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): May 3, 2012

 

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-14829   84-0178360

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1225 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, Colorado 80202

1555 Notre Dame Street East, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2L 2R5

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(303) 927-2337 / (514) 521-1786

(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)

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The disclosure under Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Termination of 364-Day Bridge Loan Agreement and Bridge Loan Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement

As previously disclosed, on April 3, 2012, Molson Coors Brewing Company (the “ Company ”) entered into a 364-Day Bridge Loan Agreement (the “ Bridge Loan Agreement ”) by and among the Company, the Lenders party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent. The Bridge Loan Agreement provided for a 364-day bridge loan facility of US$1,900,000,000. In connection with the Bridge Loan Agreement, the Company, Coors Brewing Company (“ CBC ”), MC Holding Company LLC (“ MC Holding ”), CBC Holdco LLC (“ CBC Holdco ”), CBC Holdco 2 LLC (“ CBC Holdco 2 ”), Newco3, Inc. (“ Newco ”), Molson Coors International LP (“ MCI LP ”), Coors International Holdco, ULC (“ Coors Holdco ”), Molson Canada 2005 (“ MC 2005 ”), Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC (“ MC Capital Finance ”), Molson Coors International General, ULC (“ International General ”) and Molson Coors Callco ULC (“ Callco ”) entered into a Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement dated April 3, 2012 (the “ Bridge Loan Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement ”) pursuant to which CBC, MC Holding, CBC Holdco, CBC Holdco 2, Newco, MCI LP, Coors Holdco, MC 2005, MC Capital Finance, International General and Callco (the “ Bridge Loan Guarantors ”) agreed to guarantee, jointly and severally, the payment when and as due of the obligations of the Company under the Bridge Loan Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Bridge Loan Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement. On May 3, 2012, after the issuance of the Notes described in the disclosure under Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company terminated the Bridge Loan Agreement and the Company and the Bridge Loan Guarantors terminated the associated Bridge Loan Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement. The Company has not borrowed any amounts under the Bridge Loan Agreement, and no payments will become due as a result of such termination.

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

Sale of Notes in Aggregate Principal Amount of $1,900,000,000

On May 3, 2012, the Company completed its previously announced offering of (i) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2017 (the “ 2017 Notes ”), (ii) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Senior Notes due May 1, 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ”) and (iii) $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2042 (the “ 2042 Notes ” and, collectively with the 2017 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of May 3, 2012, between the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as supplemented, the “ Indenture ”) for the benefit of the holders of each Note. The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration statement filed on April 26, 2012 on Form S-3, File No. 330-180955. A copy of the press release of the Company announcing the issuance of the Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes bear interest at the applicable rate per annum listed in the description of each series of Notes above, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2012. The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a full and unconditional senior unsecured basis initially by CBC, MC Holding, CBC Holdco, CBC Holdco 2, Newco, MCI LP, Coors Holdco, MC 2005, MC Capital Finance, International General, Callco, Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited (“ MCBC UK ”), Molson Coors Holdings Limited (“ Holdings Limited ”) and Golden Acquisition (“ Golden ”) and, upon consummation of the Acquisition, Molson Coors Holdco Inc. (all of which are wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company) (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”).


The net proceeds from the offering (before expenses) were approximately $1.88 billion. As previously disclosed, the Company intends to use all of the net proceeds of the offering as partial consideration for the purchase by Molson Coors Holdco—2 Inc. (the “ Purchaser ”) of all of the issued share capital of Starbev Holdings S.à r.l. from Starbev L.P. (the “ Seller ”) pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement (the “ SPA ”) entered into by the Company, the Purchaser and the Seller on April 3, 2012 (such acquisition, the “ Acquisition ”). Prior to the closing of the Acquisition, the Company intends to invest the net proceeds from the offering in U.S. government securities, short-term certificates of deposit, money market funds or other short-term interest bearing investments or demand deposit accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The net proceeds from the offering will not be deposited into an escrow account and holders of the Notes will not receive a security interest in any such proceeds.

The Indenture provides, among other things, that the Notes are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the series of Notes being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the applicable treasury rate plus (i) 20 basis points in the case of the 2017 Notes, (ii) 25 basis points in the case of the 2022 Notes and (iii) 30 basis points in the case of the 2042 Notes, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.

If the Company does not complete the Acquisition on or prior to November 2, 2012, or if, prior to such date, the SPA is terminated, the Company will be obligated to redeem all of the Notes at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. Upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event specified in the Indenture, the Company must offer to purchase the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

The terms of the Indenture will, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to (i) incur additional secured indebtedness, (ii) enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions and (iii) merge, sell, convey, transfer or lease substantially all of their assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), which include nonpayment, breach of covenants in the Indenture, payment defaults or acceleration of other indebtedness and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or holders of at least 25% in principal amount outstanding of the applicable series of Notes may declare the principal and the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of such series of Notes to be due and payable. These events of default are subject to a number of important qualifications, limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

The Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of May 3, 2012, between the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively. The foregoing description of the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual agreements. The Forms of the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively.

Additional Subsidiary Guarantors

As of May 3, 2012, MCBC UK, Holdings Limited and Golden were added as additional subsidiary guarantors under each of the (i) Term Loan Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2012, by and among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, (ii) Credit Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2012, by and among the Company, MCBC UK, MC 2005, Molson Coors Canada Inc. and MCI LP, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent, (iii) Credit Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2011, by and among the Company, MCBC UK, MC 2005, Molson Coors Canada Inc. and MCI LP, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent, and Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-Dominion Bank as Issuing Bank, (iv) 6  3 / 8 % Notes due 2012 guaranteed by the Company, (v) 5.00% Senior Notes due 2015 guaranteed by the Company, (vi) 2.5% Convertible Notes due 2013 issued by the Company and (vii) 3.95% Series A Notes due 2017.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number    Description
4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee
4.3    Form of 2.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2017 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.4    Form of 3.500% Senior Notes due May 1, 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.5    Form of 5.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2042 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
5.1    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
5.2    Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
5.3    Opinion of Cox & Palmer
5.4    Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP
5.5    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis Hong Kong
99.1    Press Release of Molson Coors Brewing Company, dated May 3, 2012

 

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SIGNATURES

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

Date: May 3, 2012

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
By:   /s/ Samuel D. Walker
  Samuel D. Walker
  Global Chief Legal & People Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee
4.3    Form of 2.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2017 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.4    Form of 3.500% Senior Notes due May 1, 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.5    Form of 5.000% Senior Notes due May 1, 2042 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
5.1    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
5.2    Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
5.3    Opinion of Cox & Palmer
5.4    Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP
5.5    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis Hong Kong
99.1    Press Release of Molson Coors Brewing Company, dated May 3, 2012

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, as Issuer

and

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN, as Guarantors

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 3, 2012

 

 

DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS *

 

     PAGE  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     1   

Section 1.1 Definitions

     2   

ARTICLE II FORMS OF SECURITIES

     12   

Section 2.1 Terms of the Securities

     12   

Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

     12   

Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent

     13   

ARTICLE III THE DEBT SECURITIES

     13   

Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

     13   

Section 3.2 Denominations

     16   

Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

     16   

Section 3.4 Temporary Securities

     18   

Section 3.5 Registrar

     19   

Section 3.6 Transfer and Exchange

     20   

Section 3.7 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

     24   

Section 3.8 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

     24   

Section 3.9 Cancellation

     25   

Section 3.10 Computation of Interest

     26   

Section 3.11 Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities

     26   

Section 3.12 Judgments

     26   

Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers

     27   

ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     27   

Section 4.1 Applicability of Right of Redemption

     27   

Section 4.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed

     27   

Section 4.3 Notice of Redemption

     28   

Section 4.4 Deposit of Redemption Price

     29   

Section 4.5 Securities Payable on Redemption Date

     29   

Section 4.6 Securities Redeemed in Part

     29   

ARTICLE V SINKING FUNDS

     30   

Section 5.1 Applicability of Sinking Fund

     30   

Section 5.2 Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation

     30   

Section 5.3 Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price

     30   

 

*  

The Table of Contents is not part of the Indenture.

 

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Section 5.4 Application of Sinking Fund Payment

     31   

ARTICLE VI PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     32   

Section 6.1 Payments of Securities

     32   

Section 6.2 Paying Agent

     32   

Section 6.3 To Hold Payment in Trust

     32   

Section 6.4 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

     34   

Section 6.5 Compliance Certificate

     35   

Section 6.6 Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities

     35   

Section 6.7 Statement by Officers as to Default

     36   

Section 6.8 Future Guarantors

     36   

ARTICLE VII REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

     36   

Section 7.1 Events of Default

     36   

Section 7.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment

     38   

Section 7.3 Other Remedies

     39   

Section 7.4 Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact

     40   

Section 7.5 Priorities

     40   

Section 7.6 Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults

     41   

Section 7.7 Limitation on Suits

     41   

Section 7.8 Undertaking for Costs

     42   

Section 7.9 Remedies Cumulative

     42   

ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     43   

Section 8.1 Evidence of Action of Securityholders

     43   

Section 8.2 Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities

     43   

Section 8.3 Persons Deemed Owners

     44   

Section 8.4 Effect of Consents

     44   

ARTICLE IX SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

     44   

Section 9.1 Purposes of Meetings

     44   

Section 9.2 Call of Meetings by Trustee

     45   

Section 9.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders

     45   

Section 9.4 Qualifications for Voting

     45   

Section 9.5 Regulation of Meetings

     45   

Section 9.6 Voting

     46   

Section 9.7 No Delay of Rights by Meeting

     46   

ARTICLE X REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS

     47   

Section 10.1 Reports by Trustee

     47   

Section 10.2 Reports by the Company

     47   

Section 10.3 Securityholders’ Lists

     47   

 

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ARTICLE XI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     48   

Section 11.1 Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity

     48   

Section 11.2 Duties of Trustee

     51   

Section 11.3 Notice of Defaults

     52   

Section 11.4 Eligibility; Disqualification

     53   

Section 11.5 Registration and Notice; Removal

     53   

Section 11.6 Successor Trustee by Appointment

     54   

Section 11.7 Successor Trustee by Merger

     56   

Section 11.8 Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate

     56   

Section 11.9 Appointment of Authenticating Agent

     56   

Section 11.10 Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders

     57   

Section 11.11 The Agents

     57   

ARTICLE XII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

     58   

Section 12.1 Applicability of Article

     58   

Section 12.2 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     58   

Section 12.3 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     59   

Section 12.4 Repayment to Company

     60   

Section 12.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations

     61   

Section 12.6 Deposits to Be Held in Escrow

     61   

Section 12.7 Application of Trust Money

     61   

Section 12.8 Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies

     62   

Section 12.9 Reinstatement

     62   

ARTICLE XIII IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS

     62   

Section 13.1 No Personal Liability

     62   

ARTICLE XIV SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     63   

Section 14.1 Without Consent of Securityholders

     63   

Section 14.2 With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations

     65   

Section 14.3 Trustee Protected

     66   

Section 14.4 Effect of Execution of Supplemental Indenture

     66   

Section 14.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities

     67   

Section 14.6 Conformity with TIA

     67   

ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

     67   

Section 15.1 Agreement to Subordinate

     67   

Section 15.2 Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities

     67   

Section 15.3 No Payment on Securities in Event of Default on Senior Debt

     69   

Section 15.4 Payments on Securities Permitted

     69   

 

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Section 15.5 Authorization of Securityholders to Trustee to Effect Subordination

     69   

Section 15.6 Notices to Trustee

     70   

Section 15.7 Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt

     70   

Section 15.8 Modifications of Terms of Senior Debt

     70   

Section 15.9 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent

     71   

Section 15.10 Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

     71   

Section 15.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt

     71   

ARTICLE XVI GUARANTEES

     71   

Section 16.1 Guarantees

     71   

Section 16.2 Execution and Delivery

     73   

Section 16.3 Limitation on Liability

     74   

Section 16.4 Successors and Assigns

     74   

Section 16.5 No Waiver

     74   

Section 16.6 Modification

     74   

Section 16.7 Release of Guarantor

     74   

Section 16.8 Contribution

     75   

ARTICLE XVII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     75   

Section 17.1 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent

     75   

Section 17.2 Trust Indenture Act Controls

     76   

Section 17.3 Notices to the Company, Guarantors and Trustee

     76   

Section 17.4 Notices to Securityholders; Waiver

     77   

Section 17.5 Legal Holiday

     77   

Section 17.6 Effects of Headings and Table of Contents

     78   

Section 17.7 Successors and Assigns

     78   

Section 17.8 Separability Clause

     78   

Section 17.9 Benefits of Indenture

     78   

Section 17.10 Counterparts Originals

     78   

Section 17.11 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury

     78   

Section 17.12 Force Majeure

     78   

Section 17.13 USA Patriot Act

     78   

 

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INDENTURE dated as of May 3, 2012 among MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); and MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL LP, a Delaware limited partnership, MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, COORS INTERNATIONAL HOLDCO, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON COORS CALLCO ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON CANADA 2005, an Ontario partnership, COORS BREWING COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, CBC HOLDCO LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, MC HOLDING COMPANY LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, NEWCO3, INC., a Colorado corporation, MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, an English private limited company, MOLSON COORS HOLDINGS LIMITED, an English private limited company, and GOLDEN ACQUISITION, an English private unlimited company (collectively, the “Initial Guarantors”); and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company and the Initial Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) and the related guarantees in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof for the equal and proportionate benefit of all of the present and future Holders of the Securities, each party agrees and covenants as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

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

(b) references to “Article” or “Section” or other subdivision herein are references to an Article, Section or other subdivision of the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires.


Section 1.1 Definitions .

(a) Unless otherwise defined in this Indenture or the context otherwise requires, all terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.1(b) shall for all purposes of this Indenture have the meanings hereinafter set forth, the following definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of any of the terms herein defined:

Additional Debt:

The term “Additional Debt” shall mean any senior unsecured debt issued by the Company in future capital markets transactions.

Affiliate:

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

Agent:

The term “Agent” shall mean any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and the Registrar and their permitted successors and assigns.

Authenticating Agent:

The term “Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.9.

Board of Directors:

The term “Board of Directors” shall mean either the board of directors of the Company or the executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect hereof.

Board Resolution:

The term “Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution or resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a committee of the Board of Directors to the extent that any such other committee has been authorized by the Board of Directors to establish or approve the matters contemplated) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Business Day:

The term “Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Capital Stock:

The term “Capital Stock,” with respect to any specified Person, shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations, units or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such specified Person, including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Code:

The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the date hereof.

Company:

The term “Company” shall mean the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

Company Order:

The term “Company Order” shall mean a written order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

Corporate Trust Office:

The term “Corporate Trust Office,” or other similar term, shall mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 60 Wall Street, Mailstop NYC60-2710, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Trust & Agency Services, Corporates Team Deal Manager—Molson, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust officer of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Currency:

The term “Currency” shall mean U.S. Dollars or Foreign Currency.

 

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Debt:

The term “Debt,” with respect to any Person, shall mean:

(a) indebtedness for money borrowed of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred; and

(b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable.

The amount of indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the amount of any contingent obligation at such date that would be classified as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that in the case of indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time

Default:

The term “Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.3.

Defaulted Interest:

The term “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.8(b).

Depositary:

The term “Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

Designated Currency:

The term “Designated Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

Discharged:

The term “Discharged” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.3.

Event of Default:

The term “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1.

Exchange Act:

The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Exchange Rate:

The term “Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1.

Existing Notes:

The term “Existing Notes” shall mean the 6.375% Notes due 2012 guaranteed by the Company, the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2015 guaranteed by the Company, the 2.5% Convertible Notes due 2013 issued by the Company and the 3.95% Series A Notes due 2017 guaranteed by the Company.

Floating Rate Security:

The term “Floating Rate Security” shall mean a Security that provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

Foreign Currency:

The term “Foreign Currency” shall mean a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency, the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

GAAP:

The term “GAAP,” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder, shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the Issue Date. At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards accounting principles as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS on the date of such election; provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Company’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP.

Global Security:

The term “Global Security” shall mean any Security that evidences all or part of a series of Securities, issued in fully-registered certificated form to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 3.3 and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 3.3(f).

Guarantee:

The term “Guarantee” shall mean any guarantee by a Guarantor of the Company’s obligations with respect to any series of Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

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Guaranteed Obligations:

The term “Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 16.1.

Guarantors:

The term “Guarantors” shall mean (a) Molson Coors International LP, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, Molson Coors International General, ULC, Coors International Holdco, ULC, Molson Coors Callco ULC, Molson Canada 2005, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited and Golden Acquisition, and (b) each of the Company’s future Subsidiaries to the extent designated in accordance with Section 3.1(m) as a “ Guarantor ” for a particular series of Securities, until, in each case, such entity is released as a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Holder; Holder of Securities:

The terms “Holder” and “Holder of Securities” are defined under “Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder.”

Indenture:

The term “Indenture” or “this Indenture” shall mean this instrument and all indentures supplemental hereto.

Individual Securities:

The term “Individual Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.1(p).

Interest:

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

Interest Payment Date:

The term “Interest Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

Issue Date:

The term “Issue Date” shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities, the date on which the initial Securities of such series are first issued.

Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment:

The term “Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.1(b).

 

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Maturity:

The term “Maturity,” with respect to any Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security shall become due and payable as therein and herein provided, whether by declaration, call for redemption or otherwise.

Members:

The term “Members” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.3(h).

Officer’s Certificate:

The term “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.1 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

Opinion of Counsel:

The term “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, or may be other counsel that meets the requirements provided for in Section 17.1, provided in each case such individual is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Optional Sinking Fund Payment:

The term “Optional Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.1(b).

Original Issue Discount Security:

The term “Original Issue Discount Security” shall mean any Security that is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder and any other Security designated by the Company as issued with original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes.

Outstanding:

The term “Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, shall mean, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Securities or portions thereof for which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other

 

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than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities or Securities as to which the Company’s obligations have been Discharged; provided, however, that if such Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

(c) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 3.7(b) or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities of a series Outstanding have performed any action hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such action, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a series have performed any action hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.11(b).

Paying Agent:

The term “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.2(a). The Trustee shall initially be appointed as the Paying Agent.

Person:

The term “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Place of Payment:

The term “Place of Payment” shall mean, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

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Predecessor Security:

The term “Predecessor Security” shall mean, with respect to any Security, every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

Record Date:

The term “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, the close of business on any date specified in such Security for the payment of interest pursuant to Section 3.1.

