of any such successor Trustee for the Securities of any series appointed hereunder or for any separate or co-Trustee.

 

Section 611.                              Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer, the Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) 

 

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shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

 

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first preceding paragraph.

 

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

Section 612.                              Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.  In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities in its own name with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

 

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Section 613.                              Agents .

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all references in this Indenture to the Trustee shall be deemed to refer to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee and in its capacities as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security Registrar and (ii) every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or offering protection, immunity or indemnity to the Trustee shall be deemed to apply with the same force and effect to the Trustee acting in its capacities as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security Registrar.

 

Section 614.                              Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

 

The Trustee, with the consent of the Issuer, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities that shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, except upon original issue or pursuant to Section 306, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than US$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

 

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Issuer.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer.  Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent that shall be acceptable

 

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to the Issuer and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve.  Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.  No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

 

The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

As Authenticating Agent

 

If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Issuer wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Issuer in writing or by facsimile (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Issuer with respect to such series of Securities.

 

Section 615.                              Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company .

 

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER

 

Section 701.                              Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

 

The Issuer will furnish, or cause the Security Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee

 

(1)                                  semi-annually, not later than ten days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and

 

(2)                                  at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

 

provided , however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.

 

Section 702.                              Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

 

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

The rights of Holders of the Securities of any series to communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture).

 

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee that none of the Issuer, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) or other applicable law.

 

Section 703.                              Reports by the Issuer.

 

(1)                                  If and when the Issuer is registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee any information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

 

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practicable, and the Trustee shall promptly distribute to the Holders of Securities of such series such information as is specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series.

 

(3)                                  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

Section 704.                              Reports by Trustee to Holders .

 

(1)                                  Within 60 days after the Parent Guarantor’s fiscal year end of each year beginning with the fiscal year end following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such fiscal year end that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if and to the extent required by such subsection.  The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) and Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(2)                                  A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall be mailed by the Trustee to the Parent Guarantor and filed by the Trustee with the Commission and each exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.  The Parent Guarantor agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Securities become listed on any exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

Section 801.                              Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

 

For so long as any of the Securities or any Guarantee thereof remain Outstanding, neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor may consolidate with or merge into any other Person that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor, unless:

 

(1)                                  any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to whom the Issuer or such Guarantor has conveyed, transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties and assets is a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and such Person either is the Issuer or any other Guarantor or assumes by supplemental indenture the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s obligations, as the case may be, on the Securities and the Guarantees and under this Indenture (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts);

 

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(2)                                  immediately after giving effect to the transaction and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Issuer or any Guarantor as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

 

(3)                                  if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantor or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured thereby;

 

(4)                                  any such Person not incorporated or organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, Jersey, Australia or the United Kingdom, or any state or territory thereof shall expressly agree by a supplemental indenture,

 

(a)                                  to indemnify the Holder of each Security and each beneficial owner of an interest therein against (X) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on such Holder or beneficial owner or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder or beneficial owner as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (Y) any costs or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and

 

(b)                                  that all payments pursuant to the Securities or the Guarantees in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization or residency of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person shall pay such additional amounts (“Successor Additional Amounts”) as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges payable in respect of such Successor Additional Amounts) in the payment to each Holder or beneficial owner of a Security of the amounts which would have been received pursuant to the Securities or the Guarantee, as the case may be, had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:

 

(i)                                      any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder or beneficial owner of the Security:

 

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(A)                                was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Australia or the United Kingdom or otherwise had some connection with Australia or the United Kingdom other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security or Guarantee;

 

(B)                                presented such Security or Guarantee for payment in any jurisdiction of organization of such Person, which shall be deemed a “Relevant Jurisdiction”, unless such Security or Guarantee could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;

 

(C)                                presented such Security or Guarantee (where presentation is required) more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security or Guarantee first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security or Guarantee for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; or

 

(D)                                with respect to any withholding or deduction of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority thereof or therein, is or was with respect to the United States a citizen or resident of the United States, treated as a resident of the United States, present in the United States, engaged in business in the United States, a Person with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States, a “ten percent shareholder” of the Issuer or a Guarantor, a passive foreign investment company, or a controlled foreign corporation, or has or has had some other connection with the United States (other than the mere receipt of a payment or the ownership of holding a Security);

 

(c)                                   any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge or any withholding or deduction on account of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(d)                                  any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium and interest on, the Securities or the Guarantees thereof;

 

(e)                                   any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply in a timely manner by the Holder of such Security or, in the case of a Global Security, the beneficial owner of such Global Security, with a timely request of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee

 

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or any Paying Agent addressed to such Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge (including without limitation the filing of a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, W-8 BEN-E, W-8 ECI or W-9);

 

(f)                                    any withholding, deduction, duty, tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is imposed or withheld by or by reason of the Australian Commissioner of Taxation giving a notice under section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or section 260-5 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia;

 

(g)                                   any taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities to comply with (a) the requirements of sections 1471 through 1474 (commonly known as “FATCA”) of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471 of the Code, (b) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction or relating to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which, in either case, facilitates the implementation of clause (a) above and (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of clauses (a) and (b) above with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction;

 

(h)                                  any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid to any such Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment on a Security or Guarantee would, under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security or Guarantee;

 

(5)                                  the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or Guarantor is merged or to whom the Issuer or Guarantor has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties or assets (if such Person is organized and validly existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of

 

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Columbia, Jersey, Australia or the United Kingdom or, in each case, any state or territory thereof) agrees to indemnify the Holder of each Security against (a) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on any such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease which is imposed or levied by or on behalf of that jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as at that date such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is effective and (b) any costs or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease; and

 

(6)                                  the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 802.                              Successor Substituted .

 

Upon any consolidation of the Issuer or any Guarantor with, or merger of the Issuer or any Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or a Guarantor, as applicable, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 901.                              Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

 

Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer or a Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(1)                                  to evidence the succession or substitution of another Person to the Issuer or a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and in the Securities; or

 

(2)                                  to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantors or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or a Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants or surrenders are to be for

 

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the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants or surrenders are expressly included solely for the benefit of such series); or

 

(3)                                  to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

 

(4)                                  to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

 

(5)                                  to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

 

(6)                                  to add a New Guarantor by way of a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture or to release a Guarantor as permitted by and in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture; or

 

(7)                                  to secure the Securities (pursuant to the requirements of Section 1008 or otherwise); or

 

(8)                                  to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 201 or 301; or

 

(9)                                  to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or

 

(10)                           to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

 

(11)                           to modify the restrictive legends set forth on the face of the form of Security in Sections 202 and 204 or as are otherwise set forth pursuant to Sections 201 and 301, or modify the form of certificate set forth in Section 312; provided , however, that any such modification shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect;

 

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(12)                           to conform the text of the Securities of any series to any provision of the description of such Securities in the offering document used in connection with the offering of such Securities to the extent that such provisions were intended to be a verbatim recitation of any provision of such Securities; or

 

(13)                           to make any other change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect.

 

Section 902.                              Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Issuer or a Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution of the Issuer or such Guarantor, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

 

(1)                                  Change the Stated Maturity of, or any installment of, the principal, premium (if any) or rate of interest on the Outstanding Securities or the rate of interest on the Outstanding Securities or change any obligation to pay Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts on the Outstanding Securities;

 

(2)                                  Change the place or currency of payment on the Outstanding Securities;

 

(3)                                  Impair the ability of any Holder to sue for payment;

 

(4)                                  Reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Outstanding Securities following an Event of Default;

 

(5)                                  Reduce any amounts due on the Outstanding Securities;

 

(6)                                  Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities the consent of the Holders of which is needed to modify or amend this Indenture;

 

(7)                                  Reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series the consent of the Holders of which is needed to waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or to waive certain defaults;

 

(8)                                  Modify in a way that adversely affects Holders any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification of or waiver under this Indenture;

 

(9)                                  Reduce the premium payable upon a Change of Control or, at any time after a Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligations of the Issuer to make and complete the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(10)                           Waive a default or an Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of any series of Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(11)                           Subordinate the Securities of any series or the Guarantees as applicable to such series to any other obligation of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors;

 

(12)                           Modify the obligation of the Issuer and its affiliates pursuant to Section 1010 not to resell the Securities that are “Restricted Securities” under Rule 144 of the Securities Act within one year after the issue of such Securities;

 

(13)                           Modify in a way that adversely affects Holders the terms and conditions of the Guarantors’ payment obligations (including with respect to Additional Amounts) under the Securities;

 

(14)                           Release any Guarantee (other than in accordance with this Indenture); or

 

(15)                           Change the provisions of this Section 902.

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 903.                              Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601 and 603) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 102, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to such execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture have been satisfied.  The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 904.                              Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

 

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authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby, except to the extent, if any, therein expressly provided otherwise.

 

Section 905.                              Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

 

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Issuer shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer, and such Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 1001.                       Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

 

The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series (and any Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in respect thereof) in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.  The Issuer agrees to deposit such funds with the Trustee or Paying Agent one Business Day prior to the date on which such principal, premium, if any, and interest is due.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall pay Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner, at the same times and to the same Persons as interest otherwise payable on the Securities entitled to receive such Additional Interest. Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable under the circumstances and at the rate specified in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, which Registration Rights Agreement may provide for the payment of Additional Interest on some, but not all, of the Securities of the applicable series.

 

Section 1002.                       Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

The Issuer shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served.  The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. The Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or

 

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served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Issuer may also from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes.

 

The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

Section 1003.                       Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

 

If the Issuer or a Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest (and Additional Amounts and Successor Additional Amounts) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest (and Additional Amounts and Successor Additional Amounts) on any Securities of such series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount and with sufficient time to meet any applicable payment system deadline to make such payment in respect of the Securities of each such series, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or any premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on the Securities of such series or any Guarantee and (3) during the continuance of any default by the Issuer or a Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of such series or any Guarantee, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of such series or such Guarantee(s).

 

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The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer or a Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, interest (or Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts) has become due and payable shall, upon receipt of a Issuer Request, be paid to the Issuer or a Guarantor by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, or (if then held by the Issuer or a Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer or a Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer or such Guarantor as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

 

Section 1004.                       Statement by Officers as to Default .

 

The Parent Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate of the Parent Guarantor stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Issuer and the Guarantors are in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Issuer or a Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

Section 1005.                       Existence .

 

Subject to Article Eight, the Issuer and each Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises necessary to conduct its business; provided , however, that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of such Person shall determine in a Board Resolution that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof would not have a material adverse effect on such Person’s ability to perform its obligations under this Indenture or any Securities or Guarantees.

 

Section 1006.                       Payment of Taxes and Other Claims .

 

The Issuer and each Guarantor shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon the income, profits or property of it, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, would by law become a lien upon the property of the Issuer or such Guarantor; provided , however , that neither the Issuer

 

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nor any Guarantor shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, or (B) where the failure to pay or discharge or to cause to be paid or discharged such tax, assessment, charge or claim would (in the opinion of any two Authorized Officers and/or Directors of the Issuer set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) not (i) result in a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) have an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of the Securities or the Guarantees.

 

Section 1007.                       Additional Amounts .

 

All payments of, or in respect of, principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Securities, and all payments pursuant to any Guarantee, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the United States (including the District of Columbia and any state, possession or territory thereof), Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Guarantor is or becomes a resident for tax purposes (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) or through which the Issuer or any Guarantor makes payment on the Securities or any Guarantee (each a “Relevant Jurisdiction”) or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any of the foregoing, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by the law of the Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, to be withheld or deducted.  In that event, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional Amounts) in the payment to the holder of each Security of the amounts which would have been payable in respect of such Security or Guarantee had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:

 

(1)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder or beneficial owner of the Security:

 

(a)                                  was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with Jersey, Australia, the United Kingdom, or other Relevant Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security or Guarantee;

 

(b)                                  presented such Security or Guarantee for payment in any Relevant Jurisdiction, unless such Security or Guarantee could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;

 

(c)                                   presented such Security or Guarantee (where presentation is required) more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security or Guarantee first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to

 

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the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security or Guarantee for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; or

 

(d)                                  with respect to any withholding or deduction of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority thereof or therein, is or was with respect to the United States a citizen or resident of the United States, treated as a resident of the United States, present in the United States, engaged in business in the United States, a Person with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States, a “ten percent shareholder” of the Issuer or a Guarantor, a passive foreign investment company, or a controlled foreign corporation, or has or has had some other connection with the United States (other than the mere receipt of a payment or the ownership of holding a Security);

 

(2)                                  any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge or any withholding or deduction on account of such tax, assessment or other government charge;

 

(3)                                  any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium and interest on, the Securities or the Guarantees thereof;

 

(4)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply in a timely manner by the Holder of such Security or, in the case of a Global Security, the beneficial owner of such Global Note, with a timely request of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Paying Agent addressed to such Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, (a) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or such beneficial owner or (b) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (a) or (b), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge (including without limitation the filing of a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-9);

 

(5)                                  any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which is imposed or withheld by or by reason of the Australian Commissioner of Taxation giving a notice under section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or section 260-5 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia or under a similar provision;

 

(6)                                  any taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities to comply with (a) the requirements of FATCA, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued

 

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thereunder or any official interpretation thereof or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471 of the Code, (b) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction or relating to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction, which, in either case, facilitates the implementation of clause (a) above and (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of clauses (a) and (b) above with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction; or

 

(7)                                  any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid to any such Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment on a Security or Guarantee would, under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security or Guarantee.

 

Whenever there is mentioned, in any context, any payment of or in respect of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Security of any series (or any payments pursuant to the Guarantee thereof), such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts provided for in this Indenture to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to this Indenture, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in any provisions of this Indenture shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts or Successor Additional Amounts in those provisions of this Indenture where such express mention is not made.

 

At least ten (10) days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Issuer shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee and such Paying Agent to pay such Additional Amounts to the Holders on the payment date; provided , however, that if ten (10) days prior to each date on which any such payment is due and payable the amount of such payment has not yet been determined, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee of such amount promptly after such amount has been determined.

 

Section 1008.                       Limitation on Liens

 

For so long as any of the Securities or the Guarantees are outstanding, the Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, issue or otherwise have outstanding any Lien upon, or with respect to, any of the present or future business, property, undertaking, assets or revenues (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests and uncalled capital), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (together, “assets”) of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness, unless the Securities and

 

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Guarantees are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Indebtedness, except for the following, to which this covenant shall not apply:

 

(1)                                  Liens on assets securing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date;

 

(2)                                  Liens on assets securing Indebtedness owing to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than a Project Subsidiary);

 

(3)                                  Liens existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary after the Issue Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries;

 

(4)                                  Liens on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Issue Date that existed prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiaries;

 

(5)                                  Liens created to secure Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets (other than real or personal property of the type contemplated by clause (6) below), provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness incurred  for the purpose of purchasing such assets, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and, in the case of any assets other than Equity Interests, any subsequently after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

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(6)                                  Liens created to secure Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(7)                                  Liens for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(8)                                  Liens for Indebtedness from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project, provided that (i) such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and (ii) the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(9)                                  any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(10)                           Liens over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Liens secure only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

(11)                           Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(12)                           Liens created by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures only (i) in the case of a Lien over assets referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary;

 

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(13)                           Liens arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

 

(14)                           Liens incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding (together, a “refinancing”) of any Lien permitted in clauses (1) through (13) above and any successive refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12) (each, an “Existing Security”), provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to any asset that was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such refinancing and (iii) any refinancing of an Existing Security incurred in accordance with clauses (3) through (5) above (and any subsequent refinancings thereof permitted by this clause (12)) will not affect the obligation to discharge such Liens within the time frames that applied to such Existing Security at the time it was first incurred (as specified in the applicable clause);

 

(15)                           any Lien arising as a result of a Change in Lease Accounting Standard; and

 

(16)                           other Liens by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured thereby, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary secured by any Liens pursuant to this clause (13) shall not exceed 10% of Total Tangible Assets at such time.

 

Section 1009.                       Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event .

 

Any Securities of any series that require that the Issuer make an offer to purchase upon a Change of Control Triggering Event shall be purchased by the Issuer in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series) in accordance with this Section 1009.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Issuer has previously exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with their respective terms, each Holder of Securities of such series will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of the Securities on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Issuer’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Issuer shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder of Securities of such series, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.  Such notice shall describe the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and shall state:

 

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(i)                                      that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1009 of this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                   that the Issuer is required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding principal amount of Securities, the purchase price and, that on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), the Issuer shall repurchase the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this Section 1009;

 

(iii)                                if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(iv)                               that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(v)                                  that Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vi)                               that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer may elect to have all, or any portion of such Security, purchased;

 

(vii)                            that Holders of Securities of such series electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender their Securities, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the relevant Security, or such other customary documents of surrender and transfer as the Issuer may reasonably request, duly completed, or transfer the relevant Security by book-entry transfer, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(viii)                         that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and

 

(ix)                               the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Securities being repurchased and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.

 

The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Securities of such series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

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The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.  To the extent that any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 1009, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall be deemed not to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

Section 1010.                       Resale of Certain Securities .

 

Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 or pursuant to a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Article Nine hereof, prior to the date that is one year from the Closing Date with respect to the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, repurchase or resell any Securities of such series which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144.  The Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the Issuer’s performance of its agreement in the preceding sentence.

 

Section 1011.                       New Guarantors .

 

The Parent Guarantor covenants and agrees that if any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor that is not a Guarantor becomes a Relevant Guarantor, then within 30 days of such Subsidiary becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Relevant Guarantor to also become a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, a “New Guarantor”) of all amounts due and owing on the Outstanding Securities by having the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee delivering a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 days, provided that such New Guarantor’s Guarantee may contain any limitation required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor.

 

Upon execution and delivery by the New Guarantor of its New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture and any other documents provided for in this Section 1011, the New Guarantor shall be a Guarantor for the purposes of this Indenture (and shall be deemed to be added to the list of Guarantors contained in Schedule 1 hereto) and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding Securities.  In connection therewith, (i) the rights and obligations of such New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor and (ii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

Section 1012.                       Waiver of Certain Covenants .

 

Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Issuer may, with respect to the Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any of Sections 1005, 1008 or 1009 (subject to Section 902(9)), if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a

 

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majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 1013.                       Stamp, Documentary and Similar Taxes .

 

The Issuer and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay all stamp, documentary or similar duties, taxes or fees which may be payable in respect of the execution and delivery or the enforcement of this Indenture, any Guarantee or any Security and the execution and delivery (but not the transfer) or the enforcement of any of the Securities or Guarantees in the United States or of any amendment of, supplement to, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any Security, and to pay any value added, goods and services or similar tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 1013, and shall save the Trustee and each Holder to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law harmless against any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of such tax required to be paid by the Issuer and the Guarantors hereunder; provided , however, that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to pay any such duty, tax or fee to the extent such nonpayment or delay in payment results from any action or inaction of the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 1101.                       Applicability of Article .

 

The Securities of any series that are redeemable may be redeemed, in whole or in part from time to time, before their Stated Maturity and shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series) in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

 

Section 1102.                       Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

 

The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Issuer shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed.  In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities established as contemplated by Section 301, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

 

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Section 1103.                       Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed .

 

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security, in which case this Section 1103 shall not apply), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days or less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, either (i) in compliance with the requirement of the applicable clearing systems, if the Securities are held through any clearing systems, or (ii) by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, if the Securities are not held through any clearing systems, and in either case which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amounts thereof to be redeemed.

 

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part.  In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amounts of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

Section 1104.                       Notice of Redemption .

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1)                                  the Redemption Date,

 

(2)                                  the Redemption Price and the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest payable on the Redemption Date,

 

(3)                                  the CUSIP or other identifying number of such Securities to be redeemed,

 

(4)                                  if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to

 

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be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,

 

(5)                                  that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (together with any accrued and unpaid interest payable on the Redemption Date) will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, and

 

(6)                                  the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and accrued interest, if any.

 

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

 

Section 1105.                       Deposit of Redemption Price .

 

Not later than one Business Day prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 1106.                       Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price applicable thereto, and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest.  Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the terms of the Security established as contemplated by Section 301.

 

Section 1107.                       Securities Redeemed in Part .

 

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by,

 

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the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 

Section 1108.                       Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment .

 

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, if, as the result of (a) any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of any Relevant Jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or (b) any change in the official administration, application or interpretation by a relevant court or tribunal, government or government authority of any Relevant Jurisdiction of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities or the Guarantees, which change or amendment is proposed and becomes effective on or after the later of (x) the original issue date of such Securities or Guarantees or (y) the date on which a jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Jurisdiction (whether by consolidation, merger or transfer of assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor, change in place of payment on the Securities or Guarantees or otherwise) or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such original issue date or the date on which such jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Jurisdiction (whichever is later), the Issuer or the Guarantors would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1007 of this Indenture or the terms of any Guarantee in respect of interest on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (assuming, in the case of the Guarantors, a payment in respect of such interest was required to be made by the Guarantors under the Guarantees thereof on such Interest Payment Date and the Guarantors would be unable, for reasons outside their control, to procure payment by the Issuer), and the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the Issuer or to the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities in respect of which such Additional Amounts would be so payable at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ written notice as provided in Sections 1102 and 1104, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest due thereon up to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption; provided , however, that:

 

(1)                                  no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees thereof then due, and

 

(2)                                  at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

 

Prior to the publication or mailing of any notice of any redemption of any Securities pursuant to this Section, the Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or any Person with whom the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has consolidated or merged, or to whom the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor has conveyed or transferred or leased all or substantially all of its properties

 

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or assets (the successor Person in any such transaction, a “Successor Person”), as the case may be, shall provide the Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to redeem such Securities pursuant to this Section have occurred and a certificate signed by a Director or an Authorized Officer stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts with respect of such Securities cannot be avoided by taking measures that the Issuer, the applicable Guarantor or the Successor Person, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or the Successor Person, as the case may be, believes in good faith are commercially reasonable.

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 1201.                       Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

The Issuer or the Guarantors may, at any time, elect to have either Section 1202 or Section 1203 be applied to all the Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to this Article Twelve, upon compliance with the applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Twelve. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

 

Section 1202.                       Defeasance and Discharge .

 

Upon the Issuer’s or Guarantor’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1201 to have this Section 1202 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations with respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, as provided in this Section 1202 on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”) with respect to such Securities.  For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities of such series when payments are due, (2) the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations with respect to such Securities of such series under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002, 1003 and 1007, (3) the rights (including without limitation, the rights set forth in Section 607), powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article.  Subject to compliance with this Article, the Issuer or a Guarantor may defease any Securities pursuant to this Section notwithstanding the prior Covenant Defeasance of such Securities pursuant to Section 1203.

 

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Section 1203.                       Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s exercise of the option provided in Section 1201 to have this Section 1203 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series, on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of any series, pursuant to this Section 1203, (1) the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from their respective obligations under Section 801, 1008, 1009, 1011 and 1301, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(3), 501(4), 501(5) or 501(7)(a) with respect to any obligations referred to in clause (1) of this Section 1203 shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section.  For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

Section 1204.                       Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the Defeasance pursuant to Section 1202 or the Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203 of the Outstanding Securities of any series:

 

(1)                                  The Issuer or a Guarantor shall elect by Board Resolution to effect a Defeasance pursuant to Section 1202 or a Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203.

 

(2)                                  The Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (a) money in an amount, (b) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (c) a combination thereof, in each case, sufficient to pay all the principal of, and any premium and interest (and any Additional Amounts then known) on the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Additional Amounts then known thereon on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series.  As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer’s option.

 

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applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Issuer or such Guarantor has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case (x) or (y) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series and will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

 

(4)                                  In the event of a Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 1203, the Issuer  or the applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

 

(5)                                  Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (as if the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applied to this Indenture) (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act and that such Act applied to this Indenture).

 

(6)                                  Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

 

(7)          The Issuer or the applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

(8)          All amounts due and owing to the Trustee and its counsel shall have been paid in full.

 

Section 1205.                       Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1206, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1204 in respect of any Outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may

 

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determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Trustee or the trust created hereby with respect to the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders or beneficial owners of such Outstanding Securities.

 

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, from time to time upon an Issuer Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1204 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

 

Section 1206.                       Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Issuer has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1202 or 1203 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1205 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided , however, that if the Issuer or a Guarantor makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer or a Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section 1301.                       Guarantee .

 

The Guarantors jointly and severally hereby fully and unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Security of each series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal (including any amount due in respect of original issue discount) of and any premium and interest on such Security (and any Additional Amounts and other amounts payable by the Issuer in respect thereof), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture.  The

 

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Guarantors jointly and severally hereby agree to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation (as per the fee proposal agreed upon between the Issuer and the Trustee) and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, officers, employees and directors, and any other amounts, including indemnification amounts, due to the Trustee under Section 607.  The Guarantors each hereby agree that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were a principal debtor and not merely a surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any Security of any series or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any Security of any series or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto, by the Holder of any Security of any series or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor; provided , however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of the Guarantors, increase the principal amount of a Security or the interest rate thereon or increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof.  The Guarantors each hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, the benefit of discussion, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby or with respect of any sinking fund payment required pursuant to the terms of a Security issued under this Indenture and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its Guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Security except by payment in full of the principal thereof and any premium and interest thereon or as provided in Article Four, Section 802 or Article Thirteen.  The Guarantors each further agree that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, the Maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of its Guarantee, but not in the case of any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby.

 

The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited (i) to the maximum amount as will, taking into account, in addition to such obligations of each Guarantor, all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law nor leading to a breach of the rules governing financial assistance, corporate purpose, ultra vires, impairment of statutory capital or similar capital restrictions under applicable law and/or (ii) to the extent otherwise necessary so that such obligations do not constitute a breach of applicable law.

 

The Guarantors shall be subrogated to all rights of each Holder of Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of these Guarantees; provided , however, that the Guarantors shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities of the same series and of like tenor shall have been paid in full.

 

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No past, present or future stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator of any Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantees set forth in this Section 1301 by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.

 

The Guarantees set forth in this Section 1301 shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to a Security until the certificate of authentication on such Security shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the fact that none of the Guarantors (including, without limitation, any New Guarantors) have or will execute any Security, or any notation of their Guarantees on any Security, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee shall in no way affect or limit such Guarantor’s Guarantee under this Section 1301.

 

Section 1302.                       Release of Subsidiary Guarantors .

 

Any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantors may be released at any time from their respective Guarantees and other obligations under this Indenture without the consent of any Holder.  Such release shall occur upon or concurrently with the Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a Relevant Guarantor and the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee certifying the same, provided that, at the time of such release, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing

 

Concurrently with the delivery of such Officer’s Certificate of Release to the Trustee and without any further act of any other party, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released from its Guarantee and other obligations under this Indenture and shall have no further liability or responsibility under the Securities or this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the release of a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor as a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not preclude such Subsidiary subsequently becoming a Guarantor if, while the Securities are Outstanding, such Subsidiary becomes a Relevant Guarantor subsequent to such release.

 

*                                          *                                          *

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of

 

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AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

)

 

by its attorney under power of

 

)

 

attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the

 

)

 

presence of:

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

)

 

Signature of witness

 

)

Signature of Attorney*

 

 

)

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

)

Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

 

Name of Attorney

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by

 

)

 

its attorney under power of attorney

 

)

 

dated May 10, 2019 in the presence

 

)

 

of:

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

)

 

Signature of witness

 

)

Signature of Attorney*

 

 

)

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

Michael Casamento

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

 

Name of Attorney

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR

 

)

 

LIMITED by its attorney under

 

)

 

power of attorney dated May 3,

 

)

 

2019 in the presence of:

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

)

 

Signature of witness

 

)

Signature of Attorney*

 

 

)

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

)

Michael Casamento

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

 

Name of Attorney

 

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EXECUTED by AMCOR UK

 

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FINANCE PLC by its attorney

 

)

 

under power of attorney dated April 

 

)

 

3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

)

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

)

 

Signature of witness

 

)

Signature of Attorney*

 

 

)

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

)

Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

)

Name of Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The foregoing agreement is hereby

 

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confirmed and accepted as of the

 

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date first above written:

 

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BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

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)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

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By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

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Name: Andrew Cowper

 

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Title: Director and Assistant Secretary

 

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*Each attorney executing this Indenture states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

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Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

 

 

 

 

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Peschler

 

 

Name: Robert S. Peschler

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

 

Name: Annie Jaghatspanyan

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 


 

Schedule 1

 

Guarantors

 

1.               Amcor plc

 

2.               Amcor Limited

 

3.               Bemis Company, Inc.

 

4.               Amcor UK Finance PLC

 


 

ANNEX A

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers pursuant to § 305(d)(i)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$               principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]), which amount, immediately after such transfer, is to be held with the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both (Common Code: TBA; ISIN: [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act’), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:

 

(1)                                  the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

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(2)                                  either:

 

(A)                                at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or

 

(B)                                the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3)                                  no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

 

(4)                                  the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

 

(5)                                  upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being transferred as described above is to be held with the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.  Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX B

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(ii)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trustee Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$             principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Securities to a person that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Unrestricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that (A) such transfer has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with either (i) Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (ii) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (B) such transfer has been effected pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Issuer and the Guarantors pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement applicable to the Securities transferred, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify, with respect to clause (A) of the immediately preceding paragraph, that:

 

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(1)                                  if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904:

 

(A)                                the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

(B)                                either:

 

(i)                                      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or

 

(ii)                                   the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(C)                                no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(D)                                the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or

 

(2)                                  if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144, the Securities have been transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.  Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX C

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATES
FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iii)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Securities )

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$          principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depository through [Euroclear] [Clearstream] (Common Code TBA) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to a person that will take delivery thereof (the “Transferee”) in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Transferor did not purchase such Securities as part of their initial distribution and the transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with an exemption from the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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[Transferee Certificate]

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$           principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Regulation S Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) and held with the Depository through [Euroclear] [Clearstream] (Common Code TBA) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to [insert name of transferee] (the “Transferee”) that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferee does hereby certify that it is purchasing the Securities for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the Transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the Transferee and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB” ).

 

The Transferee hereby agrees that any future resale, pledge or transfer of such Securities may be made only (A) by such initial purchaser (i) to the Issuer, (ii) so long as the Securities remain eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer acquiring for its own account or for the account of one or more other qualified institutional buyers in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iv) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 under the Securities

 

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Act (if available), (resales described in (i)-(iv), “Safe Harbor Resales”) or (B) by a subsequent purchaser, in a Safe Harbor Resale or pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act (provided that as a condition to the registration of transfer of any Securities otherwise than in a Safe Harbor Resale, the Issuer or the Trustee may, in circumstances that any of them deems appropriate, require evidence, in addition to that required pursuant to (4) below, that it, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with such exemption and with any state securities laws that may be applicable), or (C) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other jurisdictions.  The Transferee will notify any purchaser of Securities from it of the resale restrictions referred to above, if then applicable.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX D

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER FROM UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL
SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to § 305(d)(iv)
of the Indenture)

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Atten: Transfer Department

 

with copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust and Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC60-1630,

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc

 

Re:                             [ · ]% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 20[ · ] of Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Securities ”)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [ · ], 2019 (the “Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

This letter relates to US$          principal amount of Securities which are evidenced by one or more Unrestricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]) held in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”).  The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in Securities to [insert name of transferee] (the “Transferee”) that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by one or more Restricted Global Securities (CUSIP No. [          ]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the Transferee hereby agrees that any future resale, pledge or transfer of such Securities may be made only (A) by such initial purchaser (i) to the Issuer, (ii) so long as the Securities remain eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer acquiring for its own account or for the account of one or more other qualified institutional buyers in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 (as applicable) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iv) pursuant to an exemption from registration under

 

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the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), (resales described in (i)-(iv), “Safe Harbor Resales”) or (B) by a subsequent purchaser, in a Safe Harbor Resale or pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act (provided that as a condition to the registration of transfer of any Securities otherwise than in a Safe Harbor Resale, the Issuer or the Trustee may, in circumstances that any of them deems appropriate, require evidence, in addition to that required pursuant to (4) below, that it, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with such exemption and with any state securities laws that may be applicable), or (C) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other jurisdictions.  The Transferee will notify any purchaser of Securities from it of the resale restrictions referred to above, if then applicable.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer and the underwriters or initial purchasers, if any, of the initial offering of such Securities being transferred.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Euroclear/Clearstream Number:

 

 

Dated:                ,

 

 

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ANNEX E

 

[FORM OF NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

 

This [          ] NEW GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of [          ], [     ] (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Issuer”), as Issuer, [          ], a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of [          ] (herein called the “New Guarantor”), having its principal office at [          ], and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) (herein called the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Issuer, Amcor plc (the “Parent Guarantor”) and Amcor Limited, Amcor UK Finance Plc and Bemis Company, Inc. (each, an “Initial Subsidiary Guarantor” and, together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Original Guarantors”) and the Trustee have entered into an Indenture dated as of [•], 2019, as amended from time to time, (herein called the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of Securities. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture have the same meaning provided in the Indenture.

 

Section 1011 of the Indenture provides that if any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor which is not a Guarantor becomes a Relevant Guarantor, then within 30 days of such Subsidiary becoming a Relevant Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor shall cause that Subsidiary to also become a Guarantor of all amounts due and owing on the Securities Outstanding under the Indenture by such New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee executing and delivering a New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture within such 30 days.

 

The entry into this Supplemental Indenture by the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee and a valid amendment of and supplement to the Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, the New Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee each hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

Section 101 . New Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor hereby agrees with the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of any Securities Outstanding under the Indenture that concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the New Guarantor it shall become a Guarantor for the purposes of the Indenture and for purposes of all amounts due and owing on the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture.  In connection therewith, (i) the New Guarantor

 

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hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal (including any amount due in respect of original issue discount) of and any premium and interest on such Security (and any Additional Amounts and other amounts payable by the Issuer in respect thereof), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of the Indenture, including (without limitation) Article Thirteen of the Indenture, (ii) the rights and obligations of the New Guarantor and the restrictions imposed upon it under this Indenture shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor under the Indenture and (iii) the rights and obligations and restrictions imposed upon the other Guarantors shall be the same in all respects as if the New Guarantor had been an Original Guarantor.

 

[ Insert any guarantee limitations required under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, or which are substantially similar to the limitations contained in such other new guarantees given by the New Guarantor in relation to the Specified Indebtedness giving rise to its status as a Relevant Guarantor ]

 

Section 102.  Notices.

 

The New Guarantor agrees that all notices that may be delivered pursuant to the Indenture may be delivered to it at the following address:

 

Address:

 

 

 

Attention:

 

Facsimile:

 

Section 103.  Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.

 

The New Guarantor hereby appoints [                    ] acting through its office at [                    ], New York, New York as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee, as the case may be, instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by the Holder of any Security and agrees that service of process Upon such authorized agent, together with written notice of said service to the New Guarantor by the Person serving the same addressed as provided in Section 102 hereof, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the New Guarantor in any such legal action or proceeding, and the New Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such legal action or proceeding and waives any objection it may have to the laying of the venue of any such legal action or proceeding.  Such appointment shall be irrevocable until all amounts in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest due and to become due on or in respect of all the Securities issued under the Indenture have been paid by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, to the Trustee pursuant to the terms thereof, the Securities and the Guarantees; provided ,

 

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however, that upon release of the New Guarantor pursuant to Section 1302 of the Indenture, such New Guarantor’s appointment of the Authorized Agent under this Section 103 shall be automatically and unconditionally irrevocably terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the New Guarantor reserves the right to appoint another Person located or with an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as a successor Authorized Agent, and upon acceptance of such appointment by such a successor the appointment of the prior Authorized Agent shall terminate.  The New Guarantor shall give notice to the Trustee and all Holders of the appointment by it of a successor Authorized Agent.  If for any reason [          ] ceases to be able to act as the Authorized Agent or to have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the New Guarantor will appoint a successor Authorized Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence.  The New Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect until the Indenture has been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four or Article Twelve thereof Service of process upon the Authorized Agent addressed to it at the address set forth above, as such address may be changed within the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York by notice given by the Authorized Agent to the Trustee, together with written notice of such service mailed or delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the New Guarantor shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process on the New Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

Provisions of General Application

 

Section 201.                              Effective Date.

 

This Supplemental Indenture takes effect when each party has executed
one counterpart of this deed, whether the same or different counterparts (the “Effective Date”).  As of the Effective Date, the New Guarantor shall be deemed to be added to the list of Guarantors contained in Schedule 1 to the Indenture.

 

Section 202.                              Governing Law.

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State; provided , however, that the authorization and execution of this Supplemental Indenture by and on behalf of the New Guarantor, shall be governed by the laws of [ Insert jurisdiction of organization of New Guarantor ].

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

[ Insert if New Guarantor organized under the laws of Australia ][For purposes of Australian law, this Supplemental Indenture has been executed by the New Guarantor as a deed.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this New Guarantor Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED for and on behalf of  

 

)

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

)

 

by its attorney under power of

 

)

 

attorney dated March    , 2016 in

 

)

 

the presence of:

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

Signature of witness

 

)

Signature of Attorney

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

)

 

Name of witness

 

 

Name of Attorney

 

Each attorney executing this instrument states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney.

 

[New Guarantor]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

By:

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Name

 

 

Print Name

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,

 

as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

 

By:

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

Execution Version

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

US$346,652,000 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due October 15, 2021

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

June 13, 2019

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

 

As Dealer Managers (as defined below)


Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri (the “Company”), proposes to offer to exchange US$346,716,000 of its 4.500% Senior Notes due October 15, 2021 for US$346,652,000 of its new unregistered 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due October 15, 2021 (the “Securities”), upon the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement, dated May 8, 2019, among the Company, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (“AFUI”), Amcor Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (“Amcor UK Finance”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (“Amcor plc”, and together with AFUI, Amcor Limited and Amcor UK Finance, the “Guarantors”) and you, as dealer managers (the “Dealer Managers”) relating to such offer to exchange.  To induce the Dealer Managers to enter into the Dealer Manager Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

 

1.               Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission (defined below) promulgated thereunder.

 

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

 


 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any entity registered as a broker or dealer under the Exchange Act.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

 

“Closing Date” shall mean June 13, 2019.

 

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Dealer Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Dealer Manager Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of (i) 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which an Exchanging Dealer is not required to deliver the Prospectus in connection with resales of New Securities.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, another appropriate form under

 

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the Act) with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Dealer Manager) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, however, that the Indenture shall not include any such further amendment or supplement that does not relate to the Securities.

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.

 

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“New Securities” shall mean debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the New Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to be entitled to the payment of additional interest and will not be entitled to any rights under this Agreement and except for, if applicable, the first interest payment date and the date from which interest will accrue).

 

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements thereto, and in each case including any and all exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Registrable Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Registrable Securities, a

 

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like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities, which offer is made pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” shall mean outstanding Securities other than those that have been  exchanged or disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the New Securities or the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Registrable Securities, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Target Registration Date’ shall mean July 17, 2020, which is 400 days after the Closing Date.

 

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“U.S.” or the “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.               Registered Exchange Offer .  (a)  To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Commission’s staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 270 days following the Closing Date, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall

 

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use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 365 days of the Closing Date.

 

(b)                                  Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer by the Target Registration Date.

 

(c)                                   In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      mail or make available to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related documents;

 

(ii)                                   keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed or publicly disseminated by press release to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);

 

(iii)                                use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act until the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period (including by supplementing and amending the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as required under the Act) to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers, if any, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

 

(iv)                               utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

 

(v)                                  permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

 

(vi)                               include disclosure within the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) representing that the Company and Guarantors have not entered

 

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into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any person that will participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with a view to distribute (within the meaning of the Act) the New Securities;  and

 

(vii)                            comply in all respects with all applicable laws.

 

(d)                                  As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

(ii)                                   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iii)                                cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

(e)                                   Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates.  Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent and warrant to the Company and Guarantors that:

 

(i)                                      any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business;

 

(ii)                                   such Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and such Holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities within the meaning of the Act;

 

(iii)                                such Holder is not a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that such Holder purchased directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Act; and

 

(iv)                               such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors.

 

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3.                                       Shelf Registration .  (a)  If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company and Guarantors determine upon advice of its outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect or complete the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; or (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

 

(b)                                  (i)  If a Shelf Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission and cause to be declared effective under the Act within 90 days after the Target Registration Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Holder (other than a Dealer Manager) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

 

(ii)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (including by supplementing and amending the Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders) for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earliest of (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the date upon which all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or  (y) is otherwise undertaken by the Company and Guarantors in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s and Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets and is permitted pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

(iii)                                The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

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4.                                       Additional Registration Procedures .  In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(a)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      furnish to any counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as counsel for the Holders reasonably propose;

 

(ii)                                   include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the agent’s message delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and

 

(iii)                                in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

 

(b)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall ensure that:

 

(i)                                      any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

 

(ii)                                   any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall advise the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company and Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company and Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

 

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(i)                                      when a Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and has become effective;

 

(ii)                                   of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective;

 

(iii)                                of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

(iv)                               of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(v)                                  of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

(f)                                    The Company and Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver or make available to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(g)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

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(h)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall promptly deliver or make available to each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

(i)                                      In connection with an offering of Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Securities  covered by such Registration Statement for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualification in effect so long as required for the sale of such Securities by such Holder; provided that in no event shall the Company or Guarantors be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, to qualify as a dealer in any such jurisdiction, to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(j)                                     The Company and Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.

 

(k)                                  (i)                                      Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c) (v) above, the Company and Guarantors shall promptly  (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

 

(ii)                                   Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company and Guarantors, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company and Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any

 

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Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company and Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.  The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 120 days in any twelve-month period.

 

(l)                                      Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

 

(m)                              The Company and Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

 

(n)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

 

(o)                                  The Company and Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company and Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

(p)                                  In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

(q)                                  In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any

 

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disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries relevant to the offering of the Securities as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request;

 

(ii)                                   cause the Company’s and Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;

 

(iii)                                make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement;

 

(iv)                               obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

(v)                                  obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Company or Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

 

(vi)                               deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

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the Company and Guarantors) in exchange for the New Securities, the Company and Guarantors shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities.  In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

 

(s)                                    The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of the Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

(t)                                     In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company and Guarantors shall assist such Broker-Dealer in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

(u)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

5.                                       Registration Expenses .  The Company and Guarantors shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of fees and expenses of any other counsel, including counsel to any Exchanging Dealer or the counsel to any underwriters in connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and, provided, further, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by any Holder.

 

6.                                       Indemnification and Contribution .  (a)  Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of  Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and Affiliates of each such Holder or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or in any Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as

 

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incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) against or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Registrable Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, or Affiliates and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the selling Holders and Exchanging Dealers provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

 

(b)                                  Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Dealer Manager that is a Holder, in such capacity) and each Exchanging Dealer severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and the other selling Holders, each of the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each of the officers of the Company and the Guarantors who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company, the Guarantors and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and Guarantors to each such Holder and Exchanging Dealer, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder or such Exchanging Dealer, as the case may be, furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer may otherwise have.

 

(c)                                   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel

 

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(including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party in writing to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

(d)                                  In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Dealer Manager be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement) paid by the Company and Guarantors to it under the Dealer Manager Agreement in consideration for fulfillment of its obligations thereunder, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other

 

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relevant equitable considerations.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director or officer of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company or Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company or Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

(e)                                   The provisions of this Section will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or the Guarantors or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

 

7.                                       Underwritten Registrations .  (a)  If any of the Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders.

 

(b)                                  No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Registrable Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

8.                                       Registration Defaults .  If:

 

(a)                                  the Registered Exchange Offer, if required by this Agreement, is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date; or

 

(b)                                  the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has not been  declared effective by the Commission or has not otherwise become effective on or prior to the 90th day after the Target Registration Date; or

 

(c)                                   the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has been filed and is declared or otherwise becomes effective but ceases to be effective or usable for a

 

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period of time that exceeds 120 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period in which it is required to be effective hereunder

 

(each such event referred to in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), a “Registration Default”), the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities affected thereby shall be increased (“Additional Interest”) immediately upon occurrence of a Registration Default by one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum with respect to the first 90-day period while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum Additional Interest thereafter while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided that Additional Interest shall accrue only for those days that a Registration Default occurs and is continuing, including the date on which any Registration Default shall occur but not including the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Such Additional Interest shall be calculated based on a year consisting of 360 days comprised of twelve 30-day months. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of Additional Interest on the affected Registrable Securities will cease, the interest rate will revert to the original rate on such Registrable Securities and, upon any subsequent Registration Default following any such cure of all Registration Defaults, Additional Interest will begin accruing again at one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum as provided above until all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional Interest shall not be payable with respect to Registration Defaults for any period during which a Shelf Registration Statement is effective and usable by the Holders. Any Additional Interest shall constitute liquidated damages and shall be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to any Holder of Registrable Securities with

 

respect to any Registration Default or any other default with respect to the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the Holder of Registrable Securities affected thereby entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, no Additional Interest shall be payable in relation to the applicable Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) such Additional Interest is payable solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or, if required by the rules and regulations under the Act, quarterly unaudited financial information with respect to the Company

 

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or the Guarantors where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared or otherwise become effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) the Company notifies the Holder to suspend use (on one or more occasions) of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any calendar year pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be required to disclose the business purpose for such suspension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Interest with respect to any Registrable Securities to any Holder if the failure arises from the Company’s and the Guarantor’s failure to file, or cause to become effective, a Shelf Registration Statement within the time periods specified in this  Section 2  by reason of the failure of such Holder to provide such information as (i) the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request, with reasonable prior written notice, for use in the Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein to the extent the Company reasonably determines that such information is required to be included therein by applicable law, (ii) FINRA or the Commission may request in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) is required to comply with the agreements of such Holder as contained herein to the extent compliance thereof is necessary for the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or otherwise become effective, including, without limitation, a signed notice and questionnaire as distributed by the Company consenting to such Holder’s inclusion in the Prospectus as a selling security holder, evidencing such Holder’s agreement to be bound by the applicable provisions of this Agreement and providing such further information to the Company as the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request.

 

9.                                       No Inconsistent Agreements .  The Company and the Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

10.                                Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding.

 

11.                                Notices .  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(a)                                  if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company and Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture;

 

(b)                                  if to the Dealer Managers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement; and

 

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(c)                                   if to the Company and Guarantors, initially at its address set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

 

The Dealer Managers or the Company and Guarantors, by notice to the other parties, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

12.                                Remedies .  Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Dealer Manager Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

13.                                Successors .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company and Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof.  The Company and Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Registrable Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

14.                                Jurisdiction .  The Company and the Guarantors agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company and/or the Guarantors brought by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers or Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.  The Company and Guarantors hereby appoint CT Corporation, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the

 

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Company and/or the Guarantors.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Australia, Jersey, Channel Islands, England or Wales .

 

15.                                Currency .  Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. dollars (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Company and the Guarantors in respect of any amount due under this Agreement will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment.  If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company and the Guarantors will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall.  Any obligation of the Company or the Guarantors not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

 

16.                                Waiver of Immunity .  To the extent that the Company or any of the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

17.                                Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .

 

(a)                                  In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Dealer Manager of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b)                                  In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Dealer Manager becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Dealer Manager are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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18.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

19.                                Headings .  The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

20.                                Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York, provided that (a) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor Limited shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia, (b) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor UK Finance shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and (c) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor plc shall be governed by the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands.  The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

21.                                Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

22.                                Securities Held by the Company and Guarantors, etc.   Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company, Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company, Guarantors and the several Dealer Managers.

 

Very truly yours,

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR LIMITED by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

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EXECUTED by AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated April 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 10, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Title:

Director and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By

/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Name: Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  The agent’s message states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the date of completion of the Registered Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such completion, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX B

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX C

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  In addition, until [ · ], all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

The Company and Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers.  New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.  Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities.  Any broker-dealer that resales new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act.  The agent’s message states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

For a period of one year after the expiration date, the Company and Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the agent’s message.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

 

[ If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508. ]

 

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ANNEX D

 

Rider A

 

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rider B

 

If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged  in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.  If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

Execution Version

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

US$293,200,000 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due September 15, 2026

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

June 13, 2019

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

 

As Dealer Managers (as defined below)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri (the “Company”), proposes to offer to exchange US$293,206,000 of its 3.100% Senior Notes due September 15, 2026 for US$293,200,000 of its new unregistered 3.100% Guaranteed Senior Notes due September 15, 2026 (the “Securities”), upon the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement, dated May 8, 2019, among the Company, Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (“AFUI”), Amcor Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (“Amcor UK Finance”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (“Amcor plc”, and together with AFUI, Amcor Limited and Amcor UK Finance, the “Guarantors”) and you, as dealer managers (the “Dealer Managers”) relating to such offer to exchange.  To induce the Dealer Managers to enter into the Dealer Manager Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission (defined below) promulgated thereunder.

 

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

 


 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any entity registered as a broker or dealer under the Exchange Act.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

 

“Closing Date” shall mean June 13, 2019.

 

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Dealer Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Dealer Manager Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of (i) 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which an Exchanging Dealer is not required to deliver the Prospectus in connection with resales of New Securities.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, another appropriate form under

 

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the Act) with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Dealer Manager) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, however, that the Indenture shall not include any such further amendment or supplement that does not relate to the Securities.

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.

 

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“New Securities” shall mean debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the New Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to be entitled to the payment of additional interest and will not be entitled to any rights under this Agreement and except for, if applicable, the first interest payment date and the date from which interest will accrue).

 

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements thereto, and in each case including any and all exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Registrable Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Registrable Securities, a

 

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like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities, which offer is made pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” shall mean outstanding Securities other than those that have been  exchanged or disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the New Securities or the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Registrable Securities, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Target Registration Date’ shall mean July 17, 2020, which is 400 days after the Closing Date.

 

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“U.S.” or the “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.                                       Registered Exchange Offer .  (a)  To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Commission’s staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 270 days following the Closing Date, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall

 

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use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 365 days of the Closing Date.

 

(b)                                  Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer by the Target Registration Date.

 

(c)                                   In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      mail or make available to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related documents;

 

(ii)                                   keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed or publicly disseminated by press release to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);

 

(iii)                                use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act until the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period (including by supplementing and amending the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as required under the Act) to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers, if any, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

 

(iv)                               utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

 

(v)                                  permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

 

(vi)                               include disclosure within the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) representing that the Company and Guarantors have not entered

 

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into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any person that will participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with a view to distribute (within the meaning of the Act) the New Securities;  and

 

 

(vii)                            comply in all respects with all applicable laws.

 

(d)                                  As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

(ii)                                   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iii)                                cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

(e)                                   Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates.  Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent and warrant to the Company and Guarantors that:

 

(i)                                      any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business;

 

(ii)                                   such Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and such Holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities within the meaning of the Act;

 

(iii)                                such Holder is not a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that such Holder purchased directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Act; and

 

(iv)                               such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors.

 

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3.                                       Shelf Registration .  (a)  If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company and Guarantors determine upon advice of its outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect or complete the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; or (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

 

(b)                                  (i)  If a Shelf Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission and cause to be declared effective under the Act within 90 days after the Target Registration Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Holder (other than a Dealer Manager) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

 

(ii)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (including by supplementing and amending the Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders) for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earliest of (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the date upon which all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or  (y) is otherwise undertaken by the Company and Guarantors in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s and Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets and is permitted pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

(iii)                                The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

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4.                                       Additional Registration Procedures .  In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(a)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      furnish to any counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as counsel for the Holders reasonably propose;

 

(ii)                                   include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the agent’s message delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and

 

(iii)                                in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

 

(b)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall ensure that:

 

(i)                                      any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

 

(ii)                                   any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall advise the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company and Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company and Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

 

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(i)                                      when a Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and has become effective;

 

(ii)                                   of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective;

 

(iii)                                of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

(iv)                               of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(v)                                  of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

(f)                                    The Company and Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver or make available to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(g)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

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(h)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall promptly deliver or make available to each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

(i)                                      In connection with an offering of Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Securities  covered by such Registration Statement for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualification in effect so long as required for the sale of such Securities by such Holder; provided that in no event shall the Company or Guarantors be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, to qualify as a dealer in any such jurisdiction, to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(j)                                     The Company and Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.

 

(k)                                  (i)                                      Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c) (v) above, the Company and Guarantors shall promptly  (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

 

(ii)                                   Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company and Guarantors, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company and Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any

 

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Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company and Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.  The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 120 days in any twelve-month period.

 

(l)                                      Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

 

(m)                              The Company and Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

 

(n)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

 

(o)                                  The Company and Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company and Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

(p)                                  In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

(q)                                  In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any

 

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disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries relevant to the offering of the Securities as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request;

 

(ii)                                   cause the Company’s and Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;

 

(iii)                                make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement;

 

(iv)                               obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

(v)                                  obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Company or Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

 

(vi)                               deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

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the Company and Guarantors) in exchange for the New Securities, the Company and Guarantors shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities.  In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

 

(s)                                    The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of the Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

(t)                                     In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company and Guarantors shall assist such Broker-Dealer in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

(u)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

5.                                       Registration Expenses .  The Company and Guarantors shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of fees and expenses of any other counsel, including counsel to any Exchanging Dealer or the counsel to any underwriters in connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and, provided, further, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by any Holder.

 

6.                                       Indemnification and Contribution .  (a)  Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of  Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and Affiliates of each such Holder or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or in any Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as

 

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incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) against or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Registrable Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, or Affiliates and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the selling Holders and Exchanging Dealers provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

 

(b)                                  Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Dealer Manager that is a Holder, in such capacity) and each Exchanging Dealer severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and the other selling Holders, each of the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each of the officers of the Company and the Guarantors who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company, the Guarantors and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and Guarantors to each such Holder and Exchanging Dealer, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder or such Exchanging Dealer, as the case may be, furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer may otherwise have.

 

(c)                                   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel

 

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(including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party in writing to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

(d)                                  In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Dealer Manager be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement) paid by the Company and Guarantors to it under the Dealer Manager Agreement in consideration for fulfillment of its obligations thereunder, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other

 

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relevant equitable considerations.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director or officer of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company or Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company or Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

(e)                                   The provisions of this Section will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or the Guarantors or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

 

7.                                       Underwritten Registrations .  (a)  If any of the Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders.

 

(b)                                  No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Registrable Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

8.                                       Registration Defaults .  If:

 

(a)                                  the Registered Exchange Offer, if required by this Agreement, is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date; or

 

(b)                                  the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has not been  declared effective by the Commission or has not otherwise become effective on or prior to the 90th day after the Target Registration Date; or

 

(c)                                   the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has been filed and is declared or otherwise becomes effective but ceases to be effective or usable for a

 

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period of time that exceeds 120 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period in which it is required to be effective hereunder

 

(each such event referred to in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), a “Registration Default”), the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities affected thereby shall be increased (“Additional Interest”) immediately upon occurrence of a Registration Default by one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum with respect to the first 90-day period while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum Additional Interest thereafter while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided that Additional Interest shall accrue only for those days that a Registration Default occurs and is continuing, including the date on which any Registration Default shall occur but not including the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Such Additional Interest shall be calculated based on a year consisting of 360 days comprised of twelve 30-day months. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of Additional Interest on the affected Registrable Securities will cease, the interest rate will revert to the original rate on such Registrable Securities and, upon any subsequent Registration Default following any such cure of all Registration Defaults, Additional Interest will begin accruing again at one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum as provided above until all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional Interest shall not be payable with respect to Registration Defaults for any period during which a Shelf Registration Statement is effective and usable by the Holders. Any Additional Interest shall constitute liquidated damages and shall be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to any Holder of Registrable Securities with

 

respect to any Registration Default or any other default with respect to the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the Holder of Registrable Securities affected thereby entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, no Additional Interest shall be payable in relation to the applicable Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) such Additional Interest is payable solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or, if required by the rules and regulations under the Act, quarterly unaudited financial information with respect to the Company

 

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or the Guarantors where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared or otherwise become effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) the Company notifies the Holder to suspend use (on one or more occasions) of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any calendar year pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be required to disclose the business purpose for such suspension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Interest with respect to any Registrable Securities to any Holder if the failure arises from the Company’s and the Guarantor’s failure to file, or cause to become effective, a Shelf Registration Statement within the time periods specified in this  Section 2  by reason of the failure of such Holder to provide such information as (i) the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request, with reasonable prior written notice, for use in the Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein to the extent the Company reasonably determines that such information is required to be included therein by applicable law, (ii) FINRA or the Commission may request in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) is required to comply with the agreements of such Holder as contained herein to the extent compliance thereof is necessary for the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or otherwise become effective, including, without limitation, a signed notice and questionnaire as distributed by the Company consenting to such Holder’s inclusion in the Prospectus as a selling security holder, evidencing such Holder’s agreement to be bound by the applicable provisions of this Agreement and providing such further information to the Company as the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request.

 

9.                                       No Inconsistent Agreements .  The Company and the Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

10.                                Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding.

 

11.                                Notices .  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(a)                                  if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company and Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture;

 

(b)                                  if to the Dealer Managers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement; and

 

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(c)                                   if to the Company and Guarantors, initially at its address set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

 

The Dealer Managers or the Company and Guarantors, by notice to the other parties, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

12.                                Remedies .  Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Dealer Manager Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

13.                                Successors .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company and Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof.  The Company and Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Registrable Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

14.                                Jurisdiction .  The Company and the Guarantors agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company and/or the Guarantors brought by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers or Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.  The Company and Guarantors hereby appoint CT Corporation, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the

 

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Company and/or the Guarantors.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Australia, Jersey, Channel Islands, England or Wales .

 

15.                                Currency .  Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. dollars (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Company and the Guarantors in respect of any amount due under this Agreement will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment.  If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company and the Guarantors will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall.  Any obligation of the Company or the Guarantors not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

 

16.                                Waiver of Immunity .  To the extent that the Company or any of the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

17.                                Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .

 

(a)                                  In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Dealer Manager of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b)                                  In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Dealer Manager becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Dealer Manager are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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18.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

19.                                Headings .  The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

20.                                Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York, provided that (a) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor Limited shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia, (b) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor UK Finance shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and (c) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor plc shall be governed by the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands.  The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

21.                                Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

22.                                Securities Held by the Company and Guarantors, etc.   Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company, Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company, Guarantors and the several Dealer Managers.

 

Very truly yours,

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR LIMITED by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

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EXECUTED by AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated April 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 10, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Title:

Director and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By

/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Name: Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  The agent’s message states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the date of completion of the Registered Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such completion, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX B

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX C

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  In addition, until [•], all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

The Company and Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers.  New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.  Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities.  Any broker-dealer that resales new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act.  The agent’s message states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

For a period of one year after the expiration date, the Company and Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the agent’s message.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

 

[ If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508. ]

 

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ANNEX D

 

Rider A

 

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rider B

 

If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged  in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.  If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

Execution Version

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

US$591,266,000 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

June 13, 2019

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

 

As Dealer Managers (as defined below)


Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to offer to exchange US$591,294,000 of its 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026 for US$591,266,000 of its new unregistered 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due April 28, 2026 (the “Securities”), upon the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement, dated May 8, 2019, among the Company, Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri (“Bemis”), Amcor Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (“Amcor UK Finance”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (“Amcor plc”, and together with Bemis, Amcor Limited and Amcor UK Finance, the “Guarantors”) and you, as dealer managers (the “Dealer Managers”) relating to such offer to exchange.  To induce the Dealer Managers to enter into the Dealer Manager Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission (defined below) promulgated thereunder.

 

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

 


 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any entity registered as a broker or dealer under the Exchange Act.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

 

“Closing Date” shall mean June 13, 2019.

 

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Dealer Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Dealer Manager Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of (i) 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which an Exchanging Dealer is not required to deliver the Prospectus in connection with resales of New Securities.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, another appropriate form under

 

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the Act) with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Dealer Manager) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, however, that the Indenture shall not include any such further amendment or supplement that does not relate to the Securities.

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.

 

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“New Securities” shall mean debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the New Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to be entitled to the payment of additional interest and will not be entitled to any rights under this Agreement and except for, if applicable, the first interest payment date and the date from which interest will accrue).

 

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements thereto, and in each case including any and all exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Registrable Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Registrable Securities, a

 

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like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities, which offer is made pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” shall mean outstanding Securities other than those that have been  exchanged or disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the New Securities or the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Registrable Securities, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Target Registration Date’ shall mean July 17, 2020, which is 400 days after the Closing Date.

 

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“U.S.” or the “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.                                       Registered Exchange Offer .  (a)  To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Commission’s staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 270 days following the Closing Date, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall

 

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use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 365 days of the Closing Date.

 

(b)                                  Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer by the Target Registration Date.

 

(c)                                   In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      mail or make available to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related documents;

 

(ii)                                   keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed or publicly disseminated by press release to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);

 

(iii)                                use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act until the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period (including by supplementing and amending the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as required under the Act) to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers, if any, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

 

(iv)                               utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

 

(v)                                  permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

 

(vi)                               include disclosure within the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) representing that the Company and Guarantors have not entered

 

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into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any person that will participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with a view to distribute (within the meaning of the Act) the New Securities;  and

 

(vii)                            comply in all respects with all applicable laws.

