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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): April 13, 2020 (April 7, 2020)

 

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its charter)

 

Delaware  001-33829 98-0517725
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

53 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

781-418-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 ¨

 

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. ¨

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol
  Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common stock   KDP   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On April 13, 2020, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (the “Company”) issued $1,500 million aggregate principal amount of Notes consisting of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of April 13, 2020, among Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). Interest on each series of Notes will be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2020. The 2030 Notes will mature on May 1, 2030, and the 2050 Notes will mature on May 1, 2050. The Notes will not be entitled to any sinking fund. The Notes were issued in an underwritten offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Affiliates of the Trustee have been initial purchasers in previous offering of the notes by the Company and lenders under the Company’s credit agreements.

 

The Notes are the unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”) and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee any of its other indebtedness (each a “Subsidiary Guarantee”). Each such Subsidiary Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Subsidiary Guarantor providing such Subsidiary Guarantee and ranks equally in right of payment with such Subsidiary Guarantor’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness.

 

The Company may redeem the Notes of each series, in whole or in part, from time to time, at the applicable redemption price set forth in the Indenture and the applicable Notes. If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the Indenture) occurs, subject to certain exceptions, the Company must give holders of the Notes the opportunity to sell to the Company their Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase.

 

The Indenture contains customary events of default, including: (i) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for 30 days, (ii) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due, (iii) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under the Indenture, in certain cases subject to notice and grace periods and (iv) specified events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries.

 

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries are subject to certain negative covenants under the Indenture, including limitations on the ability of the Company and each such subsidiary to, among other things: (i) incur indebtedness secured by principal properties, (ii) enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions with respect to principal properties and (iii) enter into certain mergers, consolidations and transfers of substantially all of its assets.

 

The terms and provisions of the Notes and Indenture set forth in this Item 8.01 are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Base Indenture (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2009) and the Tenth Supplemental Indenture (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report), including the form of each series of the Notes (in global form) attached as exhibits thereto, which are incorporated by reference herein.

  

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

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On April 7, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed thereto (the “Underwriters”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell a total of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 2030 Notes and $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 2050 Notes to the Underwriters. The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $1,481 million (after underwriting discounts and offering expenses). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay approximately $1,000 million of its outstanding borrowings under its 2018 credit agreement and the remainder to repay its outstanding commercial paper notes. The remaining net proceeds, if any, will be used to fund costs of the offering and for other general corporate purposes.

 

The terms and provisions of the Underwriting Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report), which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

On April 13, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2020, among Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, the guarantors party thereto and BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of several underwriters listed thereto.
4.1   Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13 2020, among Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
4.2   3.20% Senior Notes Due 2030 (in global form), dated April 13, 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K).
4.3   3.80% Senior Notes Due 2050 (in global form), dated April 13, 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K).
5.1   Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
5.2   Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
23.1   Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Form 8-K).
23.2   Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 to this Form 8-K).
99.1   Press Release dated April 13, 2020.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

     

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
Dated: April 13, 2020    
  By:   /s/ James L. Baldwin
      James L. Baldwin
      Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

$1,500,000,000

 

3.200% Senior Notes due 2030

3.800% Senior Notes due 2050

 

April 7, 2020

 

BofA Securities, Inc.
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

 

As the Representatives named in Schedule I hereto

of the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $750,000,000 principal amount of its 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $750,000,000 principal amount of its 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company (f/k/a Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of April 13, 2020 (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors in Schedule III hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Trustee.

 

The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

 

 

 

The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233477) as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (File No. 333-233506), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus, including without limitation, the Time of Sale Prospectus (as defined below).

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the documents and pricing information set forth in Schedule IV hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of the date of reference to any such “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus.” The terms “supplement,” “supplemented,” “amendment,” “amended” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

 

1.                  Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to and agree with each of the Underwriters that:

 

(a)         The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

 

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(b)         (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iv) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (v) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi) as of its date and the Closing Date, the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the date of such amendment or supplement, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

 

(c)         The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule IV hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Representatives’ prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

 

(d)         The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(e)         The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(f)          Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, organized or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or other business entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), has the corporate or other business entity power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable under relevant law) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and except as required by applicable law, free and clear of any material lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party (other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and liens permitted by the debt instruments (each, as amended and supplemented as of the date hereof) of the Company and its subsidiaries described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(g)         Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (including the Guarantees set forth therein) to which it is a party (collectively, the Transaction Documents) and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

 

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(h)         The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions); the Tenth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and, when duly authorized, executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; the Indenture has been duly qualified by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

 

(i)           The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and assuming due authentication thereof by the Trustee, will be duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture, and when paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each Subsidiary Guarantor and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

(j)           This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(k)         Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(l)           The execution and delivery by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the issuance of the Guarantees and the performance by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of its respective obligations under, the Transaction Documents, as applicable, will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, (ii) their respective charters, bylaws or similar organizational documents, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of the Company’s or Subsidiary Guarantors’ respective subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries, except, in the cases of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, as applicable. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or court is required for the performance by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, as applicable, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities and Guarantees, any required filings under the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

 

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(m)       There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

(n)         There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and proceedings that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and are not so described in all material respects; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

 

(o)         Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(p)         Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds of the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, none of them will be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(q)         The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits, or other authorizations (“Permits”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, and have fulfilled all material obligations with respect to such Permits, except where the failure to possess such Permits or perform such obligations would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any Permit or has any knowledge that any such Permits will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except for such revocations, modifications or renewals as would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(r)          No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries, is contemplated or threatened, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(s)          The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in such notice, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(t)           There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(u)         Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (i) each employee benefit pension plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA that is maintained and established by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any member of their respective Controlled Group(defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)) (each, a Plan) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) not waived by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (“PBGC”) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vi) neither the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, and to the knowledge of the Company, nor any member of the respective Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) with respect to the termination of a Plan (or the withdrawal from a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

 

(v)         The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the applicable entity deems are adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, as applicable; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

 

(w)       There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, except as such have been duly waived.

 

(x)         (i) None of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor any director of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or of any of their respective subsidiaries, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) (“Government Official”) in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; and (ii) the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein.

 

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(y)         The operations of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(z)         (i) None of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any director or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are:

 

(A)             the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or

 

(B)              located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

 

(ii)          For the past three years, except as would not result in a violation of Sanctions by any person, the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now engaged in, and will not engage in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

 

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(aa)      The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to their respective businesses, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(bb)     Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess the right to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names copyrights, know-how and trade secrets (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, conduct of the Company’s, the Subsidiary Guarantors’ and their respective subsidiaries’ businesses, as currently conducted, does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise conflict with any Intellectual Property of any third party; and (iii) the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim against the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries concerning the foregoing.

 

(cc)      [Reserved]

 

(dd)     (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have complied and are presently in compliance with all internal and external privacy policies, contractual obligations, industry standards, applicable laws, statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority and any other legal obligations, in each case, relating to the collection, use, transfer, import, export, storage, protection, disposal and disclosure by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of personal, personally identifiable, household, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Data Security Obligations”, and such data, “Data”); (ii) none of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors has received any notification of or complaint regarding and is unaware of any other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation; and (iii) of there is no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body pending or threatened alleging non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation.

 

(ee)      The Company and each of its subsidiaries have taken all technical and organizational measures necessary to protect the information technology systems and Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and its subsidiaries have used reasonable efforts to establish and maintain, and have established, maintained, implemented and complied with, reasonable information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and procedures, including oversight, access controls, encryption, technological and physical safeguards and business continuity/disaster recovery and security plans that are designed to protect against and prevent breach, destruction, loss, unauthorized distribution, use, access, disablement, misappropriation or modification, or other compromise or misuse of or relating to any information technology system or Data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses (“Breach”). There has been no such Breach, and the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have not been notified of and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any such Breach.

 

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(ff)        The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets which, singly or in the aggregate, has had a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(gg)     The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby except for any normal year-end adjustments in the Company’s quarterly financial statements. The other financial information included in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

 

(hh)     Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), who have certified certain financial statements of (i) the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (“DPSG”) and its subsidiaries, delivered its respective reports with respect to such audited consolidated financial statements and schedules filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and included in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and DPSG, as applicable, and within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), as applicable, in each case, during the periods covered by such financial statements.

