Exhibit 4.5
AMENDED AND RESTATED TWENTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AMENDED AND RESTATED TWENTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, effective as of July 13, 2016, by and among PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “Company”), having its corporate seat at Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its principal office at Weena 762, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company (sociedade de economia mista) organized under the laws of Brazil, having its principal office at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil (“Petrobras”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee previously have entered into an indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2016 (the “Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”) providing for the issuance of U.S.$1,750,000,000 of the Company’s 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 (the “Original Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture provides that, subsequent to the execution of the Original Indenture and subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Original Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities (as defined in the Original Indenture);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof the Company intends to issue an additional U.S.$1,250,000,000 of its 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 constituting Add On Notes (as defined in the Original Indenture but referred to herein as the “Reopening Notes” and together with the Original Notes, being collectively referred to herein as the “Notes”) pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-20660-01) (the “Registration Statement”), dated August 28, 2015, the Prospectus Supplement dated July 7, 2016 and related Base Prospectus dated August 28, 2015 (collectively, the “Offering Document”) and the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated the date hereof ( the “Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Original Indenture and any further supplements thereto being collectively referred to as the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, as contemplated in the Offering Document, the parties hereto intend the Reopening Notes to be consolidated, form a single series and be fully fungible with the Original Notes all of which shall have the terms of and conditions contemplated in the Offering Document and the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, as contemplated in the Offering Document, Petrobras and the Trustee intend, in connection with the issuance of the Reopening Notes, to enter into an amended and restated guaranty, dated as of the date hereof in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the
“Amended and Restated Guaranty”), to provide for an unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of the Notes by Petrobras;
WHEREAS, the Trustee has provided to the Company and Petrobras Statements of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to each of the Companies which have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement;
WHEREAS, the Company and Petrobras confirm that any and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture (including the requirement of Section 2.01(b) of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture) a valid, binding, and legal instrument in accordance with the terms of the Indenture have been performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery of this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture has been in all respects duly authorized;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Petrobras have requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and in the Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are herein acknowledged, the Company, Petrobras, and the Trustee hereby agree, for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders, as follows:
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended hereby. All definitions in the Original Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
(a) For the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new definitions:
“Closing Date” means May 23, 2016, the closing date of the issuance of the Original Notes and deemed to be the effective closing date of the issuance of the Reopening Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(f) herein.
“Denomination Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 herein.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
“Interest Period” means the period beginning on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the day before the next Interest Payment Date, except that the first Interest Period shall be the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the day before the next Interest Payment Date.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 herein.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any property or asset, including, without limitation, any equivalent created or arising under applicable law.
“Make Whole Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(k) herein.
“Material Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP.
“Offering Document” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
“Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(g) herein.
“Permitted Lien” means a:
(a) Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Company’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(b) Lien arising from the Company’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Company’s past practice;
(c) Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;
(d) Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;
(e) Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(f) Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;
(g) Lien existing as of the date of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture;
(h) Lien resulting from the Indenture or the Amended and Restated Guaranty;
(i) Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Company, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time, as such conditions are satisfactorily demonstrated to the Trustee;
(j) Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by Lien referred to in paragraphs (a) through (i) above (but not paragraph (c)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b) and (f) the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs; and
(k) Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Company’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (a) through (j) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Company’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Company’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and, in each case, their affiliates, which are primary United States government securities dealers and two other leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City reasonably designated by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
“Regular Record Date” means one Business Day prior to any Interest Payment Date.
“Reporting GAAP” means (i) generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America applied on a basis consistent with the principles, methods, procedures and practices in effect from time to time or (ii) International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) as from the date the Guarantor adopts IFRS as its primary reporting or accounting standard in its reports filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
“Section 10.11 Use of Proceeds.
The Company intends to use all or a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repurchase its 3.500% Global Notes due 2017, 3.250% Global Notes due 2017, Floating Rate Global Notes due 2017, 2.750% Global Notes due 2018, 5.875% Global Notes due 2018, 4.875% Global Notes due 2018, 3.000% Global Notes due 2019, Floating Rate Global Notes due 2019, 7.875% Global Notes due 2019 and 3.25% Global Notes due 2019, and to use any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Section 10.12 Negative Pledge
So long as any Note remains Outstanding, the Company will not create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Company’s assets to secure (a) any of the Company’s Indebtedness or (b) the Indebtedness of any other Person, unless the Company contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture or the Company provides such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of the Notes in accordance with this Indenture. In addition, the Company will not allow any of the Company’s Material Subsidiaries to create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of its assets to secure (a) any of the Company’s Indebtedness, (b) any of its own Indebtedness or (c) the Indebtedness of any other Person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture or the Company provides such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
Section 10.13 Currency Rate Indemnity. (a) The Company shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and keep them indemnified against:
(i) in the case of nonpayment by the Company of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, under the Indenture any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Company; and
(ii) any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (i) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under the Indenture or in respect of the Notes is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Company, and (ii) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.