 

(d)                                  As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

(ii)                                   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iii)                                cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

(e)                                   Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates.  Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent and warrant to the Company and Guarantors that:

 

(i)                                      any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business;

 

(ii)                                   such Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and such Holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities within the meaning of the Act;

 

(iii)                                such Holder is not a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that such Holder purchased directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Act; and

 

(iv)                               such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors.

 

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3.                                       Shelf Registration .  (a)  If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company and Guarantors determine upon advice of its outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect or complete the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; or (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

 

(b)                                  (i)  If a Shelf Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission and cause to be declared effective under the Act within 90 days after the Target Registration Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Holder (other than a Dealer Manager) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

 

(ii)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (including by supplementing and amending the Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders) for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earliest of (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the date upon which all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or  (y) is otherwise undertaken by the Company and Guarantors in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s and Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets and is permitted pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

(iii)                                The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

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4.                                       Additional Registration Procedures .  In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(a)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)                                      furnish to any counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as counsel for the Holders reasonably propose;

 

(ii)                                   include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the agent’s message delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and

 

(iii)                                in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

 

(b)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall ensure that:

 

(i)                                      any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

 

(ii)                                   any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall advise the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company and Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company and Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

 

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(i)                                      when a Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and has become effective;

 

(ii)                                   of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective;

 

(iii)                                of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

(iv)                               of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(v)                                  of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

(f)                                    The Company and Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver or make available to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(g)                                   The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

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(h)                                  The Company and Guarantors shall promptly deliver or make available to each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

(i)                                      In connection with an offering of Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Securities  covered by such Registration Statement for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualification in effect so long as required for the sale of such Securities by such Holder; provided that in no event shall the Company or Guarantors be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, to qualify as a dealer in any such jurisdiction, to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(j)                                     The Company and Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.

 

(k)                                  (i)                                      Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c) (v) above, the Company and Guarantors shall promptly  (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

 

(ii)                                   Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company and Guarantors, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company and Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any

 

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Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company and Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.  The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 120 days in any twelve-month period.

 

(l)            Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

 

(m)          The Company and Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

 

(n)           The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

 

(o)           The Company and Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company and Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

(p)           In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

(q)           In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)            make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any

 

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disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries relevant to the offering of the Securities as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request;

 

(ii)           cause the Company’s and Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;

 

(iii)          make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement;

 

(iv)          obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

(v)           obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Company or Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

 

(vi)          deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

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the Company and Guarantors) in exchange for the New Securities, the Company and Guarantors shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities.  In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

 

(s)            The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of the Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

(t)            In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company and Guarantors shall assist such Broker-Dealer in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

(u)           The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

5.             Registration Expenses .  The Company and Guarantors shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of fees and expenses of any other counsel, including counsel to any Exchanging Dealer or the counsel to any underwriters in connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and, provided, further, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by any Holder.

 

6.             Indemnification and Contribution .  (a)  Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of  Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and Affiliates of each such Holder or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or in any Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as

 

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incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) against or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Registrable Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, or Affiliates and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the selling Holders and Exchanging Dealers provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

 

(b)           Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Dealer Manager that is a Holder, in such capacity) and each Exchanging Dealer severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and the other selling Holders, each of the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each of the officers of the Company and the Guarantors who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company, the Guarantors and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and Guarantors to each such Holder and Exchanging Dealer, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder or such Exchanging Dealer, as the case may be, furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer may otherwise have.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel

 

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(including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party in writing to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

(d)           In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Dealer Manager be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement) paid by the Company and Guarantors to it under the Dealer Manager Agreement in consideration for fulfillment of its obligations thereunder, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other

 

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relevant equitable considerations.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director or officer of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company or Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company or Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

(e)           The provisions of this Section will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or the Guarantors or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

 

7.             Underwritten Registrations .  (a)  If any of the Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders.

 

(b)           No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Registrable Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

8.             Registration Defaults .  If:

 

(a)           the Registered Exchange Offer, if required by this Agreement, is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date; or

 

(b)           the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has not been  declared effective by the Commission or has not otherwise become effective on or prior to the 90th day after the Target Registration Date; or

 

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period of time that exceeds 120 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period in which it is required to be effective hereunder

 

(each such event referred to in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), a “Registration Default”), the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities affected thereby shall be increased (“Additional Interest”) immediately upon occurrence of a Registration Default by one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum with respect to the first 90-day period while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum Additional Interest thereafter while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided that Additional Interest shall accrue only for those days that a Registration Default occurs and is continuing, including the date on which any Registration Default shall occur but not including the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Such Additional Interest shall be calculated based on a year consisting of 360 days comprised of twelve 30-day months. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of Additional Interest on the affected Registrable Securities will cease, the interest rate will revert to the original rate on such Registrable Securities and, upon any subsequent Registration Default following any such cure of all Registration Defaults, Additional Interest will begin accruing again at one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum as provided above until all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional Interest shall not be payable with respect to Registration Defaults for any period during which a Shelf Registration Statement is effective and usable by the Holders. Any Additional Interest shall constitute liquidated damages and shall be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to any Holder of Registrable Securities with

 

respect to any Registration Default or any other default with respect to the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the Holder of Registrable Securities affected thereby entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, no Additional Interest shall be payable in relation to the applicable Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) such Additional Interest is payable solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or, if required by the rules and regulations under the Act, quarterly unaudited financial information with respect to the Company

 

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or the Guarantors where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared or otherwise become effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) the Company notifies the Holder to suspend use (on one or more occasions) of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any calendar year pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be required to disclose the business purpose for such suspension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Interest with respect to any Registrable Securities to any Holder if the failure arises from the Company’s and the Guarantor’s failure to file, or cause to become effective, a Shelf Registration Statement within the time periods specified in this  Section 2  by reason of the failure of such Holder to provide such information as (i) the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request, with reasonable prior written notice, for use in the Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein to the extent the Company reasonably determines that such information is required to be included therein by applicable law, (ii) FINRA or the Commission may request in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) is required to comply with the agreements of such Holder as contained herein to the extent compliance thereof is necessary for the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or otherwise become effective, including, without limitation, a signed notice and questionnaire as distributed by the Company consenting to such Holder’s inclusion in the Prospectus as a selling security holder, evidencing such Holder’s agreement to be bound by the applicable provisions of this Agreement and providing such further information to the Company as the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request.

 

9.             No Inconsistent Agreements .  The Company and the Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

10.          Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding.

 

11.          Notices .  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(a)           if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company and Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture;

 

(b)           if to the Dealer Managers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement; and

 

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(c)           if to the Company and Guarantors, initially at its address set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

 

The Dealer Managers or the Company and Guarantors, by notice to the other parties, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

12.          Remedies .  Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Dealer Manager Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

13.          Successors .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company and Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof.  The Company and Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Registrable Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

14.          Jurisdiction .  The Company and the Guarantors agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company and/or the Guarantors brought by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers or Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.  The Company and Guarantors hereby appoint CT Corporation, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the

 

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Company and/or the Guarantors.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Australia, Jersey, Channel Islands, England or Wales .

 

15.          Currency .  Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. dollars (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Company and the Guarantors in respect of any amount due under this Agreement will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment.  If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company and the Guarantors will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall.  Any obligation of the Company or the Guarantors not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

 

16.          Waiver of Immunity .  To the extent that the Company or any of the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

17.          Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .

 

(a)           In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Dealer Manager of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b)           In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Dealer Manager becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Dealer Manager are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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18.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

19.                                Headings .  The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

20.                                Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York, provided that (a) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor Limited shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia, (b) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor UK Finance shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and (c) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor plc shall be governed by the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands.  The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

21.                                Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

22.                                Securities Held by the Company and Guarantors, etc.   Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company, Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company, Guarantors and the several Dealer Managers.

 

Very truly yours,

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR LIMITED by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

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EXECUTED by AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated April 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 10, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Title:

Director and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By

/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Name: Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  The agent’s message states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and Guarantors have agreed that,  starting on the date of completion of the Registered Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such completion, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX B

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX C

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  In addition, until [ · ], all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

The Company and Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers.  New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.  Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities.  Any broker-dealer that resales new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act.  The agent’s message states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

For a period of one year after the expiration date, the Company and Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the agent’s message.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

 

[ If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508. ]

 

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ANNEX D

 

Rider A

 

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rider B

 

If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged  in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.  If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

Execution Version

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

US$497,508,000 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

June 13, 2019

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

 

As Dealer Managers (as defined below)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to offer to exchange US$497,510,000 of its 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028 for US$497,508,000 of its new unregistered 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due May 15, 2028 (the “Securities”), upon the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement, dated May 8, 2019, among the Company, Bemis Company, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri (“Bemis”), Amcor Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (“Amcor Limited”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability (“Amcor UK Finance”), Amcor plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands with limited liability (“Amcor plc”, and together with Bemis, Amcor Limited and Amcor UK Finance, the “Guarantors”) and you, as dealer managers (the “Dealer Managers”) relating to such offer to exchange.  To induce the Dealer Managers to enter into the Dealer Manager Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

 

1.             Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission (defined below) promulgated thereunder.

 

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

 


 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any entity registered as a broker or dealer under the Exchange Act.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

 

“Closing Date” shall mean June 13, 2019.

 

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Dealer Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Dealer Manager Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the earlier of (i) 180-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which an Exchanging Dealer is not required to deliver the Prospectus in connection with resales of New Securities.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, another appropriate form under

 

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the Act) with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Dealer Manager) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, however, that the Indenture shall not include any such further amendment or supplement that does not relate to the Securities.

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.

 

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“New Securities” shall mean debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the New Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to be entitled to the payment of additional interest and will not be entitled to any rights under this Agreement and except for, if applicable, the first interest payment date and the date from which interest will accrue).

 

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements thereto, and in each case including any and all exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the offer of the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Registrable Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Registrable Securities, a

 

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like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities, which offer is made pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” shall mean outstanding Securities other than those that have been  exchanged or disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

“Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the New Securities or the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Registrable Securities, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Target Registration Date’ shall mean July 17, 2020, which is 400 days after the Closing Date.

 

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“U.S.” or the “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.             Registered Exchange Offer .  (a)  To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Commission’s staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 270 days following the Closing Date, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall

 

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use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 365 days of the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer by the Target Registration Date.

 

(c)           In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i)            mail or make available to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related documents;

 

(ii)           keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed or publicly disseminated by press release to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);

 

(iii)          use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act until the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period (including by supplementing and amending the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as required under the Act) to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers, if any, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;

 

(iv)          utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

 

(v)           permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

 

(vi)          include disclosure within the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) representing that the Company and Guarantors have not entered

 

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into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any person that will participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with a view to distribute (within the meaning of the Act) the New Securities; and

 

(vii)         comply in all respects with all applicable laws.

 

(d)           As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)            accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

(ii)           deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iii)          cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

(e)           Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates.  Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent and warrant to the Company and Guarantors that:

 

(i)            any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business;

 

(ii)           such Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and such Holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities within the meaning of the Act;

 

(iii)          such Holder is not a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that such Holder purchased directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Act; and

 

(iv)          such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors.

 

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3.             Shelf Registration .  (a)  If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Company and Guarantors determine upon advice of its outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect or complete the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; or (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

 

(b)           (i)  If a Shelf Registration Statement is required pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission and cause to be declared effective under the Act within 90 days after the Target Registration Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Holder (other than a Dealer Manager) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

 

(ii)           The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (including by supplementing and amending the Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders) for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earliest of (A) the first anniversary thereof or (B) the date upon which all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or  (y) is otherwise undertaken by the Company and Guarantors in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s and Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets and is permitted pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii) hereof.

 

(iii)          The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

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4.             Additional Registration Procedures .  In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

 

(a)           The Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)            furnish to any counsel for the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as counsel for the Holders reasonably propose;

 

(ii)           include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the agent’s message delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and

 

(iii)          in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

 

(b)           The Company and Guarantors shall ensure that:

 

(i)            any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

 

(ii)           any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)           The Company and Guarantors shall advise the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Company and Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company and Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

 

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(i)            when a Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and has become effective;

 

(ii)           of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective;

 

(iii)          of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

(iv)          of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(v)           of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)           The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)           The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

(f)            The Company and Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver or make available to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(g)           The Company and Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

 

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(h)           The Company and Guarantors shall promptly deliver or make available to each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request.  The Company and Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

(i)            In connection with an offering of Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Securities  covered by such Registration Statement for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualification in effect so long as required for the sale of such Securities by such Holder; provided that in no event shall the Company or Guarantors be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, to qualify as a dealer in any such jurisdiction, to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(j)            The Company and Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.

 

(k)           (i)            Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c) (v) above, the Company and Guarantors shall promptly  (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

 

(ii)           Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company and Guarantors, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company and Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any

 

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Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company and Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.  The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 120 days in any twelve-month period.

 

(l)            Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

 

(m)          The Company and Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement.

 

(n)           The Company and Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

 

(o)           The Company and Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company and Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement.  The Company and Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

(p)           In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

 

(q)           In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and Guarantors shall:

 

(i)            make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any

 

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disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries relevant to the offering of the Securities as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request;

 

(ii)           cause the Company’s and Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;

 

(iii)          make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement;

 

(iv)          obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

(v)           obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Company or Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

 

(vi)          deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

(r)            If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Securities by Holders to the Company and Guarantors (or to such other person as directed by

 

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the Company and Guarantors) in exchange for the New Securities, the Company and Guarantors shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities.  In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

 

(s)            The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts if the Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of the Securities, to confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

(t)            In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company and Guarantors shall assist such Broker-Dealer in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

(u)           The Company and Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

 

5.             Registration Expenses .  The Company and Guarantors shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of fees and expenses of any other counsel, including counsel to any Exchanging Dealer or the counsel to any underwriters in connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and, provided, further, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by any Holder.

 

6.             Indemnification and Contribution .  (a)  Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of  Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and Affiliates of each such Holder or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or in any Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as

 

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incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) against or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Registrable Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, or Affiliates and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the selling Holders and Exchanging Dealers provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(p) hereof.

 

(b)           Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Dealer Manager that is a Holder, in such capacity) and each Exchanging Dealer severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and the other selling Holders, each of the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each of the officers of the Company and the Guarantors who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company, the Guarantors and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and Guarantors to each such Holder and Exchanging Dealer, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder or such Exchanging Dealer, as the case may be, furnished to the Company and Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer may otherwise have.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel

 

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(including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party in writing to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

(d)           In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Dealer Manager be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement) paid by the Company and Guarantors to it under the Dealer Manager Agreement in consideration for fulfillment of its obligations thereunder, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other

 

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relevant equitable considerations.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director or officer of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company or Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company or Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

(e)           The provisions of this Section will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or the Guarantors or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

 

7.             Underwritten Registrations .  (a)  If any of the Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders.

 

(b)           No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Registrable Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

8.             Registration Defaults .  If:

 

(a)           the Registered Exchange Offer, if required by this Agreement, is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date; or

 

(b)           the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has not been  declared effective by the Commission or has not otherwise become effective on or prior to the 90th day after the Target Registration Date; or

 

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period of time that exceeds 120 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period in which it is required to be effective hereunder

 

(each such event referred to in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), a “Registration Default”), the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities affected thereby shall be increased (“Additional Interest”) immediately upon occurrence of a Registration Default by one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum with respect to the first 90-day period while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum Additional Interest thereafter while one or more Registration Defaults is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided that Additional Interest shall accrue only for those days that a Registration Default occurs and is continuing, including the date on which any Registration Default shall occur but not including the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Such Additional Interest shall be calculated based on a year consisting of 360 days comprised of twelve 30-day months. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of Additional Interest on the affected Registrable Securities will cease, the interest rate will revert to the original rate on such Registrable Securities and, upon any subsequent Registration Default following any such cure of all Registration Defaults, Additional Interest will begin accruing again at one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum and will increase to a maximum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum as provided above until all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional Interest shall not be payable with respect to Registration Defaults for any period during which a Shelf Registration Statement is effective and usable by the Holders. Any Additional Interest shall constitute liquidated damages and shall be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to any Holder of Registrable Securities with

 

respect to any Registration Default or any other default with respect to the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the Holder of Registrable Securities affected thereby entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, no Additional Interest shall be payable in relation to the applicable Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) such Additional Interest is payable solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or, if required by the rules and regulations under the Act, quarterly unaudited financial information with respect to the Company

 

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or the Guarantors where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared or otherwise become effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) the Company notifies the Holder to suspend use (on one or more occasions) of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any calendar year pursuant to Section 4(k)(ii); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be required to disclose the business purpose for such suspension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Interest with respect to any Registrable Securities to any Holder if the failure arises from the Company’s and the Guarantor’s failure to file, or cause to become effective, a Shelf Registration Statement within the time periods specified in this  Section 2  by reason of the failure of such Holder to provide such information as (i) the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request, with reasonable prior written notice, for use in the Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein to the extent the Company reasonably determines that such information is required to be included therein by applicable law, (ii) FINRA or the Commission may request in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) is required to comply with the agreements of such Holder as contained herein to the extent compliance thereof is necessary for the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or otherwise become effective, including, without limitation, a signed notice and questionnaire as distributed by the Company consenting to such Holder’s inclusion in the Prospectus as a selling security holder, evidencing such Holder’s agreement to be bound by the applicable provisions of this Agreement and providing such further information to the Company as the Company or the Guarantors may reasonably request.

 

9.             No Inconsistent Agreements .  The Company and the Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

10.          Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding.

 

11.          Notices .  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(a)           if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company and Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture;

 

(b)           if to the Dealer Managers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement; and

 

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(c)           if to the Company and Guarantors, initially at its address set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

 

The Dealer Managers or the Company and Guarantors, by notice to the other parties, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

12.          Remedies .  Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Dealer Manager Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

13.          Successors .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company and Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof.  The Company and Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Registrable Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

14.          Jurisdiction .  The Company and the Guarantors agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company and/or the Guarantors brought by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers or Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.  The Company and Guarantors hereby appoint CT Corporation, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the

 

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Company and/or the Guarantors.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Holder or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, and Affiliates of any Holder or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Holder or Dealer Manager, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Australia, Jersey, Channel Islands, England or Wales .

 

15.          Currency .  Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. dollars (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Company and the Guarantors in respect of any amount due under this Agreement will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment.  If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company and the Guarantors will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall.  Any obligation of the Company or the Guarantors not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

 

16.          Waiver of Immunity .  To the extent that the Company or any of the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

17.          Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .

 

(a)           In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Dealer Manager of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(b)           In the event that any Dealer Manager that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Dealer Manager becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Dealer Manager are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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18.          Counterparts .  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

19.          Headings .  The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

20.          Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York , provided that (a) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor Limited shall be governed by the laws of the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia, (b) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor UK Finance shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and (c) all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by Amcor plc shall be governed by the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands.  The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

21.          Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

22.          Securities Held by the Company and Guarantors, etc.   Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Company, Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company, Guarantors and the several Dealer Managers.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 EXECUTED by AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 7, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

 EXECUTED by AMCOR LIMITED by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

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EXECUTED by AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated April 3, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Markus Sablatnig

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Markus Sablatnig

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTED by AMCOR PLC by its attorney under power of attorney dated May 10, 2019 in the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

Witness Signature

 

Attorney Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Vavasseur

 

Michael Casamento

 

Print Name

 

Print Name

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew Cowper

 

 

 

Title:

Director and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By

/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr.

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Name: Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  The agent’s message states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the date of completion of the Registered Exchange Offer and ending on the close of business 180 days after such completion, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX B

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

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ANNEX C

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities.  This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.  In addition, until [ · ], all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

The Company and Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers.  New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.  Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities.  Any broker-dealer that resales new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act.  The agent’s message states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

For a period of one year after the expiration date, the Company and Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the agent’s message.  The Company and Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holder of the securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

 

[ If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508. ]

 

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ANNEX D

 

Rider A

 

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rider B

 

If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged  in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.  If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 30, 2019,

 

among

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC,

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Syndication Agents

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED,

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTINA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FILIALE LUXEMBURG,

ING BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, GENEVA BRANCH,

MIZUHO BANK EUROPE N.V.,

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

TD SECURITIES

and

UNICREDIT BANK AG,
as Documentation Agents

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

Defined Terms

1

SECTION 1.02.

Classification of Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

30

SECTION 1.03.

Terms Generally

30

SECTION 1.04.

Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations

31

SECTION 1.05.

Currency Translation

32

SECTION 1.06.

Syndicated Facility Agreement

33

SECTION 1.07.

Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification

33

SECTION 1.08.

Most Favored Nation Provision

33

SECTION 1.09.

Effectuation of the Combination Transactions

33

SECTION 1.10.

Divisions

34

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

Commitments

34

SECTION 2.02.

Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

34

SECTION 2.03.

Requests for Revolving Borrowings

35

SECTION 2.04.

[Reserved]

36

SECTION 2.05.

Funding of Revolving Borrowings

36

SECTION 2.06.

Interest Elections

36

SECTION 2.07.

Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments

38

SECTION 2.08.

Repayment of Revolving Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt

40

SECTION 2.09.

Prepayment of Revolving Loans

41

SECTION 2.10.

[Reserved]

42

SECTION 2.11.

Fees

43

SECTION 2.12.

Interest

43

SECTION 2.13.

Alternate Rate of Interest

44

SECTION 2.14.

Increased Costs

45

SECTION 2.15.

Break Funding Payments

46

SECTION 2.16.

Payments Free of Taxes

47

SECTION 2.17.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

53

SECTION 2.18.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

55

SECTION 2.19.

Defaulting Lenders

56

SECTION 2.20.

Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers

56

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 


 

SECTION 3.01.

Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers

57

SECTION 3.02.

Corporate and Governmental Authorization

57

SECTION 3.03.

Enforceability of Obligations

57

SECTION 3.04.

No Contravention or Exceeding Power

58

SECTION 3.05.

Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change

58

SECTION 3.06.

Accuracy of Disclosure

58

SECTION 3.07.

Properties

59

SECTION 3.08.

Litigation and Environmental Matters

59

SECTION 3.09.

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

59

SECTION 3.10.

Investment Company Status

60

SECTION 3.11.

ERISA

60

SECTION 3.12.

Ranking of Obligations

60

SECTION 3.13.

Related Parties

60

SECTION 3.14.

Benefit from Transactions

60

SECTION 3.15.

Execution not as a Trustee

60

SECTION 3.16.

Federal Reserve Regulations

60

SECTION 3.17.

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction

61

SECTION 3.18.

Choice of Law Provisions

61

SECTION 3.19.

No Immunity

62

SECTION 3.20.

Proper Form; No Recordation

62

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

Effective Date

62

SECTION 4.02.

Availability Date

63

SECTION 4.03.

Each Credit Event

65

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

Financial Statements and Other Information

66

SECTION 5.02.

Notices of Material Events

68

SECTION 5.03.

Subsidiary Guarantees

69

SECTION 5.04.

Existence; Conduct of Business

69

SECTION 5.05.

Maintenance of Properties

69

SECTION 5.06.

Insurance

70

SECTION 5.07.

Books and Records

70

SECTION 5.08.

Compliance with Laws

70

SECTION 5.09.

Use of Proceeds

70

SECTION 5.10.

Ranking of Obligations

70

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Subsidiary Indebtedness

70

SECTION 6.02.

Liens

71

 

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SECTION 6.03.

Asset Sales

71

SECTION 6.04.

Use of Proceeds

72

SECTION 6.05.

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio

72

SECTION 6.06.

Leverage Ratio

72

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

Notices

80

SECTION 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments

82

SECTION 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

83

SECTION 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

85

SECTION 9.05.

Survival

89

SECTION 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

89

SECTION 9.07.

Severability

90

SECTION 9.08.

Right of Setoff

90

SECTION 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

90

SECTION 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

91

SECTION 9.11.

Headings

92

SECTION 9.12.

Confidentiality

92

SECTION 9.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

93

SECTION 9.14.

“Know Your Customer” Notices

93

SECTION 9.15.

No Fiduciary Relationship

93

SECTION 9.16.

Non-Public Information

93

SECTION 9.17.

Conversion of Currencies

94

SECTION 9.18.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

94

SECTION 9.19.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

95

 

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ANNEX :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annex A

Additional Defined Terms

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULES :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2.01

Commitments

 

Schedule 6.02

Existing Liens

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

Exhibit B

Form of Borrowing Request

 

Exhibit C

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

Exhibit D

Form of Closing Certificate

 

Exhibit E

Form of Guarantee Agreement

 

Exhibit F

Form of Interest Election Request

 

Exhibit G

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

Exhibit H-1

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

 

Exhibit H-2

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

 

Exhibit H-3

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

 

Exhibit H-4

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

 

Exhibit I

Form of Maturity Date Extension Request

 

Exhibit J

Form of Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice

 

 

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THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.    Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Accession Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Accounts ” means the consolidated statement of financial position (or consolidated balance sheet), consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of Parent and the Subsidiaries, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP, together with reports (including, if applicable, directors’ reports and auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such LIBOR Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Aggregate Commitment ” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.

 


 

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all the Lenders at such time.

 

Agreement Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the applicable Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in US Dollars (assuming an Interest Period of one month); provided that if the applicable Screen Rate is not available for a one-month Interest Period but the applicable Screen Rate is available for maturities both longer and shorter than a one-month Interest Period, then the applicable Screen Rate for purposes of this sentence shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13, then, for purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Alternative Currency ” means each of Australian Dollars, Euros, Sterling  and Swiss Francs.

 

Amcor ” means Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, and, following the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Amcor Exchange Scheme ” means the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Amcor UK ” means Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Amcor US ” means Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Bribery Act 2010.

 

Applicable Agent ” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, and with respect to any payment hereunder that does not relate to a particular Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent, and (b)

 

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with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Administrative Agent or, as designated by the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Administrative Agent .

 

Applicable Credit Agreement ” means (a) each Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, (b) the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (c) the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Amcor, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.

 

Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Applicable GAAP ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP.

 

Applicable GAAP Transition Date ” means the date designated as such by Parent in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice may delivered by Parent at its option at any time.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, at any time, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time.  If all the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans”, “Applicable Rate for ABR Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating as of such date.

 

Category

 

Applicable
Unsecured Rating
(Moody’s/S&P)

 

Applicable Rate
for Eurocurrency
Revolving Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Applicable Rate for
ABR
Revolving Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Commitment
Fee Rate
(bps per annum)

 

Category 1

 

A3/A- or higher

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

10.0

 

Category 2

 

Baa1/BBB+

 

112.5

 

12.5

 

12.5

 

Category 3

 

Baa2/BBB

 

125.0

 

25.0

 

15.0

 

Category 4

 

Baa3/BBB-

 

150.0

 

50.0

 

20.0

 

Category 5

 

Lower than Baa3/BBB-

 

175.0

 

75.0

 

25.0

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if (a) either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating in Category 5, (b) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be the applicable rates per annum corresponding to the higher (or numerically lower) of such Categories unless one of the Applicable Unsecured Ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that corresponding to the higher of the two Applicable Unsecured Ratings and (c) if the Applicable

 

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Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Parent and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of Applicable Unsecured Ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating of such rating agency most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

Applicable Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to either of Moody’s or S&P at any time, (a) prior to the later of (i) the Availability Date and (ii) Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, first establishing an Unsecured Rating with respect to New Amcor, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to Amcor and (b) thereafter, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to New Amcor.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers ” means JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

AUD Bank Bill Rate ” means, with respect to any BBR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

Australia ” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Australian Accounting Standards ” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

Australian Dollars ” or “ A$ ” refers to lawful money of Australia.

 

Australian Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (Australia) or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (Australia), as applicable.

 

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Australian Withholding Tax ” means any Tax imposed on or required to be withheld or deducted from any interest or other payment under Division 11A of Part III of the Australian Tax Act or Subdivision 12-F of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) (Australia).

 

Authorized Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(e).

 

Availability Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Availability Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the first Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, statutory manager, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that (a) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, as long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any agreements made by such Person, and (b) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of an Undisclosed Administration.

 

BBR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the AUD Bank Bill Rate.

 

Bemis ” means Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation and, following the consummation of the Bemis Merger, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

Bemis Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Borrower ” means Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis.

 

Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000, (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000, and (f) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars or an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$1,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €1,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000, and (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Sydney are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits denominated in such currency in the Relevant Interbank Market and (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR Revolving Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day.

 

Change in Control ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person or group having obtained Control (within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act) of Parent, (ii) the occurrence of a change of Control (within such meaning) of Parent or (iii) Parent becoming a subsidiary of another Person and (b) on and after the Availability Date, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests in Parent representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Parent;

 

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provided , however , in either case, that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority (other than any such request, rule, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement as such law, rule or regulation was in effect on such date (and without giving effect to any changes referred to in clause (b) above applicable thereto)); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

 

Charges ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Closing Certificate ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, a closing certificate of such Loan Party substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with respect to New Amcor, as may be reasonably agreed by Parent and the Administrative Agent to be modified to reflect applicable law), together with all attachments thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Combination Transactions ” means, collectively, the Amcor Exchange Scheme and the Bemis Merger.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Accession Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$750,000,000.

 

Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Commitment Outside Date ” means the earliest of (a) 5:00 p.m., U.S. Central time, on June 1, 2019, (b) the date on which the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the effectiveness of the Amcor Exchange Scheme or the consummation of the Bemis Merger and (c) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to such date, the first date on which the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated.

 

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Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to any Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Confidential Materials ” means the Confidential Materials dated March 2019, relating to the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consenting Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Corporations Act ” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

 

Declining Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Revolving Loans or (ii) to pay to any Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Parent or any Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Revolving Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Parent or any Agent made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Revolving Loans, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by Parent or such Agent, as applicable, of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it (and the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall not have been the requesting party), (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action, or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

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Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Dividing Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “ Division ”.

 

Division ” means the division of the assets, rights, obligations and/or liabilities of a Person (the “ Dividing Person ”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

Documentation Agents ” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina, S.A. New York Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Filiale Luxemburg, ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva branch, Mizuho Bank Europe N.V., Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, TD Securities and UniCredit Bank AG, each in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

EBITDA ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which EBITDA is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means all rules, regulations, directives, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, and applicable to or binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary relating in any way to protection of the environment, to carbon emissions or the protection of the climate, to reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.

 

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability of a third party is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Parent, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

EURIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

EURIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the EURIBO Rate.

 

Euro ” or “ ” means the single currency unit of the member States of the European Community that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate .

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VII.

 

Exchange Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into US Dollars at the time of determination on such date as last provided (either by publication or as may otherwise be provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (determined based on New York City time) immediately preceding such day of determination.  In the event that Reuters ceases to provide such rate of exchange or such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters source, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying such rate of exchange at such time as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

 

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) US withholding Taxes and United Kingdom withholding Taxes (excluding (x) United Kingdom withholding Taxes for which relief is available under an applicable double taxation treaty and where the relevant Lender holds a valid passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and has provided the applicable Borrower with confirmation of such passport number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to enable the applicable Borrower to complete relevant formalities to avoid United Kingdom withholding Taxes and (y) United Kingdom withholding Taxes on payments made by any Guarantor under any Guarantee of the Obligations ( provided that this clause (y) shall not apply to the extent that United Kingdom withholding Taxes on interest payments made by the applicable Borrower would have been Excluded Taxes)) imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Revolving Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Revolving Loan (it

 

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being understood that, for purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to have “acquired” an interest in such Revolving Loan by the making thereof or any other acquisition thereof) or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Parent under Section  2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Revolving Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with or breach of warranty under Section 2.16(f) or 2.16(j) or any corresponding warranty in any agreement amending this Agreement, (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any Australian Withholding Tax imposed as a result of the Lender being an Offshore Associate of Amcor in relation to the receipt of a payment.

 

Existing Amcor Credit Agreements ” means (a) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, (b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HSBC Bank plc, as agent, (c) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders and affiliates of lenders party thereto and Westpac Banking Corporation, as agent, and (d) the Facility Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522), in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Amcor Note Documents ” means (a) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2009, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, (b) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, and (c) the Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028, together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto,  in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2013, among Bemis, certain subsidiaries of Bemis party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Note Documents ” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association (f/k/a First Trust National Association), relating to the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2019, the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Borrowings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

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Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing ” means the repayment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (other than contingent obligations that are not yet due) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, the cancelation and termination of all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements (or the lenders thereunder otherwise being released from their participation obligations with respect thereto), the termination of all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements and the release and termination of all Guarantees and collateral, if any, in respect of the Existing Credit Agreements.

 

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and the Existing Bemis Credit Agreement.

 

Existing Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code.

 

FATF ” means the Financial Action Task Force.

 

FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction ” means a jurisdiction identified by the FATF in its public statement (available at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnon-cooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-october-2018.html) as subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions (a) to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from such jurisdiction or (b) to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing and substantial money laundering and financing risks emanating from such jurisdiction.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Finance Lease ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Financial Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Financial Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Financial Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or

 

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contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Financial Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Financial Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Financial Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, any vice president (solely with respect to Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests), the director of financial reporting or controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary, assistant secretary, manager or director of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual (and in respect of which the Administrative Agent has not received a notice of revocation).

 

Foreign Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as foreign administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (a) in reference to a Borrower that is a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is not a US Person and (b) in reference to a Borrower that is not a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person means any guarantee, indemnity, letter of credit, letter of comfort giving rise to legal liabilities of suretyship or any other obligation (whatever called and of whatever nature) (a)(i) to pay, to purchase or to provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities, the purchase of assets, rights or services or otherwise) for the payment or discharge of, (ii) to indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of or (iii) to otherwise be responsible for any obligation or indebtedness of any other Person, or (b) to maintain the solvency or financial condition of any other Person.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Financial Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (A) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (B) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (A), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (B), in good faith by Parent)).

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, together with all supplements thereto.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature as each is (including carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent or the Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

HMRC ” means H.M. Revenue and Customs.

 

IBA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.

 

Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

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Increasing Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes and VAT, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

 

Index Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, senior unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Revolving Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two (other than in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing), three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by each Lender participating therein, 12 months thereafter (other than in the case of a BBR Revolving Borrowing)), as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Revolving Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Revolving Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Revolving Borrowing.

 

Interpolated Screen Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, a rate per annum that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the applicable period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is longer than the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Screen Rate is required to be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof; provided that the Interpolated Screen Rate shall in no event be less than zero.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Jersey Companies Law ” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

Joinder Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

JPMorgan ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person in respect of which such Lender is a subsidiary.

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

LIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest (including, in relation to a Person incorporated or organized under the laws of Australia, a security interest as defined in section 12(1) or 12(2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) (Australia)) or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Financial Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by Parent or a Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) in whose favor such Financial Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against Parent or any Subsidiary or against the Project Assets, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of such Project Assets encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (b) the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment

 

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or repayment of any amount from, Parent or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against Parent or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, Parent or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Financial Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, each Accession Agreement and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(e).

 

Loan Parties ” means each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on and after the Availability Date, each of New Amcor and Bemis.

 

Mandatory Restrictions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such acquisition or series of related acquisitions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Subsidiary or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such sale, transfer or other disposition or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Financial Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Loans and Guarantees under the Loan Documents) of any one or more of Parent and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency); provided that, any Financial Indebtedness under any Applicable Credit Agreement shall at all times constitute “Material Financial Indebtedness”.

 

Maturity Date ” means April 30, 2022, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.08(b); provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

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Maturity Date Extension Request ” means a request by Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.08(b).

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Merger Sub ” means Arctic Corp., a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

MFN Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” means each of (a) the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (b) the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Net Interest Expense ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which Net Interest Expense is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, Net Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Net Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

New Amcor ” means Amcor plc (f/k/a Arctic Jersey Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Non-US Loan Party ” means Amcor, Amcor UK and any other Loan Party that is formed, incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for

 

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any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided , however , that, if both such rates are not published for any day that is a Business Day, the “NYFRB Rate” shall be the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

 

OFAC ” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Offshore Associate ” means an Associate (a) that is a non-resident of Australia and would not become a Lender, or does not receive a payment, in carrying on a business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in Australia or (b) that is a resident of Australia and would become a Lender, or does receive a payment, in carrying on a business in a country outside Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in that country, and which, in either case, would not become a Lender in the capacity of a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme, or does not receive such payment in the capacity of a clearing house, paying agent, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme.

 

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

Parent ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor and (b) on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor.

 

Parent Bankruptcy Event ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is (or states or is presumed for the purposes of the Corporations Act that it is) an insolvent under administration or insolvent (each as defined in the Corporations Act), (ii) is taken (under section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand, (iii) is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2)(b) or section 585 of the

 

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Corporations Act (or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes it is so subject) or (iv) is subject to any plan of compromise or arrangement, a proposal or a notice of intention to file a proposal, assignment, moratorium or composition, protected from creditors under any statute or dissolved (in each case, other than to carry out a reconstruction or amalgamation while solvent on terms not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for Parent to be declared “bankrupt” or (ii) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law.

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

 

Participants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) any Liens on any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that each such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date hereof;

 

(b) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by Parent or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(c) any Lien existing on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial

 

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Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (v) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Lien was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division;

 

(d) any Lien created to secure new Financial Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the Equity Interests or assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and in the case of assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

(e) any Lien created to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed, and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to Parent or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(f) any Lien for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(g) any Lien for moneys borrowed from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project where such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and where the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(h) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(i) any Lien over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Lien secures only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

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(j) any Lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(k) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures (i)  in the case of a Lien over assets or property referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Parent or such Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of Parent or such Subsidiary;

 

(l) any Lien arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any Subsidiary; and

 

(m) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary securing any Financial Indebtedness that repays or refinances all or any of the Limited Recourse Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by clause (a) of this definition (an “ Existing Security ”), provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any asset or property which was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount of Financial Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such repayment or refinancing and (iii) such Financial Indebtedness is Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16(b).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum rate published by the Board of Governors in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Principal Facility Agreement ” means (a) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, (b) the Existing Amcor Note Documents, (c) any Applicable Credit Agreement, (d) on and after the Availability Date, the Existing Bemis Note Documents and (e) any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument that, directly or indirectly and in whole or in part, extends, renews, refinances, refunds or replaces any of the foregoing (in the case of clause (d), on and after the Availability Date).

 

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Private Side Information ” means information that (a) is not available to all holders of Traded Securities of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) is material non-public information (for purposes of securities laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey and any other applicable jurisdiction).

 

Private Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.

 

Project ” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by Parent or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

Project Assets ” means (a) any asset or property of Parent or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of Parent or such Subsidiary derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent of such Subsidiary, provided that (i)  such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive Private Side Information.

 

Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in any currency for any Interest Period, (a) if such currency is US Dollars or Swiss Francs, the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, (b) if such currency is Euros, the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period and (c) if such currency is Australian Dollars or Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period, in each case unless market practice differs for loans denominated in the same currency as the applicable Revolving Loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day for any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in such currency shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day shall be the last of those days).

 

Recipient ” means any Agent or any Lender, as applicable.

 

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b).

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

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Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

Relevant Interbank Market ” means (a) with respect to US Dollars, Sterling and Swiss Francs, the London interbank market, (b) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market and (c) with respect to Australian Dollars, the Australian interbank market.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Aggregate Commitment at such time.

 

Restricted Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Reuters ” means Thomson Reuters Corporation, a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, or a successor thereto.

 

Revolving Borrowing ” means Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and to the same Borrower and, in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of such Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Revolving Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any Person or Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) above.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the Australian government or (d) the government of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Screen Rate ” means (a) in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, or in respect of any determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in the applicable currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a

 

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term equivalent to the relevant period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion), (b) in respect of the EURIBO Rate for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Market Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Interest Period, as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page EURIBOR01) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) and (c) in respect of the AUD Bank Bill Rate for any Interest Period, the Australian Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Bid) administered by the ASX Benchmark Pty Limited (ACN 616 075 417) (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for bills of exchange in Australian Dollars with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page BBSY) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that (i) if, as to any currency, no Screen Rate shall be available for a particular period but Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such period at such time, then the Screen Rate for such period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time and (ii) if any Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, such Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant Item ” means any non-cash and non-recurring item of income or expense of such size, nature or incidence that is relevant to the user’s understanding of the performance of the entity and is disclosed as a “Significant Item” in the Accounts.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) Amcor UK, (b) Amcor US, (c) on and after the Availability Date, (i) Amcor and (ii) Bemis, (d) each Subsidiary that has total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in its subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) and (e) any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, have total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in their subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Specified Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Specified Time ” means (a) with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time, (b) with respect to the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time and (c) with respect to the AUD Bank Bill Rate, 11:00 a.m., Sydney time.

 

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR

 

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Revolving Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Sterling ” or “ £ ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

Subordinated Debt Allowance ” means, on any date, Financial Indebtedness of Parent, a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is unsecured and junior and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subsequent Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person that is a subsidiary of the parent within the meaning of part 1.2 division 6 of the Corporations Act or (ii) any Person (A) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, that is otherwise “controlled” by the parent within the meaning of the Applicable GAAP or (B) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of Parent.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that, on or after the Effective Date, is a party to, and provides a Guarantee of the Obligations under, the Guarantee Agreement; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.01, such Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Loan Party if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Subsidiary is subject to any applicable law (including any financial assistance rule or any corporate benefit rule) impeding in any material respect the ability of such Subsidiary to perform in full its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (without giving effect to any limitations on such obligations relating to law that is set forth in the Guarantee Agreement) and advises Parent thereof in writing.

 

Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Swiss Francs ” or “ CHF ” means the lawful currency of Switzerland.

 

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Syndication Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

TARGET Day ” means any day on which both (a) the Trans European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be a replacement therefor for purposes hereof) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (b) banks in London are open for general business.

 

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any VAT), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Test Period ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period most recently ended of 12 consecutive months ended on June 30 and December 31 of each year and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent most recently ended, in each case, for which Accounts have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, are referred to in Section  3.05(a)).

 

Titled Person ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Total Net Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of Parent and the Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by Parent from any share capital issuance by Parent consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

Traded Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, in each case that have been issued pursuant to a public offering under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to Rule 144A or a similar private placement under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

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Transaction Agreement ” means the Transaction Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018, by and among Amcor, New Amcor, Merger Sub and Bemis, together with the exhibits thereto, the Scheme (as defined therein) implemented pursuant thereto and the Deed Poll (as defined therein) entered in connection therewith.

 

Transactions ” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowing of Revolving Loans hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the Combination Transactions and the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Applicable Credit Agreements and related loan documentation to which it is a party and (e) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate, the AUD Bank Bill Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

Undisclosed Administration ” means, with respect to any Lender, the appointment of an administrator or other similar supervisory official by a supervisory authority or regulator pursuant to the law of the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if the applicable law of such country requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed (and such appointment has not been publicly disclosed).

 

Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to the rating by Moody’s or S&P in relation to any Person at any time, (a) the public rating assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to the Index Debt of such Person at such time or (b) if Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, shall not have in effect at such time a rating referred to in clause (a), then the public corporate rating (however denominated) assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to such Person at such time.

 

Unused Commitment ” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

US Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time in effect under the provisions of Section 1.05.

 

US Dollars ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

US Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

VAT ” means (a) any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) and (b) any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referred to in clause (a) of this definition, or imposed elsewhere.

 

VAT Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Relevant Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

wholly-owned ”, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

SECTION 1.02.    Classification of Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings.   For purposes of this Agreement, Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Loan” or a “EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.    Terms Generally.   The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any

 

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definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to, this Agreement.  In relation to any Lender that is incorporated in Germany or otherwise is subject to the regulations referred to below (each, a “ Restricted Lender ”), any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein that refers to Sanctions and/or a Sanctioned Person (each, a “ Specified Provision ”) shall only apply for the benefit of such Restricted Lender to the extent that such Specified Provision would not result in (i) a violation of, conflict with or liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom) or (ii) a violation of or conflict with section 7 foreign trade rules (AWV) (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (in connection with section 4 paragraph 1 no. 3 foreign trade law (AWG) (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)) or a similar anti-boycott statute (the “ Mandatory Restrictions ”).  In the case of any consent or direction by Lenders in respect of any Specified Provision of which a Restricted Lender does not have the benefit due to a Mandatory Restriction, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Required Lenders, for so long as such Restricted Lender shall be subject to a Mandatory Restriction, the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Restricted Lender will be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the requisite consent of the Lenders has been obtained or direction by the requisite Lenders has been made, it being agreed, however, that, unless, in connection with any such determination, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender stating that such Lender is a Restricted Lender with respect thereto, each Lender shall be presumed, in connection with such determination, not to be a Restricted Lender.

 

SECTION 1.04.    Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations.   (a)  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards as in effect from time to time and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if Parent, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to Parent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof, then (i) such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) Parent shall provide such statements of reconciliation as are reasonably necessary to enable calculations of any ratio or amount set forth herein on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied before such change shall have become effective.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial

 

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Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Financial Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Financial Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Financial Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Financial Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, (iii) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under Australian GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AAS 16 (Leases) (or any other Australian Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations), and (iv) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under US GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations).

 

(b)           All computations in respect of EBITDA or Net Interest Expense for any period required to be made hereunder giving pro forma effect to any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period as follows: (i) historical revenues and other historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) directly attributable to the property or Person subject to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition (x) in the case of a Material Acquisition, shall be included (but without giving effect to any cost savings or synergies) and (y) in the case of a Material Disposition, shall be excluded and (ii) any retirement of Financial Indebtedness and any Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be given pro forma effect as if the same had occurred on the first day of such period (and if any such Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedge Agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such Hedge Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months)).

 

SECTION 1.05.    Currency Translation.   The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency two Business Days prior to the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date two Business Days prior to the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such Alternative Currency in relation to US Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section, be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this sentence.  The Administrative Agent may also determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency as of such other dates as the Administrative Agent shall select in its discretion, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of each determination of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency.

 

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SECTION 1.06.    Syndicated Facility Agreement.   This Agreement is a “syndicated facility agreement” for the purposes of section 128F(11)(a) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

SECTION 1.07.    Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification.   The interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “ IBA ”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate.  As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans.  In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b), Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify Parent, pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Screen Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

 

SECTION 1.08.    Most Favored Nation Provision.   In the event that any Applicable Credit Agreement shall contain any financial covenant, any restrictive covenant, any event of default, any subsidiary guarantee or any collateral requirement (each, an “ MFN Provision ”) that is either not set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or is more restrictive on Parent and the Subsidiaries or otherwise more favorable to the lenders or other creditors thereunder than the corresponding provisions set forth in this Agreement or such other Loan Document, then this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have been amended to incorporate such MFN Provision, mutatis mutandis , as if set forth fully herein or therein, without any further action required on the part of any Person, effective as of the date when such MFN Provision became effective under such Applicable Credit Agreement.  Parent shall execute any and all further documents and agreements, including amendments hereto, and shall take all such further actions, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to give effect to this paragraph.  Failure by Parent or any Subsidiary to observe or perform any provision incorporated pursuant to this Section shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (d) of Article VII, provided that the period of grace (if any) applicable to the failure to observe or perform the MFN Provision set forth in the Applicable Credit Agreement shall also apply hereunder.

 

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Combination Transaction.  In addition, (a) any representations or warranties made or deemed to be made on any date on which a Combination Transaction is consummated shall be made or deemed to be made after giving effect to the consummation of such Combination Transaction and the provisions of clause (b) below and (b) upon the consummation of the Bemis Merger, Total Tangible Assets shall be redetermined to give pro forma effect to the Bemis Merger as if it had occurred on the date of the applicable balance sheet referred to in the definition of the term Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 1.10.    Divisions.   For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.    Commitments.   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency to each Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount for all such Revolving Loans that will not result in (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment or (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

SECTION 2.02.    Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings.   (a)  Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Revolving Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments to the same Borrower.  The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or LIBOR Revolving Loans, as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Revolving Loans, (iii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely of EURIBOR Revolving Loans and (iv) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars shall be comprised entirely of BBR Revolving Loans.  Each Lender at its option may make any Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Revolving Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Revolving Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing and (ii) an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments.  Revolving Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03.    Requests for Revolving Borrowings.   To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing, (b) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing or (c) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the Borrower requesting such Revolving Borrowing (or on whose behalf Parent is requesting such Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)           the currency and the principal amount of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(iii)          the date of such Revolving Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iv)          the Type of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(v)           in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(vi)          the location and number of the account of the applicable Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank, if applicable) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent).

 

If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars.  If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing, (B) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euro, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (C) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in

 

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Australian Dollars, a BBR Revolving Borrowing and (D) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the requested Revolving Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.04.    [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.05.    Funding of Revolving Borrowings.   (a)  Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:30 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Applicable Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account designated in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)           Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender’s share of such Revolving Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, (A) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (x) the NYFRB Rate and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (x) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12.  If any Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Applicable Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Applicable Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Borrower shall not be required to pay such amount to the Applicable Agent and such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Revolving Borrowing.  Any payment by any Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Applicable Agent.

 

SECTION 2.06.    Interest Elections.   (a)  Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing (if denominated in US Dollars) to a Revolving Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency

 

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Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  A Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing and the Revolving Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrower shall be permitted to change the currency of any Revolving Borrowing or elect an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)           To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type and in the currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such election shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)           the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)          the Type of the resulting Revolving Borrowing; and

 

(iv)          if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(c)           Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Revolving Borrowing.

 

(d)           If the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, such Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing,

 

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such Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified Parent of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing and BBR Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

SECTION 2.07.    Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments.   (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date and (ii) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to the Commitment Outside Date, the Commitment Outside Date.

 

(b)           Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

 

(c)           Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

(d)           Parent may at any time and from time to time, after the Availability Date, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly upon receipt deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders) executed by Parent and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution being referred to as an “ Increasing Lender ”), which may include any Lender, cause Commitments of the Increasing Lenders to be increased (or cause the Increasing Lenders to extend new Commitments) in an amount for each Increasing Lender (which shall not be less than US$5,000,000) set forth in such notice; provided that (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to this paragraph, (ii) after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this paragraph (a “ Commitment Increase ”), the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of all Commitment Increases established pursuant to this paragraph

 

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plus (B) the aggregate amount of all “Commitment Increases” (or equivalent term) established under and as defined in any Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement shall not exceed US$500,000,000, (iii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (iv) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Parent (an “ Accession Agreement ”).  Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Lender is a party (and the effectiveness of the new Commitment of such Lender in accordance with this paragraph), such Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder.  Each Commitment Increase shall become effective on the date specified in the applicable notice delivered pursuant to this paragraph (which date shall be at least five Business Days after the date of delivery of such notice); provided that no Commitment Increase shall become effective unless (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such Commitment Increase as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) on the effective date of such Commitment Increase, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of such Commitment Increase and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (C) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above shall have been satisfied.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the effective date of each Commitment Increase (the “ Increase Effective Date ”), and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  On the Increase Effective Date of any Commitment Increase, (i) the aggregate principal amount of any Revolving Loans outstanding (the “ Existing Borrowings ”) immediately prior to such Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Increasing Lender that shall have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the difference between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing (as hereinafter defined) and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, (iii) each Increasing Lender that shall not have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the product of (1) such Increasing Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (iv) after the Applicable Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Applicable Agent shall remit (in the applicable currency) to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference (if

 

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positive) between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (v) after the effectiveness of such Commitment Increase, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have made new Borrowings (the “ Subsequent Borrowings ”) in amounts and currencies equal to the amounts and currencies of the Existing Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.03, (vi) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Subsequent Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) and (vii) the Borrowers shall pay each Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Revolving Loans comprising the Existing Borrowings.  To the extent the Existing Borrowings include any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings, the deemed payments of such Existing Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period(s) relating thereto.

 

SECTION 2.08.    Repayment of Revolving Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt.   (a)  Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower on the Maturity Date (in the case of any Declining Lender, without giving effect to the extension thereof pursuant to Section 2.08(b)).

 

(b)           Parent may, after the Availability Date, by delivery of a Maturity Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly upon receipt deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders), request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date for an additional period of one year; provided that (i) Parent shall provide no more than one Maturity Date Extension Request in any 12-month period and (ii) there shall be no more than two extensions of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section; provided further that, no extension may result in the Maturity Date as so extended being more than three years after the date of effectiveness of such extension.  Each Lender shall, by notice to Parent and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Maturity Date Extension Request from Parent, advise Parent whether or not it agrees to the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension being called a “ Consenting Lender ”, and each Lender declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “ Declining Lender ”).  Any Lender that has not so advised Parent and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining Lender.  If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have agreed to a Maturity Date Extension Request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect.  The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity Date Extension Request shall be at the sole discretion of each Lender.  The Commitment of any Declining Lender shall terminate on the Maturity Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such extension (such Maturity Date being called the “ Existing Maturity Date ”).  The principal amount of any outstanding Revolving Loans made by Declining Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of such Declining Lenders hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date the Borrowers shall also make such other prepayments of the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.09 as shall be required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining Lenders pursuant to this sentence, (x) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would

 

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not exceed its Commitment.  Parent shall have the right, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.18(b), at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective unless (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such extension as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (ii) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of effectiveness of such extension and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (iii) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated the date of effectiveness of such extension and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above shall have been satisfied.

 

(c)           Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Revolving Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal, interest and fees payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(d)           The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Revolving Loans and interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)           Any Lender may request that Revolving Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Revolving Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.09.    Prepayment of Revolving Loans.   (a)  The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Revolving Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

 

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(b)           If, on any date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed the Aggregate Commitment, then the applicable Borrowers shall, (i) if any ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (B) the amount of such ABR Revolving Borrowings and (ii) if no ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding or such excess is not eliminated after giving effect to any prepayment of Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), on the last day of each successive Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing occurring after receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (2) the amount of the applicable Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed 105% of the Aggregate Commitment, then the Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent to Parent, prepay one or more Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

(c)           Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Revolving Borrowings hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Revolving Borrowing or Revolving Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.

 

(d)           The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile promptly thereafter) of any optional prepayment and any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable), (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, four Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable) and (iii) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Revolving Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.

 

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SECTION 2.11.    Fees.   (a)  Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily Unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the 15th day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and in the event of the termination in whole of the Commitment of any Lender, on the date of such termination.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

(b)           Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.12.    Interest.   (a)  The Revolving Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)           The Revolving Loans comprising each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at (i) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, the Adjusted LIBO Rate and (ii) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, the LIBO Rate, in each case for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)           The Revolving Loans comprising each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the EURIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(d)           The Revolving Loans comprising each BBR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the AUD Bank Bill Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(e)           [Reserved].

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Revolving Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(g)           Accrued interest on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Revolving Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Revolving Loan (other than a

 

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prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Revolving Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.  All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Revolving Loan is denominated.

 

(h)           All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate and (ii) interest on Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in the case of ABR Revolving Loans, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate, AUD Bank Bill Rate or Alternate Base Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13.    Alternate Rate of Interest.   (a)  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in any currency:

 

(i)            the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period; or

 

(ii)           the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans included in such Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof (which may be by telephone) to Parent and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Applicable Agent notifies Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency and for such Interest Period shall be ineffective, (B) any affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, unless repaid, be continued as an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (C) any Borrowing Request for an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, be deemed a request for an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be ineffective (and no Lender shall be obligated to make a Revolving Loan on account thereof).

 

(b)           If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have arisen (including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have not arisen but either (A) the

 

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supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate), (B) the supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate) or (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans denominated in the applicable currency, then the Administrative Agent and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention in the United States for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans denominated in the applicable currency at such time, and the Administrative Agent and Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (it being understood that such amendment shall not reduce the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this paragraph (b), only to the extent the applicable Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), clauses (A) through (C) of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be applicable.

 

SECTION 2.14.    Increased Costs.   (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)            impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

 

(ii)           impose on any Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; or

 

(iii)          subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Revolving Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or other

 

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Recipient (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)           If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of or the Revolving Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)           A certificate of a Lender or other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and an explanation of how such amount or amounts were determined, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that no Lender shall deliver such certificate, and seek compensation under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, unless such Lender is generally seeking, or intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to the applicable Change in Law.  Parent shall pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)           Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Parent shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.    Break Funding Payments.   In the event of (a) the payment by any Borrower of any principal of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by any Borrower to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Lender to fund a Revolving Loan required to be funded by it hereunder), convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, Parent shall (subject to the penultimate

 

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sentence of this Section) compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such event, including, to the extent that any of the foregoing Revolving Loans are denominated in an Alternative Currency, the actual costs and expenses of such Lender attributable to the premature unwinding of any Hedge Agreement entered into by such Lender in respect to the foreign currency exposure attributable to such Revolving Loan.  In the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Revolving Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate or AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Revolving Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any Applicable Rate that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Revolving Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Relevant Interbank Market.  Parent shall also compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to any failure by any Borrower to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.16.    Payments Free of Taxes.   (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)           Payment of Other Taxes and VAT.   The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes and VAT.

 

(c)           Evidence of Payments.   As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Parent by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)           Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)            Status of Lenders .  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, such information or properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition and subject to Section 2.16(g), any Lender, if reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other information or documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will enable Parent or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal, tax or commercial position of such Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an applicable Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party that, in each case, is not a US Person or is not resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes, the applicable Lender will not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (f)(i) unless it has received written notice from such Borrower or such other Loan Party advising it of the availability of an exemption or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Borrower or such other Loan Party is located and containing all applicable documentation (together, if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof) required to be completed by such Lender in order to receive any such exemption or reduction, and such Lender is reasonably satisfied that it is legally able to provide such documentation to such Borrower or such other Loan Party.

 

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(ii)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a US Person:

 

(A)          (i) any Lender that is a US Person shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), copies (by facsimile or electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) of executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from US backup withholding tax, and (ii) the Applicable Agent with respect to such Borrower shall deliver to such Borrower on or prior to the date on which such Applicable Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Applicable Agent is exempt from US Federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)           in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)           executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)           in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any of the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)           to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the

 

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Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in US Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to US Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)           (i)  Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax on interest payable by Amcor UK under any applicable double taxation treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party, and that holds a passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall include an indication to that effect by including its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire and its jurisdiction of tax residence (or otherwise provide the scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Administrative Agent and Parent, for the benefit of Amcor UK) and subject to paragraph (g)(iii) below, having so provided its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number shall be under no further obligation pursuant to Section 2.16(f) in respect of Amcor UK.

 

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(ii)           Where a Lender includes the indication described in paragraph (g)(i) above, Amcor UK shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 with respect to each such Lender with HMRC within 30 days of the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of that filing.  No Borrower shall file a form DTTP2 or file any other form relating to the HMRC Double Tax Passport scheme unless a Lender has provided its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above or such Lender otherwise agrees.

 

(iii)          If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above and Amcor UK has not filed a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender or Amcor UK has filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender but (y) the form DTTP2 has been rejected by HMRC or (z) HMRC has not given Amcor UK authority to make payments to such Lender without withholding or deduction on account of Tax within 60 days of the date Amcor UK filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender and, in the case of clause (y) or (z), Amcor UK has notified such Lender thereof in writing, such Lender and Amcor UK shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for Amcor UK to obtain authorization to make that payment without any withholding or deduction on account of Tax.

 

(h)           Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes (which, for purposes of this Section 2.16, with respect to Taxes which arise in the United Kingdom, shall include a credit against or relief of any such Taxes) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)            United Kingdom Taxation . Each of Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor represents and warrants that it is resident for Tax purposes only in the United Kingdom.  Each of Amcor and Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis represents and warrants that it is not resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

 

(j)            Australian Taxation.   (i)   Each Arranger represents to Amcor that (A) on behalf of Amcor, it has made invitations to become a Lender under this Agreement to 10 or more Persons, each of whom, as at the date the relevant invitation was made, such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed was carrying on

 

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the business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, and (B) such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed 10 or more of such invitees were not Associates of each other or of Amcor.

 

(ii)           Amcor confirms that none of the potential invitees whose names were disclosed to it by an Arranger before the date of this Agreement were known or suspected by it to be an Offshore Associate of Amcor.  Amcor also confirms that each Borrower under this Agreement is (A) a member of the same “wholly-owned group” (as defined in the Australian Tax Act) or (B) an Associate of each other Borrower.

 

(iii)          Each Lender listed in Schedule 2.01 represents and warrants that (A) an invitation to become a Lender under this Agreement was made to it by the Arrangers on behalf of Amcor, (B) it was at the time of the invitation, and will be at the time of making by it of any Revolving Loan to Amcor, carrying on a business of providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities, in the course of operating in financial markets and (C) except as disclosed to Amcor, insofar as its officers and agents who were involved in its becoming a party to this Agreement have actual knowledge, it is not an Associate of any other Person which was invited to become a Lender under the Agreement.

 

(iv)          At the cost of Amcor, each of the Lenders and the Arrangers will, to the extent it is reasonably able to do so, do or provide such other things (including information) which Amcor reasonably requests it to do or provide in connection with the invitations to become Lenders under this Agreement which Amcor considers practicable and necessary to demonstrate that the requirements of section 128F of the Australian Tax Act are satisfied.