Redemption Date:

The term “Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture and the terms of such Security, which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, shall be an Interest Payment Date only.

Redemption Price:

The term “Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, shall mean the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Security and this Indenture.

Register:

The term “Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.5(a).

Registrar:

The term “Registrar” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.5(a). The Trustee shall initially be appointed as the Registrar.

Responsible Officers:

The term “Responsible Officers” of the Trustee hereunder shall mean any officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

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SEC:

The term “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as constituted from time to time.

Security:

The term “Security” or “Securities” shall have the meaning stated in the recitals and shall more particularly mean one or more of the Securities duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Security Custodian:

The term “Security Custodian” shall mean the custodian with respect to any Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Paying Agent.

Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder:

The term “Securityholder” or “Holder of Securities” or “Holder” shall mean the Person in whose name Securities shall be registered in the Register kept for that purpose hereunder.

Senior Debt:

The term “Senior Debt,” with respect to any Person, shall mean Debt of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Securities of any series; provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not include (1) any Debt of such Person owing to any Affiliate of the Company; or (2) any Debt of such Person (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt of such Person. For purposes of the foregoing and the definition of “Senior Debt,” the phrase “subordinate in right of payment” means debt subordination only and not lien subordination, and accordingly, (i) unsecured debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate in right of payment to secured debt merely by virtue of the fact that it is unsecured, and (ii) junior liens, second liens and other contractual arrangements that provide for priorities among Holders of the same or different issues of debt with respect to any collateral or the proceeds of collateral shall not constitute subordination in right of payment. This definition may be modified or superseded by a supplemental indenture.

Significant Subsidiary:

The term “Significant Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

 

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Special Record Date:

The term “Special Record Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.8(b)(i).

Stated Maturity:

The term “Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal (or any portion thereof) of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary:

The term “Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any Person, shall mean any other Person more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which at the time of determination is owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of such first Person.

Successor Company:

The term “Successor Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.6(i).

Trust Indenture Act; TIA:

The term “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Trustee:

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

United States:

The term “United States” shall mean the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

U.S. Dollars:

The term “U.S. Dollars” shall mean such currency of the United States as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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U.S. Government Obligations:

The term “U.S. Government Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.3.

Voting Stock:

The term “Voting Stock,” with respect to any specified Person, shall mean all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such specified Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

ARTICLE II

FORMS OF SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Terms of the Securities .

(a) The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Securities may be listed or of any automated quotation system on which any such series may be quoted, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

(b) The terms and provisions of the Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

(a) Only such of the Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate substantially in the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication hereinafter recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or entitle the Holder thereof to any right or benefit under this Indenture.

(b) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except that any Global Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated in Section 3.1.

(c) The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities shall be substantially as follows:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication: _________    

Deutsche Bank Trust Company

Americas, as Trustee

    By:    
      Authorized Signatory
     

Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent . If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by such Authenticating Agent to be borne by Securities of each such series shall be substantially as follows:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication: _________    

Deutsche Bank Trust Company

Americas, as Trustee

    By:  

[NAME OF AUTHENTICATING

AGENT]

      as Authenticating Agent

 

    By:    
      Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE III

THE DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from the Securities of all other series, except to the extent that additional Securities of an existing series are being issued);

 

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(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 4.6 or 14.5);

(c) the dates on which or periods during which the Securities of the series may be issued, and the dates on, or the range of dates within, which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series are or may be payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;

(d) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, whether such interest shall be payable in cash or additional Securities of the same series or shall accrue and increase the aggregate principal amount outstanding of such series (including if such Securities were originally issued at a discount), the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the Record Dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on such Interest Payment Dates or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the right, if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;

(e) if other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency in which Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable and any other terms concerning such payment;

(f) if the amount of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(g) if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Securities are denominated or stated to be payable without such election, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which the Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency in which the Securities are to be paid if such election is made;

(h) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of any series shall be payable, and where Securities of any series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;

(i) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;

 

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(j) the obligation or right, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the Currency or Currencies in which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(k) if other than denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(l) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2;

(m) the Guarantors, if any, of the Securities of the series, and the extent of the Guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority, subordination and the release of the Guarantors), if any, and any additions or changes to permit or facilitate Guarantees of such Securities;

(n) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Securities may be issued;

(o) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of Securities of the series in whole or in part and any addition to or change in the provisions related to satisfaction and discharge;

(p) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities, and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such Global Security or Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented thereby in definitive form registered in the name or names of Persons other than such Depositary or a nominee or nominees thereof (“Individual Securities”);

(q) the date as of which any Global Security of the series shall be dated if other than the original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(r) the form of the Securities of the series;

(s) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities or property of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;

(t) whether the Securities of such series are subject to subordination and the terms of such subordination;

 

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(u) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such series;

(v) any addition to or change in the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;

(w) any addition to or change in the provisions related to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 14.2 and 14.4 which applies to Securities of such series;

(x) provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of specified events;

(y) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 7.2 and any addition to or change in the provisions set forth in Article VII which applies to Securities of the series;

(z) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article VI which applies to Securities of the series; and

(aa) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 14.01).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.

Section 3.2 Denominations . In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Securities in denominations of any integral multiple of $1,000, and shall be payable only in U.S. Dollars.

Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

(a) The Securities shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, President, one of its Vice Presidents or Treasurer. If the Person whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated and delivered, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

(b) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and, if required pursuant to Section 3.1, a supplemental indenture or Company Order setting forth the terms of the Securities of a series. The Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities without any further action by the Company. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated.

 

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(c) In authenticating the Securities of any series and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall have received, and (subject to Section 11.2) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each prepared in accordance with Section 17.1 stating that all the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture with respect to the issuance and authentication of such Securities have been complied with.

(d) The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver the Securities under this Section 3.3 if the issue of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(e) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY] TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF [THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY] OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY] (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO [THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY] OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY]), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, [THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY], HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”

The aggregate principal amount of each Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Security Custodian, as provided in this Indenture.

(g) Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

(h) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Security Custodian under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar and any of their agents as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of their agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security. The Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Members and Persons that may hold interests through Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

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

Section 3.4 Temporary Securities .

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise

 

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reproduced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any such temporary Security may be in the form of one or more Global Securities, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by an officer of the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Security or Securities in lieu of which it is issued.

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

(c) Upon any exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global Security or for the Individual Securities represented thereby pursuant to this Section 3.4 or Section 3.6, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed.

Section 3.5 Registrar .

(a) The Company will keep, at an office or agency to be maintained by it in a Place of Payment where Securities may be presented for registration or presented and surrendered for registration of transfer or of exchange, and where Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable (the “Registrar”), a security register for the registration and the registration of transfer or of exchange of the Securities (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Register”), as in this Indenture provided, which Register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Trustee. Such Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars; the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

(b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar

 

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for any series, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 11.1. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent.

(c) The Company hereby appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Registrar in connection with the Securities and this Indenture, until such time as another Person is appointed as such.

Section 3.6 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Transfer.

(i) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the Registrar the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations. The transfer of any Security shall not be valid as against the Company or the Trustee unless registered at the Registrar at the request of the Holder, or at the request of his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the Individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(b) Exchange.

(i) At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the Registrar.

(ii) Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(c) Exchange of Global Securities for Individual Securities. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive Individual Securities.

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Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.3(g) and, in each case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (B) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Registrar an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.

In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Security for Individual Securities pursuant to this subsection (c), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Individual Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Individual Securities of authorized denominations.

(ii) The owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to receive an Individual Security in exchange for such interest if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon receipt by the Security Custodian and Registrar of written instructions from the Holder of a Global Security directing the Security Custodian and Registrar to (x) issue one or more Individual Securities in the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security and (y) debit or cause to be debited an equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Security, subject to the rules and regulations of the Depositary:

(A) the Security Custodian and Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest in such Global Security;

(B) the Company shall promptly execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Individual Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver to such beneficial owner Individual Securities in an equivalent amount to such beneficial interest in such Global Security; and

(C) the Security Custodian and Registrar shall decrease such Global Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing. In the event that the Individual Securities are not issued to each such beneficial owner promptly after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such Individual Securities, the Company expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof, the right of any beneficial Holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Security that represents such beneficial Holder’s Securities as if such Individual Securities had been issued.

 

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(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Individual Securities of such series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,

(A) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Individual Security or new Individual Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(B) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

(iv) In any exchange provided for in clauses (i) through (iii), the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Individual Securities in registered form in authorized denominations.

(v) Upon the exchange in full of a Global Security for Individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

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

(e) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange or payment, shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

(f) No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities. The Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or charge to the Holders.

 

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(g) The Company shall not be required to (i) register, transfer or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 4.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) register, transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

(h) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer or exchange of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for all purposes whatsoever, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

(i) In case a successor Company (“Successor Company”) has executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article XIV, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered pursuant to such transaction may, from time to time, at the request of the Successor Company, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the Successor Company with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of the Successor Company, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Successor Company pursuant to this Section 3.6 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such Successor Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name.

(j) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities laws.

(k) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(l) Neither the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar nor any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

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Section 3.7 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

(a) If (i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee security and/or indemnity satisfactory to them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution.

(b) In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay the amount due on such Security in accordance with its terms.

(c) Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

(d) Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

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

Section 3.8 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(a) Interest on any Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Record Date. Payment of interest on Securities shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1) or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder.

(b) Any interest on any Security that is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date by virtue of his, her or its having been such a Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

 

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(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “Special Record Date”), which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Register, not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii).

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

(c) Subject to the provisions set forth herein relating to Record Dates, each Security delivered pursuant to any provision of this Indenture in exchange or substitution for, or upon registration of transfer of, any other Security shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 3.9 Cancellation . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, all Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or credit against any sinking fund or otherwise shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and shall be promptly

 

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canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities held by it in accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its written request therefor. The acquisition of any Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented thereby unless and until such Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 3.10 Computation of Interest . Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.11 Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities .

(a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Securities of such series will be made in U.S. Dollars.

(b) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Securities may perform an action that requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Securities of all series perform such action and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in U.S. Dollars based upon exchange rates, determined as specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such action have performed it or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.

(c) Any decision or determination to be made regarding exchange rates shall be made by an agent appointed by the Company; provided, that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall, in the opinion of the Company at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make such determination by a method consistent with the method provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for the making of such decision or determination. All decisions and determinations of such agent regarding exchange rates shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of the Securities.

Section 3.12 Judgments . The Company may provide pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of any series that (a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1 is of the essence and agrees that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company

 

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to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other Currency (after any premium and cost of exchange) on the Business Day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community (in the case of a composite currency) immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing any Securities may use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with respect to such series provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers.

ARTICLE IV

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 4.1 Applicability of Right of Redemption . Redemption of Securities (other than pursuant to a sinking fund, amortization or analogous provision) permitted by the terms of any series of Securities shall be made (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such series shall govern.

Section 4.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .

(a) If the Company shall at any time elect to redeem all or any portion of the Securities of a series then Outstanding, it shall at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and which is in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, if applicable, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. In any case where more than one Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee may treat the aggregate principal amount so

 

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registered as if it were represented by one Security of such series. The Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, notify the Company in writing of the Securities and portions of Securities so selected.

(b) For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security that has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

Section 4.3 Notice of Redemption .

(a) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article, in the manner provided in Section 17.4; provided that the Trustee be provided with the draft notice at least 15 days prior to sending such notice of redemption. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Security of such series.

(b) All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if available) and shall state:

(i) such election by the Company to redeem Securities of such series pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of such series or a Company Order or supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case;

(ii) the Redemption Date;

(iii) the Redemption Price;

(iv) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the Securities of such series to be redeemed;

(v) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed, and that, if applicable, interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

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(vii) the paragraph of the Securities and/or provision of this Indenture or any Company Order or supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(viii) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if that is the case.

Section 4.4 Deposit of Redemption Price . On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.3) an amount of money in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Securities or any portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 4.5 Securities Payable on Redemption Date . Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price and from and after such date (unless the Company shall Default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1) installments of interest that have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Securities and the provisions of Section 3.8.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof and premium, if any, thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

Section 4.6 Securities Redeemed in Part . Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with, if the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of a Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE V

SINKING FUNDS

Section 5.1 Applicability of Sinking Fund .

(a) Redemption of Securities permitted or required pursuant to a sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series by the terms of such series of Securities shall be made in accordance with such terms of such series of Securities and this Article, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of such series, provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such series shall govern.

(b) The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “Optional Sinking Fund Payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 5.2.

Section 5.2 Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation . The Company may, at its option, satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, in whole or in part, with respect to a particular series of Securities by (a) delivering to the Trustee Securities of such series in transferable form theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 4.3 or (b) receiving credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall credit such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation with an amount equal to the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be reduced accordingly. If the Company shall elect to so satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date an Officer’s Certificate, which shall designate the Securities (and portions thereof, if any) so delivered or credited and which shall be accompanied by such Securities (to the extent not theretofore delivered) in transferable form. In case of the failure of the Company, at or before the time so required, to give such notice and deliver such Securities, the Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation shall be paid entirely in moneys.

Section 5.3 Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price . In addition to the sinking fund requirements of Section 5.2, to the extent, if any, provided for by the terms of a particular series of Securities, the Company may, at its option, make an Optional Sinking Fund Payment with respect to such Securities. Unless otherwise provided by such terms, (a) to the extent that the right of the Company to make such Optional Sinking Fund Payment shall not be exercised in any year, it shall not be cumulative or carried forward to any subsequent year, and (b) such optional payment shall operate to reduce the amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation as to Securities of the same series. If the Company intends to exercise its right to make such optional payment in any year it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company will exercise such optional right, and specifying the amount which the Company will pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Such Officer’s Certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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Section 5.4 Application of Sinking Fund Payment .

(a) If the sinking fund payment or payments made in funds pursuant to either Section 5.2 or 5.3 with respect to a particular series of Securities plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in funds with respect to such series shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request, or such equivalent sum for Securities denominated other than in U.S. Dollars), it shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date next following the date of such payment, unless the date of such payment shall be a sinking fund payment date, in which case such payment shall be applied on such sinking fund payment date, to the redemption of Securities of such series at the redemption price specified pursuant to Section 4.3(b). The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 4.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date, a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said funds, as nearly as may be, and shall, at the expense and in the name of the Company, thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities to be given substantially in the manner provided in Section 4.3(a) for the redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company, except that such notice of redemption shall also state that the Securities are being redeemed for the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received in funds by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.4. Any and all sinking fund moneys held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.

(b) On or prior to each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee a sum equal to all interest accrued to but not including the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 5.4.

(c) The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on any Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, except that if the notice of redemption of any Securities of such series shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall redeem such Securities if funds sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund at the time any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of all the Securities of such series; provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date on which such moneys are required to be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.4.

 

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ARTICLE VI

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

The Company hereby covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities as follows:

Section 6.1 Payments of Securities . The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium, if any, on each series of Securities, and the interest which shall have accrued thereon, and other amounts payable (if any) thereon, at the dates and place and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 6.2 Paying Agent .

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

(b) The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and of any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of each such agent. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as Paying Agent.

Section 6.3 To Hold Payment in Trust .

(a) If the Company or an Affiliate thereof shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, then, on or before the date on which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption shall become payable, the Company or such Affiliate will segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee a

 

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sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest which shall have so become payable until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act in that regard. Upon any proceeding under any federal bankruptcy laws with respect to the Company or any Affiliate thereof, if the Company or such Affiliate is then acting as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall replace the Company or such Affiliate as Paying Agent.

(b) If the Company shall appoint, and at the time have, a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any series of Securities, then prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series shall become payable as aforesaid, whether by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption, the Company will deposit with such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee), the Company or any other obligor of such Securities will promptly notify the Trustee of its payment or failure to make such payment.

(c) If the Paying Agent shall be other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.3, that such Paying Agent shall:

(i) hold all moneys held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(ii) give to the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series in the making of any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series; and

(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

(d) Anything in this Section 6.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a release, satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee as required by this Section 6.3, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent.

(e) Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon

 

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Company Order along with any interest that has accumulated thereon as a result of such money being invested at the direction of the Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust, and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such amounts without interest thereon, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to make any such repayment, may, but shall have no obligation to, at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 6.4 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets .

(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company shall not consolidate or amalgamate with, or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person, unless:

(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) (the “Successor Company”) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or any member of the European Union, or any state, province or division thereof, or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(ii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture and all provisions applicable to such particular series of Securities; and

(iii) the Company or the Successor Company, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transaction will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to any Securityholders.

For purposes of this Section 6.4(a), the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

 

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In the case of a transaction subject to Section 6.4(a)(i), the Successor Company shall be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities.

(b) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate or amalgamate with, or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person unless: (1) except upon the occurrence of one of the events referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 16.7, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Guarantor) (the “Successor Guarantor”) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, any member of the European Union or the predecessor Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization, or any state, province or division thereof, or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Guarantor shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Indenture; (2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture and all provisions applicable to such particular series of Securities.

Section 6.5 Compliance Certificate . Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee annually, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (and at least once in each twelve-month period), a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer as to his or her actual or constructive knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (which compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) and, in the event of any Default, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof of which such person may have actual or constructive knowledge. Such certificates need not comply with Section 17.1 of this Indenture.

Section 6.6 Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities . Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may fail or omit in any particular instance to comply with a covenant or condition set forth herein with respect to any series of Securities if the Company shall have obtained and filed with the Trustee, prior to the time of such failure or omission, evidence (as provided in Article VIII) of the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding, either waiving such compliance in such instance or generally waiving compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, or impair any right consequent thereon and, until such waiver

shall have become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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Section 6.7 Statement by Officers as to Default . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 6.8 Future Guarantors . The Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that guarantees Senior Debt of the Company under (i) the Company’s then-existing primary credit facility, (ii) the Existing Notes and (iii) Additional Debt, after the Issue Date to, at the same time, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of any series of Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article XVI.

