UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January 2014

Commission File Number 1-12260

 

 

COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

United Mexican States

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Calle Mario Pani No. 100

Santa Fe Cuajimalpa

05348 México, D.F., México

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F   x     Form 40-F   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)

Yes   ¨     No   x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)

Yes   ¨     No   x

 

 

 


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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Héctor Treviño Gutiérrez

 

   Héctor Treviño Gutiérrez

   Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 27, 2014


We have prepared this report to provide our investors with the following documents:

 

  (i) the Underwriting Agreement, dated January 13, 2014, among Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “Company”), the guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”) and the underwriter named in Schedule I thereto;

 

  (ii) the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, security registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (the “Trustee”), and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent;

 

  (iii) specimens of the Global Notes representing the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and the 5.250% Senior Notes 2043 (the “2043 Notes”);

 

  (iv) the opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as to the legality of the securities; and

 

  (v) the opinion of Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz, general counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated January 13, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors and the underwriter named in Schedule I thereto.
4.1    Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent.
4.2    Specimen of Global Note representing the 2023 Notes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s report on Form 6-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 5, 2013 (No. 001-12260)).
4.3    Specimen of Global Note representing the 2043 Notes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on December 5, 2013 (No. 001-12260)).
5.1    Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as to the legality of the securities, dated January 21, 2014.
5.2    Opinion of Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz, general counsel of the Company, as to the legality of the securities, dated January 21, 2014.

Coca-Cola FEMSA hereby designates this report on Form 6-K as being incorporated by reference into its Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-187275) filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013, as amended and filed with the SEC on November 8, 2013.

Exhibit 1.1

COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

U.S.$150,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023

U.S.$200,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043

Underwriting Agreement

January 13, 2014

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “ Company ”), a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (“ Mexico ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “ Underwriter ”), U.S.$150,000,000 principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ”) and U.S.$200,000,000 principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ 2043 Notes ” and together with the 2023 Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Notes will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed (each a “ Guarantee ,” and together the “ Guarantees ”) by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V. (formerly Propimex, S.A. de C.V., “ Propimex ”), Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V., Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V. and Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V. (the “ Guarantors ”). The 2023 Notes will be part of the same series as, and will be fungible with, the U.S.$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 that the Company issued on November 26, 2013 (the “ Original 2023 Notes ”). The 2043 Notes will be part of the same series as, and will be fungible with, the U.S.$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 that the Company issued on November 26, 2013 (the “ Original 2043 notes ” and together with the Original 2023 Notes, the “ Original notes ”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of February 5, 2010 (the “ Original Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, among the Company, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), the second supplemental indenture, dated as of April 1, 2011, among the Company, the Trustee and Propimex, (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), the third supplemental indenture dated as of September 6, 2013, among the Company, Propimex, Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S.


de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V. (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), the fourth supplemental indenture dated as of October 18, 2013, among the Company, the existing guarantors named therein and Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V. (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of November 26, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “ Base Indenture ”) and the sixth supplemental indenture to be entered into on or about January 21, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Supplemental Indentures ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Underwriter concerning the purchase and resale of the Notes, as follows:

1. Purchase and Resale of the Notes.

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Notes to the Underwriter as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of 2023 Notes and 2043 Notes set forth opposite the Underwriter’s name on Schedule 1 hereto at a purchase price equal to 99.618% and 103.649%, respectively, of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 26, 2013 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Notes except upon payment for all the Notes to be purchased as provided herein.

(b) Upon the authorization by the Company of the release of the Notes, the Underwriter proposes to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below).

(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter may offer and sell Notes to or through any affiliate of the Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Notes purchased by it to or through the Underwriter.

(d) The Company and the each of the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, the Underwriter is, and has been, acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantors directly or indirectly, (c) the Underwriter has not assumed and will not assume, an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process

 

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leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Guarantors on other matters) and the Underwriter has no similar obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the offering of the Notes contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriter and its affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors and (e) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

2. Payment and Delivery .

(a) The Notes to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Notes in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company “ DTC ”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Notes to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., for the account of the Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal funds (same-day) to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriter at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the account of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Notes to be made available to the Underwriter for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Closing Date (as defined below) at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (the “ Designated Office ”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on January 21, 2014 or such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “ Closing Date ”).

(b) The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 6 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Notes and any additional documents requested by the Underwriter, will be delivered at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, or such other place as may be agreed between the Company and the Underwriter, including via telephonic or virtual meeting (the “ Closing Location ”), and the Notes will be delivered at the Designated Office, all on the Closing Date. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. “ New York Business Day ” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors .

The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree with, the Underwriter that:

 

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(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”) on Form F-3 (File No. 333-187275) in respect of the Notes has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “ Basic Prospectus ”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Notes filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a “ Preliminary Prospectus ”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Notes that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “ Registration Statement ”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 3(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “ Pricing Prospectus ”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Notes filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus ”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Notes filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Notes is hereinafter called an “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ”).

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the Company acknowledges that the only such information is that described in Section 7(g) hereof).

 

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(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “ Applicable Time ” is 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, (collectively, the “ Pricing Disclosure Package ”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the Company acknowledges that the only such information is that described in Section 7(g) hereof);

(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the Company acknowledges that the only such information is that described in Section 7(g) hereof); and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement.

(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the

 

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Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the Company acknowledges that the only such information is that described in Section 7(g) hereof).

(f) The consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and their consolidated results of operations, changes in equity and statements of changes in financial position for the periods indicated, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby.

(g) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, management, properties, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind announced, declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, except where any such loss or interference would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, management, properties, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

(h) Mancera, S.C., a member firm of Ernst & Young Global, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, is an independent public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, within the meaning of the standards established by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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(i) (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable under the laws of Mexico, with power and authority (corporate and other) to enter into the Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement and to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to do business in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or have power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, company, sociedad anónima or sociedad anónima de capital variable, as the case may be, under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to do business in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from any material liens, encumbrances, claims and defects.