 

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(ii)        The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.

 

(jj)        To the Company’s knowledge, the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(kk)     As of the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, none of (A) the Time of Sale Prospectus and (B) any free writing prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(ll)        Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities in violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

(mm)    No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed by the Company without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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2.                  Agreements to Sell and Purchase. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase prices set forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amounts of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto.

 

3.                  Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedules I hereto or at such time on such later date not more than two business days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). The Securities will be delivered by the Company to the Representatives in the form of global Securities, representing all of the Securities, which will be deposited by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, for credit to the respective accounts of the Underwriters. The Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may request not less than one business day in advance of the Closing Date.

 

4.                  Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

5.                  Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

(a)         The Registration Statement became prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

(b)         Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i)          no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission;

 

(ii)          there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and

 

(iii)          there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

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(c)         The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Sections 5(b)(i) and 5(b)(ii) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on their respective parts to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.

 

The officer signing and delivering such certificate pursuant to Section 5(c) may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

 

(d)         The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date (i) an opinion and negative assurance letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, outside counsel for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors incorporated or formed, as applicable, in the State of Delaware or the State of Texas, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and (ii) an opinion of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, special tax counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

(e)         The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP, outside counsel for the Subsidiary Guarantor formed in the State of New Jersey, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

(f)          The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

(g)         The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, from Deloitte, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information pertaining to the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

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(h)         The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, from Deloitte, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information pertaining to DPSG contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

(i)           The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

(j)           The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(k)         The Representatives shall have received such other documents as the Representatives may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and other matters related to the sale of such Securities and Guarantees.

 

6.                  Covenants of the Company. The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally covenant with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)         To furnish to the Representatives, without charge, two signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference) and to furnish to the Representatives in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(f) or 6(g) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

(b)         Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.

 

(c)          To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule V hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

 

(d)         To furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.

 

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(e)         Not to take any action that would result in the Underwriters or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

(f)          If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(g)         If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriters or a dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Underwriters will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(h)         To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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(i)           To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Underwriters as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such requirement by filing such earnings statement on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (or any successor system).

 

(j)           During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, and having a tenor of more than one year.

 

7.                  Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities and Guarantees under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(h) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (provided that the amount payable by the Company with respect to fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to subsections (iii) and (iv) shall not exceed $30,000 in the aggregate), (v) the cost of printing certificates representing the global notes, (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any paying agent (including the related reasonable and documented fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties), (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, (x) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section and Section 9 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution” and the last paragraph of Section 1012 below, the Underwriters will pay all of its costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

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8.                  Covenants of the Underwriters. Each of the Underwriters covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of such Underwriter.

 

9.                  Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any reasonably incurred and documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon, any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.

  

(b)         Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the directors of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the officers of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, or are based upon, any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only with reference to information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, road show or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters through the Representatives consists of the following information in the Prospectus: the information concerning stabilizing transactions, short sales and other information appearing in the sixth and seventh paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”

 

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(c)         In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 9(a) or 9(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonably incurred and documented fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; and (iv) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Underwriters and all persons, if any, who control the Underwriters within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of the Underwriters within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, their respective directors, their respective officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for any Underwriters and such control persons and affiliates of such Underwriter, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. 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 the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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(d)         To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or 9(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 9(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 9(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors together on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by either the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors or by the Underwriters, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

(e)         The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 9(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

(f)          The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 9 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters, any person controlling the Underwriters or any affiliate of the Underwriters, or by or on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s officers or directors or any person controlling any such Subsidiary Guarantor, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

 

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10.              Defaulting Underwriters.

 

(a)         If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriters, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

 

(b)         If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

 

(c)         If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, except that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 7 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

(d)         Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

 

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11.              Termination. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Representatives to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to or on the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

 

12.              Effectiveness; Default. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

 

13.              Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

(b)         The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors each acknowledge that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) each Underwriter has acted at arm’s length, is not an agent of, and owes no fiduciary duties to, the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other person, (ii) each Underwriter owes the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement, any contemporaneous written agreements and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) each Underwriter may have interests that differ from those of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors each waive to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against such Underwriter arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

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14.              Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. (a) In the event that any Underwriter is a Covered Entity and becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter 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 Underwriter is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of any Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter 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.

 

For purposes of this Section a “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). “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). “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. “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.

 

15.              Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

16.              Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

17.              Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

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18.              Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives c/o BofA Securities, Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, New York 10020, Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal, (fax no. (212) 901-7881), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax no.: 212-834-6081); if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to 53 South Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, Attention: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.

 

19.              Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto waives any objection, which it may now or hereafter have, to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. Each of the parties hereto agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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  Very truly yours,
KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
   
  By: /s/ Ozan Dokmecioglu
  Name: Ozan Dokmecioglu
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
   
  234DP AVIATION, LLC
  A & W CONCENTRATE COMPANY
  BEVERAGES DELAWARE INC.
  DP BEVERAGES INC.
  DPS AMERICAS BEVERAGES, LLC
  DPS BEVERAGES, INC.
  DPS HOLDINGS INC.
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN-UP BEVERAGE SALES COMPANY
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP MANUFACTURING COMPANY
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC.
  MOTT’S DELAWARE LLC
  NANTUCKET ALLSERVE, LLC
  SNAPPLE BEVERAGE CORP.
  THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY

 

  By: /s/ Ozan Dokmecioglu
  Name: Ozan Dokmecioglu
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

MOTT’S LLP
BAI BRANDS LLC

By its Sole Member, MOTT’S LLP

   
  By: /s/ James L. Baldwin
  Name: James L. Baldwin
  Title: Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

 

  SPLASH TRANSPORT, INC.
  By: /s/ Fernando Cortes
  Name: Fernando Cortes
  Title: President

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof

BofA Securities, Inc.

By: /s/ Sandeep Chawla  
Name: Sandeep Chawla
Title: Managing Director

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 
By: /s/ Sam Chaffin  
Name: Sam Chaffin
Title: Vice President

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
 
By: /s/ Som Bhattacharyya  
Name: Som Bhattacharyya
Title: Executive Director

 

For themselves and the other several Underwriters
listed in Schedule II hereto.

 

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Schedule I

 

TERMs of SECURITIES AND OFFERING

 

Underwriting Agreement:             dated April 7, 2020

 

Registration Statement No.:          333-233477 and 333-233506

 

Time of Sale:         3:10 p.m. (New York City time), on April 7, 2020

 

Representatives:

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

Indenture:

 

Dated as of December 15, 2009 between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by a tenth supplemental indenture.

 

Title of the Securities:

 

3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”)

3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”)

 

Aggregate Principal Amount:

 

2030 Notes: $750,000,000
2050 Notes: $750,000,000

 

Guarantees:

 

The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by subsidiary guarantors listed in Schedule III

 

Denominations:

 

$2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

 

Price to Public:

 

2030 Notes: 99.743% of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest, if any, from April 13, 2020
2050 Notes: 99.448% of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest, if any, from April 13, 2020

 

Schedule I- 1

 

 

Purchase Price by Underwriters:

 

2030 Notes: 99.293% of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest, if any, from April 13, 2020

 

2050 Notes: 98.573% of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest, if any, from April 13, 2020

 

Maturity:

 

2030 Notes: May 1, 2030
   
2050 Notes: May 1, 2050

  

Interest Rate:

 

2030 Notes: 3.200%
   
2050 Notes: 3.800%

 

Interest Payment Dates:

 

Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1, beginning November 1, 2020

 

Optional Redemption:

 

2030 Notes: At any time prior to February 1, 2030, make-whole
call at Treasury + 40 bps
 
  On or after February 1, 2030, par call

 

2050 Notes: At any time prior to November 1, 2049, make-
whole call at Treasury + 40 bps
 
  On or after November 1, 2049, par call

 

Sinking Fund Provisions: None

 

Closing Date, Time and Location: April 13, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) at the office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153

 

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Schedule II

 