 

(k)           Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(l)            VAT .  (i)  All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any party to any Recipient that (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply for VAT purposes shall, except as otherwise agreed by such Recipient, be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT that is chargeable on such supply.  Subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, such party shall pay to such Recipient (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient shall have delivered to such party an invoice complying with the applicable legal requirements) unless such party is obligated by law to account directly to the applicable Governmental Authority for such VAT.  If there is an adjustment to the consideration in respect of a supply to which this Section 2.16(l)(i) applies, (A) the additional amount paid or payable to the applicable Recipient must be recalculated, taking into account any previous adjustments under this clause (A), to reflect the occurrence of such adjustment and the other party or the Recipient, as the case requires, must pay to the other the amount required to reflect the recalculation of the additional amount, and (B) the Recipient must provide any relevant documentation in respect of the adjustment (including, if relevant, an adjustment note) to the other party as soon as practicable after the Recipient becomes aware of the occurrence of such adjustment.

 

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Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ VAT Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the VAT Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration) (x) (where the VAT Supplier is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall also pay to the VAT Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT.  The VAT Recipient shall (where the immediately foregoing clause (x) applies) promptly pay to the VAT Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the VAT Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply and (y) (where the VAT Recipient is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

 

(iii)          Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify any Recipient for any cost or expense, such party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, except to the extent that such Recipient reasonably determines that it, or any company of its group, is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

(iv)          Any reference in paragraph (i) through (iii) above to any party shall, at any time when such party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or equivalent legislation and the council directive 2006/112/EEC on the common system of value added tax).

 

(v)           In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, such party must promptly provide such Recipient with details of such party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

(m)          Defined Terms.   For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

SECTION 2.17.    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.   (a)  Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due), in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Agent to such account as the Applicable Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to Parent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Applicable Agent

 

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shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Revolving Loan shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Revolving Loan; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by any Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such payment.

 

(b)           If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agents to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due, and expenses then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due or reimbursable as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all fees then due, and all costs and expenses then due or reimbursable, to the Agents (in their capacity as such) under any Loan Document; and

 

SECOND, to the payment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the Lenders (ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties).

 

(c)           If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.08(b)) (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time).  Each of Parent and the Borrowers consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Parent or such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Parent or such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)           Unless an Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to such Agent for the account of any Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, such Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower

 

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has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at (i) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (A) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)           If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of any Agent, then each Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by any Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.05(b), 2.16(e), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.18.    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.   (a)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority) (or if it becomes reasonably likely that such compensation or payment will be required to be made), then such Lender shall (at the request of Parent) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Revolving Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Parent hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

(b)           If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority), (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender, (iv) any Lender is a Declining Lender or (v) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) Parent shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or

 

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conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or Parent (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law, (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the status of such Lender as a Declining Lender, the assignee shall have agreed to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request and (F) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

SECTION 2.19.    Defaulting Lenders .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)           commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the Unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Defaulting Lender is a “Defaulting Lender”; and

 

(b)           the Commitment and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and Parent each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, and such Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Defaulting Lender (but shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fees accrued during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or other modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this Section 2.19 during such period shall be binding on it).  The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.19 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Borrower may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.

 

SECTION 2.20.    Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers.   Each of Amcor UK and Amcor US hereby irrevocably appoints Amcor to serve as its agent as of the Effective Date until

 

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but not including the Availability Date, and each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints New Amcor to serve as its agent on and after the Availability Date, in each case for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the giving and receipt of notices (including any Borrowing Request and any Interest Election Request) and (b) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that any amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be effected as set forth in Section 9.02, that such Person shall be bound by this Agreement or any other Loan Document (if it is theretofore a party thereto) as so amended or modified and that (in the case of Amcor, to the extent such amendment or other modification is effected on or after the Availability Date) no consent of such Person shall be required to effect any such amendment or other modification.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Parent, as to itself and the Subsidiaries, and each Borrower, as to itself and its subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Effective Date (solely with respect to Amcor and its subsidiaries), the Availability Date and thereafter as of each date on which representations and warranties are required to be, or are deemed to be, made under the Loan Documents, that:

 

SECTION 3.01.    Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers.   Each Loan Party is duly formed, incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.    Corporate and Governmental Authorization.   The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party.  The Transactions do not require any consent or approval of, or any registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (or, in the case of the Combination Transactions, will be obtained or made and will be in full force and effect on the Availability Date).

 

SECTION 3.03.    Enforceability of Obligations.   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Amcor, Amcor US and Amcor UK and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor and Bemis, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, in each case, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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SECTION 3.04.    No Contravention or Exceeding Power.   The Transactions (a) do not and will not violate any material law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party or any of its properties, (b) do not and will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitutional documents or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any limitations on its powers or the powers of its directors or other governing or managing body, (c) do not and will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under (i) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, any Applicable Credit Agreement, the Existing Amcor Note Documents or, upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, the Existing Bemis Note Documents or (ii) any other indenture or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that any such default, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any Subsidiary.  No Loan Party organized under the laws of Australia has contravened or will contravene part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.05.    Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change.   (a)  Amcor has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its Accounts (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period and the portion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.  Such Accounts, and all Accounts provided by Parent pursuant to Section 5.01, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and give a true and fair view of the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and of their performance for the periods covered thereby.  As of December 31, 2018, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary had any material actual or contingent liabilities except as disclosed or reflected in the Accounts referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)           There has been, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date, no event or condition since June 30, 2018, that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.06.    Accuracy of Disclosure.   (a)  Neither the Confidential Materials nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or furnished hereunder or thereunder, nor any information formally presented prior to the Effective Date to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in bank meetings or conference calls in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, other than information of a general economic or industry nature), taken as a whole, contained, as of the date when furnished or presented, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state, as of the date when furnished or presented, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, Parent and the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Parent to be reasonable at the time such projected financial information was prepared (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond control of Parent and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that such projected financial information will be realized, and that such projected financial information may differ materially

 

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from actual future results).  As of the Effective Date, the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters relating to Parent and the Subsidiaries known to the Borrowers, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.01(f), then, as of the Effective Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.02(k), then, as of the Availability Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 3.07.    Properties.   Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.08.    Litigation and Environmental Matters.   (a)  There are (in the case of clause (i) below, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date) no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or (iii) to wind up or dissolve (or effect any analogous or similar action) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary and that, in the case of any such other Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) currently expects to be required to incur any capital or other cost for its respective operations to achieve or maintain compliance with any Environmental Law relating to greenhouse gas emissions or reductions thereto, (iii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.09.    Compliance with Laws and Agreements.   (a)  Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

 

(b)           Parent and each Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent a party thereto) is in compliance with the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, the Existing Amcor Note Documents, the Existing Bemis Note Documents, any Applicable Credit Agreement, all other indentures and credit agreements to which it is a party and all other agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would

 

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not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.10.    Investment Company Status.   None of Parent or any other Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECTION 3.11.    ERISA.   No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of such Plan, as of the date of the most recent Accounts reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s knowledge, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.

 

SECTION 3.12.    Ranking of Obligations.   The obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which it is a party rank at least equally with all of the unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 3.13.    Related Parties.   No Loan Party subject to the Corporations Act has contravened or will contravene section 208 or section 209 of the Corporations Act by executing and delivering any Loan Document or performing its obligations thereunder or participating in any transaction in connection with any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.14.    Benefit from Transactions.   Each Loan Party benefits by the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.15.    Execution not as a Trustee.   No Loan Party has executed or delivered any Loan Document in the capacity of a trustee, responsible entity or custodian of any trust, managed investment scheme or settlement.

 

SECTION 3.16.    Federal Reserve Regulations.   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X.  Not more than 25% of the value of the assets subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Parent or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender will at any time be represented by margin stock.

 

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SECTION 3.17.    Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.   Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Parent, its and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of Parent, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or their respective agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Revolving Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  None of Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 3.18.    Choice of Law Provisions.   The choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9.09 are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom and each other jurisdiction in which any Non-US Loan Party is organized, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any such other jurisdiction will not give effect to the choice of law of the State of New York as the proper law, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such provisions.  Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Australia, New Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own names under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Amcor UK has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of the United Kingdom and each other Non-US Loan Party has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable.  Each of the Non-US Loan Parties has the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and such irrevocable submission and the waiver by each Non-US Loan Party of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceedings in such Federal or State court are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized would not give effect to such submission and waivers, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or based on public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such submission and waivers.  Each Non-US Loan Party has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e).  Service of process in the manner set forth in Section 9.09(d) will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over each Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts in Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized will not recognize as valid and final, or will not enforce, any final and conclusive judgment against Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party, respectively, obtained in any such Federal or State court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party under the Loan Documents, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public

 

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policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to jurisdictional matters (including consent to service of process provisions).

 

SECTION 3.19.    No Immunity.   Each Non-US Loan Party is subject to civil and commercial laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Loan Party of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  None of the Non-US Loan Parties or any of their properties has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.20.    Proper Form; No Recordation.   With respect to each Non-US Loan Party, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are in proper legal form under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents.  It is not necessary, in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which any Non-US Loan Party is party, that this Agreement or such other Loan Document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document, except for (a) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the applicable Loan Document is sought to be enforced and (b) any charge or tax as has been timely paid by such Non-US Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.    Effective Date.   This Agreement shall become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02); provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03:

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis) either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Borrower (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Bemis) either a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such Borrower has signed a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

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(b)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrowers in the United States and England and Wales, and (ii) Gilbert + Tobin, counsel for Parent in Australia, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of Parent, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.03(a) and 4.03(b).

 

(e)           The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(f)            The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower no less than five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2019 (and, in the event such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

SECTION 4.02.    Availability Date.   The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Revolving Loan is subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions; provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder are further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03:

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement signed on behalf of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New

 

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Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement and (ii) each of New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit thereto) signed on behalf of New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Availability Date) of each of (i) Armstrong Teasdale LLP, counsel for Bemis in the United States, and (ii) Ogier, counsel for Parent in the Bailiwick of Jersey, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of New Amcor and Bemis, the authorization of the Transactions by New Amcor and Bemis and any other legal matters relating to New Amcor and Bemis, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           (i) The exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, implemented pursuant to a scheme of arrangement pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.  The Transaction Agreement (including the terms of the Scheme (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019) and the Deed Poll (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)) shall not have been amended or modified (including, in the case of the Scheme, any amendments or modifications thereto required by the Court (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)), or any provision or condition therein (including any condition set forth on Exhibit A thereto) waived, or any consent granted thereunder, if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that Amcor may, with respect to any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of Amcor, together with a copy of, or a substantially final draft of, such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, stating that Amcor has determined in good faith that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such), in which case such certificate shall, on the fifth Business Day after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, constitute conclusive evidence that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless, within such five Business Day period, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify Amcor in writing that it or they disagree with such determination by Amcor.

 

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(f)            The Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated.

 

(g)           The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Availability Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(h)           No Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(i)            The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Availability Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of New Amcor, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(e), 4.02(f), 4.02(g) and 4.02(h).

 

(j)            The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Availability Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Availability Date, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(k)           The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to New Amcor and Bemis required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date, and (ii) to the extent New Amcor or Bemis qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date.

 

SECTION 4.03.    Each Credit Event.   The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Loan on the occasion of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan) is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

 

(a)           The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents (other than, after the Availability Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a)) shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Revolving Borrowing, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(b)           At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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On the date of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (or any component thereof) shall not exceed the maximum amount thereof (or the maximum amount of any such component) specified in Section 2.01.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and, other than in the case of the affirmative covenants set forth in paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) of Section 5.01, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.    Financial Statements and Other Information.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:

 

(a)           (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited Accounts as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and (A) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such fiscal year and (B) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable GAAP; provided that if the comparative figures for the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (a) prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such prior fiscal year, and (ii) if any Loan Party is at any time required by law in its place of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, to prepare annual financial statements, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Loan Party, copies of such financial statements;

 

(b)           within 90 days after the end of (i) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the first six-month period of each fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, its Accounts as of the end of and for such period and, in the case of clause (ii), the portion of such fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in

 

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comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (A) in the case of Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such six-month period and (B) in the case of Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of such fiscal year then ended on a consolidated basis (and, in each case, if required by applicable law, audited and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)); provided that if the comparative figures for any portion of the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such prior fiscal year prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such portion of the prior fiscal year;

 

(c)           concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Parent, (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (consistent with the detail provided under the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and any Applicable Credit Agreement) demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.05 and 6.06 (and, in the event any pro forma adjustment shall have been made as contemplated by the definitions of the terms EBITDA and Net Interest Expense, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such pro forma adjustments) and (iii) if any change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of Parent most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05) that has had, or could have, a significant effect on the calculations of the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio or the Leverage Ratio, specifying the nature of such change and the effect thereof on such calculations;

 

(d)           concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) above, a certificate or letter of the accounting firm that audited such Accounts stating that it has reviewed this Agreement and stating further that Parent and the Borrowers are in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(e)           promptly after the same become publicly available (or, if not made publicly available, promptly after distribution by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be), copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the ASX Limited or any other securities exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be;

 

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(f)            promptly after any reasonable request by any Lender therefor, such information and documentation as required (i) by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” rules with respect to any Loan Party, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or (ii) for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

 

(g)           promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Parent or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that Parent shall not be required to furnish any such information that Parent determines after consultation with counsel qualified to advise on such matters (which may be in-house counsel) that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 9.12, Parent would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public disclosure thereof.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (e) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if and when such information, or one or more annual, semi-annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of Parent at http://www.amcor.com or the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.  In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, Parent shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised Compliance Certificates with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of Parent.

 

SECTION 5.02.    Notices of Material Events.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)           the occurrence of, or receipt by Parent of any written notice claiming the occurrence of, (i) any default or event of default under any Existing Amcor Credit Agreement, any Existing Amcor Note Document or any other Principal Facility Agreement or (ii) any Default;

 

(b)           the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Parent to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;

 

(c)           any change to any Applicable Unsecured Rating;

 

(d)           the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(e)           any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification;

 

(f)            the effectiveness of any amendment contemplated by Section 1.08, together with true and complete copies of the Applicable Credit Agreement containing the applicable MFN Provision; and

 

(g)           any other development that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Parent setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and, in the case of clause (a) above, any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.    Subsidiary Guarantees.   Parent will ensure that at all times each Subsidiary that has Guaranteed any Material Financial Indebtedness of Parent, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis (or is otherwise a co-obligor on, or jointly liable with respect to, any such Material Financial Indebtedness) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor by duly executing and delivering a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, on behalf of such Person, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this Section 5.03 shall not apply to that certain class order deed CO 98/1418 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as such class order is amended from time to time, and to the benefit of any Guarantees provided solely as part thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.    Existence; Conduct of Business.   (a)  Each of Parent and the Borrowers will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence (and shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, from that applicable on the date hereof) and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that clause (ii) above shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03.

 

(b)           (i) Prior to the Availability Date, each of Amcor UK and Amcor US shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor and (ii) on and after the Availability Date, each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Bemis shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

(c)           Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 5.05.    Maintenance of Properties.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep and maintain all property used in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.06.    Insurance.   Parent and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or with a wholly-owned Subsidiary on arms’-length terms, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are prudent or usual for a Person of established repute conducting a business similar to it in the same or similar locations.

 

SECTION 5.07.    Books and Records.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep proper and adequate books of record and account in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.08.    Compliance with Laws.   Parent and each Subsidiary will comply with all laws, including all orders of any Governmental Authority, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.09.    Use of Proceeds.   The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used solely for general corporate purposes of Parent and the Subsidiaries, to consummate the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing and to repay or prepay any other Financial Indebtedness of Parent and the Subsidiaries; provided that the proceeds of any Revolving Loan may not be used directly or indirectly in a manner or for a purpose that would (or would, but for any applicable limitation in any Loan Document) result in a contravention of Part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act.  None of Parent or any Borrower will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of the Revolving Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities or business of or with a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction, any goods originating from a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or any Person located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or owned or controlled by such Person.

 

SECTION 5.10.    Ranking of Obligations .  Each Loan Party shall take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that the Obligations of such Loan Party rank and, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, will rank, at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated Financial Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.    Subsidiary Indebtedness.   Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than Amcor UK, Amcor US, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on and after the

 

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Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis) to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)           Financial Indebtedness owed to Parent or any of the Subsidiaries;

 

(b)           Limited Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(c)           Financial Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Financial Indebtedness existed on the date that such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and was not incurred in anticipation thereof, (ii) such Financial Indebtedness is repaid in full within one year of the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of such Financial Indebtedness if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (iii) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Financial Indebtedness was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division; and

 

(d)           other Financial Indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Financial Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (d) (or, in the case of any such Financial Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all Financial Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.02.    Liens.   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)           any Permitted Encumbrances; or

 

(b)           other Liens securing Financial Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness secured thereby (or, in the case of any such Liens in existence on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Financial Indebtedness (other than Limited Recourse Indebtedness) secured by any Liens on assets of Parent or any Subsidiary (other than Liens referred to in clauses (e) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.03.    Asset Sales.   Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether directly or through any merger or consolidation of, or any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Equity Interests in, or the assets of, Parent or any Subsidiary) (a) all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (b) any assets pursuant to a Material Disposition for an aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or greater than US$300,000,000, unless, after giving pro forma effect thereto, Parent shall be in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06.

 

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SECTION 6.04.    Use of Proceeds.   No Borrower will request any Revolving Borrowing, and neither Parent nor any Borrower shall use, and each of Parent and the Borrowers shall procure that its subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Revolving Borrowing (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.    Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.06.    Leverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)           any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Revolving Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise and, solely if the cause of such failure is a banking system delay or interruption, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days;

 

(b)           Parent or any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)           any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document provided pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

(d)           Parent or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a)(ii), 5.04(a)(i) (with respect to Parent’s or any Borrower’s existence) or 5.09 or in Article VI;

 

(e)           any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);

 

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(f)            Parent or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Financial Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, relating to such Material Financial Indebtedness;

 

(g)           any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Financial Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Financial Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof;

 

(h)           an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding, petition or appointment shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(i)            Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or clause (h) of this Article or (vi) solely in the case of Parent, become subject to Parent Bankruptcy Event;

 

(j)            Parent or any Borrower shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)           one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) (other than any such judgment covered by third party insurance to the extent the insurer has been notified of such judgment and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer), shall be rendered against Parent or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which

 

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execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)            any Loan Document is or becomes void, voidable or unenforceable, or is asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be valid and enforceable;

 

(m)          any material obligation of any Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document or the performance of any such obligation is or becomes at any time illegal or invalid under any applicable law;

 

(n)           (i) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor UK or Amcor US shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor or (ii) on or after the Availability Date, Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US or Bemis shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor; or

 

(o)           a Change in Control shall occur;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Parent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Revolving Loans at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or any Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent as its agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

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an Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action.  Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to such Agent by Parent or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent or (F) any determination with respect to (1) the existence or the extent of any legal impediments on the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (it being acknowledged by the Lenders that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any evaluation as to whether any such impediment exists unless and until it shall have been requested to do so in writing by a Lender and, in connection with any such evaluation or determination, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent) selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel) or (2) the terms of the subordination referred to in the definition of the term the Subordinated Debt Allowance.  Each Agent shall be deemed to

 

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have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.03, and then only to as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided any consent or direction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be affected by any subsequent delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof, including pursuant to Section 9.01(e).  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to each Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Revolving Loan.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and Parent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the Foreign Administrative Agent) shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent, or with an office in London or Frankfurt, in the case of a successor to the Foreign Administrative Agent or, in each case, an

 

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Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such, and (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Parent to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30 th  day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender.  After any Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Foreign Administrative Agent under the penultimate paragraph of this Article.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Revolving Loan shall then be

 

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due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower or other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Revolving Loans that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to any Agent and, in the event that any Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agents to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents (each of the foregoing, a “ Titled Person ”) shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder, and, without limiting the foregoing, no Titled Person shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or with Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(a)           such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(b)           the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

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(c)           (i) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(d)           such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

In addition, unless either (1) clause (a) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (d) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

The Administrative Agent and each other Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Revolving Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Revolving Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

The Foreign Administrative Agent (the “ Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ”) may at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent, nominate an Affiliate of the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent (such Affiliate, a “ Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ”) to act as a successor Foreign Administrative Agent.  A notice to nominate a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent must be in the form of Exhibit J (the “ Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ”) and be countersigned by the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent confirming it will be bound as the Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  Such Substitute Foreign Administrative

 

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Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Foreign Administrative Agent, and the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall mean such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent effective immediately upon delivery of such Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent.  With respect to Section 9.01(a)(ii), the address for notices for the Foreign Administrative Agent shall be, upon such succession and without further action, the address for the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent set forth in the Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice.  A Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent will be treated as the Foreign Administrative Agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents for so long as it continues to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  The Designating Foreign Administrative Agent may revoke its designation of an Affiliate as a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent.  Upon such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent’s ceasing to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent, the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent will automatically assume (and be deemed to assume without further action by any party) all rights and obligations previously vested in such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of Parent’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Parent or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.    Notices.   (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)            if to Parent or any Borrower, to Parent (or c/o Amcor, as applicable) at Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050 Zurich, Attention of Group Treasurer/VP Treasury (Fax No. +44 44 316 17 18; Email Address: graeme.vavasseur@amcor.com);

 

(ii)           if to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Fax No. (302) 634-1417; Email Addresses: lauren.mayer@jpmorgan.com and 12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com) with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Demetrius Dixon (Email Address: Demetrius.dixon@chase.com); and

 

(iii)          if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)           Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business

 

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day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)           Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Any notices or other communications to an Agent, Parent or any Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to the Platform shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

(d)           Any party hereto may change its address, telephone number, email address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to Parent and the Agents).

 

(e)           In connection with any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request required to be provided hereunder to the Foreign Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall furnish with such request telephone call-back information designating a Financial Officer or other authorized employee of the applicable Borrower (or of Parent on its behalf) as authorized to confirm and provide any additional information relating to any such request as the Foreign Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order to give effect to such request. The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be authorized to seek any such confirmation or additional information by telephonic request.  The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any information provided by such designated Person and, in the event such designated Person is not, in fact, available to provide any such information by telephone call-back, the Foreign Administrative Agent shall have no liability for any failure to act in connection with any such request or notice.

 

(f)            The Borrowers agree that any Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on the Platform.  The Platform and any Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agents, the Titled Persons and their respective Related Parties do not warrant, and shall not be deemed to warrant, the adequacy of the Platform or the Communications, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person

 

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for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s, any Agent’s or any Titled Person’s transmission of communications through the Platform, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).  Parent, each Borrower and each Lender agrees that any Agent or any Titled Person may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Communications on the Platform in accordance with its customary document retention procedures and policies.

 

SECTION 9.02.    Waivers; Amendments.   (a)  No failure or delay by any Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agents and the Lenders hereunder and 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 provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Revolving Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b)           Except as provided in Section 1.08, 2.04(e), 2.07(d), 2.08(b) and 2.13(b), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Parent and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (B) reduce the principal amount of any Revolving Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the currency of any Revolving Loan or any interest or fee, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Revolving Loan or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment (including any such postponement as a result of any modification to the term “Commitment Outside Date”), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the

 

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term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release (including by limiting liability in respect thereof) (i) any Borrower or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement or (ii) one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (other than those that are also Borrowers) from their Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement if such Guarantees represent a material portion of the aggregate value of the Guarantees of all the Subsidiary Guarantors (except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) amend, modify or waive the condition set forth in Section 4.02(f), without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of any Agent without the prior written consent of such Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Revolving Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.   (a)  Parent and the Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the commitment letter and any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, (ii) all reasonable and documented expenses of the Agents associated with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by any Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing (including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Revolving Loans made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Revolving Loans.

 

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(b)                                  Parent and the Borrowers shall indemnify each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein (in the case of any Arranger), the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto) or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that (x) such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) a material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (iii) claims of one or more Indemnitees against another Indemnitee (other than claims against any Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or the Arrangers in their capacities or in fulfilling their roles as such) and not involving any act or omission of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (y) Parent and the Borrowers shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of more than one law firm at any time for the Indemnitees as a whole (and, if reasonably deemed necessary by the Indemnitees, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel for each relevant specialty, in each case for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs Parent of such conflict, Parent and the Borrowers shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated (and if reasonably deemed necessary by such affected Indemnitee, one additional firm of such local counsel or specialty counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                                   To the extent that Parent and the Borrowers fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related

 

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Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).

 

(d)                                  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet and the Platform), except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the material breach by such Indemnitee of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                   To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against each other such Person on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not limit the obligations of Parent and the Borrowers to indemnify, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, any Indemnitee against any such damages that may be awarded against it or any indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations of the Loan Parties set forth in any other Loan Document.

 

(f)                                    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.04.                                    Successors and Assigns.   (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) neither Parent nor any Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Parent or any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the sub-agents of any Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Revolving Loans at the time held or owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of:

 

(A)                                Parent; provided that no consent of Parent shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other

 

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assignment; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

 

(B)                                the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

 

(ii)                                   Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)                                except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Revolving Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000 (or (w) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (x) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (y) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000 and (z) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000), unless each of Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B)                                each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

 

(C)                                the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender;

 

(D)                                the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain Private Side Information) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including US Federal and state and foreign securities laws; and

 

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(E)                                 there must be no less than two Lenders or one Lender with its lending office in Australia remaining after giving effect to such assignment.

 

(iii)                                Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.03 and 9.17).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

 

(iv)                               The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Revolving Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and the Borrowers and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided that if Parent or any Borrower requests a copy of the Register, such copy shall be provided to Parent or such Borrower within two Business Days of such request.

 

(v)                                  Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt of) any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by

 

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this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.  Upon request of Parent, the Administrative Agent shall provide to Parent a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and Administrative Questionnaire that shall have been accepted by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of Parent, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (“ Participants ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Revolving Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (ii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Parent and the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at Parent’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with Parent to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)                                   Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Revolving Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Revolving Loans or its other rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Revolving Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement

 

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notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as an Agent) shall have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank with jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 9.05.                                    Survival.   All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Revolving Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and yield protection obligations as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.05(b), 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.18, 9.03 and 9.17 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Revolving Loans, the expiration or termination of Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.06.                                    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.   (a)  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate fee letters with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or the Lenders constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under any commitment letter entered in connection herewith (but do not supersede any other provisions of any such commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect).  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis), and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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(b)                                  The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require any Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

SECTION 9.07.                                    Severability.   Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 9.08.                                    Right of Setoff.   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate thereof is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of Parent or any Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Parent or any Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Parent or any Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.

 

SECTION 9.09.                                    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.   (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented, and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws or other rules that would result in the application of laws of a different jurisdiction; provided further that (i) the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required by the laws of Victoria, Australia, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Victoria, Australia and (ii) the determination of whether the Bemis Merger shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required under the laws of the State of Missouri, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)                                  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York

 

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County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such New York State court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(c)                                   Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(e)                                   Each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Amcor US, with an address of 2801 SW 149 Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, Florida 33027, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation, appointment and empowerment, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) to receive, accept and forward for and on its behalf service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing a copy of such process to any such Loan Party in the care of the Authorized Agent at its address set forth above, and each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    In the event any Loan Party or any of its assets has or hereafter acquires, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or after judgment), execution, judgment or setoff, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such immunity.

 

SECTION 9.10.                                    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER

 

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AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 9.11.                                    Headings.   Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.12.                                    Confidentiality.   Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential or be subject to customary confidentiality obligations of employment or professional practice, (b) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, semi-governmental authority, self-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall, (x) except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority) and (y) in the case of any request or demand of any self-regulatory authority, to the extent reasonably practicable, (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction or any actual or prospective credit insurance provider (or its Related Parties), relating to any of Parent or the Borrowers and their obligations hereunder, (g) with the consent of Parent, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent or a Borrower or (i) solely with respect to Information about this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to market data collectors, as such Information is routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from Parent or any Borrower relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any Borrower.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same

 

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degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

SECTION 9.13.                                    Interest Rate Limitation.   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Revolving Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Revolving Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Revolving Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Revolving Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Revolving Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Revolving Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.14.                                    “Know Your Customer” Notices.   Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with such Act and Rules.

 

SECTION 9.15.                                    No Fiduciary Relationship.   Each of Parent and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 9.16.                                    Non-Public Information.   (a)  Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by Parent, any Borrower or any Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement, will be syndicate-level information, which may contain Private Side Information.  Each Lender represents to Parent, the Borrowers and the Agents that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of Private Side Information and that it will handle Private Side Information in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Unites States Federal and state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its

 

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Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain Private Side Information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)                                  Parent, the Borrowers and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by any Agent through Debt Domain, IntraLinks TM , SyndTrak or any other electronic platform chosen by such Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”), (i) the Agents may post any information that Parent has indicated as containing Private Side Information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Parent has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains Private Side Information, each Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives.  Parent agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Agents by or on behalf of Parent or any Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and each Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Parent without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.  In the event that any Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Lender acknowledges that (A) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (B) none of Parent, any Borrower, any Agent or any other Titled Person has any responsibility for such Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.17.                                    Conversion of Currencies.   (a)  If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)                                  The obligations of each of Parent and the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any party to any other Loan Document or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document (the “ Applicable Creditor ”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder or under such other Loan Document (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, Parent and such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.

 

SECTION 9.18.                                    Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.   (a)  Parent may (but, except as provided in Section 5.03, is not required to), at any time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by causing such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form specified therein, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and

 

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opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.01(f), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

(b)                                  In the event that (i) all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Borrower) that is owned by Parent and the Subsidiaries is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.03, (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such solely pursuant to Section 9.18(a), immediately after giving effect to such release (and assuming that all of the Financial Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such release has been incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date), all of the Financial Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries shall be permitted under Section 6.03 or (iii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such pursuant to Section 5.03, such Subsidiary Guarantor (if it were not already a party to the Guarantee Agreement) would no longer be required, pursuant to Section 5.03, to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, then, in each case, promptly following Parent’s request and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such release, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to Parent, at Parent’s expense, a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement.  In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent may request that Parent deliver to it a certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the requirements to such release set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied, and the Administrative Agent may rely on, and shall incur no liability for relying upon, any statements made in any such certificate.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this paragraph shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.19.                                    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under this Agreement, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)                                  the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)                                  the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)                                      a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)                                   a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

 

(iii)                                the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name:

Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name:

Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title:

Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 

individually and as the Administrative Agent

 

and Foreign Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name:

Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title:

Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Additional Defined Terms

 

Defined Term

 

Prior to the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

On and after the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

“EBITDA”

 

means, for any period, the profit on ordinary activities before income tax expense, net finance costs, amortization or impairment of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), and after excluding any Significant Items for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, (a) without duplication, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (i) net interest expense for such period, (ii)  income tax expense for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash charges or expenses for such period and (v) the amount of any one-time transaction costs (including compensation and acquisition costs) incurred in connection with the Combination Transactions for such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $190,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, minus (b) to the extent included in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

 

 

“Finance Lease”

 

means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

means a lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on a balance sheet under the Applicable GAAP.

 

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“Net Interest Expense”

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total finance expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of the post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as borrowing costs for such period and (c) any discounting of the long term provisions of Parent and the Subsidiaries recognized as borrowing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total interest expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of any post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as interest expense for such period and (c) the interest component of any discounting of long term provisions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

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“Total Net Indebtedness”

 

means, as of any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding interest-bearing liabilities of Parent and the Subsidiaries as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other financial liabilities” as disclosed in such Accounts and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of interest-bearing liabilities given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP; provided that Total Net Indebtedness will be determined without giving effect to any principle resulting in valuation of any Financial Indebtedness below the full stated principal amount thereof (including on account of any election to value any Financial Indebtedness at “fair value” or, in the case of any convertible debt instruments, to value such debt instruments in a bifurcated manner).

 

means, as of any date (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) and short-term debt as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, in each case as disclosed in such Accounts, and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of long-term debt or short-term debt given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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Exhibit 10.10

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of May 30, 2019 (this “ Amendment ”), to the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372) (“ Amcor ”), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers under the Facility Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested an amendment to the Facility Agreement to extend the Commitment Outside Date; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Lenders is willing to agree to such amendment on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement (as amended hereby).

 

SECTION 2.  Amendments .  Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the definition of “Commitment Outside Date” in Section 1.01 of the Facility Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date “June 1, 2019” with the date “July 16, 2019”.

 

SECTION 3.  Effectiveness .  This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “ First Amendment Effective Date ”) when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received from Amcor and each Lender either (a) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (b) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.  Effect of  Amendment .  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.  This Amendment shall

 


 

constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 5.  Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 6.  Governing Law .  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 7.  Headings .  Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually and as Administrative Agent and a Lender,

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 


 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE

AMCOR THREE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature block:

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


Exhibit 10.1 1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 30, 2019,

 

among

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC,

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Syndication Agents

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED,

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTINA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FILIALE LUXEMBURG,

ING BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, GENEVA BRANCH,

MIZUHO BANK EUROPE N.V.,

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

TD SECURITIES

and

UNICREDIT BANK AG,
as Documentation Agents

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.

Defined Terms

 

1

SECTION 1.02.

Classification of Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

 

30

SECTION 1.03.

Terms Generally

 

30

SECTION 1.04.

Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations

 

31

SECTION 1.05.

Currency Translation

 

32

SECTION 1.06.

Syndicated Facility Agreement

 

33

SECTION 1.07.

Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification

 

33

SECTION 1.08.

Most Favored Nation Provision

 

33

SECTION 1.09.

Effectuation of the Combination Transactions

 

33

SECTION 1.10.

Divisions

 

34

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

Commitments

 

34

SECTION 2.02.

Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

 

34

SECTION 2.03.

Requests for Revolving Borrowings

 

35

SECTION 2.04.

[Reserved]

 

36

SECTION 2.05.

Funding of Revolving Borrowings

 

36

SECTION 2.06.

Interest Elections

 

36

SECTION 2.07.

Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments

 

38

SECTION 2.08.

Repayment of Revolving Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt

 

40

SECTION 2.09.

Prepayment of Revolving Loans

 

41

SECTION 2.10.

[Reserved]

 

42

SECTION 2.11.

Fees

 

43

SECTION 2.12.

Interest

 

43

SECTION 2.13.

Alternate Rate of Interest

 

44

SECTION 2.14.

Increased Costs

 

45

SECTION 2.15.

Break Funding Payments

 

46

SECTION 2.16.

Payments Free of Taxes

 

47

SECTION 2.17.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

 

53

SECTION 2.18.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 

55

SECTION 2.19.

Defaulting Lenders

 

56

SECTION 2.20.

Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers

 

56

 


 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers

 

57

SECTION 3.02.

Corporate and Governmental Authorization

 

57

SECTION 3.03.

Enforceability of Obligations

 

57

SECTION 3.04.

No Contravention or Exceeding Power

 

58

SECTION 3.05.

Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change

 

58

SECTION 3.06.

Accuracy of Disclosure

 

58

SECTION 3.07.

Properties

 

59

SECTION 3.08.

Litigation and Environmental Matters

 

59

SECTION 3.09.

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

 

59

SECTION 3.10.

Investment Company Status

 

60

SECTION 3.11.

ERISA

 

60

SECTION 3.12.

Ranking of Obligations

 

60

SECTION 3.13.

Related Parties

 

60

SECTION 3.14.

Benefit from Transactions

 

60

SECTION 3.15.

Execution not as a Trustee

 

60

SECTION 3.16.

Federal Reserve Regulations

 

60

SECTION 3.17.

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction

 

61

SECTION 3.18.

Choice of Law Provisions

 

61

SECTION 3.19.

No Immunity

 

62

SECTION 3.20.

Proper Form; No Recordation

 

62

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

Effective Date

 

62

SECTION 4.02.

Availability Date

 

63

SECTION 4.03.

Each Credit Event

 

65

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

Financial Statements and Other Information

 

66

SECTION 5.02.

Notices of Material Events

 

68

SECTION 5.03.

Subsidiary Guarantees

 

69

SECTION 5.04.

Existence; Conduct of Business

 

69

SECTION 5.05.

Maintenance of Properties

 

69

SECTION 5.06.

Insurance

 

70

SECTION 5.07.

Books and Records

 

70

SECTION 5.08.

Compliance with Laws

 

70

SECTION 5.09.

Use of Proceeds

 

70

SECTION 5.10.

Ranking of Obligations

 

70

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Subsidiary Indebtedness

 

70

SECTION 6.02.

Liens

 

71

 

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SECTION 6.03.

Asset Sales

 

71

SECTION 6.04.

Use of Proceeds

 

72

SECTION 6.05.

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio

 

72

SECTION 6.06.

Leverage Ratio

 

72

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.

Notices

 

80

SECTION 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments

 

82

SECTION 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

 

83

SECTION 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

 

85

SECTION 9.05.

Survival

 

89

SECTION 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

 

89

SECTION 9.07.

Severability

 

90

SECTION 9.08.

Right of Setoff

 

90

SECTION 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

90

SECTION 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

91

SECTION 9.11.

Headings

 

92

SECTION 9.12.

Confidentiality

 

92

SECTION 9.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

 

93

SECTION 9.14.

“Know Your Customer” Notices

 

93

SECTION 9.15.

No Fiduciary Relationship

 

93

SECTION 9.16.

Non-Public Information

 

93

SECTION 9.17.

Conversion of Currencies

 

94

SECTION 9.18.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

 

94

SECTION 9.19.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

 

95

 

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ANNEX :

 

Annex A

— Additional Defined Terms

 

SCHEDULES :

 

Schedule 2.01

— Commitments

Schedule 6.02

— Existing Liens

 

EXHIBITS :

 

Exhibit A

— Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

— Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C

— Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

— Form of Closing Certificate

Exhibit E

— Form of Guarantee Agreement

Exhibit F

— Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit G

— Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit H-1

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-2

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-3

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-4

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit I

— Form of Maturity Date Extension Request

Exhibit J

— Form of Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice

 

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FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.            Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Accession Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Accounts ” means the consolidated statement of financial position (or consolidated balance sheet), consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of Parent and the Subsidiaries, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP, together with reports (including, if applicable, directors’ reports and auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such LIBOR Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Aggregate Commitment ” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.

 


 

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all the Lenders at such time.

 

Agreement Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the applicable Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in US Dollars (assuming an Interest Period of one month); provided that if the applicable Screen Rate is not available for a one-month Interest Period but the applicable Screen Rate is available for maturities both longer and shorter than a one-month Interest Period, then the applicable Screen Rate for purposes of this sentence shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13, then, for purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Alternative Currency ” means each of Australian Dollars, Euros, Sterling  and Swiss Francs.

 

Amcor ” means Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, and, following the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Amcor Exchange Scheme ” means the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Amcor UK ” means Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Amcor US ” means Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Bribery Act 2010.

 

Applicable Agent ” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, and with respect to any payment hereunder that does not relate to a particular Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent, and (b)

 

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with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Administrative Agent or, as designated by the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Administrative Agent .

 

Applicable Credit Agreement ” means (a) each Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, (b) the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (c) the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Amcor, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.

 

Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Applicable GAAP ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP.

 

Applicable GAAP Transition Date ” means the date designated as such by Parent in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice may delivered by Parent at its option at any time.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, at any time, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time.  If all the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans”, “Applicable Rate for ABR Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating as of such date.

 

Category

 

Applicable
Unsecured Rating
(Moody’s/S&P)

 

Applicable Rate
for Eurocurrency
Revolving Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Applicable Rate for
ABR
Revolving Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Commitment
Fee Rate
(bps per annum)

 

Category 1

 

A3/A- or higher

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

10.0

 

Category 2

 

Baa1/BBB+

 

112.5

 

12.5

 

12.5

 

Category 3

 

Baa2/BBB

 

125.0

 

25.0

 

15.0

 

Category 4

 

Baa3/BBB-

 

150.0

 

50.0

 

20.0

 

Category 5

 

Lower than Baa3/BBB-

 

175.0

 

75.0

 

25.0

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if (a) either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating in Category 5, (b) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be the applicable rates per annum corresponding to the higher (or numerically lower) of such Categories unless one of the Applicable Unsecured Ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that corresponding to the higher of the two Applicable Unsecured Ratings and (c) if the Applicable

 

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Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Parent and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of Applicable Unsecured Ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating of such rating agency most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

Applicable Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to either of Moody’s or S&P at any time, (a) prior to the later of (i) the Availability Date and (ii) Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, first establishing an Unsecured Rating with respect to New Amcor, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to Amcor and (b) thereafter, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to New Amcor.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers ” means JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

AUD Bank Bill Rate ” means, with respect to any BBR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

Australia ” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Australian Accounting Standards ” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

Australian Dollars ” or “ A$ ” refers to lawful money of Australia.

 

Australian Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (Australia) or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (Australia), as applicable.

 

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Australian Withholding Tax ” means any Tax imposed on or required to be withheld or deducted from any interest or other payment under Division 11A of Part III of the Australian Tax Act or Subdivision 12-F of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) (Australia).

 

Authorized Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(e).

 

Availability Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Availability Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the first Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, statutory manager, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that (a) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, as long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any agreements made by such Person, and (b) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of an Undisclosed Administration.

 

BBR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the AUD Bank Bill Rate.

 

Bemis ” means Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation and, following the consummation of the Bemis Merger, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

Bemis Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Borrower ” means Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis.

 

Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000, (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000, and (f) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars or an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$1,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €1,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000, and (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Sydney are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits denominated in such currency in the Relevant Interbank Market and (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR Revolving Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day.

 

Change in Control ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person or group having obtained Control (within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act) of Parent, (ii) the occurrence of a change of Control (within such meaning) of Parent or (iii) Parent becoming a subsidiary of another Person and (b) on and after the Availability Date, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests in Parent representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Parent;

 

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provided , however , in either case, that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority (other than any such request, rule, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement as such law, rule or regulation was in effect on such date (and without giving effect to any changes referred to in clause (b) above applicable thereto)); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

 

Charges ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Closing Certificate ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, a closing certificate of such Loan Party substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with respect to New Amcor, as may be reasonably agreed by Parent and the Administrative Agent to be modified to reflect applicable law), together with all attachments thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Combination Transactions ” means, collectively, the Amcor Exchange Scheme and the Bemis Merger.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Accession Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$1,500,000,000.

 

Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Commitment Outside Date ” means the earliest of (a) 5:00 p.m., U.S. Central time, on June 1, 2019, (b) the date on which the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the effectiveness of the Amcor Exchange Scheme or the consummation of the Bemis Merger and (c) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to such date, the first date on which the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated.

 

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Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to any Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Confidential Materials ” means the Confidential Materials dated March 2019, relating to the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consenting Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Corporations Act ” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

 

Declining Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Revolving Loans or (ii) to pay to any Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Parent or any Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Revolving Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Parent or any Agent made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Revolving Loans, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by Parent or such Agent, as applicable, of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it (and the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall not have been the requesting party), (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action, or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

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Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Dividing Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “ Division ”.

 

Division ” means the division of the assets, rights, obligations and/or liabilities of a Person (the “ Dividing Person ”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

Documentation Agents ” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina, S.A. New York Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Filiale Luxemburg, ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva branch, Mizuho Bank Europe N.V., Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, TD Securities and UniCredit Bank AG, each in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

EBITDA ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which EBITDA is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means all rules, regulations, directives, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, and applicable to or binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary relating in any way to protection of the environment, to carbon emissions or the protection of the climate, to reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.

 

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability of a third party is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Parent, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

EURIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

EURIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the EURIBO Rate.

 

Euro ” or “ ” means the single currency unit of the member States of the European Community that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate .

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VII.

 

Exchange Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into US Dollars at the time of determination on such date as last provided (either by publication or as may otherwise be provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (determined based on New York City time) immediately preceding such day of determination.  In the event that Reuters ceases to provide such rate of exchange or such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters source, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying such rate of exchange at such time as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

 

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) US withholding Taxes and United Kingdom withholding Taxes (excluding (x) United Kingdom withholding Taxes for which relief is available under an applicable double taxation treaty and where the relevant Lender holds a valid passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and has provided the applicable Borrower with confirmation of such passport number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to enable the applicable Borrower to complete relevant formalities to avoid United Kingdom withholding Taxes and (y) United Kingdom withholding Taxes on payments made by any Guarantor under any Guarantee of the Obligations ( provided that this clause (y) shall not apply to the extent that United Kingdom withholding Taxes on interest payments made by the applicable Borrower would have been Excluded Taxes)) imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Revolving Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Revolving Loan (it

 

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being understood that, for purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to have “acquired” an interest in such Revolving Loan by the making thereof or any other acquisition thereof) or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Parent under Section  2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Revolving Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with or breach of warranty under Section 2.16(f) or 2.16(j) or any corresponding warranty in any agreement amending this Agreement, (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any Australian Withholding Tax imposed as a result of the Lender being an Offshore Associate of Amcor in relation to the receipt of a payment.

 

Existing Amcor Credit Agreements ” means (a) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, (b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HSBC Bank plc, as agent, (c) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders and affiliates of lenders party thereto and Westpac Banking Corporation, as agent, and (d) the Facility Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522), in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Amcor Note Documents ” means (a) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2009, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, (b) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, and (c) the Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028, together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto,  in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2013, among Bemis, certain subsidiaries of Bemis party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Note Documents ” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association (f/k/a First Trust National Association), relating to the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2019, the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Borrowings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

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Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing ” means the repayment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (other than contingent obligations that are not yet due) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, the cancelation and termination of all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements (or the lenders thereunder otherwise being released from their participation obligations with respect thereto), the termination of all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements and the release and termination of all Guarantees and collateral, if any, in respect of the Existing Credit Agreements.

 

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and the Existing Bemis Credit Agreement.

 

Existing Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code.

 

FATF ” means the Financial Action Task Force.

 

FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction ” means a jurisdiction identified by the FATF in its public statement (available at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnon-cooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-october-2018.html) as subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions (a) to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from such jurisdiction or (b) to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing and substantial money laundering and financing risks emanating from such jurisdiction.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Finance Lease ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Financial Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Financial Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Financial Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or

 

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contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Financial Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Financial Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Financial Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, any vice president (solely with respect to Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests), the director of financial reporting or controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary, assistant secretary, manager or director of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual (and in respect of which the Administrative Agent has not received a notice of revocation).

 

Foreign Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as foreign administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (a) in reference to a Borrower that is a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is not a US Person and (b) in reference to a Borrower that is not a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person means any guarantee, indemnity, letter of credit, letter of comfort giving rise to legal liabilities of suretyship or any other obligation (whatever called and of whatever nature) (a)(i) to pay, to purchase or to provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities, the purchase of assets, rights or services or otherwise) for the payment or discharge of, (ii) to indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of or (iii) to otherwise be responsible for any obligation or indebtedness of any other Person, or (b) to maintain the solvency or financial condition of any other Person.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Financial Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (A) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (B) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (A), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (B), in good faith by Parent)).

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, together with all supplements thereto.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature as each is (including carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent or the Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

HMRC ” means H.M. Revenue and Customs.

 

IBA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.

 

Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

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Increasing Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes and VAT, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

 

Index Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, senior unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Revolving Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two (other than in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing), three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by each Lender participating therein, 12 months thereafter (other than in the case of a BBR Revolving Borrowing)), as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Revolving Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Revolving Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Revolving Borrowing.

 

Interpolated Screen Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, a rate per annum that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the applicable period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is longer than the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Screen Rate is required to be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof; provided that the Interpolated Screen Rate shall in no event be less than zero.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Jersey Companies Law ” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

Joinder Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

JPMorgan ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person in respect of which such Lender is a subsidiary.

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

LIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest (including, in relation to a Person incorporated or organized under the laws of Australia, a security interest as defined in section 12(1) or 12(2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) (Australia)) or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Financial Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by Parent or a Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) in whose favor such Financial Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against Parent or any Subsidiary or against the Project Assets, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of such Project Assets encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (b) the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment

 

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or repayment of any amount from, Parent or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against Parent or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, Parent or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Financial Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, each Accession Agreement and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(e).

 

Loan Parties ” means each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on and after the Availability Date, each of New Amcor and Bemis.

 

Mandatory Restrictions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such acquisition or series of related acquisitions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Disposition ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Subsidiary or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such sale, transfer or other disposition or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Financial Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Loans and Guarantees under the Loan Documents) of any one or more of Parent and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency); provided that, any Financial Indebtedness under any Applicable Credit Agreement shall at all times constitute “Material Financial Indebtedness”.

 

Maturity Date ” means April 30, 2023, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.08(b); provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

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Maturity Date Extension Request ” means a request by Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.08(b).

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Merger Sub ” means Arctic Corp., a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

MFN Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” means each of (a) the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (b) the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Net Interest Expense ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which Net Interest Expense is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, Net Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Net Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

New Amcor ” means Amcor plc (f/k/a Arctic Jersey Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Non-US Loan Party ” means Amcor, Amcor UK and any other Loan Party that is formed, incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for

 

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any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided , however , that, if both such rates are not published for any day that is a Business Day, the “NYFRB Rate” shall be the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

 

OFAC ” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Offshore Associate ” means an Associate (a) that is a non-resident of Australia and would not become a Lender, or does not receive a payment, in carrying on a business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in Australia or (b) that is a resident of Australia and would become a Lender, or does receive a payment, in carrying on a business in a country outside Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in that country, and which, in either case, would not become a Lender in the capacity of a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme, or does not receive such payment in the capacity of a clearing house, paying agent, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme.

 

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

Parent ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor and (b) on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor.

 

Parent Bankruptcy Event ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is (or states or is presumed for the purposes of the Corporations Act that it is) an insolvent under administration or insolvent (each as defined in the Corporations Act), (ii) is taken (under section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand, (iii) is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2)(b) or section 585 of the

 

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Corporations Act (or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes it is so subject) or (iv) is subject to any plan of compromise or arrangement, a proposal or a notice of intention to file a proposal, assignment, moratorium or composition, protected from creditors under any statute or dissolved (in each case, other than to carry out a reconstruction or amalgamation while solvent on terms not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for Parent to be declared “bankrupt” or (ii) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law.

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

 

Participants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) any Liens on any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that each such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date hereof;

 

(b) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by Parent or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(c) any Lien existing on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial

 

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Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (v) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Lien was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division;

 

(d) any Lien created to secure new Financial Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the Equity Interests or assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and in the case of assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

(e) any Lien created to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed, and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to Parent or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(f) any Lien for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(g) any Lien for moneys borrowed from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project where such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and where the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(h) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(i) any Lien over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Lien secures only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

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(j) any Lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(k) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures (i)  in the case of a Lien over assets or property referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Parent or such Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of Parent or such Subsidiary;

 

(l) any Lien arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any Subsidiary; and

 

(m) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary securing any Financial Indebtedness that repays or refinances all or any of the Limited Recourse Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by clause (a) of this definition (an “ Existing Security ”), provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any asset or property which was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount of Financial Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such repayment or refinancing and (iii) such Financial Indebtedness is Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16(b).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum rate published by the Board of Governors in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Principal Facility Agreement ” means (a) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, (b) the Existing Amcor Note Documents, (c) any Applicable Credit Agreement, (d) on and after the Availability Date, the Existing Bemis Note Documents and (e) any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument that, directly or indirectly and in whole or in part, extends, renews, refinances, refunds or replaces any of the foregoing (in the case of clause (d), on and after the Availability Date).

 

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Private Side Information ” means information that (a) is not available to all holders of Traded Securities of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) is material non-public information (for purposes of securities laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey and any other applicable jurisdiction).

 

Private Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.

 

Project ” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by Parent or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

Project Assets ” means (a) any asset or property of Parent or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of Parent or such Subsidiary derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent of such Subsidiary, provided that (i)  such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive Private Side Information.

 

Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in any currency for any Interest Period, (a) if such currency is US Dollars or Swiss Francs, the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, (b) if such currency is Euros, the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period and (c) if such currency is Australian Dollars or Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period, in each case unless market practice differs for loans denominated in the same currency as the applicable Revolving Loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day for any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in such currency shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day shall be the last of those days).

 

Recipient ” means any Agent or any Lender, as applicable.

 

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b).

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

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Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

Relevant Interbank Market ” means (a) with respect to US Dollars, Sterling and Swiss Francs, the London interbank market, (b) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market and (c) with respect to Australian Dollars, the Australian interbank market.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Aggregate Commitment at such time.

 

Restricted Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Reuters ” means Thomson Reuters Corporation, a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, or a successor thereto.

 

Revolving Borrowing ” means Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and to the same Borrower and, in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of such Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Revolving Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any Person or Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) above.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the Australian government or (d) the government of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Screen Rate ” means (a) in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, or in respect of any determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in the applicable currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a

 

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term equivalent to the relevant period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion), (b) in respect of the EURIBO Rate for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Market Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Interest Period, as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page EURIBOR01) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) and (c) in respect of the AUD Bank Bill Rate for any Interest Period, the Australian Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Bid) administered by the ASX Benchmark Pty Limited (ACN 616 075 417) (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for bills of exchange in Australian Dollars with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page BBSY) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that (i) if, as to any currency, no Screen Rate shall be available for a particular period but Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such period at such time, then the Screen Rate for such period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time and (ii) if any Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, such Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant Item ” means any non-cash and non-recurring item of income or expense of such size, nature or incidence that is relevant to the user’s understanding of the performance of the entity and is disclosed as a “Significant Item” in the Accounts.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) Amcor UK, (b) Amcor US, (c) on and after the Availability Date, (i) Amcor and (ii) Bemis, (d) each Subsidiary that has total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in its subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) and (e) any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, have total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in their subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Specified Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Specified Time ” means (a) with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time, (b) with respect to the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time and (c) with respect to the AUD Bank Bill Rate, 11:00 a.m., Sydney time.

 

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR

 

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Revolving Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Sterling ” or “ £ ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

Subordinated Debt Allowance ” means, on any date, Financial Indebtedness of Parent, a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is unsecured and junior and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subsequent Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person that is a subsidiary of the parent within the meaning of part 1.2 division 6 of the Corporations Act or (ii) any Person (A) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, that is otherwise “controlled” by the parent within the meaning of the Applicable GAAP or (B) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of Parent.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that, on or after the Effective Date, is a party to, and provides a Guarantee of the Obligations under, the Guarantee Agreement; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.01, such Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Loan Party if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Subsidiary is subject to any applicable law (including any financial assistance rule or any corporate benefit rule) impeding in any material respect the ability of such Subsidiary to perform in full its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (without giving effect to any limitations on such obligations relating to law that is set forth in the Guarantee Agreement) and advises Parent thereof in writing.

 

Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Swiss Francs ” or “ CHF ” means the lawful currency of Switzerland.

 

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Syndication Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

TARGET Day ” means any day on which both (a) the Trans European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be a replacement therefor for purposes hereof) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (b) banks in London are open for general business.

 

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any VAT), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Test Period ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period most recently ended of 12 consecutive months ended on June 30 and December 31 of each year and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent most recently ended, in each case, for which Accounts have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, are referred to in Section  3.05(a)).

 

Titled Person ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Total Net Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of Parent and the Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by Parent from any share capital issuance by Parent consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

Traded Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, in each case that have been issued pursuant to a public offering under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to Rule 144A or a similar private placement under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

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Transaction Agreement ” means the Transaction Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018, by and among Amcor, New Amcor, Merger Sub and Bemis, together with the exhibits thereto, the Scheme (as defined therein) implemented pursuant thereto and the Deed Poll (as defined therein) entered in connection therewith.

 

Transactions ” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowing of Revolving Loans hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the Combination Transactions and the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Applicable Credit Agreements and related loan documentation to which it is a party and (e) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate, the AUD Bank Bill Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

Undisclosed Administration ” means, with respect to any Lender, the appointment of an administrator or other similar supervisory official by a supervisory authority or regulator pursuant to the law of the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if the applicable law of such country requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed (and such appointment has not been publicly disclosed).

 

Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to the rating by Moody’s or S&P in relation to any Person at any time, (a) the public rating assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to the Index Debt of such Person at such time or (b) if Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, shall not have in effect at such time a rating referred to in clause (a), then the public corporate rating (however denominated) assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to such Person at such time.

 

Unused Commitment ” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

US Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time in effect under the provisions of Section 1.05.

 

US Dollars ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

US Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

VAT ” means (a) any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) and (b) any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referred to in clause (a) of this definition, or imposed elsewhere.

 

VAT Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Relevant Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

wholly-owned ”, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

SECTION 1.02.            Classification of Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings.   For purposes of this Agreement, Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Loan” or a “EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.            Terms Generally.   The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any

 

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definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to, this Agreement.  In relation to any Lender that is incorporated in Germany or otherwise is subject to the regulations referred to below (each, a “ Restricted Lender ”), any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein that refers to Sanctions and/or a Sanctioned Person (each, a “ Specified Provision ”) shall only apply for the benefit of such Restricted Lender to the extent that such Specified Provision would not result in (i) a violation of, conflict with or liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom) or (ii) a violation of or conflict with section 7 foreign trade rules (AWV) (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (in connection with section 4 paragraph 1 no. 3 foreign trade law (AWG) (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)) or a similar anti-boycott statute (the “ Mandatory Restrictions ”).  In the case of any consent or direction by Lenders in respect of any Specified Provision of which a Restricted Lender does not have the benefit due to a Mandatory Restriction, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Required Lenders, for so long as such Restricted Lender shall be subject to a Mandatory Restriction, the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Restricted Lender will be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the requisite consent of the Lenders has been obtained or direction by the requisite Lenders has been made, it being agreed, however, that, unless, in connection with any such determination, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender stating that such Lender is a Restricted Lender with respect thereto, each Lender shall be presumed, in connection with such determination, not to be a Restricted Lender.

 

SECTION 1.04.            Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations.   (a)  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards as in effect from time to time and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if Parent, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to Parent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof, then (i) such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) Parent shall provide such statements of reconciliation as are reasonably necessary to enable calculations of any ratio or amount set forth herein on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied before such change shall have become effective.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial

 

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Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Financial Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Financial Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Financial Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Financial Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, (iii) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under Australian GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AAS 16 (Leases) (or any other Australian Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations), and (iv) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under US GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations).

 

(b)           All computations in respect of EBITDA or Net Interest Expense for any period required to be made hereunder giving pro forma effect to any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period as follows: (i) historical revenues and other historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) directly attributable to the property or Person subject to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition (x) in the case of a Material Acquisition, shall be included (but without giving effect to any cost savings or synergies) and (y) in the case of a Material Disposition, shall be excluded and (ii) any retirement of Financial Indebtedness and any Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be given pro forma effect as if the same had occurred on the first day of such period (and if any such Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedge Agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such Hedge Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months)).

 

SECTION 1.05.            Currency Translation.   The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency two Business Days prior to the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date two Business Days prior to the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such Alternative Currency in relation to US Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section, be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this sentence.  The Administrative Agent may also determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency as of such other dates as the Administrative Agent shall select in its discretion, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of each determination of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency.

 

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SECTION 1.06.            Syndicated Facility Agreement.   This Agreement is a “syndicated facility agreement” for the purposes of section 128F(11)(a) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

SECTION 1.07.            Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification.   The interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “ IBA ”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate.  As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans.  In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b), Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify Parent, pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Screen Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

 

SECTION 1.08.            Most Favored Nation Provision.   In the event that any Applicable Credit Agreement shall contain any financial covenant, any restrictive covenant, any event of default, any subsidiary guarantee or any collateral requirement (each, an “ MFN Provision ”) that is either not set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or is more restrictive on Parent and the Subsidiaries or otherwise more favorable to the lenders or other creditors thereunder than the corresponding provisions set forth in this Agreement or such other Loan Document, then this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have been amended to incorporate such MFN Provision, mutatis mutandis , as if set forth fully herein or therein, without any further action required on the part of any Person, effective as of the date when such MFN Provision became effective under such Applicable Credit Agreement.  Parent shall execute any and all further documents and agreements, including amendments hereto, and shall take all such further actions, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to give effect to this paragraph.  Failure by Parent or any Subsidiary to observe or perform any provision incorporated pursuant to this Section shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (d) of Article VII, provided that the period of grace (if any) applicable to the failure to observe or perform the MFN Provision set forth in the Applicable Credit Agreement shall also apply hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.09.            Effectuation of the Combination Transactions.   All references herein to Parent and its Subsidiaries upon the consummation of any Combination Transaction shall be deemed to be references to such Persons after giving effect to such

 

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Combination Transaction.  In addition, (a) any representations or warranties made or deemed to be made on any date on which a Combination Transaction is consummated shall be made or deemed to be made after giving effect to the consummation of such Combination Transaction and the provisions of clause (b) below and (b) upon the consummation of the Bemis Merger, Total Tangible Assets shall be redetermined to give pro forma effect to the Bemis Merger as if it had occurred on the date of the applicable balance sheet referred to in the definition of the term Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 1.10.            Divisions.   For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.            Commitments.   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency to each Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount for all such Revolving Loans that will not result in (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment or (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

SECTION 2.02.            Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings.   (a)  Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Revolving Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments to the same Borrower.  The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or LIBOR Revolving Loans, as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Revolving Loans, (iii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely of EURIBOR Revolving Loans and (iv) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars shall be comprised entirely of BBR Revolving Loans.  Each Lender at its option may make any Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Revolving Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Revolving Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)           At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, and at the time each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple

 

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and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing and (ii) an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments.  Revolving Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03.            Requests for Revolving Borrowings.   To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing, (b) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing or (c) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the Borrower requesting such Revolving Borrowing (or on whose behalf Parent is requesting such Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)           the currency and the principal amount of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(iii)          the date of such Revolving Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iv)          the Type of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(v)           in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(vi)          the location and number of the account of the applicable Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank, if applicable) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent).