(j) The Company has authorized capitalization as described in the Pricing Prospectus; and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

(k) (i) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, concurso mercantil , quiebra , fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (collectively, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”); and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(ii) When executed and delivered by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and will constitute a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(iii) On the Closing Date, the Indenture will be duly qualified under, and will conform in all material respects to, the requirements of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.

(l) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, will have been duly executed, authenticated by the Trustee when delivered and paid for by the Underwriter in accordance with the terms of this

 

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Agreement and the Indenture, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; and the Notes will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(m) The Guarantees have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(n) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its estatutos sociales, charter or by-laws or similar constitutive documents; (ii) in default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any governmental or regulatory authority or court, except, in the case of clauses (i) (other than with respect to the Company), (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Notes, and the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, which breach, violation or default is material to the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and this Agreement, or to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the estatutos sociales or similar constitutive documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement and the Guarantors have full power and authority to authorize and issue the Guarantees. In consideration of the economic benefits to the Guarantors as result of the issuance of the Notes, the Guarantors have agreed to issue the Guarantees.

(q) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be made by the Company or the Guarantors for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, this

 

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Agreement or the Notes or in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders as may be required under state securities, Blue Sky laws or any laws of jurisdictions outside Mexico and the United States in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriter; (ii) the notification by the Company in respect of the offering and sale of the Notes to the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission, or the “ CNBV ”) pursuant to Article 7 of the Mexican Ley del Mercado de Valores (the “ Mexican Securities Market Law ”) and (iii) the notification by the Company of the issuance of the Notes to the Servicio de Administración Tributaria .

(r) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material concessions, licenses, certificates, authorizations, orders or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation, rescate or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization, order or permit, that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which in either case is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, service marks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), patents, copyrights, licenses, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or presently employed by them; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, (i) is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to human health and safety, the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, pollutants or contaminates or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively,

 

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Environmental Laws ”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

(w) Except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no pending investigations, actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of the Guarantors to perform its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement or the Company to perform its obligations under the Notes or any of the Guarantors to perform its obligations under the Guarantees; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated.

(x) The Company and its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, are and have been at all times in compliance, in all material respects, with each applicable provision of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

(y) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the U.S. Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the money laundering statutes of Mexico and each other applicable jurisdiction, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory authorities in such jurisdictions (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory authorities or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(z) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“ Specified Person ”) that are: (i) the subject of any sanctions (A) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union (“ EU ”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”) or the applicable Mexican anti-terrorism organization, or (B) pursuant to the U.S. Iran Sanctions Act, as amended (“ISA”) (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any Sanctions or any activities carried out or to be carried out in any jurisdiction subject to Sanctions.

 

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(aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all tax and other similar returns required to be filed and paid all Mexican, U.S. and other taxes required to be paid through the date hereof and all assessments received by them to the extent such taxes or assessments have become due and are not being contested in good faith; and except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties or assets except for taxes that are being contested in good faith and as to which appropriate reserves have been established by the Company and except for any failure to file, failure to pay or deficiency which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb) The Company and each of the Guarantors maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(cc) The Company and each of the Guarantors maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and the Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any equivalent provision of Mexican law or other applicable law.

(ee) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, in each case other than any such prohibitions or other restrictions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Notes.

 

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(ff) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described in the Pricing Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.

(gg) Except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, with respect to certain payments to non-residents of Mexico, there are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes payable by or on behalf of the Underwriter to Mexico or to any taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the delivery of the Notes by the Company to the Underwriter in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) payments of the principal, premium, if any, interest and other amounts in respect of the Notes to holders of the Notes; and (iii) the sale and delivery of the Notes by the Underwriter to subsequent purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(hh) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes.

(ii) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in the Pricing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(jj) The Company is subject to, and in compliance with, the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files reports with the SEC on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) System.

(kk) (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Notes, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(ll) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Notes”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes, and under the caption “Taxation,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;

 

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4. Further Agreements of the Company .

The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter and to file such Prospectus within the time period specified by Rule 424(b) under the Act, to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date without the approval of the Underwriter, which approval shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld; to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Notes, in a form agreed upon between the Company and the Underwriter, and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and only for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Notes; to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Notes, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such reasonable steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes by the Underwriter (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement).

(b) From time to time to take such action as the Underwriter may reasonably request to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the securities laws or Blue Sky laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as the Underwriter may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be reasonably necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify; (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(c) To furnish the Underwriter with copies of the Registration Statement in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and, during the period when the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Notes by the Underwriter or its affiliated dealer, as many copies of the Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements

 

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to such document as the Underwriter may reasonably request; provided that such copies may be furnished in electronic form, at the Company’s option. During the period when the delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities (or in lieu thereof, the notice required by Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities by the Underwriter or its affiliated dealers, if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or file a new registration statement to comply with law, to notify the Underwriter and upon reasonable request by the Underwriter to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter such amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or new registration statement as may be necessary.

(d) The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (iii) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time as set forth in Rule 174 under the Act (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by the Underwriter or dealer.

(e) To make generally available to its noteholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Pricing Prospectus, a consolidated earnings statement complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act).

 

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(f) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Prospectus and continuing to and including the New York Business Day following the Closing Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Notes.

(g) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act;

(h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Prospectus.

(i) The Company will assist the Underwriter in arranging for the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(j) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list the Notes promptly following the issuance thereof at the Closing Date on the Irish Stock Exchange.

(k) The Company will qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and enter into any necessary supplemental indentures in connection therewith.

(l) The Company will timely deliver (i) the notice (and any related information and notices) required to be delivered to the CNBV in respect of the offering and sale of the Notes pursuant to Article 7 of the Mexican Securities Market Law, and (ii) the notices (and any related information) required to be provided to the Servicio de Administración Tributaria pursuant to applicable Mexican law and regulations.

(m) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, as applicable, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Notes and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

(n) For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Company will maintain an authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement.