Underwriter   Principal
Amount of
2030 Notes
    Principal
Amount of
2050 Notes
 
BofA Securities, Inc.   $ 82,500,000     $ 82,500,000  
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC     82,500,000       82,500,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC     82,500,000       82,500,000  
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.     82,500,000       82,500,000  
Mizuho Securities USA LLC     82,500,000       82,500,000  
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC     82,500,000       82,500,000  
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.     82,500,000       82,500,000  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.     82,500,000       82,500,000  
ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC     18,000,000       18,000,000  
ICBC Standard Bank Plc     18,000,000       18,000,000  
Rabo Securities USA, Inc.     18,000,000       18,000,000  
TD Securities (USA) LLC     18,000,000       18,000,000  
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.     18,000,000       18,000,000  
Total   $ 750,000,000     $ 750,000,000  

 

Schedule II- 1

 

 

Schedule III

 

Subsidiary Guarantors

 

Subsidiary Guarantor   Jurisdiction
234DP Aviation, LLC   Delaware
A & W Concentrate Company   Delaware
Bai Brands LLC   New Jersey
Beverages Delaware Inc.   Delaware
DP Beverages Inc.   Delaware
DPS Americas Beverages, LLC   Delaware
DPS Beverages, Inc.   Delaware
DPS Holdings Inc.   Delaware
Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company   Texas
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Manufacturing Company   Delaware
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.   Delaware
Mott’s Delaware LLC   Delaware
Mott’s LLP   Delaware
Nantucket Allserve, LLC   Delaware
Snapple Beverage Corp.   Delaware
Splash Transport, Inc.   Delaware
The American Bottling Company   Delaware

 

Schedule III- 1

 

 

Schedule IV

 

Time of Sale Prospectus

 

1. Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated April 7, 2020 and Base Prospectus.

 

2. Free writing prospectus filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities At: Issuer free writing prospectus filed April 7, 2020.

 

3. Information contained on Schedule V.

  

Schedule IV- 1

 

 

Schedule V

 

$1,500,000,000

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

$ 750,000,000 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030

$750,000,000 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050

 

Final Term Sheet

 

April 7, 2020

 

Issuer: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.  
Guarantors: The Note will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Issuer’s existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee any of its other indebtedness
Security: 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050
Size: $750,000,000 $750,000,000
Maturity Date: May 1, 2030 May 1, 2050
Coupon: 3.200% 3.800%
Issue Price: 99.743% 99.448%
Yield to Maturity: 3.230% 3.831%
Benchmark Treasury: UST 1.500% due February 15, 2030 UST 2.375% due November 15, 2049
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: 107-10; 0.730% 125-15; 1.331%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: 2.500% (250 basis points) 2.500% (250 basis points)
Interest Payment Dates May 1 and November 1, commencing on November 1, 2020 May 1 and November 1, commencing on November 1, 2020
Optional Redemption:    
Make-Whole Call: T+40 basis points (prior to February 1, 2030) T+40 basis points (prior to November 1, 2049)
Par Call: On or after February 1, 2030 On or after November 1, 2049
Trade Date: April 7, 2020  
Settlement Date (T+3): April 13, 2020  
CUSIP / ISIN: 49271VAJ9 / US49271VAJ98 49271VAK6 / US49271VAK61
Denominations/Multiple: $2,000 x $1,000  
Joint Book-Running Managers:

BofA Securities, Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

 
Co-Managers:

ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC

ICBC Standard Bank Plc

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

TD Securities (USA) LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

 

Schedule V- 1

 

 

It is expected that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment therefor on or about April 13, 2020 referred to as “T+3”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Notes prior to the second business day before the delivery of the Notes hereunder will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to trade the Notes prior to the second business day before the delivery of the Notes should consult their own advisors.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-294-1322 toll-free at (800) 294-1322, by calling Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC toll-free at 1-866-471-2526 or by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.

 

Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.

  

V- 2

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

This TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of April 13, 2020, among KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed in Schedule I (the “Guarantors”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, and as such may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debt securities to be issued in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.1 and 9.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable to any series of notes;

 

WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series whether Securities of the series are entitled to the benefits of any Securities Guarantee of any Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, the identity of any such Guarantors, whether Notations of such Securities Guarantees are to be included on such Securities and any terms of such Securities Guarantee with respect to the Securities of the series in addition to those set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture, or any exceptions to or changes to those set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture provides that prior to the authentication and delivery upon original issuance of Securities of any series that are to be guaranteed by a Person, the Company, the Trustee and such Person shall have entered into a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.1(11) of the Base Indenture whereby such Person shall have executed a Securities Guarantee under the Base Indenture with respect to any series of Securities as to which such Person has been so established pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture as a Guarantor thereof;

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of two new separate series of debt securities to be designated as the “3.200% Senior Notes due 2030” (the “2030 Notes”) and the “3.800% Senior Notes due 2050” (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to provide that each series of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Securities Guarantee of the Guarantors;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the Guarantors intend by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to execute a Securities Guarantee with respect to each series of the Notes;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1(9) and (11) of the Base Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Base Indenture and delivered as provided in the Base Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company and the Guarantors according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company and the Guarantors under the Base Indenture to make this Tenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, have been done;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01        Definitions.

 

(a)               All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

 

(b)               The following are definitions used in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, the definition in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.

 

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at any time of determination, the present value at that time of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction. Such present value will be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Attributable Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

 

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at any time of determination, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP after the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842 shall not constitute Capital Lease Obligations for the purposes of the Indenture (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842 to be treated as balance sheet liabilities in any financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04.

 

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Capital Stock” means: (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) resulting in any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) becoming the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d- 5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares or (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in a transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons (other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(i) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (ii) immediately following that transaction no Person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the holding company.

 

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the total assets reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of such Person for which consolidated financial statements have been prepared, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Credit Agreements” means the Existing Credit Agreements as such agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any agreement, indenture or other documentation relating to extensions, refinancings, replacements or restructuring of the credit facilities governed by the Existing Credit Agreements, whether the same or any other agent, agents, lenders or group of lenders is or are parties thereto.

 

“Existing Credit Agreements” means the (i) the credit agreement, dated as of February 28, 2018 (as amended, rested, amended and rested, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Company as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, (ii) the credit agreement, dated as of May 29, 2019 (as amended, rested, amended and rested, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Company as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and (iii) a term loan agreement, dated as of February 8, 2019 (as amended, rested, amended and rested, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Company as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

 

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Fitch” means Fitch, Inc.

 

Funded Debt” means Indebtedness which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to date more than 12 months after the date of the creation or incurrence of such Indebtedness.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent: (1) in respect of borrowed money; (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements with respect thereto); (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments; (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; or (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed, except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor incurred in the ordinary course of business; if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all of the following items, whether or not any such items would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP: (1) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person); and (2) to the extent not otherwise included, any guarantee by the specified Person of Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an operating lease shall not be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

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Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

Par Call Date” means February 1, 2030 (in the case of the 2030 Notes) or November 1, 2049 (in the case of the 2050 Notes).

 

Permitted Encumbrances” means: (1) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith; (2) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days (or if more than 30 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens) or are being contested in good faith; (3) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (4) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case in the ordinary course of business; (5) judgment liens for the payment of money (i) not in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance) or (ii) in respect of judgments that the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or other proceeding for review or Liens incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is a party; (6) easements, restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances and minor title defects on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any payment obligations and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (7) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness; (8) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business; (9) Liens (i) of a collection bank on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are customary in the banking industry; (10) any interest or title of a lessor under leases entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and financing statements with respect to a lessor’s right in and to personal property leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business other than through a finance lease; (11) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (12) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Permitted Investments and reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; (13) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off: (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business; (14) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement; (15) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are located; (16) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto; (17) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (18) Liens securing indebtedness outstanding or incurred pursuant to credit facilities (including any Indebtedness under any Credit Agreements) outstanding on the issue date; and (19) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods.

 

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Permitted Investments” means: (1) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the U.S. (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (2) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s; (3) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (4) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (1) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (3) above; and (5) money market funds that (a) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (b) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (c) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

 

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

 

Principal Property” means any manufacturing, processing or bottling plant, warehouse or distribution center (including the land upon which it is situated), owned and operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the book value of such property is an amount greater than 1% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company.

 

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Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (b) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency for a former Rating Agency.