ARTICLE VII

REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 7.1 Events of Default . Except where otherwise indicated by the context or where the term is otherwise defined for a specific purpose, the term “Event of Default” as used in this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series shall mean one of the following described events unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the manner contemplated in Section 3.1:

(a) the failure of the Company to pay any installment of interest on any Security of such series when and as the same shall become due and payable, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days;

(b) the failure of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of such series, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity as therein expressed, by call for redemption (otherwise than pursuant to a sinking fund), by declaration as authorized by this Indenture or otherwise;

(c) the failure of the Company to pay a sinking fund installment, if any, when and as the same shall become payable by the terms of a Security of such series, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days;

(d) the failure of the Company or any Guarantor, subject to the provisions of Section 6.6, to perform any covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture (including any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the Securities of such series were issued as contemplated by Section 3.1) (other than a covenant or agreement which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series and other than a covenant or agreement a default in the performance of which is elsewhere in this Section 7.1 specifically addressed), which failure shall not have been remedied, or without provision deemed to be adequate for the remedying thereof having been made, for a period of 90 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or shall have been

 

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given to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of substantially all the property of the Company or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(f) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of substantially all the property of the Company or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any action;

(g) the payment of any Debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in a principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 is accelerated as a result of the failure of the Company, such Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary to perform any covenant or agreement applicable to such Debt, which acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 60 days after written notice thereof; or

(h) the occurrence of any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series as provided in Section 3.1.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.1, if the principal or any premium or interest on any Security is payable in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States and such Currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in the Currency of the United States in an amount equal to the Currency of the United States equivalent of the amount payable in such other Currency, as determined by the Company’s agent in accordance with Section 3.11(c) hereof by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such Currency (“Exchange Rate”), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.1, any payment made under such circumstances in the Currency of the United States where the required payment is in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.

 

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Section 7.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment .

(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, if any one or more of the Events of Default described in Section 7.1 (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(e) or 7.1(f)) shall happen with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may declare the principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of, premium, if any, and all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities of such series then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount), and all such other amounts, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(e) or 7.1(f) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case, the principal amount (or specified amount), and all such other amounts, of all of the Securities of that series then Outstanding shall automatically, and without any declaration or any other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become due and payable immediately. Upon payment of such amounts in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (subject to Section 7.1 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for any series of Securities), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of such series shall terminate.

(b) The provisions of Section 7.2(a), however, are subject to the condition that, at any time after the principal of all the Securities of such series, to which any one or more of the Events of Default described in Section 7.1 is applicable, shall have been so declared to be due and payable, and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and the Company may rescind and annul such declaration or its consequences with respect to such series of Securities if:

(i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent a sum in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (subject to Section 7.1 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for any series of Securities) sufficient to pay:

(A) all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder under Section 11.1(a) (provided, however, that all sums payable under this clause (A) shall be paid in U.S. Dollars);

(B) all arrears of interest, if any, upon all the Securities of such series (with interest, to the extent that interest thereon shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at the rate borne by such Securities at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities); and

 

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(C) the principal of and premium, if any, and any other amounts, on any Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon; and

(ii) the rescission or annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree and every other Default and Event of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.6.

(c) No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(d) For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.

Section 7.3 Other Remedies . If the Company shall fail for a period of 30 days to pay any installment of interest on the Securities of any series when and as the same shall become due and payable or shall fail to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity, or by call for redemption (other than pursuant to the sinking fund), by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise, or shall fail for a period of 30 days to make any required sinking fund payment as to a series of Securities when and as the same shall become due and payable, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series then Outstanding the whole amount which then shall have become due and payable on all the Securities of such series, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (so far as the same may be legally enforceable) on the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder under Section 11.1(a).

In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated, in the manner provided by law. Every recovery of judgment in any such action or other proceeding, subject to the payment to the Trustee of all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder under Section 11.1(a), shall be for the ratable benefit of the

 

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Holders of such series of Securities which shall be the subject of such action or proceeding. All rights of action upon or under any of the Securities or this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities and without the production of any thereof at any trial or any proceeding relative thereto.

Section 7.4 Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact . The Trustee is hereby appointed, and each and every Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have appointed the Trustee, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Holder, with authority to make or file (whether or not the Company shall be in Default in respect of the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the Securities), in its own name and as trustee of an express trust or otherwise as it shall deem advisable, in any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or to their respective creditors or property, any and all claims, proofs of claim, proofs of debt, petitions, consents, other papers and documents and amendments of any thereof, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder and of the Holders of the Securities allowed in any such proceeding and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to execute and deliver any and all other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all other acts and things, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to enforce in any such proceeding any of the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder and of any of such Holders in respect of any of the Securities; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor in any such proceeding is hereby authorized, and each and every taker or Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have authorized any such receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor, to make any such payment or delivery only to or on the order of the Trustee, and to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor Trustee hereunder under Section 11.1(a); provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower the Trustee to consent to or accept or adopt, on behalf of any Holder of Securities, any plan of reorganization or readjustment affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize or empower the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of any Securities in any such proceeding.

Section 7.5 Priorities . Any moneys or properties collected by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities under this Article VII shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys or properties and, in the case of the distribution of such moneys or properties on account of the Securities of any series, upon presentation of the Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder under Section 11.1(a).

SECOND: In case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such series, in the chronological order of the Maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by such Securities, such payments to be made ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, to the Persons entitled thereto.

 

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THIRD: In case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such series for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest.

Any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Company or as directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 7.6 Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee hereunder, or of exercising any trust or power hereby conferred upon the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining in such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the Maturity of the Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default (a) in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series, (b) arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security of such series when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) in respect of a provision that under Section 14.2 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of Securities of such series affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.6, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

Section 7.7 Limitation on Suits . No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the execution of any trust hereunder or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each

 

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case with respect to an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of one or more of the Events of Default herein specified with respect to such series of Securities, and unless also the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and unless also there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding, and during such 60-day period the holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series shall not have given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request; and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action, suit or proceeding by any Holder of any Security of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his, her, its or their action to enforce any right hereunder, except in the manner herein provided, and that every action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however, that nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series shall affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series to the respective Holders of such Securities at the respective due dates in such Securities stated, or affect or impair the right, which is also absolute and unconditional, of such Holders to institute suit to enforce the payment thereof.

Section 7.8 Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Indenture and each Holder of any Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its discretion require, in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any action, suit or proceeding against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs of such action, suit or proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 7.8 shall not apply to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee, to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any one or more Holders of Securities holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities of any series Outstanding, or to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any Holder of Securities of any series for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on, any of the Securities of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities.

Section 7.9 Remedies Cumulative . No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities of any series is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of the Securities of any series to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or

 

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power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Article VII to the Trustee and to the Holders of Securities of any series, respectively, may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities of such series, as the case may be. In case the Trustee or any Holder of Securities of any series shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and the proceedings for the enforcement thereof shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of waiver or for any other reason or shall have been adjudicated adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder of Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall severally and respectively be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken, except as to any matters so waived or adjudicated.

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 8.1 Evidence of Action of Securityholders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage or a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities or of any series of Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage or majority have joined therein may be evidenced by (a) any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Securityholders in person, by an agent or by a proxy appointed in writing, including through an electronic system for tabulating consents operated by the Depositary for such series or otherwise (such action becoming effective, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, when such instruments or evidence of electronic consents are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company), or (b) by the record of the Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Securityholders.

Section 8.2 Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities . Proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his, her or its agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument may be proved (i) by the certificate of any notary public or other officer in any jurisdiction who, by the laws thereof, has power to take acknowledgments or proof of deeds to be recorded within such jurisdiction, that the Person who signed such instrument did acknowledge before such notary public or other officer the execution thereof, or (ii) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution sworn to before any such notary or other officer. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority.

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(c) The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6.

(d) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.2 as it shall deem appropriate or necessary, so long as the request is a reasonable one.

(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Securities of any series any action, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Securities entitled to take such action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date shall be fixed at the Company’s discretion. If such a record date is fixed, such action may be sought or given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Securities for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date.

Section 8.3 Persons Deemed Owners .

(a) The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.8) interest, if any, on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his, her or its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Security.

(b) None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 8.4 Effect of Consents . After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective as to any series of Securities, a consent to it by a Holder of such series of Securities is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Securities or portion thereof, and of any Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Security. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

ARTICLE IX

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.1 Purposes of Meetings . A meeting of Securityholders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:

 

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(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VIII;

(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article XI;

(c) to consent to the execution of an Indenture or of indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.2; or

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 9.2 Call of Meetings by Trustee . The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of all Securityholders of all series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, to take any action specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders of a series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the Register of the Company. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Section 9.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders . In case at any time the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series then Outstanding that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of such series, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.1, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.2.

Section 9.4 Qualifications for Voting . To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities affected by the action proposed to be taken at the meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more such Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.5 Regulation of Meetings .

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem fit.

 

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(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 9.3, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

(c) At any meeting of Securityholders of a series, each Securityholder of such series or such Securityholder’s proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series Outstanding held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him or her as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. At any meeting of the Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2 or 9.3 the presence of Persons holding or representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and any such meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.6 Voting . The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders of a series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts of the Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.2. The record shall show the principal amounts of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.7 No Delay of Rights by Meeting . Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Securityholders of any series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders of such series under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series.

 

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ARTICLE X

REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS

Section 10.1 Reports by Trustee .

(a) So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided therein. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

(b) The Trustee shall, at the time of the transmission to the Holders of Securities of any report pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.1, file a copy of such report with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, if any, and also with the SEC in respect of a Security listed and registered on a national securities exchange, if any. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when, as and if the Securities become listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

The Company will reimburse the Trustee for all expenses incurred in the preparation and transmission of any report pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.1 and of Section 10.2.

Section 10.2 Reports by the Company . The Company shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, any information, documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed with the SEC (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Information, documents or reports filed with the SEC via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system will be deemed to be filed with the Trustee as of the time such information, documents or reports are filed via the EDGAR system.

Delivery of such information, documents and other reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). Notwithstanding any provisions hereunder to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2 are subject, in their entirety, to the provisions of Section 7.1.

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(a) semi-annually, within 15 days after each Record Date, but in any event not less frequently than semi-annually, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities to which such Record Date applies, as of such Record Date, and

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

ARTICLE XI

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 11.1 Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity . The Trustee accepts the trusts created by this Indenture upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the parties hereto and the Holders from time to time of the Securities agree:

(a) The Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (including in any agent capacity in which it acts). The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee (including the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

The Company also agrees to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”) for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, or expense incurred without its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder and the performance of its duties (including in any agent capacity in which it acts), as well as the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except those attributable to its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The applicable Indemnified Person shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity provided that failure to provide such notification shall not relieve the Company of its indemnification obligation hereunder , except to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Company shall defend the claim and the applicable Indemnified Person shall reasonably cooperate in the defense. An Indemnified Person may have one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) of its selection and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

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as such, except funds held in trust by the Trustee to pay principal of and interest on any Securities. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the obligations of the Company to compensate and indemnify the Trustee under this Section 11.1(a) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the termination of this Indenture and any satisfaction and discharge under Article XII. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 7.1 occurs, the expenses and compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

(b) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder either directly or by its agents and attorneys and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(c) The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals herein or in the Securities (except its certificates of authentication thereon) contained, all of which are made solely by the Company; and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities (except its certificates of authentication thereon), and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Securities, or the proceeds of any Securities, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and, to the extent permitted by Section 11.2, any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel.

(e) The Trustee, to the extent permitted by Section 11.2, may rely upon the certificate of the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Company as to the adoption of any Board Resolution or resolution of the stockholders of the Company, and any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by, and whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee may rely upon, an Officer’s Certificate of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed).

(f) Subject to Section 11.4, the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have had if it were not the Trustee or such agent.

 

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

(h) Any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to any provision hereof at the request or with the consent of any Person who at the time is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding in respect of such Security upon all future Holders thereof or of any Security or Securities which may be issued for or in lieu thereof in whole or in part, whether or not such Security shall have noted thereon the fact that such request or consent had been made or given.

(i) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(j) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of the Securities, pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, unless one or more of the Holders of the Securities shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it therein or thereby.

(k) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within its discretion or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(l) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Securities notify the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in writing thereof.

(m) Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Section 11.2, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Debt or other paper or document, but the Trustee, may, but shall not be required to, make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.

(n) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.

(o) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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Section 11.2 Duties of Trustee .

(a) If one or more of the Events of Default specified in Section 7.1 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened, then, during the continuance thereof, the Trustee shall, with respect to such Securities, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall be construed as relieving the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that, anything in this Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding,

(i) unless and until an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened which at the time is continuing,

(A) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties with respect to the Securities of that series as are specifically set out in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee, whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture; and

(B) the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, upon certificates and opinions furnished to it pursuant to the express provisions of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which, by the provisions of this Indenture, are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein);

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Securities or to any other Person for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Securities or to any other Person with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of Securityholders given as provided in Section 7.6, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to it or exercising any trust or power conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

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(c) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 11.2.

(e) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

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

(g) No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Trustee to take or omit to take any action, or suffer any action to be taken or omitted, in the performance of its duties or obligations under this Indenture, or to exercise any right or power thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action or suffering such action to be taken or omitted would violate applicable law binding upon it.

(h) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits provided to the Trustee hereunder (including its right to be indemnified) are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and to each of its agents, custodians and other persons duly employed by the Trustee hereunder.

(j) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

Section 11.3 Notice of Defaults . Within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, and if actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to the Holders of the Securities of a series notice of each Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series known to the Trustee, by transmitting such notice to Holders at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the Register of the Company, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice (the term “Default” being hereby defined to be

 

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the events specified in Section 7.1, which are, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, Events of Default as defined in said Section). Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become payable, or to make any sinking fund payment as to Securities of the same series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice, if and so long as a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such series and so advises the Company in writing.

Section 11.4 Eligibility; Disqualification.

(a) The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and shall have a Corporate Trust Office. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.4, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

(b) The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(i) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(i) are met. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. If Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act is amended any time after the date of this Indenture to change the circumstances under which a Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series or to change any of the definitions in connection therewith, this Section 11.4 shall be automatically amended to incorporate such changes.

Section 11.5 Registration and Notice; Removal . The Trustee, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may at any time resign and be discharged of the trusts hereby created with respect to any one or more or all series of Securities by giving to the Company notice in writing. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Trustee. Any Trustee hereunder may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at any time by the filing with such Trustee and the delivery to the Company of an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective.

If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series), or

 

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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 11.4 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series), or

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by written notice to the Trustee may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

Upon its resignation or removal, any Trustee shall be entitled to the prompt payment of reasonable compensation for the services rendered hereunder by such Trustee and to the prompt payment of all reasonable expenses incurred hereunder and all moneys then due to it hereunder. The Trustee’s and each of its officers’, directors’, employees’ and agents’ rights to indemnification provided in Section 11.1(a) shall survive the Trustee’s resignation or removal.

Section 11.6 Successor Trustee by Appointment .

(a) In case at any time the Trustee shall resign, or shall be removed (unless the Trustee shall be removed as provided in Section 11.4(b), in which event the vacancy shall be filled as provided in said subdivision), or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or if a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation with respect to the Securities of one or more series, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series) may be appointed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that or those series then Outstanding, by an instrument or instruments in writing signed in duplicate by such Holders and filed, one original thereof with the Company and the other with the successor Trustee; but, until a successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of Securities of that or those series as herein authorized, the Company, or, in case all or substantially all the assets of the Company shall be in the possession of one or more custodians or receivers lawfully appointed, or of trustees in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings (including a trustee or trustees appointed under the provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted), or of assignees for the benefit of creditors, such receivers, custodians, trustees or assignees, as the case may be, by an instrument in writing, shall appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11.4 and 11.5, upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Trustee

 

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with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall cease to be Trustee hereunder. After any such appointment other than by the Holders of Securities of that or those series, the Person making such appointment shall forthwith cause notice thereof to be mailed to the Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the Register of the Company but any successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series so appointed shall, immediately and without further act, be superseded by a successor Trustee appointed by the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner above prescribed, if such appointment be made prior to the expiration of one year from the date of the mailing of such notice by the Company, or by such receivers, trustees or assignees.

(b) If any Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall resign or be removed and a successor Trustee shall not have been appointed by the Company or by the Holders of the Securities of such series or, if any successor Trustee so appointed shall not have accepted its appointment within 30 days after such appointment shall have been made, the resigning Trustee at the expense of the Company may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. If in any other case a successor Trustee shall not be appointed pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.6 within three months after such appointment might have been made hereunder, the Holder of any Security of the applicable series or any retiring Trustee at the expense of the Company may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, in any such case, after such notice, if any, as such court may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.

(c) Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor Trustee and to the Company, or to the receivers, trustees, assignees or court appointing it, as the case may be, an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations with respect to such series of such predecessor Trustee with like effect as if originally named as Trustee hereunder, and such predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to pay over, and such successor Trustee shall be entitled to receive, all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee as Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.1(a). Nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee or of the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, such predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its said charges and disbursements, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee upon the trusts herein expressed all the rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor Trustee and shall assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.1(a); and, upon request of any such successor Trustee and the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations.

 

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Section 11.7 Successor Trustee by Merger . Any Person into which the Trustee or any successor to it in the trusts created by this Indenture shall be merged or converted, or any Person with which it or any successor to it shall be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or any such successor to it shall be a party, or any Person to which the Trustee or any successor to it shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article. In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture with respect to one or more series of Securities, any of such Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor to such Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 11.8 Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate . Subject to Section 11.2, and subject to the provisions of Section 17.1 with respect to the certificates required thereby, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 11.9 Appointment of Authenticating Agent . The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities, and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.

Each Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or

 

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examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Article XI, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Article XI, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article XI.

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

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.9, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 11.9.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 11.9.

Section 11.10 Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders . Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to such communications.

Section 11.11 The Agents . The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits provided to the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to be compensated, reimbursed for expenses and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, each Agent as if such Agent were named as the Trustee herein.

 

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ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

Section 12.1 Applicability of Article . If, pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for the defeasance of Securities of a series and if the Securities of such series are denominated and payable only in U.S. Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1), then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

Section 12.2 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments delivered to it and reasonably acceptable to it acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when,

(a) either:

(i) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.7 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,

(A) have become due and payable, or

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

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

and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Debt on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any

 

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other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.1 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.7 and the last paragraph of Section 6.3(e) shall survive.

Section 12.3 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations . At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Securities of any series on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Company and the Guarantors shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 6.4 or Section 10.2 with respect to Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.1) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied (such action under clauses (a) or (b) of this paragraph in no circumstance may be construed as an Event of Default under Section 7.1):

(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due;

(b) No Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds and the grant of any related liens to be applied to such deposit); and

(c) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such action had not been exercised and, in the case of the Securities of such series being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

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“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments delivered to it and reasonably acceptable to it acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (a) above, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to Securities of such series under Sections 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 6.2, 12.6 and 12.7 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely of payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, that, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the action of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

(d) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the defeasance of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.1 shall survive.