 

If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars.  If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing, (B) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euro, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (C) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in

 

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Australian Dollars, a BBR Revolving Borrowing and (D) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the requested Revolving Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.04.            [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.05.            Funding of Revolving Borrowings.   (a)  Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:30 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Applicable Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account designated in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)           Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender’s share of such Revolving Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, (A) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (x) the NYFRB Rate and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (x) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12.  If any Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Applicable Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Applicable Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Borrower shall not be required to pay such amount to the Applicable Agent and such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Revolving Borrowing.  Any payment by any Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Applicable Agent.

 

SECTION 2.06.            Interest Elections.   (a)  Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing (if denominated in US Dollars) to a Revolving Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency

 

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Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  A Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing and the Revolving Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrower shall be permitted to change the currency of any Revolving Borrowing or elect an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)           To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type and in the currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such election shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)           the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)          the Type of the resulting Revolving Borrowing; and

 

(iv)          if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(c)           Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Revolving Borrowing.

 

(d)           If the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, such Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing,

 

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such Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified Parent of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing and BBR Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

SECTION 2.07.            Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments.   (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date and (ii) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to the Commitment Outside Date, the Commitment Outside Date.

 

(b)           Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

 

(c)           Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

(d)           Parent may at any time and from time to time, after the Availability Date, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly upon receipt deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders) executed by Parent and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution being referred to as an “ Increasing Lender ”), which may include any Lender, cause Commitments of the Increasing Lenders to be increased (or cause the Increasing Lenders to extend new Commitments) in an amount for each Increasing Lender (which shall not be less than US$5,000,000) set forth in such notice; provided that (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to this paragraph, (ii) after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this paragraph (a “ Commitment Increase ”), the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of all Commitment Increases established pursuant to this paragraph

 

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plus (B) the aggregate amount of all “Commitment Increases” (or equivalent term) established under and as defined in any Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement shall not exceed US$500,000,000, (iii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (iv) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Parent (an “ Accession Agreement ”).  Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Lender is a party (and the effectiveness of the new Commitment of such Lender in accordance with this paragraph), such Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder.  Each Commitment Increase shall become effective on the date specified in the applicable notice delivered pursuant to this paragraph (which date shall be at least five Business Days after the date of delivery of such notice); provided that no Commitment Increase shall become effective unless (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such Commitment Increase as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) on the effective date of such Commitment Increase, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of such Commitment Increase and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (C) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above shall have been satisfied.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the effective date of each Commitment Increase (the “ Increase Effective Date ”), and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  On the Increase Effective Date of any Commitment Increase, (i) the aggregate principal amount of any Revolving Loans outstanding (the “ Existing Borrowings ”) immediately prior to such Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Increasing Lender that shall have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the difference between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing (as hereinafter defined) and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, (iii) each Increasing Lender that shall not have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the product of (1) such Increasing Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (iv) after the Applicable Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Applicable Agent shall remit (in the applicable currency) to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference (if

 

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positive) between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (v) after the effectiveness of such Commitment Increase, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have made new Borrowings (the “ Subsequent Borrowings ”) in amounts and currencies equal to the amounts and currencies of the Existing Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.03, (vi) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Subsequent Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) and (vii) the Borrowers shall pay each Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Revolving Loans comprising the Existing Borrowings.  To the extent the Existing Borrowings include any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings, the deemed payments of such Existing Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period(s) relating thereto.

 

SECTION 2.08.            Repayment of Revolving Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt.   (a)  Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower on the Maturity Date (in the case of any Declining Lender, without giving effect to the extension thereof pursuant to Section 2.08(b)).

 

(b)           Parent may, after the Availability Date, by delivery of a Maturity Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly upon receipt deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders), request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date for an additional period of one year; provided that (i) Parent shall provide no more than one Maturity Date Extension Request in any 12-month period and (ii) there shall be no more than two extensions of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section; provided further that, no extension may result in the Maturity Date as so extended being more than four years after the date of effectiveness of such extension.  Each Lender shall, by notice to Parent and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Maturity Date Extension Request from Parent, advise Parent whether or not it agrees to the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension being called a “ Consenting Lender ”, and each Lender declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “ Declining Lender ”).  Any Lender that has not so advised Parent and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining Lender.  If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have agreed to a Maturity Date Extension Request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect.  The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity Date Extension Request shall be at the sole discretion of each Lender.  The Commitment of any Declining Lender shall terminate on the Maturity Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such extension (such Maturity Date being called the “ Existing Maturity Date ”).  The principal amount of any outstanding Revolving Loans made by Declining Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of such Declining Lenders hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date the Borrowers shall also make such other prepayments of the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.09 as shall be required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining Lenders pursuant to this sentence, (x) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would

 

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not exceed its Commitment.  Parent shall have the right, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.18(b), at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective unless (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such extension as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (ii) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of effectiveness of such extension and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (iii) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated the date of effectiveness of such extension and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above shall have been satisfied.

 

(c)           Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Revolving Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal, interest and fees payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(d)           The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Revolving Loans and interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)           Any Lender may request that Revolving Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Revolving Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.09.            Prepayment of Revolving Loans.   (a)  The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Revolving Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

 

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(b)           If, on any date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed the Aggregate Commitment, then the applicable Borrowers shall, (i) if any ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (B) the amount of such ABR Revolving Borrowings and (ii) if no ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding or such excess is not eliminated after giving effect to any prepayment of Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), on the last day of each successive Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing occurring after receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (2) the amount of the applicable Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed 105% of the Aggregate Commitment, then the Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent to Parent, prepay one or more Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

(c)           Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Revolving Borrowings hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Revolving Borrowing or Revolving Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.

 

(d)           The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile promptly thereafter) of any optional prepayment and any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable), (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, four Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable) and (iii) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Revolving Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.

 

SECTION 2.10.            [Reserved].

 

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SECTION 2.11.                                    Fees.   (a)  Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily Unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the 15th day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and in the event of the termination in whole of the Commitment of any Lender, on the date of such termination.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

(b)                                  Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.12.                                    Interest.   (a)  The Revolving Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)                                  The Revolving Loans comprising each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at (i) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, the Adjusted LIBO Rate and (ii) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, the LIBO Rate, in each case for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)                                   The Revolving Loans comprising each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the EURIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(d)                                  The Revolving Loans comprising each BBR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the AUD Bank Bill Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(e)                                   [Reserved].

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Revolving Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(g)                                   Accrued interest on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Revolving Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Revolving Loan (other than a

 

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prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Revolving Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.  All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Revolving Loan is denominated.

 

(h)                                  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate and (ii) interest on Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in the case of ABR Revolving Loans, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate, AUD Bank Bill Rate or Alternate Base Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13.                                    Alternate Rate of Interest.   (a)  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in any currency:

 

(i)                                      the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period; or

 

(ii)                                   the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans included in such Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof (which may be by telephone) to Parent and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Applicable Agent notifies Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency and for such Interest Period shall be ineffective, (B) any affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, unless repaid, be continued as an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (C) any Borrowing Request for an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, be deemed a request for an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be ineffective (and no Lender shall be obligated to make a Revolving Loan on account thereof).

 

(b)                                  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have arisen (including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have not arisen but either (A) the

 

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supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate), (B) the supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate) or (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans denominated in the applicable currency, then the Administrative Agent and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention in the United States for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans denominated in the applicable currency at such time, and the Administrative Agent and Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (it being understood that such amendment shall not reduce the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this paragraph (b), only to the extent the applicable Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), clauses (A) through (C) of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be applicable.

 

SECTION 2.14.                                    Increased Costs.   (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                      impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

 

(ii)                                   impose on any Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; or

 

(iii)                                subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Revolving Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or other

 

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Recipient (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                                  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of or the Revolving Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)                                   A certificate of a Lender or other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and an explanation of how such amount or amounts were determined, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that no Lender shall deliver such certificate, and seek compensation under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, unless such Lender is generally seeking, or intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to the applicable Change in Law.  Parent shall pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)                                  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Parent shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.                                    Break Funding Payments.   In the event of (a) the payment by any Borrower of any principal of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by any Borrower to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Lender to fund a Revolving Loan required to be funded by it hereunder), convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, Parent shall (subject to the penultimate

 

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sentence of this Section) compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such event, including, to the extent that any of the foregoing Revolving Loans are denominated in an Alternative Currency, the actual costs and expenses of such Lender attributable to the premature unwinding of any Hedge Agreement entered into by such Lender in respect to the foreign currency exposure attributable to such Revolving Loan.  In the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Revolving Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate or AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Revolving Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any Applicable Rate that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Revolving Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Relevant Interbank Market.  Parent shall also compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to any failure by any Borrower to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.16.                                    Payments Free of Taxes.   (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)                                  Payment of Other Taxes and VAT.   The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes and VAT.

 

(c)                                   Evidence of Payments.   As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Parent by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                                   Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)                                    Status of Lenders .  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, such information or properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition and subject to Section 2.16(g), any Lender, if reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other information or documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will enable Parent or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal, tax or commercial position of such Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an applicable Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party that, in each case, is not a US Person or is not resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes, the applicable Lender will not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (f)(i) unless it has received written notice from such Borrower or such other Loan Party advising it of the availability of an exemption or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Borrower or such other Loan Party is located and containing all applicable documentation (together, if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof) required to be completed by such Lender in order to receive any such exemption or reduction, and such Lender is reasonably satisfied that it is legally able to provide such documentation to such Borrower or such other Loan Party.

 

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(ii)                                   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a US Person:

 

(A)                                (i) any Lender that is a US Person shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), copies (by facsimile or electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) of executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from US backup withholding tax, and (ii) the Applicable Agent with respect to such Borrower shall deliver to such Borrower on or prior to the date on which such Applicable Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Applicable Agent is exempt from US Federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)                                  executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any of the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)                                  to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the

 

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Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in US Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                                if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to US Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)                                   (i)  Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax on interest payable by Amcor UK under any applicable double taxation treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party, and that holds a passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall include an indication to that effect by including its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire and its jurisdiction of tax residence (or otherwise provide the scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Administrative Agent and Parent, for the benefit of Amcor UK) and subject to paragraph (g)(iii) below, having so provided its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number shall be under no further obligation pursuant to Section 2.16(f) in respect of Amcor UK.

 

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(ii)                                   Where a Lender includes the indication described in paragraph (g)(i) above, Amcor UK shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 with respect to each such Lender with HMRC within 30 days of the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of that filing.  No Borrower shall file a form DTTP2 or file any other form relating to the HMRC Double Tax Passport scheme unless a Lender has provided its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above or such Lender otherwise agrees.

 

(iii)                                If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above and Amcor UK has not filed a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender or Amcor UK has filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender but (y) the form DTTP2 has been rejected by HMRC or (z) HMRC has not given Amcor UK authority to make payments to such Lender without withholding or deduction on account of Tax within 60 days of the date Amcor UK filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender and, in the case of clause (y) or (z), Amcor UK has notified such Lender thereof in writing, such Lender and Amcor UK shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for Amcor UK to obtain authorization to make that payment without any withholding or deduction on account of Tax.

 

(h)                                  Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes (which, for purposes of this Section 2.16, with respect to Taxes which arise in the United Kingdom, shall include a credit against or relief of any such Taxes) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                                      United Kingdom Taxation . Each of Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor represents and warrants that it is resident for Tax purposes only in the United Kingdom.  Each of Amcor and Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis represents and warrants that it is not resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

 

(j)                                     Australian Taxation.   (i)  Each Arranger represents to Amcor that (A) on behalf of Amcor, it has made invitations to become a Lender under this Agreement to 10 or more Persons, each of whom, as at the date the relevant invitation was made, such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed was carrying on

 

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the business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, and (B) such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed 10 or more of such invitees were not Associates of each other or of Amcor.

 

(ii)                                   Amcor confirms that none of the potential invitees whose names were disclosed to it by an Arranger before the date of this Agreement were known or suspected by it to be an Offshore Associate of Amcor.  Amcor also confirms that each Borrower under this Agreement is (A) a member of the same “wholly-owned group” (as defined in the Australian Tax Act) or (B) an Associate of each other Borrower.

 

(iii)                                Each Lender listed in Schedule 2.01 represents and warrants that (A) an invitation to become a Lender under this Agreement was made to it by the Arrangers on behalf of Amcor, (B) it was at the time of the invitation, and will be at the time of making by it of any Revolving Loan to Amcor, carrying on a business of providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities, in the course of operating in financial markets and (C) except as disclosed to Amcor, insofar as its officers and agents who were involved in its becoming a party to this Agreement have actual knowledge, it is not an Associate of any other Person which was invited to become a Lender under the Agreement.

 

(iv)                               At the cost of Amcor, each of the Lenders and the Arrangers will, to the extent it is reasonably able to do so, do or provide such other things (including information) which Amcor reasonably requests it to do or provide in connection with the invitations to become Lenders under this Agreement which Amcor considers practicable and necessary to demonstrate that the requirements of section 128F of the Australian Tax Act are satisfied.

 

(k)                                  Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(l)                                      VAT .  (i)  All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any party to any Recipient that (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply for VAT purposes shall, except as otherwise agreed by such Recipient, be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT that is chargeable on such supply.  Subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, such party shall pay to such Recipient (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient shall have delivered to such party an invoice complying with the applicable legal requirements) unless such party is obligated by law to account directly to the applicable Governmental Authority for such VAT.  If there is an adjustment to the consideration in respect of a supply to which this Section 2.16(l)(i) applies, (A) the additional amount paid or payable to the applicable Recipient must be recalculated, taking into account any previous adjustments under this clause (A), to reflect the occurrence of such adjustment and the other party or the Recipient, as the case requires, must pay to the other the amount required to reflect the recalculation of the additional amount, and (B) the Recipient must provide any relevant documentation in respect of the adjustment (including, if relevant, an adjustment note) to the other party as soon as practicable after the Recipient becomes aware of the occurrence of such adjustment.

 

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Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ VAT Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the VAT Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration) (x) (where the VAT Supplier is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall also pay to the VAT Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT.  The VAT Recipient shall (where the immediately foregoing clause (x) applies) promptly pay to the VAT Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the VAT Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply and (y) (where the VAT Recipient is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

 

(iii)          Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify any Recipient for any cost or expense, such party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, except to the extent that such Recipient reasonably determines that it, or any company of its group, is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

(iv)          Any reference in paragraph (i) through (iii) above to any party shall, at any time when such party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or equivalent legislation and the council directive 2006/112/EEC on the common system of value added tax).

 

(v)           In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, such party must promptly provide such Recipient with details of such party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

(m)          Defined Terms.   For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

SECTION 2.17.    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.   (a)  Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due), in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Agent to such account as the Applicable Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to Parent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Applicable Agent

 

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shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Revolving Loan shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Revolving Loan; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by any Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such payment.

 

(b)           If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agents to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due, and expenses then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due or reimbursable as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all fees then due, and all costs and expenses then due or reimbursable, to the Agents (in their capacity as such) under any Loan Document; and

 

SECOND, to the payment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the Lenders (ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties).

 

(c)           If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.08(b)) (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time).  Each of Parent and the Borrowers consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Parent or such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Parent or such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)           Unless an Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to such Agent for the account of any Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, such Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower

 

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has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at (i) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (A) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)           If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of any Agent, then each Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by any Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.05(b), 2.16(e), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.18.    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.   (a)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that  are recoverable from any Governmental Authority) (or if it becomes reasonably likely that such compensation or payment will be required to be made), then such Lender shall (at the request of Parent) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Revolving Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Parent hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

(b)           If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority), (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender, (iv) any Lender is a Declining Lender or (v) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) Parent shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or

 

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conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or Parent (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law, (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the status of such Lender as a Declining Lender, the assignee shall have agreed to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request and (F) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

SECTION 2.19.    Defaulting Lenders .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)           commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the Unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Defaulting Lender is a “Defaulting Lender”; and

 

(b)           the Commitment and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and Parent each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, and such Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Defaulting Lender (but shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fees accrued during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or other modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this Section 2.19 during such period shall be binding on it).  The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.19 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Borrower may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.

 

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but not including the Availability Date, and each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints New Amcor to serve as its agent on and after the Availability Date, in each case for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the giving and receipt of notices (including any Borrowing Request and any Interest Election Request) and (b) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that any amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be effected as set forth in Section 9.02, that such Person shall be bound by this Agreement or any other Loan Document (if it is theretofore a party thereto) as so amended or modified and that (in the case of Amcor, to the extent such amendment or other modification is effected on or after the Availability Date) no consent of such Person shall be required to effect any such amendment or other modification.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Parent, as to itself and the Subsidiaries, and each Borrower, as to itself and its subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Effective Date (solely with respect to Amcor and its subsidiaries), the Availability Date and thereafter as of each date on which representations and warranties are required to be, or are deemed to be, made under the Loan Documents, that:

 

SECTION 3.01.    Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers.   Each Loan Party is duly formed, incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.    Corporate and Governmental Authorization.   The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party.  The Transactions do not require any consent or approval of, or any registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (or, in the case of the Combination Transactions, will be obtained or made and will be in full force and effect on the Availability Date).

 

SECTION 3.03.    Enforceability of Obligations.   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Amcor, Amcor US and Amcor UK and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor and Bemis, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, in each case, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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SECTION 3.04.    No Contravention or Exceeding Power.   The Transactions (a) do not and will not violate any material law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party or any of its properties, (b) do not and will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitutional documents or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any limitations on its powers or the powers of its directors or other governing or managing body, (c) do not and will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under (i) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, any Applicable Credit Agreement, the Existing Amcor Note Documents or, upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, the Existing Bemis Note Documents or (ii) any other indenture or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that any such default, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any Subsidiary.  No Loan Party organized under the laws of Australia has contravened or will contravene part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.05.    Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change.   (a)  Amcor has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its Accounts (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period and the portion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.  Such Accounts, and all Accounts provided by Parent pursuant to Section 5.01, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and give a true and fair view of the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and of their performance for the periods covered thereby.  As of December 31, 2018, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary had any material actual or contingent liabilities except as disclosed or reflected in the Accounts referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)           There has been, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date, no event or condition since June 30, 2018, that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.06.    Accuracy of Disclosure.   (a)  Neither the Confidential Materials nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or furnished hereunder or thereunder, nor any information formally presented prior to the Effective Date to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in bank meetings or conference calls in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, other than information of a general economic or industry nature), taken as a whole, contained, as of the date when furnished or presented, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state, as of the date when furnished or presented, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, Parent and the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Parent to be reasonable at the time such projected financial information was prepared (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond control of Parent and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that such projected financial information will be realized, and that such projected financial information may differ materially

 

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from actual future results).  As of the Effective Date, the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters relating to Parent and the Subsidiaries known to the Borrowers, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.01(f), then, as of the Effective Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.02(k), then, as of the Availability Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 3.07.    Properties.   Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.08.    Litigation and Environmental Matters.   (a)  There are (in the case of clause (i) below, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date) no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or (iii) to wind up or dissolve (or effect any analogous or similar action) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary and that, in the case of any such other Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) currently expects to be required to incur any capital or other cost for its respective operations to achieve or maintain compliance with any Environmental Law relating to greenhouse gas emissions or reductions thereto, (iii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.09.    Compliance with Laws and Agreements.   (a)  Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

 

(b)           Parent and each Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent a party thereto) is in compliance with the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, the Existing Amcor Note Documents, the Existing Bemis Note Documents, any Applicable Credit Agreement, all other indentures and credit agreements to which it is a party and all other agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would

 

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not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.10.    Investment Company Status.   None of Parent or any other Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECTION 3.11.    ERISA.   No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of such Plan, as of the date of the most recent Accounts reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s knowledge, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.

 

SECTION 3.12.    Ranking of Obligations.   The obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which it is a party rank at least equally with all of the unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 3.13.    Related Parties.  No Loan Party subject to the Corporations Act has contravened or will contravene section 208 or section 209 of the Corporations Act by executing and delivering any Loan Document or performing its obligations thereunder or participating in any transaction in connection with any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.14.    Benefit from Transactions.   Each Loan Party benefits by the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.15.    Execution not as a Trustee.   No Loan Party has executed or delivered any Loan Document in the capacity of a trustee, responsible entity or custodian of any trust, managed investment scheme or settlement.

 

SECTION 3.16.    Federal Reserve Regulations.   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X.  Not more than 25% of the value of the assets subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Parent or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender will at any time be represented by margin stock.

 

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SECTION 3.17.    Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.   Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Parent, its and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of Parent, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or their respective agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Revolving Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  None of Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 3.18.    Choice of Law Provisions.   The choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9.09 are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom and each other jurisdiction in which any Non-US Loan Party is organized, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any such other jurisdiction will not give effect to the choice of law of the State of New York as the proper law, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such provisions.  Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Australia, New Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own names under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Amcor UK has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of the United Kingdom and each other Non-US Loan Party has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable.  Each of the Non-US Loan Parties has the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and such irrevocable submission and the waiver by each Non-US Loan Party of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceedings in such Federal or State court are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized would not give effect to such submission and waivers, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or based on public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such submission and waivers.  Each Non-US Loan Party has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e).  Service of process in the manner set forth in Section 9.09(d) will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over each Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts in Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized will not recognize as valid and final, or will not enforce, any final and conclusive judgment against Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party, respectively, obtained in any such Federal or State court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party under the Loan Documents, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public

 

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policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to jurisdictional matters (including consent to service of process provisions).

 

SECTION 3.19.    No Immunity.   Each Non-US Loan Party is subject to civil and commercial laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Loan Party of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  None of the Non-US Loan Parties or any of their properties has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.20.    Proper Form; No Recordation.   With respect to each Non-US Loan Party, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are in proper legal form under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents.  It is not necessary, in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which any Non-US Loan Party is party, that this Agreement or such other Loan Document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document, except for (a) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the applicable Loan Document is sought to be enforced and (b) any charge or tax as has been timely paid by such Non-US Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.    Effective Date.   This Agreement shall become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02); provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03:

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis) either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Borrower (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Bemis) either a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such Borrower has signed a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

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(b)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrowers in the United States and England and Wales, and (ii) Gilbert + Tobin, counsel for Parent in Australia, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of Parent, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.03(a) and 4.03(b).

 

(e)           The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(f)            The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower no less than five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2019 (and, in the event such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

SECTION 4.02.            Availability Date.   The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Revolving Loan is subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions; provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder are further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03:

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement signed on behalf of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New

 

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Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement and (ii) each of New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit thereto) signed on behalf of New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Availability Date) of each of (i) Armstrong Teasdale LLP, counsel for Bemis in the United States, and (ii) Ogier, counsel for Parent in the Bailiwick of Jersey, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of New Amcor and Bemis, the authorization of the Transactions by New Amcor and Bemis and any other legal matters relating to New Amcor and Bemis, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           (i) The exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, implemented pursuant to a scheme of arrangement pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.  The Transaction Agreement (including the terms of the Scheme (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019) and the Deed Poll (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)) shall not have been amended or modified (including, in the case of the Scheme, any amendments or modifications thereto required by the Court (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)), or any provision or condition therein (including any condition set forth on Exhibit A thereto) waived, or any consent granted thereunder, if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that Amcor may, with respect to any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of Amcor, together with a copy of, or a substantially final draft of, such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, stating that Amcor has determined in good faith that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such), in which case such certificate shall, on the fifth Business Day after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, constitute conclusive evidence that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless, within such five Business Day period, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify Amcor in writing that it or they disagree with such determination by Amcor.

 

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(f)            The Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated.

 

(g)           The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Availability Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(h)           No Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(i)            The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Availability Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of New Amcor, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(e), 4.02(f), 4.02(g) and 4.02(h).

 

(j)            The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Availability Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Availability Date, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(k)           The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to New Amcor and Bemis required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date, and (ii) to the extent New Amcor or Bemis qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date.

 

SECTION 4.03.            Each Credit Event.   The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Loan on the occasion of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan) is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

 

(a)           The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents (other than, after the Availability Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a)) shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Revolving Borrowing, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(b)           At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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On the date of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (or any component thereof) shall not exceed the maximum amount thereof (or the maximum amount of any such component) specified in Section 2.01.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and, other than in the case of the affirmative covenants set forth in paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) of Section 5.01, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.            Financial Statements and Other Information.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:

 

(a)           (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited Accounts as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and (A) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such fiscal year and (B) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable GAAP; provided that if the comparative figures for the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (a) prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such prior fiscal year, and (ii) if any Loan Party is at any time required by law in its place of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, to prepare annual financial statements, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Loan Party, copies of such financial statements;

 

(b)           within 90 days after the end of (i) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the first six-month period of each fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, its Accounts as of the end of and for such period and, in the case of clause (ii), the portion of such fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in

 

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comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (A) in the case of Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such six-month period and (B) in the case of Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of such fiscal year then ended on a consolidated basis (and, in each case, if required by applicable law, audited and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)); provided that if the comparative figures for any portion of the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such prior fiscal year prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such portion of the prior fiscal year;

 

(c)           concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Parent, (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (consistent with the detail provided under the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and any Applicable Credit Agreement) demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.05 and 6.06 (and, in the event any pro forma adjustment shall have been made as contemplated by the definitions of the terms EBITDA and Net Interest Expense, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such pro forma adjustments) and (iii) if any change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of Parent most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05) that has had, or could have, a significant effect on the calculations of the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio or the Leverage Ratio, specifying the nature of such change and the effect thereof on such calculations;

 

(d)           concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) above, a certificate or letter of the accounting firm that audited such Accounts stating that it has reviewed this Agreement and stating further that Parent and the Borrowers are in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(e)           promptly after the same become publicly available (or, if not made publicly available, promptly after distribution by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be), copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the ASX Limited or any other securities exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be;

 

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(f)            promptly after any reasonable request by any Lender therefor, such information and documentation as required (i) by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” rules with respect to any Loan Party, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or (ii) for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

 

(g)           promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Parent or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that Parent shall not be required to furnish any such information that Parent determines after consultation with counsel qualified to advise on such matters (which may be in-house counsel) that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 9.12, Parent would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public disclosure thereof.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (e) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if and when such information, or one or more annual, semi-annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of Parent at http://www.amcor.com or the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.  In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, Parent shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised Compliance Certificates with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of Parent.

 

SECTION 5.02.            Notices of Material Events.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)           the occurrence of, or receipt by Parent of any written notice claiming the occurrence of, (i) any default or event of default under any Existing Amcor Credit Agreement, any Existing Amcor Note Document or any other Principal Facility Agreement or (ii) any Default;

 

(b)           the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Parent to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;

 

(c)           any change to any Applicable Unsecured Rating;

 

(d)           the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(e)           any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification;

 

(f)            the effectiveness of any amendment contemplated by Section 1.08, together with true and complete copies of the Applicable Credit Agreement containing the applicable MFN Provision; and

 

(g)           any other development that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Parent setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and, in the case of clause (a) above, any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.            Subsidiary Guarantees.   Parent will ensure that at all times each Subsidiary that has Guaranteed any Material Financial Indebtedness of Parent, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis (or is otherwise a co-obligor on, or jointly liable with respect to, any such Material Financial Indebtedness) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor by duly executing and delivering a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, on behalf of such Person, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this Section 5.03 shall not apply to that certain class order deed CO 98/1418 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as such class order is amended from time to time, and to the benefit of any Guarantees provided solely as part thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.            Existence; Conduct of Business.   (a)  Each of Parent and the Borrowers will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence (and shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, from that applicable on the date hereof) and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that clause (ii) above shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03.

 

(b)           (i) Prior to the Availability Date, each of Amcor UK and Amcor US shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor and (ii) on and after the Availability Date, each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Bemis shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

(c)           Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 5.05.            Maintenance of Properties.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep and maintain all property used in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.06.            Insurance.   Parent and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or with a wholly-owned Subsidiary on arms’-length terms, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are prudent or usual for a Person of established repute conducting a business similar to it in the same or similar locations.

 

SECTION 5.07.            Books and Records.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep proper and adequate books of record and account in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.08.            Compliance with Laws.   Parent and each Subsidiary will comply with all laws, including all orders of any Governmental Authority, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.09.            Use of Proceeds.   The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used solely for general corporate purposes of Parent and the Subsidiaries, to consummate the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing and to repay or prepay any other Financial Indebtedness of Parent and the Subsidiaries; provided that the proceeds of any Revolving Loan may not be used directly or indirectly in a manner or for a purpose that would (or would, but for any applicable limitation in any Loan Document) result in a contravention of Part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act.  None of Parent or any Borrower will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of the Revolving Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities or business of or with a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction, any goods originating from a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or any Person located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or owned or controlled by such Person.

 

SECTION 5.10.            Ranking of Obligations .  Each Loan Party shall take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that the Obligations of such Loan Party rank and, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, will rank, at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated Financial Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.            Subsidiary Indebtedness.   Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than Amcor UK, Amcor US, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on and after the

 

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Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis) to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)           Financial Indebtedness owed to Parent or any of the Subsidiaries;

 

(b)           Limited Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(c)           Financial Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Financial Indebtedness existed on the date that such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and was not incurred in anticipation thereof, (ii) such Financial Indebtedness is repaid in full within one year of the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of such Financial Indebtedness if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (iii) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Financial Indebtedness was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division; and

 

(d)           other Financial Indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Financial Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (d) (or, in the case of any such Financial Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all Financial Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.02.            Liens.   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)           any Permitted Encumbrances; or

 

(b)           other Liens securing Financial Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness secured thereby (or, in the case of any such Liens in existence on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Financial Indebtedness (other than Limited Recourse Indebtedness) secured by any Liens on assets of Parent or any Subsidiary (other than Liens referred to in clauses (e) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.03.            Asset Sales.   Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether directly or through any merger or consolidation of, or any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Equity Interests in, or the assets of, Parent or any Subsidiary) (a) all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (b) any assets pursuant to a Material Disposition for an aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or greater than US$300,000,000, unless, after giving pro forma effect thereto, Parent shall be in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06.

 

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SECTION 6.04.            Use of Proceeds.   No Borrower will request any Revolving Borrowing, and neither Parent nor any Borrower shall use, and each of Parent and the Borrowers shall procure that its subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Revolving Borrowing (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.            Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.06.            Leverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)           any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Revolving Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise and, solely if the cause of such failure is a banking system delay or interruption, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days;

 

(b)           Parent or any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)           any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document provided pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

(d)           Parent or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a)(ii), 5.04(a)(i) (with respect to Parent’s or any Borrower’s existence) or 5.09 or in Article VI;

 

(e)           any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);

 

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(f)            Parent or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Financial Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, relating to such Material Financial Indebtedness;

 

(g)           any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Financial Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Financial Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof;

 

(h)           an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding, petition or appointment shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(i)            Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or clause (h) of this Article or (vi) solely in the case of Parent, become subject to Parent Bankruptcy Event;

 

(j)            Parent or any Borrower shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)           one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) (other than any such judgment covered by third party insurance to the extent the insurer has been notified of such judgment and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer), shall be rendered against Parent or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which

 

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execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)            any Loan Document is or becomes void, voidable or unenforceable, or is asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be valid and enforceable;

 

(m)          any material obligation of any Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document or the performance of any such obligation is or becomes at any time illegal or invalid under any applicable law;

 

(n)           (i) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor UK or Amcor US shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor or (ii) on or after the Availability Date, Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US or Bemis shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor; or

 

(o)           a Change in Control shall occur;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Parent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Revolving Loans at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or any Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent as its agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

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an Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action.  Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to such Agent by Parent or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent or (F) any determination with respect to (1) the existence or the extent of any legal impediments on the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (it being acknowledged by the Lenders that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any evaluation as to whether any such impediment exists unless and until it shall have been requested to do so in writing by a Lender and, in connection with any such evaluation or determination, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent) selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel) or (2) the terms of the subordination referred to in the definition of the term the Subordinated Debt Allowance.  Each Agent shall be deemed to

 

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have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.03, and then only to as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided any consent or direction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be affected by any subsequent delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof, including pursuant to Section 9.01(e).  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to each Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Revolving Loan.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and Parent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the Foreign Administrative Agent) shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent, or with an office in London or Frankfurt, in the case of a successor to the Foreign Administrative Agent or, in each case, an

 

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Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such, and (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Parent to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30 th  day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender.  After any Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Foreign Administrative Agent under the penultimate paragraph of this Article.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

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due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower or other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Revolving Loans that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to any Agent and, in the event that any Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agents to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents (each of the foregoing, a “ Titled Person ”) shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder, and, without limiting the foregoing, no Titled Person shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or with Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(a)           such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(b)           the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

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(c)           (i) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(d)           such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

In addition, unless either (1) clause (a) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (d) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

The Administrative Agent and each other Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Revolving Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Revolving Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

The Foreign Administrative Agent (the “ Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ”) may at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent, nominate an Affiliate of the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent (such Affiliate, a “ Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ”) to act as a successor Foreign Administrative Agent.  A notice to nominate a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent must be in the form of Exhibit J (the “ Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ”) and be countersigned by the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent confirming it will be bound as the Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  Such Substitute Foreign Administrative

 

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Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Foreign Administrative Agent, and the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall mean such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent effective immediately upon delivery of such Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent.  With respect to Section 9.01(a)(ii), the address for notices for the Foreign Administrative Agent shall be, upon such succession and without further action, the address for the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent set forth in the Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice.  A Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent will be treated as the Foreign Administrative Agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents for so long as it continues to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  The Designating Foreign Administrative Agent may revoke its designation of an Affiliate as a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent.  Upon such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent’s ceasing to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent, the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent will automatically assume (and be deemed to assume without further action by any party) all rights and obligations previously vested in such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of Parent’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Parent or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.    Notices.   (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)            if to Parent or any Borrower, to Parent (or c/o Amcor, as applicable) at Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050 Zurich, Attention of Group Treasurer/VP Treasury (Fax No. +44 44 316 17 18; Email Address: graeme.vavasseur@amcor.com);

 

(ii)           if to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Fax No. (302) 634-1417; Email Addresses: lauren.mayer@jpmorgan.com and 12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com) with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Demetrius Dixon (Email Address: Demetrius.dixon@chase.com); and

 

(iii)          if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)           Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business

 

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day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)           Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Any notices or other communications to an Agent, Parent or any Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to the Platform shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

(d)           Any party hereto may change its address, telephone number, email address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to Parent and the Agents).

 

(e)           In connection with any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request required to be provided hereunder to the Foreign Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall furnish with such request telephone call-back information designating a Financial Officer or other authorized employee of the applicable Borrower (or of Parent on its behalf) as authorized to confirm and provide any additional information relating to any such request as the Foreign Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order to give effect to such request. The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be authorized to seek any such confirmation or additional information by telephonic request.  The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any information provided by such designated Person and, in the event such designated Person is not, in fact, available to provide any such information by telephone call-back, the Foreign Administrative Agent shall have no liability for any failure to act in connection with any such request or notice.

 

(f)            The Borrowers agree that any Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on the Platform.  The Platform and any Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agents, the Titled Persons and their respective Related Parties do not warrant, and shall not be deemed to warrant, the adequacy of the Platform or the Communications, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person

 

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for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s, any Agent’s or any Titled Person’s transmission of communications through the Platform, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).  Parent, each Borrower and each Lender agrees that any Agent or any Titled Person may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Communications on the Platform in accordance with its customary document retention procedures and policies.

 

SECTION 9.02.    Waivers; Amendments.   (a)  No failure or delay by any Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agents and the Lenders hereunder and 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 provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Revolving Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b)           Except as provided in Section 1.08, 2.04(e), 2.07(d), 2.08(b) and 2.13(b), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Parent and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (B) reduce the principal amount of any Revolving Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the currency of any Revolving Loan or any interest or fee, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Revolving Loan or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment (including any such postponement as a result of any modification to the term “Commitment Outside Date”), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the

 

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term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release (including by limiting liability in respect thereof) (i) any Borrower or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement or (ii) one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (other than those that are also Borrowers) from their Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement if such Guarantees represent a material portion of the aggregate value of the Guarantees of all the Subsidiary Guarantors (except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) amend, modify or waive the condition set forth in Section 4.02(f), without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of any Agent without the prior written consent of such Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Revolving Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.   (a)  Parent and the Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the commitment letter and any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, (ii) all reasonable and documented expenses of the Agents associated with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by any Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing (including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Revolving Loans made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Revolving Loans.

 

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(b)           Parent and the Borrowers shall indemnify each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein (in the case of any Arranger), the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto) or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that (x) such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) a material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (iii) claims of one or more Indemnitees against another Indemnitee (other than claims against any Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or the Arrangers in their capacities or in fulfilling their roles as such) and not involving any act or omission of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (y) Parent and the Borrowers shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of more than one law firm at any time for the Indemnitees as a whole (and, if reasonably deemed necessary by the Indemnitees, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel for each relevant specialty, in each case for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs Parent of such conflict, Parent and the Borrowers shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated (and if reasonably deemed necessary by such affected Indemnitee, one additional firm of such local counsel or specialty counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)           To the extent that Parent and the Borrowers fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related

 

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Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).

 

(d)           No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet and the Platform), except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the material breach by such Indemnitee of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)           To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against each other such Person on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not limit the obligations of Parent and the Borrowers to indemnify, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, any Indemnitee against any such damages that may be awarded against it or any indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations of the Loan Parties set forth in any other Loan Document.

 

(f)            All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.04.    Successors and Assigns.   (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) neither Parent nor any Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Parent or any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the sub-agents of any Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)           (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Revolving Loans at the time held or owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of:

 

(A)          Parent; provided that no consent of Parent shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other

 

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assignment; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

 

(B)          the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

 

(ii)           Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)          except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Revolving Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000 (or (w) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (x) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (y) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000 and (z) in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000), unless each of Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B)          each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

 

(C)          the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender;

 

(D)          the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain Private Side Information) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including US Federal and state and foreign securities laws; and

 

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(E)           there must be no less than two Lenders or one Lender with its lending office in Australia remaining after giving effect to such assignment.

 

(iii)          Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.03 and 9.17).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

 

(iv)          The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Revolving Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and the Borrowers and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided that if Parent or any Borrower requests a copy of the Register, such copy shall be provided to Parent or such Borrower within two Business Days of such request.

 

(v)           Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt of) any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by

 

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this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.  Upon request of Parent, the Administrative Agent shall provide to Parent a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and Administrative Questionnaire that shall have been accepted by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of Parent, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (“ Participants ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Revolving Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (ii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Parent and the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at Parent’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with Parent to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)           Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Revolving Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Revolving Loans or its other rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Revolving Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement

 

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notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as an Agent) shall have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)           Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank with jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 9.05.    Survival.   All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Revolving Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and yield protection obligations as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.05(b), 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.18, 9.03 and 9.17 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Revolving Loans, the expiration or termination of Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.06.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.   (a)  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate fee letters with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or the Lenders constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under any commitment letter entered in connection herewith (but do not supersede any other provisions of any such commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect).  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis), and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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(b)           The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require any Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

SECTION 9.07.    Severability.   Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 9.08.    Right of Setoff.   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate thereof is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of Parent or any Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Parent or any Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Parent or any Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.

 

SECTION 9.09.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.   (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented, and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws or other rules that would result in the application of laws of a different jurisdiction; provided further that (i) the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required by the laws of Victoria, Australia, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Victoria, Australia and (ii) the determination of whether the Bemis Merger shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required under the laws of the State of Missouri, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)           Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York

 

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County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such New York State court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(c)           Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)           Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(e)           Each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Amcor US, with an address of 2801 SW 149 Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, Florida 33027, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation, appointment and empowerment, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) to receive, accept and forward for and on its behalf service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing a copy of such process to any such Loan Party in the care of the Authorized Agent at its address set forth above, and each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Loan Party.

 

(f)            In the event any Loan Party or any of its assets has or hereafter acquires, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or after judgment), execution, judgment or setoff, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such immunity.

 

SECTION 9.10.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER

 

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AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 9.11.    Headings.   Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.12.    Confidentiality.   Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential or be subject to customary confidentiality obligations of employment or professional practice, (b) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, semi-governmental authority, self-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall, (x) except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority) and (y) in the case of any request or demand of any self-regulatory authority, to the extent reasonably practicable, (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction or any actual or prospective credit insurance provider (or its Related Parties), relating to any of Parent or the Borrowers and their obligations hereunder, (g) with the consent of Parent, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent or a Borrower or (i) solely with respect to Information about this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to market data collectors, as such Information is routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from Parent or any Borrower relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any Borrower.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same

 

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degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

SECTION 9.13.    Interest Rate Limitation.   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Revolving Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Revolving Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Revolving Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Revolving Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Revolving Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Revolving Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.14.    “Know Your Customer” Notices.   Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with such Act and Rules.

 

SECTION 9.15.    No Fiduciary Relationship.   Each of Parent and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 9.16.    Non-Public Information.   (a)  Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by Parent, any Borrower or any Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement, will be syndicate-level information, which may contain Private Side Information.  Each Lender represents to Parent, the Borrowers and the Agents that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of Private Side Information and that it will handle Private Side Information in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Unites States Federal and state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its

 

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Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain Private Side Information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)           Parent, the Borrowers and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by any Agent through Debt Domain, IntraLinks TM , SyndTrak or any other electronic platform chosen by such Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”), (i) the Agents may post any information that Parent has indicated as containing Private Side Information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Parent has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains Private Side Information, each Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives.  Parent agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Agents by or on behalf of Parent or any Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and each Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Parent without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.  In the event that any Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Lender acknowledges that (A) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (B) none of Parent, any Borrower, any Agent or any other Titled Person has any responsibility for such Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.17.    Conversion of Currencies.   (a)  If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)           The obligations of each of Parent and the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any party to any other Loan Document or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document (the “ Applicable Creditor ”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder or under such other Loan Document (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, Parent and such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.

 

SECTION 9.18.    Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.   (a)  Parent may (but, except as provided in Section 5.03, is not required to), at any time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by causing such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form specified therein, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and

 

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opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.01(f), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

(b)           In the event that (i) all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Borrower) that is owned by Parent and the Subsidiaries is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.03, (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such solely pursuant to Section 9.18(a), immediately after giving effect to such release (and assuming that all of the Financial Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such release has been incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date), all of the Financial Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries shall be permitted under Section 6.03 or (iii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such pursuant to Section 5.03, such Subsidiary Guarantor (if it were not already a party to the Guarantee Agreement) would no longer be required, pursuant to Section 5.03, to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, then, in each case, promptly following Parent’s request and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such release, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to Parent, at Parent’s expense, a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement.  In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent may request that Parent deliver to it a certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the requirements to such release set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied, and the Administrative Agent may rely on, and shall incur no liability for relying upon, any statements made in any such certificate.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this paragraph shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.19.    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under this Agreement, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)           the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)           the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)            a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)           a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

 

(iii)          the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as the Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

THE AMCOR FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Additional Defined Terms

 

Defined Term

 

Prior to the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

On and after the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

“EBITDA”

 

means, for any period, the profit on ordinary activities before income tax expense, net finance costs, amortization or impairment of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), and after excluding any Significant Items for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, (a) without duplication, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (i) net interest expense for such period, (ii)  income tax expense for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash charges or expenses for such period and (v) the amount of any one-time transaction costs (including compensation and acquisition costs) incurred in connection with the Combination Transactions for such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $190,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, minus (b) to the extent included in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

“Finance Lease”

 

means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

means a lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on a balance sheet under the Applicable GAAP.

 

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“Net Interest Expense”

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total finance expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of the post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as borrowing costs for such period and (c) any discounting of the long term provisions of Parent and the Subsidiaries recognized as borrowing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total interest expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of any post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as interest expense for such period and (c) the interest component of any discounting of long term provisions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

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“Total Net Indebtedness”

 

means, as of any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding interest-bearing liabilities of Parent and the Subsidiaries as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other financial liabilities” as disclosed in such Accounts and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of interest-bearing liabilities given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP; provided that Total Net Indebtedness will be determined without giving effect to any principle resulting in valuation of any Financial Indebtedness below the full stated principal amount thereof (including on account of any election to value any Financial Indebtedness at “fair value” or, in the case of any convertible debt instruments, to value such debt instruments in a bifurcated manner).

 

 

means, as of any date (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) and short-term debt as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, in each case as disclosed in such Accounts, and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of long-term debt or short-term debt given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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Exhibit 10 .12

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of May 30, 2019 (this “ Amendment ”), to the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372) (“ Amcor ”), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers under the Facility Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested an amendment to the Facility Agreement to extend the Commitment Outside Date; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Lenders is willing to agree to such amendment on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement (as amended hereby).

 

SECTION 2.  Amendments .  Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the definition of “Commitment Outside Date” in Section 1.01 of the Facility Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date “June 1, 2019” with the date “July 16, 2019”.

 

SECTION 3.  Effectiveness .  This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “ First Amendment Effective Date ”) when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received from Amcor and each Lender either (a) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (b) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.  Effect of  Amendment .  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.  This Amendment shall

 


 

constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 5.  Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 6.  Governing Law .  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 7.  Headings .  Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually and as Administrative Agent and a Lender,

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE

AMCOR FOUR-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature block:

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 


Exhibit 10.1 3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 30, 2019,

 

among

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC,

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Syndication Agents

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED,

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTINA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FILIALE LUXEMBURG,

ING BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, GENEVA BRANCH,

MIZUHO BANK EUROPE N.V.,

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

TD SECURITIES

and

UNICREDIT BANK AG,
as Documentation Agents

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

Defined Terms

1

SECTION 1.02.

Classification of Loans and Borrowings

32

SECTION 1.03.

Terms Generally

33

SECTION 1.04.

Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations

34

SECTION 1.05.

Currency Translation

35

SECTION 1.06.

Syndicated Facility Agreement

35

SECTION 1.07.

Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification

35

SECTION 1.08.

Most Favored Nation Provision

36

SECTION 1.09.

Effectuation of the Combination Transactions

36

SECTION 1.10.

Divisions

36

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

The Credits

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

Commitments

36

SECTION 2.02.

Loans and Borrowings

37

SECTION 2.03.

Requests for Revolving Borrowings

37

SECTION 2.04.

Swingline Loans

38

SECTION 2.05.

Funding of Borrowings

41

SECTION 2.06.

Interest Elections

42

SECTION 2.07.

Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments

43

SECTION 2.08.

Repayment of Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt

45

SECTION 2.09.

Prepayment of Loans

47

SECTION 2.10.

[Reserved]

48

SECTION 2.11.

Fees

48

SECTION 2.12.

Interest

49

SECTION 2.13.

Alternate Rate of Interest

50

SECTION 2.14.

Increased Costs

51

SECTION 2.15.

Break Funding Payments

53

SECTION 2.16.

Payments Free of Taxes

53

SECTION 2.17.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

60

SECTION 2.18.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

61

SECTION 2.19.

Defaulting Lenders

62

SECTION 2.20.

Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers

64

 


 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers

64

SECTION 3.02.

Corporate and Governmental Authorization

64

SECTION 3.03.

Enforceability of Obligations

65

SECTION 3.04.

No Contravention or Exceeding Power

65

SECTION 3.05.

Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change

65

SECTION 3.06.

Accuracy of Disclosure

65

SECTION 3.07.

Properties

66

SECTION 3.08.

Litigation and Environmental Matters

66

SECTION 3.09.

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

66

SECTION 3.10.

Investment Company Status

67

SECTION 3.11.

ERISA

67

SECTION 3.12.

Ranking of Obligations

67

SECTION 3.13.

Related Parties

67

SECTION 3.14.

Benefit from Transactions

67

SECTION 3.15.

Execution not as a Trustee

67

SECTION 3.16.

Federal Reserve Regulations

67

SECTION 3.17.

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction

68

SECTION 3.18.

Choice of Law Provisions

68

SECTION 3.19.

No Immunity

69

SECTION 3.20.

Proper Form; No Recordation

69

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

Effective Date

69

SECTION 4.02.

Availability Date

70

SECTION 4.03.

Each Credit Event

72

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

Financial Statements and Other Information

73

SECTION 5.02.

Notices of Material Events

75

SECTION 5.03.

Subsidiary Guarantees

76

SECTION 5.04.

Existence; Conduct of Business

76

SECTION 5.05.

Maintenance of Properties

77

SECTION 5.06.

Insurance

77

SECTION 5.07.

Books and Records

77

SECTION 5.08.

Compliance with Laws

77

 

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SECTION 5.09.

Use of Proceeds

77

SECTION 5.10.

Ranking of Obligations

77

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Subsidiary Indebtedness

78

SECTION 6.02.

Liens

78

SECTION 6.03.

Asset Sales

79

SECTION 6.04.

Use of Proceeds

79

SECTION 6.05.

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio

79

SECTION 6.06.

Leverage Ratio

79

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

Events of Default

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

 

 

 

The Agents

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

Notices

87

SECTION 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments

89

SECTION 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

91

SECTION 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

93

SECTION 9.05.

Survival

96

SECTION 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

97

SECTION 9.07.

Severability

97

SECTION 9.08.

Right of Setoff

98

SECTION 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

98

SECTION 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

99

SECTION 9.11.

Headings

99

SECTION 9.12.

Confidentiality

99

SECTION 9.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

101

SECTION 9.14.

“Know Your Customer” Notices

101

SECTION 9.15.

No Fiduciary Relationship

101

SECTION 9.16.

Non-Public Information

102

SECTION 9.17.

Conversion of Currencies

102

 

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SECTION 9.18.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

103

SECTION 9.19.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

103

 

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ANNEX :

 

 

 

 

 

Annex A

 

— Additional Defined Terms

 

 

 

SCHEDULES :

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2.01 — Commitments

Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens

 

 

 

EXHIBITS :

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

— Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

 

— Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C

 

— Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

 

— Form of Closing Certificate

Exhibit E

 

— Form of Guarantee Agreement

Exhibit F

 

— Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit G

 

— Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit H-1

 

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-2

 

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-3

 

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-4

 

— Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit I

 

— Form of Maturity Date Extension Request

Exhibit J

 

— Form of Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice

 

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FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.                                    Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Accession Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Accounts ” means the consolidated statement of financial position (or consolidated balance sheet), consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of Parent and the Subsidiaries, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP, together with reports (including, if applicable, directors’ reports and auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such LIBOR Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Aggregate Commitment ” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.

 


 

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans at such time.

 

Agreement Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the applicable Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in US Dollars (assuming an Interest Period of one month); provided that if the applicable Screen Rate is not available for a one-month Interest Period but the applicable Screen Rate is available for maturities both longer and shorter than a one-month Interest Period, then the applicable Screen Rate for purposes of this sentence shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13, then, for purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Alternative Currency ” means each of Australian Dollars, Euros, Sterling  and Swiss Francs.

 

Amcor ” means Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, and, following the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Amcor Exchange Scheme ” means the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Amcor UK ” means Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Amcor US ” means Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Bribery Act 2010.

 

Applicable Agent ” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, and with respect to any payment hereunder that does not

 

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relate to a particular Loan or Borrowing, the Administrative Agent, and (b) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency or a Swingline Loan or Swingline Borrowing, the Administrative Agent or, as designated by the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Applicable Credit Agreement ” means (a) each Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, (b) the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (c) the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Amcor, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.

 

Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Applicable GAAP ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP.

 

Applicable GAAP Transition Date ” means the date designated as such by Parent in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice may delivered by Parent at its option at any time.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, at any time, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time.  If all the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans”, “Applicable Rate for ABR Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating as of such date.

 

Category

 

Applicable
Unsecured Rating
(Moody’s/S&P)

 

Applicable Rate
for Eurocurrency
Revolving Loans and
Swingline Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Applicable Rate for
ABR
Revolving Loans
(bps per annum)

 

Commitment
Fee Rate
(bps per annum)

 

Category 1

 

A3/A- or higher

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

10.0

 

Category 2

 

Baa1/BBB+

 

112.5

 

12.5

 

12.5

 

Category 3

 

Baa2/BBB

 

125.0

 

25.0

 

15.0

 

Category 4

 

Baa3/BBB-

 

150.0

 

50.0

 

20.0

 

Category 5

 

Lower than Baa3/BBB-

 

175.0

 

75.0

 

25.0

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if (a) either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating in Category 5, (b) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be the applicable rates per annum corresponding to the higher (or numerically lower) of such Categories

 

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unless one of the Applicable Unsecured Ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that corresponding to the higher of the two Applicable Unsecured Ratings and (c) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Parent and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of Applicable Unsecured Ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating of such rating agency most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

Applicable Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to either of Moody’s or S&P at any time, (a) prior to the later of (i) the Availability Date and (ii) Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, first establishing an Unsecured Rating with respect to New Amcor, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to Amcor and (b) thereafter, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to New Amcor.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers ” means JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

AUD Bank Bill Rate ” means, with respect to any BBR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

AUD Overnight Rate ” means, with respect to any Australian Dollar Swingline Loan on any day, a rate per annum equal to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s official interbank overnight cash rate as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page RBA30) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., Sydney time, on such day; provided that if the AUD Overnight Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

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Australia ” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Australian Accounting Standards ” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing ” means any Borrowing comprised of Australian Dollar Swingline Loans.

 

Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment ” means, with respect to the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender, the commitment of the Australian Swingline Lender to make Australian Dollar Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04 in a maximum aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 as its “Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment”, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04(e).  The amount of the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment of the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender on the date hereof is A$50,000,000.

 

Australian Dollar Swingline Lender ” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, in its capacity as a lender of Australian Dollar Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

Australian Dollar Swingline Loan ” means a Swingline Loan denominated in Australian Dollars.

 

Australian Dollars ” or “ A$ ” refers to lawful money of Australia.

 

Australian Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (Australia) or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (Australia), as applicable.

 

Australian Withholding Tax ” means any Tax imposed on or required to be withheld or deducted from any interest or other payment under Division 11A of Part III of the Australian Tax Act or Subdivision 12-F of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) (Australia).

 

Authorized Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(e).

 

Availability Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Availability Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the first Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

Average COF Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).

 

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

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Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, statutory manager, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that (a) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, as long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any agreements made by such Person, and (b) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of an Undisclosed Administration.

 

BBR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the AUD Bank Bill Rate.

 

Bemis ” means Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation and, following the consummation of the Bemis Merger, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

Bemis Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Borrower ” means Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis.

 

Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and to the same Borrower and, in the case of

 

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Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) Swingline Loans of the same currency made on the same date and to the same Borrower.

 

Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000, (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000, and (f) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars or an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, A$1,000,000, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, €1,000,000, (d) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000, and (e) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Sydney are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits denominated in such currency in the Relevant Interbank Market and (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR Revolving Loan or a Euro Swingline Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day.

 

Change in Control ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person or group having obtained Control (within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act) of Parent, (ii) the occurrence of a change of Control (within such meaning) of Parent or (iii) Parent becoming a subsidiary of another Person and (b) on and after the Availability Date, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests in Parent representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Parent; provided , however , in either case, that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority (other than any such request, rule, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement as such law, rule or regulation was in effect on such date (and without giving effect to any changes referred to in clause (b) above applicable thereto)); provided that,

 

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notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

 

Charges ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Australian Dollar Swingline Loans or Euro Swingline Loans.

 

Closing Certificate ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, a closing certificate of such Loan Party substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with respect to New Amcor, as may be reasonably agreed by Parent and the Administrative Agent to be modified to reflect applicable law), together with all attachments thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

COF Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).

 

Combination Transactions ” means, collectively, the Amcor Exchange Scheme and the Bemis Merger.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Accession Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$1,500,000,000.

 

Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Commitment Outside Date ” means the earliest of (a) 5:00 p.m., U.S. Central time, on June 1, 2019, (b) the date on which the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the effectiveness of the Amcor Exchange Scheme or the consummation of the Bemis Merger and (c) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to such date, the first date on which the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated.

 

Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to any Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

 

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Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Confidential Materials ” means the Confidential Materials dated March 2019, relating to the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consenting Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Corporations Act ” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

 

Declining Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) to fund any portion of its participations in Swingline Loans or (iii) to pay to any Agent, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Parent, any Agent or any Swingline Lender in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Parent, any Agent or any Swingline Lender made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Swingline Loans, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by Parent, such Agent or such Swingline Lender, as applicable, of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it (and the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall not have been the requesting party), (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action, or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

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Dividing Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “ Division ”.

 

Division ” means the division of the assets, rights, obligations and/or liabilities of a Person (the “ Dividing Person ”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

Documentation Agents ” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina, S.A. New York Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Filiale Luxemburg, ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva branch, Mizuho Bank Europe N.V., Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, TD Securities and UniCredit Bank AG, each in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

EBITDA ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which EBITDA is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent.

 

Environmental Laws ” means all rules, regulations, directives, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, and applicable to or binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary relating in any way to protection of the environment, to carbon

 

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emissions or the protection of the climate, to reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.

 

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability of a third party is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Parent, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

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EURIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

EURIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the EURIBO Rate.

 

Euro ” or “ ” means the single currency unit of the member States of the European Community that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Euro Overnight Rate ” means, with respect to any Euro Swingline Loan on any day, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for overnight deposits in Euros as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day; provided that if the Euro Overnight Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Euro Swingline Borrowing ” means any Borrowing comprised of Euro Swingline Loans.

 

Euro Swingline Commitment ” means, with respect to the Euro Swingline Lender, the commitment of the Euro Swingline Lender to make Euro Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04 in a maximum aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite the Euro Swingline Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 as its “Euro Swingline Commitment”, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04(e).  The amount of the Euro Swingline Commitment of the Euro Swingline Lender on the date hereof is €50,000,000.

 

Euro Swingline Lender ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as a lender of Euro Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

Euro Swingline Loan ” means a Swingline Loan denominated in Euros.

 

Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VII.

 

Exchange Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into US Dollars at the time of determination on such date as last provided (either by publication or as may otherwise be provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (determined based on New York City time) immediately preceding such day of determination.  In the event that Reuters ceases to provide such rate of exchange or such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters source, the

 

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Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying such rate of exchange at such time as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

 

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) US withholding Taxes and United Kingdom withholding Taxes (excluding (x) United Kingdom withholding Taxes for which relief is available under an applicable double taxation treaty and where the relevant Lender holds a valid passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and has provided the applicable Borrower with confirmation of such passport number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to enable the applicable Borrower to complete relevant formalities to avoid United Kingdom withholding Taxes and (y) United Kingdom withholding Taxes on payments made by any Guarantor under any Guarantee of the Obligations (provided that this clause (y) shall not apply to the extent that United Kingdom withholding Taxes on interest payments made by the applicable Borrower would have been Excluded Taxes)) imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan (it being understood that, for purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to have “acquired” an interest in such Loan by the making thereof or any other acquisition thereof) or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Parent under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with or breach of warranty under Section 2.16(f) or 2.16(j) or any corresponding warranty in any agreement amending this Agreement, (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any Australian Withholding Tax imposed as a result of the Lender being an Offshore Associate of Amcor in relation to the receipt of a payment.

 

Existing Amcor Credit Agreements ” means (a) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, (b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HSBC Bank plc, as agent, (c) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders and affiliates of lenders party thereto and Westpac Banking Corporation, as agent, and (d) the Facility Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522), in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Amcor Note Documents ” means (a) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2009, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, (b) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers

 

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named therein, relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, and (c) the Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028, together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto,  in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2013, among Bemis, certain subsidiaries of Bemis party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Note Documents ” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association (f/k/a First Trust National Association), relating to the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2019, the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Borrowings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing ” means the repayment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (other than contingent obligations that are not yet due) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, the cancelation and termination of all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements (or the lenders thereunder otherwise being released from their participation obligations with respect thereto), the termination of all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements and the release and termination of all Guarantees and collateral, if any, in respect of the Existing Credit Agreements.

 

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and the Existing Bemis Credit Agreement.

 

Existing Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code.

 

FATF ” means the Financial Action Task Force.

 

FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction ” means a jurisdiction identified by the FATF in its public statement (available at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnon-cooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-october-2018.html) as subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions (a) to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from such jurisdiction or (b) to apply counter-measures to

 

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protect the international financial system from the ongoing and substantial money laundering and financing risks emanating from such jurisdiction.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Finance Lease ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Financial Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Financial Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Financial Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Financial Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Financial Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Financial Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, any vice president (solely with respect to Borrowing

 

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Requests and Interest Election Requests), the director of financial reporting or controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary, assistant secretary, manager or director of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual (and in respect of which the Administrative Agent has not received a notice of revocation).

 

Foreign Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as foreign administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (a) in reference to a Borrower that is a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is not a US Person and (b) in reference to a Borrower that is not a US Person, a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person means any guarantee, indemnity, letter of credit, letter of comfort giving rise to legal liabilities of suretyship or any other obligation (whatever called and of whatever nature) (a)(i) to pay, to purchase or to provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities, the purchase of assets, rights or services or otherwise) for the payment or discharge of, (ii) to indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of or (iii) to otherwise be responsible for any obligation or indebtedness of any other Person, or (b) to maintain the solvency or financial condition of any other Person.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Financial Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (A) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (B) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (A), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (B), in good faith by Parent)).