 

Rating Event” means the rating on the applicable series of Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and such Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event). If any Rating Agency that provided a rating of a series of Notes on the day immediately prior to the beginning of such 60-day period (or extension thereof) is not providing a rating of such series of Notes at the end of such 60- day period (or extension thereof) for any reason, such 60-day period (or extension thereof) shall be extended an additional 30 days and, if the Company has not selected a replacement Rating Agency on or before the end of such 30-day period, then such Rating Agency shall be deemed to have lowered its rating of such series of Notes at the end of such 30-day period to be below an Investment Grade Rating.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each series of Notes to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest of such Notes that would be due if such Notes matured on February 1, 2030 in the case of the 2030 Notes or on November 1, 2049 in the case of the 2050 Notes.

 

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings.

 

Statistical Release” means that statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication published daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, or, if such release (or any successor publication) is no longer published at the time of any calculation under the Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index the Company designates.

 

Treasury Rate” means, the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of the yields displayed for each of the five most recent days published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed (assuming such series of Notes mature on the applicable Par Call Date) as of the date of redemption. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life to maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such remaining life to maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. The Treasury Rate will be calculated by the Company on the third business day preceding the date the applicable notice of redemption is given and the Company will, prior to the date the applicable notice of redemption is given, provide written notice executed by an officer of the Company of the Treasury Rate to the Trustee, including the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. For the purpose of calculating the Treasury Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of calculation of the Treasury Rate shall be used.

 

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Section 1.02        Other Definitions.

 

Term   Defined in Section
“2030 Interest Payment Date”   2.04(c)
“2030 Notes”   Recitals
“2030 Maturity Date”   2.04(b)
“2030 Regular Record Date”   2.04(c)
“2050 Interest Payment Date”   2.05(c)
“2050 Notes”   Recitals
“2030 Maturity Date”   2.05(b)
“2030 Regular Record Date”   2.05(c)
“Base Indenture”   Recitals
“Change of Control Offer”   5.01(b)
“Change of Control Payment”   5.01(a)
“Change of Control Payment Date”   5.01(b)(ii)
“Indenture”   Recitals

 

Section 1.03        Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

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

 

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

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

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and the Guarantors and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

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

 

Article II

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND CREATION, FORMS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NOTES

 

Section 2.01        Application of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, including the covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the benefit of the holders of the Notes. The Notes constitute two separate series of Securities as provided in Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 2.02        Creation of the Notes. In accordance with Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates each of the 2030 Notes and the 2050 Notes as a separate series of its Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture. The 2030 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000. The 2050 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000.

 

Section 2.03        Form of the Notes. The Notes shall each be issued in the form of a Global Note, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as the nominee of DTC. The 2030 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, and the 2050 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Note shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effective only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

 

Section 2.04        Terms and Conditions of the 2030 Notes.

 

The 2030 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2030 Notes:

 

(a)               Title and Conditions of the 2030 Notes. The title of the 2030 Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for 2030 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

 

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(b)               Stated Maturity. The 2030 Notes shall mature, and the principal of the 2030 Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 1, 2030 (the “2030 Maturity Date”).

 

(c)               Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2030 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.200% per annum, from and including April 13, 2020, or from the most recent 2030 Interest Payment Date (as defined hereafter) on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2030 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in U.S. Dollars on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2020 (each such date, a “2030 Interest Payment Date” for the purposes of the 2030 Notes under this Tenth Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a 2030 Note (or predecessor 2030 Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on April 15 or October 15 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such 2030 Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “2030 Regular Record Date” for the purposes of the 2030 Notes under this Tenth Supplemental Indenture).

 

(d)               Registration and Form. The 2030 Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the 2030 Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The 2030 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued unpaid interest in respect of the 2030 Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such 2030 Notes.

 

(e)               Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2030 Notes.

 

(f)                Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the 2030 Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional 2030 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2030 Notes.

 

(g)               Redemption. The 2030 Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

 

(h)               Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2030 Notes, whether at the 2030 Maturity Date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

 

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(i)                 Priority. The 2030 Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

 

(j)                 Sinking Fund. The 2030 Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

 

(k)               Other Terms and Conditions. The 2030 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

Section 2.05        Terms and Conditions of the 2050 Notes.

 

The 2050 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2050 Notes:

 

(a)               Title and Conditions of the 2050 Notes. The title of the 2050 Notes shall be as specified in the recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the 2050 Notes shall be as specified in Section 2.02 of this Article II, except for 2050 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 5.7 or 9.5 of the Base Indenture.

 

(b)               Stated Maturity. The 2050 Notes shall mature, and the principal of the 2050 Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 1, 2050 (the “2050 Maturity Date”).

 

(c)               Payment of Principal and Interest. The 2050 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.800% per annum, from and including April 13, 2020, or from the most recent 2050 Interest Payment Date (as defined hereafter) on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2050 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in U.S. Dollars on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2020 (each such date, a “2050 Interest Payment Date” for the purposes of the 2050 Notes under this Tenth Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a 2050 Note (or predecessor 2050 Note) is registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on April 15 or October 15 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such 2050 Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “2050 Regular Record Date” for the purposes of the 2050 Notes under this Tenth Supplemental Indenture).

 

(d)               Registration and Form. The 2050 Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the 2050 Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto. The 2050 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, redemption price and accrued unpaid interest in respect of the 2050 Notes shall be made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Notes representing such 2050 Notes.

 

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(e)               Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 8.2 of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2050 Notes.

 

(f)                Further Issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity and other terms as the 2050 Notes, except for the issue date, and, in some cases the public offering price and the first interest payment date. Additional 2050 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2050 Notes.

 

(g)               Redemption. The 2050 Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part in the manner described herein.

 

(h)               Guarantees. The payment of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2050 Notes, whether at the 2050 Maturity Date, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors as provided in Article X of the Base Indenture.

 

(i)                 Priority. The 2050 Notes and the Securities Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are equal in right of payment with all unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively.

 

(j)                 Sinking Fund. The 2050 Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

 

(k)               Other Terms and Conditions. The 2050 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit B hereto.

 

Article III

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01        Optional Redemption. The 2030 Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time prior to February 1, 2030, in whole or in part, and the 2050 Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time prior to November 1, 2049, in whole or in part, in each case, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(i)                 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, and

 

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(ii)              the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points in the case of the 2030 Notes and 40 basis points in the case of the 2050 Notes, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

In addition, at any time or from time to time on or after February 1, 2030 with respect to the 2030 Notes and November 1, 2049 with respect to the 2050 Notes, the Company may redeem the 2030 Notes or the 2050 Notes, respectively, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

Section 3.02        Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem the Notes of any series pursuant to this Article III, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.02 upon not later than the earlier of 45 days before the redemption date or the date on which notice is given to the Holders (unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period). Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein and in the Base Indenture.

 

Section 3.03        Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

 

If fewer than all the Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least three Business Days before the notice of redemption is to be sent to Holders (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period of time), an Officers’ Certificate requesting the Trustee select the Notes of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee shall, subject to applicable law, select the Notes to be redeemed as follows: (1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed; or (2) on a pro rata basis, if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange (or in the case of securities in global form, by such method DTC may require).

 

The Trustee shall make the selection of Notes to be redeemed from outstanding Notes of such series not previously called for redemption. Provisions of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture that apply to the Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of the Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

Section 3.04        Notice of Redemption.

 

At least 15 days but not more than 30 days before the applicable redemption date of any series of Notes, the Company shall send a notice of redemption by first-class mail or by electronic transmission to each Holder of such series of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address; provided, that redemption notices may be delivered more than 30 days prior to the redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture.

 

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The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the series, issue date, interest rate and maturity date) and shall state:

 

(a)               the redemption date;

 

(b)               the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

 

(c)               the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(d)               that the Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(e)               if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed;

 

(f)                if the Notes are to be redeemed in part, upon surrender of such Notes, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Note for the principal amount remaining unredeemed;

 

(g)               that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, interest on the Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(h)               any conditions applicable to a redemption;

 

(i)                 the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and

 

(j)                 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 Notes.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least three Business Days before the notice of redemption is to be sent to Holders (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information required by this Section 3.04.

 

Section 3.05        Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is sent, the Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date; provided, however, that installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on the 2030 Interest Payment Date or the 2050 Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on such 2030 Interest Payment Date or 2050 Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant 2030 Regular Record Date or 2050 Regular Record Date, as the case may be, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

 

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Section 3.06        Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 3.07        Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense), a new Note of such series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Notes surrendered.

