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.
UNILEVER
PLC
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/S/ R SOTAMAA
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BY R SOTAMAA
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CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Notice
to London Stock Exchange dated 26
June 2020
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DIP – Notice of Separate Meetings
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Exhibit
99
THIS
NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF
NOTEHOLDERS. IF NOTEHOLDERSARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION THEY
SHOULD TAKE, THEY SHOULD SEEK THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVICE,
INCLUDING IN RESPECT OF ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES, IMMEDIATELY FROM
THEIR BROKER, BANK MANAGER, SOLICITOR, ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL, TAX OR LEGAL ADVISER.
UNILEVER N.V.
(incorporated with limited liability in The Netherlands and having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
and
UNILEVER PLC
(incorporated with limited liability in England and
Wales)
(each, an “Issuer” and together, the
“Issuers”)
NOTICE OF SEPARATE MEETINGS
of the holders of
the following Notes:
Issuer
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Guarantor
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ISIN
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Description
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Principal amount outstanding1
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Applicable Trust Deed
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DIP Notes
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654191623
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€500,000,000
0.000 per cent. Notes due July 2021
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€500,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:30
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1178970106
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€750,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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€750,000,000
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2014
Trust Deed
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9:35
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1566100977
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€600,000,000
0.375 per cent. Notes due February 2023
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€600,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:40
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1241577490
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€500,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
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€500,000,000
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2015
Trust Deed
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9:45
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1769090728
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due August 2023
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€500,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:50
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1403014936
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
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€500,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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9:55
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS2147133495
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€1,000,000,000
1.250 per cent. Notes due March 2025
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€1,000,000,000
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2019
Trust Deed
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10:00
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654192191
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€650,000,000
0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
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€650,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:05
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1769090991
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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€700,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:10
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1566101603
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€600,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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€600,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:15
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1403015156
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
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€700,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:20
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1654192274
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€750,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
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€750,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:25
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS2147133578
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€1,000,000,000
1.750 per cent. Notes due March 2030
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€1,000,000,000
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2019
Trust Deed
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10:30
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1769091296
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€800,000,000
1.625 per cent. Notes due February 2033
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€800,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:35
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1560644830
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£350,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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£350,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:40
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1684780031
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£250,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due September 2024
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£250,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:45
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS2008921277
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£500,000,000
1.500 per cent. Notes due July 2026
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£500,000,000
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2019
Trust Deed
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10:50
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS1684780205
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£250,000,000
1.875 per cent. Notes due September 2029
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£250,000,000
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2016
Trust Deed
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10:55
a.m.
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PLC
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NV,
UNUS
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XS2008925344
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€650,000,000
1.500 per cent. Notes due June 2039
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€650,000,000
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2019
Trust Deed
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11:00
a.m.
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Standalone Notes
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1873208950
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€650,000,000
0.500 per cent. Bonds due January 2025
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€650,000,000
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2025
Bonds Trust Deed
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11:05
a.m.
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NV
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PLC,
UNUS
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XS1873209172
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€650,000,000
1.375 per cent. Bonds due September 2030
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€650,000,000
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2030
Bonds Trust Deed
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11:10
a.m.
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(each a
“Series” and
together the “Notes”).
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of, in the case of
the DIP Notes, The Eighth Schedule or, in the case of the
Standalone Notes, Schedule 3, in each case of the Applicable Trust
Deed in respect of each Series (as set out in the table above),
separate meetings (each a “Meeting” and together the
“Meetings”) of
the holders of each Series (the “Noteholders”) convened by Unilever
N.V. (“NV”) or
Unilever PLC (“PLC”) as Issuer, as the case may
be, will be held via
videoconference on 22 July 2020 at the Applicable Time in
respect of each Series (as set out in the table above) for the
purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the applicable
resolution set out below, which will be proposed as an
Extraordinary Resolution at the relevant Meeting in accordance with
the provisions for the meetings of Noteholders set out, in the case
of the DIP Notes, in The Eighth Schedule or, in the case of the
Standalone Notes, in Schedule 3, in each case of the Applicable
Trust Deed.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used but not
defined in this Notice of Meetings shall have the meaning given in
the Applicable Trust Deed, the terms and conditions of the Notes of
the relevant Series (the “Conditions”) or the relevant
Extraordinary Resolution, as applicable.
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 0.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2021
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.000 per cent. Notes due July 2021
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(b)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(c)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(d)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(e)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June 2020
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private company with
limited liability (besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) to be
incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands and to have its
corporate seat in The Netherlands and to be registered with the
Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€750,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE FEBRUARY
2022
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €750,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due February
2022 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Nineteenth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 2 May
2014 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer
Substitution”), (ii) the modification of (a) the terms
and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth Schedule to
the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms applicable to
the Notes dated 30 January 2015 (the “Conditions”) and (b) the Trust
Deed, to include certain amendments in relation to the Issuer
Substitution and Unification as described in the form of
supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings and
(iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would otherwise
arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in connection with
any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the Issuer
Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions; “New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€600,000,000 0.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE FEBRUARY
2023
“THAT this Meeting of the holders
(together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €600,000,000 0.375 per cent. Notes due February
2023 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer
Substitution”), (ii) the modification of (a) the terms
and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth Schedule to
the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms applicable to
the Notes dated 10 February 2017 (the “Conditions”) and (b) the Trust
Deed, to include certain amendments in relation to the Issuer
Substitution and Unification as described in the form of
supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings and
(iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would otherwise
arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in connection with
any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the Issuer
Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 1.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JUNE
2023
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twentieth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 1 May 2015 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer
Substitution”), (ii) the modification of (a) the terms
and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The Fourth Schedule to
the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final Terms applicable to
the Notes dated 1 June 2015 (the “Conditions”) and (b) the Trust
Deed, to include certain amendments in relation to the Issuer
Substitution and Unification as described in the form of
supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings and
(iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would otherwise
arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in connection with
any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the Issuer
Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€500,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE AUGUST
2023
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due August
2023 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions; “New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €500,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
APRIL 2024
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 April 2016 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €1,000,000,000 1.250 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
MARCH 2025
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €1,000,000,000 1.250 per cent. Notes due March
2025 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15
May 2019 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 23 March 2020 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €650,000,000 0.875 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2025
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €650,000,000 0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€700,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE FEBRUARY
2027
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February
2027 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June 2020
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €600,000,000 1.000 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2027
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €600,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due February
2027 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 10 February 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June 2020
prepared by the Issuer in relation to the Consent
Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE €700,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
APRIL 2028
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 April 2016 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€750,000,000 1.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2029
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €750,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever N.V. (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 27 July 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€1,000,000,000 1.750 PER CENT. NOTES DUE MARCH
2030
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €1,000,000,000 1.750 per cent. Notes due March
2030 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15
May 2019 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 23 March 2020 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions; “New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€800,000,000 1.625 PER CENT. NOTES DUE FEBRUARY
2033
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €800,000,000 1.625 per cent. Notes due February
2033 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 8 February 2018 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Issuer Substitution and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule I of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule I of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE £350,000,000 1.125 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
FEBRUARY 2022
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £350,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February
2022 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
release of NV from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Notes
and the Trust Deed (the “Guarantor Release”), (ii) the modification
of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The
Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final
Terms applicable to the Notes dated 1 February 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Guarantor Release and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the release and modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
release, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, release, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the release, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the release, modifications and waivers referred to
in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or omission taken in
connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or the implementation
of the release, modifications and waivers referred to
herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(c)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of NV and
the Issuer;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between the Issuer and NV carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV” means Unilever
N.V.;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be
incorporated;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of NV shareholders and the Issuer’s shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which the Issuer will become the sole parent
company of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, NV, the Issuer and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, the Issuer
and its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
£250,000,000 1.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER
2024
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £250,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due September
2024 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
release of NV from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Notes
and the Trust Deed (the “Guarantor Release”), (ii) the modification
of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The
Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final
Terms applicable to the Notes dated 13 September 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Guarantor Release and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the release and modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
release, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, release, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the release, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the release, modifications and waivers referred to
in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or omission taken in
connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or the implementation
of the release, modifications and waivers referred to
herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(c)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of NV and
the Issuer;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between the Issuer and NV carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV” means Unilever
N.V.;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be
incorporated;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of NV shareholders and the Issuer’s shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which the Issuer will become the sole parent
company of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, NV, the Issuer and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, the Issuer
and its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
£500,000,000 1.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JULY
2026
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £500,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due July 2026
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever PLC (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15 May 2019 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
release of NV from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Notes
and the Trust Deed (the “Guarantor Release”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in The Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by
the Final Terms applicable to the Notes dated 7 June 2019 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Guarantor Release and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the release and modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
release, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, release, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the release, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the release, modifications and waivers referred to
in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or omission taken in
connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or the implementation
of the release, modifications and waivers referred to
herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(c)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of NV and
the Issuer;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between the Issuer and NV carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV” means Unilever
N.V.;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be
incorporated;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of NV shareholders and the Issuer’s shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which the Issuer will become the sole parent
company of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, NV, the Issuer and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, the Issuer
and its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE £250,000,000 1.875 PER CENT. NOTES DUE
SEPTEMBER 2029
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding £250,000,000 1.875 per cent. Notes due September
2029 (the “Notes”) of Unilever PLC (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
N.V. and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “Trust
Deed”) and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
release of NV from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Notes
and the Trust Deed (the “Guarantor Release”), (ii) the modification
of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The
Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final
Terms applicable to the Notes dated 13 September 2017 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Guarantor Release and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the release and modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
release, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, release, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the release, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the release, modifications and waivers referred to
in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or omission taken in
connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or the implementation
of the release, modifications and waivers referred to
herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(c)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of NV and
the Issuer;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between the Issuer and NV carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV” means Unilever
N.V.;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be
incorporated;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of NV shareholders and the Issuer’s shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which the Issuer will become the sole parent
company of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, NV, the Issuer and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, the Issuer
and its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€650,000,000 1.500 PER CENT. NOTES DUE JUNE
2039
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €650,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due June 2039
(the “Notes”) of
Unilever PLC (the “Issuer”, which expression includes
any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever N.V. and Unilever
United States, Inc. (together, the “Guarantors”), issued with the
benefit of a trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15 May 2019 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
release of NV from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Notes
and the Trust Deed (the “Guarantor Release”), (ii) the modification
of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set out in The
Fourth Schedule to the Trust Deed and as completed by the Final
Terms applicable to the Notes dated 7 June 2019 (the
“Conditions”)
and (b) the Trust Deed, to include certain amendments in relation
to the Guarantor Release and Unification as described in the form
of supplemental trust deed in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a supplemental trust deed to
effect the release and modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Schedule II of the Notice of Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute and to do all such other
deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary, desirable
or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to give effect
to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of the
release, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, release, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the release, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the release, modifications and waivers referred to
in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or omission taken in
connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or the implementation
of the release, modifications and waivers referred to
herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(a)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(b)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(c)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of NV and
the Issuer;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between the Issuer and NV carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV” means Unilever
N.V.;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be
incorporated;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of NV shareholders and the Issuer’s shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which the Issuer will become the sole parent
company of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, NV, the Issuer and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, the Issuer
and its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€650,000,000 0.500 PER CENT. BONDS DUE JANUARY
2025
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €650,000,000 0.500 per cent. Bonds due January
2025 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 4 September 2018 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between, inter
alia, the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture Trust
Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in Schedule 1 to the Trust Deed (the “Conditions”) and (b) the Trust
Deed, to include certain amendments in relation to the Issuer
Substitution and Unification as described in the form of
supplemental trust deed in Schedule III of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule III of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
IN RESPECT OF THE
€650,000,000 1.375 PER CENT. BONDS DUE SEPTEMBER
2030
“THAT this
Meeting of the holders (together, the “Noteholders”) of the presently
outstanding €650,000,000 1.375 per cent. Bonds due September
2030 (the “Notes”) of Unilever N.V. (the
“Issuer”, which
expression includes any successor thereto) guaranteed by Unilever
PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. (together, the
“Guarantors”),
issued with the benefit of a trust deed dated 4 September 2018 (the
“Trust Deed”)
and made between, inter
alia, the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Law Debenture Trust
Corporation p.l.c. as trustee (the “Trustee”):
1.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) assents to (i) the
substitution of New Bond Sub as “issuer” of the Notes
and the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes
and the Trust Deed, such substitution to be effected pursuant to
the NV Demerger and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger, pursuant to a supplemental trust deed executed as
referred to in paragraph 2 of this Extraordinary Resolution (the
“Issuer Substitution”), (ii) the
modification of (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, as set
out in Schedule 1 to the Trust Deed (the “Conditions”) and (b) the Trust
Deed, to include certain amendments in relation to the Issuer
Substitution and Unification as described in the form of
supplemental trust deed in Schedule III of the Notice of Meetings
and (iii) the waiver of any Default that has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger;
2.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) authorises, directs,
requests and empowers:
(a)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute a supplemental
trust deed to effect the substitution and modifications referred to
in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary Resolution, in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule III of the Notice of
Meetings;
(b)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee to execute a waiver letter to effect the
waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Extraordinary
Resolution, in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Schedule IV of the Notice of Meetings; and
(c)
the Issuer, the
Guarantors, New Bond Sub and the Trustee to execute and to do all
such other deeds, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary,
desirable or expedient in their sole opinion to carry out and to
give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation
of the substitution, modifications and waivers referred to in this
Extraordinary Resolution including, without limitation, the
execution of any supplemental agency agreement in respect of the
Notes, in the form or substantially in the form made available to
Noteholders for inspection;
3.