5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Underwriter regarding Free Writing Prospectus

(a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (a “ Free Writing Prospectus ”) and (ii)

 

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the Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriter, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Notes containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of Notes, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus.

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and

(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriter and, if reasonably requested by the Underwriter, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein.

6. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations . The obligation of the Underwriter to purchase Notes on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein will be true and correct at the Applicable Time and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement will be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 4(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433 under the Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Underwriter’s reasonable satisfaction.

 

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(c) Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) none of Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“ S&P ”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”) and Fitch Inc. (“ Fitch ”) will have downgraded the Notes or any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and (ii) none of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch will have announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Notes or of any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(d) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, no event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof will have occurred or will exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Prospectus and the effect of which in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Pricing Prospectus.

(e) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 4(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.

(f) The Underwriter will have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Underwriter (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Pricing Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Section 3(a) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in Section 6(b) and 6(c) hereof.

(g) At the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date, Mancera, S.C., a Member Practice of Ernst & Young Global shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered at the Applicable Time will use a “cut-off” date of January 8, 2014 and the letter delivered on the Closing Date will use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(h) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special United States counsel to the Company, will have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex C hereto.

(i) Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz, the General Counsel of the Company, will have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, his written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.

 

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(j) The Underwriter will have received on and as of the Closing Date the opinion and negative assurance letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, U.S. counsel to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel will have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(k) The Underwriter will have received on and as of the Closing Date the opinion and negative assurance letter of Raz Guzmán, S.C., Mexican counsel to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel will have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(l) The Notes will be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(m) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of each of the Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to the Underwriter, and the Company will have furnished to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, U.S. counsel to the Underwriter, and to Raz Guzmán, S.C., Mexican counsel to the Underwriter, all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(n) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriter . The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates, its selling agents, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred by any such entity or person in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or

 

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alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the Company acknowledges that the only such information is that described in Section 7(g) hereof).

(b) Indemnification of the Company . The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in Section 7(a) hereof, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, and will reimburse any reasonable and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred by the Company or the Guarantors in connection with defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as such fees and expenses are incurred.

(c) Notice and Procedures . If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) hereof, such person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person will not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person will not, in connection with any proceeding

 

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or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses will be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of the Underwriter will be designated in writing by the Underwriter, and any such separate firm for the Company, any of the Guarantors and any control persons of the Company will be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person will not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 7(c), the Indemnifying Person will be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) and Section 7(b) hereof is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such Sections, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company or the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and/or the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and/or the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other will be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and/or the Guarantors from the sale of the Notes and the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Notes. The relative fault of the Company and/or the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

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(e) Limitation on Liability . The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d) hereof. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(d) hereof will be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable and documented legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event will the Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies . The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and will not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g) Underwriter Information . For purposes of this Section 7 and for this Agreement generally, it shall be understood and agreed that the only information furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein consists of the name of the Underwriter on the cover of, and under the caption “Underwriting,” in the Pricing Prospectus (i) the second sentence of the sixth paragraph, (ii) the seventh paragraph, (iii) the eighth paragraph and (iv) the ninth paragraph.

(h) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of the Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriter under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

8. Termination .

This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Exchange or the Mexican Stock Exchange ( Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. ) or minimum prices shall have been established on

 

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any such exchange by such exchange or by any regulatory body having jurisdiction over such exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by any of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange in the United States or Mexico; (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States, the European Union or Mexico shall have occurred; (iv) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal or New York State authorities or by Mexican authorities; (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or Mexico or any change in United States, European Union, Mexican or other international financial markets or conditions or any calamity or crisis that in the judgment of the Underwriter is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Prospectus; (vi) any material adverse change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in taxation, exchange controls or other applicable law or regulation in the United States, the European Union or Mexico directly affecting the Notes or the imposition of restrictions on repatriation of remittances or interest payments or dividends from Mexico, the effect of which change or development on the financial markets of the United States, the European Union, Mexico or elsewhere is such as to make it inadvisable or impracticable to market the Notes; or (vii) there shall have been such a material adverse change in U.S., Mexican, European Union or international monetary, general economic, political or financial conditions as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, inadvisable to proceed with the payment for and delivery of the Notes.

9. Defaulting Underwriter .

(a) If, on the Closing Date, the Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase any Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Company will be entitled to procure other persons to purchase such Notes on the terms contained in this Agreement. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase such Notes, the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel to the Company may be necessary in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.

(b) If the Underwriter defaults as described in Section 9(a) hereof, then this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10(a) hereof and provided that the provisions of Section 7 hereof will not terminate and will remain in effect.

(c) Nothing contained herein will relieve the Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default.

10. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will, subject to Section 10(b) hereof, pay or cause to be paid all fees, expenses and costs incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation, delivery of the Notes and the registration of the Notes

 

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under the Act and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and/or printing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the U.S. and Mexican counsel to the Company; (v) the fees and expenses of the independent public accountants of the Company; (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate in consultation with the Company and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriter not to exceed US$10,000); (vii) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange; (viii) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Notes; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including reasonable and documented related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (x) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Notes for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (xi) all expenses incurred by representatives of the Company or its counsel or advisors in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors. The Underwriter will pay or cause to be paid its own expenses, including the fees and expenses of U.S. and Mexican counsel to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s own out-of-pocket expenses incurred by its representatives in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

(b) If (i) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Notes for delivery to the Underwriter or (ii) the Underwriter declines to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement (other than under Sections 8(i), 8(iii), 8(iv), 8(v), 8(vi) or 8(vii) hereof or Section 9 hereof), the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of the Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Notes from the Underwriter will be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Process Agent . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. federal or New York state court located in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and any competent court located in the domicile of the Company, any of the Guarantors or the Underwriter, with respect to actions brought against the Company, any of the Guarantors or the Underwriter, as applicable, as defendant, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, waives any right to the jurisdiction of other courts to which it may be entitled on

 

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account of present or future place of residence, domicile or otherwise and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company and each of the Guarantors has appointed CT Corporation System as its authorized agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) upon whom process may be served in any such action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be instituted in any New York court by the Underwriter or by any person who controls the Underwriter, designates CT Corporation System’s address in New York City as its designated address to receive such process, expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment of the Authorized Agent will not be revoked by any action taken by the Company or any of the Guarantors. The Company and each of the Guarantors represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company and each of the Guarantors agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents, agreements and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Personal service of process upon the Authorized Agent in any manner permitted by applicable law and written notice of such service to the Company and each of the Guarantors will be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each of the Company and each of the Guarantors.

13. Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto will survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriter.

14. Additional Amounts . If the compensation (including the Underwriter’s commissions and concessions) or any other amounts to be received by the Underwriter under this Agreement (including, without limitation, indemnification and contribution payments), as a result of entering into, or the performance of their respective obligations under, this Agreement, are subject to any present or future taxes, assessments, deductions, withholdings or charges of any nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of Mexico or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein (“ Mexican Taxes ”), then the Company will pay to the Underwriter, an additional amount so that the Underwriter receive and retain, after taking into consideration all such Mexican Taxes, an amount equal to the amounts owed to it as compensation or otherwise under this Agreement as if such amounts had not been subject to Mexican Taxes. If any Mexican Taxes are collected by deduction or withholding, the Company will upon request provide to the Underwriter copies of documentation evidencing the payment to the proper authorities of the amount of Mexican Taxes deducted or withheld.

15. Judgment Currency . To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will indemnify the Underwriter, jointly and severally, against any loss incurred by them as a result of any judgment or order against the Company or the Guarantor, being given or made and expressed and paid in a currency (“ Judgment Currency ”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the

 

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rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in New York, New York at which the Underwriter on the date of payment of such judgment or order are able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by the Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity will constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and the Guarantors and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” will include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.

16. Certain Defined Terms .

For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City or Mexico City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act; and (d) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act.

17. Miscellaneous .

(a) Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter will be given to them c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General Counsel. Notices to the Company or the Guarantors will be given to it at Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., Calle Mario Pani No. 100, Santa Fé Cuajimalpa, 05348, México, D.F., México, Facsimile: (011) 52-55-1519-5000, Attention: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz or Gerardo Cruz Celaya.

(b) Governing Law . This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(c) Waiver of Jury Trial . The Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriter is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriter to properly identify its clients.

(e) Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which will be an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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(f) Amendments or Waivers . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, will in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(g) Headings . The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

 

COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

 

Name:   Gerardo Cruz Celaya

Title:     Attorney-in-Fact

 

By:  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

 

Name:   Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

Title:     Attorney-in-Fact


PROPIMEX, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     CONTROLADORA INTERAMERICANA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
COMERCIALIZADORA LA PUREZA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     SERVICIOS INTEGRADOS INMUEBLES DEL GOLFO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GRUPO EMBOTELLADOR CIMSA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     YOLI DE ACAPULCO, S.A. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
REFRESCOS VICTORIA DEL CENTRO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.    
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

     
  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya      
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact      
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

     
  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz      
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact      

 


 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

    as of the date first above written:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By

 

/s/ D. Blake Haider

Name:

 

D. Blake Haider

Title:

 

Managing Director – Latin America

Credit Markets

 

 


SCHEDULE 1

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount
of 2023 Notes
To Be Purchased
     Principal Amount
of 2043 Notes
To Be Purchased
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   U.S.$ 150,000,000.00       U.S.$ 200,000,000.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 


ANNEX A

FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

1. Term sheet containing the terms of the Notes, substantially in the form of Annex B.

 

 

A-1


ANNEX B

 

PRICING TERM SHEET

 

Dated as of January 13, 2014

  

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement File No. 333-187275

Supplementing the Preliminary

Prospectus Supplement

dated January 13, 2014 and the

Prospectus dated November 8, 2013

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

3.875% Senior Notes due 2023

5.250% Senior Notes due 2043

This pricing term sheet relates only to the senior notes (the “Notes”) described below and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated January 13, 2014 (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) relating to the Offering (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) before making a decision in connection with an investment in the Notes. The information in this term sheet supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith. Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.

 

Issuer:    Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

Guarantors:                                 

  

Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V.

Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Notes:

  

3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ”)

The 2023 Notes will be part of the same series as, and will be fungible with, the original 2023 notes. The aggregate principal amount of the original 2023 notes together with the 2023 Notes offered hereby will be U.S.$900,000,000.

 

5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ 2043 Notes ”)

The 2043 Notes will be part of the same series as, and will be fungible with, the original 2043 notes. The aggregate principal amount of the original 2043 notes together with the 2043 Notes offered hereby will be U.S.$600,000,000.

Issue Amount:

  

2023 Notes: U.S.$150,000,000

2043 Notes: U.S.$200,000,000

Coupon:

  

2023 Notes: 3.875%

2043 Notes: 5.250%

 

B-1


Maturity:

  

2023 Notes: November 26, 2023

2043 Notes: November 26, 2043

Interest Payment Dates:            

  

2023 Notes: May 26 and November 26 of each year, commencing on May 26, 2014. Purchasers of the 2023 Notes will be entitled to receive the full amount of the first interest payment on May 26, 2014.

 

2043 Notes: May 26 and November 26 of each year, commencing on May 26, 2014. Purchasers of the 2043 Notes will be entitled to receive the full amount of the first interest payment on May 26, 2014.