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, together with all supplements thereto.

 

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Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature as each is (including carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent or the Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

HMRC ” means H.M. Revenue and Customs.

 

IBA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.

 

Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Increasing Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes and VAT, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

 

Index Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, senior unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Revolving Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two (other than in the case of a EURIBOR

 

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Revolving Borrowing), three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by each Lender participating therein, 12 months thereafter (other than in the case of a BBR Revolving Borrowing)), as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Revolving Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Revolving Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Revolving Borrowing.

 

Interpolated Screen Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, a rate per annum that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the applicable period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is longer than the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Screen Rate is required to be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof; provided that the Interpolated Screen Rate shall in no event be less than zero.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Jersey Companies Law ” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

Joinder Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

JPMorgan ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person in respect of which such Lender is a subsidiary.

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lenders.

 

Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Swiss Francs for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

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LIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest (including, in relation to a Person incorporated or organized under the laws of Australia, a security interest as defined in section 12(1) or 12(2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) (Australia)) or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Financial Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by Parent or a Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) in whose favor such Financial Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against Parent or any Subsidiary or against the Project Assets, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of such Project Assets encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (b) the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, Parent or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against Parent or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, Parent or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Financial Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, each Accession Agreement and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(e).

 

Loan Parties ” means each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on and after the Availability Date, each of New Amcor and Bemis.

 

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Local Time ” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, New York City time, (b) with respect to an Australian Dollar Swingline Loan or Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing, Sydney time and (c) with respect to a Euro Swingline Loan or Euro Swingline Borrowing, London time.

 

Mandatory Restrictions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

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Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such acquisition or series of related acquisitions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Disposition ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Subsidiary or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such sale, transfer or other disposition or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Financial Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Guarantees under the Loan Documents) of any one or more of Parent and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency); provided that, any Financial Indebtedness under any Applicable Credit Agreement shall at all times constitute “Material Financial Indebtedness”.

 

Maturity Date ” means April 30, 2024, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.08(b); provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Maturity Date Extension Request ” means a request by Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.08(b).

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Merger Sub ” means Arctic Corp., a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

MFN Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

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Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” means each of (a) the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (b) the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Net Interest Expense ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which Net Interest Expense is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, Net Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Net Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

New Amcor ” means Amcor plc (f/k/a Arctic Jersey Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Non-US Loan Party ” means Amcor, Amcor UK and any other Loan Party that is formed, incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided , however , that, if both such rates are not published for any day that is a Business Day, the “NYFRB Rate” shall be the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

 

OFAC ” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Offshore Associate ” means an Associate (a) that is a non-resident of Australia and would not become a Lender, or does not receive a payment, in carrying on a business in

 

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Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in Australia or (b) that is a resident of Australia and would become a Lender, or does receive a payment, in carrying on a business in a country outside Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in that country, and which, in either case, would not become a Lender in the capacity of a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme, or does not receive such payment in the capacity of a clearing house, paying agent, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme.

 

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

Parent ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor and (b) on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor.

 

Parent Bankruptcy Event ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is (or states or is presumed for the purposes of the Corporations Act that it is) an insolvent under administration or insolvent (each as defined in the Corporations Act), (ii) is taken (under section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand, (iii) is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2)(b) or section 585 of the Corporations Act (or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes it is so subject) or (iv) is subject to any plan of compromise or arrangement, a proposal or a notice of intention to file a proposal, assignment, moratorium or composition, protected from creditors under any statute or dissolved (in each case, other than to carry out a reconstruction or amalgamation while solvent on terms not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for Parent to be declared “bankrupt” or (ii) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law.

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

 

Participants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).

 

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PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) any Liens on any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that each such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date hereof;

 

(b) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by Parent or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(c) any Lien existing on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii)   such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (v) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Lien was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division;

 

(d) any Lien created to secure new Financial Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the Equity Interests or assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and in the case of assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

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(e) any Lien created to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed, and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to Parent or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(f) any Lien for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(g) any Lien for moneys borrowed from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project where such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and where the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(h) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(i) any Lien over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Lien secures only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

(j) any Lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(k) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures (i)  in the case of a Lien over assets or property referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Parent or such Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of Parent or such Subsidiary;

 

(l) any Lien arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any Subsidiary; and

 

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(m) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary securing any Financial Indebtedness that repays or refinances all or any of the Limited Recourse Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by clause (a) of this definition (an “ Existing Security ”), provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any asset or property which was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount of Financial Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such repayment or refinancing and (iii) such Financial Indebtedness is Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16(b).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum rate published by the Board of Governors in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Principal Facility Agreement ” means (a) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, (b) the Existing Amcor Note Documents, (c) any Applicable Credit Agreement, (d) on and after the Availability Date, the Existing Bemis Note Documents and (e) any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument that, directly or indirectly and in whole or in part, extends, renews, refinances, refunds or replaces any of the foregoing (in the case of clause (d), on and after the Availability Date).

 

Private Side Information ” means information that (a) is not available to all holders of Traded Securities of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) is material non-public information (for purposes of securities laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey and any other applicable jurisdiction).

 

Private Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.

 

Project ” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by Parent or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

Project Assets ” means (a) any asset or property of Parent or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such

 

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Subsidiary, including any assets or property of Parent or such Subsidiary derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent of such Subsidiary, provided that (i)  such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive Private Side Information.

 

Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in any currency for any Interest Period, (a) if such currency is US Dollars or Swiss Francs, the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, (b) if such currency is Euros, the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period and (c) if such currency is Australian Dollars or Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period, in each case unless market practice differs for loans denominated in the same currency as the applicable Revolving Loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day for any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in such currency shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day shall be the last of those days).

 

Recipient ” means any Agent or any Lender (including each Swingline Lender), as applicable.

 

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b).

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

Relevant Interbank Market ” means (a) with respect to US Dollars, Sterling and Swiss Francs, the London interbank market, (b) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market and (c) with respect to Australian Dollars, the Australian interbank market.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Aggregate Commitment at such time; provided that, for purposes of the foregoing, the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.19 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at

 

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such time, and the Unused Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit Exposure excluding such excess amount.

 

Restricted Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Reuters ” means Thomson Reuters Corporation, a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, or a successor thereto.

 

Revolving Borrowing ” means any Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of such Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding at such time and (b) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.

 

Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any Person or Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) above.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the Australian government or (d) the government of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Screen Rate ” means (a) in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, or in respect of any determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in the applicable currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to the relevant period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion), (b) in respect of the EURIBO Rate for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Market Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Interest Period, as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page EURIBOR01) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from

 

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time to time in its reasonable discretion) and (c) in respect of the AUD Bank Bill Rate for any Interest Period, the Australian Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Bid) administered by the ASX Benchmark Pty Limited (ACN 616 075 417) (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for bills of exchange in Australian Dollars with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page BBSY) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that (i) if, as to any currency, no Screen Rate shall be available for a particular period but Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such period at such time, then the Screen Rate for such period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time and (ii) if any Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, such Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant Item ” means any non-cash and non-recurring item of income or expense of such size, nature or incidence that is relevant to the user’s understanding of the performance of the entity and is disclosed as a “Significant Item” in the Accounts.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) Amcor UK, (b) Amcor US, (c) on and after the Availability Date, (i) Amcor and (ii) Bemis, (d) each Subsidiary that has total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in its subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) and (e) any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, have total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in their subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Specified Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Specified Time ” means (a) with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time, (b) with respect to the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time and (c) with respect to the AUD Bank Bill Rate, 11:00 a.m., Sydney time.

 

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR Revolving Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Sterling ” or “ £ ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

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Subordinated Debt Allowance ” means, on any date, Financial Indebtedness of Parent, a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is unsecured and junior and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subsequent Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person that is a subsidiary of the parent within the meaning of part 1.2 division 6 of the Corporations Act or (ii) any Person (A) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, that is otherwise “controlled” by the parent within the meaning of the Applicable GAAP or (B) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of Parent.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that, on or after the Effective Date, is a party to, and provides a Guarantee of the Obligations under, the Guarantee Agreement; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.01, such Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Loan Party if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Subsidiary is subject to any applicable law (including any financial assistance rule or any corporate benefit rule) impeding in any material respect the ability of such Subsidiary to perform in full its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (without giving effect to any limitations on such obligations relating to law that is set forth in the Guarantee Agreement) and advises Parent thereof in writing.

 

Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Swingline Borrowing ” means any Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.

 

Swingline COF Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).

 

Swingline Commitment ” means, with respect to each Swingline Lender, such Swingline Lender’s Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment or Euro Swingline Commitment.

 

Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time (excluding, in the case of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, Swingline Loans made by

 

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such Lender and outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.19 of the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender and outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans.

 

Swingline Lender ” means the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender or the Euro Swingline Lender.

 

Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.  A Swingline Loan may be an Australian Dollar Swingline Loan or a Euro Swingline Loan.

 

Swiss Francs ” or “ CHF ” means the lawful currency of Switzerland.

 

Syndication Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

TARGET Day ” means any day on which both (a) the Trans European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be a replacement therefor for purposes hereof) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (b) banks in London are open for general business.

 

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any VAT), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Test Period ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period most recently ended of 12 consecutive months ended on June 30 and December 31 of each year and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent most recently ended, in each case, for which Accounts have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, are referred to in Section  3.05(a)).

 

Titled Person ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Total Net Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of Parent and the Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each

 

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case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by Parent from any share capital issuance by Parent consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

Traded Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, in each case that have been issued pursuant to a public offering under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to Rule 144A or a similar private placement under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

Transaction Agreement ” means the Transaction Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018, by and among Amcor, New Amcor, Merger Sub and Bemis, together with the exhibits thereto, the Scheme (as defined therein) implemented pursuant thereto and the Deed Poll (as defined therein) entered in connection therewith.

 

Transactions ” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowing of Loans hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the Combination Transactions and the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Applicable Credit Agreements and related loan documentation to which it is a party and (e) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate, the AUD Bank Bill Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the Euro Overnight Rate or the AUD Overnight Rate.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

Undisclosed Administration ” means, with respect to any Lender, the appointment of an administrator or other similar supervisory official by a supervisory authority or regulator pursuant to the law of the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if the applicable law of such country requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed (and such appointment has not been publicly disclosed).

 

Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to the rating by Moody’s or S&P in relation to any Person at any time, (a) the public rating assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to the Index Debt of such Person at such time or (b) if Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, shall not have in effect at such time a rating referred to in clause (a), then the public corporate rating (however denominated) assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to such Person at such time.

 

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Unused Commitment ” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

US Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to the principal amount of any Loan denominated in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to the principal amount of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time in effect under the provisions of Section 1.05.

 

US Dollars ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

US Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

VAT ” means (a) any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) and (b) any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referred to in clause (a) of this definition, or imposed elsewhere.

 

VAT Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Relevant Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

wholly-owned ”, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

SECTION 1.02.                                    Classification of Loans and Borrowings.   For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or

 

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by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.                                    Terms Generally.   The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to, this Agreement.  In relation to any Lender that is incorporated in Germany or otherwise is subject to the regulations referred to below (each, a “ Restricted Lender ”), any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein that refers to Sanctions and/or a Sanctioned Person (each, a “ Specified Provision ”) shall only apply for the benefit of such Restricted Lender to the extent that such Specified Provision would not result in (i) a violation of, conflict with or liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom) or (ii) a violation of or conflict with section 7 foreign trade rules (AWV) (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (in connection with section 4 paragraph 1 no. 3 foreign trade law (AWG) (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)) or a similar anti-boycott statute (the “ Mandatory Restrictions ”).  In the case of any consent or direction by Lenders in respect of any Specified Provision of which a Restricted Lender does not have the benefit due to a Mandatory Restriction, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Required Lenders, for so long as such Restricted Lender shall be subject to a Mandatory Restriction, the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Restricted Lender will be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the requisite consent of the Lenders has been obtained or direction by the requisite Lenders has been made, it being agreed, however, that, unless, in connection with any such determination, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender stating that such Lender is a Restricted Lender with respect thereto, each Lender shall be presumed, in connection with such determination, not to be a Restricted Lender.

 

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SECTION 1.04.                                    Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations.    (a)  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards as in effect from time to time and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if Parent, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to Parent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof, then (i) such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) Parent shall provide such statements of reconciliation as are reasonably necessary to enable calculations of any ratio or amount set forth herein on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied before such change shall have become effective.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Financial Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Financial Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Financial Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Financial Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, (iii) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under Australian GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AAS 16 (Leases) (or any other Australian Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations), and (iv) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under US GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations).

 

(b)                                  All computations in respect of EBITDA or Net Interest Expense for any period required to be made hereunder giving pro forma effect to any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period as follows: (i) historical revenues and other historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) directly attributable to the property or Person subject to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition (x) in the case of a Material Acquisition, shall be included (but without giving effect to any cost savings or synergies) and (y) in the case of a Material Disposition, shall be excluded and (ii) any retirement of Financial Indebtedness and any Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be given pro forma effect as if the same had occurred on the first day of such period (and if any such Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into

 

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account any Hedge Agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such Hedge Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months)).

 

SECTION 1.05.                                    Currency Translation.   The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency two Business Days prior to the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date two Business Days prior to the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such Alternative Currency in relation to US Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section, be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this sentence.  The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Swingline Loan denominated in any currency as of the date on which such Swingline Loan is made, using the Exchange Rate for such currency in relation to US Dollars in effect on such date, and such amount shall, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section, be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Swingline Loan.  The Administrative Agent may also determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency as of such other dates as the Administrative Agent shall select in its discretion, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing until the next calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of each determination of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency.

 

SECTION 1.06.                                    Syndicated Facility Agreement.   This Agreement is a “syndicated facility agreement” for the purposes of section 128F(11)(a) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

SECTION 1.07.                                    Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification.   The interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “ IBA ”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate.  As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans.  In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b), Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify Parent, pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Screen Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), will be similar to, or produce the same

 

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value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

 

SECTION 1.08.                                    Most Favored Nation Provision.   In the event that any Applicable Credit Agreement shall contain any financial covenant, any restrictive covenant, any event of default, any subsidiary guarantee or any collateral requirement (each, an “ MFN Provision ”) that is either not set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or is more restrictive on Parent and the Subsidiaries or otherwise more favorable to the lenders or other creditors thereunder than the corresponding provisions set forth in this Agreement or such other Loan Document, then this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have been amended to incorporate such MFN Provision, mutatis mutandis , as if set forth fully herein or therein, without any further action required on the part of any Person, effective as of the date when such MFN Provision became effective under such Applicable Credit Agreement.  Parent shall execute any and all further documents and agreements, including amendments hereto, and shall take all such further actions, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to give effect to this paragraph.  Failure by Parent or any Subsidiary to observe or perform any provision incorporated pursuant to this Section shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (d) of Article VII, provided that the period of grace (if any) applicable to the failure to observe or perform the MFN Provision set forth in the Applicable Credit Agreement shall also apply hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.09.                                    Effectuation of the Combination Transactions.   All references herein to Parent and its Subsidiaries upon the consummation of any Combination Transaction shall be deemed to be references to such Persons after giving effect to such Combination Transaction.  In addition, (a) any representations or warranties made or deemed to be made on any date on which a Combination Transaction is consummated shall be made or deemed to be made after giving effect to the consummation of such Combination Transaction and the provisions of clause (b) below and (b) upon the consummation of the Bemis Merger, Total Tangible Assets shall be redetermined to give pro forma effect to the Bemis Merger as if it had occurred on the date of the applicable balance sheet referred to in the definition of the term Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 1.10.                                    Divisions.   For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.                                    Commitments.   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency to each Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount for all such Revolving Loans that will not result in (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment or (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

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SECTION 2.02.                                    Loans and Borrowings.   (a)  Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Revolving Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments to the same Borrower.  Each Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or LIBOR Revolving Loans, as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Revolving Loans, (iii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely of EURIBOR Revolving Loans, (iv) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars shall be comprised entirely of BBR Revolving Loans, (v) each Australian Dollar Swingline Loan shall be an AUD Overnight Rate Loan and (vi) each Euro Swingline Loan shall be a Euro Overnight Rate Loan.  Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, and at the time each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing and (ii) an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments.  At the time each Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of A$1,000,000 and not less than A$5,000,000.  At the time each Euro Swingline Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of €1,000,000 and not less than €5,000,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03.                                    Requests for Revolving Borrowings.   To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing, (b) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing or (c) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a

 

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written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)                                      the Borrower requesting such Revolving Borrowing (or on whose behalf Parent is requesting such Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)                                   the currency and the principal amount of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(iii)                                the date of such Revolving Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iv)                               the Type of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(v)                                  in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(vi)                               the location and number of the account of the applicable Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank, if applicable) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent).

 

If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars.  If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing, (B) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euro, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (C) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, a BBR Revolving Borrowing and (D) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the requested Revolving Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.04.                                    Swingline Loans.   (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans denominated in Australian Dollars to each Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Australian Dollar Swingline Loans exceeding A$50,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.04(e)), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Australian Dollar Swingline Loans made by the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender exceeding its Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment, (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment, (iv) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment or (v) in the event the Existing Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section 2.08(b), the Swingline Exposure attributable to Swingline Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity Date exceeding the total Commitments that shall have been extended to a date after the latest maturity date of such Swingline Loans; provided that the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender shall not be required to

 

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make an Australian Dollar Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Australian Dollar Swingline Loans.

 

(b)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Euro Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans denominated in Euros to each Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Euro Swingline Loans exceeding €50,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.04(e)), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Euro Swingline Loans made by the Euro Swingline Lender exceeding its Euro Swingline Commitment, (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment, (iv) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment or (v) in the event the Existing Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section 2.08(b), the Swingline Exposure attributable to Swingline Loans maturing after such Existing Maturity Date exceeding the total Commitments that shall have been extended to a date after the latest maturity date of such Swingline Loans; provided that the Euro Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Euro Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Euro Swingline Loans.

 

(c)                                   To request a Swingline Borrowing, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such request not later than (i) 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of the proposed Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing, or (ii) 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of the proposed Euro Swingline Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Borrowing Request shall specify, in compliance with Section 2.02, the requested date of such Swingline Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the currency and the principal amount of the requested Swingline Borrowing and the location and number of the account of the applicable Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent).  Promptly following the receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section (and in any event not later than (i) 12:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of the proposed Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing, or (ii) 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of the proposed Euro Swingline Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Swingline Lender of the amount of such Swingline Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Swingline Borrowing.  Each applicable Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan to be made by it hereunder by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency to the account specified in such Borrowing Request by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

 

(d)                                  Each Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Applicable Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans of such Swingline Lender outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the currency and the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans in which the Lenders will be required to participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay (in Australian Dollars or Euro, as applicable), on the first Business Day following receipt of notice as provided above, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such

 

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Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that, in making any Swingline Loan, each Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the Borrowers deemed made pursuant to Section 4.03, unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Swingline Loan was made, the Required Lenders shall have notified the Swingline Lenders (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) would not be satisfied if such Swingline Loan were then made (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Swingline Lender shall have received any such notice, no Swingline Lender shall have any obligation to make any Swingline Loan until and unless such Swingline Lender shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist).  Each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Applicable Agent and not to the Swingline Lender.  Any amounts received by a Swingline Lender from a Borrower (or other Person on behalf of such Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Applicable Agent; any such amounts received by the Applicable Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Applicable Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the applicable Swingline Lender or to the Applicable Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to a Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve any Borrower of its obligation to repay such Swingline Loan.

 

(e)                                   Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment or the Euro Swingline Commitment; provided that Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment or the Euro Swingline Commitment, as the case may be, if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, (i) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Australian Dollar Swingline Loans made by the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender would exceed its Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Euro Swingline Loans made by the Euro Swingline Lender would exceed its Euro Swingline Commitment.  In the event that the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment is reduced in accordance with this paragraph, Parent may, with the consent of the Euro Swingline Lender and by written notice to the Administrative Agent, increase the Euro Swingline Commitment in a maximum aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount by which the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment has been so reduced (or, in the event the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment is terminated in full, in a maximum aggregate amount equal to the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment in effect immediately prior to such termination, it being agreed that any such increase shall also increase by a like amount the

 

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amount referred to in clause (i) of Section 2.04(a)).  In the event that the Euro Swingline Commitment is reduced in accordance with this paragraph, Parent may, with the consent of the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender and by written notice to the Administrative Agent, increase the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment in a maximum aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount by which the Euro Swingline Commitment has been so reduced (or, in the event the Euro Swingline Commitment is terminated in full, in a maximum aggregate amount equal to the Euro Swingline Commitment in effect immediately prior to such termination), it being agreed that any such increase shall also increase by a like amount the amount referred to in clause (i) of Section 2.04(b).  Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate, reduce or increase the Australian Dollar Swingline Commitment or the Euro Swingline Commitment, as applicable, under this paragraph at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination, reduction or increase, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Swingline Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this paragraph shall be irrevocable.  Any termination or reduction of the applicable Swingline Commitments shall be permanent.

 

SECTION 2.05.                                    Funding of Borrowings.   (a)  Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:30 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04.  The Applicable Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account designated in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)                                  Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, (A) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (x) the NYFRB Rate and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (x) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Loan pursuant to Section 2.12.  If any Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Applicable Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Applicable Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Borrower shall not be required to pay such amount to the Applicable Agent and such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by any Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Applicable Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.06.                                    Interest Elections.   (a)  Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing (if denominated in US Dollars) to a Revolving Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  A Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing and the Revolving Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Revolving Borrowing.  This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrower shall be permitted to change the currency of any Revolving Borrowing or elect an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)                                  To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type and in the currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such election shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)                                      the Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)                                   the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)                                the Type of the resulting Revolving Borrowing; and

 

(iv)                               if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(c)                                   Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Revolving Borrowing.

 

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(d)                                  If the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, such Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, such Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month.

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified Parent of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing and BBR Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a Revolving Borrowing of the applicable Type with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

SECTION 2.07.                                    Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase of Commitments.   (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date and (ii) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to the Commitment Outside Date, the Commitment Outside Date.

 

(b)                                  Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans and/or Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment or (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would exceed its Commitment.

 

(c)                                   Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

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thereof to each of the Lenders) executed by Parent and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution being referred to as an “ Increasing Lender ”), which may include any Lender, cause Commitments of the Increasing Lenders to be increased (or cause the Increasing Lenders to extend new Commitments) in an amount for each Increasing Lender (which shall not be less than US$5,000,000) set forth in such notice; provided that (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to this paragraph, (ii) after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this paragraph (a “ Commitment Increase ”), the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of all Commitment Increases established pursuant to this paragraph plus (B) the aggregate amount of all “Commitment Increases” (or equivalent term) established under and as defined in any Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement shall not exceed US$500,000,000, (iii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Swingline Lender (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (iv) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Parent (an “ Accession Agreement ”).  Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Lender is a party (and the effectiveness of the new Commitment of such Lender in accordance with this paragraph), such Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder.  Each Commitment Increase shall become effective on the date specified in the applicable notice delivered pursuant to this paragraph (which date shall be at least five Business Days after the date of delivery of such notice); provided that no Commitment Increase shall become effective unless (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such Commitment Increase as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) on the effective date of such Commitment Increase, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of such Commitment Increase and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (C) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above shall have been satisfied.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the effective date of each Commitment Increase (the “ Increase Effective Date ”), and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  On the Increase Effective Date of any Commitment Increase, (i) the aggregate principal amount of any Revolving Loans outstanding (the “ Existing Borrowings ”) immediately prior to such Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Increasing Lender that shall have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the difference between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing (as hereinafter defined) and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated

 

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without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, (iii) each Increasing

Lender that shall not have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Applicable Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in each applicable currency an amount equal to the product of (1) such Increasing Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (iv) after the Applicable Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Applicable Agent shall remit (in the applicable currency) to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference (if positive) between (A) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Existing Borrowing, and (B) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Subsequent Borrowing, (v) after the effectiveness of such Commitment Increase, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have made new Borrowings (the “ Subsequent Borrowings ”) in amounts and currencies equal to the amounts and currencies of the Existing Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.03, (vi) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Subsequent Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) and (vii) the Borrowers shall pay each Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Revolving Loans comprising the Existing Borrowings.  To the extent the Existing Borrowings include any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings, the deemed payments of such Existing Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period(s) relating thereto.

 

SECTION 2.08.                                    Repayment of Loans; Extension of Maturity Date; Evidence of Debt.   (a)  Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower on the Maturity Date (in the case of any Declining Lender, without giving effect to the extension thereof pursuant to Section 2.08(b)) and (ii) to the applicable Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made to such Borrower by such Swingline Lender on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the seventh day after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars or Euros is made, the Borrowers shall repay all Australian Dollar Swingline Loans or Euro Swingline Loans, respectively, that were outstanding on the date such Revolving Borrowing was requested.

 

(b)                                  Parent may, after the Availability Date, by delivery of a Maturity Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly upon receipt deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders), request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date for an additional period of one year; provided that (i) Parent shall provide no more than one Maturity Date Extension Request in any 12-month period and (ii) there shall be no more than two extensions of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section; provided further that, no extension may result in the Maturity Date as so extended being more than five years after the date of effectiveness of such extension.  Each Lender shall, by notice to Parent and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Maturity Date Extension Request from Parent, advise Parent whether or not it agrees to the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension being called a “ Consenting Lender ”, and each Lender declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “ Declining Lender ”).  Any Lender that has not so advised Parent and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining Lender.  If

 

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Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have agreed to a Maturity Date Extension Request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect.  The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity Date Extension Request shall be at the sole discretion of each Lender.  The Commitment of any Declining Lender shall terminate on the Maturity Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such extension (such Maturity Date being called the “ Existing Maturity Date ”).  The principal amount of any outstanding Loans made by Declining Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of such Declining Lenders hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date the Borrowers shall also make such other prepayments of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.09 as shall be required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining Lenders pursuant to this sentence, (x) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would not exceed its Commitment.  Parent shall have the right, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.18(b), at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Availability Period and the Maturity Date (without taking into consideration any extension pursuant to this paragraph), as such terms are used in reference to any Swingline Lender or any Swingline Loans made by any Swingline Lender, may not be extended without the prior written consent of such Swingline Lender (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Swingline Lender shall not have consented to any such extension, (A) such Swingline Lender shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender hereunder through the Existing Maturity Date (or the Availability Period determined on the basis thereof, as applicable), and thereafter shall have no obligation to make any Swingline Loan (but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.04, 2.14, 2.16, 9.03, 9.09 and 9.17 as to Swingline Loans made prior to such time), and (B) the principal amount of any outstanding Swingline Loans made by any Swingline Lender that shall not have consented to such requested extension, together with any accrued interest thereon, shall, to the extent outstanding or accrued but unpaid on the Existing Maturity Date, be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date) and (ii) no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective unless (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received such opinions, documents and certificates consistent with those delivered under Section 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) with respect to such extension as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (x) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (y) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date ( provided that (I) in the case of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.05(b) and 3.08(a), each reference therein to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of effectiveness of such extension and (II) in the case of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.05(b), the reference therein to June 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of Parent’s audited consolidated Accounts most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)), (C) on the date of effectiveness of such extension, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated the date of effectiveness of such extension and executed by a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above shall have been satisfied.

 

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(c)                                   Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal, interest and fees payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(d)                                  The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Loans and interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.09.                                    Prepayment of Loans.   (a)  The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

 

(b)                                  If, on any date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed the Aggregate Commitment, then the applicable Borrowers shall, (i) if any ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing is then outstanding, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Borrowings on such day) and (B) the amount of such ABR Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings and (ii) if no ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing is then outstanding or such excess is not eliminated after giving effect to any prepayment of Borrowings made pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), on the last day of each successive Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing occurring after receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Borrowings on such day) and (2) the amount of the applicable Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed 105% of the Aggregate Commitment, then the Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent to Parent, prepay one or more Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

(c)                                   Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.

 

(d)                                  The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of an Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing or a Euro Swingline Borrowing, the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender or the Euro Swingline Lender, respectively) by telephone

 

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(confirmed by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile promptly thereafter) of any optional prepayment and any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable), (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing or a BBR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, four Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable), (iii) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment, (iv) in the case of an Australian Dollar Swingline Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment and (v) in the case of a Euro Swingline Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), the Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.

 

SECTION 2.10.                                    [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.11.                                    Fees.   (a)  Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily Unused Commitment (determined as set forth below) of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the 15th day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and in the event of the termination in whole of the Commitment of any Lender, on the date of such termination.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  For purposes of computing commitment fees, the Unused Commitment of a Lender shall be determined solely on the basis of the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender (and any Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall not be considered usage of such Lender’s Commitment for purposes of this Section 2.11(a)).

 

(b)                                  Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

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SECTION 2.12.                                    Interest.   (a)  The Revolving Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)                                  The Revolving Loans comprising each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at (i) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, the Adjusted LIBO Rate and (ii) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Sterling or Swiss Francs, the LIBO Rate, in each case for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)                                   The Revolving Loans comprising each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the EURIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(d)                                  The Revolving Loans comprising each BBR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the AUD Bank Bill Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(e)                                   Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest (i) in the case of an Australian Dollar Swingline Loan, at the AUD Overnight Rate plus the Applicable Rate, and (ii) in the case of a Euro Swingline Loan, at the Euro Overnight Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(g)                                   Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Revolving Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.  All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Loan is denominated.

 

(h)                                  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate and (ii) interest on Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars or Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, in the case of ABR Revolving Loans, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate, AUD Bank Bill Rate, Alternate Base Rate, AUD Overnight Rate or Euro Overnight Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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SECTION 2.13.                                    Alternate Rate of Interest.   (a)  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing or with respect to any Swingline Borrowing denominated in any currency:

 

(i)                                      the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for (x) ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period or (y) ascertaining the AUD Overnight Rate or the Euro Overnight Rate, as the case may be, for Swingline Borrowings denominated in the applicable currency; or

 

(ii)                                   (x) the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans included in such Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period or (y) the Applicable Agent is advised by any applicable Swingline Lender or the Required Lenders that the AUD Overnight Rate or the Euro Overnight Rate, as the case may be, for Swingline Loans denominated in the applicable currency will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, maintaining or participating in the Swingline Loans included in such Swingline Borrowing;

 

then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof (which may be by telephone) to Parent and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Applicable Agent notifies Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency and for such Interest Period shall be ineffective, (B) any affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, unless repaid, be continued as an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, (C) any Borrowing Request for an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing shall (1) if denominated in US Dollars, be deemed a request for an ABR Revolving Borrowing or (2) otherwise, be ineffective (and no Lender shall be obligated to make a Revolving Loan on account thereof), (D) any affected Swingline Borrowing made by the applicable Swingline Lender in which the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations, unless repaid, shall bear interest at a rate equal to (1) the Applicable Rate for such Swingline Borrowing plus (2) the cost to the applicable Swingline Lender to fund such Swingline Borrowing (from whatever source and using whatever methodologies such Swingline Lender may select in its reasonable discretion) (with respect to a Swingline Lender, the “ Swingline COF Rate ”), it being agreed by each applicable Swingline Lender that promptly upon request therefor by the Applicable Agent, such Swingline Lender shall notify the Applicable Agent of the Swingline COF Rate of such Swingline Lender with respect to the applicable Swingline Borrowings and (E) any affected Swingline Borrowing made by the applicable Swingline Lender in which any other Lender shall have funded its participation, unless repaid, shall bear interest at a rate equal to (1) the Applicable Rate for such Swingline Borrowing plus (2) the weighted average cost to each Lender to fund its pro rata share of or its pro rata participation in, as applicable, such Swingline Borrowings (from whatever source and using whatever methodologies such Lender may select in its reasonable discretion) (with respect to a Lender, the “ COF Rate ” and with respect to the weighted average of the COF Rate applicable to each Lender for any Swingline Borrowing, the “ Average COF Rate ”), it being agreed by each

 

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applicable Lender that promptly upon request therefor by the Applicable Agent, such Lender shall notify the Applicable Agent of the COF Rate of such Lender with respect to the applicable Swingline Borrowing.

 

(b)                                  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this Section have arisen (including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this Section have not arisen but either (A) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate), (B) the supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate) or (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans denominated in the applicable currency, then the Administrative Agent and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention in the United States for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans denominated in the applicable currency at such time, and the Administrative Agent and Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (it being understood that such amendment shall not reduce the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this paragraph (b), only to the extent the applicable Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), clauses (A) through (C) of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be applicable.

 

SECTION 2.14.                                    Increased Costs.   (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                      impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

 

(ii)                                   impose on any Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; or

 

(iii)                                subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and

 

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(C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Revolving Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or other Recipient (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                                  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment or any Swingline Commitment of or the Loans made by, or participations in Swingline Loans held by, such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)                                   A certificate of a Lender or other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and an explanation of how such amount or amounts were determined, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that no Lender shall deliver such certificate, and seek compensation under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, unless such Lender is generally seeking, or intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to the applicable Change in Law.  Parent shall pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)                                  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Parent shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.15.                                    Break Funding Payments.   In the event of (a) the payment by any Borrower of any principal of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by any Borrower to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Lender to fund a Revolving Loan required to be funded by it hereunder), convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, Parent shall (subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section) compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such event, including, to the extent that any of the foregoing Revolving Loans are denominated in an Alternative Currency, the actual costs and expenses of such Lender attributable to the premature unwinding of any Hedge Agreement entered into by such Lender in respect to the foreign currency exposure attributable to such Revolving Loan.  In the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Revolving Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate, LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate or AUD Bank Bill Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Revolving Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any Applicable Rate that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Revolving Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Relevant Interbank Market.  Parent shall also compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to any failure by any Borrower to (a) deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or (b) borrow or prepay any Swingline Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof).  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.16.                                    Payments Free of Taxes.   (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

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(b)                                  Payment of Other Taxes and VAT.   The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes and VAT.

 

(c)                                   Evidence of Payments.   As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  Indemnification by the Loan Parties.   The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Parent by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                                   Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)                                    Status of Lenders .  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, such information or properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition and subject to Section 2.16(g), any Lender, if reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other information or documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will enable Parent or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject

 

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such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal, tax or commercial position of such Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an applicable Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party that, in each case, is not a US Person or is not resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes, the applicable Lender will not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (f)(i) unless it has received written notice from such Borrower or such other Loan Party advising it of the availability of an exemption or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Borrower or such other Loan Party is located and containing all applicable documentation (together, if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof) required to be completed by such Lender in order to receive any such exemption or reduction, and such Lender is reasonably satisfied that it is legally able to provide such documentation to such Borrower or such other Loan Party.

 

(ii)                                   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a US Person:

 

(A)                                (i) any Lender that is a US Person shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), copies (by facsimile or electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) of executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from US backup withholding tax, and (ii) the Applicable Agent with respect to such Borrower shall deliver to such Borrower on or prior to the date on which such Applicable Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Applicable Agent is exempt from US Federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)                                  executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that

 

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such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any of the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)                                  to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in US Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                                if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to US Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

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(g)                                   (i)  Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax on interest payable by Amcor UK under any applicable double taxation treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party, and that holds a passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall include an indication to that effect by including its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire and its jurisdiction of tax residence (or otherwise provide the scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Administrative Agent and Parent, for the benefit of Amcor UK) and subject to paragraph (g)(iii) below, having so provided its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number shall be under no further obligation pursuant to Section 2.16(f) in respect of Amcor UK.

 

(ii)                                   Where a Lender includes the indication described in paragraph (g)(i) above, Amcor UK shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 with respect to each such Lender with HMRC within 30 days of the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of that filing.  No Borrower shall file a form DTTP2 or file any other form relating to the HMRC Double Tax Passport scheme unless a Lender has provided its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above or such Lender otherwise agrees.

 

(iii)                                If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above and Amcor UK has not filed a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender or Amcor UK has filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender but (y) the form DTTP2 has been rejected by HMRC or (z) HMRC has not given Amcor UK authority to make payments to such Lender without withholding or deduction on account of Tax within 60 days of the date Amcor UK filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender and, in the case of clause (y) or (z), Amcor UK has notified such Lender thereof in writing, such Lender and Amcor UK shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for Amcor UK to obtain authorization to make that payment without any withholding or deduction on account of Tax.

 

(h)                                  Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes (which, for purposes of this Section 2.16, with respect to Taxes which arise in the United Kingdom, shall include a credit against or relief of any such Taxes) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any

 

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other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                                      United Kingdom Taxation . Each of Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor represents and warrants that it is resident for Tax purposes only in the United Kingdom.  Each of Amcor and Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis represents and warrants that it is not resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

 

(j)                                     Australian Taxation.   (i)  Each Arranger represents to Amcor that (A) on behalf of Amcor, it has made invitations to become a Lender under this Agreement to 10 or more Persons, each of whom, as at the date the relevant invitation was made, such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed was carrying on the business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, and (B) such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed 10 or more of such invitees were not Associates of each other or of Amcor.

 

(ii)                                   Amcor confirms that none of the potential invitees whose names were disclosed to it by an Arranger before the date of this Agreement were known or suspected by it to be an Offshore Associate of Amcor.  Amcor also confirms that each Borrower under this Agreement is (A) a member of the same “wholly-owned group” (as defined in the Australian Tax Act) or (B) an Associate of each other Borrower.

 

(iii)                                Each Lender listed in Schedule 2.01 represents and warrants that (A) an invitation to become a Lender under this Agreement was made to it by the Arrangers on behalf of Amcor, (B) it was at the time of the invitation, and will be at the time of making by it of any Loan to Amcor, carrying on a business of providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities, in the course of operating in financial markets and (C) except as disclosed to Amcor, insofar as its officers and agents who were involved in its becoming a party to this Agreement have actual knowledge, it is not an Associate of any other Person which was invited to become a Lender under the Agreement.

 

(iv)                               At the cost of Amcor, each of the Lenders and the Arrangers will, to the extent it is reasonably able to do so, do or provide such other things (including information) which Amcor reasonably requests it to do or provide in connection with the invitations to become Lenders under this Agreement which Amcor considers practicable and necessary to demonstrate that the requirements of section 128F of the Australian Tax Act are satisfied.

 

(k)                                  Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(l)                                      VAT .  (i)  All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any party to any Recipient that (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply for VAT purposes shall, except as otherwise agreed by such Recipient, be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT that is chargeable on such supply.  Subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, such party shall pay to such Recipient (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient shall have delivered to such party an invoice complying with the applicable legal

 

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requirements) unless such party is obligated by law to account directly to the applicable Governmental Authority for such VAT.  If there is an adjustment to the consideration in respect of a supply to which this Section 2.16(l)(i) applies, (A) the additional amount paid or payable to the applicable Recipient must be recalculated, taking into account any previous adjustments under this clause (A), to reflect the occurrence of such adjustment and the other party or the Recipient, as the case requires, must pay to the other the amount required to reflect the recalculation of the additional amount, and (B) the Recipient must provide any relevant documentation in respect of the adjustment (including, if relevant, an adjustment note) to the other party as soon as practicable after the Recipient becomes aware of the occurrence of such adjustment.

 

(ii)                                   If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (the “ VAT Supplier ”) to any other Lender (the “ VAT Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ VAT Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the VAT Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration) (x) (where the VAT Supplier is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall also pay to the VAT Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT.  The VAT Recipient shall (where the immediately foregoing clause (x) applies) promptly pay to the VAT Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the VAT Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply and (y) (where the VAT Recipient is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

 

(iii)                                Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify any Recipient for any cost or expense, such party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, except to the extent that such Recipient reasonably determines that it, or any company of its group, is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

(iv)                               Any reference in paragraph (i) through (iii) above to any party shall, at any time when such party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or equivalent legislation and the council directive 2006/112/EEC on the common system of value added tax).

 

(v)                                  In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, such party must promptly provide such Recipient with details of such party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

(m)                              Defined Terms.   For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

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SECTION 2.17.                                    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.   (a)  Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due), in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Agent to such account as the Applicable Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to Parent, except that payments required to be made directly to any Swingline Lender shall be so made, payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Applicable Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Loan; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by any Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such payment.

 

(b)                                  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agents to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due, and expenses then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due or reimbursable as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all fees then due, and all costs and expenses then due or reimbursable, to the Agents (in their capacity as such) under any Loan Document;

 

SECOND, to the payment of all principal and interest then due in respect of the Swingline Loans then outstanding (ratably among the Swingline Lenders in accordance with the amounts of such principal and interest then due in respect of such Swingline Loans); and

 

THIRD, to the payment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the Lenders (ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties).

 

(c)                                   If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest

 

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on their Revolving Loans and participations in Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.08(b)) (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Swingline Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time).  Each of Parent and the Borrowers consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Parent or such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Parent or such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)                                  Unless an Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to such Agent for the account of any Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, such Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at (i) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (A) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)                                   If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of any Agent or any Swingline Lender, then each Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by any Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.04(d), 2.05(b), 2.16(e), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.18.                                    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.   (a)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority) (or if it becomes reasonably likely that such compensation or payment will be required to be made), then such Lender shall (at the request of Parent) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant

 

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to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Parent hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

(b)                                  If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority), (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender, (iv) any Lender is a Declining Lender or (v) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) Parent shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, in circumstances where its consent would be required under Section 9.04, each Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and, if applicable, participations in Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or Parent (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law, (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the status of such Lender as a Declining Lender, the assignee shall have agreed to the applicable Maturity Date Extension Request and (F) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

SECTION 2.19.                                    Defaulting Lenders .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                                  commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the Unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Defaulting Lender is a “Defaulting Lender”;

 

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Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

(c)                                   if any Swingline Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:

 

(i)                                      the Swingline Exposure (other than any portion thereof with respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by Section 2.04(d)) of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (for purpose of such reallocation, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in determining the Non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective Applicable Percentages), but only to the extent that (A) the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure (excluding the funded portion thereof referred to above) does not exceed the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (B) such reallocation does not result in the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender exceeding such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment; and

 

(ii)                                   if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent prepay the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure that has not been reallocated as set forth in such clause; and

 

(d)                                  so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Swingline Lender shall be required to make any Swingline Loan, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding Swingline Exposure will be fully covered by the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with clause (c) above, and participating interests in any such funded Swingline Loan will be allocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with clause (c)(i) above (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

In the event that (x) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent shall have occurred following the date hereof and for so long as such Bankruptcy Event shall continue or (y) any Swingline Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Swingline Lender shall not be required to make any Swingline Loan unless such Swingline Lender shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrowers or the applicable Lender satisfactory to such Swingline Lender to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent, Parent and the Swingline Lenders each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders and such funded participations in Swingline Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans and such funded participation in accordance with its

 

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Applicable Percentage, and such Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Defaulting Lender (but shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fees accrued during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or other modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this Section 2.19 during such period shall be binding on it).  The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.19 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Swingline Lender or any Borrower may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.

 

SECTION 2.20.                                    Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers.   Each of Amcor UK and Amcor US hereby irrevocably appoints Amcor to serve as its agent as of the Effective Date until but not including the Availability Date, and each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints New Amcor to serve as its agent on and after the Availability Date, in each case for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the giving and receipt of notices (including any Borrowing Request and any Interest Election Request) and (b) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that any amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be effected as set forth in Section 9.02, that such Person shall be bound by this Agreement or any other Loan Document (if it is theretofore a party thereto) as so amended or modified and that (in the case of Amcor, to the extent such amendment or other modification is effected on or after the Availability Date) no consent of such Person shall be required to effect any such amendment or other modification.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Parent, as to itself and the Subsidiaries, and each Borrower, as to itself and its subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Effective Date (solely with respect to Amcor and its subsidiaries), the Availability Date and thereafter as of each date on which representations and warranties are required to be, or are deemed to be, made under the Loan Documents, that:

 

SECTION 3.01.                                    Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers.   Each Loan Party is duly formed, incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.                                    Corporate and Governmental Authorization.   The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party.  The Transactions do not require any consent or approval of, or any registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (or, in the case of the Combination Transactions, will be obtained or made and will be in full force and effect on the Availability Date).

 

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SECTION 3.03.                                    Enforceability of Obligations.   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Amcor, Amcor US and Amcor UK and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor and Bemis, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, in each case, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

SECTION 3.04.                                    No Contravention or Exceeding Power.   The Transactions (a) do not and will not violate any material law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party or any of its properties, (b) do not and will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitutional documents or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any limitations on its powers or the powers of its directors or other governing or managing body, (c) do not and will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under (i) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, any Applicable Credit Agreement, the Existing Amcor Note Documents or, upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, the Existing Bemis Note Documents or (ii) any other indenture or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that any such default, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any Subsidiary.  No Loan Party organized under the laws of Australia has contravened or will contravene part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.05.                                    Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change.   (a)  Amcor has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its Accounts (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period and the portion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.  Such Accounts, and all Accounts provided by Parent pursuant to Section 5.01, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and give a true and fair view of the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and of their performance for the periods covered thereby.  As of December 31, 2018, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary had any material actual or contingent liabilities except as disclosed or reflected in the Accounts referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)                                  There has been, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date, no event or condition since June 30, 2018, that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.06.                                    Accuracy of Disclosure.   (a)  Neither the Confidential Materials nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or furnished hereunder or thereunder, nor any information formally presented prior to the Effective Date to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in bank meetings or conference calls in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, other than information of a general economic or industry nature), taken as a whole, contained, as

 

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of the date when furnished or presented, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state, as of the date when furnished or presented, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, Parent and the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Parent to be reasonable at the time such projected financial information was prepared (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond control of Parent and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that such projected financial information will be realized, and that such projected financial information may differ materially from actual future results).  As of the Effective Date, the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters relating to Parent and the Subsidiaries known to the Borrowers, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.01(f), then, as of the Effective Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.02(k), then, as of the Availability Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 3.07.                                    Properties.   Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.08.                                    Litigation and Environmental Matters.   (a)  There are (in the case of clause (i) below, as of the Effective Date and as of the Availability Date) no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or (iii) to wind up or dissolve (or effect any analogous or similar action) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary and that, in the case of any such other Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) currently expects to be required to incur any capital or other cost for its respective operations to achieve or maintain compliance with any Environmental Law relating to greenhouse gas emissions or reductions thereto, (iii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.09.                                    Compliance with Laws and Agreements.   (a)  Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in

 

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the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

 

(b)                                  Parent and each Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent a party thereto) is in compliance with the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, the Existing Amcor Note Documents, the Existing Bemis Note Documents, any Applicable Credit Agreement, all other indentures and credit agreements to which it is a party and all other agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.10.                                    Investment Company Status.   None of Parent or any other Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECTION 3.11.                                    ERISA.   No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of such Plan, as of the date of the most recent Accounts reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s knowledge, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.

 

SECTION 3.12.                                    Ranking of Obligations.   The obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which it is a party rank at least equally with all of the unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 3.13.                                    Related Parties.   No Loan Party subject to the Corporations Act has contravened or will contravene section 208 or section 209 of the Corporations Act by executing and delivering any Loan Document or performing its obligations thereunder or participating in any transaction in connection with any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.14.                                    Benefit from Transactions.   Each Loan Party benefits by the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.15.                                    Execution not as a Trustee.   No Loan Party has executed or delivered any Loan Document in the capacity of a trustee, responsible entity or custodian of any trust, managed investment scheme or settlement.

 

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business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X.  Not more than 25% of the value of the assets subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Parent or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender will at any time be represented by margin stock.

 

SECTION 3.17.                                    Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.   Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Parent, its and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of Parent, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or their respective agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  None of Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 3.18.                                    Choice of Law Provisions.   The choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9.09 are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom and each other jurisdiction in which any Non-US Loan Party is organized, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any such other jurisdiction will not give effect to the choice of law of the State of New York as the proper law, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such provisions.  Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Australia, New Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own names under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Amcor UK has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of the United Kingdom and each other Non-US Loan Party has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable.  Each of the Non-US Loan Parties has the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and such irrevocable submission and the waiver by each Non-US Loan Party of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceedings in such Federal or State court are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized would not give effect to such submission and waivers, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or based on public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such submission and waivers.  Each Non-US Loan Party has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e).  Service of process in the manner set forth in Section 9.09(d) will be

 

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effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over each Non-US Loan Party, and none of Parent or the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts in Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized will not recognize as valid and final, or will not enforce, any final and conclusive judgment against Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party, respectively, obtained in any such Federal or State court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party under the Loan Documents, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to jurisdictional matters (including consent to service of process provisions).

 

SECTION 3.19.                                    No Immunity.   Each Non-US Loan Party is subject to civil and commercial laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Loan Party of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  None of the Non-US Loan Parties or any of their properties has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.20.                                    Proper Form; No Recordation.   With respect to each Non-US Loan Party, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are in proper legal form under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents.  It is not necessary, in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which any Non-US Loan Party is party, that this Agreement or such other Loan Document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document, except for (a) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the applicable Loan Document is sought to be enforced and (b) any charge or tax as has been timely paid by such Non-US Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.                                    Effective Date.   This Agreement shall become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02); provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03:

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis) either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent

 

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(which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Borrower (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Bemis) either a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such Borrower has signed a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrowers in the United States and England and Wales, and (ii) Gilbert + Tobin, counsel for Parent in Australia, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of Parent, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.03(a) and 4.03(b).

 

(e)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower no less than five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2019 (and, in the event such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

SECTION 4.02.                                    Availability Date.   The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loan is subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions; provided that the obligations of the

 

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Lenders to make Loans hereunder are further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03:

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement signed on behalf of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement and (ii) each of New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit thereto) signed on behalf of New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Availability Date) of each of (i) Armstrong Teasdale LLP, counsel for Bemis in the United States, and (ii) Ogier, counsel for Parent in the Bailiwick of Jersey, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of New Amcor and Bemis, the authorization of the Transactions by New Amcor and Bemis and any other legal matters relating to New Amcor and Bemis, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  [Reserved].

 

(e)                                   (i) The exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, implemented pursuant to a scheme of arrangement pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.  The Transaction Agreement (including the terms of the Scheme (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019) and the Deed Poll (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)) shall not have been amended or modified (including, in the case of the Scheme, any amendments or modifications thereto required by the Court (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)), or any provision or condition therein (including any condition set forth on Exhibit A thereto) waived, or any consent granted thereunder, if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that Amcor may, with respect to any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of Amcor, together with a copy of, or a substantially final draft of, such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, stating that Amcor has determined in good faith that such amendment, modification,

 

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waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such), in which case such certificate shall, on the fifth Business Day after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, constitute conclusive evidence that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless, within such five Business Day period, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify Amcor in writing that it or they disagree with such determination by Amcor.

 

(f)                                    The Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated.

 

(g)                                   The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Availability Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(h)                                  No Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(i)                                      The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Availability Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of New Amcor, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(e), 4.02(f), 4.02(g) and 4.02(h).

 

(j)                                     The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Availability Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Availability Date, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(k)                                  The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to New Amcor and Bemis required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date, and (ii) to the extent New Amcor or Bemis qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date.

 

SECTION 4.03.                                    Each Credit Event.   The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan) is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents (other than, after the Availability Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a)) shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except in the case of

 

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any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(b)                                  At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

On the date of any Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (or any component thereof) shall not exceed the maximum amount thereof (or the maximum amount of any such component) specified in Section 2.01 or 2.04(a).

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and, other than in the case of the affirmative covenants set forth in paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) of Section 5.01, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.                                    Financial Statements and Other Information.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:

 

(a)                                  (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited Accounts as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and (A) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such fiscal year and (B) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable GAAP; provided that if the comparative figures for the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (a) prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such prior fiscal year, and (ii) if any Loan Party is at any time required by law in its place of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, to prepare annual financial statements, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Loan Party, copies of such financial statements;

 

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(b)                                  within 90 days after the end of (i) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the first six-month period of each fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, its Accounts as of the end of and for such period and, in the case of clause (ii), the portion of such fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (A) in the case of Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such six-month period and (B) in the case of Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of such fiscal year then ended on a consolidated basis (and, in each case, if required by applicable law, audited and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)); provided that if the comparative figures for any portion of the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such prior fiscal year prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such portion of the prior fiscal year;

 

(c)                                   concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Parent, (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (consistent with the detail provided under the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and any Applicable Credit Agreement) demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.05 and 6.06 (and, in the event any pro forma adjustment shall have been made as contemplated by the definitions of the terms EBITDA and Net Interest Expense, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such pro forma adjustments) and (iii) if any change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of Parent most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05) that has had, or could have, a significant effect on the calculations of the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio or the Leverage Ratio, specifying the nature of such change and the effect thereof on such calculations;

 

(d)                                  concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) above, a certificate or letter of the accounting firm that audited such Accounts stating that it has reviewed this Agreement and stating further that Parent and the Borrowers are in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

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(e)                                   promptly after the same become publicly available (or, if not made publicly available, promptly after distribution by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be), copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the ASX Limited or any other securities exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be;

 

(f)                                    promptly after any reasonable request by any Lender therefor, such information and documentation as required (i) by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” rules with respect to any Loan Party, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or (ii) for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

 

(g)                                   promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Parent or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that Parent shall not be required to furnish any such information that Parent determines after consultation with counsel qualified to advise on such matters (which may be in-house counsel) that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 9.12, Parent would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public disclosure thereof.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (e) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if and when such information, or one or more annual, semi-annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of Parent at http://www.amcor.com or the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.  In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, Parent shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised Compliance Certificates with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of Parent.

 

SECTION 5.02.                                    Notices of Material Events.   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)                                  the occurrence of, or receipt by Parent of any written notice claiming the occurrence of, (i) any default or event of default under any Existing Amcor Credit Agreement, any Existing Amcor Note Document or any other Principal Facility Agreement or (ii) any Default;

 

(b)                                  the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Parent to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;

 

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(c)                                   any change to any Applicable Unsecured Rating;

 

(d)                                  the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)                                   any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification;

 

(f)                                    the effectiveness of any amendment contemplated by Section 1.08, together with true and complete copies of the Applicable Credit Agreement containing the applicable MFN Provision; and

 

(g)                                   any other development that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Parent setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and, in the case of clause (a) above, any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.                                    Subsidiary Guarantees.   Parent will ensure that at all times each Subsidiary that has Guaranteed any Material Financial Indebtedness of Parent, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis (or is otherwise a co-obligor on, or jointly liable with respect to, any such Material Financial Indebtedness) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor by duly executing and delivering a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, on behalf of such Person, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this Section 5.03 shall not apply to that certain class order deed CO 98/1418 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as such class order is amended from time to time, and to the benefit of any Guarantees provided solely as part thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.                                    Existence; Conduct of Business.   (a)  Each of Parent and the Borrowers will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence (and shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, from that applicable on the date hereof) and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that clause (ii) above shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03.

 

(b)                                  (i) Prior to the Availability Date, each of Amcor UK and Amcor US shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor and (ii) on and after the Availability Date, each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Bemis shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

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(c)                                   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 5.05.                                    Maintenance of Properties.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep and maintain all property used in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.06.                                    Insurance.   Parent and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or with a wholly-owned Subsidiary on arms’-length terms, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are prudent or usual for a Person of established repute conducting a business similar to it in the same or similar locations.

 

SECTION 5.07.                                    Books and Records.   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep proper and adequate books of record and account in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.08.                                    Compliance with Laws.   Parent and each Subsidiary will comply with all laws, including all orders of any Governmental Authority, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.09.                                    Use of Proceeds.   The proceeds of the Loans will be used solely for general corporate purposes of Parent and the Subsidiaries, to consummate the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing and to repay or prepay any other Financial Indebtedness of Parent and the Subsidiaries; provided that the proceeds of any Loan may not be used directly or indirectly in a manner or for a purpose that would (or would, but for any applicable limitation in any Loan Document) result in a contravention of Part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act.  None of Parent or any Borrower will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of the Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities or business of or with a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction, any goods originating from a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or any Person located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or owned or controlled by such Person.

 

SECTION 5.10.                                    Ranking of Obligations .  Each Loan Party shall take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that the Obligations of such Loan Party rank and, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, will rank, at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated Financial Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.                                    Subsidiary Indebtedness.   Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than Amcor UK, Amcor US, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis) to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                  Financial Indebtedness owed to Parent or any of the Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                  Limited Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(c)                                   Financial Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Financial Indebtedness existed on the date that such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and was not incurred in anticipation thereof, (ii) such Financial Indebtedness is repaid in full within one year of the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of such Financial Indebtedness if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (iii) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Financial Indebtedness was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division; and

 

(d)                                  other Financial Indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Financial Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (d) (or, in the case of any such Financial Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all Financial Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.02.                                    Liens.   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)                                  any Permitted Encumbrances; or

 

(b)                                  other Liens securing Financial Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness secured thereby (or, in the case of any such Liens in existence on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Financial Indebtedness (other than Limited Recourse Indebtedness) secured by any Liens on assets of Parent or any Subsidiary (other than Liens referred to in clauses

 

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(e) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.03.                                    Asset Sales.   Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether directly or through any merger or consolidation of, or any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Equity Interests in, or the assets of, Parent or any Subsidiary) (a) all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (b) any assets pursuant to a Material Disposition for an aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or greater than US$300,000,000, unless, after giving pro forma effect thereto, Parent shall be in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06.

 

SECTION 6.04.                                    Use of Proceeds.   No Borrower will request any Borrowing, and neither Parent nor any Borrower shall use, and each of Parent and the Borrowers shall procure that its subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.                                    Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.06.                                    Leverage Ratio.   Parent will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)                                  any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise and, solely if the cause of such failure is a banking system delay or interruption, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days;

 

(b)                                  Parent or any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)                                   any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document provided pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

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(d)                                  Parent or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a)(ii), 5.04(a)(i) (with respect to Parent’s or any Borrower’s existence) or 5.09 or in Article VI;

 

(e)                                   any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);

 

(f)                                    Parent or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Financial Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, relating to such Material Financial Indebtedness;

 

(g)                                   any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Financial Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Financial Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof;

 

(h)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding, petition or appointment shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(i)                                      Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or clause (h) of this Article or (vi) solely in the case of Parent, become subject to Parent Bankruptcy Event;

 

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(j)                                     Parent or any Borrower shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)                                  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) (other than any such judgment covered by third party insurance to the extent the insurer has been notified of such judgment and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer), shall be rendered against Parent or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)                                      any Loan Document is or becomes void, voidable or unenforceable, or is asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be valid and enforceable;

 

(m)                              any material obligation of any Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document or the performance of any such obligation is or becomes at any time illegal or invalid under any applicable law;

 

(n)                                  (i) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor UK or Amcor US shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor or (ii) on or after the Availability Date, Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US or Bemis shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor; or

 

(o)                                  a Change in Control shall occur;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Parent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Loans at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or any Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent as its agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action.  Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to such Agent by Parent or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any

 

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other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent or (F) any determination with respect to (1) the existence or the extent of any legal impediments on the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (it being acknowledged by the Lenders that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any evaluation as to whether any such impediment exists unless and until it shall have been requested to do so in writing by a Lender and, in connection with any such evaluation or determination, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent) selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel) or (2) the terms of the subordination referred to in the definition of the term the Subordinated Debt Allowance.  Each Agent shall be deemed to have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.03, and then only to as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided any consent or direction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be affected by any subsequent delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof, including pursuant to Section 9.01(e).  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to each Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

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Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and Parent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the Foreign Administrative Agent) shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent, or with an office in London or Frankfurt, in the case of a successor to the Foreign Administrative Agent or, in each case, an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such, and (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Parent to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30 th  day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender.  After any Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Foreign Administrative Agent under the penultimate paragraph of this Article.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and

 

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information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower or other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to any Agent and, in the event that any Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agents to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents (each of the foregoing, a “ Titled Person ”) shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder, and, without limiting the foregoing, no Titled Person shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or with Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(a)                                  such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s

 

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entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(b)                                  the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

(c)                                   (i) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(d)                                  such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

In addition, unless either (1) clause (a) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (d) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

The Administrative Agent and each other Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or

 

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alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

The Foreign Administrative Agent (the “ Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ”) may at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent, nominate an Affiliate of the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent (such Affiliate, a “ Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ”) to act as a successor Foreign Administrative Agent.  A notice to nominate a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent must be in the form of Exhibit J (the “ Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ”) and be countersigned by the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent confirming it will be bound as the Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  Such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Foreign Administrative Agent, and the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall mean such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent effective immediately upon delivery of such Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent.  With respect to Section 9.01(a)(ii), the address for notices for the Foreign Administrative Agent shall be, upon such succession and without further action, the address for the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent set forth in the Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice.  A Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent will be treated as the Foreign Administrative Agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents for so long as it continues to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  The Designating Foreign Administrative Agent may revoke its designation of an Affiliate as a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent.  Upon such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent’s ceasing to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent, the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent will automatically assume (and be deemed to assume without further action by any party) all rights and obligations previously vested in such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of Parent’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Parent or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.                                    Notices.   (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)                                      if to Parent or any Borrower, to Parent (or c/o Amcor, as applicable) at Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050 Zurich, Attention of Group Treasurer/VP Treasury (Fax No. +44 44 316 17 18; Email Address: graeme.vavasseur@amcor.com);

 

(ii)                                   if to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Fax No. (302) 634-1417; Email Addresses: lauren.mayer@jpmorgan.com and

 

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12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Demetrius Dixon (Fax No. (302) 634-1417;  Email Address: Demetrius.dixon@chase.com);

 

(iii)                                if to JPMorgan, in its capacity as the Euro Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., European Loan Operations, 3rd Floor, Prestige Platina, Near Marathahalli Junction, Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, Kadabeesanahalli, Vathur Hobli, Bangalore – 560087, India (Fax No. +1 214 291 4365; E-Fax: 442074923297@tls.ldsprod.com; Email Addresses: european.loan.operations@jpmorgan.com and loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com);

 

(iv)                               if to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, in its capacity as the Australian Dollar Swingline Lender, to Loan Servicing Cache Loan IQ MNL (Fax No. +61 3 8523 4543; Email Address: LoanServicingCacheLoanIQMNL@anz.com), with a copy to LCS Institutional VIC (1300 762 583), Attention of Aarani Rajmohan (Fax No. 1300 853 269; Email: LCSInstitutionalVIC@anz.com and aarani.rajmohan@anz.com); and

 

(v)                                  if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)                                  Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)                                   Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Any notices or other communications to an Agent, Parent or any Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to the Platform shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

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parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to Parent and the Agents).