(subject to
paragraph 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution) sanctions every
abrogation, substitution, modification, waiver, compromise or
arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders
appertaining to the Notes against the Issuer and the Guarantors
whether or not such rights arise under the Conditions, the Trust
Deed or otherwise, involved in, resulting from or to be effected by
the substitution, amendments or waivers referred to in paragraph 1
of this Extraordinary Resolution and their
implementation;
4.
discharges, holds
harmless, indemnifies and exonerates the Trustee from all liability
for which it may have become or may become liable under the Trust
Deed in respect of any act or omission including, without
limitation, in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or its
implementation, the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to in this Extraordinary Resolution and any act or
omission taken in connection with this Extraordinary Resolution or
the implementation of the substitution, modifications and waivers
referred to herein;
5.
waives any claim
Noteholders may have against the Trustee as a result of any
liability they may suffer or incur as a result of acting upon this
Extraordinary Resolution (including but not limited to
circumstances where it is subsequently found that this
Extraordinary Resolution is not valid or binding);
6.
approves that the
Trustee be and is hereby authorised and instructed not to obtain
any legal opinions in relation to, or to enquire into the power and
the capacity of any person to enter into the supplemental trust
deed or any other amendments to the Trust Deed or the Conditions,
of the due execution and delivery thereof by any party thereto or
the validity and enforceability thereof;
7.
declares that the
implementation of this Extraordinary Resolution shall be
conditional on:
(a)
the Consent
Solicitation not having been terminated;
(b)
the passing of this
Extraordinary Resolution;
(c)
the passing of the
relevant Shareholder Resolutions; and
(d)
the occurrence of
the NV Demerger Effective Date,
provided that the
implementation of the waivers referred to in paragraph 1 of this
Extraordinary Resolution shall be conditional only on the passing
of this Extraordinary Resolution; and
8.
acknowledges that
the following terms, as used in this Extraordinary Resolution,
shall have the meanings given below:
“Common Draft Terms of Merger”
means the common draft terms of merger made by the boards of the
Issuer and PLC;
“Consent Solicitation” means the
invitation by the Issuer to all Noteholders to consent to the
modification of the Conditions relating to the Notes as described
in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum and as the same may be
amended in accordance with its terms;
“Consent Solicitation Memorandum”
means the consent solicitation memorandum dated 26 June
2020 prepared by the
Issuer in relation to the Consent Solicitation;
“Cross-Border Merger” means the
cross-border merger between PLC and the Issuer carried out as a
“merger by absorption” for the purposes of the
Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (for English law
purposes) and the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes) pursuant to the Common Draft Terms of
Merger;
“Default” has the meaning given to
such term in the Conditions;
“New Bond Sub” means a private
company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) to be incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and to have its corporate seat in The Netherlands and
to be registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of
Commerce;
“Notice of Meetings” means the
notice convening the meeting of the Noteholders dated 26 June
2020;
“NV Demerger” means the Dutch legal
demerger pursuant to which New Bond Sub will be incorporated and
the Notes will become obligations of New Bond Sub;
“NV Demerger Effective Date” means
the date (and, where relevant, time) on which the NV Demerger
becomes effective in accordance with Dutch law, being the day after
the execution of the demerger deed in respect of the NV Demerger by
a Dutch civil law notary;
“PLC” means Unilever
PLC;
“Shareholder Resolutions” means the
resolutions of the Issuer’s shareholders and PLC shareholders
to approve the Cross-Border Merger, the NV Demerger and certain
other steps relating to Unification;
“Unification” means the
Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever Group; and
“Unilever Group” means (i) prior to
the implementation of Unification, the Issuer, PLC and their
respective group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with Netherlands and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) and
(ii) on and following the implementation of Unification, PLC and
its group companies (being those companies required to be
consolidated in accordance with United Kingdom legislative
requirements relating to consolidated
accounts).”
Background
The
Issuers have convened the Meetings for the purpose of enabling the
holders of Notes of each Series to consider and resolve, if they
think fit, to pass the Extraordinary Resolution proposed in
relation to the Notes of the relevant Series.
On 11
June 2020, Unilever announced plans to unify its Group legal
structure under a single parent company, PLC, creating a simpler
company, with greater strategic flexibility, that is better
positioned for future success.
It is
proposed that Unification will be implemented through the
Cross-Border Merger, as a result of which PLC will become the
single parent company of the Unilever Group.
Prior
to the implementation of Unification, New Bond Sub will be
incorporated pursuant to the NV Demerger, which will become
effective shortly before the Cross-Border Merger becomes effective.
New Bond Sub will be a finance company established for the purpose
of raising debt for the Unilever Group and will conduct no business
operations and will have no subsidiaries of its own. As part of the
NV Demerger, the NV Notes will become obligations of New Bond
Sub.
In conjunction with Unification, Unilever
intends to seek approval from the relevant Noteholders of the
proposed amendments set out in this Notice of Meetings (the
“Proposed Amendments”). Unilever is seeking approval by
the Noteholders of (i) the substitution of New Bond Sub in place of
NV as issuer of the Notes issued by NV, with the existing
guarantees from PLC and UNUS remaining in force, (ii) the release
of NV’s obligations as guarantor of the Notes issued by PLC,
with the existing guarantee from UNUS remaining in force, (iii)
such other consequential amendments to the relevant Conditions as
set out in this Notice of Meetings in order to facilitate
such substitution or
release, as applicable, and (iv) the waiver of any event of default
that has arisen or would otherwise arise in respect of the relevant
Notes as a result of or in connection with any or all of the NV
Demerger, the Unification, the Cross-Border Merger, the Issuer
Substitution or Guarantor Release, as
applicable.
The
Issuer Substitution will be effected pursuant to the NV Demerger
and, to the extent not effected pursuant to the NV Demerger,
pursuant to the applicable Supplemental Trust Deed. The other
Proposed Amendments will be implemented pursuant to Supplemental
Trust Deeds, the forms of which are set out in Schedules I, II and
III hereto, subject to satisfaction of the conditions listed in
paragraph 7 of the relevant Extraordinary Resolution set out above,
which include the occurrence of the NV Demerger Effective
Date.
The
implementation of the waivers referred to paragraph 1 of the
relevant Extraordinary Resolution set out above is subject only to
the passing of the relevant Extraordinary Resolution set out above.
The form of the waiver letter pursuant to which such waivers will
be implemented is set out in Schedule IV hereto.
Following
Unification, the Unilever Group will produce a set of consolidated
accounts for PLC and its subsidiaries (the “Consolidated Accounts”). Each of
PLC and New Bond Sub will produce standalone entity financial
statements (the “Entity
Accounts”), which are not consolidated accounts. The
Entity Accounts together with the Consolidated Accounts are
referred to as the “Accounts”.
It is
intended that new debt issued pursuant to Unilever’s European
debt issuance programme will have (i) New Bond Sub or PLC as issuer
and (ii) the benefit of guarantees by PLC and UNUS (in the case of
new debt issued by New Bond Sub) or by UNUS only (in the case of
new debt issued by PLC). For the avoidance of doubt, Unilever
Capital Corporation will remain issuer in respect of notes
currently outstanding from Unilever’s SEC-registered
shelf.
Consent
Solicitations
The
relevant Issuer has invited eligible holders of the Notes of each
Series (each such invitation a “Consent Solicitation”)
to consent to the approval, by Extraordinary Resolution at the
relevant Meeting, of the modification of the Conditions relating to
the relevant Series and certain other matters as described in
paragraph 1 of the relevant Extraordinary Resolution as set out
above, all as further described in the Consent Solicitation
Memorandum (as defined in paragraph 8 of the Extraordinary
Resolutions set out above).
Noteholders may
obtain, from the date of this Notice of Meetings, a copy of the
Consent Solicitation Memorandum from the Tabulation Agent, the
contact details for which are set out below. In order to receive a
copy of the Consent Solicitation Memorandum, a Noteholder will be
required to provide confirmation as to his or her status as a
Noteholder.
Pursuant to each
Consent Solicitation, each Noteholder from whom a valid Consent
Instruction (as defined in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum) is
received by the Tabulation Agent by the deadline specified in the
Consent Solicitation Memorandum will, subject to the conditions set
out in the Consent Solicitation Memorandum, be eligible to receive
payment of an amount equal to 0.05 per cent. of the principal
amount of the relevant Notes that are the subject of such Consent
Instruction (the “Early
Participation Fee”), all as more fully described in
the Consent Solicitation Memorandum.
General
Copies
of (i) the relevant Trust Deed (as amended, restated and/or
supplemented as at the issue date of each Series of Notes); and
(ii) the current draft of the supplemental trust deeds,
supplemental agency agreements and the waiver letter as referred to
in each Extraordinary Resolution set out above are also available
for inspection by Noteholders (a) on and from the date of this
Notice of Meetings up to and including the date of the Meetings, at
the specified offices of the Tabulation Agent during normal
business hours on any week day (Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays excepted) up to and including the date of the Meetings and
(b) at the Meetings and via
videoconference for 15 minutes before the Meetings. Any
revised version of the relevant draft supplemental trust deed, the
relevant supplemental agency agreement and the waiver letter will
be made available as described above and marked to indicate changes
to the draft made available on the date of this Notice of Meetings,
and will supersede the previous draft of the relevant document and
Noteholders will be deemed to have notice of any such
changes.
The
attention of Noteholders is particularly drawn to the procedures
for voting, quorum and other requirements for the passing of the
Extraordinary Resolutions at the Meetings or any meeting held
following any adjournment of any Meeting, which are set out in
“Voting and Quorum” below. Having regard to such
requirements, Noteholders are strongly urged either to attend via
videoconference) the relevant Meeting or to take steps to be
represented at the relevant Meeting (including by way of submitting
Consent Instructions) as soon as possible.
Interpretation
As used
in this Notice of
Meetings:
“2014 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Nineteenth
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 2 May 2014 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2015 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Twentieth
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 1 May 2015 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2016 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Twenty First
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22 April 2016 made between,
inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2019 Trust Deed” means the trust
deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the Twenty Second
Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15 May 2019 made between,
inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2025 Bonds Trust Deed” means the
trust deed dated 4 September 2018 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“2030 Bonds Trust Deed” means the
trust deed dated 4 September 2018 made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and the
Trustee;
“Applicable Trust Deed” means the
2014 Trust Deed, the 2015 Trust Deed, the 2016 Trust Deed, the 2019
Trust Deed, the 2025 Bonds Trust Deed or the 2030 Bonds Trust Deed
(as the case may be);
“DIP Notes” means the Series of
Notes issued pursuant to the Programme by NV or PLC, as applicable,
as listed on the table on the front page of this Notice of Meetings
under the heading DIP Notes;
“Programme” means the
U.S.$15,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme of NV and
PLC;
“Standalone Notes” means the Series
of Notes issued on a standalone basis by NV, as listed in the table
on the front page of this Notice of Meetings under the heading
Standalone Notes; and
“Trustee” means The Law Debenture
Trust Corporation p.l.c.
Voting
and Quorum
Noteholders who have submitted and not revoked
(in the limited circumstances in which revocation is permitted) a
valid Consent Instruction in respect of the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution by 9:30 a.m. (London time) on 20 July
2020 (the “Expiration
Deadline”), by which
they will have given instructions for the appointment of one or
more representatives of the Tabulation Agent by the relevant Paying
Agent as their proxy to vote in favour of or against (as specified
in the relevant Consent Instruction) the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution at the relevant Meeting (or any adjourned such Meeting),
or abstain from voting (as the case may be), need take no further
action to be represented at the relevant Meeting (or any such
adjourned such Meeting).
Noteholders who
have not submitted or have submitted and subsequently revoked (in
the limited circumstances in which such revocation is permitted) a
Consent Instruction in respect of the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution should take note of the provisions set out below
detailing how such Noteholders can attend (via videoconference) or
take steps to be represented at the relevant Meeting (references to
which, for the purpose of such provisions, include, unless the
context otherwise requires, any adjourned such
Meeting).
1.
Subject as set out
below, the provisions governing the convening and holding of each
Meeting are set out, in the case of the DIP Notes, in The Eighth
Schedule to the Applicable Trust Deed and, in the case of the
Standalone Notes, in Schedule 3 to the Applicable Trust Deed,
copies of which are available from the date of this Notice of
Meetings to the conclusion of the Meetings (or any adjourned
Meetings) as referred to above. For the purposes of the Meetings, a
“Noteholder”
means a Direct Participant (as defined below).
2.