Benchmark Treasury:

  

2023 Notes: UST 2.750% due November 2023

2043 Notes: UST 3.625% due August 2043

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  

2023 Notes: T+107

2043 Notes: T+122

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

  

2023 Notes: 99-11 / 2.827%

2043 Notes: 97-08 / 3.780%

Price to Investors:

  

2023 Notes: 99.818%

 

2043 Notes: 103.849%

Yield to Maturity:

  

2023 Notes: 3.897%

 

2043 Notes: 5.000%

Ranking:

   Senior unsecured

Optional Redemption:

  

2023 Notes: Make-whole call, in whole or in part, at T+20 bps plus accrued and unpaid interest

2043 Notes: Make-whole call, in whole or in part, at T+25 bps plus accrued and unpaid interest

Optional Tax Redemption:

   In whole but not in part, at 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest upon certain changes in withholding taxes

Trade Date:

   January 13, 2014

Settlement Date:

   January 21, 2014 (T+5)

Denominations / Multiples:

   U.S.$150,000 / U.S.$2,000

Clearing:

   DTC / Euroclear / Clearstream

 

B-2


CUSIP/ISIN:                               

  

2023 Notes: 191241 AE8 / US191241AE83 (the same

CUSIP and ISIN as the original 2023 notes)

 

2043 Notes: 191241 AF5 / US191241AF58 (the same

CUSIP and ISIN as the original 2043 notes)

Expected Listing:

   Irish Stock Exchange (application pending)

Lead Manager and Bookrunner:

   Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus dated November 8, 2013 and a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated January 13, 2014) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the Offering. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, the underwriter or any dealer participating in the Offering will arrange to send you the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 800-831-9146.

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another e-mail system.

 

 

B-3

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.,

as Issuer

and

Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V.

Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V.

as Guarantors

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

and

The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch,

as Irish Paying Agent

 

 

S IXTH S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE

Dated as of January 21, 2014

 

 

U.S.$150,000,000

3.875% Senior Notes due 2023

U.S.$200,000,000

5.250% Senior Notes due 2043

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS      2   

Section 101. Provisions of the Base Indenture

     2   

Section 102. Definitions

     3   
ARTICLE TWO GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES      3   

Section 201. Authorization

     3   

Section 202. Listing

     4   
ARTICLE THREE GUARANTEE      4   

Section 301. Guarantee

     4   

Section 302. No Subrogation

     6   

Section 303. Limitation on Liability, Release and Discharge

     6   
ARTICLE FOUR MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      7   

Section 401. Consent to Service; Jurisdiction

     7   

Section 402. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

     7   

Section 403. Separability of Invalid Provisions

     8   

Section 404. Execution in Counterparts

     8   

Section 405. Certain Matters

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SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 21, 2014 (this “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”), among Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable organized and existing under the laws of the United Mexican States (“ Mexico ”) (herein called the “ Company ”), having its principal office at Calle Mario Pani No. 100, Colonia Santa Fé Cuajimalpa, Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05348, México, D.F., México, Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Propimex”), Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V.,Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V. and Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., as guarantors (the “ Guarantors ”),The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York authorized to conduct a banking business, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”), Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (herein called the “ Irish Paying Agent ”), to the indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”) as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, among the Company, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), the second supplemental indenture, dated as of April 1, 2011, among the Company, the Trustee and Propimex, (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), the third supplemental indenture dated as of September 6, 2013 among the Company, Propimex, Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V. (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), the fourth supplemental indenture dated as of October 18, 2013 among the Company, the existing guarantors named therein and Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V. (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”) and the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of November 26, 2013 among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Irish Paying Agent named therein (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Base Indenture provides for the issuance from time to time thereunder, in series, of debt Securities of the Company, and Section 901 of the Base Indenture provides for the establishment of the form or terms of Securities issued thereunder through one or more supplemental indentures;

WHEREAS, on November 26, 2013 the Company entered into the Fifth Supplemental Indenture to establish and issue three (3) series of Securities under the Base Indenture, including (1) ““U.S.$750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Outstanding 2023 Notes ”) and (2) U.S.$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ Outstanding 2043 Notes, ” and together with the Outstanding 2023 Notes, the “ Outstanding Notes ” or the “ Outstanding Securities ”);

WHEREAS, Section 201(b) of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture provides for the issuance by the Company from time to time thereunder, without the consent of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes of a particular series, of additional notes of such series with terms and

 

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conditions identical to those of the Outstanding Notes of such series (except for the issue date, issue price and the date from which interest shall accrue), which additional notes will be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Notes of such series;

WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to issue an additional U.S.$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ New 2023 Notes ” and, together with the Outstanding 2023 Notes, the “2023 Notes”) and an additional U.S.$200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ New 2043 Notes ” and together with the Outstanding 2043 Notes, the “2043 Notes”, and together with the New 2023 Notes, the “ New Notes ” and together with the Outstanding Notes, the “ Notes ” or the “ Securities ” or in the case of Notes in global form, the “ Global Notes ” or the “ Global Securities ”) to be issued under the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture (together, the “ Indenture ”), each of which are to be initially limited in aggregate principal amounts as specified in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the terms and provisions of which are to be as specified in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to authorize the issuance of the New 2023 Notes and the New 2043 Notes, as additional Securities of the relevant series under the Indenture; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the New Notes by the Holders thereof and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the form of the New Notes and the terms, provisions, conditions and guarantees thereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors covenants and agrees with the Trustee and the Irish Paying Agent as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

Section 101. Provisions of the Base Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture .

Except insofar as herein otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, provisions, terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes and every Holder of New Notes authenticated and delivered under this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall be bound hereby. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 101 or the Base Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture or this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, to the extent any provision of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall conflict with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture or the New Notes, as applicable, shall govern.

 

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Section 102. Definitions .

For all purposes of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture and each series of New Notes, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires:

(a) any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture;

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

(c) all terms used in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture that are not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture; and

(d) the term “Securities” as defined in the Base Indenture and as used in any definition therein shall be deemed to include or refer to, as applicable, the relevant series of Notes.

ARTICLE TWO

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

Section 201. Authorization .

(a) Pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture and Section 201 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby authorized the issuance of U.S.$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 “(which amount does not include the New 2023 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 906 or 1105 of the Base Indenture), which amount shall be specified in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of the New 2023 Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture. The principal of the New 2023 Notes shall be due and payable at the Stated Maturity for the Outstanding 2023 Notes.