(e) Upon the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section with respect to Securities of any series, each Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all its obligations with respect to its Guarantee with respect to such Series.

Section 12.4 Repayment to Company . The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company (or to its designee) upon Company Order any excess moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time, including any such moneys or obligations held by the Trustee under any escrow trust agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12.6. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 6.3 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 12.3.

 

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Section 12.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal or interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

Section 12.6 Deposits to Be Held in Escrow . Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 12.3 above shall be irrevocable (except to the extent provided in Sections 12.4 and 12.7) and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement. If any Outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company. The agreement shall provide that, upon satisfaction of any mandatory sinking fund payment requirements, whether by deposit of moneys, application of proceeds of deposited U.S. Government Obligations or, if permitted, by delivery of Securities, the Trustee shall pay or deliver over to the Company as excess moneys pursuant to Section 12.4 all funds or obligations then held under the agreement and allocable to the sinking fund payment requirements so satisfied.

If Securities of a series with respect to which such deposits are made may be subject to later redemption at the option of the Company or pursuant to optional sinking fund payments, the applicable escrow trust agreement may, at the option of the Company, provide therefor. In the case of an optional redemption in whole or in part, such agreement shall require the Company to deposit with the Trustee on or before the date notice of redemption is given funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Securities to be redeemed together with all unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Upon such deposit of funds, the Trustee shall pay or deliver over to the Company as excess funds pursuant to Section 12.4 all funds or obligations then held under such agreement and allocable to the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of exercise of optional sinking fund payment rights by the Company, such agreement shall, at the option of the Company, provide that upon deposit by the Company with the Trustee of funds pursuant to such exercise the Trustee shall pay or deliver over to the Company as excess funds pursuant to Section 12.4 all funds or obligations then held under such agreement for such series and allocable to the Securities to be redeemed.

Section 12.7 Application of Trust Money .

(a) Neither the Trustee nor any other Paying Agent shall be required to pay interest on any moneys deposited pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, except such as it shall agree with the Company in writing to pay thereon. Any moneys so deposited for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after the date of the maturity of the Securities of such series or the date fixed for the redemption of all the Securities of such series at the time outstanding, as the case may be, shall be repaid by the Trustee or such other Paying Agent to the Company upon its written request and thereafter, anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any rights of the Holders of Securities of such series in respect of which such moneys shall have been deposited shall be enforceable only against the Company, and all liability of the Trustee or such other Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereafter cease.

 

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(b) Subject to the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, any moneys which at any time shall be deposited by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent for the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any of the Securities shall be and are hereby assigned, transferred and set over to the Trustee or such other Paying Agent in trust for the respective Holders of the Securities for the purpose for which such moneys shall have been deposited; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 12.8 Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, if the Securities of any series are payable in a Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency or the nature of the government obligations to be deposited with the Trustee under the foregoing provisions of this Article shall be as set forth in the Officer’s Certificate or established in the supplemental indenture under which the Securities of such series are issued.

Section 12.9 Reinstatement . If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.3 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order of judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and their respective Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.3 until such time as the Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.3; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.

ARTICLE XIII

IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS

Section 13.1 No Personal Liability . No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or the premium, if any, or interest on, any Security or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof or of the Debt represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture or any Guarantee, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, member or shareholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their respective successor companies, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor or any of their respective successor companies, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, member or shareholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any Guarantor or any their respective successor companies, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor or any of their respective successor companies, because of the incurring of the Debt hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or the Guarantees, or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that all liability, if any, of that character against every such

 

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incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, member and shareholder is, by the acceptance of the Securities and the Guarantees and as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities and the Guarantees expressly waived and released.

ARTICLE XIV

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 14.1 Without Consent of Securityholders . Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any one or more of or all the following purposes (except that with respect to Section 14.1(k), the signatures of the Other Guarantors shall not be required):

(a) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company or any Guarantor, to be observed thereafter and during the period, if any, in such supplemental indenture or indentures expressed, and to add Events of Default, in each case for the protection or benefit of the Holders of all or any series of the Securities (and if such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are expressly being included for the benefit of such series as shall be identified therein), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

(b) to delete or modify any Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Securities, the form and terms of which are being established pursuant to such supplemental indenture as permitted in Section 3.1 (and, if any such Event of Default is applicable to fewer than all such series of the Securities, specifying the series to which such Event of Default is applicable), and to specify the rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders of such Securities in connection therewith;

(c) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more series of Securities, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Indenture shall: (i) neither apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Security with respect to the benefit of such provision; or (ii) become effective only when there is no such prior Security Outstanding;

(d) to evidence the succession of another company to the Company or any Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, contained in the Securities of one or more series and in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture;

(e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary for or to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 11.6(c);

 

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(f) in the case of any subordinated Securities, to make any change in the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture relating to subordination that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Debt under such provisions (but only if each such holder of Senior Debt under such provisions consents to such change);

(g) to secure any series of Securities;

(h) to evidence any changes to this Indenture pursuant to Sections 11.5, 11.6 or 11.7 hereof as permitted by the terms thereof;

(i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to conform the terms hereof, as amended and supplemented, that are applicable to the Securities of any series to the description of the terms of such Securities in the offering memorandum, prospectus supplement or other offering document applicable to such Securities at the time of initial sale thereof;

(j) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act;

(k) to add Guarantors or co-obligors with respect to any series of Securities, or to release Guarantors from their Guarantees of Securities in accordance with the terms of the applicable series of Securities;

(l) to make any change in any series of Securities that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of such Securities;

(m) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to or in place of certificated securities;

(n) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities;

(o) to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities; or

(p) to establish the form or terms of other Securities issued under this Indenture and coupons of any series of such other Securities pursuant to this Indenture and to change the procedures for transferring and exchanging such other Securities so long as such change does not adversely affect the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding (except as required by applicable securities laws).

Subject to the provisions of Section 14.3, the Trustee is authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make the further agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property or assets thereunder.

 

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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 14.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 14.2.

Section 14.2 With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations .

(a) With the consent of the Holders (evidenced as provided in Article VIII) of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of each such series affected thereby,

(i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with Article IV, or extend the Stated Maturity of, or change place of payment where, or the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal amount of or premium, if any, or interest on, or any other amounts payable under, any Security on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1; or

(ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

(iii) make any changes in the ranking or priority of any Security that would adversely affect the Holders of the Securities of such series; or

(iv) make any change in the Guarantees that would adversely affect the Holders of the Securities of such series; or

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the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 6.6, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 11.6 and 14.1(e); or

(vi) change the Company’s obligation to pay additional amounts; or

(vii) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.

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

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 14.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

(d) The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of the Holders of each series of Securities entitled to give a written consent or waive compliance by the Company as authorized or permitted by this Section. Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or waiver or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

(e) Promptly after the execution by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14.2, the Company shall mail a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of Securities at their addresses as the same shall then appear in the Register of the Company. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

Section 14.3 Trustee Protected . Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by Section 17.1 and also stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of consent of the Holders if the supplemental indenture is to be executed pursuant to Section 14.2, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of said supplemental indenture unless said supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into said supplemental indenture. The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel.

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deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of all of the Securities or of the Securities of any series affected, as the case may be, shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 14.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities . Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in the form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for the Securities then Outstanding in equal aggregate principal amounts, and such exchange shall be made without cost to the Holders of the Securities.

Section 14.6 Conformity with TIA . Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall not violate the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect, as confirmed to the Trustee in an Opinion of Counsel.

ARTICLE XV

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

Section 15.1 Agreement to Subordinate . In the event a series of Securities is designated as subordinated pursuant to Section 3.1, and except as otherwise provided in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, the Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities of such series by his, her or its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on each and all of the Securities of such series is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt. In the event a series of Securities is not designated as subordinated pursuant to Section 3.1(t), this Article XV shall have no effect upon the Securities.

Section 15.2 Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities . Subject to Section 15.1, upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the Senior Debt and the holders thereof with respect to the Securities and the holders thereof by a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):

 

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(a) the holders of all Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due thereon before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Debt evidenced by the Securities; and

(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV shall be paid by the liquidation trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Debt or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Debt; and

(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Debt is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over, upon written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, to the holder of such Senior Debt or his, her or its representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, as calculated by the Company, for application to payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Debt.

(d) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt (to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to such holder have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt) to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to Senior Debt until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be paid in full and no such payments or distributions to the Holders of the Securities of cash, property or securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Debt shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Debt, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or in the Securities prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security

 

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from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XV of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 15.5, shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereof and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

Section 15.3 No Payment on Securities in Event of Default on Senior Debt . Subject to Section 15.1, no payment by the Company on account of principal (or premium, if any), sinking funds or interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made at anytime if: (i) a default on Senior Debt exists that permits the holders of such Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and (ii) the default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company has received notice of such default. The Company may resume payments on the Securities when full payment of amounts then due for principal (premium, if any), sinking funds and interest on Senior Debt has been made or duly provided for in money or money’s worth.

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 15.3, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of such Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, but only to the extent that the holders of such Senior Debt (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior Debt and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of such Senior Debt.

Section 15.4 Payments on Securities Permitted . Subject to Section 15.1, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall (a) affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in Sections 15.2 and 15.3, payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee of any moneys or assets deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice of any fact prohibiting the making of such payment from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Debt or from the trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Debt or of the authority of such trustee more than two Business Days prior to the date fixed for such payment.

Section 15.5 Authorization of Securityholders to Trustee to Effect Subordination . Subject to Section 15.1, each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his, her or its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

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Section 15.6 Notices to Trustee . The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies or assets to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities of any series pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV. Subject to Section 15.1, notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other provisions of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Debt or of any fact which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys or assets to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office) written notice thereof from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Debt or from the trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Debt or of the authority of such trustee and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to presume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys or assets may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys or assets the notice provided for in this Section 15.6, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys or assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such a notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XV and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

Section 15.7 Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt . Subject to Section 15.1, the Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior Debt at any time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Sections 7.5 or 11.1.

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including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee. No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior Debt is outstanding or of such Senior Debt, whether or not such release is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article XV or of the Securities relating to the subordination thereof.

Section 15.9 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent . Subject to Section 15.1, upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

Section 15.10 Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance . Subject to Section 15.1, amounts and U.S. Government Obligations deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to and in accordance with Article XII and not, at the time of such deposit, prohibited to be deposited under Sections 15.2 or 15.3 shall not be subject to this Article XV.

Section 15.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt . With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt. The Trustee shall not be liable to any such holder if it shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Securities or the Company, or any other Person, moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XV or otherwise.

ARTICLE XVI

GUARANTEES

Section 16.1 Guarantees . If Guarantees have been provided for any particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each applicable Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and severally, to each Holder of Securities of such series, to the Trustee and its successors and assigns: (a) the full and punctual payment of all of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Securities of such series when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities of such series; and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture with

 

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respect to the Securities of such series and under the Securities of such series (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound under this Article XVI notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

In addition, if Guarantees have been provided pursuant to Section 3.1 for a particular series of Securities, each applicable Guarantor waives: (1) presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment; and (2) notice of any default under the Securities of such series or the Guaranteed Obligations, and agrees that the Holders of such Securities may exercise their rights of enforcement under its Guarantee without first exercising their rights of enforcement directly against the Company. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by: (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (f) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor.

If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each applicable Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, and except as expressly set forth in Sections 12.3(e), 16.2 and 16.6, the obligations of each applicable Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each applicable Guarantor further agrees that its Guaranteed Obligations herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, or premium or interest on, any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

 

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In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of, or premium or interest on, any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of: (1) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations; (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law); and (3) all other monetary Guaranteed Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

Each Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand: (x) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article VII for the purposes of such Guarantor’s Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article VII, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section.

If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each applicable Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other agents) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.

Section 16.2 Execution and Delivery . If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, to evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 16.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture and any applicable indenture supplemental hereto shall be executed in the name and on behalf of such Guarantor by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chief Executive Officer, President, one of its Vice Presidents or Treasurer. If the Person whose signature is on this Indenture and any applicable indenture supplemental hereto no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Securities, the Guarantee shall nevertheless be valid.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 16.1 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Securities.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

 

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If required pursuant to Section 6.8, the Company shall cause any newly created or acquired Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 6.8 and this Article XVI, to the extent applicable.

Section 16.3 Limitation on Liability . Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, or the applicable supplemental indenture voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Section 16.4 Successors and Assigns . If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, this Article XVI shall be binding upon each Guarantor so providing a Guarantee with respect to such series and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in such series of Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

Section 16.5 No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XVI shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which they may have under this Article XVI or this Indenture at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

Section 16.6 Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XVI, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

Section 16.7 Release of Guarantor . Upon: (i) the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation, amalgamation or merger), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of a majority of the total voting power of the Capital Stock or other interests of a Guarantor (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as permitted by this Indenture); or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as permitted by this Indenture); or (iii) if at any time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series so guaranteed, such Guarantor no longer guarantees (or which Guarantee is being simultaneously released or will be immediately released after the release of the Guarantor) the Debt of the Company under (A) the Company’s then-existing primary credit facility; (B) the Existing Notes; and (C) the Additional Debt, such Guarantor shall automatically be deemed released from all obligations under this Article XVI without any further action

 

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required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. At the request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument, including a supplemental indenture, delivered to it by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, evidencing such release.

Section 16.8 Contribution . If Guarantees have been provided for a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations with respect to such series to a contribution from each other Guarantor so providing a Guarantee with respect to such series of Securities in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors so providing a Guarantee with respect to such series of Securities at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

ARTICLE XVII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 17.1 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent .

(a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 6.5 of this Indenture) shall include (i) a statement that the Person giving such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the view or opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed view or opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the view or opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

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

 

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(d) Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel to the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any firm of independent registered public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

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

(f) Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 17.2 Trust Indenture Act Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

Section 17.3 Notices to the Company, Guarantors and Trustee . Any notice or demand authorized by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee shall be sufficiently made, given, furnished or filed for all purposes if it shall be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor, at Molson Coors Brewing Company, 1225 17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, Attention: Chief Legal Officer, Facsimile No.: 303-277-5415, or at such other address or facsimile number as may have been furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

(b) the Trustee, at:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Agency Services

60 Wall Street, MS NYC60-2710

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Corporates Team Deal Manager—Molson

Facsimile No.: 732-578-4635

 

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With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

c/o Deutsche Bank National

Trust Company Trust & Agency Services

100 Plaza One, 6th Floor, MS JCY03-0699

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

Attention: Corporates Team Deal Manager—Molson

Facsimile No.: 732-578-4635

Any such notice, demand or other document shall be in the English language.

Section 17.4 Notices to Securityholders; Waiver . Any notice required or permitted to be given to Securityholders shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided),

(a) if to Holders, if given in writing by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to such Holders at their addresses as the same shall appear on the Register of the Company.

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

(c) Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail; neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

Section 17.5 Legal Holiday . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity of any Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Securities of that series, then payment of principal and premium, if any, or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

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Section 17.6 Effects of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 17.7 Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 17.8 Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 17.9 Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any Person or corporation other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities any benefit or any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.

Section 17.10 Counterparts Originals . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 17.11 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury . This Indenture and the Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

Section 17.12 Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee or any Paying Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, 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 or such Paying Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 17.13 USA Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial

 

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institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties hereto agree that that they will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request from time to time in order for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

 

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

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, as Issuer
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: VP, Tax, Treasurer & Strategic Finance

GUARANTORS:

MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL LP
By:   MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC, Its General Partner

 

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

COORS INTERNATIONAL HOLDCO, ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer


MOLSON COORS CALLCO ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

MOLSON CANADA 2005
By:   /s/ Wouter Vosmeer
  Name: Wouter Vosmeer
  Title: CFO

 

COORS BREWING COMPANY
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

CBC HOLDCO LLC
By:   CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC, Its Managing Member

 

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

MC HOLDING COMPANY LLC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer


CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC
By:   COORS BREWING COMPANY, Its Managing Member

 

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

NEWCO3, INC.
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK)

LIMITED

By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Legal Director

 

MOLSON COORS HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Director

 

GOLDEN ACQUISITION
By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Director


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

 

By:   /s/ Jacqueline Bartnick
  Name: Jacqueline Bartnick
  Title: Director

 

By:   /s/ Linda Reale
  Name: Linda Reale
  Title: Vice President

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, as Issuer

and

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN, as Guarantors

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 3, 2012

to

INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of May 3, 2012

2.000% Senior Notes due 2017

3.500% Senior Notes due 2022

5.000% Senior Notes due 2042

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     PAGE  

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     2   

Section 1.1 Definition of Terms

     2   

Section 1.2 Interpretation

     7   

ARTICLE 2. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2017 NOTES

     7   

Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount

     7   

Section 2.2 Maturity

     7   

Section 2.3 Further Issues

     7   

Section 2.4 Form of Payment

     7   

Section 2.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2017 Notes

     7   

Section 2.6 Interest

     8   

Section 2.7 Redemption

     8   

Section 2.8 Limitations on Secured Debt

     8   

Section 2.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks

     9   

Section 2.10 Appointment of Agents

     10   

Section 2.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     10   

Section 2.12 Repurchase of 2017 Notes Upon a Change of Control

     10   

Section 2.13 Guarantees

     12   

Section 2.14 No Sinking Fund

     12   

Section 2.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

     12   

ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2022 NOTES

     12   

Section 3.1 Designation and Principal Amount

     12   

Section 3.2 Maturity

     12   

Section 3.3 Further Issues

     12   

Section 3.4 Form of Payment

     12   

Section 3.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2022 Notes

     13   

Section 3.6 Interest

     13   

Section 3.7 Redemption

     13   

Section 3.8 Limitations on Secured Debt

     13   

Section 3.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks

     14   

Section 3.10 Appointment of Agents

     15   

Section 3.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     15   

Section 3.12 Repurchase of 2022 Notes Upon a Change of Control

     15   

Section 3.13 Guarantees

     17   

Section 3.14 No Sinking Fund

     17   

Section 3.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

     17   

ARTICLE 4. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2042 NOTES

     17   

Section 4.1 Designation and Principal Amount

     17   

Section 4.2 Maturity

     17   

 