(b) The Company agrees that, if a judgment or order given or made by any court for the payment of any amount in respect of its obligations hereunder is expressed in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than U.S. dollars (the “Denomination
Currency”), it will indemnify the relevant Holder and the Trustee against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between the date at which the amount in the Denomination Currency is notionally converted into the amount in the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and the date of actual payment thereof.
(c) The above indemnities shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the Company from its obligations under the Indenture, will give rise to separate and independent causes of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or the filing of any proof or proofs in any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Company for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due under the Indenture or the Notes.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
By: /s/ Bianca Nasser Patrocínio___
Name: Bianca Nasser Patrocínio
Title: Corporate Finance Manager
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
By: /s/ Larry Carris Cardoso______
Name: Larry Carris Cardoso
Title: Funding General Manager
WITNESSES:
1. /s/ Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva_
Name: Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva
2. /s/ Renan Feuchard Pinto _
Name: Renan Feuchard Pinto
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By: /s/ Catherine F. Donohue_______
Name: Catherine F. Donohue
Title: Vice President
WITNESSES:
1. /s/ Elizabeth Stern _____
Name: Elizabeth Stern
2. /s/ James Briggs _____________
Name: James Briggs
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On this 13th day of July 2016, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
On this 13th day of July 2016, before me personally came Elizabeth Stern and James Briggs to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.
[Notarial Seal]
/s/ Christopher J. Traina
Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
Exhibit A
Form of 8.750% Global Note due 2026
GLOBAL NOTE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
8.750% Global Notes due 2026
No. __________________
CUSIP No.: 71647N AP4
ISIN No.: US71647NAP42
Principal Amount: U.S.$____________
Initial Issuance Date: July 13, 2016
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “Issuer”), designated as its 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”), issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of (U.S.$ ) under the Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”), effective as of July 13, 2016, by and among the Issuer, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company (sociedade de economia mista) organized under the laws of Brazil (“Petrobras”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), to the Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “Original Indenture”, and as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture and any further supplements thereto with respect to the Notes, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer and the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and as the Holder of record of this Note, the principal amount specified above in U.S. dollars on May 23, 2026 (or earlier as provided for in the Indenture) upon presentation and surrender hereof, at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to below.
As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer promises to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof, from the Closing Date, semi-annually in arrears on May 23 and November 23 of each year, (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 23, 2016 at a rate equal to 8.750% per annum, and will initially accrue from the date of issuance and thereafter from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid. Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on this Note on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid in U.S. dollars to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest payment.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be payable by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the Holder of this Note as reflected in the
Security Register of the Trustee. In the event the date for any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note is not a Business Day, then payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such date for such payment and no additional interest will accrue on such payment as a result of such payment being made on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of 8.750% per annum until all required amounts due in respect of the Notes have been paid. Interest accrued with respect to this Note shall be calculated based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are subject to redemption by the Issuer on the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture, and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes may become or may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Modifications of the Indenture may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee only to the extent and in the circumstances permitted by the Indenture.
The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons. Notes shall be issued in the form of beneficial interests in one or more global securities in denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
By: ________________________
Name:
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
WITNESSES:
1. ________________________
Name:
2. ________________________
Name:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
Dated: July 13, 2016
The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee
By: ________________________
Name:
Title: Authorized Officer
ASSIGNMENT FORM
For value received
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the Note on the books of the Note Registrar with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Exhibit B
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY
Dated as of July 13, 2016
between
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS,
as Guarantor,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
Trustee for the Noteholders
Referred to Herein
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AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”), dated as of July 13, 2016 between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS (the “Guarantor”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “Issuer”), has entered into an Indenture dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “Original Indenture”) with the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, dated as of the date hereof (the “Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”). The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture and as amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the Notes, is hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its notes in such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the Indenture and is, on the date hereof, issuing U.S.$1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 under the Indenture (the “Reopening Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee intend the Reopening Notes to be consolidated, form a single series and be fully fungible with the Company’s outstanding 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 originally issued on May 23, 2016 under the Original Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”), in the aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,750,000,000 (the “Original Notes” and, together with the Reopening Notes, the “Notes”).