All of the Notes
are represented by global Notes held by a common safekeeper for
Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg. For the purposes of this
Notice of Meetings, a “Direct
Participant” means each person who is for the time
being shown in the records of Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg as the holder of a particular principal amount of the
Notes.
A
Direct Participant or beneficial owner of Notes wishing to attend
(via videoconference) the relevant Meeting in person must produce
at the relevant Meeting a valid voting certificate or certificates
issued by a Paying Agent relating to the Notes in respect of which
it wishes to vote. The Meetings will be held via videoconference.
Noteholders wishing to attend the videoconference in respect of the
relevant Meeting may obtain dial-in details for the relevant
Meeting from the Tabulation Agent using the notice details set out
below, upon the Tabulation Agent being satisfied that any
Noteholder requesting the same has provided evidence of their
holdings of the relevant Series of Notes.
A
Direct Participant or beneficial owner of Notes not wishing to
attend and vote at the relevant Meeting in person may either
deliver its valid voting certificate(s) to the person whom it
wishes to attend (via videoconference) on its behalf or the Direct
Participant may (or the beneficial owner of the Notes may arrange
for the relevant Direct Participant on its behalf to) give a voting
instruction (by giving voting and blocking instructions to
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg (a “Euroclear/Clearstream
Instruction”) in accordance with the procedures of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg) requiring a Paying Agent to
include the votes attributable to its Notes in a block voting
instruction issued by the Paying Agent for the relevant Meeting or
any adjourned such Meeting, in which case the Paying Agent shall
appoint a proxy to attend (via videoconference) and vote at such
Meeting in accordance with such Direct Participant’s
instructions.
A
Direct Participant must request the relevant clearing system to
block the relevant Notes in its account and to hold the same to the
order or under the control of the relevant Paying Agent not later
than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the relevant
Meeting in order to obtain voting certificates or give voting
instructions in respect of such Meeting. In the case of
Euroclear/Clearstream Instructions, such blocking instructions are
part of the electronic instructions that must be given. Notes so
blocked will not be released until the earlier of:
(i)
the conclusion of
the relevant Meeting (or, if applicable, any adjourned such
Meeting); and
(A)
in respect of
voting certificate(s), the surrender to the relevant Paying Agent
of such voting certificate(s) and notification by the relevant
Paying Agent to the relevant clearing system of such surrender or
the compliance in such any other manner with the rules of the
relevant clearing system relating to such surrender;
or
(B)
in respect of
voting instructions, not less than 48 hours before the time for
which the relevant Meeting (or, if applicable, any adjourned such
Meeting) is convened, the notification in writing of any revocation
of a Direct Participant’s previous instructions to the
relevant Paying Agent and the same then being notified in writing
by the relevant Paying Agent to the Issuer at least 24 hours before
the time appointed for holding the relevant Meeting and such Notes
ceasing in accordance with the procedures of the relevant clearing
system and with the agreement of the relevant Paying Agent to be
held to its order or under its control.
Noteholders should
note that voting instructions (unless validly revoked) given and
voting certificates obtained in respect of a Meeting shall remain
valid for any adjourned such Meeting.
3.
The quorum required
at any Meeting is shown in the table
below.
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Original Meeting
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Adjourned Meeting
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DIP Notes
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Two or more persons present and holding or representing in
aggregate a clear majority in principal amount of the relevant
Series of DIP Notes for the time being outstanding
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Two or more persons present and holding or representing in
aggregate any principal amount of the relevant Series of DIP
Notes for the time being outstanding
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Standalone Notes
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Two or more Noteholders or agents (each as defined in the
Applicable Trust Deed) present in person representing 66 per cent.
in principal amount of the relevant Series for the time being
outstanding
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Two or more Noteholders or agents (each as defined in the
Applicable Trust Deed) present in person representing 33 per cent.
in principal amount of the relevant Series for the time being
outstanding
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If a
quorum is not present (i) in respect of the DIP Notes, within 30
minutes and (ii) in respect of the Standalone Notes, within 15
minutes, after the time appointed for the relevant Meeting, such
Meeting will be adjourned for a period being not less than 14 days
and not more than 42 days, to be held via videoconference, and at a
time appointed by the Chairman and the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution will be considered at such adjourned Meeting (notice of
which will be given to the Noteholders in accordance with the
Conditions and the Applicable Trust Deed). The quorum at any such
adjourned Meeting will be two or more persons present holding Notes
or voting certificates or being proxies or representatives and
holding or representing in aggregate the proportion of the relevant
Series shown in the table above. The holding of any adjourned
Meeting will be subject to the Issuer giving, in the case of DIP
Notes, at least 14 days’ notice and, in the case of
Standalone Notes, at least 10 clear days’ notice, in each
case in accordance with the relevant Conditions and the Applicable
Trust Deed that such adjourned Meeting is to be held.
4.
Every question
submitted to a Meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a
show of hands.
Unless
a poll is (before or at the time that the result on a show of hands
is declared) demanded by the Chairman, the Issuer, any Guarantor or
any Noteholder present or proxy or representative holding not less
than (i) in respect of the DIP Notes, one-fiftieth of the principal
amount of the Notes of the relevant Series for the time being
outstanding, and (ii) in respect of the Standalone Notes, two per
cent. of the relevant Series of Standalone Notes, a declaration by
the Chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a
particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority
shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the
number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against
the relevant Extraordinary Resolution.
At each
Meeting (a) on a show of hands every person who is present in
person and produces a voting certificate or is a proxy or
representative shall have one vote and (b) on a poll every person
who is so present shall have (x) in the case of DIP Notes, one vote
in respect of each EUR/GBP 1 (as applicable) in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes of the relevant Series so represented by the
voting certificate or in respect of which that person is a proxy or
representative or (y) in the case of the Standalone Notes, one vote
in respect of each EUR 1,000 in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes of the relevant Series so represented by the voting
certificate or in respect of which that person is a proxy or
representative.
5.
To be passed at the
relevant Meeting, an Extraordinary Resolution requires a majority
in favour consisting of not less than three-fourths of the votes
cast. If passed, an Extraordinary Resolution will be binding on all
Noteholders of the relevant Series, whether or not present at the
relevant Meeting and whether or not voting.
This
Notice of Meetings is given by Unilever N.V. and Unilever
PLC.
Noteholders should
contact the following for further information:
The
Solicitation Agents
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
Winchester
House
1 Great
Winchester Street
London
EC2N 2DB
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7545
8011
Attention:
Liability
Management Group
HSBC
Bank plc
8
Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7992
6237
Attention:
Liability Management Group
UBS
AG London Branch
5
Broadgate
London
EC2M 2QS
United
Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 20 7158
1121
Attention:
Liability Management Group
email:
ol-liabilitymanagement-eu@ubs.com
Tabulation
Agent
Lucid
Issuer Services Limited (Attention: Paul Kamminga, Telephone: +44
20 7704 0880, Email: unilever@lucid-is.com)
Dated:
26 June 2020
SCHEDULE I TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED IN RESPECT OF DIP NOTES ISSUED BY
NV
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Dated
[●] 2020
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UNILEVER N.V.
and
UNILEVER PLC
and
[NEW BOND SUB]
and
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
and
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.
and
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDrelating to certain series of Notes
issued by Unilever N.V. pursuant to the
U.S.$15,000,000,000
Debt
Issuance Programme as set out in the Schedule
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Ref:
L-294827
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Linklaters
LLP
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This Supplemental Trust Deed is made
this [●] day of [●], 2020 by:
(1)
UNILEVER N.V., a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands
whose corporate seat is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands having its
registered office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, The
Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number 24051830 (“NV”);
(2)
UNILEVER PLC, a company incorporated
under the laws of England, whose registered office is at Port
Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD, United Kingdom
(“PLC”);
(3)
[NEW BOND SUB], a private company with
limited liability incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands
whose corporate seat is in [●], The Netherlands having its
registered office at [●] and registered with the Dutch Trade
Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number [●]
(“New Bond
Sub”);
(4)
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K., a company
incorporated under the laws of Japan, whose registered office is at
1-1, Kamimeguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8578, Japan
(“UJH”);
(5)
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., a company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States
of America, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States of America
(“UNUS”);
and
(6)
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION
p.l.c., a company incorporated under the laws of England,
whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London
EC2V 7EX (the “Trustee”).
Whereas:
(A)
NV has issued the
notes set out in the Schedule to this Supplemental Trust Deed (each
a “Series” and
together, the “Notes”) as constituted by the
trust deed dated 22 July 1994 made between NV, PLC and UJH as
issuers, PLC, NV and UNUS as guarantors and the Trustee (such trust
deed, as amended and restated or supplemented in accordance with
its terms as at the issue date of the relevant Series, the
“relevant Trust
Deed”).
(B)
On [●] 2020,
New Bond Sub was incorporated pursuant to a Dutch statutory
demerger (juridische
splitsing) of NV (the “NV Demerger”). As part of the NV
Demerger, the Notes became obligations of New Bond
Sub.
(C)
On or around
[●] 2020, pursuant to the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers)
Regulations 2007 (for English law purposes) and the Dutch Civil
Code (Burgerlijk
Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes), NV and PLC will merge by way of a cross-border merger
carried out as a “merger by absorption” (the
“Cross-Border
Merger”) whereby PLC will acquire all the assets,
liabilities and legal relationships of NV under universal
succession of title and NV will cease to exist (the Cross-Border
Merger and the other implementation steps related thereto pursuant
to which PLC will become the sole parent company of the Unilever
group referred to herein as “Unification”).
(D)
Pursuant to
Extraordinary Resolutions passed by holders of each Series of the
Notes, the Noteholders have agreed to (i) the substitution of New
Bond Sub as Issuer of the Notes (as effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger) (the “Issuer
Substitution”), (ii) certain amendments to the terms
and conditions of the relevant Series which will be effected and
implemented pursuant to this Supplemental Trust Deed and (iii)
direct the Trustee to waive any Default which has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger pursuant to a waiver
letter dated [●] 2020.
(E)
The guarantees
provided by PLC and UNUS in respect of the Notes will continue to
remain in full force and effect.
(F)
This Supplemental
Trust Deed is supplemental to the relevant Trust Deed in respect of
each Series.
Now therefore this Supplemental Trust Deed
witnesseth and it is hereby declared as
follows:
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Definitions
and Interpretation
1.1 To the
extent to which the same are applicable and unless otherwise
defined herein, the definitions and provisions contained in Clause
1 of the relevant Trust Deed shall apply to and be incorporated in
this Supplemental Trust Deed (including the recitals
hereto)
1.2 The
relevant Trust Deed and this Supplemental Trust Deed shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one trust deed in
respect of the Notes only.
1.3 References
herein to the “2019 Trust
Deed Notes” are to the €1,000,000,000 1.250 per
cent. Notes due March 2025 issued by NV and guaranteed by PLC and
UNUS (ISIN: XS2147133495) and the €1,000,000,000 1.750 per
cent. Notes due March 2030 issued by NV and guaranteed by PLC and
UNUS (ISIN: XS2147133578).
1.4 References
herein to the “2019 Trust
Deed” are to the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15
May 2019 made between NV, PLC, UNUS and the Trustee.
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Release
of NV as issuer
To the
extent not effected in accordance with the terms of the NV
Demerger, NV (the “Retiring
Issuer”) is hereby released from all its obligations,
undertakings and covenants as issuer under the relevant Trust Deeds
and the Notes.
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Assumption
of obligations by New Bond Sub as Issuer
To the
extent not effected in accordance with the terms of the NV
Demerger, New Bond Sub hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
accepts the assumption of and agrees to be bound by and subject to
all obligations and liabilities pursuant to the Conditions of the
relevant Series of Notes and the relevant Trust Deeds of the
Retiring Issuer as Issuer of the Notes and accordingly all the
provisions of the Conditions of the relevant Series of Notes and
the relevant Trust Deeds relating to the Retiring Issuer as Issuer
shall mutatis mutandis
apply to New Bond Sub in all respects as if New Bond Sub had been
party to the relevant Trust Deeds.
All
references to “the Issuer”, “the relevant
Issuer”, “Unilever N.V.” or “N.V.” as
issuer in the relevant Conditions and the relevant Trust Deeds
shall be deemed to be references to “New Bond Sub” as
issuer and a definition of New Bond Sub shall be included in Clause
1 of each of the relevant Trust Deeds as follows:
“New Bond Sub” means [●], a
private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws
of The Netherlands whose corporate seat is in [●], The
Netherlands having its registered office at [●] and
registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce
under number [●].
Each of
PLC and UNUS hereby confirms that the guarantees provided by it in
respect of the Notes will continue to remain in full force and
effect following the execution of this Supplemental Trust
Deed.