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Section 4.3 Further Issues

     18   

Section 4.4 Form of Payment

     18   

Section 4.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2042 Notes

     18   

Section 4.6 Interest

     18   

Section 4.7 Redemption

     18   

Section 4.8 Limitations on Secured Debt

     18   

Section 4.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks

     19   

Section 4.10 Appointment of Agents

     20   

Section 4.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     20   

Section 4.12 Repurchase of 2042 Notes Upon a Change of Control

     20   

Section 4.13 Guarantees

     22   

Section 4.14 No Sinking Fund

     22   

Section 4.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

     22   

ARTICLE 5. FORMS OF NOTES

     23   

Section 5.1 Form of 2017 Notes

     23   

Section 5.2 Form of 2022 Notes

     23   

Section 5.3 Form of 2042 Notes

     23   

ARTICLE 6. ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

     23   

Section 6.1 Original Issue of 2017 Notes

     23   

Section 6.2 Original Issue of 2022 Notes

     23   

Section 6.3 Original Issue of 2042 Notes

     23   

ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS

     23   

Section 7.1 Ratification of Indenture

     23   

Section 7.2 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals

     23   

Section 7.3 Governing Law

     24   

Section 7.4 Separability

     24   

Section 7.5 Counterparts Originals

     24   

EXHIBIT A – Form of 2017 Notes

     A-1   

EXHIBIT B – Form of 2022 Notes

     B-1   

EXHIBIT C – Form of 2042 Notes

     C-1   

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of May 3, 2012 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); and MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL LP, a Delaware limited partnership, MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, COORS INTERNATIONAL HOLDCO, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON COORS CALLCO ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, MOLSON CANADA 2005, an Ontario partnership, COORS BREWING COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, CBC HOLDCO LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, MC HOLDING COMPANY LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, NEWCO3, INC., a Colorado corporation, MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, an English private limited company, MOLSON COORS HOLDINGS LIMITED, an English private limited company, and GOLDEN ACQUISITION, an English private unlimited company (collectively, the “Guarantors”); and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, to the Trustee (the “Base Indenture,” and as hereby supplemented, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of the Company’s debt Securities to be issued in one or more series and to be guaranteed by the Guarantors;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of three new series of its notes under the Base Indenture to be known as its “2.000% Senior Notes due 2017” (the “2017 Notes”), “3.500% Senior Notes due 2022” (the “2022 Notes”) and “5.000% Senior Notes due 2042” (the “2042 Notes”), the form and substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Guarantors will guarantee the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes being issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the terms set forth in Article XVI of the Base Indenture ;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to resolutions duly adopted on April 1, 2012, has duly authorized the issuance of the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes, and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect each such issuance;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, Board of Managers, Managing Member or Management Committee, as applicable, of each of the Guarantors, pursuant to resolutions duly adopted on April 23, 2012 or April 25, 2012, as applicable, has duly authorized such Guarantor’s Guarantee, and has authorized the proper officers of such Guarantor to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect such Guarantee;

WHEREAS, this Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 14.1(p) of the Base Indenture;


WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, and to make the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes, each when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and the Guarantees thereon by the Guarantors, the valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of each of the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms and terms of each of the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes, the Company and the Guarantors covenant and agree, with the Trustee, as follows:

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Definition of Terms . Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) each term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(c) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;

(d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and

(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(e):

(i) “2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.

(ii) “2017 Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.

(iii) “2017 Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.

(iv) “2017 Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.

(v) “2017 Change of Control Triggering Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.12.

 

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(vi) “2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

(vii) “2022 Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

(viii) “2022 Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

(ix) “2022 Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

(x) “2022 Change of Control Triggering Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

(xi) “2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.12.

(xii) “2042 Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.12.

(xiii) “2042 Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.12.

(xiv) “2042 Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.12.

(xv) “2042 Change of Control Triggering Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.12.

(xvi) “Attributable Debt” means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount of such liability is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining primary term thereof, discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at the actual percentage rate inherent in such arrangements as determined in good faith by the Company. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be terminated.

(xvii) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any “person” or “group” (other than the Permitted Parties) is or becomes (by way of merger or consolidation or otherwise) the “beneficial owner,” directly or indirectly, of shares of Voting Stock of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting

 

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power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the Company or has the power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to (i) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) one or more Permitted Parties; (3) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or (4) the holders of the Company’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with this Indenture). For purposes of this Section 1.1(e)(xvii), (i) “person” or “group” have the meanings given to them for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions, and the term “group” includes any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision, and (ii) a “beneficial owner” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

(xviii) “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the consolidated total assets of the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, after deducting current liabilities (except for those which are Funded Debt or the current maturities of Funded Debt) and goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other intangible assets. Deferred income taxes, deferred investment tax credit or other similar items, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, will not be considered as a liability or as a deduction from or adjustment to total assets.

(xix) “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Supplemental Indenture; or (ii) was nominated for election by the nominating committee or a nominating subcommittee in accordance with the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation or was elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

(xx) “Coors Family Group” means:

(1) individuals who are descendents of the late Adolph Coors, including adopted issue and issue born out of wedlock of any such individuals, as well as spouses and former spouses (including widows and widowers), whether or not lawfully married, of any of such individuals and spouses, former spouses (including widows and widowers) and descendents of such spouses or former spouses (including widows and widowers) (the “Coors Family Members”);

(2) estates of any Coors Family Members;

(3) trusts for which the principal beneficiaries are one or more of the Coors Family Members;

 

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(4) any corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or similar entity directly or indirectly under the control of one or more of the foregoing;

(5) any corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or similar entity controlled by one of the foregoing;

(6) any corporation or trust with a charitable, scientific, religious or educational purpose described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to which the Coors Family Members comprise not less than 40% of the directors, trustees or persons carrying out a similar function, as applicable; and

(7) any foundation or charitable organization, not less than 40% of the trustees, governors or persons carrying out a similar function of which are Coors Family Members.

(xxi) “Coors Family Group Beneficiaries” means the Adolph Coors, Jr. Trust dated September 12, 1969 and members of the Coors Family Group.

(xxii) “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

(xxiii) “Funded Debt” of any Person means (a) all Debt of such Person having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of such Person, or (b) rental obligations of such Person payable more than 12 months from such date under leases which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP (such rental obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized).

(xxiv) “Interest Payment Date” means May 1 and November 1 of each year.

(xxv) “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB– (or the equivalent) by S&P.

(xxvi) “Issue Date” means May 3, 2012.

(xxvii) “Molson Family Group” means:

(1) individuals who are descendents of the late Thomas H.P. Molson of Montreal, who passed away on or about April 4, 1978, including adopted issue and issue born out of wedlock of any such individuals, as well as spouses and former spouses (including widows and widowers), whether or not lawfully married, of any of such individuals and spouses, former spouses (including widows and widowers) and descendents of such spouses or former spouses (including widows and widowers) (the “Molson Family Members”);

(2) estates of Thomas Molson and any Molson Family Members;

 

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(3) trusts for which the principal beneficiaries are one or more of the Molson Family Members;

(4) any corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or similar entity directly or indirectly under the control of one or more of the foregoing;

(5) any corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or similar entity controlled by one of the foregoing;

(6) any corporation with charitable, scientific, religious or educational objects or any trust the beneficiaries of which are charities, with respect to which the Molson Family Members comprise not less than 40% of the directors, trustees or persons carrying out a similar function, as applicable; and

(7) any foundation or charitable organization, not less than 40% of the trustees, governors or persons carrying out a similar function of which are Molson Family Members, including, without limitation, The Molson Foundation and The Molson Companies Donation Fund.

(xxviii) “Molson Family Group Beneficiaries” means Pentland Securities (1981) Inc. and members of the Molson Family Group.

(xxix) “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

(xxx) “Mortgage” means a mortgage, pledge or lien.

(xxxi) “Notes” means the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes.

(xxxii) “Permitted Party” means any of the Coors Family Group Beneficiaries or the Molson Family Group Beneficiaries.

(xxxiii) “Principal Property” means any brewery, manufacturing, processing or packaging plant or warehouse owned at the date of this Supplemental Indenture or thereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which is located within the United States of America or Canada, other than any property which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety.

(xxxiv) “Rating Agencies” means, in respect of any series of Notes, (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes of such series or fails to make a rating of the Notes of such series 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 certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

(xxxv) “Record Date” means April 15 and October 15 of each year.

 

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(xxxvi) “Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (a) substantially all the property of which is located, or substantially all the business of which is carried on, within the United States or Canada, and (b) which owns a Principal Property.

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

Section 1.2 Interpretation . This First Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Base Indenture, and this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture shall hereafter be read together with respect to the Notes. If any term or provision contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall conflict or be inconsistent with any term or provision of the Base Indenture, the terms and provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall govern; provided, however, that the terms and provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture modify or amend the terms of the Base Indenture only with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE 2.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2017 NOTES

Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under the Base Indenture designated as the “2.000% Senior Notes due 2017,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount. The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2017 Notes to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $300,000,000. The 2017 Notes are not Original Issue Discount Securities and were originally issued at a public offering price of 99.717%. Any additional amounts of 2017 Notes to be issued shall be set forth in a Company Order.

Section 2.2 Maturity . The stated maturity of principal for the 2017 Notes shall be May 1, 2017.

Section 2.3 Further Issues . The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the 2017 Notes, issue additional 2017 Notes. Any such additional 2017 Notes shall have the same ranking, interest rate, maturity date and other terms and conditions as the 2017 Notes issued on the Issue Date, except for the issue date and the issue price. Any such additional 2017 Notes, together with the 2017 Notes herein provided for, shall constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

Section 2.4 Form of Payment . Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2017 Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

Section 2.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2017 Notes . Upon the original issuance, the 2017 Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Securities. The Company shall issue the 2017 Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and shall deposit the Global Securities with, or on behalf of, DTC as Depositary (pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture) in New York, New York, and register the Global Securities in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee.

 

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Section 2.6 Interest . The Company shall pay interest on the 2017 Notes at the rate of 2.000% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date or, if any such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on November 1, 2012. Interest on the 2017 Notes shall be paid to each Holder of the 2017 Notes at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the related Interest Payment Date (except that interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the same persons to whom principal of such 2017 Notes is payable) and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2017 Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Payments of the principal of and interest on the 2017 Notes shall be made in U.S. Dollars, and the 2017 Notes shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars.

Section 2.7 Redemption . The 2017 Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company and to a special mandatory redemption, in each case as set forth in the form of 2017 Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and Article IV of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.8 Limitations on Secured Debt .

(a) If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall incur, issue, assume or enter into a guarantee of any Debt secured by a Mortgage on any Principal Property of the Company or any Subsidiary, or on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or Restricted Subsidiary to, secure the 2017 Notes equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Debt for as long as such Debt is so secured, unless the aggregate amount of all outstanding Debt secured by Mortgages, when taken together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties of the Company or any Subsidiary (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded pursuant to Section 2.8(b) and Section 2.9(b)), would not, at the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company. Any Mortgage created for the benefit of the Holders of Securities pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Mortgage shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Mortgage to which it relates.

(b) The restriction in Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to Debt secured by:

(i) Mortgages existing on any property prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property of any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary after the date of this Supplemental Indenture prior to the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary or securing indebtedness that is used to pay the cost of acquisition of such property or to reimburse the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for that cost; provided, however, that such Mortgage shall not apply to any other property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements and accessions to the property to which it originally applies;

(ii) Mortgages to secure the cost of development or construction of such property, or improvements of such property; provided, however, that such Mortgages shall not apply to any other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(iii) Mortgages in favor of a governmental entity or in favor of the holders of securities issued by any such entity, pursuant to any contract or statute (including Mortgages to secure Debt of the pollution control or industrial revenue bond type) or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;

(iv) Mortgages securing indebtedness owing to the Company or a Guarantor;

(v) Mortgages existing on the Issue Date;

(vi) Mortgages required in connection with governmental programs which provide financial or tax benefits, as long as substantially all of the obligations secured are in lieu of or reduce an obligation that would have been secured by a lien permitted under this Indenture;

(vii) extensions, renewals or replacements of the Mortgages referred to in this Section 2.8(b) (other than Mortgages described in clauses (ii) and (iv) above) so long as the principal amount of the secured Debt is not increased and the extension, renewal or replacement is limited to all or part of the same property secured by the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced; or

(viii) Mortgages in connection with sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 2.9(b).

Section 2.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks .

(a) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Principal Property, unless the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions, when taken together with all secured Debt permitted under Section 2.8(a) (and not excluded in Section 2.8(b)) would not, at the time such transaction is entered into, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company.

(b) The restriction in Section 2.9(a) shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation under Section 2.9(a), any sale and leaseback transaction if:

(i) the transaction is between or among two or more of the Company and the Guarantors;

(ii) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;

(iii) the transaction is with a governmental authority that provides financial or tax benefits;

(iv) the net proceeds of the sale are at least equal to the fair market value of the property and, within 180 days of the transfer, the Company or the Guarantors repay Funded Debt owed by them or make expenditures for the expansion, construction or acquisition of a Principal Property at least equal to the net proceeds of the sale; or

 

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(v) such sale and leaseback transaction is entered into within 180 days after the acquisition or construction, in whole but not in part, of such Principal Property.

Section 2.10 Appointment of Agents . The Trustee shall initially be the Registrar and Paying Agent for the 2017 Notes.

Section 2.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations . At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged from its obligations with respect to the 2017 Notes on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied or (b) the Company and the Guarantors shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 6.4 or Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.8 and 2.9 of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2017 Notes at any time after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied. The applicable provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the exercise by the Company of either such option.

Section 2.12 Repurchase of 2017 Notes Upon a Change of Control .

(a) Upon the occurrence of a 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2017 Notes as provided in the form of 2017 Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and Article IV of the Base Indenture, each Holder of 2017 Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s 2017 Notes pursuant to the offer described in this Section 2.12 (the “2017 Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Section 2.12 at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of 2017 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2017 Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “2017 Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following any 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of consummation of any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice to each Holder of 2017 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase the 2017 Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “2017 Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by Article IV of the Base Indenture, which shall apply hereto mutatis mutandis, and described in such notice. The repurchase obligation with respect to any notice mailed prior to the consummation of the Change of Control shall be conditioned on the 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

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and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the 2017 Notes as a result of a 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 2.12, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.12 by virtue of such conflicts.

(d) On the 2017 Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all 2017 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the 2017 Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the 2017 Change of Control Payment in respect of all 2017 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not validly withdrawn and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the 2017 Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of 2017 Notes or portions thereof being repurchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of 2017 Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn the 2017 Change of Control Payment for such 2017 Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new 2017 Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the 2017 Notes surrendered by such Holder; provided that each new 2017 Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a 2017 Change of Control Offer upon a 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event if another Person makes the 2017 Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.12 otherwise applicable to a 2017 Change of Control Offer made by the Company and such other Person purchases all 2017 Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to such 2017 Change of Control Offer.

(f) Solely for purposes of this Section 2.12 in connection with the 2017 Notes, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the 2017 Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, in each case until the end of the 60-day period following the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that if during such 60-day period one or more Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible downgrade of the 2017 Notes, then such 60-day period shall be extended for such time as the rating of the 2017 Notes by any such Rating Agency remains under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a 2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a 2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’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 applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the 2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

 

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“2017 Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a 2017 Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Section 2.13 Guarantees . The 2017 Notes shall be guaranteed by the following Subsidiaries (which are hereby designated “Guarantors” under the Indenture with respect to the 2017 Notes): Molson Coors International LP, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, Molson Coors International General, ULC, Coors International Holdco, ULC, Molson Coors Callco ULC, Molson Canada 2005, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited, Golden Acquisition, and each of the Company’s future Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, until, in each case, such entity is released as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 16.7 of the Base Indenture. Each of the Guarantors hereby confirms its Guarantee of the 2017 Notes and confirms the applicability of the provisions of the Base Indenture to such Guarantor with respect to the 2017 Notes.

Section 2.14 No Sinking Fund . The 2017 Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 2.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets . The terms and conditions of Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the 2017 Notes.

ARTICLE 3.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2022 NOTES

Section 3.1 Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under the Base Indenture designated as the “3.500% Senior Notes due 2022,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount. The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $500,000,000. The 2022 Notes are not Original Issue Discount Securities and were originally issued at a public offering price of 99.649%. Any additional amounts of 2022 Notes to be issued shall be set forth in a Company Order.

Section 3.2 Maturity . The stated maturity of principal for the 2022 Notes shall be May 1, 2022.

Section 3.3 Further Issues . The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the 2022 Notes, issue additional 2022 Notes. Any such additional 2022 Notes shall have the same ranking, interest rate, maturity date and other terms and conditions as the 2022 Notes issued on the Issue Date, except for the issue date and the issue price. Any such additional 2022 Notes, together with the 2022 Notes herein provided for, shall constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

Section 3.4 Form of Payment . Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2022 Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

 

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Section 3.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2022 Notes . Upon the original issuance, the 2022 Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Securities. The Company shall issue the 2022 Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and shall deposit the Global Securities with, or on behalf of, DTC as Depositary (pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture) in New York, New York, and register the Global Securities in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee.

Section 3.6 Interest . The Company shall pay interest on the 2022 Notes at the rate of 3.500% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date or, if any such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on November 1, 2012. Interest on the 2022 Notes shall be paid to each Holder of the 2022 Notes at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the related Interest Payment Date (except that interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the same persons to whom principal of such 2022 Notes is payable) and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2022 Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Payments of the principal of and interest on the 2022 Notes shall be made in U.S. Dollars, and the 2022 Notes shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars.

Section 3.7 Redemption . The 2022 Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company and to a special mandatory redemption, in each case as set forth in the form of 2022 Note attached hereto as Exhibit B and Article IV of the Base Indenture.

Section 3.8 Limitations on Secured Debt .

(a) If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall incur, issue, assume or enter into a guarantee of any Debt secured by a Mortgage on any Principal Property of the Company or any Subsidiary, or on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or Restricted Subsidiary to, secure the 2022 Notes equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Debt for as long as such Debt is so secured, unless the aggregate amount of all outstanding Debt secured by Mortgages, when taken together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties of the Company or any Subsidiary (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded pursuant to Section 3.8(b) and Section 3.9(b)), would not, at the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company. Any Mortgage created for the benefit of the Holders of Securities pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Mortgage shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Mortgage to which it relates.