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to provide the holders of the Notes (the “Noteholders”) with an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty that, if the Issuer shall fail to make any required payments of principal, interest or other amounts due in respect of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will pay any such amounts whether at stated maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the Notes by the Issuer;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the Reopening Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed this Guaranty.
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto is entering into this Guaranty for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
(a) All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by the Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture. All such definitions shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Guaranty.
(b) As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate,” with respect to any Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; it being understood that for purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) of a Person shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 25% or more of the equity or similar voting interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Authorized Representative” of the Guarantor or any other Person means the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of such entity by its chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or any vice president or its Board of Directors or any other governing body of such entity.
“Board of Directors”, when used with respect to a corporation, means either the board of directors of such corporation or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for it, and when used with respect to a limited liability company, partnership or other entity other than a corporation, any Person or body authorized by the organizational documents or by the voting equity owners of such entity to act for them.
“Denomination Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 2.
“Indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any Guarantee) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or, results of operation, of the Guarantor together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document or (c) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or
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“Material Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP (or if Petrobras does not prepare financial statements in Reporting GAAP, consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian generally accepted accounting principles).
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the Guarantor.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel from any Person either expressly referred to herein or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which may include, without limitation, counsel for the Guarantor, whether or not such counsel is an employee of the Guarantor.
“Permitted Lien” means a:
(i) Lien granted in respect of Indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;
(ii) Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Guarantor’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(iii) Lien arising from the Guarantor’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Guarantor’s past practice;
(iv) Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;
(v) Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;
(vi) Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
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(viii) Lien over any Qualifying Asset relating to a project financed by, and securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with, the Project Financing of such project by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;
(ix) Lien existing as of the date of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture;
(x) Lien resulting from the Transaction Documents;
(xi) Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Guarantor, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;
(xii) Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above (but not paragraph (iv)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii), the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs and in the case of paragraph (viii), the Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Project Financing by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interests; and
(xiii) Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Guarantor’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Guarantor’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.
“Process Agent has the meaning specified in Section 15(c).
“Project Financing” of any project means the incurrence of Indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such Indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more Qualifying Assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such Indebtedness.
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“Qualifying Asset” in relation to any Project Financing means:
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e)(A).
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.
“Transaction Documents” means, collectively, the Indenture, the Notes and this Guaranty.
(c) Construction. The parties agree that items (1) through (5) of Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall apply to this Guaranty, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires.
SECTION 2. Guaranty
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(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, as a guaranty of payment and not of collection, whether at the Stated Maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under the Indenture and the Notes, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, Additional Amounts, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Noteholder in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer to the Trustee or any Noteholder under the Indenture and the Notes but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer.
(b) In the event that the Issuer does not make payments to the Trustee of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, upon receipt of notice of such non-payment from the Trustee, the Guarantor will make immediate payment to the Trustee of any such amount or portion of the Guaranteed Obligations owing or payable under the Indenture and the Notes. Such notice shall specify the amount or amounts under the Indenture and the Notes that were not paid on the date that such amounts were required to be paid under the terms of the Indenture and the Notes.
(c) The obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional upon receipt by it of the notice contemplated herein absent manifest error. The Guarantor shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have indefeasibly received all amounts required to be paid by the Guarantor hereunder (and any Event of Default under the Indenture has been cured, it being understood that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall terminate following payment by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor of the entire principal, all accrued interest and all other amounts due and owing in respect of the Notes and the Indenture. All amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the Trustee.
All payments actually received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2 after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day will be deemed, for purposes of this Guaranty, to have been received by the Trustee on the next succeeding Business Day.
(a) The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Noteholder under its Notes or the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries under or in respect of the Indenture and the Notes or any other document or agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against
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the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Issuer or whether the Issuer is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
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(b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Noteholder or any other person or entity upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or the Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture. The Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, may neglect or forbear to enforce payment under the Indenture and the Notes, without in any way affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Trustee shall not be obligated to exhaust recourse or remedies against the Issuer to recover payments required to be made under the Indenture nor take any other action against the Issuer before being entitled to payment from the Guarantor of all amounts contemplated in Section 2 hereof owed hereunder or proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Trustee in favor of the Issuer or in favor of the Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the right to bring a suit directly against the Guarantor, either prior or subsequent to or concurrently with any lawsuit against, or without bringing suit against, the Issuer.