 

(e)                                   In connection with any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request required to be provided hereunder to the Foreign Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall furnish with such request telephone call-back information designating a Financial Officer or other authorized employee of the applicable Borrower (or of Parent on its behalf) as authorized to confirm and provide any additional information relating to any such request as the Foreign Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order to give effect to such request. The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be authorized to seek any such confirmation or additional information by telephonic request.  The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any information provided by such designated Person and, in the event such designated Person is not, in fact, available to provide any such information by telephone call-back, the Foreign Administrative Agent shall have no liability for any failure to act in connection with any such request or notice.

 

(f)                                    The Borrowers agree that any Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on the Platform.  The Platform and any Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agents, the Titled Persons and their respective Related Parties do not warrant, and shall not be deemed to warrant, the adequacy of the Platform or the Communications, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s, any Agent’s or any Titled Person’s transmission of communications through the Platform, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).  Parent, each Borrower and each Lender agrees that any Agent or any Titled Person may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Communications on the Platform in accordance with its customary document retention procedures and policies.

 

SECTION 9.02.                                    Waivers; Amendments.   (a)  No failure or delay by any Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agents and the Lenders hereunder and 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 provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Arranger, any

 

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Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b)                                  Except as provided in Section 1.08, 2.04(e), 2.07(d), 2.08(b) and 2.13(b), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Parent and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (B) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the currency of any Loan or any interest or fee, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Loan or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment (including any such postponement as a result of any modification to the term “Commitment Outside Date”), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release (including by limiting liability in respect thereof) (i) any Borrower or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement or (ii) one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (other than those that are also Borrowers) from their Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement if such Guarantees represent a material portion of the aggregate value of the Guarantees of all the Subsidiary Guarantors (except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) amend, modify or waive the condition set forth in Section 4.02(f), without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of any Agent or any Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of such Agent or such Swingline Lender, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

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(c)                                   The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.                                    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.   (a)  Parent and the Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the commitment letter and any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, (ii) all reasonable and documented expenses of the Agents associated with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by any Agent or any Lender (including any Swingline Lender), including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing (including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

 

(b)                                  Parent and the Borrowers shall indemnify each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and each Lender (including each Swingline Lender), and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein (in the case of any Arranger), the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto) or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that (x) such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses,

 

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claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) a material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (iii) claims of one or more Indemnitees against another Indemnitee (other than claims against any Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or the Arrangers in their capacities or in fulfilling their roles as such) and not involving any act or omission of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (y) Parent and the Borrowers shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of more than one law firm at any time for the Indemnitees as a whole (and, if reasonably deemed necessary by the Indemnitees, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel for each relevant specialty, in each case for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs Parent of such conflict, Parent and the Borrowers shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated (and if reasonably deemed necessary by such affected Indemnitee, one additional firm of such local counsel or specialty counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                                   To the extent that Parent and the Borrowers fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Swingline Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or such sub-agent) or such Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect); provided that, for purposes of this paragraph, the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.19 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and the Unused Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit Exposure excluding such excess amount.

 

(d)                                  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet and the Platform), except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the material breach by such Indemnitee of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                   To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against each other such Person on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential

 

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or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not limit the obligations of Parent and the Borrowers to indemnify, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, any Indemnitee against any such damages that may be awarded against it or any indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations of the Loan Parties set forth in any other Loan Document.

 

(f)                                    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.04.                                    Successors and Assigns.   (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) neither Parent nor any Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Parent or any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the sub-agents of any Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time held or owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of:

 

(A)                                Parent; provided that no consent of Parent shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B)                                the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

 

(C)                                each Swingline Lender.

 

(ii)                                   Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)                                except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the

 

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Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000 (or (w) in the case of an assignment solely of Loans denominated in Euros, €5,000,000, (x) in the case of an assignment solely of Loans denominated in Australian Dollars, A$5,000,000, (y) in the case of an assignment solely of Loans denominated in Sterling, £5,000,000 and (z) in the case of an assignment solely of Loans denominated in Swiss Francs, CHF5,000,000), unless each of Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B)                                each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause (B) shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

 

(C)                                the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender;

 

(D)                                the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain Private Side Information) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including US Federal and state and foreign securities laws; and

 

(E)                                 there must be no less than two Lenders or one Lender with its lending office in Australia remaining after giving effect to such assignment.

 

(iii)                                Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.03 and 9.17).  Any assignment or

 

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transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

 

(iv)                               The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and the Borrowers and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided that if Parent or any Borrower requests a copy of the Register, such copy shall be provided to Parent or such Borrower within two Business Days of such request.

 

(v)                                  Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt of) any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.  Upon request of Parent, the Administrative Agent shall provide to Parent a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and Administrative Questionnaire that shall have been accepted by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of Parent, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (“ Participants ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely

 

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responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (ii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Parent and the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at Parent’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with Parent to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)                                   Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as an Agent) shall have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank with jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

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instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and yield protection obligations as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.05(b), 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.18, 9.03 and 9.17 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.06.                                    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.   (a)  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate fee letters with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or the Lenders constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under any commitment letter entered in connection herewith (but do not supersede any other provisions of any such commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect).  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis), and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require any Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

SECTION 9.07.                                    Severability.   Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality

 

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and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 9.08.                                    Right of Setoff.   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate thereof is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of Parent or any Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Parent or any Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Parent or any Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.

 

SECTION 9.09.                                    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.   (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented, and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws or other rules that would result in the application of laws of a different jurisdiction; provided further that (i) the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required by the laws of Victoria, Australia, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Victoria, Australia and (ii) the determination of whether the Bemis Merger shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required under the laws of the State of Missouri, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)                                  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such New York State court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(c)                                   Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the

 

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parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(e)                                   Each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Amcor US, with an address of 2801 SW 149 Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, Florida 33027, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation, appointment and empowerment, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) to receive, accept and forward for and on its behalf service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing a copy of such process to any such Loan Party in the care of the Authorized Agent at its address set forth above, and each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    In the event any Loan Party or any of its assets has or hereafter acquires, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or after judgment), execution, judgment or setoff, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such immunity.

 

SECTION 9.10.                                    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 9.11.                                    Headings.   Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.12.                                    Confidentiality.   (a) Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential or be subject to customary confidentiality obligations of employment or

 

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professional practice, (ii) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, semi-governmental authority, self-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall, (A) except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority) and (B) in the case of any request or demand of any self-regulatory authority, to the extent reasonably practicable, (1) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (2) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (iii) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall (x) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (y) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction, or any actual or prospective credit insurance provider (or its Related Parties), relating to any of Parent or the Borrowers and their obligations hereunder, (vii) with the consent of Parent, (viii) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent or a Borrower or (ix) solely with respect to Information about this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to market data collectors, as such Information is routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from Parent or any Borrower relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any Borrower.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

(b)                                  Each of the Applicable Agent and each Loan Party agrees to keep each Swingline COF Rate and each COF Rate confidential and not to disclose it to any other Person, and each Loan Party further agrees to cause its subsidiaries not to disclose any Swingline COF Rate or COF Rate to any other Person, except that (i) in the event a Swingline Borrowing that is subject to clause (D) or (E) of Section 2.13(a), the Applicable Agent shall promptly disclose the Swingline COF Rate or the COF Rate, as the case may be, of each relevant Lender, as communicated by such Lender to the Applicable Agent, to Parent, and (ii) each of the Applicable Agent and each Loan Party may disclose any Swingline COF Rate or COF Rate, as the case may be, (A) to any of its Affiliates and any of its or their respective Related Parties or auditors, provided that any such Person to whom such Swingline COF Rate or COF Rate is to be disclosed is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information, provided , however , that there shall be no requirement to so inform

 

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such Person if, in the opinion of the disclosing party, it is not practicable to do so under the circumstances, (B) to any Person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the Person to whom such Swingline COF Rate or COF Rate is to be disclosed is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information, provided , however , that there shall be no requirement to so inform such Person if, in the opinion of the disclosing party, it is not practicable to do so under the circumstances or (C) to the extent required by applicable law or by any subpoena or similar legal process.  The Applicable Agent and each Loan Party agrees to, and each Loan Party shall cause its subsidiaries to, (to the extent permitted by law) (x) inform each relevant Lender of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to this Section 9.12(b) and (y) notify each relevant Lender upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Section 9.12(b).  No Default or Event of Default shall arise under clause (e) of Article VII solely by reason of the failure of any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries to comply with this Section 9.12(b).

 

SECTION 9.13.                                    Interest Rate Limitation.   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.14.                                    “Know Your Customer” Notices.   Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with such Act and Rules.

 

SECTION 9.15.                                    No Fiduciary Relationship.   Each of Parent and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates with

 

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respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 9.16.                                    Non-Public Information.   (a)  Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by Parent, any Borrower or any Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement, will be syndicate-level information, which may contain Private Side Information.  Each Lender represents to Parent, the Borrowers and the Agents that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of Private Side Information and that it will handle Private Side Information in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Unites States Federal and state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain Private Side Information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)                                  Parent, the Borrowers and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by any Agent through Debt Domain, IntraLinks TM , SyndTrak or any other electronic platform chosen by such Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”), (i) the Agents may post any information that Parent has indicated as containing Private Side Information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Parent has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains Private Side Information, each Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives.  Parent agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Agents by or on behalf of Parent or any Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and each Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Parent without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.  In the event that any Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Lender acknowledges that (A) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (B) none of Parent, any Borrower, any Agent or any other Titled Person has any responsibility for such Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.17.                                    Conversion of Currencies.   (a)  If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)                                  The obligations of each of Parent and the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any party to any other Loan Document or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document (the “ Applicable Creditor ”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder or under such other Loan Document (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the

 

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Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, Parent and such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.

 

SECTION 9.18.                                    Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.   (a)  Parent may (but, except as provided in Section 5.03, is not required to), at any time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by causing such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form specified therein, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.01(f), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

(b)                                  In the event that (i) all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Borrower) that is owned by Parent and the Subsidiaries is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.03, (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such solely pursuant to Section 9.18(a), immediately after giving effect to such release (and assuming that all of the Financial Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such release has been incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date), all of the Financial Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries shall be permitted under Section 6.03 or (iii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such pursuant to Section 5.03, such Subsidiary Guarantor (if it were not already a party to the Guarantee Agreement) would no longer be required, pursuant to Section 5.03, to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, then, in each case, promptly following Parent’s request and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such release, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to Parent, at Parent’s expense, a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement.  In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent may request that Parent deliver to it a certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the requirements to such release set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied, and the Administrative Agent may rely on, and shall incur no liability for relying upon, any statements made in any such certificate.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this paragraph shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.19.                                    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under this Agreement, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)                                  the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)                                  the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)                                      a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

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(ii)                                   a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

 

(iii)                                the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 

individually and as the Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

THE AMCOR FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Additional Defined Terms

 

Defined Term

 

Prior to the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

On and after the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

 

 

 

 

“EBITDA”

 

means, for any period, the profit on ordinary activities before income tax expense, net finance costs, amortization or impairment of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), and after excluding any Significant Items for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , (a) without duplication, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (i) net interest expense for such period, (ii)  income tax expense for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash charges or expenses for such period and (v) the amount of any one-time transaction costs (including compensation and acquisition costs) incurred in connection with the Combination Transactions for such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $190,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, minus (b) to the extent included in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

 

 

“Finance Lease”

 

means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

means a lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on a balance sheet under the Applicable GAAP.

 

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“Net Interest Expense”

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total finance expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of the post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as borrowing costs for such period and (c) any discounting of the long term provisions of Parent and the Subsidiaries recognized as borrowing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total interest expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of any post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as interest expense for such period and (c) the interest component of any discounting of long term provisions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

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“Total Net Indebtedness”

 

means, as of any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding interest-bearing liabilities of Parent and the Subsidiaries as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other financial liabilities” as disclosed in such Accounts and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of interest-bearing liabilities given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP; provided that Total Net Indebtedness will be determined without giving effect to any principle resulting in valuation of any Financial Indebtedness below the full stated principal amount thereof (including on account of any election to value any Financial Indebtedness at “fair value” or, in the case of any convertible debt instruments, to value such debt instruments in a bifurcated manner).

 

means, as of any date (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) and short-term debt as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, in each case as disclosed in such Accounts, and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of long-term debt or short-term debt given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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Exhibit 10.1 4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of May 30, 2019 (this “ Amendment ”), to the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372) (“ Amcor ”), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers under the Facility Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested an amendment to the Facility Agreement to extend the Commitment Outside Date; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Lenders is willing to agree to such amendment on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement (as amended hereby).

 

SECTION 2.  Amendments .  Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the definition of “Commitment Outside Date” in Section 1.01 of the Facility Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date “June 1, 2019” with the date “July 16, 2019”.

 

SECTION 3.  Effectiveness .  This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “ First Amendment Effective Date ”) when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received from Amcor and each Lender either (a) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (b) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.  Effect of  Amendment .  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.  This Amendment shall

 


 

constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 5.  Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 6.  Governing Law .  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 7.  Headings .  Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

individually and as Administrative Agent and a Lender,

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 


 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE

 

AMCOR FIVE-YEAR SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

 

by  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature block:

 

 

 

by  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


Exhibit 10.1 5

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 5, 2019,

 

among

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC,

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto,

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Syndication Agents

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

Defined Terms

1

SECTION 1.02.

Classification of Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

32

SECTION 1.03.

Terms Generally

33

SECTION 1.04.

Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations

33

SECTION 1.05.

Currency Translation

35

SECTION 1.06.

Syndicated Facility Agreement

35

SECTION 1.07.

Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification

35

SECTION 1.08.

Most Favored Nation Provision

36

SECTION 1.09.

Effectuation of the Combination Transactions

36

SECTION 1.10.

Divisions

36

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

The Credits

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

Commitments

37

SECTION 2.02.

Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings

37

SECTION 2.03.

Requests for Revolving Borrowings

38

SECTION 2.04.

[Reserved]

38

SECTION 2.05.

Funding of Revolving Borrowings

39

SECTION 2.06.

Interest Elections

39

SECTION 2.07.

Termination and Reduction of Commitments

41

SECTION 2.08.

Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt

41

SECTION 2.09.

Prepayment of Revolving Loans

42

SECTION 2.10.

[Reserved]

43

SECTION 2.11.

Fees

43

SECTION 2.12.

Interest

44

SECTION 2.13.

Alternate Rate of Interest

45

SECTION 2.14.

Increased Costs

46

SECTION 2.15.

Break Funding Payments

47

SECTION 2.16.

Payments Free of Taxes

48

SECTION 2.17.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

56

SECTION 2.18.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

58

SECTION 2.19.

Defaulting Lenders

59

SECTION 2.20.

Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers

59

 

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ARTICLE III

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers

60

SECTION 3.02.

Corporate and Governmental Authorization

60

SECTION 3.03.

Enforceability of Obligations

60

SECTION 3.04.

No Contravention or Exceeding Power

61

SECTION 3.05.

Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change

61

SECTION 3.06.

Accuracy of Disclosure

61

SECTION 3.07.

Properties

62

SECTION 3.08.

Litigation and Environmental Matters

62

SECTION 3.09.

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

63

SECTION 3.10.

Investment Company Status

63

SECTION 3.11.

ERISA

63

SECTION 3.12.

Ranking of Obligations

63

SECTION 3.13.

Related Parties

64

SECTION 3.14.

Benefit from Transactions

64

SECTION 3.15.

Execution not as a Trustee

64

SECTION 3.16.

Federal Reserve Regulations

64

SECTION 3.17.

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction

64

SECTION 3.18.

Choice of Law Provisions

65

SECTION 3.19.

No Immunity

65

SECTION 3.20.

Proper Form; No Recordation

66

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

Conditions

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

Effective Date

66

SECTION 4.02.

Each Credit Event

67

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

Financial Statements and Other Information

68

SECTION 5.02.

Notices of Material Events

71

SECTION 5.03.

Subsidiary Guarantees

71

SECTION 5.04.

Existence; Conduct of Business

72

SECTION 5.05.

Maintenance of Properties

72

SECTION 5.06.

Insurance

72

SECTION 5.07.

Books and Records

72

SECTION 5.08.

Compliance with Laws

72

SECTION 5.09.

Use of Proceeds

73

SECTION 5.10.

Ranking of Obligations

73

 

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SECTION 5.11.

Combination Transactions

73

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Subsidiary Indebtedness

75

SECTION 6.02.

Liens

76

SECTION 6.03.

Asset Sales

76

SECTION 6.04.

Use of Proceeds

76

SECTION 6.05.

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio

76

SECTION 6.06.

Leverage Ratio

76

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

Notices

86

SECTION 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments

88

SECTION 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

90

SECTION 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

92

SECTION 9.05.

Survival

96

SECTION 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

97

SECTION 9.07.

Severability

97

SECTION 9.08.

Right of Setoff

98

SECTION 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

98

SECTION 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

99

SECTION 9.11.

Headings

100

SECTION 9.12.

Confidentiality

100

SECTION 9.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

101

SECTION 9.14.

“Know Your Customer” Notices

101

SECTION 9.15.

No Fiduciary Relationship

101

SECTION 9.16.

Non-Public Information

102

SECTION 9.17.

Conversion of Currencies

102

SECTION 9.18.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

103

SECTION 9.19.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

103

 

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ANNEX :

 

Annex A                                                 — Additional Defined Terms

 

SCHEDULES :

 

Schedule 2.01       — Commitments

Schedule 6.02       — Existing Liens

 

EXHIBITS :

 

Exhibit A                                              — Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B                                              — Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C                                              — Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D                                              — Form of Closing Certificate

Exhibit E                                               — Form of Guarantee Agreement

Exhibit F                                                — Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit G                                              — Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit H-1                                  — Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-2                                  — Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-3                                  — Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-4                                  — Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit I                                                  — Form of Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice

 

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364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 5, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.             Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Accounts ” means the consolidated statement of financial position (or consolidated balance sheet), consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of Parent and the Subsidiaries, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP, together with reports (including, if applicable, directors’ reports and auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 


 

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Aggregate Commitment ” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.

 

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all the Lenders at such time.

 

Agreement Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the applicable Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in US Dollars (assuming an Interest Period of one month); provided that if the applicable Screen Rate is not available for a one-month Interest Period but the applicable Screen Rate is available for maturities both longer and shorter than a one-month Interest Period, then the applicable Screen Rate for purposes of this sentence shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13, then, for purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be 1% per annum.

 

Amcor ” means Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, and, following the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Amcor Exchange Scheme ” means the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Amcor UK ” means Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amcor.

 

Amcor US ” means Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amcor.

 

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Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Bribery Act 2010.

 

Applicable Agent ” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, and with respect to any payment hereunder that does not relate to a particular Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent, and (b) with respect to a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euro, the Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

Applicable Credit Agreement ” means any credit agreement establishing a syndicated commercial bank facility entered into among the Borrowers and the other parties thereto, in each case entered into after the date hereof and on or prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date.

 

Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Applicable GAAP ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP.

 

Applicable GAAP Transition Date ” means the date designated as such by Parent in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice may delivered by Parent at its option at any time.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, at any time, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time.  If all the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans”, “Applicable Rate for ABR Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating as of such date.

 

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Category

 

Applicable
Unsecured Rating
(Moody’s/S&P)

 

Applicable Rate
for
Eurocurrency
Revolving
Loans
(bps per
annum)

 

Applicable
Rate for ABR
Revolving
Loans
(bps per
annum)

 

Commitment
Fee Rate
(bps per
annum)

 

Category 1

 

A3/A- or higher

 

87.5

 

0.0

 

6.0

 

Category 2

 

Baa1/BBB+

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

8.0

 

Category 3

 

Baa2/BBB

 

112.5

 

12.5

 

10.0

 

Category 4

 

Baa3/BBB-

 

137.5

 

37.5

 

12.5

 

Category 5

 

Lower than Baa3/BBB-

 

162.5

 

62.5

 

15.0

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if (a) either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating in Category 5, (b) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be the applicable rates per annum corresponding to the higher (or numerically lower) of such Categories unless one of the Applicable Unsecured Ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that corresponding to the higher of the two Applicable Unsecured Ratings and (c) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Parent and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of Applicable Unsecured Ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating of such rating agency most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

Applicable Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to either of Moody’s or S&P at any time, (a) prior to the later of (i) the Combination Transactions Closing Date and (ii) Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, first establishing an Unsecured Rating with respect to New Amcor, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to Amcor and (b) thereafter, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to New Amcor.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar

 

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extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers ” means JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

Australia ” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Australian Accounting Standards ” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

Australian Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (Australia) or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (Australia), as applicable.

 

Australian Withholding Tax ” means any Tax imposed on or required to be withheld or deducted from any interest or other payment under Division 11A of Part III of the Australian Tax Act or Subdivision 12-F of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) (Australia).

 

Authorized Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(e).

 

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the first Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, statutory manager, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, as long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any agreements made by such Person.

 

Bemis ” means Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation and, following the consummation of the Bemis Merger, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Bemis Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Borrower ” means Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK or, on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Bemis.

 

Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, US$5,000,000, (b) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000 and (c) in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, €5,000,000.

 

Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or an ABR Revolving Borrowing, US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, €1,000,000.

 

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Borrowing Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Sydney are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a LIBOR Revolving Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in US Dollar deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market or any day on which banks in London are not open for general business, and (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR Revolving Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day.

 

Change in Control ” means (a) prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, (i) any Person or group having obtained Control (within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act) of Parent, (ii) the occurrence of a change of Control (within such meaning) of Parent or (iii) Parent becoming a subsidiary of another Person; provided , however , that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control, and (b) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests in Parent representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Parent; provided , however , that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority (other than any such request, rule, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement as such law, rule or regulation was in effect on such date (and without giving effect to any changes referred to in clause (b) above applicable thereto)); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

 

Charges ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

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Closing Certificate ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, a closing certificate of such Loan Party substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with respect to New Amcor, as may be modified to reflect applicable law), together with all attachments thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Combination Transactions ” means, collectively, the Amcor Exchange Scheme and the Bemis Merger.

 

Combination Transactions Closing Date ” means the first date on which the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, and each of Amcor and Bemis shall have become wholly-owned subsidiaries of New Amcor.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$1,050,000,000.

 

Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to any Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Confidential Materials ” means the Confidential Materials dated March 2019, relating to the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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Corporations Act ” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Revolving Loans or (ii) to pay to any Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Parent or any Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Revolving Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Parent or any Agent made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Revolving Loans, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by Parent or such Agent, as applicable, of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it (and the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall not have been the requesting party), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action, or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

EBITDA ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which EBITDA is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial

 

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institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent.

 

Environmental Laws ” means all rules, regulations, directives, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, and applicable to or binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary relating in any way to protection of the environment, to carbon emissions or the protection of the climate, to reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.

 

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability of a third party is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Parent, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

EURIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

EURIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the EURIBO Rate.

 

Euro ” or “ ” means the single currency unit of the member States of the European Community that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

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Eurocurrency ” when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, shall bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VII.

 

Exchange Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of Euros, the rate at which Euros may be exchanged into US Dollars at the time of determination on such date as last provided (either by publication or as may otherwise be provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (determined based on New York City time) immediately preceding such day of determination.  In the event that Reuters ceases to provide such rate of exchange or such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters source, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying such rate of exchange at such time as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

 

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) US withholding Taxes and United Kingdom withholding Taxes (excluding (x) United Kingdom withholding Taxes for which relief is available under an applicable double taxation treaty and which become payable or are imposed before the completion of all procedural formalities required to avoid United Kingdom withholding Taxes pursuant to such double taxation treaty and (y) United Kingdom withholding Taxes on payments made by any Guarantor under any Guarantee of the Obligations (provided that this clause (y) shall not apply to the extent that United Kingdom withholding Taxes on interest payments made by the relevant Borrower would have been Excluded Taxes)) imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Revolving Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Revolving Loan (it being understood that, for purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to have “acquired” an interest in such Revolving Loan by the making thereof or any other acquisition thereof) or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Revolving Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office (other than, in respect of United Kingdom withholding Taxes only, where such Lender is resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction which does not have a double tax treaty with the United Kingdom that provides for full exemption from United Kingdom withholding Taxes and such Lender is not acting through a United

 

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Kingdom permanent establishment) , (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with or breach of warranty under Section 2.16(f) or 2.16(j) or any corresponding warranty in any agreement amending this Agreement, (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any Australian Withholding Tax imposed as a result of the Lender being an Offshore Associate of Amcor in relation to the receipt of a payment.

 

Existing Amcor Credit Agreements ” means (a) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, (b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HSBC Bank plc, as agent, (c) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders and affiliates of lenders party thereto and Westpac Banking Corporation, as agent, and (d) the Facility Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522), in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Amcor Note Documents ” means (a) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2009, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, (b) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor US and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, and (c) the Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028, together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2013, among Bemis, certain subsidiaries of Bemis party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Note Documents ” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association (f/k/a First Trust National Association), relating to the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2019, the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

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Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing ” means the repayment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (other than contingent obligations that are not yet due) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, the cancelation and termination of all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements (or the lenders thereunder otherwise being released from their participation obligations with respect thereto), the termination of all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements and the release and termination of all guarantees and collateral, if any, in respect of the Existing Credit Agreements, in each case on the Combination Transactions Closing Date.

 

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and the Existing Bemis Credit Agreement.

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code.

 

FATF ” means the Financial Action Task Force.

 

FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction ” means a jurisdiction identified by the FATF in its public statement (available at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnon-cooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-october-2018.html) as subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions (a) to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from such jurisdiction or (b) to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing and substantial money laundering and financing risks emanating from such jurisdiction.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Finance Lease ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Financial Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any

 

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acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Financial Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Financial Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Financial Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Financial Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Financial Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, any vice president (solely with respect to Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests), the director of financial reporting or controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual (and in respect of which the Administrative Agent has not received a notice of revocation).

 

Foreign Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as foreign administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of

 

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JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (a) if the Borrower is a US Person, then a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is not a US Person and (b) if the Borrower is not a US Person, then a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person means any guarantee, indemnity, letter of credit, letter of comfort giving rise to legal liabilities of suretyship or any other obligation (whatever called and of whatever nature) (a)(i) to pay, to purchase or to provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities, the purchase of assets, rights or services or otherwise) for the payment or discharge of, (ii) to indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of or (iii) to otherwise be responsible for any obligation or indebtedness of any other Person, or (b) to maintain the solvency or financial condition of any other Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Financial Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (ii), in good faith by a Borrower)).

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, together with all supplements thereto.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,

 

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infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature as each is (including carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent or the Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

HMRC ” means H.M. Revenue and Customs.

 

IBA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes and VAT, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

 

Index Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, senior unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by or on behalf of a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Revolving Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two (other than in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing), three or six months thereafter, as the

 

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applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Revolving Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Revolving Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Revolving Borrowing.

 

Interpolated Screen Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, a rate per annum that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the applicable period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is longer than the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Screen Rate is required to be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof; provided that the Interpolated Screen Rate shall in no event be less than zero.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Jersey Companies Law ” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

Joinder Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement among Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor, Bemis, the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

JPMorgan ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing for any Interest Period, the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day.

 

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LIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest (including, in relation to a Person incorporated or organized under the laws of Australia, a security interest as defined in section 12(1) or 12(2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) (Australia)) or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Financial Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by Parent or a Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) in whose favor such Financial Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against Parent or any Subsidiary or against the Project Assets, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of such Project Assets encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (b) the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, Parent or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against Parent or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, Parent or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Financial Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Joinder Agreement and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(d).

 

Loan Parties ” means each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, each of New Amcor and Bemis.

 

Local Time ” means New York City time.

 

Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged into

 

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or consolidated with a Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such acquisition or series of related acquisitions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Disposition ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Subsidiary or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such sale, transfer or other disposition or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Financial Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Loans and Guarantees under the Loan Documents) of any one or more of Parent and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency); provided that, any Financial Indebtedness under any Applicable Credit Agreement shall at all times constitute “Material Financial Indebtedness”.

 

Maturity Date ” means April 5, 2020; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Merger Sub ” means Arctic Corp., a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

MFN Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

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Net Interest Expense ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which Net Interest Expense is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, Net Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Net Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

New Amcor ” means Amcor plc (f/k/a Arctic Jersey Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Non-US Loan Party ” means Amcor, Amcor UK and any other Loan Party that is formed, incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided , however , that, if both such rates are not published for any day that is a Business Day, the “NYFRB Rate” shall be the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further , that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

 

OFAC ” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Offshore Associate ” means an Associate (a) that is a non-resident of Australia and would not become a Lender, or does not receive a payment, in carrying on a business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in Australia or (b) that is a resident of Australia and would become a Lender, or does receive a payment, in carrying on a business in a country outside Australia at or through a permanent establishment of such Associate in that country, and which, in either case, would not become a Lender in the capacity of a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme, or does not receive such payment in the capacity of a clearing house, paying agent, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme.

 

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Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

Parent ” means (a) prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Amcor and (b) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, New Amcor.

 

Parent Bankruptcy Event ” means (a) prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, any event where Parent (i) is (or states or is presumed for the purposes of the Corporations Act that it is) an insolvent under administration or insolvent (each as defined in the Corporations Act), (ii) is taken (under section 459(F)(1) of the Corporations Act) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand, (iii) is the subject of an event described in section 459(C)(2)(b) or section 585 of the Corporations Act (or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes it is so subject) or (iv) is subject to any plan of compromise or arrangement, a proposal or a notice of intention to file a proposal, assignment, moratorium or composition, protected from creditors under any statute or dissolved (in each case, other than to carry out a reconstruction or amalgamation while solvent on terms not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and (b) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, any event where Parent (i) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for Parent to be declared “bankrupt” or (ii) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law.

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

 

Participants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).

 

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PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) any Liens on any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that each such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date hereof;

 

(b) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by Parent or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii)  such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(c) any Lien existing on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii)  such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(d) any Lien created to secure new Financial Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall apply only to the Equity Interests or assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and in the case of assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so

 

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purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

(e) any Lien created to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed, and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to Parent or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(f) any Lien for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(g) any Lien for moneys borrowed from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project where such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and where the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(h) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(i) any Lien over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Lien secures only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

(j) any Lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(k) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures (i) in the case of a Lien over assets or property referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Parent or such Subsidiary and (ii) in

 

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the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of Parent or such Subsidiary

 

(l) any Lien arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any Subsidiary; and

 

(m) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary securing any Financial Indebtedness that repays or refinances all or any of the Limited Recourse Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by clause (a) of this definition (an “ Existing Security ”), provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any asset or property which was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount of Financial Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such repayment or refinancing and (iii) such Financial Indebtedness is Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16(b).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum rate published by the Board of Governors in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Principal Facility Agreement ” means (a) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, (b) the Existing Amcor Note Documents, (c) any Applicable Credit Agreement, (d) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, the Existing Bemis Note Documents and (e) any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument that, directly or indirectly and in whole or in part, extends, renews,

 

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refinances, refunds or replaces any of the foregoing (in the case of clause (d), on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date).

 

Private Side Information ” means information that (a) is not available to all holders of Traded Securities of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) is material non-public information (for purposes of securities laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey and any other applicable jurisdiction).

 

Private Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.

 

Project ” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by Parent or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

Project Assets ” means (a) any asset or property of Parent or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of Parent or such Subsidiary derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent of such Subsidiary, provided that (i)  such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive Private Side Information.

 

Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in any currency for any Interest Period, (a) if such currency is US Dollars, the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period and (b) if such currency is Euros, the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period, unless market practice differs for loans denominated in the same currency as the applicable Revolving Loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day for any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing in such currency shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks for such loans priced by reference to rates quoted in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day shall be the last of those days).

 

Recipient ” means any Agent or any Lender, as applicable.

 

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Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b).

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

Relevant Interbank Market ” means (a) with respect to US Dollars, the London interbank market and (b) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Aggregate Commitment at such time.

 

Reuters ” means Thomson Reuters Corporation, a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, or a successor thereto.

 

Revolving Borrowing ” means Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and to the same Borrower and, in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of such Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Revolving Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, the United Kingdom or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person.

 

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Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the Australian government or (d) the government of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Screen Rate ” means (a) in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, or in respect of any determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in US Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to the relevant period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) and (b) in respect of the EURIBO Rate for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Market Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Interest Period, as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page EURIBOR01) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that (i) if, as to any currency, no Screen Rate shall be available for a particular period but Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such period at such time, then the Screen Rate for such period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time and (ii) if any Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, such Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant Item ” means any non-cash and non-recurring item of income or expense of such size, nature or incidence that is relevant to the user’s understanding of the performance of the entity and is disclosed as a “Significant Item” in the Accounts.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) Amcor UK, (b) Amcor US, (c) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, (i) Amcor and (ii) Bemis, (d) each Subsidiary that has total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in its subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) and (e) any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, have total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in their subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Specified Time ” means (a) with respect to the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time, and (b) with respect to the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time.

 

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Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR Revolving Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Subordinated Debt Allowance ” means, on any date, Financial Indebtedness of Parent, a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is unsecured and junior and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (a) prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, (i) any Person that is a subsidiary of the parent within the meaning of part 1.2 division 6 of the Corporations Act or (ii) any Person (A) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, that is otherwise “controlled” by the parent within the meaning of the Applicable GAAP or (B) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date and (b) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of Parent.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that, on or after the Effective Date, is a party to, and provides a Guarantee of the Obligations under, the Guarantee Agreement; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.01, such Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Loan Party if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Subsidiary is subject to any applicable law (including any financial assistance rule or any corporate benefit rule) impeding in

 

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any material respect the ability of such Subsidiary to perform in full its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (without giving effect to any limitations on such obligations relating to law that is set forth in the Guarantee Agreement) and advises Parent thereof in writing.

 

Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

Syndication Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

TARGET Day ” means any day on which both (a) the Trans European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be a replacement therefor for purposes hereof) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (b) banks in London are open for general business.

 

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any VAT), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Test Period ” means (a) prior the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period most recently ended of 12 consecutive months ended on June 30 and December 31 of each year and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent most recently ended.

 

Titled Person ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.

 

Total Net Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of Parent and the Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by Parent from any share capital issuance by Parent consummated

 

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after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

Traded Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, in each case that have been issued pursuant to a public offering under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to Rule 144A or a similar private placement under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

Transaction Agreement ” means the Transaction Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018, by and among Amcor, New Amcor, Merger Sub and Bemis, together with the exhibits thereto, the Scheme (as defined therein) implemented pursuant thereto and the Deed Poll (as defined therein) entered in connection therewith.

 

Transactions ” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowing of Revolving Loans hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the Combination Transactions and the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Applicable Credit Agreements and related loan documentation to which it is a party and (e) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the EURIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to the rating by Moody’s or S&P in relation to any Person at any time, (a) the public rating assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to the Index Debt of such Person at such time or (b) if Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, shall not have in effect at such time a rating referred to in clause (a), then the public corporate rating (however denominated) assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to such Person at such time.

 

Unused Commitment ” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

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US Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to the principal amount of any Revolving Loan denominated in Euros, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to Euros at the time in effect under the provisions of Section 1.05.

 

US Dollars ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

US Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

VAT ” means (a) any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) and (b) any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referred to in clause (a) of this definition, or imposed elsewhere.

 

VAT Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Relevant Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l)

 

wholly-owned ”, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Loan” or a “EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.                                    Terms Generally .   The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 1.04.                                    Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations .   (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards as in effect from time to time and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if Parent, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to Parent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof, then (i) such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of

 

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the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) Parent shall provide such statements of reconciliation as are reasonably necessary to enable calculations of any ratio or amount set forth herein on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied before such change shall have become effective.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Financial Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Financial Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Financial Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Financial Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, (iii) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under Australian GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AAS 16 (Leases) (or any other Australian Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations), and (iv) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under US GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations).

 

(b)                                  All computations in respect of EBITDA or Net Interest Expense for any period required to be made hereunder giving pro forma effect to any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period as follows: (i) historical revenues and other historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) directly attributable to the property or Person subject to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition (x) in the case of a Material Acquisition, shall be included (but without giving effect to any cost savings or synergies) and (y) in the case of a Material Disposition, shall be excluded and (ii) any retirement of Financial Indebtedness and any Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be given pro forma effect as if the same had occurred on the first day of such period (and if any such Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedge Agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such Hedge Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months)).

 

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SECTION 1.05.                                    Currency Translation .   The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros two Business Days prior to the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date two Business Days prior to the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate for Euros in relation to US Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section, be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this sentence.  The Administrative Agent may also determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros as of such other dates as the Administrative Agent shall select in its discretion, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and such amount shall be the US Dollar Equivalent of such Revolving Borrowing until the next calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.  The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of each determination of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros.

 

SECTION 1.06.                                    Syndicated Facility Agreement .   This Agreement is a “syndicated facility agreement” for the purposes of section 128F(11)(a) of the Australian Tax Act.

 

SECTION 1.07.                                    Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification .   The interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “ IBA ”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans.  In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate.  In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b), Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify Parent, pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Revolving Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Screen Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same

 

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volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

 

SECTION 1.08.                                    Most Favored Nation Provision .   In the event that any Applicable Credit Agreement shall contain any financial covenant or ratio, any restrictive covenant, any event of default, any subsidiary guarantee or any collateral requirement (each, an “ MFN Provision ”) that is either not set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or is more restrictive on Parent and the Subsidiaries or otherwise more favorable to the lenders or other creditors thereunder than the corresponding MFN Provision set forth in this Agreement or such other Loan Document, then this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have been amended to incorporate such MFN Provision, mutatis mutandis , as if set forth fully herein or therein, without any further action required on the part of any Person, effective as of the date when such MFN Provision became effective under such Applicable Credit Agreement.  Parent shall execute any and all further documents and agreements, including amendments hereto, and shall take all such further actions, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to give effect to this paragraph.  Failure by Parent or any Subsidiary to observe or perform any provision incorporated pursuant to this Section shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (d) of Article VII, provided that the period of grace (if any) applicable to the failure to observe or perform the MFN Provision set forth in the Applicable Credit Agreement shall also apply hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.09.                                    Effectuation of the Combination Transactions .   All references herein to Parent and its Subsidiaries upon the consummation of any Combination Transaction shall be deemed to be references to such Persons after giving effect to such Combination Transaction.  In addition, (a) any representations or warranties made or deemed to be made on any date on which a Combination Transaction is consummated shall be made or deemed to be made after giving effect to the consummation of such Combination Transaction and the provisions of clause (b) below and (b) upon the consummation of the Bemis Merger, Total Tangible Assets shall be redetermined to give pro forma effect to the Bemis Merger as if it had occurred on the date of the applicable balance sheet referred to in the definition of the term Total Tangible Assets and any Financial Indebtedness subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.01 that is outstanding in reliance on Section 6.01(d) shall be deemed to have been incurred on the date of the consummation of the Bemis Merger.

 

SECTION 1.10.                                    Divisions .   For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.                                    Commitments .   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars or Euro to each Borrower, in each case from time to time during the Availability Period and in an aggregate principal amount for all such Revolving Loans that will not result in (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment or (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

SECTION 2.02.                                    Revolving Loans and Revolving Borrowings .   (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Revolving Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments to the same Borrower.  The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or LIBOR Revolving Loans, as the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may request in accordance herewith and (ii) each Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros shall be comprised entirely of EURIBOR Revolving Loans.  Each Lender at its option may make any Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Revolving Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Revolving Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, and at the time each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments.  Revolving Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

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SECTION 2.03.                                    Requests for Revolving Borrowings .   To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent (a) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing, (b) in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing or (c) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each such written Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(a)                                  the Borrower requesting such Revolving Borrowing (or on whose behalf Parent is requesting such Revolving Borrowing);

 

(b)                                  the currency and the principal amount of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(c)                                   the date of such Revolving Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(d)                                  the Type of such Revolving Borrowing;

 

(e)                                   in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(f)                                    the location and number of the account of the applicable Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank, if applicable) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Agent).

 

If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars.  If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (B) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euro, a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the requested Revolving Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.05.                                    Funding of Revolving Borrowings .   (a) Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:30 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Applicable Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account designated in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)                                  Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender’s share of such Revolving Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, (A) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (x) the NYFRB Rate and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) if denominated in Euros, the greater of (x) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (y) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12.  If any Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Borrower shall not be required to pay such amount to the Applicable Agent and such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Revolving Borrowing.  Any payment by any Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 2.06.                                    Interest Elections .   (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect to convert such Revolving Borrowing (if denominated in US Dollars) to a Revolving Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  A Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the

 

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Revolving Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing and the Revolving Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrower shall be permitted to change the currency of any Revolving Borrowing or elect an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)                                  To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type and in the currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such election shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each such written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)                                      the Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Revolving Borrowing);

 

(ii)                                   the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)                                the Type of the resulting Revolving Borrowing; and

 

(iv)                               if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(c)                                   Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Revolving Borrowing.

 

(d)                                  If the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, such Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an

 

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ABR Revolving Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, such Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing for an Interest Period of one month.

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified Parent of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall be continued as a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

SECTION 2.07.                                    Termination and Reduction of Commitments .   (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Maturity Date.

 

(b)                                  Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

 

(c)                                   Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

SECTION 2.08.                                    Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt .   (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower on the Maturity Date.

 

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(b)                                  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Revolving Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal, interest and fees payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(c)                                   The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Revolving Loans and interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may request that Revolving Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Revolving Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.09.                                    Prepayment of Revolving Loans .   (a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Revolving Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

 

(b)                                  If, on any date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed the Aggregate Commitment, then the applicable Borrowers shall, (i) if any ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (B) the amount of such ABR Revolving Borrowings and (ii) if no ABR Revolving Borrowing is then outstanding or such excess is not eliminated after giving effect to any prepayment of Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), on the last day of each successive Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing occurring after receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent, prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Revolving Borrowings on such day) and (2) the amount of the applicable Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed 105% of the Aggregate Commitment, then the Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day following receipt of notice of such excess from the Administrative Agent to Parent, prepay one or more Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the amount necessary to eliminate such excess.

 

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(c)                                   Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Revolving Borrowings hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Revolving Borrowing or Revolving Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.

 

(d)                                  The applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile promptly thereafter) of any optional prepayment and any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable), (ii) in the case of a EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, four Business Days before the date of such prepayment (or, in the case of a prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section, as soon thereafter as practicable) and (iii) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Revolving Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Applicable Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.

 

SECTION 2.10.                                    [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.11.                                    Fees .   (a) Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily amount of the Unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the 15th day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and in the event of the termination in whole of the Commitment of any Lender, on the date of such termination.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

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(c)                                   All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.12.                                    Interest .   (a) The Revolving Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)                                  The Revolving Loans comprising each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)                                   The Revolving Loans comprising each EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the EURIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Revolving Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(d)                                  [Reserved].

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Revolving Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Revolving Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(f)                                    Accrued interest on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Revolving Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Revolving Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Revolving Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.  All interest shall be payable in the currency in which the applicable Revolving Loan is denominated.

 

(g)                                   All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, EURIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate shall be

 

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determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13.                                    Alternate Rate of Interest .   (a)  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in any currency:

 

(i)                                      the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period; or

 

(ii)                                   the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, for Revolving Loans denominated in the applicable currency for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans included in such Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof (which may be by telephone) to Parent and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Applicable Agent notifies Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, an affected Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency and for such Interest Period shall be ineffective, (B) any affected LIBOR Revolving Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall, unless repaid, be continued as an ABR Revolving Borrowing, (C) any affected EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, (D) any Borrowing Request for an affected LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall be deemed a request for an ABR Revolving Borrowing and (E) any Borrowing Request for an affected EURIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall be ineffective (and no Lender shall be obligated to make a Revolving Loan on account thereof).

 

(b)                                  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have arisen (including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have not arisen but either (A) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate), (B) the supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published (and there is no successor administrator

 

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that will continue publication of the applicable Screen Rate) or (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the applicable Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the applicable Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans denominated in the applicable currency, then the Administrative Agent and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate or the EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention in the United States for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans denominated in the applicable currency at such time, and the Administrative Agent and Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (it being understood that such amendment shall not reduce the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this paragraph (b), only to the extent the applicable Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be applicable.

 

SECTION 2.14.                                    Increased Costs .   (a) If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                      impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

 

(ii)                                   impose on any Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; or

 

(iii)                                subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Revolving Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient

 

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hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or other Recipient (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                                  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of or the Revolving Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered; provided that such Lender is generally seeking, or intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to such Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements.

 

(c)                                   A certificate of a Lender or other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and an explanation of how such amount or amounts were determined, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)                                  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Parent shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.                                    Break Funding Payments .   In the event of (a) the payment by any Borrower of any principal of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by

 

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any Borrower to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Lender to fund a Revolving Loan required to be funded by it hereunder), convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, Parent shall (subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section) compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such event, including, to the extent that any of the foregoing Revolving Loans are denominated in Euros, the actual costs and expenses of such Lender attributable to the premature unwinding of any Hedge Agreement entered into by such Lender in respect to the foreign currency exposure attributable to such Revolving Loan.  In the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Revolving Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate or EURIBO Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Revolving Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any Applicable Rate that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Revolving Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Relevant Interbank Market.  Parent shall also compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to any failure by any Borrower to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.16.                                    Payments Free of Taxes .   (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

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(b)                            Payment of Other Taxes and VAT.   The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes and VAT.

 

(c)                             Evidence of Payments.   As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                            Indemnification by the Loan Parties.   The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                             Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)                              Status of Lenders .  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such information or properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by

 

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the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition and subject to Section 2.16(g), any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other information or documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal, tax or commercial position of such Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an applicable Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party that, in each case, is not a US Person or is not resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes, the applicable Lender will not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (f)(i) unless it has received written notice from such Borrower or such other Loan Party advising it of the availability of an exemption or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Borrower or such other Loan Party is located and containing all applicable documentation (together, if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof) required to be completed by such Lender in order to receive any such exemption or reduction, and such Lender is reasonably satisfied that it is legally able to provide such documentation to such Borrower or such other Loan Party.

 

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a US Person:

 

(A)                                (i) any Lender that is a US Person shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), copies (by facsimile or electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) of executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from US backup withholding tax, and (ii) the Applicable Agent with respect to such Borrower shall deliver to such Borrower on or prior to the date on which such Applicable Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Applicable Agent is exempt from US Federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request

 

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of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)                                  executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)                                  in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any of the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)                                  to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                                any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any

 

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other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in US Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                                if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to US Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)                                   (i) Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax on interest payable by Amcor UK under any applicable double taxation treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party, and that holds a passport number under the HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall include an indication to that effect by including its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire and its jurisdiction of tax residence (or otherwise provide the scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to the Administrative Agent and Parent, for the benefit of Amcor UK) and subject to paragraph (g)(iii) below, having so provided its HMRC Double Taxation Passport scheme reference number shall be under no further obligation pursuant to Section 2.16(f) in respect of Amcor UK.

 

(ii) Where a Lender includes the indication described in paragraph (g)(i) above, Amcor UK shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 with respect to each such Lender with HMRC within 30 days of the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of that filing.  No Borrower shall file a form DTTP2 or file any other form relating to the

 

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HMRC Double Tax Passport scheme unless a Lender has provided its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above or such Lender otherwise agrees.

 

(iii) If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (g)(i) above and Amcor UK has not filed a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender or Amcor UK has filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender but (y) the form DTTP2 has been rejected by HMRC or (z) HMRC has not given Amcor UK authority to make payments to such Lender without withholding or deduction on account of Tax within 60 days of the date Amcor UK filed a duly completed DTTP2 in respect of such Lender and, in the case of clause (y) or (z), Amcor UK has notified such Lender thereof in writing, such Lender and Amcor UK shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for Amcor UK to obtain authorization to make that payment without any withholding or deduction on account of Tax.

 

(h)                                  Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it  has received a refund of any Taxes (which, for purposes of this Section 2.16, with respect to Taxes which arise in the United Kingdom, shall include a credit against or relief of any such Taxes) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                                      United Kingdom Taxation . Amcor UK represents and warrants that it is resident for Tax purposes only in the United Kingdom.  Each of Parent and Amcor US represents and warrants that it is not resident for Tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

 

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(j)                                     Australian Taxation.   (i)  Each Arranger represents to Amcor that (A) on behalf of Amcor, it has made invitations to become a Lender under this Agreement to 10 or more persons, each of whom, as at the date the relevant invitation was made, such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed was carrying on the business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, and (B) such Arranger’s officers or employees involved in the day to day syndication process reasonably believed 10 or more of such invitees were not Associates of each other or of Amcor.

 

(ii)                                   Amcor confirms that none of the potential invitees whose names were disclosed to it by an Arranger before the date of this Agreement were known or suspected by it to be an Offshore Associate of Amcor.  Amcor also confirms that each Borrower under this Agreement is (A) a member of the same “wholly-owned group” (as defined in the Australian Tax Act) or (B) an Associate of each other Borrower.

 

(iii)                                Each Lender listed in Schedule 2.01 represents and warrants that (A) an invitation to become a Lender under this Agreement was made to it by the Arrangers on behalf of Amcor, (B) it was at the time of the invitation, and will be at the time of making by it of any Revolving Loan to Amcor, carrying on a business of providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities, in the course of operating in financial markets and (C) except as disclosed to Amcor, insofar as its officers and agents who were involved in its becoming a party to this Agreement have actual knowledge, it is not an Associate of any other person which was invited to become a Lender under the Agreement.

 

(iv)                               At the cost of Amcor, each of the Lenders and the Arrangers will, to the extent it is reasonably able to do so, do or provide such other things (including information) which Amcor reasonably asks it to do or provide in connection with the invitations to become Lenders under this Agreement which Amcor considers practicable and necessary to demonstrate that the requirements of section 128F of the Australian Tax Act are satisfied.

 

(k)                                  Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(l)                                      VAT .  (i)  All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any party to any Recipient that (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply for VAT purposes shall, except as otherwise agreed by such Recipient, be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT that is chargeable on such supply.  Subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, such party shall pay to such

 

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Recipient (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient shall have delivered to such party an invoice complying with the applicable legal requirements) unless such party is obligated by law to account directly to the applicable Governmental Authority for such VAT.  If there is an adjustment to the consideration in respect of a supply to which this Section 2.16(l)(i) applies, (a) the additional amount paid or payable by the Recipient must be recalculated, taking into account any previous adjustments under this clause (a), to reflect the occurrence of such adjustment and the supplier or the Recipient, as the case requires, must pay to the other the amount required to reflect the recalculation of the additional amount, and (b) the supplier must provide any relevant documentation in respect of the adjustment (including, if relevant, an adjustment note) to the Recipient as soon as practicable after the supplier becomes aware of the occurrence of such adjustment.

 

(ii)                                   If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (the “ VAT Supplier ”) to any other Lender (the “ VAT Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ VAT Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the VAT Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration) (x) (where the VAT Supplier is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall also pay to the VAT Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT.  The VAT Recipient shall (where the immediately foregoing clause (x) applies) promptly pay to the VAT Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the VAT Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply and (y) (where the VAT Recipient is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

 

(iii)                                Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify any Recipient for any cost or expense, such party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, except to the extent that such Recipient reasonably determines that it, or any company of its group, is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

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for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or equivalent legislation and the council directive 2006/112/EEC on the common system of value added tax).

 

(v)                                  In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, such party must promptly provide such Recipient with details of such party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

(m)                              Defined Terms.   For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

SECTION 2.17.                                    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs .   (a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due), in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Agent to such account as the Applicable Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to Parent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Applicable Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Revolving Loan shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Revolving Loan; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by any Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Agent to make such payment.

 

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then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due or reimbursable as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all fees then due, and all costs and expenses then due or reimbursable, to the Agents (in their capacity as such) under any Loan Document; and

 

SECOND, to the payment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the Lenders (ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties).

 

(c)                                   If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time).  Each of Parent and the Borrowers consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Parent or such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Parent or such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)                                  Unless an Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to such Agent for the account of any Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, such Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at (i) if denominated in US Dollars, the greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on

 

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interbank compensation and (ii) if denominated in Euros, the greater of (A) the rate reasonably determined by such Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) and (B) a rate determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)                                   If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of any Agent, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.05(b), 2.16(e), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.18.                                    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .   (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority) (or if it becomes reasonably likely that such compensation or payment will be required to be made), then such Lender shall (at the request of Parent) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Revolving Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Parent hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

(b)                                  If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority), (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender

 

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accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) Parent shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or Parent (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law and (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

SECTION 2.19.                                    Defaulting Lenders .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                                  commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the Unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Defaulting Lender is a “Defaulting Lender”; and

 

(b)                                  the Commitment and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and Parent each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

 

SECTION 2.20.                                    Concerning Subsidiary Borrowers .   Each of Amcor UK and Amcor US hereby irrevocably appoints Amcor to serve as its agent as of the Effective Date until but not including the Combination Transactions Closing Date, and

 

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each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints New Amcor to serve as its agent on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, in each case for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the giving and receipt of notices (including any Borrowing Request and any Interest Election Request) and (b) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that any amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be effected as set forth in Section 9.02, that such Person shall be bound by this Agreement or any other Loan Document (if it is theretofore a party thereto) as so amended or modified and that (in the case of Amcor, to the extent such amendment or other modification is effected on or after the Combination Transactions Closing Date) no consent of such Person shall be required to effect any such amendment or other modification.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Parent, as to itself and the Subsidiaries, and each Borrower, as to itself and its subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Effective Date (solely with respect to Amcor and its subsidiaries) and thereafter as of each date required by Section 4.02, that:

 

SECTION 3.01.                                    Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers .   Each Loan Party is duly formed, incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

SECTION 3.02.                                    Corporate and Governmental Authorization .   The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party.  The Transactions do not require any consent or approval of, or any registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (or, in the case of the Combination Transactions, will be obtained or made and will be in full force and effect on the Combination Transactions Closing Date).

 

SECTION 3.03.                                    Enforceability of Obligations .   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,

 

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enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

SECTION 3.04.                                    No Contravention or Exceeding Power .   The Transactions (a) do not and will not violate any material law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party or any of its properties, (b) do not and will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitutional documents or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any limitations on its powers or the powers of its directors or other governing or managing body, (c) do not and will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under (i) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, any Applicable Credit Agreement, the Existing Amcor Note Documents or, upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, the Existing Bemis Note Documents or (ii) any other indenture or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that any such default, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any Subsidiary.  No Loan Party organized under the laws of Australia has contravened or will contravene part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.05.                                    Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change .   (a)  Amcor has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its Accounts (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period and the portion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.  Such Accounts, and all Accounts provided by Parent pursuant to Section 5.01, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and give a true and fair view of the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and of their performance for the periods covered thereby.  As of December 31, 2018, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary had any material actual or contingent liabilities except as disclosed or reflected in the Accounts referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)                                  There has been, as of the Effective Date, no event or condition since June 30, 2018, that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.06.                                    Accuracy of Disclosure .   (a) Neither the Confidential Materials nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or furnished hereunder or thereunder, nor any information formally presented prior to the Effective Date to any Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in bank meetings or conference calls in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any

 

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other Loan Document (in each case, other than information of a general economic or industry nature), taken as a whole, contained, as of the date when furnished or presented, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state, as of the date when furnished or presented, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each of the Borrowers represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Parent to be reasonable at the time such projected financial information was prepared (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrowers’ control, that no assurance can be given that such projected financial information will be realized, and that such projected financial information may differ materially from actual future results).  As of the Effective Date, the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters relating to Parent and the Subsidiaries known to the Borrowers, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.01(f), then, as of the Effective Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (B) of Section 5.11(a)(vi), then, as of the Combination Transactions Closing Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 3.07.                                    Properties .   Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 3.08.                                    Litigation and Environmental Matters .   (a) There are (in the case of clause (i) below, as of the Effective Date) no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions or (iii) to wind up or dissolve (or effect any analogous or similar action) Parent, any Borrower or any other Subsidiary and that, in the case of any such other Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) currently expects to be required to incur any capital or other cost for its respective operations to achieve or maintain compliance with any Environmental

 

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Law relating to greenhouse gas emissions or reductions thereto, (iii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.09.                                    Compliance with Laws and Agreements .   (a) Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

 

(b)                                  Parent and each Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent a party thereto) is in compliance with the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, the Existing Amcor Note Documents, the Existing Bemis Note Documents, any Applicable Credit Agreement, all other indentures and credit agreements to which it is a party and all other agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.10.                                    Investment Company Status .   None of Parent or any Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECTION 3.11.                                    ERISA .   No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of such Plan, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s knowledge, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans, as of the date or dates of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 3.13.                                    Related Parties .   No Person has contravened or will contravene section 208 or section 209 of the Corporations Act by executing and delivering any Loan Document or performing its obligations thereunder or participating in any transaction in connection with any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.14.                                    Benefit from Transactions .   Each Loan Party benefits by the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.15.                                    Execution not as a Trustee .   No Loan Party has executed or delivered any Loan Document in the capacity of a trustee, responsible entity or custodian of any trust, managed investment scheme or settlement.

 

SECTION 3.16.                                    Federal Reserve Regulations .   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X.  Not more than 25% of the value of the assets subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Parent or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender will at any time be represented by margin stock.

 

SECTION 3.17.                                    Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction .   Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Parent, its and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of Parent, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrowers, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or their respective agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Revolving Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  None of Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.  This Section applies, other than to the extent that such representation and warranty would result in a violation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom).

 

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SECTION 3.18.                                    Choice of Law Provisions .   The choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9.09 are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom and each other jurisdiction in which any Non-US Loan Party is organized, and none of the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any such other jurisdiction will not give effect to the choice of law of the State of New York as the proper law, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such provisions.  Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Australia, New Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own names under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Amcor UK has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of the United Kingdom and each other Non-US Loan Party has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable.  Each of the Non-US Loan Parties has the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and such irrevocable submission and the waiver by each Non-US Loan Party of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceedings in such Federal or State court are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Non-US Loan Party, and none of the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized would not give effect to such submission and waivers, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or based on public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such submission and waivers.  Each Non-US Loan Party has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e).  Service of process in the manner set forth in Section 9.09(d) will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over each Non-US Loan Party, and none of the Borrowers knows of any reason why the courts in Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized will not recognize as valid and final, or will not enforce, any final and conclusive judgment against Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party, respectively, obtained in any such Federal or State court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party under the Loan Documents, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to jurisdictional matters (including consent to service of process provisions).

 

SECTION 3.19.                                    No Immunity .   Each Non-US Loan Party is subject to civil and commercial laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Loan Party of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  None of the Non-US Loan Parties or any of their properties has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through

 

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service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.20.                                    Proper Form; No Recordation .   With respect to each Non-US Loan Party, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are in proper legal form under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents.  It is not necessary, in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which any Non-US Loan Party is party, that this Agreement or such other Loan Document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document, except for (a) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the applicable Loan Document is sought to be enforced and (b) any charge or tax as has been timely paid by such Non-US Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.                                    Effective Date .   The obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor and Bemis) either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Borrower (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Bemis) either a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such Borrower has signed a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrowers in the United States and England and Wales, and (ii) Gilbert + Tobin, counsel for Parent in Australia, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of Parent, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b).