 

Article IV

CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

Section 4.01        Change of Control.

 

(a)               Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to a series of Notes, unless such Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, with such notice of redemption delivered on or before 30 days after such Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of such Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).

 

(b)               Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any proposed Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the proposed Change of Control, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and specifying:

 

(i)                 that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.01 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

 

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(ii)              the Change of Control Payment and the purchase date, which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

 

(iii)            the CUSIP numbers for the Notes;

 

(iv)             that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

 

(v)               that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vi)             that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vii)          that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election referred to in clause (vi) if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased;

 

(viii)        that Holders whose Notes of any series are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes of such series equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion will be equal to a minimum of $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

(ix)             if the notice is sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

 

(c)               The Company shall cause the Change of Control Offer to remain open for at least 20 Business Days or such longer period as is required by applicable law. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e- 1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.01, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.01 by virtue of such conflict.

 

(d)               On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

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(i)                 accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

(ii)              deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

(iii)            deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

 

(e)               The Paying Agent will promptly send to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and send (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note of the same series equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be equal to a minimum of $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(f)                The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.01 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.01, if an Event of Default exists under the Indenture (which is unrelated to the repurchase provisions of this Section 4.01), including Events of Default arising with respect to other series of Securities, the Company shall not be required to repurchase the Notes.

 

Article V

COVENANTS

 

The covenants set forth in this Article V shall be applicable to the Company in addition to the covenants in Article III of the Base Indenture, which shall in all respects be applicable in respect of the Notes.

 

Section 5.01        Limitation on Secured Indebtedness.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume, or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property, owned or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, without effectively providing that the outstanding Notes and the Securities Guarantees (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Notes or the Securities Guarantees) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Indebtedness so long as such secured Indebtedness shall be so secured. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to:

 

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(a)               Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(b)               Liens on any asset or property at the date of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, provided that,

 

(i)                 such Liens shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the proceeds or products of the property or asset originally subject to such Liens), and

 

(ii)              such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(c)               Liens on any asset or property of any corporation or other Person at the time such corporation or other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided that,

 

(i)                 such Liens were in existence prior to such corporation or other Person becoming an obligor under the Indenture, or becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such merger or consolidation and shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the proceeds or products of the property or asset originally subject to such Liens), and

 

(ii)              such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date that such corporation or other Person becomes an obligor under the Notes, Subsidiary of the Company or the date of such merger or consolidation, and

 

(iii)            extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 

(d)               Liens securing Indebtedness of

 

(i)                 a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or a Guarantor,

 

(ii)              the Company to a Guarantor, or

 

(iii)            the Company or a Guarantor to the Company or another Guarantor;

 

(e)               Liens on any property or asset to secure the payment of all or any part of the Capital Lease Obligations or purchase price of such property or asset upon the acquisition or lease of such property or asset by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 270 days after, the later of the date of acquisition or lease of such property or asset and the date such property or asset is placed in service, for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or Capital Lease Obligations with respect thereto, or Liens to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing the cost to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of construction, alteration or improvement to such acquired property or asset;

 

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(f)                Liens securing industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or other similar tax-exempt bonds;

 

(g)               any other Liens incidental to construction or maintenance of real property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which were not incurred in connection with borrowing money or obtaining advances or credits or the acquisition of property or assets and in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of any property or assets or which are being contested in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable; or

 

(h)               any extension, renewal or replacement (including successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any of the Liens enumerated in clauses (a) through (g) above; provided, however, that

 

(i)                 such extension, renewal or replacement Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or asset that secured the Liens extended, renewed, or replaced (plus improvements on such property or asset), and

 

(ii)              the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens at such time is not increased.

 

Section 5.02        Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

 

The Company shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not permit any Subsidiary directly or indirectly to, engage in the sale or transfer of any Principal Property to a Person and the taking back by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

 

(a)               such transaction was entered into prior to date of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture;

 

(b)               such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company by any one of its Subsidiaries;

 

(c)               such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years;

 

(d)               such transaction occurs within six months from the date of acquisition of the subject Principal Property or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such Principal Property, whichever is later;

 

(e)               the Company or such Subsidiary under Sections 5.01(a) through (h) of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture may incur Attributable Debt secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes; or

 

(f)                the Company or a Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other property or assets used or useful in its business or to the retirement of Funded Debt within 270 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction; provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of Funded Debt, the Company or a Subsidiary may deliver any of the Notes in equal principal amount to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited to the amount of net proceeds from the sale of such property or assets at the cost of acquisition of such Notes to the Company or such Subsidiary.

 

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Section 5.03        Exceptions.

 

(a)               Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01 of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to incur, issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01 of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture without equally and ratably securing the Notes and the Securities Guarantees, if as of the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property (not including Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under clauses (a) through (h) of Section 5.01), together (without duplication) with the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt outstanding in respect of sale and leaseback transactions entered into pursuant Section 5.03(b), does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company calculated as of the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee of secured Indebtedness.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02 of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be prohibited by Section 5.02, if as of the time of entering into such sale and leaseback transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions (not including Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions permitted under clauses (a) through (e) of Section 5.02), together (without duplication) with the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on any Principal Property or on any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company owning any Principal Property outstanding pursuant to Section 5.03(a), does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company calculated as of the time of entry into such sale and leaseback transaction.

 

Section 5.04        Reports

 

(a)               The Company will provide the Trustee with copies of its annual report and the information, documents and other reports which the Company files with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, within 15 days after the Company files such annual report, documents and other reports with the SEC. In addition, the Company will comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(b)               The requirement for the Company to provide such reports, documents and information pursuant to this Section 5.04 may be satisfied by filing of such reports, documents and information via the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor electronic filing system) or posting such reports, documents and information on its website, in each case within the time periods specified herein; and

 

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(c)               Delivery of such reports, information and documents pursuant to this Section 5.04 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt thereof will not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or any other person’s compliance with any of the covenants under the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee will not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s or any other person’s compliance with any of the covenants described herein and in the Base Indenture or to determine whether such reports, information or documents have been filed via the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor electronic filing system) or posted on any website or other online data system.

 

Article VI

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; SECURITIES GUARANTEE

 

Section 6.01        Agreements to be Bound. Each Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guarantors agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

Section 6.02        Guarantees. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Maturity, by redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other guaranteed obligations of the Company set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture. The terms of each Securities Guarantee are more fully set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture and each Guarantor agrees to be bound by such terms.

 

Section 6.03        Future Guarantors. The Company shall cause any Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness of the Company (including any Indebtedness under any Credit Agreements) to at the same time, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplement to the Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of the Indenture until such Securities Guarantee is released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

Article VII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.01        Ratification of Indenture.

 

This Tenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplement to the Base Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 7.02       Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required or deemed to be included in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section 7.03       Notices.

 

All notices and other communications shall be given as provided in the Base Indenture; provided that notices to a Guarantor shall be given to such Guarantor in care of the Company; provided further that any notice or communication mailed to the Trustee shall be addressed as follows:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

333 S. Grand Avenue, Fifth Floor, Suite 5A 

MAC E2064-05A

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: Corporate Trust Services.

 

Section 7.04       Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE SECURITIES GUARANTEES AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

Section 7.05        Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 7.06        Multiple Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 7.07        Headings.

 

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 7.08        Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals

 

The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations hereunder.

 

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Section 7.09        Force Majeure

 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its 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 and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall undertake commercially reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 7.10       Damages.

 

In no event shall the Trustee be liable to any Person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

Section 7.11        U.S.A. PATRIOT Act

 

The parties acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

  

  COMPANY:
   
  KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Ozan Dokmecioglu
    Name: Ozan Dokmecioglu
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature page to the Tenth Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

 

 

  GUARANTORS:
  234DP AVIATION, LLC
  A & W CONCENTRATE COMPANY
  BEVERAGES DELAWARE INC.
  DP BEVERAGES INC.
  DPS AMERICAS BEVERAGES, LLC
  DPS BEVERAGES, INC.
  DPS HOLDINGS INC.
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN-UP BEVERAGE SALES COMPANY
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP MANUFACTURING COMPANY
  DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC.
  MOTT’S DELAWARE LLC
  NANTUCKET ALLSERVE, LLC
  SNAPPLE BEVERAGE CORP.
  THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY

  

  By: /s/ Ozan Dokmecioglu
    Name: Ozan Dokmecioglu
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
       
  MOTT’S LLP
  BAI BRANDS LLC
  By its Sole Member, MOTT’S LLP

 

  By: /s/ James L. Baldwin
    Name: James L. Baldwin
    Title: Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
       
  SPLASH TRANSPORT, INC.