(b) The restriction in Section 3.8(a) shall not apply to Debt secured by:

(i) Mortgages existing on any property prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property of any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary after the date of this Supplemental Indenture prior to the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary or securing indebtedness that is used to pay the cost of acquisition of such property or to reimburse the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for

 

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that cost; provided, however, that such Mortgage shall not apply to any other property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements and accessions to the property to which it originally applies;

(ii) Mortgages to secure the cost of development or construction of such property, or improvements of such property; provided, however, that such Mortgages shall not apply to any other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(iii) Mortgages in favor of a governmental entity or in favor of the holders of securities issued by any such entity, pursuant to any contract or statute (including Mortgages to secure Debt of the pollution control or industrial revenue bond type) or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;

(iv) Mortgages securing indebtedness owing to the Company or a Guarantor;

(v) Mortgages existing on the Issue Date;

(vi) Mortgages required in connection with governmental programs which provide financial or tax benefits, as long as substantially all of the obligations secured are in lieu of or reduce an obligation that would have been secured by a lien permitted under this Indenture;

(vii) extensions, renewals or replacements of the Mortgages referred to in this Section 3.8(b) (other than Mortgages described in clauses (ii) and (iv) above) so long as the principal amount of the secured Debt is not increased and the extension, renewal or replacement is limited to all or part of the same property secured by the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced; or

(viii) Mortgages in connection with sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 3.9(b).

Section 3.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks .

(a) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Principal Property, unless the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions, when taken together with all secured Debt permitted under Section 3.8(a) (and not excluded in Section 3.8(b)) would not, at the time such transaction is entered into, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company.

(b) The restriction in Section 3.9(a) shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation under Section 3.9(a), any sale and leaseback transaction if:

(i) the transaction is between or among two or more of the Company and the Guarantors;

 

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(ii) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;

(iii) the transaction is with a governmental authority that provides financial or tax benefits;

(iv) the net proceeds of the sale are at least equal to the fair market value of the property and, within 180 days of the transfer, the Company or the Guarantors repay Funded Debt owed by them or make expenditures for the expansion, construction or acquisition of a Principal Property at least equal to the net proceeds of the sale; or

(v) such sale and leaseback transaction is entered into within 180 days after the acquisition or construction, in whole but not in part, of such Principal Property.

Section 3.10 Appointment of Agents . The Trustee shall initially be the Registrar and Paying Agent for the 2022 Notes.

Section 3.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations . At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged from its obligations with respect to the 2022 Notes on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied or (b) the Company and the Guarantors shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 6.4 or Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture and Sections 3.8 and 3.9 of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2022 Notes at any time after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied. The applicable provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the exercise by the Company of either such option.

Section 3.12 Repurchase of 2022 Notes Upon a Change of Control .

(a) Upon the occurrence of a 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2022 Notes as provided in the form of 2022 Note attached hereto as Exhibit B and Article IV of the Base Indenture, each Holder of 2022 Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s 2022 Notes pursuant to the offer described in this Section 3.12 (the “2022 Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Section 3.12 at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2022 Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “2022 Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following any 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of consummation of any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice to each Holder of 2022 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase the 2022 Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “2022 Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by Article IV of the Base Indenture, which shall

 

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apply hereto mutatis mutandis, and described in such notice. The repurchase obligation with respect to any notice mailed prior to the consummation of the Change of Control shall be conditioned on the 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

(c) 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 2022 Notes as a result of a 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 3.12, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.12 by virtue of such conflicts.

(d) On the 2022 Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all 2022 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the 2022 Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the 2022 Change of Control Payment in respect of all 2022 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not validly withdrawn and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the 2022 Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes or portions thereof being repurchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of 2022 Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn the 2022 Change of Control Payment for such 2022 Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new 2022 Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the 2022 Notes surrendered by such Holder; provided that each new 2022 Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a 2022 Change of Control Offer upon a 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event if another Person makes the 2022 Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.12 otherwise applicable to a 2022 Change of Control Offer made by the Company and such other Person purchases all 2022 Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to such 2022 Change of Control Offer.

(f) Solely for purposes of this Section 3.12 in connection with the 2022 Notes, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the 2022 Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, in each case until the end of the 60-day period following the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that if during such 60-day period one or more Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible downgrade of the 2022 Notes, then such 60-day period shall be extended for such time as the rating of the 2022 Notes by any such Rating Agency remains under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a 2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising

 

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by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a 2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’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 applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the 2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

“2022 Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a 2022 Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Section 3.13 Guarantees . The 2022 Notes shall be guaranteed by the following Subsidiaries (which are hereby designated “Guarantors” under the Indenture with respect to the 2022 Notes): Molson Coors International LP, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, Molson Coors International General, ULC, Coors International Holdco, ULC, Molson Coors Callco ULC, Molson Canada 2005, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited, Golden Acquisition, and each of the Company’s future Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, until, in each case, such entity is released as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 16.7 of the Base Indenture. Each of the Guarantors hereby confirms its Guarantee of the 2022 Notes and confirms the applicability of the provisions of the Base Indenture to such Guarantor with respect to the 2022 Notes.

Section 3.14 No Sinking Fund . The 2022 Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 3.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets . The terms and conditions of Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the 2022 Notes.

ARTICLE 4.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 2042 NOTES

Section 4.1 Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under the Base Indenture designated as the “5.000% Senior Notes due 2042,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount. The initial aggregate principal amount of the 2042 Notes to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $1,100,000,000. The 2042 Notes are not Original Issue Discount Securities and were originally issued at a public offering price of 99.815%. Any additional amounts of 2042 Notes to be issued shall be set forth in a Company Order.

Section 4.2 Maturity . The stated maturity of principal for the 2042 Notes shall be May 1, 2042.

 

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Section 4.3 Further Issues . The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the 2042 Notes, issue additional 2042 Notes. Any such additional 2042 Notes shall have the same ranking, interest rate, maturity date and other terms and conditions as the 2042 Notes issued on the Issue Date, except for the issue date and the issue price. Any such additional 2042 Notes, together with the 2042 Notes herein provided for, shall constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

Section 4.4 Form of Payment . Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2042 Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

Section 4.5 Global Securities and Denomination of 2042 Notes . Upon the original issuance, the 2042 Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Securities. The Company shall issue the 2042 Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and shall deposit the Global Securities with, or on behalf of, DTC as Depositary (pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture) in New York, New York, and register the Global Securities in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee.

Section 4.6 Interest . The Company shall pay interest on the 2042 Notes at the rate of 5.000% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date or, if any such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on November 1, 2012. Interest on the 2042 Notes shall be paid to each Holder of the 2042 Notes at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the related Interest Payment Date (except that interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the same persons to whom principal of such 2042 Notes is payable) and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the 2042 Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Payments of the principal of and interest on the 2042 Notes shall be made in U.S. Dollars, and the 2042 Notes shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars.

Section 4.7 Redemption . The 2042 Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company and to a special mandatory redemption, in each case as set forth in the form of 2042 Note attached hereto as Exhibit C and Article IV of the Base Indenture.

Section 4.8 Limitations on Secured Debt .

(a) If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall incur, issue, assume or enter into a guarantee of any Debt secured by a Mortgage on any Principal Property of the Company or any Subsidiary, or on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or Restricted Subsidiary to, secure the 2042 Notes equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Debt for as long as such Debt is so secured, unless the aggregate amount of all outstanding Debt secured by Mortgages, when taken together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties of the Company or any Subsidiary (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded pursuant to Section 4.8(b) and Section 4.9(b)), would not, at the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company. Any Mortgage created for the benefit of the Holders of Securities pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Mortgage shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Mortgage to which it relates.

 

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(b) The restriction in Section 4.8(a) shall not apply to Debt secured by:

(i) Mortgages existing on any property prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property of any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary after the date of this Supplemental Indenture prior to the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary or securing indebtedness that is used to pay the cost of acquisition of such property or to reimburse the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for that cost; provided, however, that such Mortgage shall not apply to any other property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements and accessions to the property to which it originally applies;

(ii) Mortgages to secure the cost of development or construction of such property, or improvements of such property; provided, however, that such Mortgages shall not apply to any other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(iii) Mortgages in favor of a governmental entity or in favor of the holders of securities issued by any such entity, pursuant to any contract or statute (including Mortgages to secure Debt of the pollution control or industrial revenue bond type) or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;

(iv) Mortgages securing indebtedness owing to the Company or a Guarantor;

(v) Mortgages existing on the Issue Date;

(vi) Mortgages required in connection with governmental programs which provide financial or tax benefits, as long as substantially all of the obligations secured are in lieu of or reduce an obligation that would have been secured by a lien permitted under this Indenture;

(vii) extensions, renewals or replacements of the Mortgages referred to in this Section 4.8(b) (other than Mortgages described in clauses (ii) and (iv) above) so long as the principal amount of the secured Debt is not increased and the extension, renewal or replacement is limited to all or part of the same property secured by the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced; or

(viii) Mortgages in connection with sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 4.9(b).

Section 4.9 Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks .

(a) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Principal Property, unless the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions, when taken together with all secured Debt permitted under Section 4.8(a) (and not excluded in Section 4.8(b)) would not, at the time such transaction is entered into, exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company.

 

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(b) The restriction in Section 4.9(a) shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation under Section 4.9(a), any sale and leaseback transaction if:

(i) the transaction is between or among two or more of the Company and the Guarantors;

(ii) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;

(iii) the transaction is with a governmental authority that provides financial or tax benefits;

(iv) the net proceeds of the sale are at least equal to the fair market value of the property and, within 180 days of the transfer, the Company or the Guarantors repay Funded Debt owed by them or make expenditures for the expansion, construction or acquisition of a Principal Property at least equal to the net proceeds of the sale; or

(v) such sale and leaseback transaction is entered into within 180 days after the acquisition or construction, in whole but not in part, of such Principal Property.

Section 4.10 Appointment of Agents . The Trustee shall initially be the Registrar and Paying Agent for the 2042 Notes.

Section 4.11 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations . At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged from its obligations with respect to the 2042 Notes on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied or (b) the Company and the Guarantors shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 6.4 or Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture and Sections 4.8 and 4.9 of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2042 Notes at any time after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.3 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied. The applicable provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the exercise by the Company of either such option.

Section 4.12 Repurchase of 2042 Notes Upon a Change of Control .

(a) Upon the occurrence of a 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2042 Notes as provided in the form of 2042 Note attached hereto as Exhibit C and Article IV of the Base Indenture, each Holder of 2042 Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s 2042 Notes pursuant to the offer described in this Section 4.12 (the “2042 Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Section 4.12 at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of 2042 Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2042 Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “2042 Change of Control Payment”).

 

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(b) Within 30 days following any 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of consummation of any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice to each Holder of 2042 Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase the 2042 Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “2042 Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by Article IV of the Base Indenture, which shall apply hereto mutatis mutandis, and described in such notice. The repurchase obligation with respect to any notice mailed prior to the consummation of the Change of Control shall be conditioned on the 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

(c) 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 2042 Notes as a result of a 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.12, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.12 by virtue of such conflicts.

(d) On the 2042 Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all 2042 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the 2042 Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the 2042 Change of Control Payment in respect of all 2042 Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not validly withdrawn and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the 2042 Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of 2042 Notes or portions thereof being repurchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of 2042 Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn the 2042 Change of Control Payment for such 2042 Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new 2042 Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the 2042 Notes surrendered by such Holder; provided that each new 2042 Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a 2042 Change of Control Offer upon a 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event if another Person makes the 2042 Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.12 otherwise applicable to a 2042 Change of Control Offer made by the Company and such other Person purchases all 2042 Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to such 2042 Change of Control Offer.

(f) Solely for purposes of this Section 4.12 in connection with the 2042 Notes, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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“2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the 2042 Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, in each case until the end of the 60-day period following the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that if during such 60-day period one or more Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible downgrade of the 2042 Notes, then such 60-day period shall be extended for such time as the rating of the 2042 Notes by any such Rating Agency remains under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a 2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a 2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’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 applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the 2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

“2042 Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a 2042 Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Section 4.13 Guarantees . The 2042 Notes shall be guaranteed by the following Subsidiaries (which are hereby designated “Guarantors” under the Indenture with respect to the 2042 Notes): Molson Coors International LP, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, Molson Coors International General, ULC, Coors International Holdco, ULC, Molson Coors Callco ULC, Molson Canada 2005, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited, Golden Acquisition, and each of the Company’s future Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, until, in each case, such entity is released as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 16.7 of the Base Indenture. Each of the Guarantors hereby confirms its Guarantee of the 2042 Notes and confirms the applicability of the provisions of the Base Indenture to such Guarantor with respect to the 2042 Notes.

Section 4.14 No Sinking Fund . The 2042 Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 4.15 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets . The terms and conditions of Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the 2042 Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 5.

FORMS OF NOTES

Section 5.1 Form of 2017 Notes . The 2017 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

Section 5.2 Form of 2022 Notes . The 2022 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

Section 5.3 Form of 2042 Notes . The 2042 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

ARTICLE 6.

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

Section 6.1 Original Issue of 2017 Notes . The 2017 Notes may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such 2017 Notes as in such Company Order provided.

Section 6.2 Original Issue of 2022 Notes . The 2022 Notes may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such 2022 Notes as in such Company Order provided.

Section 6.3 Original Issue of 2042 Notes . The 2042 Notes may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such 2042 Notes as in such Company Order provided.

ARTICLE 7.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Ratification of Indenture . The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2042 Notes.

Section 7.2 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Section 7.3 Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture, each 2017 Note, each 2022 Note and each 2042 Note shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

Section 7.4 Separability . In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture, the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes or the 2042 Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 7.5 Counterparts Originals . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY,

as Issuer

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: VP, Treasurer, Tax & Strategic Finance

GUARANTORS:

MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL LP
By:   MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC, Its General Partner
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL

GENERAL, ULC

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

COORS INTERNATIONAL HOLDCO, ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer


MOLSON COORS CALLCO ULC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON CANADA 2005
By:   /s/ Wouter Vosmeer
  Name: Wouter Vosmeer
  Title: CFO

 

COORS BREWING COMPANY
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

CBC HOLDCO LLC
By:   CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC, Its Managing Member
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

MC HOLDING COMPANY LLC
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer


CBC HOLDCO 2 LLC
By:  

COORS BREWING COMPANY, Its

Managing Member

By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Vice President - Taxation and Treasurer

 

NEWCO3, INC.
By:   /s/ Julio O. Ramirez
  Name: Julio O. Ramirez
  Title: Treasurer

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK)

LIMITED

By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Legal Director

 

MOLSON COORS HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Director

 

GOLDEN ACQUISITION
By:   /s/ Susan Aubion
  Name: Susan Aubion
  Title: Director


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS,

as Trustee

By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:   /s/ Jacqueline Bartnick
  Name: Jacqueline Bartnick
  Title: Director
By:   /s/ Linda Reale
  Name: Linda Reale
  Title: Vice President


EXIHIBIT A

[FACE OF 2017 NOTE]

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), 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.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

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CUSIP No. 60871RAB6

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

2.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017

 

No. [                ]

   $[                             ]
  

As revised by the

Schedule of

Increases or

Decreases in

Global Security

attached hereto

Interest . Molson Coors Brewing Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on May 1, 2017 and to pay interest thereon from May 3, 2012, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year, commencing November 1, 2012, at the rate of 2.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the same rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next preceding such 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 Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder.

 

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

Authentication . Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:

 

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS, as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Global Note

 

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[REVERSE OF 2017 NOTE]

Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”) issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all applicable indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes of this series and of the terms upon which the Notes of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000. To the extent the terms of this Note conflict with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

Optional Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and (ii) the sum, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes of this series to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

For purposes of determining the optional Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of this series.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or

(b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Independent Investment Banker or, if the Independent Investment Banker is able to obtain only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

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“Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company, which may be one of the Reference Treasury Dealers.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States that the Company selects.

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

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Notes of this series to be redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed for any Notes of this series, the Notes of this series called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the applicable Redemption Price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date and the other conditions set forth in Article IV of the Base Indenture are satisfied, and unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, then on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) called for redemption. If fewer than all of the Notes of this series are to be redeemed, and the Notes of this series are at the time represented by a Global Note, then the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests to be redeemed. If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the Notes of this series, and any of the Notes of this series are not represented by a Global Note, then the Trustee shall select the particular Notes of this series to be redeemed in a manner it deems appropriate and fair (and the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests in any Global Note to be redeemed).

[Special Mandatory Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption in whole (but not in part) at a special mandatory redemption price (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount thereof to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below), if the closing of the Acquisition (as defined below) has not occurred on or prior to November 2, 2012, or if, prior to such date, the SPA (as defined below) is terminated (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 10 Business Days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) notify the Trustee in writing (such date of notification, the “Redemption Notice Date”) that the Notes of this series are to be redeemed on the 30th day following the Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture. The Trustee, upon receipt of the notice specified above, on the Redemption Notice Date shall notify each Holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture that all of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall be redeemed at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the Holders of the Notes of this series. At or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price for the Notes of this series on such date. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Notes of this series will cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.

For purposes of this Special Mandatory Redemption provision, (i) “SPA” means the sale and purchase agreement, dated April 3, 2012, among the Company, Molson Coors Holdco – 2 Inc. (the “Purchaser”) and StarBev L.P. for the acquisition by the Purchaser of the entire issued share capital of StarBev Holdings S.à r.l. (a wholly owned subsidiary of StarBev L.P.) from StarBev L.P., and (ii) “Acquisition” refers to such acquisition.] 1

Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control . Upon the occurrence of a 2017 Change of Control Triggering Event, subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, each Holder of Notes of this series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes of this series as set forth in the Indenture.

Guarantees . The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes of this series is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Guarantors.

Defeasance and Discharge . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to Notes of this series upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

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

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . 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 the Notes of this series at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of

 

1  

Include only in Notes of this series issued prior to a Special Mandatory Redemption Event.

 

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the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of this series, 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 herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Restrictive Covenants . The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of additional unsecured debt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; however, it does limit, among other things, the incurrence of additional secured debt, the entry into sale and leaseback transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets by the Company and the Guarantors. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions set forth in the Indenture. Once a year, the Company must report to the Trustee on its compliance with these limitations.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, including Section 3.6 of the Base Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Registrar accompanied by a written request for transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series of any different authorized denomination or denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

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

Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, 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 the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.8 of the Base Indenture) interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No Sinking Fund . The Notes of this series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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Governing Law . This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

Defined Terms . All terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

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

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee


EXHIBIT B

[FACE OF 2022 NOTE]

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), 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.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

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CUSIP No. 60871RAC4

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

3.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

No. [    ]

   $[                                 ]
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . Molson Coors Brewing Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on May 1, 2022 and to pay interest thereon from May 3, 2012, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year, commencing November 1, 2012, at the rate of 3.500% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the same rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next preceding such 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 Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder.