 

(e)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent any Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower no less than five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2019 (and, in the event such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

SECTION 4.02.                                    Each Credit Event .   The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Loan on the occasion of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan) is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents (other than, after the Effective Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a)) shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date

 

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of such Revolving Borrowing, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(b)                                  At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

On the date of any Revolving Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Revolving Loan), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Revolving Borrowing, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (or any component thereof) shall not exceed the maximum amount thereof (or the maximum amount of any such component) specified in Section 2.01.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and, other than in the case of the affirmative covenants set forth in paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) of Section 5.01, each Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.                                    Financial Statements and Other Information .   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:

 

(a)                                  (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited Accounts as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its statutory auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and (A) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such fiscal year and (B) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable GAAP; provided that if the comparative figures for the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (a)

 

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prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such prior fiscal year, and (ii) if any Loan Party is at any time required by law in its place of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, to prepare annual financial statements, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Loan Party, copies of such financial statements;

 

(b)                                  within 90 days after the end of (i) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the first six-month period of each fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, its Accounts as of the end of and for such period, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, all declared by the Board of Directors of Parent as being in accordance with the Applicable GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (A) in the case of Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such six-month period and (B) in the case of Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter on a consolidated basis (and, in each case, if required by applicable law, audited and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its statutory auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)); provided that if the comparative figures for any portion of the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such prior fiscal year prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such portion of the prior fiscal year;

 

(c)                                   concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Parent, (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (consistent with the detail provided under the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and any Applicable Credit Agreement) demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.05 and 6.06 (and, in the event any pro forma adjustment shall have been made as contemplated by the definitions of the terms EBITDA and Net Interest Expense, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such pro forma

 

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adjustments) and (iii) if any change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of Parent most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05) that has had, or could have, a significant effect on the calculations of the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio or the Leverage Ratio, specifying the nature of such change and the effect thereof on such calculations;

 

(d)                                  concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) above, a certificate or letter of the accounting firm that audited such Accounts stating that it has reviewed this Agreement and stating further that Parent and the Borrowers are in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(e)                                   promptly after the same become publicly available (or, if not made publicly available, promptly after distribution by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be), copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the ASX Limited or any other securities exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be;

 

(f)                                    promptly after any reasonable request by any Lender therefor, such information and documentation as required (i) by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” rules with respect to any Loan Party, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or (ii) for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

 

(g)                                   promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Parent or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that Parent shall not be required to furnish any such information that Parent determines after consultation with counsel qualified to advise on such matters (which may be in-house counsel) that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 9.12, Parent would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public disclosure thereof.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (e) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if and when such information, or one or more annual, semi-annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of Parent at http://www.amcor.com or the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to

 

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procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.  In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, Parent shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised Compliance Certificates with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of Parent.

 

SECTION 5.02.                                    Notices of Material Events .   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)                                  the occurrence of, or receipt by Parent of any written notice claiming the occurrence of, (i) any default or event of default under any Existing Amcor Credit Agreement, any Existing Amcor Note Document or any other Principal Facility Agreement or (ii) any Default;

 

(b)                                  the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Parent to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;

 

(c)                                   any change to any Applicable Unsecured Rating;

 

(d)                                  the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)                                   any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification;

 

(f)                                    the effectiveness of any Applicable Credit Agreement contemplated by Section 1.08, together with true and complete copies thereof; and

 

(g)                                   any other development that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Parent setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.                                    Subsidiary Guarantees .   Parent will ensure that at all times each Subsidiary that has Guaranteed any Material Financial Indebtedness (or is otherwise a co-obligor on, or jointly liable with respect to, any such Material Financial Indebtedness) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor by duly executing and delivering a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, on behalf of such

 

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Person, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Section 4.01(b) and 4.01(c) with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this Section 5.03 shall not apply to that certain class order deed CO 98/1418 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as such class order is amended from time to time, and to the benefit of any Guarantees provided solely as part thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.                                    Existence; Conduct of Business .   (a)  Each of Parent and the Borrowers will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence (and shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, from that applicable on the date hereof) and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that clause (ii) above shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03.

 

(b)                                  (i) Prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, each of Amcor UK and Amcor US shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor and (ii) on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, each of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US and Bemis shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

(c)                                   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 5.05.                                    Maintenance of Properties .   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep and maintain all property used in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.06.                                    Insurance .   Parent and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or with a wholly-owned Subsidiary on arms’-length terms, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are prudent or usual for a Person of established repute conducting a business similar to it in the same or similar locations.

 

SECTION 5.07.                                    Books and Records .   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep proper and adequate books of record and account in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.08.                                    Compliance with Laws .   Parent and each Subsidiary will comply with all laws, including all orders of any Governmental Authority, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,

 

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would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.09.                                    Use of Proceeds .   The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used solely for general corporate purposes of Parent and the Subsidiaries, including to repay or prepay Financial Indebtedness thereof (including in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing); provided that the proceeds of any Revolving Loan may not be used directly or indirectly in a manner or for a purpose that would (or would, but for any applicable limitation in any Loan Document) result in a contravention of Part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act.  None of Parent or any Borrower will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of the Revolving Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities or business of or with a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction, any goods originating from a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or any Person located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or owned or controlled by such Person.  This Section applies, other than to the extent that such covenant would result in a violation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom).

 

SECTION 5.10.                                    Ranking of Obligations .  Each Loan Party shall take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that the Obligations of such Loan Party rank and, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, will rank, at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated Financial Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 5.11.                                    Combination Transactions .   (a) On the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Amcor shall:

 

(i)                                      (A) deliver, and cause Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor and Bemis to deliver, to the Administrative Agent either a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement signed on behalf of Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US, New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement and (B) cause each of New Amcor and Bemis to deliver to the Administrative Agent either a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit thereto) signed on behalf of New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic

 

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mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement;

 

(ii)                                   cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated the Combination Transactions Closing Date) of each of (A) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Borrowers in the United States, and (B) Ogier, counsel for Parent in the Bailiwick of Jersey, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iii)                                cause New Amcor and Bemis to deliver to the Administrative Agent a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of New Amcor and Bemis, the authorization of the Transactions by New Amcor and Bemis and any other legal matters relating to New Amcor and Bemis, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iv)                               cause (A) New Amcor to appoint and designate the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e) and to deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory of such appointment and designation, and (B) Amcor US to consent to such appointment and designation and to deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of such consent;

 

(v)                                  cause the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing to be consummated;

 

(vi)                               cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (A) all documentation and other information with respect to New Amcor and Bemis required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, and (B) to the extent New Amcor qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to New Amcor no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date; and

 

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(vii)                            cause New Amcor to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate, dated the Combination Transactions Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of New Amcor, confirming that New Amcor and Amcor, as applicable, have complied with the covenants set forth in Section 5.11(a)(v) above and 5.11(b) below.

 

(b)                                  On the Combination Transactions Closing Date, (i) Amcor shall implement the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement and (ii) Amcor and New Amcor shall consummate the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.                                    Subsidiary Indebtedness .   Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than Amcor UK, Amcor US, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Amcor) to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                  Financial Indebtedness owed to Parent or any of the Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                  Limited Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(c)                                   Financial Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Financial Indebtedness existed on the date that such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and was not incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) such Financial Indebtedness is repaid in full within one year of the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of such Financial Indebtedness if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries; and

 

(d)                                  other Financial Indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Financial Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (d) (or, in the case of any such Financial Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date,

 

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on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all Financial Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.02.                                    Liens .   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)                                  any Permitted Encumbrances; or

 

(b)                                  other Liens securing Financial Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness secured thereby (or, in the case of any such Liens in existence on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Financial Indebtedness (other than Limited Recourse Indebtedness) secured by any Liens on assets of Parent or any Subsidiary (other than Liens referred to in clauses (e) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.03.                                    Asset Sales .   Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether directly or through any merger or consolidation of, or any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Equity Interests in, or the assets of, Parent or any Subsidiary) (a) all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (b) any assets pursuant to a Material Disposition for an aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or greater than US$300,000,000, unless, after giving pro forma effect thereto, Parent shall be in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06.

 

SECTION 6.04.                                    Use of Proceeds .   No Borrower will request any Revolving Borrowing, and neither Parent nor any Borrower shall use, and each of Parent and the Borrowers shall procure that its subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Revolving Borrowing (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.                                    Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio .   Parent will not permit the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.06.                                    Leverage Ratio .   Parent will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)                                  any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Revolving Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise and, solely if the cause of such failure is a banking system delay or interruption, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days;

 

(b)                                  any Borrower (or Parent, as applicable) shall fail to pay any interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)                                   any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document provided pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

(d)                                  Parent or any other Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a)(ii), 5.04(a)(i) (with respect to Parent’s or any Borrower’s existence), 5.09 or 5.11 or in Article VI;

 

(e)                                   any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);

 

(f)                                    Parent or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Financial Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, relating to such Material Financial Indebtedness;

 

(g)                                   any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Financial Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Financial Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof;

 

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(h)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(i)                                      Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or clause (h) of this Article or (vi) solely in the case of Parent, become subject to Parent Bankruptcy Event;

 

(j)                                     any Borrower shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)                                  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) (other than any such judgment covered by third party insurance to the extent the insurer has been notified of such judgment and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer), shall be rendered against Parent or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)                                      any Loan Document is or becomes void, voidable or unenforceable, or is asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be valid and enforceable;

 

(m)                              any material obligation of any Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document or the performance of any such obligation is or becomes at any time illegal or invalid under any applicable law;

 

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(n)                                  (i) prior to the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Amcor UK or Amcor US shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor or (ii) on or after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Amcor, Amcor UK, Amcor US or Bemis shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor;

 

(o)                                  a Change in Control shall occur; or

 

(p)                                  the Transaction Agreement (including the terms of the Scheme (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019) and the Deed Poll (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)) shall be amended or modified (including, in the case of the Scheme, any amendments or modifications thereto required by the Court (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)), or any provision or condition therein (including any condition set forth on Exhibit A thereto) shall be waived, or any consent shall be granted thereunder, and such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that Amcor may, with respect to any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of Amcor, together with a copy of, or a substantially final draft of, such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, stating that Amcor has determined in good faith that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is not material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such), in which case such certificate shall, on the fifth Business Day after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, constitute conclusive evidence that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is not material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless, within such five Business Day period, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify Amcor in writing that it or they disagree with such determination by Amcor;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Parent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Revolving Loans at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Parent or any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or any Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand,

 

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protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and each Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent as its agents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Foreign Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) unless a court of competent

 

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jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action.  Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to such Agent by Parent or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent or (F) any determination with respect to the existence or the extent of any legal impediments on the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on or after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, New Amcor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (it being acknowledged by the Lenders that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any evaluation as to whether any such impediment exists unless and until it shall have been requested to do so in writing by a Lender and, in connection with any such evaluation or determination, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent) selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel).  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or the component amounts thereof.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof, including pursuant to Section 9.01(e).  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to each Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Revolving Loan.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

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Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

Subject to the terms of this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and Parent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the Foreign Administrative Agent) shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in the case of a successor to the Administrative Agent, or with an office in London, in the case of a successor to the Foreign Administrative Agent or, in each case, an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such, and (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Foreign Administrative Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Parent to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30 th  day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become

 

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vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender.  After any Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, any Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Revolving Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower or other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Revolving Loans that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to any Agent and, in the event that any Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agents to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers or the Syndication Agents (each of the foregoing, a “ Titled Person ”) shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder, and, without limiting the foregoing, no Titled Person shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or with Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(a)                                  such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(b)                                  the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

(c)                                   (i) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation in, administration

 

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of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(d)                                  such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

In addition, unless either (1) clause (a) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (d) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

The Administrative Agent and each other Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Revolving Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Revolving Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

The Foreign Administrative Agent (the “ Designating Foreign Administrative Agent ”) may at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent, nominate an Affiliate of the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent (such Affiliate, a “ Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent ”) to act as a successor Foreign Administrative Agent.  A notice to nominate a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent must be in the form of Exhibit I (the “ Foreign

 

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Administrative Agent Designation Notice ”) and be countersigned by the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent confirming it will be bound as the Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  Such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Foreign Administrative Agent, and the term “Foreign Administrative Agent” shall mean such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent effective immediately upon delivery of such Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent.  With respect to Section 9.01(a)(ii), the address for notices for the Foreign Administrative Agent shall be, upon such succession and without further action, the address for the Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent set forth in the Foreign Administrative Agent Designation Notice.  A Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent will be treated as the Foreign Administrative Agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents for so long as it continues to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  The Designating Foreign Administrative Agent may revoke its designation of an Affiliate as a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Parent.  Upon such Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent’s ceasing to be a Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent, the Designating Foreign Administrative Agent will automatically assume (and be deemed to assume without further action by any party) all rights and obligations previously vested in Substitute Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of Parent’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Parent or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.            Notices .   (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)                                      if to Parent or any Borrower, to Parent (or c/o Amcor, as applicable) at Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050 Zurich, Attention of Group Treasurer/VP Treasury; Email Address: graeme.vavasseur@amcor.com;

 

(ii)                                   if to the Administrative Agent or the Foreign Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Fax No. (302) 634-1417); Email Addresses: lauren.mayer@jpmorgan.com and 12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com; and

 

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(iii)                                if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(b)                                  Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)                                   Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Any notices or other communications to an Agent, Parent or any Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to the Platform shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

(d)                                  Any party hereto may change its address, telephone number, email address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to Parent and the Agents).

 

(e)                                   In connection with any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request required to be provided hereunder to the Foreign Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall furnish with such request telephone call-back information designating a Financial Officer or other authorized employee of the applicable Borrower (or of Parent on its behalf) as authorized to confirm and provide any additional information relating to any such request as the Foreign Administrative Agent may reasonably require in order to give effect to such request. The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be authorized to seek any such confirmation or additional information by telephonic request.  The Foreign Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any information provided by such

 

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designated Person and, in the event such designated Person is not, in fact, available to provide any such information by telephone call-back, the Foreign Administrative Agent shall have no liability for any failure to act in connection with any such request or notice.

 

(f)                                    The Borrowers agree that any Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on the Platform.  The Platform and any Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Agents, the Titled Persons and their respective Related Parties do not warrant, and shall not be deemed to warrant, the adequacy of the Platform or the Communications, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s, any Agent’s or any Titled Person’s transmission of communications through the Platform, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).  Parent, each Borrower and each Lender agrees that any Agent or any Titled Person may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Communications on the Platform in accordance with its customary document retention procedures and policies.

 

SECTION 9.02.            Waivers; Amendments .   (a) No failure or delay by any Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Agents and the Lenders hereunder and 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 provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Revolving Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b)                                  Except as provided in Section 1.08 and 2.13(b), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived,

 

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amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Parent and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, (A) such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or (B) the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (B) reduce the principal amount of any Revolving Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the currency of any Revolving Loan or any interest or fee, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Revolving Loan or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release (including by limiting liability in respect thereof) (i) any Borrower or, on or after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, New Amcor from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement or (ii) one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (other than those that are also Borrowers) from their Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement if such Guarantees represent a material portion of the aggregate value of the Guarantees of all the Subsidiary Guarantors (except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) amend, modify or waive Section 5.11(a)(v), without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of any Agent without the prior written consent of such Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Revolving Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the

 

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account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.            Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .   (a) Parent and the Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents and the Arrangers), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the commitment letter and any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, (ii) all reasonable and documented expenses of the Agents associated with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by any Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing (including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Agents, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Agents, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Agents), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Revolving Loans made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Revolving Loans.

 

(b)                                  Parent and the Borrowers shall indemnify each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, the Syndication Agents and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein (in the case of any Arranger), the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the

 

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credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto) or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that (x) such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) a material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (iii) claims of one or more Indemnitees against another Indemnitee (other than claims against any Agent, the Syndication Agents or the Arrangers in their capacities or in fulfilling their roles as such) and not involving any act or omission of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (y) Parent and the Borrowers shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of more than one law firm at any time for the Indemnitees as a whole (and, if reasonably deemed necessary by the Indemnitees, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel for each relevant specialty, in each case for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs Parent of such conflict, Parent and the Borrowers shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated (and if reasonably deemed necessary by such affected Indemnitee, one additional firm of such local counsel or specialty counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                                   To the extent that Parent and the Borrowers fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).

 

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(d)                                  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the material breach by such Indemnitee of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                   To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against each other such Person on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Revolving Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not limit the obligations of Parent and the Borrowers to indemnify, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, any Indemnitee against any such damages that may be awarded against it.

 

(f)                                    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.04.            Successors and Assigns .   (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) neither Parent nor any Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Parent or any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the sub-agents of any Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Revolving Loans at the time held or owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of:

 

(A) Parent; provided that no consent of Parent shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any

 

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other assignment; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

 

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

 

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Revolving Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000 (or, in the case of an assignment solely of Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, €5,000,000), unless each of Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

 

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender;

 

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain Private Side Information) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with

 

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the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including US Federal and state and foreign securities laws; and

 

(E) there must be no less than two Lenders or one Lender with its lending office in Australia remaining after giving effect to such assignment.

 

(iii)  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.03 and 9.17).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

 

(iv)  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Revolving Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and the Borrowers and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided that if Parent or any Borrower requests a copy of the Register, such copy shall be provided to Parent or such Borrower within two Business Days of such request.

 

(v)  Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or

 

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confirming the receipt of) any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.  Upon request of Parent, the Administrative Agent shall provide to Parent a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and Administrative Questionnaire that shall have been accepted by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of Parent, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (“ Participants ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Revolving Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Parent, the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (ii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Parent and the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a

 

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participation agrees, at the Borrowers’ request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Revolving Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Revolving Loans or its other rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Revolving Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as an Agent) shall have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank with jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 9.05.            Survival .   All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Revolving Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Revolving Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and yield protection obligations as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.05(b), 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.18, 9.03 and 9.17 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the

 

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transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Revolving Loans, the expiration or termination of Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.06.            Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution .   (a)  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate fee letters with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under any commitment letter entered in connection herewith (but do not supersede any other provisions of any such commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect).  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require any Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

SECTION 9.07.            Severability .   Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 9.08.            Right of Setoff .   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate thereof is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of Parent or any Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Parent or any Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Parent or any Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.

 

SECTION 9.09.            Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .   (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented, and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws or other rules that would result in the application of laws of a different jurisdiction; provided further that (i) the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required by the laws of Victoria, Australia, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Victoria, Australia and (ii) the determination of whether the Bemis Merger shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required under the laws of the State of Missouri, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)                                  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such New York State court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

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(c)                                   Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(e)                                   Each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Amcor US, with an address of 2801 SW 149 Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, Florida 33027, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation, appointment and empowerment, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) to receive, accept and forward for and on its behalf service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing a copy of such process to any such Loan Party in the care of the Authorized Agent at its address set forth above, and each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    In the event any Loan Party or any of its assets has or hereafter acquires, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or after judgment), execution, judgment or setoff, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such immunity.

 

SECTION 9.10.            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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SECTION 9.11.            Headings .   Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.12.            Confidentiality .   Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, semi-governmental authority, self-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall, (x) except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority) and (y) in the case of any request or demand of any self-regulatory authority, to the extent reasonably practicable, (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case such Agent or such Lender shall (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that such Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any of Parent or the Borrowers and their obligations hereunder, (g) with the consent of Parent, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent or a Borrower or (i) solely with respect to Information about this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to market data collectors, as such Information is routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from Parent or any Borrower relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any Borrower.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as

 

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provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

SECTION 9.13.             Interest Rate Limitation .   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Revolving Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Revolving Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Revolving Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Revolving Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Revolving Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Revolving Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.14.             “Know Your Customer” Notices .   Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with such Act and Rules.

 

SECTION 9.15.             No Fiduciary Relationship .   Each of Parent and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Parent and the Borrowers hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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SECTION 9.16.             Non-Public Information .   (a) Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by Parent, any Borrower or any Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement, will be syndicate-level information, which may contain Private Side Information.  Each Lender represents to Parent, the Borrowers and the Agents that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of Private Side Information and that it will handle Private Side Information in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Unites States Federal and state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain Private Side Information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)            Parent, the Borrowers and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Parent or any Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by any Agent through Debt Domain, IntraLinks TM , SyndTrak or any other electronic platform chosen by such Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”), (i) the Agents may post any information that Parent has indicated as containing Private Side Information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Parent has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains Private Side Information, each Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives.  Parent agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Agents by or on behalf of Parent or any Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and each Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Parent without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.  In the event that any Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Lender acknowledges that (A) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (B) none of Parent, any Borrower, any Agent or any other Titled Person has any responsibility for such Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.17.             Conversion of Currencies .   (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)            The obligations of each of Parent and the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any party to any other Loan Document or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document (the “ Applicable Creditor ”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder or under such

 

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other Loan Document (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, Parent and such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.

 

SECTION 9.18.             Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors .   (a) Parent may (but, except as provided in Section 5.03 and clause (B) of 5.11(a)(i), is not required to), at any time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by causing such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form specified therein, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Section 4.01(b) and 4.01(c) with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

(b)            In the event that (i) all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Borrower) that is owned by Parent and the Subsidiaries is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.03, (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such solely pursuant to Section 9.18(a), immediately after giving effect to such release (and assuming that all of the Financial Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such release has been incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date), all of the Financial Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries shall be permitted under Section 6.03 or (iii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such pursuant to Section 5.03, such Subsidiary Guarantor (if it were not already a party to the Guarantee Agreement) would no longer be required, pursuant to Section 5.03, to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, then, in each case, promptly following Parent’s request and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such release, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to Parent, at Parent’s expense, a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement.  In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent may request that Parent deliver to it a certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the requirements to such release set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied, and the Administrative Agent may rely on, and shall incur no liability for relying upon, any statements made in any such certificate.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this paragraph shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.19.             Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions .   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under this

 

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Agreement, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)            the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)            the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)             a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)            a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

 

(iii)           the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

individually and as the Administrative

Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: BNP PARIBAS

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: CITIBANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: HSBC BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: MUFG BANK, LTD.

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

LONDON BRANCH

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR 364-DAY SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Additional Defined Terms

 

Defined Term

 

Prior to the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

On and after the
Applicable GAAP Transition Date

“EBITDA”

 

means, for any period, the profit on ordinary activities before income tax expense, net finance costs, amortization or impairment of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), and after excluding any Significant Items for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , (a) without duplication, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (i) net interest expense for such period, (ii)  income tax expense for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash charges or expenses for such period, (v) the amount of any one-time transaction costs (including compensation and acquisition costs) incurred in connection with the Combination Transactions for such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $190,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, minus (b) to the extent included in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.


“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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“Finance Lease”

 

means a “finance lease” as defined in the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

means a lease that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on a balance sheet under the Applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

 

 

“Net Interest Expense”

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total finance expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of the post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as borrowing costs for such period and (c) any discounting of the long term provisions of Parent and the Subsidiaries recognized as borrowing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Australian Accounting Standards and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total interest expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of any post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as interest expense for such period and (c) the interest component of any discounting of long term provisions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

“Total Net Indebtedness”

 

means, as of any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding interest-bearing liabilities of Parent and the Subsidiaries as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other financial liabilities” as disclosed in such Accounts and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness

 

means, as of any date (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) and short-term debt as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, in each case as disclosed in

 

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falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of interest-bearing liabilities given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP; provided that Total Net Indebtedness will be determined without giving effect to any principle resulting in valuation of any Financial Indebtedness below the full stated principal amount thereof (including on account of any election to value any Financial Indebtedness at “fair value” or, in the case of any convertible debt instruments, to value such debt instruments in a bifurcated manner).

 

such Accounts, and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of long-term debt or short-term debt given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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Exhibit 10.1 6

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 30, 2019,

 

among

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,

 

The LENDERS Party Hereto

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,

 


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

HSBC BANK PLC,

MUFG BANK, LTD.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as Syndication Agents

 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED,

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTINA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FILIALE LUXEMBURG,

ING BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, GENEVA BRANCH,

MIZUHO BANK EUROPE N.V.,

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

TD SECURITIES

and

UNICREDIT BANK AG,
as Documentation Agents

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

SECTION 1.01.

Defined Terms

1

SECTION 1.02.

Classification of Term Loans and Term Borrowings

30

SECTION 1.03.

Terms Generally

30

SECTION 1.04.

Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations

31

SECTION 1.05.

[Reserved]

32

SECTION 1.06.

[Reserved]

32

SECTION 1.07.

Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification

32

SECTION 1.08.

Most Favored Nation Provision

33

SECTION 1.09.

Effectuation of the Combination Transactions

33

SECTION 1.10.

Divisions

34

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

SECTION 2.01.

Commitments

34

SECTION 2.02.

Term Loans and Term Borrowings

34

SECTION 2.03.

Requests for Term Borrowings

35

SECTION 2.04.

[Reserved]

35

SECTION 2.05.

Funding of Term Borrowings

35

SECTION 2.06.

Interest Elections

36

SECTION 2.07.

Termination and Reduction of Commitments

38

SECTION 2.08.

Repayment of Term Loans; Evidence of Debt

38

SECTION 2.09.

Prepayment of Term Loans

39

SECTION 2.10.

[Reserved]

39

SECTION 2.11.

Fees

39

SECTION 2.12.

Interest

40

SECTION 2.13.

Alternate Rate of Interest

41

SECTION 2.14.

Increased Costs

42

SECTION 2.15.

Break Funding Payments

43

SECTION 2.16.

Payments Free of Taxes

44

SECTION 2.17.

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

50

SECTION 2.18.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

52

SECTION 2.19.

Defaulting Lenders

53

SECTION 2.20.

Concerning the Borrower

54

 

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ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers

54

SECTION 3.02.

Corporate and Governmental Authorization

54

SECTION 3.03.

Enforceability of Obligations

55

SECTION 3.04.

No Contravention or Exceeding Power

55

SECTION 3.05.

Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change

55

SECTION 3.06.

Accuracy of Disclosure

56

SECTION 3.07.

Properties

56

SECTION 3.08.

Litigation and Environmental Matters

56

SECTION 3.09.

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

57

SECTION 3.10.

Investment Company Status

57

SECTION 3.11.

ERISA

57

SECTION 3.12.

Ranking of Obligations

58

SECTION 3.13.

Related Parties

58

SECTION 3.14.

Benefit from Transactions

58

SECTION 3.15.

Execution not as a Trustee

58

SECTION 3.16.

Federal Reserve Regulations

58

SECTION 3.17.

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction

58

SECTION 3.18.

Choice of Law Provisions

59

SECTION 3.19.

No Immunity

60

SECTION 3.20.

Proper Form; No Recordation

60

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

SECTION 4.01.

Effective Date

60

SECTION 4.02.

Availability Date

62

SECTION 4.03.

Each Credit Event

64

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

Financial Statements and Other Information

64

SECTION 5.02.

Notices of Material Events

67

SECTION 5.03.

Subsidiary Guarantees

68

SECTION 5.04.

Existence; Conduct of Business

68

SECTION 5.05.

Maintenance of Properties

68

SECTION 5.06.

Insurance

69

SECTION 5.07.

Books and Records

69

SECTION 5.08.

Compliance with Laws

69

SECTION 5.09.

Use of Proceeds

69

SECTION 5.10.

Ranking of Obligations

69

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

Subsidiary Indebtedness

70

SECTION 6.02.

Liens

70

SECTION 6.03.

Asset Sales

71

SECTION 6.04.

Use of Proceeds

71

SECTION 6.05.

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio

71

SECTION 6.06.

Leverage Ratio

71

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Administrative Agent

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01.

Notices

80

SECTION 9.02.

Waivers; Amendments

82

SECTION 9.03.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

83

SECTION 9.04.

Successors and Assigns

86

SECTION 9.05.

Survival

90

SECTION 9.06.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

90

SECTION 9.07.

Severability

91

SECTION 9.08.

Right of Setoff

91

SECTION 9.09.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

92

SECTION 9.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

93

SECTION 9.11.

Headings

93

SECTION 9.12.

Confidentiality

93

SECTION 9.13.

Interest Rate Limitation

94

SECTION 9.14.

“Know Your Customer” Notices

95

SECTION 9.15.

No Fiduciary Relationship

95

SECTION 9.16.

Non-Public Information

95

SECTION 9.17.

Conversion of Currencies

96

SECTION 9.18.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

97

SECTION 9.19.

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

97

 

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ANNEX :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annex A

Additional Defined Terms

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULES :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2.01

Commitments

 

Schedule 6.02

Existing Liens

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

Exhibit B

Form of Borrowing Request

 

Exhibit C

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

Exhibit D

Form of Closing Certificate

 

Exhibit E

Form of Guarantee Agreement

 

Exhibit F

Form of Interest Election Request

 

Exhibit G

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

Exhibit H-1

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-2

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-3

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

Exhibit H-4

Form of U.S. Tax Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for US Income Tax Purposes

 

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TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.                                    Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Term Loan or Term Borrowing, refers to whether such Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Term Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Accounts ” means the consolidated statement of financial position (or consolidated balance sheet), consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of Parent and the Subsidiaries, prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP, together with reports (including, if applicable, directors’ reports and auditors’ reports) and notes attached to or intended to be read with any such consolidated financial statements.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means with respect to any LIBOR Term Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMorgan through which it shall perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Agreement Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 


 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in US Dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in US Dollars (assuming an Interest Period of one month); provided that if the Screen Rate is not available for a one-month Interest Period but the Screen Rate is available for maturities both longer and shorter than a one-month Interest Period, then the Screen Rate for purposes of this sentence shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13, then, for purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Amcor ” means Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia, and, following the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

Amcor Exchange Scheme ” means the exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Amcor UK ” means Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Bribery Act 2010.

 

Applicable Credit Agreement ” means (a) each Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement and (b) the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019, among Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.

 

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Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Applicable GAAP ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP.

 

Applicable GAAP Transition Date ” means the date designated as such by Parent in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice may delivered by Parent at its option at any time.

 

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any LIBOR Term Loan or ABR Term Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Rate for LIBOR Term Loans”, “Applicable Rate for ABR Term Loans” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating as of such date.

 

Category

 

Applicable
Unsecured Rating
(Moody’s/S&P)

 

Applicable Rate
for LIBOR
Term Loans
(bps per
annum)

 

Applicable
Rate for ABR
Term Loans
(bps per
annum)

 

Commitment
Fee Rate
(bps per
annum)

 

Category 1

 

A3/A- or higher

 

87.5

 

0.0

 

10.0

 

Category 2

 

Baa1/BBB+

 

100.0

 

0.0

 

12.5

 

Category 3

 

Baa2/BBB

 

112.5

 

12.5

 

15.0

 

Category 4

 

Baa3/BBB-

 

137.5

 

37.5

 

20.0

 

Category 5

 

Lower than Baa3/BBB-

 

162.5

 

62.5

 

25.0

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if (a) either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have in effect an Applicable Unsecured Rating in Category 5, (b) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be the applicable rates per annum corresponding to the higher (or numerically lower) of such Categories unless one of the Applicable Unsecured Ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that corresponding to the higher of the two Applicable Unsecured Ratings and (c) if the Applicable Unsecured Ratings in effect or deemed to be in effect by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the

 

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applicable rating agency.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, Parent and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of Applicable Unsecured Ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rates and the commitment fees shall be determined by reference to the Applicable Unsecured Rating of such rating agency most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

Applicable Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to either of Moody’s or S&P at any time, (a) prior to the later of (i) the Availability Date and (ii) Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, first establishing an Unsecured Rating with respect to New Amcor, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to Amcor and (b) thereafter, the Unsecured Rating that Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, has in effect at such time with respect to New Amcor.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers ” means JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Australia ” means the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Australian Accounting Standards ” means the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and consistently applied over time in Australia as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

Authorized Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(e).

 

Availability Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Availability Date to but excluding the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

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Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, statutory manager, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that (a) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, as long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any agreements made by such Person, and (b) a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of an Undisclosed Administration .

 

Bemis ” means Bemis Company, Inc., a Missouri corporation and, following the consummation of the Bemis Merger, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

Bemis Merger ” means the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Borrower ” means Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

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Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, US$5,000,000 and (b) in the case of an ABR Term Borrowing, US$1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of an ABR Term Borrowing, US$1,000,000.

 

Borrowing Request ” means a request by or on behalf of the Borrower for a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Sydney are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with a LIBOR Term Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in US Dollar deposits in the London interbank market or any day on which banks in London are not open for general business.

 

Change in Control ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person or group having obtained Control (within the meaning of section 50AA of the Corporations Act) of Parent, (ii) the occurrence of a change of Control (within such meaning) of Parent or (iii) Parent becoming a subsidiary of another Person and (b) on and after the Availability Date, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests in Parent representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Parent; provided , however , in either case, that in no event shall the consummation of the Amcor Exchange Scheme constitute a Change in Control.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority (other than any such request, rule, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement as such law, rule or regulation was in effect on such date (and without giving effect to any changes referred to in clause (b) above applicable thereto)); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.

 

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Charges ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Closing Certificate ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, a closing certificate of such Loan Party substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with respect to New Amcor, as may be reasonably agreed by Parent and the Administrative Agent to be modified to reflect applicable law), together with all attachments thereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Combination Transactions ” means, collectively, the Amcor Exchange Scheme and the Bemis Merger.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is US$750,000,000.

 

Commitment Outside Date ” means the earliest of (a) 5:00 p.m., U.S. Central time, on June 1, 2019, (b) the date on which the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the effectiveness of the Amcor Exchange Scheme or the consummation of the Bemis Merger and (c) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to such date, the first date on which the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated.

 

Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform.

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Confidential Materials ” means the Confidential Materials dated March 2019, relating to the credit facility provided for herein.

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or

 

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appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Corporations Act ” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) of Australia.

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Term Loan or (ii) to pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Parent or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding the Term Loans cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by Parent or the Administrative Agent made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund a prospective Term Loan, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by Parent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it (and the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent shall not have been the requesting party), (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action, or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

Dividing Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “ Division ”.

 

Division ” means the division of the assets, rights, obligations and/or liabilities of a Person (the “ Dividing Person ”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

Documentation Agents ” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina, S.A. New York Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Filiale Luxemburg, ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva branch, Mizuho Bank Europe N.V., Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,

 

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TD Securities and UniCredit Bank AG, each in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

EBITDA ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which EBITDA is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person or Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent.

 

Environmental Laws ” means all rules, regulations, directives, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other laws, and all injunctions, notices or binding agreements, issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, and applicable to or binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary relating in any way to protection of the environment, to carbon emissions or the protection of the climate, to reclamation of natural resources, to the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to related health or safety matters.

 

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Environmental Liability ” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability of a third party is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, prior to the conversion thereof, debt securities convertible into Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Parent, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code), (e) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VII.

 

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) US withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Term Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Term Loan (it being understood that, for purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to have “acquired” an interest in such Term Loan by the making thereof or any other acquisition thereof) or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Parent under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Term Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with or breach of warranty under Section 2.16(f) or any corresponding warranty in any agreement amending this Agreement and (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Amcor Credit Agreements ” means (a) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2014, among Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as London agent, (b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2016, among Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HSBC Bank plc, as agent, (c) the Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, among Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower, the arranger parties party thereto, the lenders and affiliates of lenders party thereto and Westpac Banking Corporation, as agent, and (d) the Facility Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, among Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522), in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Amcor Note Documents ” means (a) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 15, 2009, among Amcor, the Borrower and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.95% Series C Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2021, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, (b) the Note and Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 1, 2010, among Amcor, the Borrower and certain purchasers named therein, relating to the 5.00% Series B Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2020, together with the Notes (in each case, as defined

 

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therein) issued pursuant thereto, and (c) the Indenture dated as of April 28, 2016, among Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026 and the 4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028, together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2013, among Bemis, certain subsidiaries of Bemis party thereto, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Bemis Note Documents ” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Bemis and U.S. Bank National Association (f/k/a First Trust National Association), relating to the 6.80% Senior Notes due 2019, the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case together with the Securities (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing ” means the repayment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts (other than contingent obligations that are not yet due) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, the cancelation and termination of all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements (or the lenders thereunder otherwise being released from their participation obligations with respect thereto), the termination of all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements and the release and termination of all Guarantees and collateral, if any, in respect of the Existing Credit Agreements.

 

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and the Existing Bemis Credit Agreement.

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code.

 

FATF ” means the Financial Action Task Force.

 

FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction ” means a jurisdiction identified by the FATF in its public statement (available at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnon-cooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-october-2018.html) as subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions (a) to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from such jurisdiction or (b) to apply

 

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counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing and substantial money laundering and financing risks emanating from such jurisdiction.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Finance Lease ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Financial Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person, present or future, actual or contingent, in respect of moneys borrowed or raised or otherwise arising in respect of any financial accommodation whatsoever, including (a) amounts raised by acceptance or endorsement under any acceptance credit or endorsement credit opened on behalf of such Person, (b) any Financial Indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) of another Person that is Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Financial Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (c) the net amount actually or contingently (assuming the arrangement was closed out on the relevant day) payable by such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, (d) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of redeemable preferred Equity Interests in such Person or any obligation of such Person incurred to buy back any Equity Interests in such Person, (e) liabilities (whether actual or contingent, present or future) under Finance Leases for which such Person is liable, (f) any liability (whether actual or contingent, present or future) in respect of any letter of credit opened or established on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of any asset or service and any related obligation deferred (i) for more than 90 days or (ii) if longer, in respect of trade creditors, for more than the normal period of payment for sale and purchase within the relevant market (but not including any deferred amounts arising as a result of such a purchase being contested in good faith), (h) amounts for which such Person may be liable (whether actually or contingently, presently or in the future) in respect of factored debts or the advance sale of assets for which there is recourse to such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person evidenced by debentures, notes, debenture stock, bonds or other financial instruments, whether issued for cash or a consideration other than cash and in respect of which such Person is liable as drawer, acceptor, endorser, issuer or otherwise, (j) obligations of such Person in respect of notes, bills of exchange or commercial paper or other financial instruments and (k) any indebtedness (whether actual or contingent, present or future) for moneys owing under any instrument entered into by such Person primarily as a method of raising finance and that is not otherwise referred to in this definition.  The Financial Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Financial Indebtedness of any other Person (including any

 

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partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Financial Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, any vice president (solely with respect to Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests), the director of financial reporting or controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary, assistant secretary, manager or director of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual (and in respect of which the Administrative Agent has not received a notice of revocation).

 

Foreign Lender ” means a Lender that is not a US Person.

 

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person means any guarantee, indemnity, letter of credit, letter of comfort giving rise to legal liabilities of suretyship or any other obligation (whatever called and of whatever nature) (a)(i) to pay, to purchase or to provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities, the purchase of assets, rights or services or otherwise) for the payment or discharge of, (ii) to indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of or (iii) to otherwise be responsible for any obligation or indebtedness of any other Person, or (b) to maintain the solvency or financial condition of any other Person.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Financial Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (A) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (B) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (A), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (B), in good faith by Parent)).

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, together with all supplements thereto.

 

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Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature as each is (including carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that any options, rights or shares issued pursuant to any employee share or bonus plan, including any phantom rights or phantom shares, or any similar plans providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent or the Subsidiaries shall not be a Hedge Agreement.

 

IBA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes and VAT, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

 

Index Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, senior unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by or on behalf of the Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Term Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Term Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Term Borrowing of which such Term Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any LIBOR Term Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Term Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by each Lender, 12 months thereafter), as the Borrower (or Parent on its

 

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behalf) may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Term Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Term Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Term Borrowing.

 

Interpolated Screen Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Term Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, a rate per annum that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the applicable period and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a Screen Rate is available that is longer than the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Screen Rate is required to be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof; provided that the Interpolated Screen Rate shall in no event be less than zero.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Jersey Companies Law ” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.

 

Joinder Agreement ” means the Joinder Agreement among Amcor, the Borrower, New Amcor and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

JPMorgan ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(b).

 

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person in respect of which such Lender is a subsidiary.

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Term Borrowing for any Interest Period, the Screen Rate as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

 

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LIBOR ”, when used in reference to any Term Loan or Term Borrowing, refers to whether such Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Term Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed or other instrument of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest (including, in relation to a Person incorporated or organized under the laws of Australia, a security interest as defined in section 12(1) or 12(2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) (Australia)) or other encumbrance on, in or of such asset, including any arrangement entered into for the purpose of making particular assets available to satisfy any Financial Indebtedness or other obligation and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or capital lease or title retention agreement (other than any title retention agreement entered into with a vendor on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) relating to such asset.

 

Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by Parent or a Subsidiary to finance the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Person (the “ Relevant Person ”) in whose favor such Financial Indebtedness is incurred does not have any right to enforce its rights or remedies (including for any breach of any representation or warranty or obligation) against Parent or any Subsidiary or against the Project Assets, in each case, except for the purpose of enforcing a Lien that attaches only to the Project Assets and secures an amount equal to the lesser of the value of such Project Assets encumbered by such Lien and the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (b) the Relevant Person is not permitted or entitled (i) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to enforce any right or remedy against, or demand payment or repayment of any amount from, Parent or any Subsidiary (including for breach of any representation or warranty or obligation), (ii) except as and to the extent permitted by clause (a) above, to commence or enforce any proceedings against Parent or any Subsidiary or (iii) to apply to wind up, or prove in the winding up of, Parent or any Subsidiary, such that the Relevant Person’s only right of recourse in respect of such Financial Indebtedness or such Lien is to the Project Assets encumbered by such Lien.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Joinder Agreement and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(d).

 

Loan Parties ” means each of Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, on and after the Availability Date, each of New Amcor and Bemis.

 

Mandatory Restrictions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or will be merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets

 

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of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such acquisition or series of related acquisitions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

 

Material Disposition ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions, by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Subsidiary or (c) a manufacturing plant or other group of assets for which it is reasonably possible to calculate the pro forma effect of such sale, transfer or other disposition or series of related sales, transfers or other dispositions on EBITDA and Net Interest Expense; provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor exceeds US$75,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Material Financial Indebtedness ” means Financial Indebtedness (other than the Term Loans and Guarantees under the Loan Documents) of any one or more of Parent and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency); provided that, any Financial Indebtedness under any Applicable Credit Agreement shall at all times constitute “Material Financial Indebtedness”.

 

Maturity Date ” means April 30, 2022; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.

 

Merger Sub ” means Arctic Corp., a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

MFN Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

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Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” means each of (a) the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, (b) the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, and (c) the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019, among Amcor, the Borrower, Amcor UK, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and foreign administrative agent, in each case as extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time.

 

Net Interest Expense ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.  If, during any period for which Net Interest Expense is calculated hereunder, Parent or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, Net Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

 

Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Net Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

New Amcor ” means Amcor plc (f/k/a Arctic Jersey Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Non-US Loan Party ” means Amcor, Amcor UK and any other Loan Party that is formed, incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided , however , that, if both such rates are not published for any day that is a Business Day, the “NYFRB Rate” shall be the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee Agreement.

 

OFAC ” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

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Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Term Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

Parent ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor and (b) on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor.

 

Parent Bankruptcy Event ” means (a) prior to the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is (or states or is presumed for the purposes of the Corporations Act that it is) an insolvent under administration or insolvent (each as defined in the Corporations Act), (ii) is taken (under section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand, (iii) is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2)(b) or section 585 of the Corporations Act (or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably believes it is so subject) or (iv) is subject to any plan of compromise or arrangement, a proposal or a notice of intention to file a proposal, assignment, moratorium or composition, protected from creditors under any statute or dissolved (in each case, other than to carry out a reconstruction or amalgamation while solvent on terms not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any event where Parent (i) is declared “bankrupt” as defined in Article 8 of the Interpretations (Jersey) Law 1954 or any proceedings are commenced or other steps taken for Parent to be declared “bankrupt” or (ii) takes any step to participate in a scheme of arrangement or merger under Part 18A or Part 18B respectively of the Jersey Companies Law or to seek continuance overseas under Part 18C of the Jersey Companies Law.

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

 

Participants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).

 

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PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) any Liens on any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that each such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date hereof;

 

(b) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition of such asset by Parent or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such asset being so acquired, (ii)  such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such assets, (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date of such acquisition of such asset and (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date of acquisition of such asset or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries;

 

(c) any Lien existing on any assets of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), provided that (i) such Lien has not been created in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii)  such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets covered by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iii) such Lien shall secure only the Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), (iv) such Lien shall be discharged within one year of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of the Financial Indebtedness that such Lien secures if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (v) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Lien was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division;

 

(d) any Lien created to secure new Financial Indebtedness, directly or indirectly, incurred for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests or other assets, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such

 

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Lien shall apply only to the Equity Interests or assets so purchased (and to proceeds and products of, and in the case of assets other than Equity Interests, after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets so purchased) and (iii) such Lien shall be discharged within two years of such Lien being granted;

 

(e) any Lien created to secure Financial Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of acquiring or developing any real or personal property or for some other purpose in connection with the acquisition or development of such property, provided that (i) such Lien shall secure only such Financial Indebtedness, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, other than to proceeds and products of, and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the property so acquired or developed, and (iii) the rights of the holder of the Lien shall be limited to the property that is subject to such Lien, it being the intention that the holder of such Lien shall not have any recourse to Parent or any Subsidiaries personally or to any other property of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

(f) any Lien for any borrowings from any financial institution for the purpose of financing any import or export contract in respect of which any part of the price receivable is guaranteed or insured by such financial institution carrying on an export credit guarantee or insurance business, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the assets that are the subject of such import or export contract and (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the amount so guaranteed or insured;

 

(g) any Lien for moneys borrowed from an international or governmental development agency or authority to finance the development of a specific project where such Lien is required by applicable law or practice and where the Lien is created only over assets used in or derived from the development of such project;

 

(h) any Lien created in favor of co-venturers of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to any agreement relating to an unincorporated joint venture, provided that (i) such Lien applies only to the Equity Interests in, or the assets of, such unincorporated joint venture and (ii) such Lien secures solely the payment of obligations arising under such agreement;

 

(i) any Lien over goods and products, or documents of title to goods and products, arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with letters of credit and similar transactions, provided that such Lien secures only the acquisition cost or selling price (and amounts incidental thereto) of such goods and products required to be paid within 180 days;

 

(j) any Lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business of Parent or any Subsidiary;

 

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(k) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary over a Project Asset of Parent or such Subsidiary, provided that such Lien secures (i) in the case of a Lien over assets or property referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Parent or such Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of a Lien over Equity Interests referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Project Assets, Limited Recourse Indebtedness incurred by the direct Subsidiary of Parent or such Subsidiary;

 

(l) any Lien arising under any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances of Parent or any Subsidiary; and

 

(m) any Lien created by Parent or any Subsidiary securing any Financial Indebtedness that repays or refinances all or any of the Limited Recourse Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by clause (a) of this definition (an “ Existing Security ”), provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any asset or property which was not expressed to be subject to the Existing Security, (ii) the amount of Financial Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the principal amount of Financial Indebtedness that was outstanding and secured by the Existing Security at the time of such repayment or refinancing and (iii) such Financial Indebtedness is Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Parent or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Platform ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.16(b).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum rate published by the Board of Governors in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Principal Facility Agreement ” means (a) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, (b) the Existing Amcor Note Documents, (c) any Applicable Credit

 

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Agreement, (d) on and after the Availability Date, the Existing Bemis Note Documents and (e) any other credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument that, directly or indirectly and in whole or in part, extends, renews, refinances, refunds or replaces any of the foregoing (in the case of clause (d), on and after the Availability Date).

 

Private Side Information ” means information that (a) is not available to all holders of Traded Securities of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) is material non-public information (for purposes of securities laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey and any other applicable jurisdiction).

 

Private Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.

 

Project ” means any project or development undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by Parent or any Subsidiary involving (a) the acquisition of assets or property, (b) the development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary or (c) the acquisition and development of assets or property for exploitation by Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

Project Assets ” means (a) any asset or property of Parent or any Subsidiary relating to the creation or development of a Project or proposed Project of Parent or such Subsidiary, including any assets or property of Parent or such Subsidiary derived from, produced by or related to such Project and (b) any fully paid shares or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are held by the direct parent of such Subsidiary, provided that (i)  such Subsidiary carries on no business other than the business of such Project or proposed Project and (ii) there is no recourse to such direct parent other than to those fully paid shares or other Equity Interests and the rights and proceeds in respect of such shares or Equity Interests.

 

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Public Side Lender Representatives ” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive Private Side Information.

 

Recipient ” means the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable.

 

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b).

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees, agents, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment.

 

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Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Commitments or holding Term Loans representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of all the Commitments or the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Term Loans of all  Lenders at such time.

 

Restricted Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Reuters ” means Thomson Reuters Corporation, a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, or a successor thereto.

 

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any Person or Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) above.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the Australian government or (d) the government of the Bailiwick of Jersey.

 

Screen Rate ” means, in respect of the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, or in respect of any determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in US Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to the relevant period as displayed on the applicable Reuters screen page (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion); provided that (a) if no Screen Rate shall be available for a particular period but Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such period at such time, then the Screen Rate for such period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate as of such time and (b) if any Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less than zero, such Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.

 

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SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Significant Item ” means any non-cash and non-recurring item of income or expense of such size, nature or incidence that is relevant to the user’s understanding of the performance of the entity and is disclosed as a “Significant Item” in the Accounts.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) Amcor UK, (b) the Borrower, (c) on and after the Availability Date, (i) Amcor and (ii) Bemis, (d) each Subsidiary that has total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in its subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) and (e) any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, have total consolidated tangible assets (including the value of Equity Interests in their subsidiaries), on any date of determination, equal to or greater than US$300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency).

 

Specified Provision ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

 

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  LIBOR Term Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

Subordinated Debt Allowance ” means, on any date, Financial Indebtedness of Parent, Amcor, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is unsecured and junior and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (a) prior to the Availability Date, (i) any Person that is a subsidiary of the parent within the meaning of part 1.2 division 6 of the Corporations Act or (ii) any Person (A) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, that is otherwise “controlled” by the parent within the meaning of the Applicable GAAP or (B) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date and (b) on and after the Availability Date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in

 

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accordance with the Applicable GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of Parent.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that, on or after the Effective Date, is a party to, and provides a Guarantee of the Obligations under, the Guarantee Agreement; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.01, such Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Loan Party if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Subsidiary is subject to any applicable law (including any financial assistance rule or any corporate benefit rule) impeding in any material respect the ability of such Subsidiary to perform in full its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (without giving effect to any limitations on such obligations relating to law that is set forth in the Guarantee Agreement) and advises Parent thereof in writing.

 

Syndication Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank plc, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., London Branch, each in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility established hereunder.

 

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any VAT), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Term Borrowing ” means Term Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

Term Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

Test Period ” means (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period most recently ended of 12 consecutive months ended on June 30 and December 31 of each year and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent most recently ended, in each case, for which Accounts have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, are referred to in Section  3.05(a)).

 

Titled Person ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII.

 

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Total Net Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth on Annex A (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “Prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date” and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, under the heading “On and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date”.

 

Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate amount of the assets (other than intangible assets, goodwill and deferred tax assets) of Parent and the Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), minus (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate value of all Project Assets subject to any Lien securing any Limited Recourse Indebtedness and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Indebtedness, in each case, as reflected in (or derived from) the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05(a)), plus (c) the net cash proceeds received by Parent from any share capital issuance by Parent consummated after the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Accounts and on or prior to such date.

 

Traded Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, in each case that have been issued pursuant to a public offering under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction or pursuant to Rule 144A or a similar private placement under the laws of the United States, Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey or any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

Transaction Agreement ” means the Transaction Agreement dated as of August 6, 2018, by and among Amcor, New Amcor, Merger Sub and Bemis, together with the exhibits thereto, the Scheme (as defined therein) implemented pursuant thereto and the Deed Poll (as defined therein) entered in connection therewith.

 

Transactions ” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (b) in the case of the Borrower, the borrowing of Term Loans hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the Combination Transactions and the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and each other Loan Party of the Applicable Credit Agreements and related loan documentation to which it is a party and (e) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Term Loan or Term Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Term Loan, or on the Term Loans

 

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comprising such Term Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

Undisclosed Administration ” means, with respect to any Lender, the appointment of an administrator or other similar supervisory official by a supervisory authority or regulator pursuant to the law of the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if the applicable law of such country requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed (and such appointment has not been publicly disclosed).

 

Unsecured Rating ” means, with respect to the rating by Moody’s or S&P in relation to any Person at any time, (a) the public rating assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to the Index Debt of such Person at such time or (b) if Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, shall not have in effect at such time a rating referred to in clause (a), then the public corporate rating (however denominated) assigned by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, to such Person at such time.

 

US Dollars ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

 

US GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect, subject to Section 1.04(a), from time to time.

 

US Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

 

VAT ” means (a) any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112) and (b) any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referred to in clause (a) of this definition, or imposed elsewhere.

 

VAT Supplier ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

VAT Relevant Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(l).

 

wholly-owned ”, when used in reference to a subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other

 

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Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

SECTION 1.02.            Classification of Term Loans and Term Borrowings .   For purposes of this Agreement, Term Loans and Term Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Term Loan” or an “ABR Term Borrowing”).

 

SECTION 1.03.            Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof and (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to,

 

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this Agreement.  In relation to any Lender that is incorporated in Germany or otherwise is subject to the regulations referred to below (each, a “ Restricted Lender ”), any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein that refers to Sanctions and/or a Sanctioned Person (each, a “ Specified Provision ”) shall only apply for the benefit of such Restricted Lender to the extent that such Specified Provision would not result in (i) a violation of, conflict with or liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96 (or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom) or (ii) a violation of or conflict with section 7 foreign trade rules (AWV) (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (in connection with section 4 paragraph 1 no. 3 foreign trade law (AWG) (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)) or a similar anti-boycott statute (the “ Mandatory Restrictions ”).  In the case of any consent or direction by Lenders in respect of any Specified Provision of which a Restricted Lender does not have the benefit due to a Mandatory Restriction, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Required Lenders, for so long as such Restricted Lender shall be subject to a Mandatory Restriction, the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Restricted Lender will be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the requisite consent of the Lenders has been obtained or direction by the requisite Lenders has been made, it being agreed, however, that, unless, in connection with any such determination, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender stating that such Lender is a Restricted Lender with respect thereto, each Lender shall be presumed, in connection with such determination, not to be a Restricted Lender.

 

SECTION 1.04.            Accounting Terms; Pro Forma Calculations .   (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in accordance with (a) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the Australian Accounting Standards as in effect from time to time and (b) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, US GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if Parent, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, by notice to Parent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof, then (i) such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) Parent shall provide such statements of reconciliation as are reasonably necessary to enable calculations of any ratio or amount set forth herein on the basis of the Applicable GAAP as in effect and applied before such change shall have become effective.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Financial Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Financial Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any

 

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other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Financial Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Financial Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, (iii) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under Australian GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AAS 16 (Leases) (or any other Australian Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations), and (iv) any treatment of any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under US GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017, as a result of the effectiveness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations).

 

(b)            All computations in respect of EBITDA or Net Interest Expense for any period required to be made hereunder giving pro forma effect to any Material Acquisition or Material Disposition shall be calculated as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of such period as follows: (i) historical revenues and other historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) directly attributable to the property or Person subject to such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition (x) in the case of a Material Acquisition, shall be included (but without giving effect to any cost savings or synergies) and (y) in the case of a Material Disposition, shall be excluded and (ii) any retirement of Financial Indebtedness and any Financial Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Parent or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be given pro forma effect as if the same had occurred on the first day of such period (and if any such Financial Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Financial Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedge Agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such Hedge Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months)).

 

SECTION 1.05.            [Reserved] .

 

SECTION 1.06.            [Reserved] .

 

SECTION 1.07.            Interest Rate; LIBOR Notification .   The interest rate on LIBOR Term Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “ IBA ”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available

 

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or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Term Loans.  In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate.  In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b), Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify Parent, pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Term Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Screen Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

 

SECTION 1.08.            Most Favored Nation Provision .   In the event that any Applicable Credit Agreement shall contain any financial covenant, any restrictive covenant, any event of default, any subsidiary guarantee or any collateral requirement (each, an “ MFN Provision ”) that is either not set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or is more restrictive on Parent and the Subsidiaries or otherwise more favorable to the lenders or other creditors thereunder than the corresponding provisions set forth in this Agreement or such other Loan Document, then this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have been amended to incorporate such MFN Provision, mutatis mutandis , as if set forth fully herein or therein, without any further action required on the part of any Person, effective as of the date when such MFN Provision became effective under such Applicable Credit Agreement.  Parent shall execute any and all further documents and agreements, including amendments hereto, and shall take all such further actions, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to give effect to this paragraph.  Failure by Parent or any Subsidiary to observe or perform any provision incorporated pursuant to this Section shall constitute an Event of Default under clause (d) of Article VII, provided that the period of grace (if any) applicable to the failure to observe or perform the MFN Provision set forth in the Applicable Credit Agreement shall also apply hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.09.            Effectuation of the Combination Transactions .   All references herein to Parent and its Subsidiaries upon the consummation of any Combination Transaction shall be deemed to be references to such Persons after giving effect to such Combination Transaction.  In addition, (a) any representations or warranties made or deemed to be made on any date on which a Combination Transaction is consummated shall be made or deemed to be made after giving effect to the consummation of such Combination Transaction and the provisions of clause (b) below and (b) upon the consummation of the Bemis Merger, Total Tangible Assets shall be

 

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redetermined to give pro forma effect to the Bemis Merger as if it had occurred on the date of the applicable balance sheet referred to in the definition of the term Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 1.10.            Divisions .   For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

SECTION 2.01.            Commitments .   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make a Term Loan denominated in US Dollars to the Borrower in a single drawing at any time during the Availability Period in a principal amount not exceeding such Lender’s Commitment.  Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

 

SECTION 2.02.            Term Loans and Term Borrowings .   (a) Each Term Loan shall be made as part of a Term Borrowing consisting of Term Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Term Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Term Loans as required.

 

(b)            Subject to Section 2.13, each Term Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Term Loans or LIBOR Term Loans, as the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may request in accordance herewith.  Each Lender at its option may make any Term Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Term Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)            At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Term Borrowing, and at the time each ABR Term Borrowing is made, such Term Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that a LIBOR Term Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding LIBOR Term Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding LIBOR Term Borrowing.  Term Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 (or such greater

 

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number as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) LIBOR Term Borrowings outstanding.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any LIBOR Term Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03.            Requests for Term Borrowings .   To request a Term Borrowing, the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Administrative Agent (a) in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Term Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Term Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Term Borrowing.  Each such request shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, provided that, with respect to any Term Borrowing requested to be made on the date that is anticipated to be the Availability Date, the applicable Borrowing Request may be conditioned on the occurrence of the Availability Date (and may be withdrawn by the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) if the Availability Date shall not have occurred on the requested date of such Term Borrowing).  Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i )            the principal amount of such Term Borrowing;

 

(ii)           the date of such Term Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)          the Type of such Term Borrowing;

 

(iv)          in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(v)           the location and number of the account of the Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, and identifying information with respect to the applicable recipient bank (and any correspondent bank, if applicable) (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

 

If no election as to the Type of Term Borrowing is specified, then the requested Term Borrowing shall be an ABR Term Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBOR Term Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the requested Term Borrowing of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Term Loan to be made as part of the requested Term Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.04.            [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.05.            Funding of Term Borrowings .   (a) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:30 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Term Loans available to the Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account designated in the applicable Borrowing Request.

 

(b)            Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Term Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Term Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Term Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.12.  If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then the Borrower shall not be required to pay such amount to the Administrative Agent and such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Term Loan included in such Term Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 2.06.            Interest Elections .   (a) Each Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect to convert such Term Borrowing to a Term Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Term Borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) may elect different options with respect to different portions of an affected Term Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Term Loans comprising such Term Borrowing and the Term Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Term Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Borrower shall not

 

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be permitted to elect an Interest Period for a LIBOR Term Borrowing that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)            To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Term Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such election shall be made by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (or, if applicable, of Parent).  Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the Term Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Term Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Term Borrowing);

 

(ii)           the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii)          the Type of the resulting Term Borrowing; and

 

(iv)          if the resulting Term Borrowing is to be a LIBOR Term Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a LIBOR Term Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(c)            Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Term Borrowing.

 

(d)               If the Borrower (or Parent on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR Term Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Term Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Term Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Term Borrowing.

 

(e)               Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VIII has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified Parent of the

 

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election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Term Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Term Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Term Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Term Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

SECTION 2.07.            Termination and Reduction of Commitments .   (a)  Unless previously terminated, each Lender’s Commitment shall automatically terminate on the earliest of (i) immediately after the making of the Term Loan by such Lender, (ii) the date that is 30 days after the Availability Date and (iii) unless the Availability Date shall have occurred on or prior to the Commitment Outside Date, the Commitment Outside Date.

 

(b)            Parent may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments; provided that each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000.

 

(c)            Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

SECTION 2.08.            Repayment of Term Loans; Evidence of Debt .   (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan made by such Lender to the Borrower on the Maturity Date.

 

(b)            Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Term Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal, interest and fees payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

 

(c)            The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Term Loans and interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of

 

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the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)            Any Lender may request that Term Loan made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Term Loan evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.09.            Prepayment of Term Loans .   (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Term Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

 

(b)            Prior to any optional prepayment of Term Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Term Borrowing or Term Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

(c)            The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or facsimile promptly thereafter) of any optional prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of a LIBOR Term Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment and (ii) in the case of an ABR Term Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Term Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by Parent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Term Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Term Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Term Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Term Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.

 

SECTION 2.10.            [Reserved].