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Additional
amendments to the relevant Conditions
5.1 Condition
4 of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust
Deed):
(a)
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New Bond Sub will not create or have outstanding any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest, upon the whole or
any part of its undertaking or assets (including any uncalled
capital), present or future; and
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(b)
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neither N.V. nor PLC will not create or have outstanding any
mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other security interest, upon the
whole or any substantial part of its undertaking or assets
(including any uncalled capital), present or future,
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to
secure any Indebtedness of any person (or any guarantee or
indemnity given in respect thereof) unless the Notes and the
Coupons shall be secured by such mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or
other security interest equally and rateably therewith in the same
manner or in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee or such other
security for the Notes and Coupons shall be provided as the Trustee
shall, in its absolute discretion, deem not less beneficial to the
Noteholders or as shall be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of Noteholders provided that the
restriction contained in this Condition shall not apply
to:
(i)
any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest arising solely by
mandatory operation of law; and
(ii)
any security over
assets of New Bond
Sub N.V. or,
as the case may be, PLC arising pursuant to the Algemene Voorwaarden (general terms and
conditions) of the Nederlandse
Vereniging van Banken (Dutch Bankers’ Association)
and/or similar terms applied by financial institutions, if and
insofar as applicable.
For the
purposes of this Condition:
“Indebtedness”
means any loan or other indebtedness in the form of, or represented
by, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities which at the time
of issue thereof either is, or is intended to be, quoted, listed or
ordinarily dealt in on any stock exchange, over-the-counter or
other recognised securities market and which by its terms has an
initial stated maturity of more than one year; and
“substantial”
means,
in relation to each of N.V. and PLC, an aggregate amount equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of N.V., PLC
and its their group
companies (being those companies required to be consolidated in
accordance with Netherlands
and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) (the
“Unilever Group”, and any company within the Unilever
Group being referred to herein as a “Group Company”),
such value and such assets being determined by reference to the
then most recently published audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Unilever Group. A report by the auditors of
PLC Auditors (as
defined in the Trust Deed) that, in their opinion, (1) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
accurately extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group, and (2) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
5.2 In respect
of all Series of Notes other than the 2019 Trust Deed Notes,
Condition 7(h) of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
The
Issuer, each Guarantor and any other Group
Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open
market or otherwise. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must
be made available to all Noteholders alike.”
5.3 In respect
of all Series of Notes, Condition 10(A)(i) and the final paragraph
of Condition 10 of the relevant Conditions are hereby amended as
follows:
“(i)
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for any
reason the guarantee of either N.V.
or PLC in respect
of the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect.
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For the
purposes of paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) the expression “a
substantial part” means a part whose value is equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of the Unilever Group, such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of PLC the relevant
company that, in their opinion, (i) the amounts shown in a
certificate provided by N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
correctly extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
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Amendments
to the relevant Trust Deeds
6.1 The
definition of Auditors in the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
deleted.
6.2 The
definition of Group Company in the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
replaced with the following:
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in the Conditions.
6.3 In respect
of each relevant Trust Deed other than the 2019 Trust Deed, Clause
17(B)(i)(c) of each such relevant Trust Deed is hereby replaced
with the following:
“in the case
of a substitution of a new principal debtor, an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC
or, (b) where N.V. or PLC becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as
the case may be, N.V. and UNUS (in each case), shall have been given by PLC (except where
PLC is the new principal debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH is the
new principal debtor) in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by the Substituted
Company under these presents, the Notes, the Receipts and the
Coupons;”
6.4 In respect
of the 2019 Trust Deed only, Clause 17(B)(i)(c) is hereby replaced
with the following:
“in the case
of a Group Company Substitution only, an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC
or, (b) where N.V. or PLC becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as
the case may be, N.V. and UNUS (in each case), shall have
been given by PLC (except where
PLC is the new principal debtor) and UNUS (except where UJH is the
new principal debtor) in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by the Substituted
Company under these presents, the Notes, the Receipts and the
Coupons;”
6.5 References
to “N.V. or PLC” and “N.V. and PLC” in
Clause 17(C) of each relevant Trust Deed are hereby replaced with
references to “PLC”.
6.6 References
to “N.V. or PLC” in Clause 18(A) of each relevant Trust
Deed are hereby replaced with references to
“PLC”.
6.7 References
to “N.V. or PLC or any of their respective group
companies” in Clause 21 of each relevant Trust Deed are
hereby replaced with references to “PLC or any of its group
companies”.
6.8 References
to “N.V. or PLC” in Clause 22 of each relevant Trust
Deed are hereby replaced with references to
“PLC”.
It is
declared that there shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Supplemental Trust Deed all the covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions of the relevant Trust Deeds,
the Schedules thereto, the Conditions of the relevant Series
relating to or affecting the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case
may be, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same
had been, mutatis mutandis, set out in full in this Supplemental
Trust Deed and made applicable to New Bond Sub as issuer, and
(without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) New Bond Sub
accordingly covenants in favour of the Trustee to duly perform and
observe and be bound by the said covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions imposed on or relating to or
affecting it by or under the Trust Deed or the Schedules or the
Conditions.
Any
notice or demand to New Bond Sub or any approval or certificate of
the Trustee required to be given, made or served for any purpose of
these presents shall be given, made or served by sending the same
by pre-paid post (first-class if inland, airmail if overseas),
telex or by facsimile copy or by delivering the same by hand as
follows:
[New Bond
Sub]
New
Bond Sub hereby covenants with the Trustee that, as soon as
practicable, and not later than 14 days after the date hereof it
shall give, or procure to be given, notice of the entry into this
Supplemental Trust Deed to the Noteholders (in a form previously
approved by the Trustee) in accordance with Condition
14.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be identical and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
and any one of the parties hereby may execute this Supplemental
Trust Deed by signing any such counterpart.
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Rights
of Third Parties
The
parties to this Supplemental Trust Deed do not intend that any term
of this Supplemental Trust Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of
the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who
is not a party to this Supplemental Trust Deed.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed, and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with it, is governed by, and shall
be construed in accordance with, the laws of England.
In
relation to all claims arising hereunder (including a claim
relating to any non contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with this Supplemental Trust Deed) NV,PLC, UJH, UNUS and
New Bond Sub severally agree that the courts of England are to have
jurisdiction to settle any such claim and that accordingly any
suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as
“Proceedings”)
arising hereunder may be brought in such courts.
Nothing
contained in this Clause shall limit any right to take proceedings
against NV, PLC, UJH, UNUS and New Bond Sub in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one
or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any
other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. Each of NV, PLC,
UJH, UNUS and New Bond Sub irrevocably agrees that any legal
proceedings or any demand or any notice may be made or served on it
by the same being posted in a prepaid registered or recorded
delivery letter addressed to it at the address set out in Clause 32
of the relevant Trust Deed for the time being of PLC (or at such
other office as it may have notified in writing to the Trustee and
as the Trustee shall from time to time have approved) and marked
for the attention of the Group Secretary of PLC or such other
official of PLC as NV, UJH, UNUS or New Bond Sub may have notified
in writing to the Trustee and the Trustee shall from time to time
have approved.
In witness whereof this Supplemental
Trust Deed has been executed as a deed by the parties hereto and is
intended to be and is hereby delivered on the date first above
written.
EXECUTED
as a DEED by
______________________
as
attorney for
UNILEVER PLC
in the
presence of:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by [NEW BOND
SUB]
represented
by Unilever N.V.
as its
sole managing director by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by UNILEVER
N.V.
(having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands)acting
by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C. acting by two
directors/a director and a secretary:
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Director
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Director/Secretary
Representing Law Debenture Corporate Services Ltd
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Schedule to the Supplemental Trust Deed
ISIN
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Description
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XS1654191623
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€500,000,000
0.000 per cent. Notes due July 2021
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XS1178970106
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€750,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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XS1566100977
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€600,000,000
0.375 per cent. Notes due February 2023
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XS1241577490
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€500,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023
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XS1769090728
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due August 2023
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XS1403014936
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€500,000,000
0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024
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XS2147133495
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€1,000,000,000
1.250 per cent. Notes due March 2025
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XS1654192191
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€650,000,000
0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025
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XS1769090991
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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XS1566101603
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€600,000,000
1.000 per cent. Notes due February 2027
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XS1403015156
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€700,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028
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XS1654192274
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€750,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029
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XS2147133578
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€1,000,000,000
1.750 per cent. Notes due March 2030
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XS1769091296
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€800,000,000
1.625 per cent. Notes due February 2033
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SCHEDULE II TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED IN RESPECT OF DIP NOTES ISSUED BY
PLC
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Dated
[●] 2020
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UNILEVER N.V.
and
UNILEVER PLC
and
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
and
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.
and
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDrelating to certain series of Notes
issued by Unilever PLC pursuant to the
U.S.$15,000,000,000
Debt
Issuance Programme as set out in the Schedule
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Ref:
L-294827
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Linklaters
LLP
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This Supplemental Trust Deed is made
this [●] day of [●], 2020 by:
(1)
UNILEVER N.V., a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands
whose corporate seat is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands having its
registered office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, The
Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number 24051830 (“NV”);
(2)
UNILEVER PLC, a company incorporated
under the laws of England, whose registered office is at Port
Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD, United Kingdom
(“PLC”);
(3)
UNILEVER JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K., a company
incorporated under the laws of Japan, whose registered office is at
1-1, Kamimeguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8578, Japan
(“UJH”);
(4)
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., a company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States
of America, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States of America
(“UNUS”);
and
(5)
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION
p.l.c., a company incorporated under the laws of England,
whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London
EC2V 7EX (the “Trustee”).
Whereas:
(A)
PLC has issued the
notes set out in the Schedule to this Supplemental Trust Deed (each
a “Series” and
together, the “Notes”) as constituted by the
trust deed dated 22 July 1994 made between NV, PLC and UJH as
issuers, PLC, NV and UNUS as guarantors and the Trustee (such trust
deed, as amended and restated or supplemented in accordance with
its terms as at the issue date of the relevant Series, the
“relevant Trust
Deed”).
(B)
On [●] 2020,
[NEW BOND SUB], a private
company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands whose corporate seat is in [●], The Netherlands
having its registered office at [●] and registered with the
Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number
[●] was incorporated pursuant to a Dutch statutory demerger
(juridische splitsing) of
NV (the “NV
Demerger”).
(C)
On or around
[●] 2020, pursuant to the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers)
Regulations 2007 (for English law purposes) and the Dutch Civil
Code (Burgerlijk
Wetboek) (for Dutch law
purposes), NV and PLC will merge by way of a cross-border merger
carried out as a “merger by absorption” (the
“Cross-Border
Merger”) whereby PLC will acquire all the assets,
liabilities and legal relationships of NV under universal
succession of title and NV will cease to exist (the Cross-Border
Merger and the other implementation steps related thereto pursuant
to which PLC will become the sole parent company of the Unilever
group referred to herein as “Unification”).
(D)
Pursuant to
Extraordinary Resolutions passed by holders of each Series of the
Notes, the Noteholders have agreed to (i) the release of NV from
its obligations as a guarantor under the Notes and the relevant
Trust Deed (the “Guarantor
Release”), (ii) certain amendments to the terms and
conditions of the relevant Series which will be effected and
implemented pursuant to this Supplemental Trust Deed and (iii)
direct the Trustee to waive any Default which has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Notes as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger pursuant to a waiver
letter dated [●] 2020.
(E)
The guarantee
provided by UNUS in respect of the Notes will continue to remain in
full force and effect.
(F)
This Supplemental
Trust Deed is supplemental to the relevant Trust Deed in respect of
each Series.
Now therefore this Supplemental Trust Deed
witnesseth and it is hereby declared as
follows:
1
Definitions
and Interpretation
1.1 To the
extent to which the same are applicable and unless otherwise
defined herein, the definitions and provisions contained in Clause
1 of the relevant Trust Deed shall apply to and be incorporated in
this Supplemental Trust Deed (including the recitals
hereto).
1.2 The
relevant Trust Deed and this Supplemental Trust Deed shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one trust deed in
respect of the Notes only.
1.3 References
herein to the “2019 Trust
Deed Notes” are to the €650,000,000 1.500 per
cent. Notes due June 2039 issued by PLC and guaranteed by NV and
UNUS (ISIN: XS2008925344) and the £500,000,000 1.500 per cent.
Notes due July 2026 issued by PLC and guaranteed by NV and UNUS
(ISIN: XS2008921277).
1.4 References
herein to the “2019 Trust
Deed” are to the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15
May 2019 made between NV, PLC, UNUS and the Trustee.
2
Release
of obligations of NV as Guarantor
With
effect from the date hereof, NV is hereby released from all its
obligations, undertakings and covenants as guarantor under the
relevant Trust Deeds and the Notes.
All
references to “the Guarantors” and “the relevant
Guarantors” in the relevant Conditions and the relevant Trust
Deeds shall be deemed to be references to UNUS only.
UNUS
hereby confirms that the guarantees provided by it in respect of
the Notes will continue to remain in full force and effect
following the execution of this Supplemental Trust
Deed.