(b) Pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture and Section 201 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby authorized the issuance of U.S.$200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (which amount does not include the New 2043 Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 906 or 1105 of the Base Indenture), which amount shall be specified in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of the New 2043 Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture. The principal of the New 2043 Notes shall be due and payable at the Stated Maturity for the Outstanding 2043 Notes.

 

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(c) The New 2023 Notes and any additional 2023 Notes issued pursuant to the Base Indenture will be consolidated with and form a single series with the Outstanding 2023 Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the 2023 Notes, and the New 2043 Notes and any additional 2043 Notes issued pursuant to the Base Indenture will be consolidated with and form a single series with the Outstanding 2043 Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the 2043 Notes.

(d) The New 2023 Notes and the New 2043 Notes will be in the form set forth in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and will have identical terms (other than issue price and issue date) and bear the same CUSIP and ISIN as the Outstanding 2023 Notes and Outstanding 2043 Notes, respectively, issued on November 26, 2013, as more fully set forth in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

(e) The Company may, from time to time and without the consent of the Holders of Notes of a particular series, issue additional Notes of such series on terms and conditions identical to the Outstanding Notes of such series (except for issue date, issue price and the date from which interest shall accrue and, if applicable, first be paid), which additional Notes shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Outstanding Notes of such series.

Section 202. Listing

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the New Notes admitted to listing on the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange and trading on the Global Exchange Market.

ARTICLE THREE

GUARANTEE

Section 301. Guarantee .

(a) The Guarantors hereby fully, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee (the “ Guarantees ”) to each Holder of the New Notes and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the obligations of the Company to the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee under the Notes and the Indenture (the “ Obligations ”). Each of the Guarantors further agree (to the extent permitted by law) that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each of them, and that it will remain bound under this Section 301 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation. The Guarantors hereby agree to pay, in addition to the amounts stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders of the New Notes in enforcing any rights under the Guarantee.

Notwithstanding the above, no Guarantee will be secured by any of the assets or properties of the Guarantors. As a result, if any of the Guarantors is required to pay under its Guarantee, the Holders of the New Notes will be unsecured creditors of such Guarantor. The

 

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Guarantees will not be subordinated to any of the Guarantors’ other unsecured obligations. In the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation proceeding against any of the Guarantors, the Guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all of such Guarantor’s other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.

(b) Each of the Guarantors waives (i) presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment and (ii) notice of any default with respect to its Obligations. To the extent permitted by law, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under the Indenture, the New Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of the Indenture, the New Notes or any other agreement; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the New Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder of the New Notes or the Trustee for the Obligations; or (e) the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes to exercise any right or remedy against the Guarantors.

(c) The Guarantors further agree that the Guarantees herein constitute guarantees of payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes to any security held for payment of the Obligations.

(d) To the extent permitted by law, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Obligations in full), 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 Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantors herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Indenture, the New Notes 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 the Guarantors or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantors or any one of them as a matter of law or equity.

(e) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its Guarantee 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 interest on any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the Trustee or any Holder of the New Notes has at law or in equity against the Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, the Guarantors hereby promise to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee and the Holders of the New Notes an amount equal to the sum of:

 

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(i) the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing; and

(ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

(g) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that, as between itself, on the one hand, and the Holders of the New Notes, on the other hand:

(i) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in the Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby; and

(ii) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantors for the purposes of its Guarantee.

Section 302. No Subrogation . Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in respect of any Obligations until payment in full of all Obligations and any obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantors on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations and any obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the Guarantors in trust for the Trustee and the Holders of the New Notes, segregated from other funds of the Guarantors, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantors, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by the Guarantors (duly endorsed by the Guarantors to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations or obligations to which the Obligations are subordinated.

Section 303. Limitation on Liability, Release and Discharge .

(a) The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantors and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of the Guarantors in respect of the obligations under the Guarantee, result in the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.

(b) Concurrently with the discharge of the New Notes under Section 401 of the Base Indenture, the defeasance of the New Notes under Section 1202 of the Base Indenture, the “covenant defeasance” of the New Notes under Section 1203 of the Base Indenture or the redemption in full of the New Notes under Article 11 of the Base Indenture, the Guarantors shall be released from all of their obligations under their Guarantees under this Article 3.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 401. Consent to Service; Jurisdiction

Each party hereto agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, either series of New Notes, or the Guarantees may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York and in the courts of its own corporate domicile, in respect of actions brought against each such party as a defendant, and each waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such legal suit, action or proceeding, waives any immunity from jurisdiction or to service of process in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding, waives any right to any jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence, domicile or any other reason and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors hereby designates and appoints CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13 th Floor, New York, New York 10011, as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, either series of New Notes, or the Guarantees which may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and agrees that service of process upon such agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, in any such suit, action or proceeding and further designates its domicile, the domicile of CT Corporation System specified above and any domicile CT Corporation System may have in the future as its domicile to receive any notice hereunder (including service of process). If for any reason CT Corporation System (or any successor agent for this purpose) shall cease to act as agent for service of process as provided above, each of the Company and the Guarantors will promptly appoint a successor agent for this purpose reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and notify the Trustee in writing of any such change. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect.

Section 402. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

(a) THIS SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE BASE INDENTURE, THE NEW NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THE FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THIS SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NEW NOTES, THE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

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Section 403. Separability of Invalid Provisions

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, the New Notes or the Guarantees should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions contained in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent and only to the extent that any such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as if such provision had never been contained herein.