 

SECTION 2.11.            Fees .   (a) Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which

 

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such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the 15th day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and in the event of the termination in whole of the Commitment of any Lender, on the date of such termination.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

(b)            Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)            All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.12.            Interest .   (a) The Term Loans comprising each ABR Term Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)            The Term Loans comprising each LIBOR Term Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Term Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(c)            [Reserved].

 

(d)            [Reserved].

 

(e)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Term Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Term Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Term Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Term Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

(f)             Accrued interest on each Term Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Term Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Term Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Term Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Term Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.  All interest shall be payable in US Dollars.

 

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(g)            All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13.            Alternate Rate of Interest .   (a)  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any LIBOR Term Borrowing:

 

(i)            the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for Term Loans for such Interest Period; or

 

(ii)           the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for Term Loans for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining the Term Loans included in such Term Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof (which may be by telephone) to Parent and the Lenders as promptly as practicable and, until the Administrative Agent notifies Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Term Borrowing to, or continuation of any Term Borrowing as, an affected LIBOR Term Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be ineffective, (B) any affected LIBOR Term Borrowing that is requested to be continued shall, unless repaid, be continued as an ABR Term Borrowing and (C) any Borrowing Request for an affected LIBOR Term Borrowing shall be deemed a request for an ABR Term Borrowing.

 

(b)            If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have arisen (including because the Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section have not arisen but either (A) the supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the Screen Rate), (B) the supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of the Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the Screen Rate) or (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans denominated in US Dollars, then the Administrative Agent and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention in the United States for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans denominated in US

 

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Dollars at such time, and the Administrative Agent and Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (it being understood that such amendment shall not reduce the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this paragraph (b), only to the extent the Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), clauses (A) through (C) of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be applicable.

 

SECTION 2.14.            Increased Costs .   (a) If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)            impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

 

(ii)           impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Term Loans; or

 

(iii)          subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any LIBOR Term Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or other Recipient (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered.

 

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(b)            If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of or the Term Loan made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender (subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section), Parent will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)            A certificate of a Lender or other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or such other Recipient, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and an explanation of how such amount or amounts were determined, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that no Lender shall deliver such certificate, and seek compensation under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, unless such Lender is generally seeking, or intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to the applicable Change in Law.  Parent shall pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)            Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Parent shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law or other circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

SECTION 2.15.            Break Funding Payments .   In the event of (a) the payment by the Borrower of any principal of any LIBOR Term Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of any LIBOR Term Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by the Borrower to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Lender to fund the Term Loan required to be funded by it hereunder), convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Term Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of

 

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any LIBOR Term Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, Parent shall (subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section) compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not for any anticipated profits) attributable to such event.  In the case of a LIBOR Term Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Term Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Term Loan (and, for avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to any Applicable Rate that would otherwise have been applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Term Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in US Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank  market.  Parent shall also compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to any failure by the Borrower to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR Term Loan.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to Parent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Parent shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.16.            Payments Free of Taxes .   (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)          Payment of Other Taxes and VAT.   The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes and VAT.

 

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of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)          Indemnification by the Loan Parties.   The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Parent by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)          Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

(f)           Status of Lenders .  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such information or properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other information or documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of

 

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such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal, tax or commercial position of such Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an applicable Loan Party that is not a US Person or is not resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes, the applicable Lender will not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (f)(i) unless it has received written notice from such Loan Party advising it of the availability of an exemption or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is located and containing all applicable documentation (together, if requested by such Lender, with a certified English translation thereof) required to be completed by such Lender in order to receive any such exemption or reduction, and such Lender is reasonably satisfied that it is legally able to provide such documentation to such Loan Party.

 

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(A)          (i) any Lender that is a US Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), copies (by facsimile or electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) of executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from US backup withholding tax, and (ii) the Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrower shall deliver to the Borrower on or prior to the date on which such Administrative Agent becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Administrative Agent is exempt from US Federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(1)           in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS

 

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Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, US Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(2)           executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(3)           in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

 

(4)           to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in US Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to US Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the

 

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Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)            [Reserved].

 

(h)            Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it  has received a refund of any Taxes (which, for purposes of this Section 2.16, with respect to Taxes which arise in the United Kingdom, shall include a credit against or relief of any such Taxes) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(j)             [Reserved].

 

(k)            Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(l)             VAT.   (i)  All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any party to any Recipient that (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply for VAT purposes shall, except as otherwise agreed by such Recipient, be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT that is chargeable on such supply.  Subject to paragraph (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, such party shall pay to such Recipient (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply), an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient shall have delivered to such party an invoice complying with the applicable legal requirements) unless such party is obligated by law to account directly to the applicable Governmental Authority for such VAT.  If there is an adjustment to the consideration in respect of a supply to which this Section 2.16(l)(i) applies, (A) the additional amount paid or payable to the applicable Recipient must be recalculated, taking into account any previous adjustments under this clause (A), to reflect the occurrence of such adjustment and the other party or the Recipient, as the case requires, must pay to the other the amount required to reflect the recalculation of the additional amount, and (B) the Recipient must provide any relevant documentation in respect of the adjustment (including, if relevant, an adjustment note) to the other party as soon as practicable after the Recipient becomes aware of the occurrence of such adjustment.

 

(ii)           If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (the “ VAT Supplier ”) to any other Lender (the “ VAT Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ VAT Relevant Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the VAT Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration) (x) (where the VAT Supplier is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall also pay to the VAT Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT.  The VAT Recipient shall (where the immediately foregoing clause (x) applies) promptly pay to the VAT Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the VAT Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply and (y) (where the VAT Recipient is the Person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the VAT Relevant Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient

 

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reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

 

(iii)          Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify any Recipient for any cost or expense, such party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, except to the extent that such Recipient reasonably determines that it, or any company of its group, is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

(iv)          Any reference in paragraph (i) through (iii) above to any party shall, at any time when such party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or equivalent legislation and the council directive 2006/112/EEC on the common system of value added tax).

 

(v)           In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, such party must promptly provide such Recipient with details of such party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

(m)           Defined Terms.   For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

SECTION 2.17.            Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs .   (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due), in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to such account as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time specify in one or more notices delivered to Parent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment

 

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accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document (including of principal or interest in respect of any Term Loan) shall be made in US Dollars.  Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

 

(b)                                  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due, and expenses then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due or reimbursable as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all fees then due, and all costs and expenses then due or reimbursable, to the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as such) under any Loan Document; and

 

SECOND, to the payment of all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the Lenders (ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties).

 

(c)                                   If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Term Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by Parent or the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in its Term Loan to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time).  Each of Parent and the Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against Parent or the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Parent or the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

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(d)                                  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of (i) the NYFRB Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e)                                   If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.05(b), 2.16(e), 2.17(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

SECTION 2.18.                                    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .   (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if any Loan Party is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that are recoverable from any Governmental Authority) (or if it becomes reasonably likely that such compensation or payment will be required to be made), then such Lender shall (at the request of Parent) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Term Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Parent hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.

 

(b)                                  If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Loan Party is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes (other than VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority) or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 (other than additional amounts arising from VAT that is recoverable from any Governmental Authority), (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any

 

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Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) Parent shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Term Loan, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or Parent (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law and (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply.  Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

 

SECTION 2.19.                                    Defaulting Lenders .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                                  commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Defaulting Lender is a “Defaulting Lender”; and

 

(b)                                  the Commitment and the Term Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Defaulting Lender (but shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fees accrued during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or other modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this Section 2.19 during such period shall be binding on it).  The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.19 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.

 

SECTION 2.20.                                    Concerning the Borrower .   The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Amcor to serve as its agent as of the Effective Date until but not including the Availability Date, and the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints New Amcor to serve as its agent on and after the Availability Date, in each case for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the giving and receipt of notices (including any Borrowing Request and any Interest Election Request) and (b) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein.  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that any amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be effected as set forth in Section 9.02, that the Borrower shall be bound by this Agreement or any other Loan Document (if it is theretofore a party thereto) as so amended or modified and that no consent of the Borrower shall be required to effect any such amendment or other modification.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Parent, as to itself and the Subsidiaries, and the Borrower, as to itself and its subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Effective Date (solely with respect to Amcor and its subsidiaries), the Availability Date and thereafter as of each date on which representations and warranties are required to be, or are deemed to be, made under the Loan Documents, that:

 

SECTION 3.01.                                    Organization, Existence and Good Standing; Powers .   Each Loan Party is duly formed, incorporated or organized, as applicable, validly existing and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, has all power and authority and all material Governmental Approvals required for the ownership and operation of its properties and the conduct of its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction), in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

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corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of each Loan Party.  The Transactions do not require any consent or approval of, or any registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (or, in the case of the Combination Transactions, will be obtained or made and will be in full force and effect on the Availability Date).

 

SECTION 3.03.                                    Enforceability of Obligations .   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Amcor and the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Amcor and the Borrower and, on and after the Availability Date, New Amcor, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, in each case,  enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

SECTION 3.04.                                    No Contravention or Exceeding Power .   The Transactions (a) do not and will not violate any material law, including any order of any Governmental Authority, applicable to or binding upon any Loan Party or any of its properties, (b) do not and will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitutional documents or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, or any limitations on its powers or the powers of its directors or other governing or managing body, (c) do not and will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time, or both) in a default under (i) the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, any Applicable Credit Agreement, the Existing Amcor Note Documents or, upon the consummation of the Combination Transactions, the Existing Bemis Note Documents or (ii) any other indenture or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that any such default, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any Subsidiary.  No Loan Party organized under the laws of Australia has contravened or will contravene part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.05.                                    Accuracy of Accounts; No Material Adverse Change .   (a)  Amcor has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its Accounts (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period and the portion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.  Such Accounts, and all Accounts provided by Parent pursuant to Section 5.01, have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and give a true and fair view of the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and of their performance for the periods covered thereby.  As of December 31, 2018, neither Parent

 

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nor any Subsidiary had any material actual or contingent liabilities except as disclosed or reflected in the Accounts referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

(b)                                  There has been no event or condition since June 30, 2018, that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of operations of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

SECTION 3.06.                                    Accuracy of Disclosure .   (a) Neither the Confidential Materials nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or furnished hereunder or thereunder, nor any information formally presented prior to the Effective Date to the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender in bank meetings or conference calls in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, other than information of a general economic or industry nature), taken as a whole, contained, as of the date when furnished or presented, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state, as of the date when furnished or presented, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, Parent and the Borrower represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Parent and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time such projected financial information was prepared (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond control of Parent and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that such projected financial information will be realized, and that such projected financial information may differ materially from actual future results).  As of the Effective Date, each of Parent and the Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other matters relating to Parent and the Subsidiaries known to Parent or the Borrower, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.01(f), then, as of the Effective Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.  If a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.02(k), then, as of the Availability Date, the information set forth in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

SECTION 3.07.                                    Properties .   Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property, except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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pending against or, to the knowledge of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary (i) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or (iii) to wind up or dissolve (or effect any analogous or similar action) Parent, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and that, in the case of any such other Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) currently expects to be required to incur any capital or other cost for its respective operations to achieve or maintain compliance with any Environmental Law relating to greenhouse gas emissions or reductions thereto, (iii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

SECTION 3.09.                                    Compliance with Laws and Agreements .   (a) Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, including all orders of Governmental Authorities, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

 

(b)                                  Parent and each Subsidiary (in each case, to the extent a party thereto) is in compliance with the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements, the Existing Amcor Note Documents, the Existing Bemis Note Documents, any Applicable Credit Agreement, all other indentures and credit agreements to which it is a party and all other agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 3.10.                                    Investment Company Status .   None of Parent or any other Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECTION 3.11.                                    ERISA .   No ERISA Events have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The excess of the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) over the fair value of the assets of such Plan, as of the date of the most recent Accounts reflecting such amounts, did not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material

 

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Adverse Effect.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto, and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s knowledge, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.

 

SECTION 3.12.                                    Ranking of Obligations .   The obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which it is a party rank at least equally with all of the unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

SECTION 3.13.                                    Related Parties .   No Loan Party subject to the Corporations Act has contravened or will contravene section 208 or section 209 of the Corporations Act by executing and delivering any Loan Document or performing its obligations thereunder or participating in any transaction in connection with any Loan Document.

 

SECTION 3.14.                                    Benefit from Transactions .   Each Loan Party benefits by the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.15.                                    Execution not as a Trustee .   No Loan Party has executed or delivered any Loan Document in the capacity of a trustee, responsible entity or custodian of any trust, managed investment scheme or settlement.

 

SECTION 3.16.                                    Federal Reserve Regulations .   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Term Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X.  Not more than 25% of the value of the assets subject to any restrictions on the sale, pledge or other disposition of assets under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Parent or any Subsidiary and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender will at any time be represented by margin stock.

 

SECTION 3.17.                                    Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction .   Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Parent, its and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of Parent, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or their

 

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respective agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Term Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti- Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.  None of Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 3.18.                                    Choice of Law Provisions .   The choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9.09 are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom and each other jurisdiction in which any Non-US Loan Party is organized, and neither Parent nor the Borrower knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any such other jurisdiction will not give effect to the choice of law of the State of New York as the proper law, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such provisions.  Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Australia, New Amcor has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own names under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Amcor UK has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of the United Kingdom and each other Non-US Loan Party has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable.  Each of the Non-US Loan Parties has the power to submit, and has irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and such irrevocable submission and the waiver by each Non-US Loan Party of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceedings in such Federal or State court are legal, valid and binding obligations of such Non-US Loan Party, and neither Parent nor the Borrower knows of any reason why the courts of Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized would not give effect to such submission and waivers, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or based on public policy limitations in each case not specifically relating to such submission and waivers.  Each Non-US Loan Party has validly and irrevocably appointed the Authorized Agent as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 9.09(e).  Service of process in the manner set forth in Section 9.09(d) will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over each Non-US Loan Party, and neither Parent nor the Borrower knows of any reason why the courts in Australia, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction where any Non-US Loan Party is organized will not recognize as valid and final, or will not enforce, any final and conclusive judgment against Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party, respectively, obtained in any such Federal or State court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Amcor, New Amcor, Amcor UK or such other Non-US Loan Party under the Loan Documents, other than through the exercise by any such court of discretionary powers under general principles of equity or public policy limitations in each case not

 

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specifically relating to jurisdictional matters (including consent to service of process provisions).

 

SECTION 3.19.                                    No Immunity .   Each Non-US Loan Party is subject to civil and commercial laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Non-US Loan Party of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  None of the Non-US Loan Parties or any of their properties has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

SECTION 3.20.                                    Proper Form; No Recordation .   With respect to each Non-US Loan Party, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party are in proper legal form under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Non-US Loan Party under the laws of such jurisdiction and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents.  It is not necessary, in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which any Non-US Loan Party is party, that this Agreement or such other Loan Document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction in which such Non-US Loan Party is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document, except for (a) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the applicable Loan Document is sought to be enforced and (b) any charge or tax as has been timely paid by such Non-US Loan Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

SECTION 4.01.                                    Effective Date .   This Agreement shall become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02); provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03:

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor) either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.  The

 

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Administrative Agent shall have received from each of the Borrower, Amcor and Amcor UK either a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of such party or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that each of the Borrower, Amcor and Amcor UK has signed a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties in the United States and England and Wales, and (ii) Gilbert + Tobin, counsel for Parent in Australia, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of Parent, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.03(a) and 4.03(b).

 

(e)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    The Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) to the extent Amcor or the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to Amcor or the Borrower, as the case may be, no less than five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Term Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2019 (and, in the

 

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event such conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

SECTION 4.02.            Availability Date .   The obligation of each Lender to make a Term Loan is subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions; provided that the obligations of the Lenders to make Term Loans hereunder are further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03:

 

(a)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) each of Amcor, the Borrower and New Amcor either a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement signed on behalf of Amcor, the Borrower or New Amcor, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that Amcor, the Borrower or New Amcor, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of the Joinder Agreement and (ii) each of New Amcor and Bemis either a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit thereto) signed on behalf of New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, or evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that New Amcor or Bemis, as the case may be, has signed a counterpart of a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Availability Date) of each of (i) Armstrong Teasdale LLP, counsel for Bemis in the United States, and (ii) Ogier, counsel for Parent in the Bailiwick of Jersey, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate and such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, existence and good standing of New Amcor and Bemis, the authorization of the Transactions by New Amcor and Bemis and any other legal matters relating to New Amcor and Bemis, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                  [Reserved].

 

(e)                                   (i) The exchange of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Amcor for ordinary shares of, or CHESS Depository Instruments representing a beneficial interest in ordinary shares of, New Amcor, with Amcor becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, implemented pursuant to a scheme of arrangement pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Bemis, with Bemis surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor, shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated

 

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pursuant to and in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.  The Transaction Agreement (including the terms of the Scheme (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019) and the Deed Poll (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)) shall not have been amended or modified (including, in the case of the Scheme, any amendments or modifications thereto required by the Court (as defined in the Transaction Agreement as in effect on March 1, 2019)), or any provision or condition therein (including any condition set forth on Exhibit A thereto) waived, or any consent granted thereunder, if such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that Amcor may, with respect to any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of Amcor, together with a copy of, or a substantially final draft of, such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, stating that Amcor has determined in good faith that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such), in which case such certificate shall, on the fifth Business Day after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, constitute conclusive evidence that such amendment, modification, waiver or consent would not be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless, within such five Business Day period, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify Amcor in writing that it or they disagree with such determination by Amcor.

 

(f)                                    The Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing shall have been, or substantially concurrently shall be, consummated.

 

(g)                                   The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Availability Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(h)                                  No Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(i)                                      The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Availability Date and signed by the chief financial officer or a director of New Amcor, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(e), 4.02(f), 4.02(g) and 4.02(h).

 

(j)                                     The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Availability Date, including, to the extent invoiced, payment or reimbursement of all fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Availability Date, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed by any Loan Party.

 

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authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to the extent reasonably requested in writing not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date, and (ii) to the extent New Amcor qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to New Amcor no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Availability Date.

 

SECTION 4.03.            Each Credit Event .   The obligation of each Lender to make a Term Loan on the occasion of any Term Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Term Loan) is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Term Borrowing, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.

 

(b)                                  At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Term Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

On the date of any Term Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Term Loan), the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Term Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and, other than in the case of the affirmative covenants set forth in paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) of Section 5.01, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 5.01.            Financial Statements and Other Information .   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:

 

(a)                                  (i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, its audited Accounts as of the end of and for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the prior fiscal year, all audited by and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or

 

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conditioned) (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and (A) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such fiscal year and (B) in the case of consolidated Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable GAAP; provided that if the comparative figures for the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (a) prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such prior fiscal year, and (ii) if any Loan Party is at any time required by law in its place of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, to prepare annual financial statements, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Loan Party, copies of such financial statements;

 

(b)                                  within 90 days after the end of (i) prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, the first six-month period of each fiscal year of Parent, and (ii) on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, its Accounts as of the end of and for such period and, in the case of clause (ii), the portion of such fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, prepared in accordance with the Applicable GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (A) in the case of Accounts furnished prior to the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and of their performance for, such six-month period and (B) in the case of Accounts furnished on and after the Applicable GAAP Transition Date, presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of such fiscal year then ended on a consolidated basis (and, in each case, if required by applicable law, audited and accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other firm appointed by Parent to act as its independent auditors and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)); provided that if the comparative figures for any portion of the prior fiscal year contained in such Accounts are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and such figures were previously provided to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such prior fiscal year prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, then

 

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Parent shall also provide a reconciliation statement reflecting the effects of the change in the Applicable GAAP on the calculation of EBITDA, Net Interest Expense, Total Net Indebtedness and Total Tangible Assets, in each case as of the end of or for such portion of the prior fiscal year;

 

(c)                                   concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) or (b) above, a completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Parent, (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (consistent with the detail provided under the Existing Amcor Credit Agreements and any Applicable Credit Agreement) demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.05 and 6.06 (and, in the event any pro forma adjustment shall have been made as contemplated by the definitions of the terms EBITDA and Net Interest Expense, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such pro forma adjustments) and (iii) if any change in the Applicable GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the consolidated balance sheet of Parent most recently theretofore delivered under clause (a) or (b) above (or, prior to the first such delivery, referred to in Section 3.05) that has had, or could have, a significant effect on the calculations of the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio or the Leverage Ratio, specifying the nature of such change and the effect thereof on such calculations;

 

(d)                                  concurrently with each delivery of Accounts under clause (a) above, a certificate or letter of the accounting firm that audited such Accounts stating that it has reviewed this Agreement and stating further that Parent and the Borrower are in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

 

(e)                                   promptly after the same become publicly available (or, if not made publicly available, promptly after distribution by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be), copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Parent or any Subsidiary with the SEC, the ASX Limited or any other securities exchange, or distributed by Parent to its shareholders or creditors generally, as the case may be;

 

(f)                                    promptly after any reasonable request by any Lender therefor, such information and documentation as required (i) by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” rules with respect to any Loan Party, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or (ii) for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and

 

(g)                                   promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Parent or any Subsidiary, or compliance with

 

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the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; provided that Parent shall not be required to furnish any such information that Parent determines after consultation with counsel qualified to advise on such matters (which may be in-house counsel) that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 9.12, Parent would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public disclosure thereof.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (e) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if and when such information, or one or more annual, semi-annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of Parent at http://www.amcor.com or the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.  In the event any financial statements delivered under clause (a) or (b) above shall be restated, Parent shall deliver, promptly after such restated financial statements become available, revised Compliance Certificates with respect to the periods covered thereby that give effect to such restatement, signed by a Financial Officer of Parent.

 

SECTION 5.02.            Notices of Material Events .   Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)                                  the occurrence of, or receipt by Parent of any written notice claiming the occurrence of, (i) any default or event of default under any Existing Amcor Credit Agreement, any Existing Amcor Note Document or any other Principal Facility Agreement or (ii) any Default;

 

(b)                                  the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting Parent or any Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Parent to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of any Loan Document;

 

(c)                                   any change to any Applicable Unsecured Rating;

 

(d)                                  the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)                                   any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification;

 

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(f)                                    the effectiveness of any amendment contemplated by Section 1.08, together with true and complete copies of the Applicable Credit Agreement containing the applicable MFN Provision; and

 

(g)                                   any other development that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Parent setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and, in the case of clause (a) above, any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.03.            Subsidiary Guarantees .   Parent will ensure that at all times each Subsidiary that has Guaranteed any Material Financial Indebtedness of Parent, the Borrower, Amcor UK or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis (or is otherwise a co-obligor on, or jointly liable with respect to, any such Material Financial Indebtedness) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor by duly executing and delivering a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, on behalf of such Person, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this Section 5.03 shall not apply to that certain class order deed CO 98/1418 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as such class order is amended from time to time, and to the benefit of any Guarantees provided solely as part thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.            Existence; Conduct of Business .   (a)  Each of Parent and the Borrower will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence (and shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, incorporation or organization, as applicable, from that applicable on the date hereof) and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that clause (ii) above shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03.

 

(b)                                  (i) Prior to the Availability Date, each of Amcor UK and the Borrower shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor and (ii) on and after the Availability Date, each of Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower and Bemis shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor.

 

(c)                                   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and the Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

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order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.06.            Insurance .   Parent and each Subsidiary will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or with a wholly-owned Subsidiary on arms’-length terms, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are prudent or usual for a Person of established repute conducting a business similar to it in the same or similar locations.

 

SECTION 5.07.            Books and Records .   Parent and each Subsidiary will keep proper and adequate books of record and account in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and in accordance in all material respects with applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.08.            Compliance with Laws .   Parent and each Subsidiary will comply with all laws, including all orders of any Governmental Authority, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case, applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

SECTION 5.09.            Use of Proceeds .   The proceeds of the Term Loans will be used solely for general corporate purposes of Parent and the Subsidiaries, to consummate the Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing and to repay or prepay any other Financial Indebtedness of Parent and the Subsidiaries; provided that the proceeds of any Term Loan may not be used directly or indirectly in a manner or for a purpose that would (or would, but for any applicable limitation in any Loan Document) result in a contravention of Part 2J.3 of the Corporations Act.  None of Parent or the Borrower will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Term Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available the proceeds of the Term Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities or business of or with a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction, any goods originating from a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or any Person located, organized or resident in a FATF Public Statement Jurisdiction or owned or controlled by such Person.

 

SECTION 5.10.            Ranking of Obligations .  Each Loan Party shall take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that the Obligations of such Loan Party rank and, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Term Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, will rank, at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated Financial Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Term Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of Parent and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

SECTION 6.01.            Subsidiary Indebtedness .   Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower, Amcor UK, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on and after the Availability Date, Amcor or Bemis) to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Financial Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)                                  Financial Indebtedness owed to Parent or any of the Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                  Limited Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(c)                                   Financial Indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Financial Indebtedness existed on the date that such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and was not incurred in anticipation thereof, (ii) such Financial Indebtedness is repaid in full within one year of the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such later date as may be the date of the maturity of such Financial Indebtedness if such Financial Indebtedness is fixed interest rate indebtedness that provides a commercial financial advantage to Parent and the Subsidiaries and (iii) in the case of any Person becoming a Subsidiary as a result of a Division where the Dividing Person is Parent or a Subsidiary, such Financial Indebtedness was permitted by this clause (c) immediately prior to the consummation of such Division; and

 

(d)                                  other Financial Indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Financial Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (d) (or, in the case of any such Financial Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all Financial Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.02.            Liens .   Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable and royalties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

 

(a)                                  any Permitted Encumbrances; or

 

(b)                                  other Liens securing Financial Indebtedness, provided that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of any such Lien or the incurrence of any Financial Indebtedness secured thereby (or, in the case of any such

 

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Liens in existence on the Effective Date, on the Effective Date), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Financial Indebtedness (other than Limited Recourse Indebtedness) secured by any Liens on assets of Parent or any Subsidiary (other than Liens referred to in clauses (e) and (h) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) shall not exceed 7.5% of the Total Tangible Assets.

 

SECTION 6.03.                                    Asset Sales .   Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether directly or through any merger or consolidation of, or any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Equity Interests in, or the assets of, Parent or any Subsidiary) (a) all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (b) any assets pursuant to a Material Disposition for an aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or greater than US$300,000,000, unless, after giving pro forma effect thereto, Parent shall be in compliance with Sections 6.05 and 6.06.

 

SECTION 6.04.                                    Use of Proceeds.   The Borrower will not request any Term Borrowing, and neither Parent nor the Borrower shall use, and each of Parent and the Borrower shall procure that its subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Term Borrowing (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

SECTION 6.05.                                    Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio .   Parent will not permit the Net Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 6.06.                                    Leverage Ratio .   Parent will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

If any of the following events (an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)                                  the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Term Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise and, solely if the cause of such failure is a banking system delay or interruption, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days;

 

(b)                                  Parent or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of

 

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this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

 

(c)                                   any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document provided pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

 

(d)                                  Parent or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a)(ii), 5.04(a)(i) (with respect to Parent’s or the Borrower’s existence) or 5.09 or in Article VI;

 

(e)                                   any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent in the case of any such notice from a Lender);

 

(f)                                    Parent or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Financial Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, relating to such Material Financial Indebtedness;

 

(g)                                   any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Financial Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Material Financial Indebtedness or (ii) any Material Financial Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof;

 

(h)                                  an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding, petition or appointment shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

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(i)                                      Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, or any such official is appointed to Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent or any Significant Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or clause (h) of this Article or (vi) solely in the case of Parent, become subject to Parent Bankruptcy Event;

 

(j)                                     Parent or the Borrower shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)                                  one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of US$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) (other than any such judgment covered by third party insurance to the extent the insurer has been notified of such judgment and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer), shall be rendered against Parent or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Parent or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)                                      any Loan Document is or becomes void, voidable or unenforceable, or is asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be valid and enforceable;

 

(m)                              any material obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document or the performance of any such obligation is or becomes at any time illegal or invalid under any applicable law;

 

(n)                                  (i) prior to the Availability Date, Amcor UK or the Borrower shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Amcor or (ii) on or after the Availability Date, Amcor, Amcor UK, the Borrower or Bemis shall cease to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Amcor; or

 

(o)                                  a Change in Control shall occur;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the

 

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Required Lenders shall, by notice to Parent, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Term Loans at the time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrower hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and the Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Parent or the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Term Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Parent or the Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Parent and the Borrower.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Administrative Agent

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers

 

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expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Parent that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by Parent or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (F) any determination with respect to (1) the existence or the extent of any legal impediments on the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement (it being acknowledged by the Lenders that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any evaluation as to whether any such impediment exists unless and until it shall have been requested to do so in writing by a Lender and, in connection with any such evaluation or determination, may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent) selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel) or (2) the terms of the subordination referred to in the definition of the term Subordinated Debt Allowance.  Each Agent shall be deemed to have no knowledge of any Lender being a Restricted Lender unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received the written notice from such Lender referred to in Section 1.03, and then only to as and to the extent specified in such notice, and any determination of whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders shall have provided any consent or direction in

 

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connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be affected by any subsequent delivery to the Administrative Agent of any such written notice.

 

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Term Loan, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to each Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Term Loan.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders and Parent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New

 

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York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (e) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Parent and the Administrative Agent remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, and (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Parent to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Parent and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Administrative Agent to a retiring Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and Parent or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30 th  day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender.  After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Administrative Agent.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

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Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Term Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower or any other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Term Loans that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03); provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents (each of the foregoing, a “ Titled Person ”) shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder, and, without limiting the foregoing, no Titled Person shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or with Parent or any of its Affiliates.

 

Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective

 

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Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(a)                                  such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(b)                                  the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

(c)                                   (i) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(d)                                  such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

In addition, unless either (1) clause (a) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (d) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Titled Person and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

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The Administrative Agent hereby informs the Lenders that it is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that the Administrative Agent has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Term Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Term Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent of Parent’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Parent or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 9.01.                                    Notices .   (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(i)                                      if to Parent or the Borrower, to Parent (or c/o Amcor, as applicable) at Amcor Corporate, Thurgauerstrasse 34, CH-8050 Zurich, Attention of Group Treasurer/VP Treasury (Fax No. +44 44 316 17 18; Email Address: graeme.vavasseur@amcor.com);

 

(ii)                                   if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Lauren Mayer (Fax No. (302) 634-1417; Email Addresses: lauren.mayer@jpmorgan.com and 12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com) with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Demetrius Dixon (Email Address: Demetrius.dixon@chase.com); and

 

(iii)                                if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

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(b)                                  Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.

 

(c)                                   Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  Any notices or other communications to an Agent, Parent or the Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to the Platform shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

(d)                                  Any party hereto may change its address, telephone number, email address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to Parent and the Administrative Agent).

 

(e)                                   Parent and the Borrower agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communication by posting such Communication on the Platform.  The Platform and any Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  The Administrative Agent, the Titled Persons and their respective Related Parties do not warrant, and shall not be deemed to warrant, the adequacy of the Platform or the Communications, and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by the Administrative Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims,

 

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damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s, the Administrative Agent’s or any Titled Person’s transmission of communications through the Platform, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided , however , that in no event shall the Administrative Agent, any Titled Person or any of their respective Related Parties have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).  Parent, the Borrower and each Lender agrees that the Administrative Agent or any Titled Person may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Communications on the Platform in accordance with its customary document retention procedures and policies.

 

SECTION 9.02.                                    Waivers; Amendments .   (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and 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 provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Term Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b)                                  Except as provided in Section 1.08 and 2.13(b), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Parent and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (B) reduce the principal amount of any Term Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the currency of any Term Loan or any interest or fee, without the written consent of each Lender affected

 

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thereby, (C) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Term Loan or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment (including any such postponement as a result of any modification to the term “Commitment Outside Date”), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release (including by limiting liability in respect thereof) (i) the Borrower, Amcor, Amcor UK or, on or after the Availability Date, New Amcor or Bemis from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement or (ii) one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (other than those that are also the Borrower, Amcor, Amcor  UK or Bemis) from their Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement if such Guarantees represent a material portion of the aggregate value of the Guarantees of all the Subsidiary Guarantors (except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) amend, modify or waive the condition set forth in Section 4.02(f), without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of (x) any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Term Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.

 

SECTION 9.03.                                    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .   (a) Parent, Amcor and the Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, travel expenses and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the

 

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Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the commitment letter and any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, (ii) all reasonable and documented expenses of the Administrative Agent associated with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing (including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, US counsel to the Administrative Agent, Allen & Overy, UK and Australian counsel to the Administrative Agent, and Walkers, Jersey counsel to the Administrative Agent), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Term Loans made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Term Loans.

 

(b)                                  Parent, Amcor and the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein (in the case of any Arranger), the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to the commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto) or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that (x) such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of

 

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competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) a material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (iii) claims of one or more Indemnitees against another Indemnitee (other than claims against the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or the Arrangers in their capacities or in fulfilling their roles as such) and not involving any act or omission of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (y) Parent, Amcor and the Borrower shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of more than one law firm at any time for the Indemnitees as a whole (and, if reasonably deemed necessary by the Indemnitees, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel for each relevant specialty, in each case for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs Parent of such conflict, Parent, Amcor and the Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated (and if reasonably deemed necessary by such affected Indemnitee, one additional firm of such local counsel or specialty counsel for each group of such affected Indemnitees similarly situated).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                                   To the extent that Parent, Amcor and the Borrower fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total outstanding Term Loans and Commitments at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).

 

(d)                                  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet and the Platform), except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the material breach by such Indemnitee of the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

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hereby waives, any claim against each other such Person on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not limit the obligations of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower to indemnify, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, any Indemnitee against any such damages that may be awarded against it or any indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations of the Loan Parties set forth in any other Loan Document.

 

(f)                                    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

SECTION 9.04.                                    Successors and Assigns .   (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) none of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Parent, Amcor or the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the sub-agents of the Administrative Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Term Loans at the time held or owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of:

 

(A) Parent; provided that no consent of Parent shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

 

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

 

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(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Term Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$5,000,000, unless each of Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment that would otherwise not comply with the provisions of this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof;

 

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

 

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500, provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender; and

 

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain Private Side Information) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including US Federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(iii)  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lender’s rights

 

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and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.03 and 9.17).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).

 

(iv)  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Term Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and the Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided that if Parent or the Borrower requests a copy of the Register, such copy shall be provided to Parent or the Borrower within two Business Days of such request.

 

(v)  Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt of) any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in

 

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proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.  Upon request of Parent, the Administrative Agent shall provide to Parent a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and Administrative Questionnaire that shall have been accepted by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of Parent, Amcor, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (“ Participants ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Term Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Parent, Amcor, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (ii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Parent, Amcor and the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at Parent’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with Parent to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.18(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Term Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s

 

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interest in any Commitments, Term Loans or its other rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Term Loan or other right or obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as an Agent) shall have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                                  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank with jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 9.05.                                    Survival .   All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Term Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and yield protection obligations as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.05(b), 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17(e), 2.18, 9.03 and 9.17 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Term Loans, the expiration or termination of Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 9.06.                                    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution .   (a)  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate fee letters with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or the Lenders constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including the commitments of the Lenders and, if applicable, their Affiliates under any

 

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commitment letter entered in connection herewith (but do not supersede any other provisions of any such commitment letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the credit facility provided for herein that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect).  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, other than New Amcor), and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

SECTION 9.07.                                    Severability .   Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 9.08.                                    Right of Setoff .   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate thereof is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such

 

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setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender, and each Affiliate thereof, under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.

 

SECTION 9.09.                                    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .   (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented, and the Bemis Merger shall have been consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws or other rules that would result in the application of laws of a different jurisdiction; provided further that (i) the determination of whether the Amcor Exchange Scheme shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required by the laws of Victoria, Australia, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Victoria, Australia and (ii) the determination of whether the Bemis Merger shall have been implemented in all material respects in accordance with the Transaction Agreement shall, solely to the extent required under the laws of the State of Missouri, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)                                  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal court or, in the event such Federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, such New York State court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(c)                                   Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)                                  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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(e)                                   Each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers the Borrower, with an address of 2801 SW 149 Avenue, Suite 350, Miramar, Florida 33027, and the Borrower hereby accepts such designation, appointment and empowerment, as its authorized designee, appointee and agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) to receive, accept and forward for and on its behalf service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such service may be made by mailing a copy of such process to any such Loan Party in the care of the Authorized Agent at its address set forth above, and each Non-US Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each such Loan Party.

 

(f)                                    In the event any Loan Party or any of its assets has or hereafter acquires, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any immunity from jurisdiction, legal proceedings, attachment (whether before or after judgment), execution, judgment or setoff, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such immunity.

 

SECTION 9.10.                                    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 9.11.                                    Headings .   Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.12.                                    Confidentiality .   Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential or be subject to customary confidentiality obligations of employment or professional practice, (b) upon the request

 

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or demand of any Governmental Authority, semi-governmental authority, self-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall, (x) except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority) and (y) in the case of any request or demand of any self-regulatory authority, to the extent reasonably practicable, (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall (i) promptly notify Parent of (and, to the extent reasonably practicable in light of the nature of the request, in advance of) such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (ii) so furnish only that portion of such information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably believes it is legally required to disclose), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction, or any actual or prospective credit insurance provider (or its Related Parties), relating to any of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower and their obligations hereunder, (g) with the consent of Parent, (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Parent, Amcor or the Borrower or (i) solely with respect to Information about this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to market data collectors, as such Information is routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from Parent, Amcor or the Borrower relating to Parent, any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent, Amcor or the Borrower.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

SECTION 9.13.                                    Interest Rate Limitation .   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Term Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum

 

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lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Term Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Term Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Term Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Term Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

SECTION 9.14.                                    “Know Your Customer” Notices .   Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules promulgated under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with such Act and Rules.

 

SECTION 9.15.                                    No Fiduciary Relationship .   Each of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Parent, Amcor, the Borrower and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, Amcor, the Borrower and their Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, Amcor, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 9.16.                                    Non-Public Information .   (a) Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by Parent, Amcor, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement, will be syndicate-level information, which may contain Private Side Information.  Each Lender represents to Parent, Amcor, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed

 

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compliance procedures regarding the use of Private Side Information and that it will handle Private Side Information in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Unites States Federal and state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain Private Side Information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state and foreign securities laws.

 

(b)                                  Parent, Amcor, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Parent, Amcor or the Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by the Administrative Agent through Debt Domain, IntraLinks TM , SyndTrak or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”), (i) the Administrative Agent may post any information that Parent has indicated as containing Private Side Information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Parent has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains Private Side Information, the Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives.  Parent agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Parent, Amcor or the Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Parent without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.  In the event that any Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Lender acknowledges that (A) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (B) none of Parent, Amcor, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Titled Person has any responsibility for such Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 9.17.                                    Conversion of Currencies .   (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)                                  The obligations of each of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any party to any other Loan Document or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document (the “ Applicable Creditor ”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder or under such other Loan Document (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the

 

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Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, each of Parent, Amcor and the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss.

 

SECTION 9.18.                                    Additional Subsidiary Guarantees; Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.   (a) Parent may (but, except as provided in Section 5.03, is not required to), at any time upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by causing such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement in the form specified therein, together with, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, documents and opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.01(f), 4.02(b) and 4.02(c) with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

(b)                                  In the event that (i) all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Borrower, Amcor, Amcor UK or Bemis) that is owned by Parent and the Subsidiaries is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by Section 6.03, (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such solely pursuant to Section 9.18(a), immediately after giving effect to such release (and assuming that all of the Financial Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding on the date of the effectiveness of such release has been incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor on such date), all of the Financial Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries shall be permitted under Section 6.03 or (iii) in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor that shall have become such pursuant to Section 5.03, such Subsidiary Guarantor (if it were not already a party to the Guarantee Agreement) would no longer be required, pursuant to Section 5.03, to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, then, in each case, promptly following Parent’s request and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such release, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to Parent, at Parent’s expense, a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement.  In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent may request that Parent deliver to it a certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent to the effect that the requirements to such release set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied, and the Administrative Agent may rely on, and shall incur no liability for relying upon, any statements made in any such certificate.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this paragraph shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.19.                                    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under this Agreement, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

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(a)                                  the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)                                  the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)                                      a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)                                   a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

 

(iii)                                the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE AMCOR TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMCOR TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 


 

ANNEX A

 

Additional Defined Terms

 

Defined Term

 

Prior to the

Applicable GAAP Transition Date

 

On and after the

Applicable GAAP Transition Date

“EBITDA”

 

means, for any period, the profit on ordinary activities before income tax expense, net finance costs, amortization or impairment of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), and after excluding any Significant Items for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , (a) without duplication, to the extent deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, (i) net interest expense for such period, (ii)  income tax expense for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash charges or expenses for such period and (v) the amount of any one-time transaction costs (including compensation and acquisition costs) incurred in connection with the Combination Transactions for such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $190,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, minus (b) to the extent included in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual non-cash gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

 

 

“Finance

 

means a “finance lease” as defined in

 

means a lease (or similar arrangement

 

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Lease”

 

the Australian Approved Accounting Standard AASB117: Leases.

 

conveying the right to use) that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on a balance sheet under the Applicable GAAP.

 

 

 

 

 

“Net Interest Expense”

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total finance expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of the post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as borrowing costs for such period and (c) any discounting of the long term provisions of Parent and the Subsidiaries recognized as borrowing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent.

 

means, for any period, the aggregate consolidated total interest expense of Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, less the sum of (a) the aggregate consolidated interest income received by Parent and the Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the interest component of any post employment benefit costs of Parent and the Subsidiaries classified as interest expense for such period and (c) the interest component of any discounting of long term provisions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP and as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b) or, if they are not expressly disclosed in the Accounts, as certified by a Financial Officer of Parent to the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

“Total Net Indebtedness”

 

means, as of any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding interest-bearing liabilities of Parent and the Subsidiaries as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other financial liabilities” as disclosed in such Accounts and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any Guarantees of interest-bearing liabilities given by Parent or

 

means, as of any date (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) and short-term debt as disclosed in the most recent Accounts delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or 5.01(b), but (x) for the avoidance of doubt, excluding retirement and other employee benefit obligations and “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, in each case as disclosed in such Accounts, and (y) excluding any Financial Indebtedness falling within the Subordinated Debt Allowance, and (ii) without duplication, any

 

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any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP; provided that Total Net Indebtedness will be determined without giving effect to any principle resulting in valuation of any Financial Indebtedness below the full stated principal amount thereof (including on account of any election to value any Financial Indebtedness at “fair value” or, in the case of any convertible debt instruments, to value such debt instruments in a bifurcated manner).

 

Guarantees of long-term debt or short-term debt given by Parent or any Subsidiary that are outstanding on such date, minus (b) cash and cash equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including short-term deposits held with financial institutions) on such date, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable GAAP.

 

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Exhibit 10.1 7

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of May 30, 2019 (this “ Amendment ”), to the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372) (“ Amcor ”), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., the LENDERS party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower under the Facility Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Facility Agreement to extend the Commitment Outside Date; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Lenders is willing to agree to such amendment on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement (as amended hereby).

 

SECTION 2.  Amendments .  Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the definition of “Commitment Outside Date” in Section 1.01 of the Facility Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date “June 1, 2019” with the date “July 16, 2019”.

 

SECTION 3.  Effectiveness .  This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “ First Amendment Effective Date ”) when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received from Amcor and each Lender either (a) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (b) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile transmission or transmission by electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.  Effect of  Amendment .  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Facility Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.  This Amendment shall

 


 

constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 5.  Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 6.  Governing Law .  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 7.  Headings .  Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED,

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent and a Lender,

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name:

Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title:

Executive Director

 


 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE

AMCOR TERM SYNDICATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature block:

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 


Exhibit 10. 18

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, AMCOR PLC (F/K/A ARCTIC JERSEY LIMITED), BEMIS COMPANY, INC. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Reference is hereby made to the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor and Amcor US, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent (in such capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement.

 

In accordance with clause (i) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement, the Availability Date shall not occur unless each of New Amcor and Bemis become a party to the Facility Agreement.  Accordingly, upon execution of this Agreement by Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, each of New Amcor and Bemis shall be a party to the Facility Agreement, all references to “Parent” therein shall refer to New Amcor, all references to the “Borrowers” therein shall include a reference to Bemis and any reference to a “Borrower” may refer to Bemis or any other Borrower, and each of New Amcor and Bemis hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it as Parent or a Borrower, respectively.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, of this Agreement are within New Amcor’s or Bemis’, as applicable, organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the representations and warranties applicable to New Amcor as Parent and the

 


 

representations and warranties applicable to Bemis as a Borrower, as applicable, set forth in the Facility Agreement are true and correct.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis expressly acknowledges and agrees to the appointment of Amcor US as the Authorized Agent as set forth in Section 9.09(e) of the Facility Agreement, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation.

 

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Facility Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that none of New Amcor, Bemis or any other Borrower shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10. 19

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, AMCOR PLC (F/K/A ARCTIC JERSEY LIMITED), BEMIS COMPANY, INC. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Reference is hereby made to the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor and Amcor US, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent (in such capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement.

 

In accordance with clause (i) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement, the Availability Date shall not occur unless each of New Amcor and Bemis become a party to the Facility Agreement.  Accordingly, upon execution of this Agreement by Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, each of New Amcor and Bemis shall be a party to the Facility Agreement, all references to “Parent” therein shall refer to New Amcor, all references to the “Borrowers” therein shall include a reference to Bemis and any reference to a “Borrower” may refer to Bemis or any other Borrower, and each of New Amcor and Bemis hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it as Parent or a Borrower, respectively.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, of this Agreement are within New Amcor’s or Bemis’, as applicable, organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the representations and warranties applicable to New Amcor as Parent and the

 


 

representations and warranties applicable to Bemis as a Borrower, as applicable, set forth in the Facility Agreement are true and correct.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis expressly acknowledges and agrees to the appointment of Amcor US as the Authorized Agent as set forth in Section 9.09(e) of the Facility Agreement, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation.

 

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Facility Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that none of New Amcor, Bemis or any other Borrower shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.2 0

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, AMCOR PLC (F/K/A ARCTIC JERSEY LIMITED), BEMIS COMPANY, INC. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Reference is hereby made to the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor and Amcor US, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent (in such capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement.

 

In accordance with clause (i) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement, the Availability Date shall not occur unless each of New Amcor and Bemis become a party to the Facility Agreement.  Accordingly, upon execution of this Agreement by Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, each of New Amcor and Bemis shall be a party to the Facility Agreement, all references to “Parent” therein shall refer to New Amcor, all references to the “Borrowers” therein shall include a reference to Bemis and any reference to a “Borrower” may refer to Bemis or any other Borrower, and each of New Amcor and Bemis hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it as Parent or a Borrower, respectively.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, of this Agreement are within New Amcor’s or Bemis’, as applicable, organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the representations and warranties applicable to New Amcor as Parent and the

 


 

representations and warranties applicable to Bemis as a Borrower, as applicable, set forth in the Facility Agreement are true and correct.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis expressly acknowledges and agrees to the appointment of Amcor US as the Authorized Agent as set forth in Section 9.09(e) of the Facility Agreement, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation.

 

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Facility Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that none of New Amcor, Bemis or any other Borrower shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.2 1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, AMCOR PLC (F/K/A ARCTIC JERSEY LIMITED), BEMIS COMPANY, INC. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Reference is hereby made to the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor and Amcor US, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent (in such capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement.

 

In accordance with clause (A) of Section 5.11(a)(i) of the Facility Agreement, the Borrowers desire that each of New Amcor and Bemis become a party to the Facility Agreement.  Accordingly, upon execution of this Agreement by Amcor, Amcor US, Amcor UK, New Amcor, Bemis and the Administrative Agent, each of New Amcor and Bemis shall be a party to the Facility Agreement, all references to “Parent” therein shall refer to New Amcor, all references to the “Borrowers” therein shall include a reference to Bemis and any reference to a “Borrower” may refer to Bemis or any other Borrower, and each of New Amcor and Bemis hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it as Parent or a Borrower, respectively.

 

Each of New Amcor and Bemis represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, of this Agreement are within New Amcor’s or Bemis’, as applicable, organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Amcor or Bemis, as applicable, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the representations and warranties applicable to New Amcor as Parent and the representations and warranties applicable to Bemis as a Borrower, as applicable, set forth

 


 

in the Facility Agreement (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a) of the Facility Agreement) are true and correct.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis expressly acknowledges and agrees to the appointment of Amcor US as the Authorized Agent as set forth in Section 9.09(e) of the Facility Agreement, and Amcor US hereby accepts such designation.

 

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Facility Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that none of New Amcor, Bemis or any other Borrower shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

2


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Name: Graeme Vavasseur

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.2 2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.,  AMCOR PLC (F/K/A ARCTIC JERSEY LIMITED) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

Reference is hereby made to the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Facility Agreement.

 

In accordance with clause (i) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement, the Availability Date shall not occur unless New Amcor becomes a party to the Facility Agreement.  Accordingly, upon execution of this Agreement by Amcor, the Borrower, New Amcor and the Administrative Agent, New Amcor shall be a party to the Facility Agreement, all references to “Parent” therein shall refer to New Amcor and New Amcor hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Facility Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it as Parent.

 

New Amcor represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by New Amcor of this Agreement are within New Amcor’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder action of New Amcor and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Amcor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the representations and warranties applicable to New Amcor as Parent set forth in the Facility Agreement are true and correct.

 

New Amcor expressly acknowledges and agrees to the appointment of the Borrower as the Authorized Agent as set forth in Section 9.09(e) of the Facility Agreement, and the Borrower hereby accepts such designation.

 

Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Facility Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 


 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that none of New Amcor, Amcor or the Borrower shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

2


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

 

 

AMCOR LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC.

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Name: Robert Mermelstein

 

 

Title:   Director

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name:

Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

by

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.2 3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 dated as of June 11, 2019 to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Guarantee Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the other GUARANTORS from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

A.                                     Reference is made to the Three-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor, Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.

 

C.  The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers.  Clause (ii) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement provides that the Availability Date shall not occur unless New Amcor and Bemis, and Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may, become Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis (each, a “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional extensions of credit under the Facility Agreement and as consideration for the maintenance of extensions of credit previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor thereunder.

 


 

Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (other than in the case of New Amcor) or a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by such New Guarantor of this Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder of such New Guarantor, and that this Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Guarantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) all representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Agreement as to such New Guarantor are true and correct.

 

SECTION 3.  This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different 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 as to each New Guarantor when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof that bears the signature of such New Guarantor, and thereafter shall be binding upon such New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such New Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no New Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.  THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.  Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 7.  All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Amcor plc is a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.  Bemis Company, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 


Exhibit 10.2 4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 dated as of June 11, 2019 to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Guarantee Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the other GUARANTORS from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

A.                                     Reference is made to the Four-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor, Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.

 

C.  The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers.  Clause (ii) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement provides that the Availability Date shall not occur unless New Amcor and Bemis, and Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may, become Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis (each, a “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional extensions of credit under the Facility Agreement and as consideration for the maintenance of extensions of credit previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor thereunder.

 


 

Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (other than in the case of New Amcor) or a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by such New Guarantor of this Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder of such New Guarantor, and that this Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Guarantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) all representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Agreement as to such New Guarantor are true and correct.

 

SECTION 3.  This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different 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 as to each New Guarantor when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof that bears the signature of such New Guarantor, and thereafter shall be binding upon such New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such New Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no New Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.  THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.  Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 7.  All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Amcor plc is a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.  Bemis Company, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 


Exhibit 10.2 5

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 dated as of June 11, 2019 to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Guarantee Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the other GUARANTORS from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

A.                                     Reference is made to the Five-Year Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor, Amcor US and, on and after the Availability Date, Bemis, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.

 

C.  The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers.  Clause (ii) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement provides that the Availability Date shall not occur unless New Amcor and Bemis, and Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may, become Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis (each, a “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional extensions of credit under the Facility Agreement and as consideration for the maintenance of extensions of credit previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor thereunder.

 


 

Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (other than in the case of New Amcor) or a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by such New Guarantor of this Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder of such New Guarantor, and that this Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Guarantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) all representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Agreement as to such New Guarantor are true and correct.

 

SECTION 3.  This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different 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 as to each New Guarantor when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof that bears the signature of such New Guarantor, and thereafter shall be binding upon such New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such New Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no New Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.  THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.  Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 7.  All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Amcor plc is a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.  Bemis Company, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 


Exhibit 10.2 6

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 dated as of June 11, 2019 to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019 (the “ Guarantee Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the other GUARANTORS from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

 

A.                                     Reference is made to the 364-Day Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 5, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ”), Amcor UK Finance plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company registration number 04160806 and its registered office at Amcor Central Services Bristol, 83 Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XP, United Kingdom (“ Amcor UK ” and, together with Amcor, Amcor US and, on and after the Combination Transactions Closing Date, Bemis, the “ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Foreign Administrative Agent.

 

B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.

 

C.  The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers.  Clause (B) of Section 5.11(a)(i) of the Facility Agreement provides that Amcor shall cause each of New Amcor and Bemis to, and Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may, become Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis (each, a “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional extensions of credit under the Facility Agreement and as consideration for the maintenance of extensions of credit previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor thereunder.

 


 

Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (other than in the case of New Amcor) or a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by such New Guarantor of this Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder of such New Guarantor, and that this Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Guarantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) all representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Agreement as to such New Guarantor (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.05(b) and clause (i) of Section 3.08(a) of the Facility Agreement) are true and correct.

 

SECTION 3.  This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different 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 as to each New Guarantor when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof that bears the signature of such New Guarantor, and thereafter shall be binding upon such New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such New Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no New Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.  THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.  Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 7.  All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Amcor plc is a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.  Bemis Company, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 


Exhibit 10.2 7

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 dated as of June 11, 2019 to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Guarantee Agreement ”), among AMCOR LIMITED (ACN 000 017 372), AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC., AMCOR UK FINANCE PLC, the other GUARANTORS from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

A.                                     Reference is made to the Term Syndicated Facility Agreement dated as of April 30, 2019 (the “ Facility Agreement ”), among Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372), an Australian public company limited by shares with a registered office at Level 11, 60 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia (“ Amcor ”), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Amcor US ” or the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.

 

C.  The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower.  Clause (ii) of Section 4.02(a) of the Facility Agreement provides that the Availability Date shall not occur unless New Amcor and Bemis, and Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may, become Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  Each of New Amcor and Bemis (each, a “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional extensions of credit under the Facility Agreement and as consideration for the maintenance of extensions of credit previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  In accordance with Section 5.12 of the Guarantee Agreement, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than in the case of New Amcor) and a Guarantor thereunder.  Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (other than in the case of New Amcor) or a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor.  The Guarantee Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.  Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance

 


 

by such New Guarantor of this Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and, if required, stockholder or other equityholder of such New Guarantor, and that this Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Guarantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) all representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Agreement as to such New Guarantor are true and correct.

 

SECTION 3.  This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different 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 as to each New Guarantor when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof that bears the signature of such New Guarantor, and thereafter shall be binding upon such New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such New Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no New Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement by facsimile, electronic mail (in .pdf or .tif format) or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.  THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.  Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 7.  All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Guarantee Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.  Amcor plc is a public limited company duly incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey.  Bemis Company, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

AMCOR PLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Casamento

 

 

Name: Michael Casamento

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Name: Ian Gibson Wilson

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Name: Tasvir Hasan

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENT TO THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

 

MARKET RELEASE

 

June 12, 2019

 

AMCOR FINANCE (USA), INC. AND BEMIS COMPANY, INC. ANNOUNCE EXPIRATION AND FINAL RESULTS OF EXCHANGE OFFERS AND CONSENT SOLICITATIONS FOR US$2.2 BILLION OF NOTES

 

ZURICH, Switzerland and NEENAH, WI, U.S. — Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (“ AFUI ”) and Bemis Company, Inc. (“ Bemis ”) (NYSE: BMS) today announced the expiration and final results of the offers to exchange by AFUI and Bemis (each, an “ Exchange Offer ” and collectively, the “ Exchange Offers ”) any and all outstanding notes of the series set forth in the table below issued by AFUI (the “ Existing Amcor Notes ”) and Bemis (the “ Existing Bemis Notes ” and, together with the Existing Amcor Notes, the “ Existing Notes ”) for the consideration summarized below, consisting of new notes to be issued by AFUI (the “ New Amcor Notes ”) and Bemis (the “ New Bemis Notes ” and, together with the New Amcor Notes, the “ New Notes ”), as applicable, and the related consent solicitations by AFUI and Bemis with respect to each series of its corresponding Existing Notes from Eligible Holders (as defined below) (each, a “ Consent Solicitation ” and collectively, the “ Consent Solicitations ”) to certain amendments to the applicable indenture for that series of Existing Notes. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 11, 2019 (the “ Expiration Time ”).

 

As of the Expiration Time, the principal amounts of Existing Notes set forth in the table below had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn (and consents thereby validly given and not validly revoked).

 

Title of Security/CUSIP
Number/ISIN Number

 

Issuer

 

Maturity
Date

 

Aggregate
Principal Amount
Outstanding

 

Notes Tendered at 11:59 p.m. on June 11,
2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount

 

Percentage

 

6.800% Senior Notes due 2019 (1) /
CUSIP: 081437AF2
ISIN: US081437AF22

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

08/1/2019

 

US$

400,000,000

 

US$

288,685,000

 

72.17

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.500% Senior Notes due 2021/
CUSIP: 081437AH8
ISIN: US081437AH87

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

10/15/2021

 

US$

400,000,000

 

US$

346,716,000

 

86.68

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.100% Senior Notes due 2026/
CUSIP: 081437AJ4
ISIN: US081437AJ44

 

Bemis Company, Inc.

 

09/15/2026

 

US$

300,000,000

 

US$

293,206,000

 

97.74

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.625% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2026/
CUSIP: 144A: 02343UAA3 and Reg S: U02411AA1
ISIN: 144A: US02343UAA34 and Reg S: USU02411AA18

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

04/28/2026

 

US$

600,000,000

 

US$

591,294,000

 

98.55

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.500% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2028/
CUSIP: 144A: 02343UAB1 and Reg S: U02411AB9
ISIN: 144A: US02343UAB17 and Reg S: USU02411AB90

 

Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.

 

05/15/2028

 

US$

500,000,000

 

US$

497,510,000

 

99.50

%

 

Notes:


(1)   Inclusion of this series in the Exchange Offer assumes the Settlement Date occurs before the maturity date of this series.

 


 

Eligible Holders who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw Existing Notes at or prior to the Early Participation Time (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement) are eligible to receive, in exchange for each US$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes, (a) US$1,000 principal amount of New Notes of the applicable series and (b) US$1.00 in cash. Eligible Holders who validly tendered after the Early Participation Time and did not validly withdraw Existing Notes at or prior to the Expiration Time, and whose Existing Notes were accepted for exchange, are eligible to receive, in exchange for each US$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes, (a) US$970 principal amount of New Notes of the applicable series and (b) US$1.00 in cash.

 

All Eligible Holders whose Existing Notes were validly tendered and accepted for exchange in the applicable Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will also receive the applicable accrued and unpaid Interest and Rounding Cash Payment (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement) in cash.

 

Each Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation was made pursuant to the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement including, among other things, the consummation of the Transaction (the “ Transaction Condition ”). As of the Expiration Time, all conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were satisfied. Therefore, the Settlement Date will be promptly after the Expiration Time and is expected to be two business days after the Expiration Time on June 13, 2019. The complete terms of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were set out in a confidential exchange offer memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated May 8, 2019 (the “ Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement ”).

 

Supplemental indentures effecting the Proposed Amendments (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement) relating to the Existing Notes will be executed on June 13, 2019. Such supplemental indentures will be valid and enforceable upon execution but will only become operative upon settlement of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. As a result, the Proposed Amendments effected by the supplemental indentures will be deemed to be revoked retroactive to the date thereof if the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are terminated or withdrawn prior to settlement.

 

AFUI and Bemis have not registered, and will not register, the New Notes under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), any state securities laws or the securities laws of

 


 

any other jurisdiction. The New Notes may not be offered or issued in the United States or to any “ U.S. persons ” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), or any person acting for the account or benefit of U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The New Notes will be offered for exchange only to: (1) “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in the United States; (2) persons that are not, and are not acting for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and, if resident or located in a member state of the European Economic Area, persons who are (a) ‘qualified investors’ within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of Directive 2003/71/EC and (b) not retail investors. Only holders of Existing Notes who complete and return an eligibility certification (“ Eligible Holders ”) are authorized to receive and review the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and to participate in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. No assurance can be given that the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will be completed.

 

This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, the Existing Notes or an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, any New Notes, nor shall any such offer, solicitation or sale occur in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any person who is considering participating in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations must obtain a copy of the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement from AFUI, Bemis or the Information and Exchange Agent.

 

The communication of this announcement and any other document or materials relating to the issue of the New Notes discussed herein is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the United Kingdom’s Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “ FSMA ”). Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “ Financial Promotion Order ”)), or who fall within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order, or who are other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred to as “ relevant persons ”). In the United Kingdom, the New Notes discussed herein are only available to, and any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.