 

  By: /s/ Dan Morrell
    Name: Dan Morrell
    Title: Vice President & Treasurer

 

Signature page to the Tenth Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

 

  TRUSTEE:
       
  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee
       
  By: /s/ Patrick T. Giordano
    Name: Patrick T. Giordano
    Title: Vice President

 

Signature page to the Tenth Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

LIST OF GUARANTORS

 

234DP Aviation, LLC
A & W Concentrate Company
Bai Brands LLC
Beverages Delaware Inc.
DP Beverages Inc.
DPS Americas Beverages, LLC
DPS Beverages, Inc.
DPS Holdings Inc.
Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Manufacturing Company
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
Mott’s Delaware LLC
Mott’s LLP
Nantucket Allserve, LLC
Snapple Beverage Corp.
Splash Transport, Inc.
The American Bottling Company

 

Schedule I -1

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2030

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

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 IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

CUSIP NO. 49271V AJ9

ISIN NO. US49271VAJ98

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

 

3.200% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2030

 

$__________ No.: R-__

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on May 1, 2030 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 3.200% per annum from and including April 13, 2020, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2020 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

 

 

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the April 15 and October 15 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) 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 the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), 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; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

 

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

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

 

Date: April 13, 2020

     
  KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Global Note

 

 

 

 

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

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

 

Dated: April 13, 2020

 
  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
    as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Officer

 

Signature Page to Global Note

 

 

 

 

(Reverse of Note)

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

 

3.200% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2030

 

 

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________ issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2020 (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), between the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

 

2. The Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time prior to February 1, 2030, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and

 

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points,

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

The Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time on or after February 1, 2030, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

 

 

 

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest of such Notes that would be due if such Notes matured on February 1, 2030.

 

Treasury Rate” means the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of the yields displayed for each of the five most recent days published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming such Notes mature on the Par Call Date) as of the date of redemption. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life to maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such remaining life to maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. The Treasury Rate will be calculated by the Company on the third business day preceding the date the applicable notice of redemption is given and the Company will, prior to the date the applicable notice of redemption is given, provide written notice executed by an officer of the Company of the Treasury Rate to the Trustee, including the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. For the purpose of calculating the Treasury Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of calculation of the Treasury Rate shall be used.

 

Any notice to Holders of Notes of a redemption pursuant to this paragraph 2 hereof will include, among other things set forth in the Indenture, the redemption date, the redemption price, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, and conditions applicable to redemption and the name and address of the Paying Agent.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

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

 

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note 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 Note.

 

7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

 

 

 

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

12. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Interest Payment Date.

 

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

 

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

   

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

 

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of Decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

 

Amount of Increase

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

 

Principal Amount of

this Global Security

following such

Decrease or Increase

 

Signature of

Authorized

Signatory of

Trustee or

Custodian

                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE DUE 2050

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

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 IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

CUSIP NO. 49271V AK6

ISIN NO. US49271VAK61

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

 

3.800% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2050

 

$_________ No.: R-__

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ DOLLARS or such other Principal Amount as shall be set forth on Schedule I hereto on May 1, 2050 and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 3.800% per annum from and including April 13, 2020, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2020 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

 

 

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which will be the April 15 and October 15 (whether or not such date is a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) 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 the Holders not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to the Indenture (initially the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California (the “Corporate Trust Office”)), 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; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register. Payments of principal and interest at maturity will be made against presentation of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office (or such other office as may be established pursuant to the Indenture), by check or wire transfer.

 

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

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an authenticating agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of two of its Officers.

 

Date: April 13, 2020

 

  KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Global Note 

 

 

 

 

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

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

 

Dated: April 13, 2020

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
    as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Officer

 

Signature Page to Global Note

 

 

 

 

(Reverse of Note)

 

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.

 

3.800% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2050

 

 

1. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “Notes”) limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), and the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2020 (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as so supplemented and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”), between the Company, the guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof and interest thereon (including post-default interest), will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

 

2. The Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time prior to November 1, 2049, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and

 

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points,

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

The Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time on or after November 1, 2049, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

 

 

 

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest of such Notes that would be due if such Notes matured on November 1, 2049.

 

Treasury Rate” means the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent) of the yields displayed for each of the five most recent days published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming such Notes mature on the Par Call Date) as of the date of redemption. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life to maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such remaining life to maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. The Treasury Rate will be calculated by the Company on the third business day preceding the date the applicable notice of redemption is given and the Company will, prior to the date the applicable notice of redemption is given, provide written notice executed by an officer of the Company of the Treasury Rate to the Trustee, including the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. For the purpose of calculating the Treasury Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of calculation of the Treasury Rate shall be used.

 

Any notice to Holders of Notes of a redemption pursuant to this paragraph 2 hereof will include, among other things set forth in the Indenture, the redemption date, the redemption price, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, and conditions applicable to redemption and the name and address of the Paying Agent.

3. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The Change of Control Offer will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

4. The payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, if any, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

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

 

 

 

 

6. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note 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 Note.

 

7. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

8. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

9. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

 

 

 

11. Prior to the due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

12. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be payable to and excluding any Interest Payment Date.

 

13. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver and release may not be effective to waive or release liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

15. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUT (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. Each Holder of this Note covenants and agrees by such Holder’s acceptance thereof to comply with and be bound by the foregoing provisions.

 

18. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

19. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

   

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

______________________________________

 

______________________________________

 

______________________________________

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ___________________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: __________________________

 

Signature: ____________________________

 

NOTICE:   THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

 

The following increases or decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of
Exchange
  Amount of Decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
  Amount of Increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
  Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
Decrease or Increase
  Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

April 13, 2020

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

53 South Avenue

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

 

Re: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have served as special New Jersey counsel to Bai Brands LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “New Jersey Guarantor”), in connection with the issuance and sale by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (the “Company”) of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes Due 2030 (the “2030 Notes“) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”), covered by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233477) and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (File No. 333-233506) (together, the “Registration Statement”), including the prospectus, dated August 27, 2019 and the prospectus supplement constituting a part thereof, dated April 7, 2020, and the final prospectus supplement, dated April 7, 2020 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”). We have represented the New Jersey Guarantor in connection with certain transactions on matters relating to New Jersey limited liability company law, but do not generally represent the New Jersey Guarantor nor act as its regular outside counsel.

 

The Notes were issued under the Company’s Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company (or its corporate predecessor) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), supplemented from time to time thereafter, including by the tenth supplemental indenture, dated as of April 13, 2020, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors (defined below) and the Trustee (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes were sold by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2020, among the Underwriters named therein, the Company and the subsidiary guarantors named therein (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), including the New Jersey Guarantor. The Notes provide that they are fully guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors. For purposes of our opinions set forth herein, we have assumed, with your consent and without investigation, the correctness and accuracy of the opinions, dated this same date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In connection with rendering the opinions contained in this letter, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, agreements, certificates of public officials and other instruments and reviewed such questions of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the opinions contained in this letter, including the following documents:

 

(a) the Registration Statement and Prospectus;

 

(b) the Indenture (including the Guarantees contained therein) and Notes;

 

(c) the certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated as of even date herewith (the “Secretary’s Certificate”);

 

(d) the Certificate of Formation of the New Jersey Guarantor filed in the office of the Department of the Treasury of the State of New Jersey, or its predecessor office (the “Filing Office”), on the date set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate, together with all amendments to the Certificate of Formation, in each case as certified by the Filing Office;

 

(e) the Seventh Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the New Jersey Guarantor;

 

(f) the unanimous written consent of the sole member of the New Jersey Guarantor to the transactions that are the subject of the opinions contained in this letter; and

 

(g) a certificate of good standing respecting the New Jersey Guarantor issued by the New Jersey State Treasurer on the date set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate (the “Good Standing Certificate”).