4
Additional
amendments to the relevant Conditions
4.1 Condition
4 of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
PLC neither N.V. nor
PLC will not create or have outstanding any
mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other security interest upon the
whole or any substantial part of its undertaking or assets
(including any uncalled capital), present or future, to secure any
Indebtedness of any person (or any guarantee or indemnity given in
respect thereof) unless the Notes and the Coupons shall be secured
by such mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other security interest
equally and rateably therewith in the same manner or in a manner
satisfactory to the Trustee or such other security for the Notes
and Coupons shall be provided as the Trustee shall, in its absolute
discretion, deem not less beneficial to the Noteholders or as shall
be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust
Deed) of Noteholders provided that the restriction contained in
this Condition shall not apply to:
(i)
any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest arising solely by
mandatory operation of law; and
(ii)
any security over
assets of N.V. or, as the
case may be, PLC
arising pursuant to the Algemene
Voorwaarden (general terms and conditions) of the
Nederlandse Vereniging van
Banken (Dutch Bankers’ Association) and/or similar
terms applied by financial institutions, if and insofar as
applicable.
For the
purposes of this Condition:
“Indebtedness”
means any loan or other indebtedness in the form of, or represented
by, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities which at the time
of issue thereof either is, or is intended to be, quoted, listed or
ordinarily dealt in on any stock exchange, over-the-counter or
other recognised securities market and which by its terms has an
initial stated maturity of more than one year; and
“substantial”
means,
in relation to each of N.V. and PLC, an aggregate amount equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of N.V., PLC
and its their group
companies (being those companies required to be consolidated in
accordance with Netherlands
and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) (the
“Unilever Group”, and any company within the Unilever
Group being referred to herein as a “Group Company”),
such value and such assets being determined by reference to the
then most recently published audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Unilever Group. A report by the auditors of
PLC Auditors (as
defined in the Trust Deed) that, in their opinion, (1) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by N.V. and PLC
(showing the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part
and those fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage
of the fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have
been accurately extracted from the accounting records of the
Unilever Group, and (2) the percentage of the fixed assets and
current assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current
assets of the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall,
in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the
matters to which it relates.
4.2 In respect
of all Series of Notes other than the 2019 Trust Deed Notes,
Condition 7(h) of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
The
Issuer, each Guarantor and any other Group
Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open
market or otherwise. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must
be made available to all Noteholders alike.”
4.3 In respect
of all Series of Notes other than the 2019 Trust Deed Notes,
Condition 10(A) of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
“10
Repayment
Upon Event of Default
(A)
The following
events or circumstances (each, a “Default”) shall be
acceleration events in relation to the Notes of a
Series:
(a)
there is a default
in the payment of any principal of, or for more than 15 days in the
payment of any interest due on, any of the Notes; or
(b)
there is a default
in the performance or observance by the IssuerN.V.
or PLC of any other obligation under the Trust Deed or the
Notes and such default continues for 30 days after written notice
thereof shall have been given to the Issuer and the
Guarantors by the
Trustee requiring the same to be remedied; or
(c)
(i) any other
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate
principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) of
either
N.V. or PLC becomes
prematurely repayable as a result of a default under the terms
thereof, or (ii) either N.V.
or PLC defaults in
the repayment of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money
(amounting in aggregate principal amount to not less than
U.S.$100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other currency or
currencies) at the maturity thereof (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor), or (iii) any guarantee or
indemnity given by either N.V.
or PLC in respect
of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in
aggregate principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) shall not
be honoured when due and called upon (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor) save where the Trustee is
satisfied that liability under such guarantee or indemnity is being
contested in good faith; or
(d)
an order is made or
a decree or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up,
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or N.V.
or PLC or an
administration order is made or an administrator is appointed in
relation to PLC (except for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction
or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or the terms of
which have previously been approved in writing by the Trustee
or,
where UJH is the Issuer, for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation not involving bankruptcy
or insolvency) and (except where such order, decree or
resolution is initiated or consented to by the relevant company or
its shareholders) such order, decree or resolution is not
discharged or stayed within a period of 60 days; or
(e)
the Issuer or N.V.
or PLC (except
in the
case of N.V. or PLC for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
the terms of which have previously been approved in writing by the
Trustee or, where UJH is
the Issuer, for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or
amalgamation under the terms of Condition 15 or a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation not involving bankruptcy or
insolvency) ceases or threatens to cease to carry on the
whole or substantially the whole of its business; or
(f)
an administrative
receiver or other receiver, trustee, assignee or like officer is
appointed of (where the Issuer
is UJH) the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or
assets of UJH or (in any case) the whole or a substantial
part of the undertaking or assets of PLC or (in any case) an
administrator (bewindvoerder)
is provisionally or definitively appointed by the District Court in
the event of a moratorium (surséance
van betaling) over the whole or
a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
N.V. and (except
where any such appointment is made by or at the instigation or
motion of the relevant company or its shareholders) such
appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
a trustee in
bankruptcy (curator) is appointed by the District Court in the
event of bankruptcy (faillissement)
affecting the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or
assets of New NV or New SubN.V. and such appointment is not
discharged within 30 days; or;
(g)
a distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against a
substantial part of the assets of either N.V.
or PLC (being, in the case
of N.V., either an executory attachment (executoriaal
beslag) or a conservatory
attachment (conservatoir
beslag)) and
is not removed, discharged, cancelled or paid out within 30 days
after the making thereof or any encumbrancer takes possession of
(where
the Issuer is UJH) the whole or a substantial part of the
undertaking or assets of UJH or (in any case) the whole or a
substantial part of the undertaking or assets of N.V.
or PLC and is not
discharged within 30 days.;
or
for any reason the guarantee of either N.V. or PLC in respect of
the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect.
For the
purposes of paragraphs (f) and (hg)
the expression “a substantial part” means a part whose
value is equal to or greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate
value of the fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group,
such value and such assets being determined by reference to the
then most recently published audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Unilever Group. A report by the auditors of PLC the relevant
company that, in
their opinion, (i) the amounts shown in a certificate provided by
N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
correctly extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
4.4 In respect
of the 2019 Trust Deed Notes only, Condition 10(A) of the relevant
Conditions is hereby amended as follows:
“10
Repayment
Upon Event of Default
(A)
The following
events or circumstances (each, a “Default”) shall be
acceleration events in relation to the Notes of a
Series:
(a)
there is a default
in the payment of any principal of, or for more than 15 days in the
payment of any interest due on, any of the Notes; or
(b)
there is a default
in the performance or observance by the IssuerN.V.
or PLC of any other
obligation under the Trust Deed or the Notes and such default
continues for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the
Trustee requiring the same to be remedied; or
(c)
(i) any other
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate
principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) of
either
N.V. or PLC becomes
prematurely repayable as a result of a default under the terms
thereof, or (ii) either N.V.
or PLC defaults in
the repayment of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money
(amounting in aggregate principal amount to not less than
U.S.$100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other currency or
currencies) at the maturity thereof (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor), or (iii) any guarantee or
indemnity given by either N.V.
or PLC in respect
of any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in
aggregate principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) shall not
be honoured when due and called upon (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor) save where the Trustee is
satisfied that liability under such guarantee or indemnity is being
contested in good faith; or
(d)
an order is made or
a decree or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up,
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or N.V.
or PLC or an
administration order is made or an administrator is appointed in
relation to PLC (except for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction
or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or the terms of
which have previously been approved in writing by the Trustee) and
(except where such order, decree or resolution is initiated or
consented to by the relevant company or its shareholders) such
order, decree or resolution is not discharged or stayed within a
period of 60 days; or
(e)
the Issuer or N.V.
or PLC (except
in the
case of N.V. or PLC for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 15 or
the terms of which have previously been approved in writing by the
Trustee) ceases or threatens to cease to carry on the whole or
substantially the whole of its business; or
(f)
an administrative
receiver or other receiver, trustee, assignee or like officer is
appointed of the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or
assets of PLC or an administrator
(bewindvoerder)
is provisionally or definitively appointed by the District Court in
the event of a moratorium (surséance
van betaling) over the whole or
a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
N.V. and (except
where any such appointment is made by or at the instigation or
motion of the relevant company or its shareholders) such
appointment is not discharged within 30 days; or
(g)
a trustee in
bankruptcy (curator) is appointed by the District Court in the
event of bankruptcy (faillissement)
affecting the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or
assets of New NV or New SubN.V. and such appointment is not
discharged within 30 days; orNot
used;
(h)
a distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against a
substantial part of the assets of either N.V.
or PLC (being, in the case
of N.V., either an executory attachment (executoriaal
beslag) or a conservatory
attachment (conservatoir
beslag)) and is
not removed, discharged, cancelled or paid out within 30 days after
the making thereof or any encumbrancer takes possession of the
whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
N.V.
or PLC and is not
discharged within 30 days.;
or
(i)
for any reason the
guarantee of either N.V. or PLC in respect of the Notes ceases to
be in full force and effect. Not
used
For the
purposes of paragraphs (f) and (h) the expression “a
substantial part” means a part whose value is equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of the Unilever Group, such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of PLC
the
relevant company that, in their opinion, (i) the
amounts shown in a certificate provided by N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
correctly extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
4.5 In respect
of all Series of Notes other than the 2019 Trust Deed Notes, the
fourth and fifth paragraphs of Condition 15 of the relevant
Conditions are hereby amended as follows:
“The Trustee
may also agree, subject to certain conditions set out in the Trust
Deed, but without the consent of the Holders of the Notes of such
Series and of the Receipts and of the Coupons (if any) relating
thereto, (i) to the substitution of any Group Company in place of
the Issuer as principal debtor in respect of the Notes of any
Series or (ii) to the substitution in place of the Issuer as
principal debtor, or of anythe
Guarantor, of any successor in business (as defined in the Trust
Deed) of the Issuer or, as the case may be, that
the
Guarantor. It is a condition of any such substitution that such
Notes, Receipts and Coupons (if any) relating thereto thereupon
become or remain, as the case may be, unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by N.V. (except where
N.V. is the new principal debtor), PLC (except where PLC
is the new principal debtor) and UNUS (except
where UJH is the new principal debtor) UNUS.
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
neither UJH nor N.V.
nor PLC will merge
with, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets or
undertaking to, another company (except where UJH,
N.V. or PLC, as the
case may be, is the continuing company) unless that other company
agrees, in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
to be bound by the terms of the Notes, Receipts and the Coupons (if
any) appertaining thereto and the Trust Deed in place of UJH or, as
the case may be, N.V.
or PLC and the
Trustee is satisfied that the conditions set out in the Trust Deed
are complied with.”
4.6 In respect
of the 2019 Trust Deed Notes only, the fourth and fifth paragraphs
of Condition 15 of the relevant Conditions are hereby amended as
follows:
“The Trustee
may also agree, subject to certain conditions set out in the Trust
Deed, but without the consent of the Holders of the Notes of such
Series and of the Coupons (if any) relating thereto, (i) to the
substitution of any Group Company in place of the Issuer as
principal debtor in respect of the Notes of any Series or (ii) to
the substitution in place of the Issuer as principal debtor, or of
any Guarantor, of any successor in business (as defined in the
Trust Deed) of the Issuer or, as the case may be, that Guarantor.
It is a condition of any such substitution in accordance with (i)
above that such Notes and Coupons (if any) relating thereto
thereupon become or remain, as the case may be, unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and several basis by N.V. (except where
N.V. is the new principal debtor), PLC (except where PLC
is the new principal debtor) and UNUS.
So long
as any Notes remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed),
neither
N.V. nor PLC will not merge with,
or transfer all or substantially all of its assets or undertaking
to, another company (except where, N.V.
or PLC, as the case may
be, is the
continuing company) unless that other company agrees, in form and
manner reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to be bound by the
terms of the Notes and the Coupons (if any) appertaining thereto
and the Trust Deed in place of N.V.
or PLC and the
Trustee is satisfied that the conditions set out in the Trust Deed
are complied with.”
5
Amendments
to the relevant Trust Deeds
5.1 The
definition of Auditors in the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
deleted.
5.2 The
definition of Group Company in the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
replaced with the following:
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in the Conditions.
5.3 The
definition of Guarantee in the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
replaced with the following:
“Guarantee” means the guarantee
contained in these presents pursuant to which the Notes are
guaranteed, unconditionally and irrevocably, by UNUS.