 

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

Authentication . Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:

 

   
    MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
    By:    
      Name:
      Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated:

 

    DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
    By:    
      Authorized Signatory
     

Signature Page to Global Note

 

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[REVERSE OF 2022 NOTE]

Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”) issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all applicable indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes of this series and of the terms upon which the Notes of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000. To the extent the terms of this Note conflict with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

Optional Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and (ii) the sum, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes of this series to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

For purposes of determining the optional Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of this series.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or

(b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Independent Investment Banker or, if the Independent Investment Banker is able to obtain only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

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“Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company, which may be one of the Reference Treasury Dealers.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States that the Company selects.

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

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Notes of this series to be redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed for any Notes of this series, the Notes of this series called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the applicable Redemption Price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date and the other conditions set forth in Article IV of the Base Indenture are satisfied, and unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, then on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) called for redemption. If fewer than all of the Notes of this series are to be redeemed, and the Notes of this series are at the time represented by a Global Note, then the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests to be redeemed. If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the Notes of this series, and any of the Notes of this series are not represented by a Global Note, then the Trustee shall select the particular Notes of this series to be redeemed in a manner it deems appropriate and fair (and the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests in any Global Note to be redeemed).

[Special Mandatory Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption in whole (but not in part) at a special mandatory redemption price (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount thereof to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below), if the closing of the Acquisition (as defined below) has not occurred on or prior to November 2, 2012, or if, prior to such date, the SPA (as defined below) is terminated (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 10 Business Days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) notify the Trustee in writing (such date of notification, the “Redemption Notice Date”) that the Notes of this series are to be redeemed on the 30th day following the Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture. The Trustee, upon receipt of the notice specified above, on the Redemption Notice Date shall notify each Holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture that all of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall be redeemed at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the Holders of the Notes of this series. At or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price for the Notes of this series on such date. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Notes of this series will cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.

For purposes of this Special Mandatory Redemption provision, (i) “SPA” means the sale and purchase agreement, dated April 3, 2012, among the Company, Molson Coors Holdco – 2 Inc. (the “Purchaser”) and StarBev L.P. for the acquisition by the Purchaser of the entire issued share capital of StarBev Holdings S.à r.l. (a wholly owned subsidiary of StarBev L.P.) from StarBev L.P., and (ii) “Acquisition” refers to such acquisition.] 2

Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control . Upon the occurrence of a 2022 Change of Control Triggering Event, subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, each Holder of Notes of this series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes of this series as set forth in the Indenture.

Guarantees . The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes of this series is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Guarantors.

Defeasance and Discharge . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to Notes of this series upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

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

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . 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 the Notes of this series at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of

 

 

2  

Include only in Notes of this series issued prior to a Special Mandatory Redemption Event.

 

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the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of this series, 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 herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Restrictive Covenants . The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of additional unsecured debt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; however, it does limit, among other things, the incurrence of additional secured debt, the entry into sale and leaseback transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets by the Company and the Guarantors. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions set forth in the Indenture. Once a year, the Company must report to the Trustee on its compliance with these limitations.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, including Section 3.6 of the Base Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Registrar accompanied by a written request for transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series of any different authorized denomination or denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

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

Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, 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 the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.8 of the Base Indenture) interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No Sinking Fund . The Notes of this series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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Governing Law . This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

Defined Terms . All terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

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

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security following
each

decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee


EXHIBIT C

[FACE OF 2042 NOTE]

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), 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.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

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CUSIP No. 60871RAD2

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

5.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2042

 

No. [    ]

   $[                                 ]
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . Molson Coors Brewing Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on May 1, 2042 and to pay interest thereon from May 3, 2012, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year, commencing November 1, 2012, at the rate of 5.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the same rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next preceding such 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 Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder.

 

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

Authentication . Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:

 

    MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
    By:    
      Name:
      Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated:

 

    DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
    By:    
      Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Global Note

 

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[REVERSE OF 2042 NOTE]

Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”) issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all applicable indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes of this series and of the terms upon which the Notes of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,100,000,000. To the extent the terms of this Note conflict with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

Optional Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and (ii) the sum, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes of this series to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

For purposes of determining the optional Redemption Price, the following definitions are applicable:

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of this series.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:

(a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or

(b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Independent Investment Banker or, if the Independent Investment Banker is able to obtain only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

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“Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company, which may be one of the Reference Treasury Dealers.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States that the Company selects.

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

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Notes of this series to be redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed for any Notes of this series, all Notes of this series called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the applicable Redemption Price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date and the other conditions set forth in Article IV of the Base Indenture are satisfied, and unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, then on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes of this series (or portions thereof) called for redemption. If fewer than all of the Notes of this series are to be redeemed, and the Notes of this series are at the time represented by a Global Note, then the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests to be redeemed. If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the Notes of this series, and any of the Notes of this series are not represented by a Global Note, then the Trustee shall select the particular Notes of this series to be redeemed in a manner it deems appropriate and fair (and the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests in any Global Note to be redeemed).

[Special Mandatory Redemption . The Notes of this series are subject to redemption in whole (but not in part) at a special mandatory redemption price (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount thereof to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below), if the closing of the Acquisition (as defined below) has not occurred on or prior to November 2, 2012, or if, prior to such date, the SPA (as defined below) is terminated (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Article IV of the Base Indenture.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 10 Business Days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) notify the Trustee in writing (such date of notification, the “Redemption Notice Date”) that the Notes of this series are to be redeemed on the 30th day following the Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture. The Trustee, upon receipt of the notice specified above, on the Redemption Notice Date shall notify each Holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture that all of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall be redeemed at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the Holders of the Notes of this series. At or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price for the Notes of this series on such date. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Notes of this series will cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.

For purposes of this Special Mandatory Redemption provision, (i) “SPA” means the sale and purchase agreement, dated April 3, 2012, among the Company, Molson Coors Holdco – 2 Inc. (the “Purchaser”) and StarBev L.P. for the acquisition by the Purchaser of the entire issued share capital of StarBev Holdings S.à r.l. (a wholly owned subsidiary of StarBev L.P.) from StarBev L.P., and (ii) “Acquisition” refers to such acquisition.] 3

Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control . Upon the occurrence of a 2042 Change of Control Triggering Event, subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, each Holder of Notes of this series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes of this series as set forth in the Indenture.

Guarantees . The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes of this series is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Guarantors.

Defeasance and Discharge . The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to Notes of this series upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

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

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . 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 the Notes of this series at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of

 

 

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Include only in Notes of this series issued prior to a Special Mandatory Redemption Event.

 

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the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of this series, 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 herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Restrictive Covenants . The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of additional unsecured debt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; however, it does limit, among other things, the incurrence of additional secured debt, the entry into sale and leaseback transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets by the Company and the Guarantors. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions set forth in the Indenture. Once a year, the Company must report to the Trustee on its compliance with these limitations.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, including Section 3.6 of the Base Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Registrar accompanied by a written request for transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series of any different authorized denomination or denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

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

Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, 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 the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.8 of the Base Indenture) interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No Sinking Fund . The Notes of this series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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Governing Law . This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

Defined Terms . All terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

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

 

Date of

Exchange

   Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security following
each

decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

OPINION OF KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

Exhibit 5.1

May 3, 2012

Molson Coors Brewing Company

1225 17th Street, Suite 3200

Denver, Colorado 80202

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are issuing this opinion letter in our capacity as legal counsel to Molson Coors Brewing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), and each of the guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto (the “ Guarantors ” and each a “ Guarantor ” and together with the Issuer, the “ Registrants ”). This letter is being delivered in connection with the issuance by the Issuer of $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 2.000% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ 2017 Notes ”), $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ”), and $1,100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2042 (the “ 2042 Notes ” and together with the 2017 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “ Notes ”), that were guaranteed (the “ Guarantees ”) by the Guarantors, in connection with a Registration Statement (333-180955) on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on April 26, 2012. Such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2011 (the “ Indenture ”) by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the articles of incorporation, bylaws and operating agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors, (ii) resolutions of the Issuer and the Guarantors with respect to the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees, (iii) the Indenture, (iv) the Registration Statement, and (vi) forms of the Notes and the Guarantees.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Issuer and the Guarantors, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Issuer and the Guarantors. As to


any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Issuer and the Guarantors.

Our opinion expressed below is subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principals of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) public policy considerations that may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that (i) the Notes and the Guarantee of Molson Coors International LP have been duly executed by the Issuer (with respect to the Notes) and Molson Coors International LP (the “ LP ”) (with respect to such Guarantee) and (ii) assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Guarantors (other than the LP), the Notes and the Guarantees are binding obligations of the Issuer (with respect to the Notes) and the Guarantors (with respect to the Guarantees).

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as and exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3, 2012. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based exclusively on the internal law of the State of New York and Delaware law and represents our opinion as to how that issue would be resolved were it to be considered by the highest court in the jurisdiction which enacted such law. The manner in which any particular issue relating to the opinions would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it. None of the opinions or other advice contained in this letter considers or covers any foreign or state securities (or “blue sky”) laws or regulations.

This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion.

We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the Notes and Guarantees and the performance by the Issuer and the Guarantors of their obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which any Registrant is bound, except those agreements and instruments that have been identified by the Issuer and the Guarantors as being material to them and that have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

 

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This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Yours very truly,
/s/ Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

 

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Schedule A

 

Guarantors    Jurisdiction of Organization

Molson Coors International LP

   Delaware

Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC

   Nova Scotia

Molson Coors International General, ULC

   Nova Scotia

Coors International Holdco, ULC

   Nova Scotia

Molson Coors Callco ULC

   Nova Scotia

Molson Canada 2005

   Ontario

Coors Brewing Company

   Colorado

CBC Holdco LLC

   Colorado

MC Holding Company LLC

   Colorado

CBC Holdco 2 LLC

   Colorado

Newco3, Inc.

   Colorado

Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited

   United Kingdom

Molson Coors Holdings Limited

   United Kingdom

Golden Acquisition

   United Kingdom

 

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Exhibit 5.2

May 3, 2012

Molson Coors Brewing Company

1225 Seventeen Street, Suite 3200

Denver, Colorado 80202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Colorado counsel to (i) Coors Brewing Company, a Colorado corporation, and Newco3, Inc., a Colorado corporation (collectively, the “ Corporate Guarantors ”), and (ii) CBC Holdco LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, and MC Holding Company LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (collectively, the “ LLC Guarantors ”; and together with the Corporate Guarantors, the “ Colorado Guarantors ” and individually, a “ Colorado Guarantor ”) in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to (i) the issuance by Molson Coors Brewing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2% Senior Notes due 2017, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% Senior Notes due 2022 and $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5% Senior Notes due 2042 (collectively, the “ Notes ”), and (ii) the issuance by the Guarantors (as defined below) of the Guarantees (as defined below).

The Notes will be guaranteed (the “ Guarantees ”) on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors. The Notes and the Guarantees will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “ Base Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Colorado Guarantors and the other guarantors party thereto (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined originals or copies of (i) the Base Indenture and a supplemental indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, and the Trustee (together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), (ii) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of each of the Corporate Guarantors and the articles of organization and operating agreement of each of the LLC Guarantors, (iii) the resolutions of the board of directors or other governing body of each Colorado Guarantor, and (iv) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant for purposes hereof. In addition, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Colorado Guarantors and of public officials as to certain matters of fact relating to this opinion and have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis hereof. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and


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May 3, 2012

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records submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents, certificates and records of all documents, certificates and records submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness of all statements of fact contained therein. We have also assumed that the directors of each Corporate Guarantor or the members of each other governing body of each LLC Guarantor have been duly elected or appointed. With respect to the opinion in paragraph 1 regarding the valid existence and good standing of each Colorado Guarantor in the State of Colorado, we have, without independent verification or investigation, relied solely upon certificates of good standing issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado on May 3, 2012.

Based upon the foregoing and upon such investigation as we have deemed necessary, and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. Each of the Colorado Guarantors is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado.

2. Each of the Colorado Guarantors has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the Guarantees, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.

3. The Indenture, including the Guarantees, has been duly authorized by each Colorado Guarantor.

The foregoing opinions are based on and limited to the laws of the State of Colorado, and we render no opinion with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction.

This opinion is limited to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly so stated.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules or regulations of the Commission thereunder. Other than as set forth above, this opinion is furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection with the transactions described above and is not to be used, circulated, quoted, relied upon or otherwise referred to for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance, and this opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or by any other person or entity in any manner or for any purpose.


Molson Coors Brewing Company

May 3, 2012

Page 3

 

This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, 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 law.

 

Sincerely,  
  /s/ Faegre Baker Daniels LLP  
  FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP  

CDB

Exhibit 5.3

 

LOGO

Our File Number: 10024752-10

May 3, 2012

Molson Coors Brewing Company

1225 17 th Street, Suite 3200

Denver, Colorado, USA 80202

Dear Sirs:

Re:     $300,000,000 2.000% Senior Notes due 2017, $500,000,000 3.500% Senior Notes due 2022 and $1,100,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2042, issued by Molson Coors Brewing Company

We have acted as local counsel to Coors International Holdco, ULC (“ International Holdco ”), Molson Coors Callco ULC (“ Callco ”), Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC (“ MCCF ”), and Molson Coors International General, ULC (“ International General ” and, collectively with International Holdco, Callco and MCCF, the “ Nova Scotia Companies ”) in the Province of Nova Scotia in connection with:

 

  1. an indenture dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “ Indenture ”), between, inter alios, Molson Coors Brewing Company (the “ Company ”), as Issuer, Molson Coors International LP, the Nova Scotia Companies, Molson Canada 2005, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited and Golden Acquisition, as guarantors (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, which include the guarantees of each Guarantor (the “ Guarantees ”, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), between, inter alios, the Company, as Issuer, the Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee; and

 

  2. an underwriting agreement dated April 26, 2012 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), among, inter alios , the Company, as Issuer, the Guarantors, and Morgan Stanley & CO. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein.

The Indenture, the Guarantees, the Supplemental Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement are collectively referred to in this opinion as the “ Documents ”.

This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section 4(g) of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

A. Jurisdiction

We are solicitors qualified to practise law in the Province of Nova Scotia and we express no opinion as to any laws or any matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Nova Scotia.


B. Scope of Examinations

In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have considered such questions of law and examined originals or copies of each of the Documents and of such public and corporate records, certificates and other documents and conducted such other examinations as we have considered necessary for the purposes of the opinions expressed in this letter, including officer’s certificates of each of the Nova Scotia Companies, each dated May 2, 2012, regarding the constating documents of the Nova Scotia Companies and certain resolutions of the directors of the Nova Scotia Companies attached thereto (collectively, the “ Officers’ Certificates ”).

 

C. Assumptions and Reliances

For purposes of the opinions expressed in this letter, we have assumed:

 

  1. the legal capacity of all individuals;

 

  2. the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; and

 

  3. the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

We have not maintained or, for the purposes of this opinion, reviewed the minute books or records of the Nova Scotia Companies. In expressing our opinions below, we have relied exclusively on the Officers’ Certificates with respect to certain factual matters, copies of which have been delivered to you. For greater certainty, we have assumed, without further investigation, that the constating documents and resolutions of each of the Nova Scotia Companies are as described in the Officers’ Certificates and all other statements set forth in each of the Officers’ Certificates are current, accurate and true.

 

D. Opinions

On the basis of the foregoing we are of the opinion that each of the Nova Scotia Companies has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of the Documents.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter are given solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof in connection with the transactions referred to in this opinion letter, and may not, in whole or in part, be relied upon by or shown or distributed to any other person without our prior written consent.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-k filed by Molson Coors Brewing Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) on May 3, 2012. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal matters” in the related Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Yours very truly,

/s/ Cox & Palmer

 

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Exhibit 5.4

 

  

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Box 48, Suite 5300

Toronto Dominion Bank Tower

Toronto ON M5K 1E6

Canada

Tel: 416-362-1812

Fax: 416-868-0673

 

LOGO

 

May 3, 2012

 

To: Molson Coors Brewing Company

 

RE: $300,000,000 2.000% Senior Notes due 2017, $500,000,000 3.500% Senior Notes due 2022 and $1,100,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2042 issued by Molson Coors Brewing Company

Dear Sirs:

We have acted as special counsel to Molson Canada 2005 (the “ Canadian Obligor ”) in connection with:

 

(i) an Indenture to be dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “ Indenture ”) between, inter alios, Molson Coors Brewing Company (the “ Company ”), as Issuer, Molson Coors International LP, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, Molson Coors International General, ULC, Coors International Holdco, ULC, Molson Coors Callco ULC, the Canadian Obligor, Coors Brewing Company, CBC Holdco LLC, MC Holding Company LLC, CBC Holdco 2 LLC, Newco3, Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, Molson Coors Holdings Limited and Golden Acquisition, as guarantors (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”) between, inter alios, the Company, as Issuer, the Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee; and

 

(ii) an underwriting agreement dated April 26, 2012 among, inter alios , the Company, as Issuer, the Guarantors, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as underwriters (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”).

The Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement are collectively referred to in this opinion as the “ Documents ”. Terms used in this opinion that are defined in the Indenture and are not otherwise defined herein have the same meaning herein as in the Indenture.

This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section 17.1 of the Indenture.

Jurisdiction

We are solicitors qualified to practice law in the Province of Ontario and we express no opinion as to any laws or any matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.


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Scope of Examinations

In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have considered such questions of law and examined such public and corporate records, certificates and other documents and conducted such other examinations as we have considered necessary for the purposes of the opinions expressed in this letter, including:

 

(a) a reamended and restated partnership agreement made as of September 30, 2008 among Molson Canada Company and Molson Inc. (the “ Partnership Agreement ”);

 

(b) an officers’ certificate of the Canadian Obligor dated May 2, 2012, regarding the Partnership Agreement, resolutions of the management committee of the Canadian Obligor, incumbency and other matters relating to the Canadian Obligor (the “ Officer’s Certificate ”); and

 

(c) the Documents.

Assumptions and Reliances

We have relied upon the Officer’s Certificate, copies of which have been provided to you, with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained therein, which factual matters have not been independently investigated or verified by us. We have not maintained or, for the purposes of this opinion, reviewed the minute books or the other records of the Canadian Obligor.