 

We have also examined such entity records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

Upon the basis of such examination and subject to each of the qualifications referred to herein, we advise you that, in our opinion:

 

1. The New Jersey Guarantor is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey.

 

2. The New Jersey Guarantor has the requisite limited liability company power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and has taken all limited liability company action necessary to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture.

 

3. The Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the New Jersey Guarantor.

 

 

 

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This opinion letter is based upon the customary practice of lawyers who regularly give, and lawyers who regularly advise recipients regarding, opinions of the kind rendered in this opinion letter. The opinions expressed herein are subject to the assumptions, exceptions, limitations, qualifications and comments set forth herein.

 

The opinions expressed herein relate only to laws that are specifically referred to in this letter and to which, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Indenture and Notes. We have not undertaken any research for purposes of determining whether any parties to any agreement or any of the transactions that may occur in connection with the Indenture and Notes are subject to any law or other governmental requirement that is not generally applicable to transactions of the type provided for in the Indenture and Notes.

 

We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (whether or not certified, and including facsimiles), and the authenticity of such latter documents. We have also assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and that the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter have the meanings contained in the Prospectus.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth in Paragraph 1 above as to the good standing of the New Jersey Guarantor, we have relied exclusively on the Good Standing Certificate and our opinion in that Paragraph is given solely as of the date and time of such certificate.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth in Paragraph 2 above as to the execution of the Indenture, we have relied solely on the Secretary’s Certificate and certain other certificates delivered to us by officers of the New Jersey Guarantor.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth in Paragraph 3 above as to the delivery by the New Jersey Guarantor of the Indenture, we have assumed with your permission that (a) the laws governing such delivery if other than New Jersey law are substantially similar to the laws of the State of New Jersey and (b) electronic transmission of the Indenture has been authorized by the parties to the Indenture for purposes of delivery.

 

We are members of the Bar of the State of New Jersey and we do not express any opinion herein governing any law other than the law of the State of New Jersey nor with respect to choice of laws. This letter speaks as of its date, and we undertake no (and hereby disclaim any) obligation to update this letter.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name, as counsel, therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit that we belong to the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Lowenstein Sandler LLP
  LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP

 

 

 

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Exhibit 5.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llp 

 

One Manhattan West

New York, NY 10001

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www.skadden.com

 

 

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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
53 South Avenue

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

 

Re: Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special United States counsel to Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.800% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes,” and together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”) to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the tenth supplemental indenture dated as of April 13, 2020 among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and the Trustee (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes will be guaranteed by the parties designated in the table on Schedule I hereto as “Opinion Party Guarantors” (the “Opinion Party Guarantors”) and the party listed on Schedule II hereto as “Non-Opinion Party Guarantor” (the “Non-Opinion Party Guarantor,” and together with the Opinion Party Guarantors, the “Guarantors”). The Notes and the Guarantees (as defined below) are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

 

 

 

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April 13, 2020
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This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

 

In rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following:

 

(a)               the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233477) of the Company relating to the debt securities and other securities of the Company and guarantees of the Guarantors filed on August 27, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”) and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (File No. 333-233506) thereto filed with the Commission on August 29, 2019, including information deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations (such registration statement, as so amended, being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”);

 

(b)               the prospectus, dated August 27, 2019 (the “Base Prospectus”), which forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement;

 

(c)               the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 7, 2020 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), relating to the offering of the Securities, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

 

(d)               the prospectus supplement, dated April 7, 2020 (together with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus"), relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

 

(e)               an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, dated April 7, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and BofA Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the sale by the Company and the Guarantors to the Underwriters of the Securities;

 

(f)                the global certificates evidencing the Notes, executed by the Company and registered in the name of Cede & Co. (the “Note Certificates”), delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication and delivery;

 

(g)               an executed copy of the Base Indenture, including Article 10 of the Base Indenture and Article 6 of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, containing the guaranty obligations of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”);

 

 

 

 

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(h)               an executed copy of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture;

 

(i)                 an executed copy of a certificate of Ozan Dokmecioglu, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the date hereof, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Officer’s Certificate”);

 

(j)                 an executed copy of a certificate of James L. Baldwin, Jr., Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”)

 

(k)               copies of each Delaware Opinion Party’s (as defined below) Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Formation, as applicable, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of March 30, 2020, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(l)                 a copy of the Texas Opinion Party’s (as defined below) Articles of Incorporation, certified by the Texas Secretary of State as of March 30, 2020, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(m)             copies of the bylaws, operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, of each Opinion Party (as defined below), certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(n)               a copy of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of May 6, 2008, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(o)               copies of the bylaws, as amended and in effect as of July 14, 2009 of the Company, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(p)               copies of certain resolutions or other actions by written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on December 14, 2009 and April 2, 2020, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; and

 

(q)               copies of certain resolutions or other actions by written consent of the Board of Directors or Board of Managers, as applicable, of each Opinion Party Guarantor, adopted on April 6, 2020, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate.

 

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and the Guarantors and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and others and of public officials, including those in the Secretary’s Certificate and the factual representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

 

 

 

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We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of New York, (ii) the federal laws of the United States of America, (iii) with respect to the Delaware Opinion Parties, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”) and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (“DRULPA”), as applicable, and (iv) with respect to the Texas Opinion Party, the Texas For-Profit Corporation Law (the “TFPCL”) (all of the foregoing being referred to as “Opined on Law”).

 

As used herein, (i) “Delaware Opinion Party Guarantors” means the entities listed and identified as such on Schedule I hereto; (ii) “Delaware Opinion Parties” means the Company and each of the Delaware Opinion Party Guarantors; (iii) “Texas Opinion Party” means the entity listed identified as such on Schedule I hereto; (iv) “Opinion Parties” means the Company and the Opinion Party Guarantors; (v) “LLC Covered Opinion Party” means each Delaware Opinion Party identified as a limited liability company in Schedule I hereto; (vi) “LLP Covered Opinion Party” means each Delaware Opinion party identified as a limited liability partnership in Schedule I hereto; and (vii) “Transaction Documents” means the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Note Certificates.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.                  The Notes have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and duly executed by the Company under the DGCL, and when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York.

 

2.                  The Guarantees of each Opinion Party Guarantor have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of such Opinion Party Guarantor under the DGCL, the DLLCA, DRULPA or the TFPCL, as applicable, and, when the Notes are issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, each Guarantee will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the applicable Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms under the laws of the State of New York.

 

The opinions stated herein are subject to the following qualifications:

 

(a)               we do not express any opinion with respect to the effect on the opinions stated herein of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and the opinions stated herein are limited by such laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);

 

 

 

 

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(b)               we do not express any opinion with respect to the effect on the opinions stated herein of (i) the compliance or non-compliance of any party to any of the Transaction Documents with any laws, rules or regulations applicable to such party or (ii) the legal status or legal capacity of any party to any of the Transaction Documents;

 

(c)               we do not express any opinion with respect to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to any party to any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any such party or any of its affiliates as a result of the specific assets or business operations of such party or such affiliates;

 

(d)               we do not express any opinion with respect to any securities, antifraud, consumer credit, debt collection, privacy, derivatives or commodities laws, rules or regulations, Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or laws, rules or regulations relating to national security;

 

(e)               except to the extent expressly stated in the opinions contained herein, we have assumed that each of the Transaction Documents constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each party to such Transaction Document, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;

 

(f)               the opinions stated herein are limited to the agreements and documents specifically identified in the opinions contained herein without regard to any agreement or other document referenced in such agreement or document (including agreements or other documents incorporated by reference or attached or annexed thereto);

 

(g)                we do not express any opinion whether the execution or delivery of any Transaction Document by any Opinion Party, or the performance by any Opinion Party of its obligations under any Transaction Document to which such Opinion Party is a party will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any covenant, restriction or provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or results of operations of any Opinion Party or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(h)               we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision contained in any Transaction Document relating to any indemnification, contribution, non-reliance, exculpation, release, limitation or exclusion of remedies, waiver or other provisions having similar effect that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, or to the extent any such provision purports to, or has the effect of, waiving or altering any statute of limitations;

 

(i)               to the extent that any opinion relates to the enforceability of the choice of New York law and choice of New York forum provisions contained in any Transaction Document, the opinions stated herein are subject to the qualification that such enforceability may be subject to, in each case, (i) the exceptions and limitations in New York General Obligations Law sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 and (ii) principles of comity and constitutionality;

 

 

 

 

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(j)                 we call to your attention that irrespective of the agreement of the parties to any Transaction Document, a court may decline to hear a case on grounds of forum non conveniens or other doctrine limiting the availability of such court as a forum for resolution of disputes; in addition, we call to your attention that we do not express any opinion with respect to the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts of the United States of America in any action arising out of or relating to any Transaction Document;

 

(k)                 we have assumed that subsequent to the effectiveness of the Base Indenture and immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture has not been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in any way that affects or relates to the Securities;

 

(l)               we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of Article 10 of the Base Indenture or Article 6 of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, to the extent that such section provides that the obligations of the Guarantors of their Guarantees are absolute and unconditional irrespective of the enforceability or genuineness of the Indenture or the effect thereof on the opinions herein stated; and

 

(m)                 we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of the provisions contained in Article 10 of the Base Indenture or Article 6 of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, to the extent that such provisions limit the obligation of the Guarantors of their Guarantees under the Indenture or any right of contribution of any party with respect to the Guarantees.