5.4 In respect
of each relevant Trust Deed other than the 2019 Trust Deed, Clause
17(B)(i)(c) of each such relevant Trust Deed is hereby replaced
with the following:
“in the case
of a substitution of a new principal debtor, an
unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC
or, (b) where N.V. or PLC becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as
the case may be, N.V. and UNUS (in each case), shall have been given by PLC and (except
where UJH is the new principal debtor) UNUS in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee of the payment of all moneys
payable by the Substituted Company under these presents, the Notes,
the Receipts and the Coupons;”
5.5 In respect
of the 2019 Trust Deed only, Clause 17(B)(i)(c) is hereby replaced
with the following:
“in the case
of a substitution of a Group Company Substitution only, an
unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of (a) N.V. and PLC
or, (b) where N.V. or PLC becomes the principal debtor, PLC or, as
the case may be, N.V. and UNUS (in each case), shall have been given by PLC and (except
where UJH is the new principal debtor) UNUS in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by the Substituted
Company under these presents, the Notes and the
Coupons;”
5.6 In respect
of each relevant Trust Deed other than the 2019 Trust Deed, Clause
17(C)(ii) of the relevant Trust Deed is hereby replaced with the
following:
“where the
New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident in, or is
otherwise subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of, or of
any authority in, a territory or territories other than,
in the
case of N.V., The Netherlands, in the case of PLC, the United
Kingdom, in the case of UJH, Japan or, in the case of any previous
substitute under this Clause, the applicable territory,
undertakings or covenants shall be given by the New Company in
terms corresponding to the provisions of Condition 9 with the
substitution for the references to The
Netherlands, the
United Kingdom, Japan or such territory, as the case may be, of
references to the territory or territories in which the New Company
is incorporated, domiciled or resident or to whose taxing
jurisdiction it is subject generally and in the event of any such
undertaking or covenant being given the provisions of these
presents shall be read and construed accordingly and the provisions
of parts (i) to (iv) of Condition 7(c) shall be amended
accordingly;”
5.7 In respect
of the 2019 Trust Deed only, Clause 17(C)(ii) is hereby replaced
with the following:
“where the
New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident in, or is
otherwise subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of, or of
any authority in, a territory or territories other than,
in the
case of N.V., The Netherlands, in the case of PLC, the United
Kingdom or, in the case of any previous substitute under this
Clause, the applicable territory, undertakings or covenants shall
be given by the New Company in terms corresponding to the
provisions of Condition 9 with the substitution for the references
to The
Netherlands, the
United Kingdom or such territory, as the case may be, of references
to the territory or territories in which the New Company is
incorporated, domiciled or resident or to whose taxing jurisdiction
it is subject generally and in the event of any such undertaking or
covenant being given the provisions of these presents shall be read
and construed accordingly and the provisions of parts (i) to (iv)
of Condition 7(b) shall be amended accordingly;”
5.8 References
to “N.V. or PLC” and “N.V. and PLC” in
Clause 17(C) of each relevant Trust Deed are hereby replaced with
references to “PLC”.
5.9 References
to “N.V. or PLC” in Clause 18(A) of each relevant Trust
Deed are hereby replaced with references to
“PLC”.
5.10
References to
“N.V. or PLC or any of their respective group
companies” in Clause 21 of each relevant Trust Deed are
hereby replaced with references to “PLC or any of its group
companies”.
5.11
References to
“N.V. or PLC” in Clause 22 of each relevant Trust Deed
are hereby replaced with references to
“PLC”.
PLC
hereby covenants with the Trustee that, as soon as practicable, and
not later than 14 days after the date hereof it shall give, or
procure to be given, notice of the entry into this Supplemental
Trust Deed to the Noteholders (in a form previously approved by the
Trustee) in accordance with Condition 14.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be identical and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
and any one of the parties hereby may execute this Supplemental
Trust Deed by signing any such counterpart.
8
Rights
of Third Parties
The
parties to this Supplemental Trust Deed do not intend that any term
of this Supplemental Trust Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of
the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who
is not a party to this Supplemental Trust Deed.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed, and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with it, is governed by, and shall
be construed in accordance with, the laws of England.
In
relation to all claims arising hereunder (including a claim
relating to any non contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with this Supplemental Trust Deed) NV, PLC, UJH and UNUS
severally agree that the courts of England are to have jurisdiction
to settle any such claim and that accordingly any suit, action or
proceedings (together referred to as “Proceedings”) arising hereunder
may be brought in such courts.
Nothing
contained in this Clause shall limit any right to take proceedings
against NV, PLC, UJH and UNUS in any other court of competent
jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one or more
jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other
jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. Each of NV, PLC, UJH and
UNUS irrevocably agrees that any legal proceedings or any demand or
any notice may be made or served on it by the same being posted in
a prepaid registered or recorded delivery letter addressed to it at
the address set out in Clause 32 of the relevant Trust Deed for the
time being of PLC (or at such other office as it may have notified
in writing to the Trustee and as the Trustee shall from time to
time have approved) and marked for the attention of the Group
Secretary of PLC or such other official of PLC as NV, UJH, or UNUS
may have notified in writing to the Trustee and the Trustee shall
from time to time have approved.
In
witness whereof this Supplemental Trust Deed has been executed as a
deed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby
delivered on the date first above written.
EXECUTED
as a DEED by
______________________
as
attorney for
UNILEVER PLC
in the
presence of:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by UNILEVER
N.V.
(having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands)acting
by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
JAPAN HOLDINGS K.K.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED
as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
acting
by two directors/a director and a secretary:
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Representing Law Debenture Corporate Services Ltd
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Schedule to the Supplemental Trust Deed
ISIN
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Description
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XS1560644830
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£350,000,000
1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2022
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XS1684780031
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£250,000,000
1.375 per cent. Notes due 15 September 2024
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XS2008921277
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£500,000,000
1.500 per cent. Notes due July 2026
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XS1684780205
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£250,000,000
1.875 per cent. Notes due 15 September 2029
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XS2008925344
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€650,000,000
1.500 per cent. Notes due June 2039
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SCHEDULE III TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED IN RESPECT OF STANDALONE NOTES ISSUED BY
NV
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Dated
[●] 2020
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UNILEVER N.V.
and
UNILEVER PLC
and
[NEW BOND SUB]
and
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS N.V.
and
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.
and
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDrelating to the Unilever N.V.
€650,000,000 0.500 per cent. Bonds due 6 January 2025 and the
Unilever N.V. €650,000,000 1.375 per cent. Bonds due 4
September 2030
each
guaranteed by Unilever PLC and Unilever United States,
Inc.
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Ref:
L-294827
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Linklaters
LLP
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This Supplemental Trust Deed is made
this [●] day of [●], 2020 by:
(1)
UNILEVER N.V., a public limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands
whose corporate seat is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands having its
registered office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK Rotterdam, The
Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number 24051830 (“NV”);
(2)
UNILEVER PLC, a company incorporated
under the laws of England, whose registered office is at Port
Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD, United Kingdom
(“PLC”);
(3)
[NEW BOND
SUB], a private
company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands whose corporate seat is in [●], The Netherlands
having its registered office at [●] and registered with the
Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number
[●] (“New Bond
Sub”);
(4)
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS N.V., a
public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands whose corporate seat is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
having its registered office at Weena 455, PO Box 760, 3000 DK
Rotterdam, The Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade
Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number 70363196
(“New
NV”);
(5)
UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., a company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States
of America, whose registered office is at 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States of America
(“UNUS”);
and
(6)
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION
p.l.c., a company incorporated under the laws of England,
whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London
EC2V 7EX (the “Trustee”).
Whereas:
(A)
On 4 September
2018, NV issued the €650,000,000 0.500 per cent. Bonds due 6
January 2025 guaranteed by PLC and UNUS (the “2025 Bonds”) as constituted by the
trust deed dated 4 September 2018 made between NV, PLC, UNUS, New
NV and the Trustee (the “2025
Bonds Trust Deed” and, in respect of the 2025 Bonds
only, the “relevant Trust
Deed”) and the €650,000,000 1.375 per cent.
Bonds due 4 September 2030 guaranteed by PLC and UNUS (the
“2030 Bonds”
and, together with the 2025 Bonds, the “Bonds” and each, a
“Series”) as
constituted by the trust deed dated 4 September 2018 made between
NV, PLC, UNUS, New NV and the Trustee (the “2030 Bonds Trust Deed” and, in
respect of the 2030 Bonds only, the “relevant Trust
Deed”).
(B)
On [●] 2020,
New Bond Sub was incorporated pursuant to a Dutch statutory
demerger (juridische
splitsing) of NV (the “NV Demerger”). As part of the NV
Demerger, the Bonds became obligations of New Bond
Sub.
(C)
On or around
[●] 2020, pursuant to the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers)
Regulations 2007 (for English law purposes) and the Dutch Civil
Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek)
(for Dutch law purposes), NV and PLC will merge by way of a
cross-border merger carried out as a “merger by
absorption” (the “Cross-Border Merger”) whereby PLC
will acquire all the assets, liabilities and legal relationships of
NV under universal succession of title and NV will cease to exist
(the Cross-Border Merger and the other implementation steps related
thereto pursuant to which PLC will become the sole parent company
of the Unilever group referred to herein as “Unification”).
(D)
Pursuant to
Extraordinary Resolutions passed by holders of each Series of the
Bonds, the Bondholders have agreed to (i) the substitution of New
Bond Sub as Issuer of the Bonds (as effected pursuant to the NV
Demerger) (the “Issuer
Substitution”), (ii) to certain amendments to the
terms and conditions of the relevant Series which will be effected
and implemented pursuant to this Supplemental Trust Deed and (iii)
direct the Trustee to waive any Default which has arisen or would
otherwise arise in respect of the Bonds as a result of or in
connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the Unification, the
Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger pursuant to a waiver
letter dated [●] 2020.
(E)
The guarantees
provided by PLC and UNUS in respect of the Bonds will continue to
remain in full force and effect.
(F)
This Supplemental
Trust Deed is supplemental to the 2025 Bonds Trust Deed in respect
of the 2025 Bonds and the 2030 Bonds Trust Deed in respect of the
2030 Bonds.
Now therefore this Supplemental Trust Deed
witnesseth and it is hereby declared as
follows:
1
Definitions
and Interpretation
To the
extent to which the same are applicable and unless otherwise
defined herein, the definitions and provisions contained in Clause
1 of the relevant Trust Deed shall apply to and be incorporated in
this Supplemental Trust Deed (including the recitals
hereto).
The
relevant Trust Deed and this Supplemental Trust Deed shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one trust deed in
respect of the relevant Bonds.
New NV
is hereby released from all its obligations, undertakings and
covenants under the relevant Trust Deeds and the
Bonds.
3
Release
of NV as issuer
To the
extent not effected in accordance with the terms of the NV
Demerger, NV (the “Retiring
Issuer”) is hereby released from all its obligations,
undertakings and covenants as issuer under the relevant Trust Deeds
and the Bonds.
4
Assumption
of obligations by New Bond Sub as Issuer
To the
extent not effected in accordance with the terms of the NV
Demerger, New Bond Sub hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
accepts the assumption of and agrees to be bound by and subject to
all obligations and liabilities pursuant to the Conditions of the
relevant Series of Bonds and the relevant Trust Deed of the
Retiring Issuer as Issuer of the Bonds and accordingly all the
provisions of the Conditions of the relevant Series of Bonds and
the relevant Trust Deed relating to the Retiring Issuer as Issuer
shall mutatis mutandis apply to New Bond Sub in all respects as if
New Bond Sub had been party to the relevant Trust
Deed.
All
references to “the Issuer”, “Unilever N.V.”
or “NV” as issuer in the relevant Conditions and the
relevant Trust Deed shall be deemed to be references to “New
Bond Sub” as issuer and a definition of New Bond Sub shall be
included in Clause 1 of the relevant Trust Deed as
follows:
“New Bond Sub” means [●], a
private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws
of The Netherlands whose corporate seat is in [●], The
Netherlands having its registered office at [●], The
Netherlands and registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce under number [●].
Each of
PLC and UNUS hereby confirms that the guarantees provided by it in
respect of the Bonds will continue to remain in full force and
effect following the execution of this Supplemental Trust
Deed.
6
Additional
amendments to the relevant Conditions
6.1 Condition
1 of the relevant Conditions is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
“In these
Conditions:
“Guarantor” means each of PLC and
UNUS;
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in Condition 4;
“Issuer” means New Bond Sub;
and
“Unilever Group” has the meaning
set out in Condition 4.
6.2 References
to “the Initial Guarantors” in the relevant Conditions
are hereby deleted and replaced with references to “the
Guarantors”.
6.3 The
reference to “and from, and including, the Automatic Issuer
Substitution Effective Time, New Sub will have,” in Condition
3(a) of the relevant Conditions is hereby deleted.
6.4 Condition
3(b) of the relevant Conditions is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with “Not
used”.
6.5 Condition
4(a) of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
“Prior
to the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time: Prior to the
Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time, s So long as any
Bond or Coupon remains outstanding (as defined in the Trust
Deed),:
(b)
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charge, lien, pledge or other security interest, upon the whole or
any part of its undertaking or assets (including any uncalled
capital), present or future; and
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neither N.V. nor PLC will not create or have outstanding any
mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or other security interest, upon the
whole or any substantial part of its undertaking or assets
(including any uncalled capital), present or future,
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secure any Indebtedness of any person (or any guarantee or
indemnity given in respect thereof) unless the Bonds and the
Coupons shall be secured by such mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or
other security interest equally and rateably therewith in the same
manner or in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee or such other
security for the Bonds and Coupons as shall be provided as the
Trustee shall, in its absolute discretion, deem not less beneficial
to the Bondholders or as shall be approved by an Extraordinary
Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed) of Bondholders provided
that the restriction contained in this Condition shall not apply
to:
(i)
any mortgage,
charge, lien, pledge or other security interest arising solely by
mandatory operation of law; and
(ii)
any security over
assets of NV
New Bond
Sub or, as the case
may be, PLC arising pursuant to the Algemene Voorwaarden (general terms and
conditions) of the Nederlandse
Vereniging van Banken (Dutch Bankers’ Association)
and/or similar terms applied by financial institutions, if and
insofar as applicable.