Section 404. Execution in Counterparts

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

Section 405. Certain Matters

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, the New Notes, the Guarantees or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

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

 

 

COCA-COLA FEMSA, S.A.B. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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PROPIMEX, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     CONTROLADORA INTERAMERICANA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
COMERCIALIZADORA LA PUREZA DE BEBIDAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     SERVICIOS INTEGRADOS INMUEBLES DEL GOLFO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GRUPO EMBOTELLADOR CIMSA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.     YOLI DE ACAPULCO, S.A. DE C.V.
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

    By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya       Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

    By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz       Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact       Title: Attorney-in-Fact
REFRESCOS VICTORIA DEL CENTRO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.      
By  

/s/ Gerardo Cruz Celaya

     
  Name: Gerardo Cruz Celaya      
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact      
By  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

     
  Name: Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz      
  Title:Attorney-in-Fact      

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee, Security Registrar, Principal Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

By:  

/s/ Irina Palchuk

  Name: Irina Palchuk
  Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV, DUBLIN BRANCH,

as Irish Paying Agent

By:  

/s/ Hayley Morrissey

  Name: Hayley Morrissey
  Title: Authorised Signatory

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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Writer’s Direct Dial: +1 212 225 2106  
E-Mail: dmclaughlin@cgsh.com  

January 21, 2014

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

Calle Mario Pani 100

Colonia Santa Fe Cuajimalpa

Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos

México, D.F. 05348

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special United States counsel to Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “ Company ”), a listed variable capital stock corporation ( sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable ) organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (“ Mexico ”), and each of the entities listed in Schedule A hereto (each, a “ Guarantor ” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), in connection with the Company’s offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3ASR (No. 333-187275) of U.S.$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ”) and U.S.$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “ 2043 Notes ” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “ Notes ”) and the Guarantors’ guarantees relating to the Notes (the “ Subsidiary Guarantees ,” and together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”) to be issued under an indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “ Trustee ”), as trustee, security registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended and supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of November 26, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) and the sixth supplemental indenture dated as of January 21, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”). As used herein, “ Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture. Such registration statement, as amended as of its most recent effective date (January 13, 2014), insofar as it relates to the Securities (as determined for purposes of Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the “ Registration Statement .”

 

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In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, including the Base Indenture, which is filed as an exhibit thereto, and we have reviewed the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the global notes representing the Notes. In addition, we have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that:

 

  1. The Notes are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

  2. The Subsidiary Guarantees are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Guarantors.

Insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Company or the Guarantors, (a) we have assumed that the Company, the Guarantors and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company and the Guarantors regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America or the law of the State of New York that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such agreement or obligation) and (b) such opinions are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, to general principles of equity and to the effect of judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental actions affecting creditors’ rights.

We express no opinion as to the subject matter jurisdiction of any United States federal court to adjudicate any action relating to the Base Indenture, Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Sixth Supplemental Indenture or the Securities where jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. §1332 does not exist. We note that (a) the designation in Section 115 of the Base Indenture of the U.S. federal courts sitting in New York City as the venue for actions or proceedings relating to the Base Indenture or the Securities, the designation in Section 901 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture of the U.S. federal courts sitting in New York City as the venue for actions or proceedings relating to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, and the designation in Section 301 of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture of the U.S. federal courts sitting in New York City as the venue for actions or proceedings relating to the Sixth Supplemental


Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., p. 3

 

Indenture, respectively, is (notwithstanding the waivers in Section 115 of the Base Indenture, Section 901 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and Section 301 of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture) subject to the power of such courts to transfer actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404(a) or to dismiss such actions or proceedings on the grounds that such a federal court is an inconvenient forum for such an action or proceeding; and (b) the enforceability in the United States of the waiver in Section 115 of the Base Indenture, Section 901 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and Section 301 of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture by the Company of any immunity from jurisdiction or to service of process is subject to the limitations imposed by the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

We express no opinion as to the enforceability of Section 1009 of the Base Indenture or Section 903 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, providing for indemnification by the Company and the Guarantors of the Trustee and the holders of the Securities against any loss in obtaining the currency due to the Trustee or such holders of the Securities from a court judgment in another currency.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal law of the United States of America and the law of the State of New York.


Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., p. 4

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of this opinion in the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Validity of Securities” and in any prospectus supplement related thereto under the heading “Validity of the Notes” as counsel for the Company and the Guarantors who have passed on the validity of the Securities being registered by the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The opinions expressed herein are rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

Very truly yours,
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By:  

/s/ Duane McLaughlin

  Duane McLaughlin, a Partner


SCHEDULE A

 

1. Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

2. Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

3. Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

4. Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

5. Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

6. Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable (variable capital corporation), organized under the laws of Mexico.

 

7. Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., a sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (variable capital limited liability company), organized under the laws of Mexico.

Exhibit 5.2

 

LOGO

 

 

Mario Pani No. 100 piso 7

Col. Santa Fe Cuajimalpa,

México, D.F. 05348

Tel. 15 19 50 00

 

 

January 21, 2014

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.

Calle Mario Pani 100

Colonia Santa Fe Cuajimalpa

Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos

México, D.F. 05348

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the General Counsel of Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “Company”), a listed variable capital stock corporation ( sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable ) organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”), and have acted as Mexican counsel to the Company and to Comercializadora La Pureza de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Controladora Interamericana de Bebidas, S. de R.L. de C.V., Grupo Embotellador Cimsa, S. de R.L. de C.V., Propimex, S. de R.L. de C.V., Refrescos Victoria del Centro, S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios Integrados Inmuebles del Golfo, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Yoli de Acapulco, S.A. de C.V., companies organized under the laws of Mexico (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the Company’s offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3ASR (No. 333-187275) of U.S.$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and U.S.$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “2043 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “New Notes”) and the Guarantors’ guarantees relating to the New Notes (the “Subsidiary Guarantees” and, together with the New Notes, the “Securities”), which constitute further issuances by the Company of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Outstanding 2023 Notes”) and of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2043 (the “Outstanding 2043 Notes” and together with the New Notes, the “Notes”), which were originally issued on November 26, 2013, to be issued under an indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”), as trustee, security registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of November 26, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) and the sixth supplemental indenture dated as of January 21, 2014, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as Irish paying agent (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”). As used herein, “Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture. Such registration statement, insofar as it relates to the Securities, but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the “Registration Statement.”