(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person.
(b) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether the same are existing now or in the future.
(c) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Noteholder or the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against the Issuer or any other person or entity and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing
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relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer now or hereafter known by the Trustee or any Noteholder, as applicable.
(f) The recitals contained in this Guaranty shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guaranty, of any offering materials, the Indenture or of the Notes.
(g) The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Brazilian law, any benefit it may be entitled to under Articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and under Article 595, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Issuer or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, against the Issuer or any other person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer or any other person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the date on which all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes have been discharged in full (the later of such dates being the “Termination Date”), such amount shall be paid over to and received and held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to any Noteholder or the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, then the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will, at the Guarantor’s written request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and
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For so long as the Notes remain outstanding or any amount remains unpaid on the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms and covenants set forth below (except as otherwise provided in a duly authorized amendment to this Guaranty as provided herein):
(a) Performance of Obligations. The Guarantor shall pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of this Guaranty and the Indenture in accordance with the terms thereof.
(b) Maintenance of Corporate Existence. The Guarantor will (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor except as otherwise permitted by Section 7(e) and (ii) take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; provided, however, that this Section 7(b) shall not require the Guarantor to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(A) either the Guarantor is the continuing entity or the person (the “Successor Company”) formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property or assets of the Guarantor will assume (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as a result of
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such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to this Guaranty(the form and substance of which shall be previously approved by the Trustee), all of the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty;
(B) the Successor Company (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each Noteholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such Noteholder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes pursuant to this Guaranty;
(C) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(D) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger consolidation, sale, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to this Guaranty comply with the terms of this Guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for herein and relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and the Guarantor has delivered written notice of any such transaction to the Trustee (which notice shall contain a description of such merger, consolidation or conveyance):
(A) the Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor in cases when the Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph; or
(B) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(C) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor; or
(D) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve if the Guarantor determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Guarantor, and would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on
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the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of the Guarantor.
(ii) The Guarantor will provide, together with each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7(g)(i)(A) and (B), an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and the Issuer has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under this Guaranty and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all such events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
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No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee and the Guarantor, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. For the avoidance of doubt, Article IX of the Indenture shall apply to an amendment to this Guaranty to determine whether the consent of Holders is required for an amendment and if so, the required percentage of Holders of the Notes required to approve the amendment.
The Guarantor agrees to fully indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the performance of its duties under this Guaranty, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
(a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, Telephone: (55-21) 3224-4079, Telecopier: (55-21) 3224-6197, Attention: Sonia Tereza Terra Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Corporate Finance & Treasury/Debt Control, if to the Trustee, at The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 7E, New York, New York, 10286, USA, Telephone: (1-212) 815-4259, Telecopier: (1-212) 815-5603, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied, be effective when transmitted. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
(b) All payments made by the Guarantor to the Trustee hereunder shall be made to the Payment Account (as defined in the Indenture).
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Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 2 (with respect to the payment of all other amounts owed under the Indenture), Section 9 and Section 14 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty, the termination of this Guaranty and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
No failure on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the repayment in full by the Issuer of all amounts due and owing under the Indenture with respect to the Notes and (ii) the repayment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, on behalf of Noteholders, and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Noteholder may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Note held by it) to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Noteholder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Noteholders.
(a) The Guarantor shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Noteholders and keep them indemnified against:
(i) in the case of nonpayment by the Guarantor of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, under this Guaranty any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Guarantor; and
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(ii) any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (a) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under this Guarantyor in respect of the Notes is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor, and (b) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.
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This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
This Guaranty, together with the Indenture and the Notes, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
WITNESSES:
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Name:
2.
Name:
[Signature page to Amended and Restated Guaranty]
ACKNOWLEDGED:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee and not
in its individual capacity
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
WITNESSES:
1.
Name:
2.
Name:
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On this 13th day of July 2016, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared __________________, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that ___ is a ____________________ of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
On this 13th day of July 2016, before me personally came ___________________ and _________________ to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.
[Notarial Seal]
Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
[Signature page to Amended and Restated Guaranty]