For the
purposes of this Condition 4(a):
“Indebtedness” means any loan or
other indebtedness in the form of, or represented by, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities which at the time of issue thereof
either is, or is intended to be, quoted, listed or ordinarily dealt
in on any stock exchange, over-the-counter or other recognised
securities market and which by its terms has an initial stated
maturity of more than one year; and
“substantial” means, in relation to
each of N.V. and PLC, an aggregate amount equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of N.V., PLC
and its
their group
companies (being those companies required to be consolidated in
accordance with Netherlands
and United Kingdom
legislative requirements relating to consolidated accounts) (the
“Unilever
Group”, and any company within the Unilever Group
being referred to herein as a “Group Company”), such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of N.V.
or PLC, as the case may
be, that, in their opinion, (1) the amounts shown in a
certificate provided by N.V.
and PLC (showing
the fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
accurately extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group, and (2) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
6.6 Condition
4(b) of the relevant Conditions is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with “Not
used”.
6.7 References
in Condition 8 of the relevant Conditions to “or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub” are hereby deleted.
6.8 Condition
9 of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
“9
Repayment
Upon Event of Default
The
following events or circumstances (each, a “Default”) shall be acceleration
events in relation to the Bonds:
(a)
there is a default
in the payment of any principal of, or for more than 15 days in the
payment of any interest due on, any of the Bonds; or
(b)
there is a default
in the performance or observance by the Issuer, or
PLC or
(from, and including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time) New Sub of any other obligation under the Trust Deed
or the Bonds and such default continues for 30 days after written
notice thereof shall have been given to the Issuer and the
Guarantors by the Trustee requiring the same to be remedied;
or
(c)
(i) any other
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate
principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) of the
Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub becomes prematurely repayable as a result of a default
under the terms thereof, or (ii) the Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub defaults in the repayment of any indebtedness in respect
of borrowed money (amounting in aggregate principal amount to not
less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other
currency or currencies) at the maturity thereof (taking into
account any applicable grace period therefor), or (iii) any
guarantee or indemnity given by the Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub in respect of
any indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (amounting in
aggregate principal amount to not less than U.S.$100,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies) shall not
be honoured when due and called upon (taking into account any
applicable grace period therefor) save where the Trustee is
satisfied that liability under such guarantee or indemnity is being
contested in good faith; or
(d)
an order is made or
a decree or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up,
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub or an administration order is made or an administrator
is appointed in relation to PLC (except for the purpose of a
merger, reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of
Condition 12or the terms of which have previously been approved in
writing by the Trustee) and such order, decree or resolution is not
discharged or stayed within a period of 60 days (except where such
order, decree or resolution is initiated or consented to by the
relevant company or its shareholders); or
(e)
the Issuer or PLC
or
(from, and including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time) New Sub (except for the purpose of a merger,
reconstruction or amalgamation, under the terms of Condition 12 or
the terms of which have previously been approved in writing by the
Trustee) ceases or threatens to cease to carry on the whole or
substantially the whole of its business; or
(f)
an administrative
receiver or other receiver, trustee, assignee or like officer is
appointed of the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or
assets of PLC or an administrator (bewindvoerder) is provisionally or
definitively appointed by the District Court in the event of a
moratorium (surséance van
betaling) over the whole or a substantial part of the
undertaking or assets of the Issuer or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub and (except where any such appointment is made by or at
the instigation or motion of the relevant company or its
shareholders) such appointment is not discharged within 30 days;
or
(g)
a trustee in
bankruptcy (curator) is
appointed by the District Court in the event of bankruptcy
(faillissement) affecting
the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of the
Issuer or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub and such appointment is not discharged within 30 days;
or
(h)
a distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against a
substantial part of the assets of the Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub (being, in the
case of the Issuer and (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub, either an executory attachment (executoriaal beslag) or a conservatory
attachment (conservatoir
beslag)) and is not removed, discharged, cancelled or paid
out within 30 days after the making thereof or any encumbrancer
takes possession of the whole or a substantial part of the
undertaking or assets of the Issuer or PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub and is not discharged within 30 days; or
(i)
for any reason the
guarantee of PLC or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub in respect of the Bonds ceases to be in full force and
effect.
For the
purposes of paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) the expression “a
substantial part” means a part whose value is equal to or
greater than 25 per cent. of the aggregate value of the fixed
assets and current assets of the Unilever Group, such value and
such assets being determined by reference to the then most recently
published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Unilever Group.
A report by the auditors of PLC
the
Issuer that, in
their opinion, (i) the amounts shown in a certificate provided by
PLC
the
Issuer (showing the
fixed assets and current assets of the relevant part and those
fixed assets and current assets expressed as a percentage of the
fixed assets and current assets of the Unilever Group) have been
correctly extracted from the accounting records of the Unilever
Group and (ii) the percentage of the fixed assets and current
assets of that part to the fixed assets and the current assets of
the Unilever Group has been correctly calculated, shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the matters to
which it relates.”
6.9 Condition
12(c) of the relevant Conditions is hereby amended as
follows:
“Substitution: Without prejudice to
Condition 13, the Trustee may also agree, subject to certain
conditions set out in the Trust Deed, but without the consent of
the Bondholders and Couponholders, (i) to the substitution of any
Group Company in place of the Issuer as principal debtor in respect
of the Bonds or (ii) to the substitution in place of the Issuer as
principal debtor, or of any Guarantor, of any successor in business
(as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Issuer or, as the case may
be, that Guarantor. It is a condition of any such substitution that
such Bonds and Coupons thereupon become or remain, as the case may
be, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a joint and
several basis by the Issuer, PLC (except where PLC is the new
principal debtor),
and
UNUS (except where UNUS is the new principal debtor) and (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Time) New Sub (except
where New Sub is the principal debtor).
So as
long as any Bonds remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust
Deed), neither the Issuer, nor PLC
nor
(from, and including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time) New Sub will
merge with, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets or
undertaking to, another company (except where the Issuer or
PLC, or (from, and
including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time) New
Sub, as the case may be, is the continuing company) unless
that other company agrees, in form and manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, to be bound by the terms of the Bonds
and Coupons and the Trust Deed in place of the Issuer or PLC
or
(from, and including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time) New Sub and the Trustee is satisfied that the
conditions set out in the Trust Deed are complied
with.”
6.10
Condition 13
(Automatic Issuer
Substitution) of the relevant Conditions is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with “Not used”.
6.11
The reference in
Condition 19 of the relevant Conditions to “The Initial
Issuer, the New Issuer” is hereby replaced with a reference
to “The Issuer”.
7
Amendments
to the relevant Trust Deeds
7.1 All
references in the relevant Trust Deeds to “the Initial
Guarantors” shall be deemed to be references to “the
Guarantors”.
7.2 Recital
(B) of the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
7.3 The
definitions of Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time, Dutch
Merger and Initial Guarantors in Clause 1.1 of the relevant Trust
Deeds are hereby deleted.
7.4 The
definitions of Group Company, Guarantors and Issuer in Clause 1.1
of the relevant Trust Deeds are hereby replaced with the
following:
“Group Company” has the meaning set
out in the Conditions
“Guarantors” means PLC and
UNUS
“Issuer” means New Bond
Sub
7.5 The
reference to “, New NV or New Sub” in Clause 4.2 of the
relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted.
7.6 The
reference to “and from, and including, the Automatic Issuer
Substitution Effective Time, New Sub will guarantee,” in
Clause 5.1 of the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby
deleted.
7.7 Clause 5.2
of the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with “Not
used”.
7.8 Clause 7.1
of the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with “Not
used”.
7.9 The
reference to “and in the absence of express notice to the
contrary shall be entitled to assume that the Automatic Issuer
Substitution Effective Time has not occurred” in Clause 12 of
the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted.
7.10
The references to
New NV and New Sub in Clause 10.1 and 10.2 of the relevant Trust
Deeds are hereby deleted.
7.11
The references to
New NV in Clause 15 of the relevant Trust Deeds are hereby
deleted.
7.12
Clause 16.2.1(iii)
of the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby amended as
follows:
“in the case
of a substitution of a new principal debtor an unconditional and
irrevocable guarantee shall have been given by the Issuer, PLC
(except where PLC is the new principal debtor),
and
UNUS (except where UNUS is the new principal debtor) and, from and
including the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective Time, New Sub
(except where New Sub is the new principal debtor), in each
case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee of the
payment of all moneys payable by the Substituted Company under this
Trust Deed, the Bonds and the Coupons;”
7.13
Clause 16.2.5 of
the relevant Trust Deeds is hereby amended as follows:
“Merger Covenant: The Issuer,
and
PLC and
from, and including, the Automatic Issuer Substitution Effective
Time, New Sub each hereby covenants with the Trustee that,
so long as any of the Bonds or the Coupons is outstanding, it will
not, except where the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be, is the continuing company,
merge into, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets or
undertaking to, another company (“New Company”) unless, inter alia,
a trust deed is executed or some other form of undertaking is given
by the New Company in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Trust Deed,
the Bonds and the Coupons, with any consequential amendments which
the Trustee may deem appropriate as fully as if the New Company had
been named in this Trust Deed and on the Bonds and the Coupons in
place of the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be (or of any previous substitute
under this Clause), and the following further conditions
apply:”
7.14
Clause 16.3 of the
relevant Trust Deeds is hereby amended as follows:
“16.3
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Issuer,
or PLC or New Sub,
as the case may be (or any previous substitute under this Clause),
and the New Company shall comply with such other requirements as
the Trustee may reasonably direct in the interests of the
Bonds;
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the New Company is incorporated, domiciled or resident in, or is
otherwise subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of, or of
any authority in, a territory or territories other than, in the
case of the Issuer or New Sub,
The Netherlands, in the case of PLC, the United Kingdom or, in the
case of any previous substitute under this Clause, the applicable
territory, undertakings or covenants shall be given by the New
Company in terms corresponding to the provisions of Condition 8
with the substitution for the references to The Netherlands, the
United Kingdom or such territory, as the case may be, of references
to the territory or territories in which the New Company is
incorporated, domiciled or resident or to whose taxing jurisdiction
it is subject generally and in the event of any such undertaking or
covenant being given the provisions of this Trust Deed shall be
read and construed accordingly and the provisions of parts (i) to
(iv) of Condition 6(b) shall be amended accordingly;
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in the
case of the merger of, or transfer by, the Issuer or any previous
substitute under this Clause, an unconditional and irrevocable
guarantee is given by the Guarantors in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee of the payment of all moneys payable by
the New Company under this Trust Deed and the Bonds;
and
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if the
directors of the New Company (or other officers acceptable to the
Trustee) shall certify to the Trustee that it is solvent at the
time at which the said merger or transfer is proposed to be
effected, the Trustee may rely absolutely on such certificate and
shall not be bound to have regard to the financial condition,
profits or prospects of the New Company or to compare the same with
those of the Issuer,
or PLC or New Sub,
as the case may be (or of any previous substitute under this
Clause).
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such trust deed or undertaking shall, if so expressed, operate to
release the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be, or any such previous substitute
as aforesaid, from all of its obligations under the Bonds, the
Coupons and this Trust Deed. Not later than 15 days after the
execution of any such documents as aforesaid and after compliance
with the said requirements of the Trustee, the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be, or such previous substitute
shall give notice thereof to the Bondholders in accordance with
Condition 17. Upon the execution of such documents and compliance
with the said requirements the New Company shall be deemed to be
named in this Trust Deed and on the Bonds and the Coupons in place
of the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be (or of any previous substitute
under this sub-clause), under this Trust Deed, the Bonds and the
Coupons, and this Trust Deed, the Bonds and the Coupons shall be
deemed to be amended in such manner as shall be necessary to give
effect to the above provisions and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing references in this Trust Deed, in the
Bonds or in the Coupons to the Issuer,
or
PLC or
New Sub, as the case may be, or such previous substitute
shall, where the context so requires, be deemed to be references to
the New Company.”
7.15
Clause 17 of the
relevant Trust Deeds is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with “Not used”.
7.16
The communication
details for NV and New NV in Clause 21 of the relevant Trust Deeds
are hereby deleted.
7.17
The references to
New NV in Clause 23.3 of the relevant Trust Deeds are hereby
deleted.
It is
declared that there shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Supplemental Trust Deed all the covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions of the relevant Trust Deeds,
the Schedules thereto, the Conditions of the relevant Series
relating to or affecting the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case
may be, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same
had been, mutatis mutandis, set out in full in this Supplemental
Trust Deed and made applicable to New Bond Sub as issuer, and
(without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) New Bond Sub
accordingly covenants in favour of the Trustee to duly perform and
observe and be bound by the said covenants, undertakings, powers,
obligations and/or other provisions imposed on or relating to or
affecting it by or under the Trust Deed or the Schedules or the
Conditions.