In connection with the foregoing, I have reviewed copies of the following documents:

 

  (i) the Registration Statement, including the Base Indenture, which is filed as an exhibit thereto;

 

  (ii) the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (iii) the global notes representing the Notes; and

 

  (iv) the estatutos sociales (by-laws) of the Company and the Guarantors;

In addition, I have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction of all such corporate records of the Company and its Mexican subsidiaries (including the Guarantors) and such other instruments and other certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and such other persons, and I have made such investigations of law, as I have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, I have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, (i) the accuracy as to factual matters of each document I have reviewed, (ii) the due authorization, execution and delivery by any party thereto (other than the Company and the Guarantors) of the Indenture; (iii) the validity, binding effect and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes and the Securities under the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America; (iv) the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures, opinions, documents and papers submitted to me; and (v) that copies of all opinions, documents and papers submitted to me are complete and conform to the originals thereof.

In addition, I have assumed that the Company and the Guarantors have satisfied the legal requirements that are applicable to them under applicable law other than the law of Mexico to the extent necessary to make the the Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, enforceable against them. I have also assumed that the Trustee has satisfied the legal requirements that are applicable to it under applicable law other than the law of Mexico to the extent necessary to make the Indenture enforceable against it.

Based on the foregoing, having regard for such other considerations as I deem relevant and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, I am of the opinion that:

 

  1. The Company and the Guarantors have been duly incorporated and are validly existing under the laws of Mexico.

 

  2. The Company and the Guarantors have the corporate power to, and all necessary corporate action has been taken to, execute and deliver the Securities.


  3. The Notes are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

  4. The Subsidiary Guarantees are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Guarantors.

Insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Company or the Guarantors, (a) I have assumed that the Company, the Guarantors and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied or, prior to the issuance of the Securities, will satisfy those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company and the Guarantors regarding matters of federal law of Mexico), and (b) such opinions are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

  (a) Enforcement may be limited or affected by concurso mercantil , bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally;

 

  (b) I note that the payment of interest on interest may not be enforceable under Mexican law;

 

  (c) Judgment currency provisions (such as Section 903 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture) may not be enforceable in Mexico;

 

  (d) In the event that any legal proceedings are brought in the courts of Mexico, a Spanish translation of the documents required in such proceedings, prepared by a court-approved translator, would have to be approved by the court after the defendant had been given an opportunity to be heard with respect to the accuracy of the translation, and proceedings would thereafter be based upon the translated documents;

 

  (e) The exercise of any prerogatives of the parties, although they may be discretionary, should be supported by the factual assumptions required for their reasonable exercise; in addition, under Mexican law, the Company and the Guarantors will have the right to contest in court any notice or certificate of such party purporting to be conclusive and binding;

 

  (f) Claims may become barred under the statutes of limitation or may be or become subject to defenses of set-off or counterclaim;

 

  (g) As to the provisions contained in the Base Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture regarding service of process, it should be noted that service of process by mail does not constitute personal service under Mexican law and, since such service is considered to be a basic procedural requirement under such law, if for purposes of proceedings outside Mexico service of process is made by mail, a final judgment based on such service of process would not be enforced by the courts of Mexico;


  (h) I note that the irrevocability of the appointment of CT Corporation System as the authorized agent for service of process of the Company and the Guarantors may not be enforceable under Mexican law and, as a consequence, such appointment may be legally revoked, although any affected parties under the Indenture could bring any claim or remedies they may have available under the Indenture or applicable law as a result of such revocation;

 

  (i) I express no opinion as to Sections 505 (Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities) and 509 (Restoration of Rights and Remedies) of the Base Indenture;

 

  (j) I note that any covenants of the Company or the Guarantors which purport to bind them on matters reserved by law to shareholders or owners of equity interests, or which purport to bind shareholders or owners of equity interests to vote or refrain from voting their shares or equity interests in the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, are not enforceable, under Mexican law, through specific performance;

 

  (k) In the event any legal proceedings are brought in the courts of Mexico to enforce the Securities or the Indenture, the Mexican courts would apply Mexican procedural law;

 

  (l) I note that in connection with the Subsidiary Guarantees under the laws of Mexico, the enforceability of a guarantee in a Mexican court is contingent on the genuineness, validity and enforceability of any underlying obligations; in addition, under Mexican law, the obligations of a guarantor are not independent from, and may not exceed, the obligations of the main obligor and the consent of any such guarantor is required for any extension or granting of grace periods to the main obligor, any amendment of a guaranteed obligation that would result in an increase or amendment of any obligation of a guarantor, or the novation of the principal obligation, to be valid against each such guarantor; and

 

  (m) Except as specifically stated herein, I make no comment with regard to any representation which may be made by the Company or the Guarantors in any of the documents referred to above or otherwise.

I express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of Mexico and I have assumed that there is nothing in the law of any other jurisdiction that affects this opinion letter, which is delivered, based upon applicable law as of the date hereof. In particular, I have made no independent investigation of the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof as a basis for the opinions stated herein and do not express or imply any opinion on or based on the criteria or standards provided for in such laws. As to questions related to the laws of the United States of America, I have relied, without making any independent investigation with respect thereto, for purposes of delivery of this opinion letter, on the opinion, dated today, of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special United States counsel to the Company and the Guarantors.


In rendering the foregoing opinion, I have relied (i) as to factual matters on certificates of directors and executive officers of the Company and the Guarantors and (ii) as to matters of United States federal and New York law on the opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, United States counsel for the Company and the Guarantors.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to me in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Validity of Securities” and in any prospectus supplement related thereto under the heading “Validity of the Notes” as counsel for the Company who have passed on the validity of the Securities being registered by the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am an expert with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exhange Commission thereunder. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP may rely upon this opinion in rendering their opinion to the Company and the Guarantors.


This opinion is being rendered based on the legal provisions applicable in Mexico as of the date hereof. I assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if I become aware of any facts that might change the opinions expressed herein after the date hereof.

 

Very truly yours,
By:  

/s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz

  Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
  General Counsel