For purposes of the opinions expressed below, we have assumed:

 

(a) the legal capacity of all individuals, the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies; and

 

(b) that all statements set forth in the Officers’ Certificate are true.

Opinions

On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all necessary action under the Partnership Agreement has been taken to authorize the execution and delivery of the Documents by the Canadian Obligor and the performance of its obligations thereunder.

This opinion is furnished solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents and may not be circulated to, or relied upon by, any other person or used for any other purpose without our prior written consent. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-k filed by Molson Coors Brewing Company with the SEC on May 2, 2012. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Yours very truly,

/s/ McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Exhibit 5.5

 

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BY EMAIL & POST    PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL

Molson Coors Brewing Company

1225 17th Street, Suite 3200

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Dear Sirs:

We are issuing this opinion in our capacity as legal counsel to each of the guarantors listed on Schedule 1 ( English Guarantors ) hereto (the “English Guarantors” and each an “English Guarantor” ) in connection with the registration by Molson Coors Brewing Company (the “Issuer” ) of US$1,900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the following notes (the “Notes” ): $300,000,000 2.000% Senior Notes due 2017; $500,000,000 3.500% Senior Notes due 2022; and $1,100,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2042. The Notes will be guaranteed (such guarantees when entered into on May 3, 2012 being the “Guarantees” ) by the guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors” , and together with the Issuer, the “Registrants” ), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” ), on April 26, 2012. Such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement” . In relation to the Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the underwriters entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement” ) dated as of April 26, 2012. The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture” ) dated as of May 3, 2012 by the Issuer, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee (the “Trustee”), and supplemented pursuant to a first supplemental indenture (the “First

 

1. Admitted in the State of Illinois

2. Admitted in the State of New York

3. Admitted in the State of Wisconsin

4. Admitted in England and Wales

5. Admitted in Australia

 

Chicago   London   Los Angeles   Munich   New York   Palo Alto   San Francisco   Shanghai   Washington, D.C.


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Supplemental Indenture” ) dated as of May 3, 2012 between, among others, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee to the Indenture. The Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture are together the “Opinion Documents” and each an “Opinion Document” .

 

1 Opinions

Subject to the assumptions set out in Schedule 3 ( Assumptions ), the documents and records that we have examined, the searches and enquiries that we have carried out and the qualifications and reservations set out in Schedule 4 ( Qualifications ) and to any matters not disclosed to us, it is our opinion that, so far as the present laws of England are concerned each English Guarantor, by all necessary corporate action, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of their obligations under the Guarantees as provided pursuant to their entry into of the Opinion Documents.

 

2 General

 

2.1 This letter is limited to English law in force at the date of this letter and this letter is given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. We express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction. None of the opinions or other advice contained in this letter considers any foreign or state securities (or “blue sky”) laws or regulations.

 

2.2 This letter speaks as of the time of its delivery on the date it bears. We do not assume any obligation to provide you with any subsequent opinion or advice by reason of any fact about which we did not have knowledge at that time, by reason of any change subsequent to that time in any law covered by any of our opinions, or for any other reason.

 

2.3 The documents, searches and enquires referred to in Schedule 2 ( Documents, Searches and Enquiries ) are the only documents or records we have examined and the only searches and enquiries that we have carried out for the purposes of this opinion. We have not investigated whether the English Guarantors are or will be by reason of the transactions and matters contemplated by the Opinion Documents in breach of any of their obligations under any other agreement, document, deed or instrument.

 

3 Disclosure and reliance

 

3.1 Subject to the paragraph 3.2 below:

 

  (a) this letter may be relied upon by you solely in your capacity as Issuer of the Notes and is being furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act;

 


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  (b) without our written consent no person (including any person that acquires any Notes) other than you may rely on this letter for any purpose and this letter may not be cited or quoted in any financial statement, prospectus, private placement memorandum or other similar document or in any other document or communication or made public in any other way; and

 

  (c) we hereby disclaim all responsibility to any person other than the addressees (in their capacity as such) in relation to this opinion or otherwise.

 

3.2 We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-k filed by Molson Coors Brewing Company with the SEC on May 3, 2012. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 


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Yours faithfully,
/s/ Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis

 


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SCHEDULE 1

ENGLISH GUARANTORS

Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited;

Golden Acquisition; and

Molson Coors Holdings Limited,

each an “English Guarantor” and together the “English Guarantors”.

 


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SCHEDULE 2

DOCUMENTS, SEARCHES AND ENQUIRIES

Other documents

 

1 A certified copy of the memorandum and articles of association and certificate of incorporation of each English Guarantor.

 

2 A certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of each English Guarantor held on April 23, 2012 (the “Board Approvals” ).

 

3 A certified copy of written resolutions signed by the member(s) of each English Guarantor dated May 1, 2012 (the “Shareholder Approvals” ).

 

4 A certificate of a director of each English Guarantor dated May 1, 2012 certifying that, among other things, the entry into and performance of the Opinion Documents will not contravene any borrowing or guarantee limit contained in the articles of association of that English Guarantor, the copies of the documents referred to in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above are true and accurate copies of the originals of those documents and including specimens of the signatures of the person(s) authorised to sign the Opinion Documents on behalf of the relevant English Guarantor.

Searches and enquiries

 

5 On-line searches of the publicly available records relating to each English Guarantor at Companies House conducted by 7Side Ltd on May 2, 2012.

 

6 A telephone enquiry at the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions at the Companies Court in London in respect of each English Guarantor conducted by us on May 2, 2012.

 


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SCHEDULE 3

ASSUMPTIONS

 

1 Each English Guarantor is not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 at the time it enters into each Opinion Document and will not, as a result of entering into each Opinion Document, be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of that section.

 

2 That no party to the Opinion Documents has passed a resolution for its winding-up and no proceedings have been instituted or steps taken for the winding-up of any such party or for the appointment of a receiver or other insolvency official in respect of all or any assets of any such party and each of the parties to the Opinion Documents was at all relevant times solvent and will not as a consequence of the execution thereof or the entering into of the transactions contemplated thereunder, be or become insolvent, unable to pay its debts, or deemed to be so under any applicable statutory provision, regulation or law. We have reviewed the searches and conducted the enquiries referred to in Schedule 2 ( Documents, Searches and Enquiries ) above and no record of the occurrence of any of these events in relation to any of the English Guarantors was revealed in those searches or enquiries, although we would refer you to the caveat contained in this letter in relation to relying on such searches.

 

3 That the Board Approvals were duly passed by the duly appointed directors of the relevant English Guarantor at board meetings of it at which all constitutional, statutory and other formalities were duly observed (and that the directors of each English Guarantor mentioned in the relevant Board Approval are all the directors of that English Guarantor); such Board Approvals have not been in any way modified, amended, annulled, rescinded or revoked and are in full force and effect and that the Board Approvals correctly record the subject matter which each purports to record and the conclusions in the Board Approvals as to the commercial justification for the execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party by the relevant English Guarantor were reached by its directors in good faith and for its benefit for the purposes of its business and on arm’s length terms and were conclusions at which such directors could reasonably arrive.

 

4 That the copy produced to us of each Shareholder Approval is a true copy and correctly records the resolutions approved by the members of the relevant English Guarantor (and the members of each English Guarantor mentioned in the relevant Shareholder Approval are the only members of that English Guarantor), that the Shareholder Approvals were duly signed by or on behalf of all the members of the relevant English Guarantor and that no further resolutions of the members, the board of directors of the relevant English Guarantor or any committee thereof have been passed, or corporate or other action taken, which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof.

 


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5 That the directors of each English Guarantor in authorising execution of each Opinion Document have exercised their powers in good faith in the interests of the relevant English Guarantor and in accordance with their fiduciary duties under all applicable laws and the constitutional documents of the relevant English Guarantor and that the guarantee contained in the Indenture was given for legitimate purposes of the relevant English Guarantor, that the giving of the guarantee would be most likely to promote the success the relevant English Guarantor for the benefit of its members as a whole and that the members of the English Guarantor have not in a general meeting of the English Guarantor imposed any restriction on its ability to give guarantees. These are matters of fact on which we express no opinion.

 

6 That each English Guarantor maintains its “centre of main interests” in England & Wales for the purposes of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of May 29, 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings, as amended (the “Insolvency Regulation” ).

 

7 That no English Guarantor maintains an “establishment” (as defined in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any Member State (as that term is used therein) other than the United Kingdom, no English Guarantor has taken any action or permitted any action to be taken which may result in a court of any other Member State finding that it has an establishment in that other Member State.

 

8 That there is no other agreement, instrument, undertaking, obligation, representation or warranty (oral or written) and no other arrangement (whether legally binding or not) (other than as may be contained in the Opinion Documents or the respective memorandum and articles of association of the English Guarantors) made by or between all or any of the parties to the Opinion Documents or any other matter which renders such information inaccurate, incomplete or misleading or which affects the conclusions stated in this letter and that, the execution, delivery, issue and performance of the Opinion Documents will not result in any breach of any instrument, agreement or obligation to which an English Guarantor is a party or to which it is subject as the case may be.

 

9 The searches and enquiries referred to in Schedule 2 ( Documents, Searches and Enquiries ) were and remain accurate, complete and up to date at the date of this letter and disclose all information which is necessary or material for the purposes of this opinion and, had such searches and enquiries been made on the date of this letter, they would have revealed no other information which is not revealed in the searches and enquiries referred to above and there has been no alternation in the status, position or conditions of any of the English Guarantors (howsoever described) from that revealed in such searches and enquiries.

 


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10 The genuineness of all signatures, seals and markings on, and the authenticity and completeness of, all documents submitted to us and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, electronic, photostatic or facsimile copies and the authenticity and completeness of the originals of such latter documents and that all documents remain accurate, complete and up to date at the date of this letter and the correctness, completeness and fairness of all factual statements contained in all documents examined by us.

 

11 That each person who signed an Opinion Document on behalf of an English Guarantor (or attested the affixing of the seal of an English Guarantor) is the person who was authorised to do so by appropriate corporate action of the relevant English Guarantor and the due execution and delivery of each Opinion Document by each of the parties thereto including, without limitation, the English Guarantors.

 

12 That no law of any jurisdiction outside England would render the choice of law provisions in or the execution, delivery or performance of, an Opinion Document illegal or ineffective and that, insofar as any obligation under an Opinion Document is or is to be performed in, or is otherwise subject to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than England, its performance will not be illegal under or ineffective by virtue of the law of that other jurisdiction and that none of the opinions expressed above would otherwise be affected by any laws (including but not limited to those relating to public policy) of any jurisdiction outside England.

 

13 That no party to any Opinion Document would be entitled to claim the benefit of any statute or rule of law which affects sovereign immunity from enforcement of a court judgment or an arbitration award.

 

14 The absence of bad faith, fraud, coercion, duress, misrepresentation, mistake of fact or law or undue influence on the part of any party to the Opinion Documents or their respective directors, employees, officers, agents and advisors.

 

15 That the Opinion Documents have been entered into, and will be carried out, by each of the parties thereto in good faith, for bona fide commercial reasons, for the benefit of each of them respectively and on arms’ length commercial terms.

 

16 That each Opinion Document has been delivered by the parties thereto and is not subject to an escrow arrangement and that the terms of each Opinion Document will continue to be observed by each of the parties thereto and do not constitute a pretend, fraudulent or false transaction.

 


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17 No party to the Opinion Documents had actual, constructive or implied knowledge of any prohibition or restriction on any English Guarantor, or any other parties to the Opinion Documents, entering into (or authorising the entry into of) the Opinion Documents or performing their obligations thereunder (nor did any such party deliberately refrain from making enquiries in circumstances where it had any suspicion of such matters).

 

18 That there are no contractual or other restrictions binding on any English Guarantor (other than as may be contained in the Opinion Documents or the respective memorandum and articles of association of the relevant English Guarantor) which would affect the conclusions in this opinion or of which the Issuer is on notice.

 

19 That our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based exclusively on the internal laws of England and represents our opinion as to how that issue would be resolved were it to be considered by English courts. We express no opinion (i) on the laws of the European Union as it affects any jurisdiction other than England; (ii) as to what law might be applied by any other courts to resolve any issue addressed by our opinion; and (iii) as to whether any relevant differences exist between the laws upon which our opinions are based and any other laws which may actually be applied to resolve issues which may arise under the Opinion Documents. The manner in which any particular issue would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it.

 

20 That the copies of the memorandum and articles of association of each English Guarantor examined by us are complete and up to date and would, if issued today, comply, as respects each of the articles of association, with Section 36 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

21 That no person that is a beneficiary of an indemnity granted by an English Guarantor under the Opinion Documents is a “connected person” (within the meaning of Section 249 of the Insolvency Act 1986).

 

22 We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents and the Notes and the performance by the Issuer and the Guarantors of their obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which any Registrant is bound.

 


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SCHEDULE 4

QUALIFICATIONS

 

1 No opinion is expressed on matters of fact.

 

2 We express no opinion as to what law might be applied by any courts to resolve any issue addressed by our opinion and we express no opinion as to whether any relevant difference exists between the laws upon which our opinions are based and any other laws which may actually be applied to resolve issues which may arise; the manner in which any particular issue would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it; this letter is not intended to guarantee the outcome of any legal dispute that may arise in the future.

 

3 We do not express any opinion as to any taxation consequences which will or may arise as a result of any transaction effected in connection with any Opinion Document.

 

4 The searches at Companies House referred to in Schedule 2 ( Documents, Searches and Enquiries ) are not capable of revealing definitively whether or not a winding-up order has been made in respect of a company or a resolution passed for the winding up of a company, an administration order has been made in respect of a company or a receiver, administrator or liquidator has been appointed in respect of a company or any of its property or assets. Notice of these matters might not be filed with the Registrar of Companies in time to be disclosed in our searches and, when filed, might not be entered on the records of the relevant company in time to be disclosed in our searches. In addition, those searches are not capable of revealing whether or not a petition for winding up or a petition, application or notice for the appointment of an administrator or receiver has been presented or filed at court.

 

5 In relation to insolvency enquiries, the enquiries at the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions referred to in Schedule 2 ( Documents, Searches and Enquiries ) relate to (a) compulsory winding up in the High Court of England and Wales and (b) administration in the High Court of England and Wales in London only. The enquiries are not capable of revealing whether winding up or administration proceedings have been commenced in a District Registry of the High Court of England and Wales. It is not possible to carry out a search for administration proceedings in the District Registries unless an application is made to the relevant District Judge and a GBP30 fee is paid. We have not made such an application.

 


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6 In addition, the enquiries are not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not (a) a winding up petition for a compulsory winding up has been presented, or (b) a winding up order has been made, or (c) an application has been made, a petition has been presented, a notice of intention to appoint or a notice of appointment has been filed with a view to the appointment of an administrator, or (d) an administrator has been appointed in the High Court of England and Wales. This is because details of the petition, order, application, notice or appointment may not have been entered on the records of the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions at the High Court in time to be disclosed by our enquiry.

 

7 An English Guarantor may be subject to insolvency proceedings in another Member State if it maintains its centre of main interests in that Member State for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation or maintains an establishment (as defined in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in that Member State. These insolvency proceedings will not be filed at any of Companies House, the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions or any District Registry or County Court of England and Wales. We have not searched any equivalent company registers or court information in any other Member State. Accordingly our searches will not identify any insolvency proceedings commenced in another Member State.

 

8 We express no opinion as to whether an English Guarantor is eligible for a moratorium under Schedule 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

 

9 This opinion is subject to all insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, moratorium, reorganization and other laws affecting the rights of creditors (including secured creditors) generally.

 

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TO SUPPORT STARBEV ACQUISITION

 

 

May 3 , 20 12 (DENVER AND MONTREAL) Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) today announced that it has completed an offering of debt securities totaling $1.9 billion, the proceeds of which will be used to finance its acquisition of Central and Eastern European brewer StarBev L.P., as previously announced on April 3, 2012.

“We are very pleased with the pricing and terms of these financing transactions, which were swiftly executed and consistent with our previously outlined expectations and timetable,” said Stewart Glendinning, Chief Financial Officer of Molson Coors. “The acquisition of StarBev will provide Molson Coors with a strong platform for future profitable growth in attractive markets. We expect the transaction to be accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations and offers substantial long-term value creation opportunities to our shareholders.”

The Company issued $300 million of 2.00% senior notes due 2017, $500 million of 3.50% senior notes due 2022, and $1.1 billion of 5.00% senior notes due 2042.

The StarBev acquisition is subject to approval by certain European competition authorities and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as active book runners on the offering. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor to Molson Coors.

Overview of Molson Coors Brewing Company

Molson Coors Brewing Company is one of the world’s largest brewers. The Company’s operating segments include Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Molson Coors International. The Company has a diverse portfolio of owned and partner brands, including signature brands Coors Light, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian and Carling. Molson Coors is listed on the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the most recognized global benchmark of sustainability among global corporations. The DJSI assesses how companies manage risks and seize opportunities across a wide range of economic, environmental and social dimensions. For more information on Molson Coors Brewing Company, visit the company’s web site, www.molsoncoors.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes estimates or projections that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words “believe,” expect,” intend,” anticipate,” “project,” “will,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which generally are not historic in nature. Although the Company believes that the assumptions upon which its forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these assumptions will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s historical experience, and present projections and expectations are disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These factors include, among others, our ability to successfully integrate StarBev, retain key employees and achieve planned cost synergies; our ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals for the acquisition; pension

 

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plan costs; availability or increase in the cost of packaging materials; our ability to maintain manufacturer/distribution agreements; impact of competitive pricing and product pressures; our ability to implement our strategic initiatives, including executing and realizing cost savings; changes in legal and regulatory requirements, including the regulation of distribution systems; increase in the cost of commodities used in the business; our ability to maintain brand image, reputation and product quality; our ability to maintain good labor relations; changes in our supply chain system; additional impairment charges; the impact of climate change and the availability and quality of water; the ability of MillerCoors to integrate operations and technologies; lack of full-control over the operations of MillerCoors; the ability of MillerCoors to maintain good relationships with its distributors; and other risks discussed in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2011, which are available from the SEC. All forward-looking statements in this press release are expressly qualified by such cautionary statements and by reference to the underlying assumptions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Contacts

Molson Coors Brewing Company

News Media

Colin Wheeler

(303) 927-2443

colin.wheeler@molsoncoors.com

Investor Relations

Dave Dunnewald

(303) 927-2334

 

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