Any
communication to New Bond Sub shall be by letter or electronic
communication to New Bond Sub at:
[New
Bond Sub]
New
Bond Sub hereby covenants with the Trustee that, as soon as
practicable, and not later than 14 days after the date hereof it
shall give, or procure to be given, notice of the entry into this
Supplemental Trust Deed to the Bondholders (in a form previously
approved by the Trustee) in accordance with Condition
17.
This
Supplemental Trust Deed may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be identical and all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument
and any one of the parties hereby may execute this Supplemental
Trust Deed by signing any such counterpart.
12
Rights
of Third Parties
The
parties to this Supplemental Trust Deed do not intend that any term
of this Supplemental Trust Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of
the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who
is not a party to this Supplemental Trust Deed.
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
13.1
Governing Law: This Supplemental Trust
Deed, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with it, is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, the laws of England.
13.2
Jurisdiction: The courts of England are
to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of
or in connection with this Supplemental Trust Deed and accordingly
any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection
with this Supplemental Trust Deed (“Proceedings”) may be brought in
such courts. New Bond Sub and UNUS each irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objections to
Proceedings in such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground
that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
This Clause is for the benefit of each of the Trustee, the
Bondholders and the Couponholders and shall not limit the right of
any of them to take Proceedings in any other court of competent
jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more
jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other
jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not).
13.3
Service of Process: Each of New Bond Sub
and UNUS irrevocably appoints PLC to receive, for it and on its
behalf, service of process in any Proceedings in England. Such
service shall be deemed completed on delivery to such process agent
(whether or not it is forwarded to and received by New Bond Sub or
UNUS). If for any reason such process agent ceases to be able to
act as such or no longer has an address in England each of New Bond
Sub and UNUS irrevocably agrees to appoint a substitute process
agent acceptable to the Trustee and shall immediately notify the
Trustee of such appointment. Nothing shall affect the right to
serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
In witness whereof this Supplemental
Trust Deed has been executed as a deed by the parties hereto and is
intended to be and is hereby delivered on the date first above
written.
EXECUTED
as a DEED by
______________________
as
attorney for
UNILEVER PLC
in the
presence of:
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as a DEED by
UNILEVER N.V.
(having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
acting
by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised Attorney under its authority acting
by:
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represented
by Unilever N.V.
as its
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as a DEED by
UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS N.V.
(having
its corporate seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
acting
by
in the
capacity as Duly Authorised
Attorney under its authority acting by:
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as a DEED by the said UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
acting
by
under
its authority:
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THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.
acting
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SCHEDULE IV TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FORM OF
WAIVER LETTER
[To be placed on the letterhead of The Law
Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c.]
UNILEVER
N.V. (“NV”)
Weena
455
3013
AL
Rotterdam
The
Netherlands
UNILEVER
PLC (“PLC”)
Unilever
House
100 Victoria
Embankment
London EC4Y
0DY
United
Kingdom
and
UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
1209 Orange
Street
Wilmington
Delaware
19801
United States of
America
Attention:
[●]
[●]
2020
Dear
Sirs
UNILEVER N.V. and UNILEVER PLC
€500,000,000 0.000 per cent. Notes due July 2021 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1654191623)
€750,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due February 2022 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1178970106)
€600,000,000 0.375 per cent. Notes due February 2023 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1566100977)
€500,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due June 2023 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1241577490)
€500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due August 2023 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1769090728)
€500,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due April 2024 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1403014936)
€1,000,000,000 1.250 per cent. Notes due March 2025 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS2147133495)
€650,000,000 0.875 per cent. Notes due July 2025 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1654192191)
€700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2027 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1769090991)
€600,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due February 2027 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1566101603)
€700,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due April 2028 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1403015156)
€750,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due July 2029 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1654192274)
€1,000,000,000 1.750 per cent. Notes due March 2030 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS2147133578)
€800,000,000 1.625 per cent. Notes due February 2033 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1769091296)
(the “NV DIP Notes”)
£350,000,000 1.125 per cent. Notes due February 2022 issued by
Unilever PLC (ISIN: XS1560644830)
£250,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due September 2024 issued
by Unilever PLC (ISIN: XS1684780031)
£500,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due July 2026 issued by
Unilever PLC (ISIN: XS2008921277)
£250,000,000 1.875 per cent. Notes due September 2029 issued
by Unilever PLC (ISIN: XS1684780205)
€650,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due June 2039 issued by
Unilever PLC (ISIN: XS2008925344)
(the “PLC DIP Notes” and, together with the NV DIP
Notes, the “DIP Notes”)
€650,000,000 0.500 per cent. Bonds due January 2025 issued by
Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1873208950)
€650,000,000 1.375 per cent. Bonds due September 2030 issued
by Unilever N.V. (ISIN: XS1873209172)
(the “Standalone Notes” and, together with the DIP
Notes, the “Notes”, and each a
“Series”)
We
refer to the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as supplemented by the
Nineteenth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 2 May 2014 (the
“2014 Trust
Deed”), the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Trust Deed dated 1 May
2015 (the “2015 Trust
Deed”), the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty First Supplemental Trust Deed dated 22
April 2016 (the “2016 Trust
Deed”), the trust deed dated 22 July 1994 as
supplemented by the Twenty Second Supplemental Trust Deed dated 15
May 2019 (the “2019 Trust
Deed”), the trust deed dated 4 September 2018 (the
“2025 Bonds Trust
Deed”) and the trust deed dated 4 September 2018 (the
“2030 Bonds Trust
Deed” and, together with the 2014 Trust Deed, the 2015
Trust Deed, the 2016 Trust Deed, the 2019 Trust Deed and the 2025
Bonds Trust Deed, the “Trust
Deeds”), each of which were made between, inter alia, NV, PLC and us as trustee
of the Notes (the “Trustee”) and constituting the
relevant Notes.
Capitalised terms
used herein but not defined in this letter (the “Waiver Letter”) shall, in respect
of each series of Notes, have the meanings ascribed to them in (i)
the Trust Deed or (ii) the Extraordinary Resolutions (as defined
below) in each case applicable to that series of Notes including
any defined terms incorporated therein by reference.
1.
At meetings of the
Noteholders, duly held on [●] 2020 (the “Noteholders’ Meetings”), the
Noteholders passed Extraordinary Resolutions in respect of each of
the series of Notes described above (the “Extraordinary Resolutions”) to
assent to the waivers set out in paragraph 2 below and to
authorise, direct, request and empower the Trustee to enter into
this Waiver Letter to effect the waivers set out in paragraph 2
below.
2.
In accordance with
the terms of the Extraordinary Resolutions passed at the
Noteholders’ Meetings in respect of:
(a)
each series of the
NV DIP Notes we, as Trustee of the NV DIP Notes, grant a waiver,
effective from the date hereof, of any Default that has arisen or
would otherwise arise in respect of the NV DIP Notes as a result of
or in connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the
Unification, the Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger
(each such term as defined in the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution);
(b)
each series of the
PLC DIP Notes we, as Trustee of the PLC DIP Notes, grant a waiver,
effective from the date hereof, of any Default that has arisen or
would otherwise arise in respect of the PLC DIP Notes as a result
of or in connection with any or all of the NV Demerger, the
Unification, the Guarantor Release or the Cross-Border Merger (each
such term as defined in the relevant Extraordinary Resolution);
and
(c)
each series of the
Standalone Notes we, as Trustee of the Standalone Notes, grant a
waiver, effective from the date hereof, of any Default that has
arisen or would otherwise arise in respect of the Standalone Notes
as a result of or in connection with any or all of the NV Demerger,
the Unification, the Issuer Substitution or the Cross-Border Merger
(each such term as defined in the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution).
3.
The waivers granted
by the Trustee in paragraph 2 above are strictly without prejudice
to the Trustee’s rights under the Notes and the applicable
Trust Deeds and are not a waiver of any other provision or
Condition of the Notes or provision of the applicable Trust Deeds
and the Trustee’s rights in relation thereto are hereby
reserved and may be exercised at any time without further notice
(save where such notice is required by the provisions or Conditions
of the applicable Notes or the provisions of the applicable Trust
Deed).
In
granting the waivers set out herein the Trustee acts pursuant to
the Extraordinary Resolutions and, in doing so, shall have the
benefit of all of the protections set out in its favour under the
relevant Trust Deed.
This
Waiver Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or
in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with English law. Clause 34 of each of the 2014 Trust
Deed, the 2015 Trust Deed, the 2016 Trust Deed and the 2019 Trust
Deed and Clause 23.2 of each of the 2025 Bonds Trust Deed and the
2030 Bonds Trust Deed apply hereto as though references therein to
“this Trust Deed” were references to this Waiver
Letter.
Kindly
sign and return the enclosed copy of this Waiver Letter to signify
your agreement to its terms and conditions.
Yours
faithfully,
THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C
as
Trustee
By
……………………….
Signed
by way of agreement to the terms and conditions of this Waiver
Letter by:
UNILEVER
N.V.
as Issuer of the NV
DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER N.V.
as Guarantor of the
PLC DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
N.V.
as
Issuer of the Standalone Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
PLC
as Issuer of the
PLC DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
PLC
as Guarantor of the
NV DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
PLC
as Guarantor of the
Standalone Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
as Guarantor of the
NV DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
as
Guarantor of the PLC DIP Notes
By
……………………….
UNILEVER
UNITED STATES, INC.
as Guarantor of the
Standalone Notes
By
……………………….
DISCLAIMER This Notice of Meetings must
be read in conjunction with the Consent Solicitation Memorandum.
This Notice of Meetings and the Consent Solicitation Memorandum
contain important information which should be read carefully before
any decision is made with respect to the relevant Proposed
Amendments. If any Noteholder is in any doubt as to the action it
should take or is unsure of the impact of the implementation of the
relevant Proposed Amendments or the relevant Extraordinary
Resolution to be proposed at the relevant Meeting, it is
recommended to seek its own financial and legal advice, including
as to any tax and legal consequences, from its broker, bank
manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or
legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on
its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or
other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes
to participate in the relevant Consent Solicitation.
None of
the Solicitation Agents, the Tabulation Agent, the Trustee the
Issuers, nor any director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate of
any such person, is acting for any Noteholder, or will be
responsible to any Noteholder for providing any protections which
would be afforded to its clients or for providing advice in
relation to the relevant Consent Solicitation, and accordingly none
of the Solicitation Agents, the Tabulation Agent, the Trustee, the
Issuers, nor any director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate
of, any such person makes any recommendation whether Noteholders
should participate in the relevant Consent
Solicitation.
Safe
Harbour
This
Notice of Meetings may contain forward-looking statements,
including ‘forward-looking statements’ within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Words such as ‘will’, ‘aim’,
‘expects’, ‘anticipates’,
‘intends’, ‘looks’, ‘believes’,
‘vision’, or the negative of these terms and other
similar expressions of future performance or results, and their
negatives, are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon current
expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and
other factors affecting the Unilever Group (the “Group”
or “Unilever”). They are not historical facts, nor are
they guarantees of future performance.
Because
these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
there are important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Among other risks and uncertainties,
the material or principal factors which could cause actual results
to differ materially are: Unilever’s global brands not
meeting consumer preferences; Unilever’s ability to innovate
and remain competitive; Unilever’s investment choices in its
portfolio management; the effect of climate change on
Unilever’s business; Unilever's ability to find sustainable
solutions to its plastic packaging; significant changes or
deterioration in customer relationships; the recruitment and
retention of talented employees; disruptions in our supply chain
and distribution; increases or volatility in the cost of raw
materials and commodities; the production of safe and high quality
products; secure and reliable IT infrastructure; execution of
acquisitions, divestitures and business transformation projects;
economic, social and political risks and natural disasters;
financial risks; failure to meet high and ethical standards; and
managing regulatory, tax and legal matters. A number of these risks
have increased as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Notice
of Meetings. Except as required by any applicable law or
regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change
in the Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change
in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement
is based. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties
affecting the Group are described in the Group’s filings with
the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including in the
Annual Report on Form 20-F 2019 and the Unilever Annual Report and
Accounts 2019.
Important
Information
This
Notice of Meetings is for informational purposes only and does not
constitute or form part of an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy or subscribe to any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This Notice of Meetings is not an offer of securities for sale into
the United States. No offering of securities shall be made in the
United States except pursuant to registration under the US
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), or an
exemption therefrom. In connection with Unification, Unilever PLC
expects to issue ordinary shares (including ordinary shares
represented by American Depositary Shares) to security holders of
Unilever N.V. in reliance upon the exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(10)
thereof. Unification has not been and will not be approved or
disapproved by the SEC, nor has the SEC or any US state securities
commission passed upon the merits or fairness of Unification. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United
States.
The
release, publication or distribution of this Notice of Meetings in
certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore
persons in such jurisdictions into which this Notice of Meetings is
released, published or distributed should inform themselves about
and observe such restrictions.
No
solicitation will be made in any jurisdiction in which the making
or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of
such jurisdiction.
This
Notice of Meetings does not constitute or form part of any offer or
invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase.
It is not an advertisement and not a prospectus for the purposes of
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.