 

In addition, in rendering the foregoing opinions we have assumed that, at all applicable times:

 

(a)               the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor (i) was duly formed and was validly existing and in good standing, (ii) had requisite legal status and legal capacity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and (iii) has complied and will comply with all aspects of the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and the performance of its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor is a party;

 

(b)               the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor had the limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform all its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor is a party;

 

(c)               each of the Transaction Documents to which the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor is a party had been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all requisite limited liability company action on the part of the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor;

 

 

 

 

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(d)               neither the execution and delivery by each Opinion Party and the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor of the Transaction Documents to which each Opinion Party or the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor is a party nor the performance by each Opinion Party and the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Securities: (i) conflicted or will conflict with the articles or certificates of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement, as applicable, or any other comparable organizational document of each Opinion Party or the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor, (ii) constituted or will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any lease, indenture, instrument or other agreement to which each Opinion Party or the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (ii) with respect to those agreements or instruments which are listed in Part II of the Registration Statement or each Opinion Party’s Annual Report on Form 10-K), (iii) contravened or will contravene any order or decree of any governmental authority to which each Opinion Party or the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor or its property is subject, or (iv) violated or will violate any law, rule or regulation to which each Opinion Party or the Non-Opinion Party Guarantor or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (iv) with respect to the Opined-on Law); and

 

(e)               neither the execution and delivery by the Company or any Guarantor of the Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor is a party nor the performance by the Company and such Guarantor of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Securities, required or will require the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction.

 

(f)                the limited liability company agreement of each LLC Covered Opinion Party identified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto is the only limited liability company agreement, as defined under the DLLCA, of such LLC Covered Opinion Party; each LLC Covered Opinion Party has, and since the time of its formation has had, at least one validly admitted and existing member of such LLC Covered Opinion Party and (i) no procedures have been instituted for, and no other event has occurred, including, without limitation, any action taken by any LLC Covered Opinion Party or their respective Board of Managers, Sole/Managing Member, or members, as applicable, that would result in, the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such LLC Covered Opinion Party, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of any LLC Covered Opinion Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and each LLC Covered Opinion Party has taken all actions required by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of any LLC Covered Opinion Party’s certificate of formation; and

 

(g)               the limited liability partnership agreement of the LLP Covered Opinion Party identified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto is the only partnership agreement, as defined under DRULPA, of such LLP Covered Opinion Party and that the Partnership has, and since the time of its formation has had, at least one validly admitted and existing limited partner of the Partnership and (i) no procedures have been instituted for, and no other event has occurred, including, without limitation, any action taken by the LLP Covered Opinion Party or its General Partner or partners, that would result in the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such LLP Covered Opinion Party, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the LLP Covered Opinion Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and the LLP Covered Opinion Party has taken all actions required by the laws of its jurisdiction of formation to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the LLP Covered Opinion Party’s certificate of limited partnership.

 

 

 

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
April 13, 2020
Page 8

 

We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. We also hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
   
   
LBK   

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

Opinion Party Guarantors

 

Delaware Opinion Party Guarantors

 

Name Jurisdiction/Entity
234DP Aviation, LLC Delaware/Limited Liability Company
A&W Concentrate Company Delaware/Corporation
Beverages Delaware Inc. Delaware/Corporation
DP Beverages Inc. Delaware/Corporation
DPS Americas Beverages, LLC Delaware/Limited Liability Company
DPS Beverages, Inc. Delaware/Corporation
DPS Holdings Inc. Delaware/Corporation
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Manufacturing Company Delaware/Corporation
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. Delaware/Corporation
Mott’s Delaware LLC Delaware/Limited Liability Company
Mott’s LLP Delaware/Limited Liability Partnership
Nantucket Allserve, LLC Delaware/Limited Liability Company
Snapple Beverage Corp. Delaware/Corporation
Splash Transport, Inc. Delaware/Corporation
The American Bottling Company Delaware/Corporation

 

Texas Opinion Party

 

Name Jurisdiction/Entity
Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Beverage Sales Company Texas/Corporation

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

Non-Opinion Party Guarantor

 

Name Jurisdiction/Entity
Bai Brands LLC New Jersey/Limited Liability Company

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Officer’s Certificate

 

(attached)

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Keurig Dr Pepper Announces Closing of its Successful Senior Notes Offering

 

BURLINGTON, MA, and PLANO, TX, April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE: KDP) announced today that it has closed its previously-announced $1.5 billion public offering of senior notes (the “Notes”), in a transaction that was nearly 10x oversubscribed. The offering consists of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.20% senior notes due 2030 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.80% senior notes due 2050.

 

Commenting on the announcement, KDP Chief Financial Officer Ozan Dokmecioglu stated, “We are very pleased with the execution of this offering and the continued strong support we receive from the banking community. This proactive refinancing extends our maturities and increases our liquidity to a level that we believe enables us to more than meet our commitments, even in a prolonged downturn, as we continue to exercise financial discipline and ensure the long-term financial health of KDP.”

 

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $1,481 million (after underwriting discounts and offering expenses). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay approximately $1,000 million of its outstanding borrowings under its 2018 credit agreement and the remainder to repay its outstanding commercial paper notes. The remaining net proceeds, if any, will be used to fund costs of the offering and for other general corporate purposes.

 

The Notes are the unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”) and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee any of its other indebtedness (each a “Subsidiary Guarantee”). Each such Subsidiary Guarantee is an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Subsidiary Guarantor providing such Subsidiary Guarantee and ranks equally in right of payment which such Subsidiary Guarantor’s current and future unsubordinated indebtedness.

 

BofA Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the notes offering.

 

The offering of the notes is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. Copies may be obtained from: BofA Securities, Inc., 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: 1-800-294-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; and from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attn: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, telephone: (212) 834-4533. An effective registration statement is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and a copy of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement is also be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

 

About Keurig Dr Pepper

 

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue in excess of $11 billion and 25,000+ employees. KDP holds leadership positions in soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company's portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands is designed to satisfy virtually any consumer need, any time, and includes Keurig®, Dr Pepper®, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®, Canada Dry®, Snapple®, Bai®, Mott's®, CORE® and The Original Donut Shop®. Through its powerful sales and distribution network, KDP can deliver its portfolio of hot and cold beverages to nearly every point of purchase for consumers. The Company is committed to sourcing, producing and distributing its beverages responsibly through its Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform, including efforts around circular packaging, efficient natural resource use and supply chain sustainability.

 

Forward-Looking Statements


Certain statements contained herein are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “might,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” “potential,” “believe,” “expect,” “continue,” “will,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” and “would,” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words or phrases of a future or forward-looking nature. These forward-looking statements have been based on the Company’s current views with respect to future events and the timing of this notes offering. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including prevailing market conditions, as well as other factors. All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements represent the Company’s estimates and assumptions only as of the date that they were made. The Company does not undertake any duty to update the forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this release, except to the extent required by applicable law.

 

 

Contact information

 

Investors:
Tyson Seely
(781) 418-3352
tyson.seely@kdrp.com

 

Steve Alexander
(972) 673-6769
steve.alexander@kdrp.com

 

Media: 
Katie Gilroy
(781) 418-3345
katie.gilroy@kdrp.com